500x £10 vouchers will be given away in Liverpool city centre ahead of Liverpool Restaurant Week, a week dedicated to celebrating the best bars, restaurants and cafes.
The annual food & drink week will be held from 10-18 May and sees dedicated food and drink offers available. It is organised and funded by Liverpool BID Company.
Taking place at what can be a quiet week of the year, to support the industry, Liverpool Restaurant Week was first launched last year and is designed to cast a spotlight on the city’s restaurant sector.
Last year, over 75 venues took part in Liverpool Restaurant Week, generating £237k worth of offers were taken up by diners. Visitors came from across the UK.
Food and drink is worth millions to the Liverpool city region economy. In the first three months of 2024, £76m was spent in Liverpool venues. In 2022, food and drink spend in Liverpool was £0.851bn. The average visitor spends £29.98 on food and drink when they come to the city.
It also contributed to footfall in the city centre. On Bold Street, which had 16 offers as part of Liverpool Restaurant Week, footfall rose by 19% compared with the same week last year. There were around an extra 50,000 visitors in the city centre.
Offers in 2025 will be worth £5 – £35 and the full list will be available on the website.
To claim one of the free vouchers, people will need to sign up to the newsletter to find out the voucher giveaway locations and visit one of the giveaway sites Thursday 8 May. The free £10 can only be spent in Levy Payer venues in the city centre, a full list can be found on the website.
Bill Addy is CEO of Liverpool BID Company said:
“We are delighted to be extending Liverpool Restaurant Week to nine days this year, so people have more time to eat around the city and not miss a weekend. We have had a huge amount of enthusiasm so far and we are excited to see the response to our plans. Our ambition is for people to try something new and find a new venue to visit. We know that our first Restaurant Week in 2024 was an incredible success bringing a lot of new diners and a welcome boost to the hospitality sector. We have many incredible restaurants across the city centre, so we are delighted for the spotlight to be thrown on them afresh this year ”.
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