Places To Eat & Drink in Southport

Eat, drink and be merry...

We can head to our favourite bars and restaurants to eat out again.

Southport boasts many independent food and drink venues to enjoy outdoor and indoor dining.

We can catch up with friends, enjoy a romantic meal or just let someone else do the cooking. Our favourite places are open again and we cannot wait to see you enjoying them.

Local fresh produce on your plate

Southport's independent restaurants pride themselves on providing the freshest ingredients, with 70% of the food they serve being produced freshly using as many locally sourced ingredients as possible.

The Southport Restaurateurs Association was founded in 2006 and ensures that all members have the local produce guarantee. Each member is local ensuring you get the personal touch that only an owner could offer.

Time to travel the world

From traditional British cuisines, to a taste of the Mediterranean, American and Asian, you can start your culinary journey across the world right here.

Or you can try some of the local delicacies such as potted shrimps, Formby asparagus & Southport tomatoes.

Southport’s location between the plentiful sea and farmland provides Southport’s eateries with a wonderful natural larder of fine fresh food for you to enjoy.

A break after a spot of shopping

Wandering around Southport’s eclectic mix of independent shops, designer boutiques and high street brands can work up an appetite and we have the perfect answer.

Quaint and traditional cafes, bars serving pub grub, light lunches or a spot of sushi, you have a mix of places to stop and reenergise.

Time for Gin

Wash all this delicious food down with a gin cocktail or two, or how about a pint of local beer?

A recent awakening of the nightlife scene has seen some fantastic bars pop up in Southport – gin, whiskey and rum, themed bars to name a few.

But if the roaring fire and local ale are more for you with some British pub grub – you will find plenty of options in Southport.

There is a wide range of cask and craft ales from quality breweries, home-made beer and local ale, plus hundreds of bourbon, rum, gin and whiskey varieties. Why would you go anywhere else?

Why not download the Southport Eating Out Guide for some inspiration.

Did you know....

Southport has bags of talented chefs. Famous double Michelin-starred Chef Marcus Wareing, now judge on 'MasterChef: The Professionals', is also from Southport.

Who knows what culinary talent will come out of Southport in the future!