The listings for the prestigious Michelin Guide 2023 are updated monthly and Merseyside has a new entry. Andrew Sheridan’s bistro OXA, in Oxton, joined the entries for September after receiving praise for its small plates, sharing dishes and excellent value lunch menu.
The relaxed dining restaurant opened in May on Rose Mount – formerly the site of Restaurant Fraiche – and currently features dishes such as stone bass with mussels and pickled fennel, and lamb with cauliflower, wild garlic and lamb fat carrot.
Sheridan said: “OXA has only been opened for a few weeks and so for it to be already listed by Michelin is incredible. I’d like to thank head chef Jake Smith and his team for all their hard work. We’ve recently changed our menu focusing on local seasonal ingredients, and feedback from customers has been brilliant.”
Last month, Sheridan’s flagship restaurant ‘8’ was added to the Michelin Guide after relocating the award-winning eaterie from Birmingham to his home city of Livepool.
The Guide awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few establishments, while it awards Bib Gourmands to choice eateries and recommends others.
There are now three restaurants near Liverpool with a prestigious Michelin star – with chef Tim Allen’s converted pub sō–lō winning the prestigious honour for this year, joining The Barn and Moor Hall.
Here is every restaurant in and around Merseyside to make the Michelin Guide for 2023 – and what critics had to say about them.
1. 8
📍16 Cook St, Liverpool L2 9RF 📝 The Michelin Guide says: Guests gather in the dimly lit lounge for drinks and precisely made snacks, before heading downstairs to one of the two 8-seater counters, each with its own chef. They cook in front of the guests and talk about the dishes, making for an engaging experience. The cooking takes influences from around the globe and showcases bold, distinct flavours, with quality produce underpinning it all. Photo: Image: LTV
2. The Art School
📍1 Sugnall Street, Liverpool, L7 7EB. 📝 The Michelin Guide says: Bright red chairs contrast with crisp white tablecloths at this elegant restaurant which is flooded with light. The experienced local chef carefully prepares a bewildering array of ambitious modern dishes full of colour and contrasts; choose a dessert containing honey from the local hives. Photo: Google Street View
3. The Barn
📍Prescot Road, Aughton, L39 6RT. ⭐ The Michelin Guide says: One MICHELIN Star: High quality cooking, worth a stop! 📝 Cooking is modern and imaginative and the appealing à la carte menu offers dishes which are British at heart, with understated elegance and well-judged combinations of delicious flavours. Photo: UGC
4. Barnacle
📍46 Duke Street, Duke Steer Market, Liverpool, L1 5AS. 📝 The Michelin Guide says: Above the food stalls of Duke Street Market sits this rustic restaurant with decorative references to the area’s former rope-making businesses. Modern brasserie dishes have a local flavour. Start with one of the Liverpudlian gins and, at weekends, enjoy the live music drifting up from below. Photo: @barnacleliverpool/instagram