My most random mix of recommendations:

(these are all personal opinions don't shoot me)

• Best hot chocolate: Rough Handmade
• Best Chinese food spot: Big Bowl
• Best bar: 360 Sky Bar & Municipal
• Best bar for industry discount: Be at One
• Best hair salon: Greene & Webster Hair Studio
• Best nails: Honey Nails & L1 Nails
• Best spas: Hope Street Hotel & Municipal
• Best bottomless brunch: Turtle Bay (Vic Street)
• Best sandwich: Arts Bar Baltic
• Best afternoon tea: Wavertree Town Hall
• Best rooftop: Matou
• Best food hall: Duke Street Market
• Best place to make friends: Girls on the go
• Best open mic: Arts Bar
• Best place to find a job: Hiyrd (like TikTok for jobs)
• Best place for a sweet little treat: Lunkó
• Best roast chicken (+ mash + roasted veg): Spitroast
• Best running group: Girls on the go
• Best sausage rolls: Core
• Best place to have a coffee in an affluent place: Municipal
• Best places for a hot girl walk: Sefton Park
• Best Aperol spritz: The Florist
• Best pasta: Cast Italia & Buyers Club
• Best shop to window shop: Utility
• Best place to cry: The docks & Sefton Park
• Best parking space in town: Mount Pleasant Car Park
• Best place to send your post: Post Office Liverpool One

My favourite places for girls night:

(got you girl)

Bottomless Brunch:

• Turtle Bay
• Brunch and Cocktail Club
• Revolution on the Docks
• Neighbourhood
• Pizza Punks
• Masons
• Mamasan
• Tonight Josephine
• Revs de Cuba

Restaurants:

• Mowgli
• Hawksmoor
• Rudys
• Fazenda
• Municipal
• Gusto
• Gaucho
• Ginos
• Matou
• San Carlo

Hidden Bars:

• Tailors
• Manolo
• The Oracle
• Ex Directory
• Berry and Rye
• El Bandito
• 81 LTD
• Little Hardware

Rooftops:

• Matou
• Tempest on the Tithe Barn
• PINS
• Oh Me Oh My
• 360 Sky Bar
• Zenn

My favourite coffee shops you needddd to try:

(howeverrrr matcha > coffee)

Best Coffee Shops to Study From:

• Switch Coffee Bar
• Pocket Coffee Bar
• 92 Degrees
• Black Sheep Coffee
• Joe and the Juice
• Liver Building (yes girls, you can go in the Liver Building)

My Favourite Matcha Spots:

• Bean Coffee Shop
• 92 Degrees (yes again, shoot me, okay? It's too good)
• Lunkó
• Sunday Store
• Laura’s
• Rose Lane Coffee
• Mon Petit Chou
• Cornhill Coffee
• A Slower Space
• Tsujiri

Other Amazing Coffee Shops You Need to Visit:

• Press Bros Coffee
• Minna (Tiramisu latte is chef’s kiss)
• Bold Street Coffee
• Lucy in the Sky
• Core

If you're into shopping...

(i might have a slight addiction)

Bold Street:

This is the best street for small independent shops & vintage shops. Some of my fave shops are:

• Resurrection
• Soho’s
• COW
• The Hippy Hole
• GRIN

Liverpool ONE & Church Street:

There’s such a huge amount of choice of shops here (there’s something for everyone—I could walk around for ages).

St Peter’s Lane:

These are the more high street stores. Some of my faves are (please collaborate with us):

• The White Company
• Space NK
• Jo Malone
• size?
• Hotel Chocolat

St Johns:

This is where all of your essentials are (food, pharmacy, etc.)—shoutout to Aldi and Boots for getting me through anything.

How to navigate around liverpool:

(using the extensive bus routes)

• Under 18s can get a "MyTicket", which gives you access to the buses all day on just one ticket.
• 18s and over can get an "Adult Single", which you can use on one bus trip, or an "Adult Day Ticket", which is like an adult version of the MyTicket.

Major Bus Routes (from Liverpool ONE Bus Station):

• 82: Goes to the Baltic Triangle, Lark Lane & Sefton Park
• 86/75: Goes past the Women’s Hospital and down Smithdown Road
• 86a: Goes to Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA)
• 80: Goes past the Georgian Quarter, top of Princes Park, Sefton Park, and LJLA
• 27: Goes to the Baltic Triangle & top of Sefton Park
• 26: Goes to Anfield Stadium

Major Bus Routes (from Queen’s Square Bus Station):

• 7: Goes past Mount Pleasant (UoL & LJMU), Kensington, and past the Royal Hospital
• 8/9/10: Goes past Royal Hospital & Kensington
• 17: Goes to Anfield Stadium

The Night Bus:

• N1: Runs from 12:30 AM to 5:00 AM every Thursday night/Friday morning through to Saturday night/Sunday morning
• Goes through: Birkenhead, Liverpool ONE Bus Station, Myrtle Street, Smithdown Road & Allerton Road

How to make friends in liverpool:

(because life should be about having friends & doing cute things together!)

Girls On The Go:

• Yes, I had to add a shameless plug (sue me!). We organize weekly girl-only events for anyone who identifies as a woman. Some of our popular events include painting workshops (wine glass, tote bag, canvas, pottery – you name it, we paint it!), cozy nights (book clubs, board game nights), and socials, bingos, quizzes.

Recovery Runners:

• This amazing community helps individuals of all genders who are in recovery to connect and run together.

Student & Sport Societies:

• If you're going to university, join as many societies as you can that interest you! Try everything and anything!

Dockside Runners & Penny Lane Striders:

• We LOVE a running group, and these are two of the most popular all-gender running groups!

Young Entrepreneurs Club:

• This new community provides support to entrepreneurs aged 18-35, helping to connect them with other entrepreneurs through monthly meetups.

A few extra bits and bobs:

(this is literally just a brain dump i apologise)

My Favourite Places in Liverpool:

Sefton Park, Lark Lane, Bold Street, Albert Docks, Chavasse, Baltic Triangle & Baltic Market, Everton Park (insane view), Palm House, The Municipal, Hope Street / Hardman Street.

Random Facts:

Liverpool has the largest Chinese arch outside of China and also has the oldest Chinese community in Europe. So many films and TV shows are filmed here. You can go into the Liver Building & Town Hall (trust me, it's worth it). Liverpool has the most museums outside of London. "Ta" means thank you, "scran" means food, and "that's boss" means it's great. The Liver Birds are called Bella and Bertie.