| Belzan | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2017 |
| Owner(s) | Chris Edwards Owain Williams Sam Grainger |
| Head chef | Sam Grainger |
| Food type | Fine dining |
| City | Liverpool |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 53°23′30.5″N2°55′56.0″W / 53.391806°N 2.932222°W |
| Website | www |
Belzan is a restaurant on Smithdown Road in Liverpool, England. It was named one of the country's best restaurants by The Good Food Guide and has been featured in the Michelin Guide .
Belzan was opened in 2017 by friends Chris Edwards, Owain Williams, and Sam Grainger. Williams had previously worked at Liverpool's Hope Street Hotel. [1] Grainger is also executive chef and has been a contestant on Great British Menu . [2]
Belzan is a modern bistro. [3] The Michelin Guide commented on its "cosy" interior and "unassuming location", while both The Guardian and Lonely Planet described its style as relaxed but sometimes challenging. [4] [5]
Talking to BBC Radio Merseyside, Grainger described the restaurant's cuisine as fine dining with seasonal British produce. He tries to cook with ingredients from within 30 miles of the restaurant as much as possible, such as using pumpkins from a customer's local allotment and wild garlic from Sefton Park. [1] [6] [7]
The restaurant's signature dish is its Pommes Anna baked with a Guinness rarebit top, served with a Bois Boudran-style sauce of tomato, tarragon, and vinegar. [6] The Guardian writer Grace Dent said that the highlight of her visit was rice pudding flavoured with tonka bean, a substance banned in the U.S. because it is fatal in large doses. [4]
Belzan has been named as one of the country's 100 best local restaurants by The Good Food Guide . In 2023, it was featured in the Michelin Guide . [1] [6] [8] It has also been noted as one of Liverpool's best restaurants by The Guardian, Conde Nast Traveller, Time Out, and BBC Good Food . [7] [9] [10] Delicious magazine listed it as one of the best restaurants in the country for solo dining. [11]
American actor and comedian Will Ferrell made headlines when he dined at the restaurant during a visit to Liverpool for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. [6]
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