Turkish food in Liverpool: where to eat, by neighbourhood

Bold Street, Seel Street and the streets between them hold Liverpool's Turkish trade: grills, meze restaurants, doner counters and a couple of places that do breakfast. Competition keeps standards up and prices reasonable, and the strip is busy every night of the week. If you want Turkish food in Liverpool this is where you will find it.

The student corridor of Smithdown Road has a few doner and grill counters serving the late trade. It is takeaway territory rather than sit-down.

The southern suburbs along Allerton Road, Crosby to the north and the whole of the Wirral across the water have almost no Turkish restaurant between them, despite steady search demand. Hygiene ratings in the city are a weak point: only two of eleven rated restaurants in our directory hold a 5.

The Bold Street grills do a good mixed grill and the meze restaurants a proper cold plate; breakfast is available at weekends in two or three places. For a Turkish family restaurant outside the centre, Liverpool is waiting for someone to open one.