What's Cooking in Liverpool

Booked here for dinner, seems a very busy but trendy place. The decor is very nice and welcoming. The food was great with excellent service and a good range of dishes. My only complaint was the background music was very loud, so much so that it's hard to have a conversation with someone. I don't know if it's always like that but I found it a bit off putting.

Chilli con carne, chicken fajitas Yummy 😋 Great service, staff, food and music and a very nice Sauvignon Blanc👍😍❤️ from Nottingham. Thanks Guys 😍❤️

Enjoyed our meals at 'What's Cooking' . Decent portions and pleasant staff.

I used to go to the one in Formby many years ago. I've never been to this one. Bit of a nostalgia trip. Really nice but no sweetcorn relish like years back ha. Very enjoyable though.

Amazing burgers, friendly staff &great location 💗

The superhero platter caught our eye at the door. We were greeted at the door by our waitress Millie who found nothing any trouble when we needed something. Another staff member Joe - was also on hand for everything we needed. We loved the superhero platter and our mains were massive!

Came for a quick bite to eat before going the arena to watch the boxing food was nice and service was good a bit pricey if you ask me but suppose that's the price you pay on the docks £19 for a double burger with bacon and fries

What a fab restaurant/eatery. Great atmosphere & service, & food was delicious 😋 👌

Great menu and really friendly & helpful staff. Food was absolutely amazing and came out quickly. Sat outside for the great views over the docks.

Great gluten free options. A seperate Gluten Free menu so really helpful as we are both GF. 8 choices of main and several desserts. Both had bbq chicken melt and too full for dessert even though they looked tempting.

We had pork ribs, the meat dropped off the bone delicious sauce and well seasoned fries. Quirky art work, and kept the brick of the dock warehouse, nice atmosphere. Surprised that they close the kitchen by 9pm though 🤔

Loved it here....food as good as ever with really friendly staff & excellent service!!

Great food, friendly staff and loved the atmosphere. Not badly priced.

Our 8th or 9th visit here and have never left disappointed. Staff very friendly and welcoming and very quick service. The burgers are always amazing and havent had a bad one yet. Always our burger stop off choice restaurant when staying over in Liverpool. Thank you and we hope to return soon.

First time coming to a restaurant on the docks with my partner it was cheap we thought it would be expensive with it being on the docks but it is affordable definitely coming back was a lovely meal to celebrate our 4 years anniversary, lovely and welcoming staff and beer garden and music was nice and relaxing too

Service was very poor, although I felt for the staff as they were the ones having to explain why there were delays. Maybe the bloke who strutted round looking important with his clipboard and earpiece could have been more proactive instead of letting the other staff have to explain. We waited almost an hour for our main course, then were served our starters again ! In fairness at that point we were offered a free bottle of wine. When the food turned up it was ok, not really worth the wait or the money, and I wouldn’t return as there are better choices nearby.

Disrespectful staff. Don’t answer phone and don’t answer emails. Don’t listen to customers. Food average for price. Better places nearby

Keiran, the manager, was extremely helpful. Ordered us a taxi which took some time to arrive ..... He persevered and finally got us a ride... The rest of the staff were friendly and helpful. Good servings were extremely generous.

Rhis was an awful experience apart from the rable staff who served us, whom were very apologetic. We waited for an hour and twenty minutes with no food and when we did complain they said problems with kitchen staff. A lack of keeping customers informed very very poor will not be going back again

We went there several times to eat, great burgers, excellent taste... We would love to come back... on our next visit to Liverpool... we come from Rostock/ Germany...

I was there today with my son for dinner. The food was generally good, but I have a few comments. "The Super hero" dish is advertised as a dish for two people, and to be honest, I didn't eat it enough myself. The wings were supposed to be salty and spicy, but I didn't expect so much salt. The final nail in the coffin was the fact that the beer was warm 😭😭😭 The serving time was a plus. It took about 20 minutes, and I must point out that there were a lot of customers in the place.

Great place with amazing staff. The nachos are to die for.

Visited today and it was a good experience, fast service, food was great and at good value. However we had a table under a speaker and the music was a little too loud but apart from that, will visit again

Food is always top quality and staff are helpful and friendly.

Great food. No.long wait. Staff so.polite and hard working especially Sam who we met 1st night. Been back 3 times. Manager is great and has good relationship with staff. Thank you all x

Decided to go here whilst on holiday in liverpool , we were seated straight away and orders taken quickly . When the food came only my husbands and mine came had to wait another 10 minutes for my sons to come without any explanation from the staff. I had the fajitas and they the chicken and veg were overcooked on the skillet to the point of been burnt and my sons burger bun was hard. But the desserts were good. Staff were not over friendly acted like they just didn't want to be there. Oh and we were seated right on front of the kitchen and all you could hear was the chefs shouting swear words at each. Not what you want in a family restaurant.

Food was the worst we have tried through our stay. A 'hot dog' that was horrible : cheddar was tasteless, sausage as well and so soft I didn't even masticate, raw onions on top, all served with a milk bread instead of a real hot dog loaf. Chicken fillet not so bad but the sides were raw peppers, fries similar to McDonald's ones. Only good thing was music and cocktails. Would not recommend at all

Staff were very friendly and attentive. The cooks were working very hard . The food we had...chicken nuggets and burgers were extremely tasty and we went back for more the following night. Will visit again and highly recommend this for a tasty night's experience.

I had the scooby snack all 3 patties were juicy and amazing and the bacon was crisp, my partner had the fajitas and she said they were beautifully seasoned would 100% recommend

Would give it closer to 5 if they hadn't insisted on giving out a rock hard childs cheeseburger which was vile! Kids gougons dinner BEST SHE HAD Mum's wrap high 4s My burger 4 Dad's southern fried 4 All ruined by a cheeseburger stevie wonder could see was not fit to send out

Burger was one of the best burgers I’ve ever had, amazing service and staff. Couldn’t fault the whole experience. Would recommend

We came for lunch with no reservation. We were seated quickly and the drinks arrived fast. I had ordered the house burger & my husband ordered the chilli dog. Both our meals were great, probably one of the best burgers I've had for a while.

Frozen Burger for 18 quid spent 60 quid on the worst thing I have ever seen served at a restaurant, sent Ribs back. Indian cook eating food in the kitchen looking right at me didn't wash his hands. I just wanted to pay and get the hell out of there. The place stinks and should be shut down, most of these reviews must be fake 😒

The staff is friendly and the place is nice, but the food is very bad. Tasteless burger, industrialized fries. And too expensive for what it offers. I don't recommend it.

Tasty Tex mex food at the docks

Just disappointing! Overpriced and tasteless. After good salting, the fries are at McDonald's level, the burger was absolutely tasteless, the buns come cold and fall apart. The beer tastes watery and even ketchup mayo doesn't taste good! Looks like a nice tourist trap to me...

The worst burger ever. Super cold. The service very good and fast, but my burger was cold, I asked please for change it, and they did it, but the next burger was so cold as well. Maybe they prepare the burgers in that way. Be careful people . I ate my burger cold because I was hungry and I pay it, and I am a nice person, but it’s very bad for the manager in the restaurant. If they doesn’t have a good control with his people, this kind of things will happen again

A bit slow initially but the nachos are to die for

Poor service, was left waiting 15 mins without anyone taking our order!! While we were waiting we noticed one of the kitchen staff take chips and eat them off a customer’s plate as it was waiting to be served!! Very disappointing.

We attended what’s cooking last Saturday for a meal with our 2.5 year old, we didn’t book and were placed on a table by the door (which was fine -although drafty every time someone came in). I ordered the burrito, we waited around 25 minutes for our food to come and I was served chicken fajitas. When I told the waitress I ordered a burrito she said “well if you want that it’ll be about a 15 minute wait now” no apology for their mess up. I just accepted the fajitas, which were very flavourless and the chicken wasn’t seasoned. My partner ordered the southern fried chicken and it was not southern fried, it was just crispy chicken, and was very dry. The children’s options were not great for our toddler and at £8.50 for a kids meal I’d expect to have an option to add a vegetable to her meal, we opted for chicken goujons which were the exact same as my partners “southern fried chicken” and it came with fries. Nobody came to offer more drinks, once our order was taken we didn’t see anybody until our food was delivered (rudely) and then had to chase our bill.

I aren’t one to complain, this is a first I eat out a lot due to work but the place is shocking. I had burger and wings, my colleague had the hot dog and wings and we walked telling them how unhappy we was.

Nachos was half decent. Burgers was terrible and cost £20 each. Rola cola is £4.90 a pint. There is plenty nicer elsewhere.

Very enjoyable evening meal we had there

Wayyy to expensive for the quality and taste of food. The amount was not worth the money. And with those prices you should be able to have a waiter get your order from the table instead of me having to go inside and order.

Not great, ordered a sharing combo and the nachos weren't cooked. Kids fish fingers could have been better.

Great atmospahre Very freindly staff Tasty

Had food and drinks on a week night while on a work trip in Liverpool. Hence, it was fairly quiet but the atmosphere was still pretty good despite it being mostly empty. Lovely decor and presentation, a great venue. Service was excellent, food really tasty and drinks were okay - my only disappointment was the venue's own beer on tap, I wouldn't order it again. But overall, I would definitely come back here in the future!

Not great experience, was sat on a little table for 2 kind of squeezed in at the edge of lots of big tables to felt like in the middle of everyone. Was really loud and also the music was turned up far to loud so couldnt here what person infront of you was saying without shouting. Had bearly sat down and 2 differnt people come over to take our order but had not had chance to look yet. When ordering one of us asked for one of the wraps with a side of fries, to be looked at funny by the waiter for her to say we wont want chips because it comes with crisps already and its to much, we didnt want crisps we wanted chips so asked for as a side, because it made us feel embarrassed we just got a burger instead of what we wanted. The food come out way to quick so questionable how fresh it was. The burger was covered in sloppy microwaved bbq pulled pork and the the whole burger was smoothered in far to much cheap sugary bbq sauce. Was soggy and disgusting and the burger was sloppy and the chicken was rock hard. Couldn't wait to get out of there.

We get that it’s pre cooked rubbish but at least heat the burger and ribs up .

Pretty good all rounder this. I really recommend for all occasions. Service could be better

We came to this area looking for fish & chips, and when the 'famous' place decided to close at 7 on a Sunday (crazy to me), we ended up here. There were no regrets, as the fish & chips was fantastic. Crispy fish, not too oily and tasted fresh, great chips and a good selection of sauces. Also the ginger beer here is to die for. Overall 10/10, this place turned our disappointment into pure joy.

Not the best, service slow, food mediocore and cost high

Decent nachos! Huge location and cute front patio on the docs

Very busy restaurant, we was just a walk in and managed to get seated outside. The house burger was really good and staff was friendly. Would not recommend the salt and pepper wings as they were a bit too dry for my liking. Overall a great place to visit.

The staff were helpful and you could tell quite stressed as it was so busy. However, there was a piece of gluey/plastic in one of our cocktails! The beef hotdog and veggie burger were essentially overpriced McDonald’s. Would absolutely not recommend on price and food.

Fell for the reviews being great on average but I was so wrong. Service wasn't good at all, the waitress was pretty much slamming the plates on the table and food felt like microwave food - we went for the burrito, the chicken inside it was completely bland and by the way, this isn't really a burrito, more of a chicken wrap. Very overpriced and not good food at all, didn't finish it.

Had an early dinner here with my bf and we really enjoyed the place. The hot dog pulled pork was so savoury! The portion sizes are odd as the hot dog is so big while the bacon hamburger was just about fine. Fudge cake was really nice, a bit too much syrup on the plate (that's my opinion in any case). Lovely service +++

Great service and food lovely. SF chicken fillets - crispy, good flavour and big portion, loaded piggy fries - again big portion, lovely cheese sause and pulled pork. Ate inside then finished drink on courtyard terrace. Would recommend.

Nice place. Very pleasant staff. Quite relaxing. Food good.

nice bench seats and decor but the food was well below average. I had halloumi fries and a spicy chicken burger.

Left the money on the table for the bill as we had a crying baby then was chased over the road by the manager saying we hadn’t paid i won’t be going here again.

We just turned up without a booking, luckily the team accommodated us,even though they were extremely busy. We both had the BBQ pork ribs which were the best! Full of meat and cooked to perfection 😋😋😋

Okay so food was okay. Left waiting for ages without service and asked about delay in the drinks whilst waiting our food but was just told our order was placed.. Waiting for plates to be cleared .. desert orders etc. 10% service added to table of 4 despite saying it may be added to table of 8!

There is nothing more to do. It was a perfect experience. Thank you to the staff and guests for giving me memories that will last a lifetime on Saturday evening, 4/6!!

Staff lovely Location nice Prices quite high Food id describe as expensive pub food nothing more Staff fab

Excellent dining experience, came here on my own for some food, and I was served by Alise who was very polite and catered to all my requests. The food arrived promptly and the portion was large and tasted fantastic.

Delicious food, dedicated service and great ambience. The spare ribs were absolutely great!!

Came here at the weekend with friends food was lovely good choice has friends were vegetarians,only think was the music was far too load couldn't really have a conversation but overall a lovely bar/grill.

Nice cozy and informal restaurant. Located on the very nice and touristy Albert Dock...don't expect culinary delights, but that's not always necessary...what they serve tastes great!

It's a nice place with friendly service, but the food could have been a little bit better.

Great views - large portions for the Fajhita - could have done with an extra wraps rather than having to pay. Chilli / burritos also decent size. Good choice of drinks. Deserts big portions. No more expensive than most restaurants on the dock. Service a bit slow, good atmosphere

Served my Milly and Kieran amazing service fantastic food

We were very disappointed. The plates were not only dusty but with hard old food not washed off. Salt and pepper wings were hairy and put us off food. Glass the lemonade was brought in was cracked all around.. Glasses like this should not be given out to customers especially to kids!

Visited here for a meal. The staff were very nice but the service seemed a bit disjointed. Lots of people coming up and asking the same things. Very proactive but it's like the team didn't communicate between each other and made work for themselves. We ordered the nachos for starter which came and were ok but a bit overcooked. And after this waiting for mains we ordered and then someone asked if we wanted anything else and it was clear the order hadn't been put in which was ok as we weren't in any rush and the staff did apologise. The food was a little overcooked but did taste nice. However, there was a bit of a chaotic stag do in when we visited so this could account for the disjointed visit.

Nice experience at What’s Cooking! Good choice of food and nice mocktails. The decor is nice and interesting, the staff were very friendly and attentive and the food was delicious! We got some things to share between three of us, and there wasn’t a scrap left! It was all excellent! Will be back the next time I’m in Liverpool!

My partner and I came here for lunch before the Liverpool cup final on Sunday. The 2 young ladies serving us were Izzy and Sherin. They both were very polite, professional and nice smiley girls! The food was gorgeous too, we had the bacon stack burger and the bbq chicken melt. We will come again. Highly recommended.

The food was great! I had the Steak Fajitas, my partner had a couple of side dishes, and my 4 year old had a children's burger and fries. Everything was lovely. My Fajitas were so so good and tasty. Staff were lovely. The only reason why I've given it 4 stars is because the prices are extortionate.

Over cooked chicken been going here for years won’t go again server was lovely so helpful but food poor went past kitchen window all on there phones no wonder food was awful

Great area and atmosphere. Right on albert Dock. Food was great. We had burgers and foot long hotdog. Home Made coleslaw. Lovely friendly staff

Beautiful meals served promptly. Faultless food and presentation were excellent. Finally, somewhere that serves anchovies in a Caesar salad. Reasonable prices as well and good size portions.

Really great restaurant, went for my sons 8th birthday. Staff were friendly, helpful and kind to kids. When my cocktail was knocked over by my daughter, I got a free refill. Food was really well prepared and tasty, plenty of choice for the kids and a decent choice for adults within the constraints of the restaurants genre.

A sensible place to eat and drink with friends. Mainly grill-bar dishes. Really solid portions. The quality of the burgers is closer to fast food than to restaurant ones - don't expect too much and it will taste better 😉 Great service, comfortable places despite heavy traffic.

Lovely food and pleasant staff.

Generous portions ... good beer..lovely staff

Tasty burgers. Lovely atmosphere and great service. Kris delivered a quick and pleasant evening. I would love to come back soon.

I had high expectations for this restaurant after reading all the positive reviews but I was a little disappointed. The burger was just a mess of cheese sauce so you couldn't taste anything else. Fries were also coated in a seasoning that I wasn't a fan off. The cocktail I ordered was also 90% ice. Staff weren't very friendly and couldn't get anyone's attention to say we had a table booked, to get a fork (as there was no cutlery on the table), order or get the bill. Definitely wouldn't be rushing back. The restaurant was fairly busy so could just be a personal opinion.

Went with my 2 sisters for lunch after a visit to the museum, we first looked at the menu outside and I have to say I was shocked at the Prices 😳 I've Never paid almost £18 for a burger ,and I wasn't going to that day 👍 Luckily my sister noticed an A-board advertising a lunch deal 👍 A wrap and fries for £9.50 Bingo 👍 that's what we like 👍 We had a warm welcome off the staff and got a table looking out over the Stunning Albert Dock,. The staff where extremely helpful and attentive, I ordered the BBQ pulled pork wrap which was delicious 😋 and as a Family of sweet tooth's we All had a pudding, these were £7.50 each , WELL WORTH every penny they were Huge and super yummy, I had a Salted Caramel Cookie Sundae 😋😋 All in all it was a great lunch with lovely staff , very tasty food and a view to die for. One Big shout out , the ladies toilets smelt divine, I'm a big believer if a restaurant has nice clean and fresh toilets you can't go wrong 😁 I would go back , but it would have to be a deal 👍 or just for a Huge pudding 👍

Came up on search for dog friendly restaurant. But turned away with dog, only in the outdoor seating area. Shame, went to Brasco lounge instead.

We were looking for somewhere decent to eat before going to an event at the M&S arena. Found this place. Good info about allergens. Good food. Quick service. Great table service by Gabe, he was very polite, helpful and pleasant. We will go back here again.

Great place for a casual meal.Food good staff friendly and attentive without being pushy. We were served by Gialan and Alisia. Whom were both knowledgeable of the Dock area.

Great drinks, nacho’s, music and staf. Thanx for a great welcome to Liverpool. Lots of love to kris, Alisia, Neil and Kieran

Amazing food , love the old world surroundings on the Dock side at Liverpool , also great service by Gabe 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Lovely food, the burger was really tasty! Gabe was really lovely too! Very pleasant experience for our first visit here. Will be back again 👌🏼

Great service by Gabe, Lucy, Sam and Matty. Definitely coming back here at some point. Thanks a lot. .

I was not expecting much when we visited here, but I have to say the burgers we had were very good, even the wife liked hers. Service was very quick and helpful. They also make a good Aperol Spritz as well.

Kris and sherin were 10/10 perfect servers in every way, kris kept us happy and amused during our hen due I would come back just to see that man again. And sherin was an unbelievable waitress perfect at her job. And the food was unbelievable I could live here.

Kris and Sharon were fantastic - we were here on a hen and Kris gave us 5* treatment

Brilliant service. Very good fun considering we Were here for a hen nite. Almost took Kris out for the night with us!!! Food was amazing also. When we come back to Liverpool we will definitely be paying What’s Cooking another visit. Kris and Sherin were amazing attendants

Maybe it’s me, but I found it difficult to call this a Caesar Salad.

Just saw this place and gave it a try. Service was great, atmosphere good as well. Food came quickly and was fresh and hot.would definitely recommend this place if you wanting to eat at Albert Dock