Liverpool's 'hidden gem’ café that foodies travel miles to eat at

Customers travel miles to try a South Liverpool restaurant described as a "hidden gem."

The Watering Can, an award-winning café bistro located in Greenbank Park, was opened by owners Keith Perryman and Philip Starling in April 2019. Keith said it's a project that has been "ten years in the making" , but has now "far surpassed everything we ever could have imagined."

The 61-year-old added that during the five years the venue has been open, it has faced a "selection of operational problems" including a pandemic, floods, and a cost-of-living crisis. Lockdown was enforced when the Watering Can had only been open for a year and "hadn’t found its feet yet" which Keith said made them realise they "had to adapt and change our offering fast."

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He added: "We were in unknown territory. Suddenly we had to navigate furlough, eat out to help out, restrictions on people mixing…overnight we went from being a dine-in venue to a takeaway venue. It put us on the map. People would come and spend their hour in the park, and then get a takeaway."

Since then, they’ve become a "destination venue" and attracted visitors who Keith said "travel here from all over the North-West" to eat there. Fans include celebrities such as Jodie Comer, Jamie Carragher and Martin Freeman.

One reviewer on TripAdvisor described it as "an absolute gem of a place," with another reviewer adding that it was "the best place in Liverpool for lunch." To celebrate being open five years, The Watering Can has launched a new menu.

Looking back on five years, Keith said that he is "just unbelievably proud of what we’ve