West Kirby Food and Drink Festival

All Week 24-30 October

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The competition 24-28

£5 Specials on offer at Lattetude, Aubergine, Red Door and Ridger. Dishes now revealed! This is your chance to vote as part of the Come Dine With Me experience, and £1 from each dish going to charity.

Order one of these dishes and ask for feedback form. Your vote will be counted towards the overall winner who will be announced on the 29th October. Or why not try all 4 dishes. Incredible value and money to charity. Here is what photographer and now blogger Graeme Lamb has to say about the food :

Lattetude- Breakfast in Bed

Aubergine- Scary Lunch

Red Door- On The Beach

The Ridger- Hillbillies at The Ridger

The Offers

The TeaRooms on Grange Road are also offering a £5 dish with £1 to charity- their Highland Pie! Layers of beef, haggis, turnip and carrot topped off with creamy mashed potato. There is also 50 pence to charity with every cake sold.

Scogs on Banks Road have some stunning menus, and during this Festival Week are offering their 3 tier Afternoon Tea menu for £5 with £1 to charity- normal price £9.50. What’s included? Selection of finger sandwiches, fruit or plain scone with clotted cream and strawberry
preserve, cakes and biscuits, freshly brewed coffee or tea served with milk or lemon

Lattetude’s Breakfast Platter is £5 and wait for it- blueberry rissotto (oats with blueberry) followed by breakfast roulade (omelette with bacon wrapped round) and freshly baked mini buns (with omega 3 seeds) then kickstart pancakes (mini pancakes with caramalised bananas) to finish! Find them on Dee Lane

Aubergine – Spooky Lunch is £5 Scary Pumpkin Soup straight from the cauldron – with Spooky Scotch Eggs – with Homemade Pork & Apple Pie, all served with Potato & Chive Salad. Situated at the top of the Crescent

Red Door West Kirby – On The Beach £5 is Sea Bass with Chilli, Lime and Mango, Mashed potato with mango and stir-fry vegetables. Find them on Grange Road

The Ridger- Black Soup, Beef Stew ,Lima Bean Tater Gruel , Varmit BBQ bites & Hillbilly Pickles. It looked enough on the tray and after eating it you realised just what excellent value it is for £5! They are by the roundabout on Frankby Road in Newton

Surfers Restaurant is offering anyone who orders their Buddy Hot Rocks a free soup starter and a glass of house wine or beer. Offer only for the week 24-30 October and don’t forget to mention where you heard this to qualify! They are at the far end of Banks Road. You can’t miss the penguin!

Apart from the £1 on special dishes going to charity, Aubergine and Lattetude will also be collecting tins and packets for Wirral FoodBank. A list of requested items is on the front page of this site.

The Events

Friday 21 October:- The Ridger Newton, Live music from “The Vinyls”. Starts 9pm . Here’s more about them ; Before that catch the last bit of sun on the Wro Terrace

Sunday 23 October :- Hilbre Island Open Day 1145- 5pm Find out more about how to plan your day here ; Dont forget a picnic and water -cheeses, pate and fresh bread as well as made to order sandwiches available from Palms Deli on Banks Road, they are closed Sunday so plan ahead! ; forget the sunday roast, it’ll be too late to start cooking if you’ve been to Hilbre Island- Marigolds is a couple of minutes walk from beach and perfect for fish and chips – eaten on a bench overlooking Marine Lake of course!

Monday 24 October:- The Ridger Newton, Poker Night £5 to enter. Starts 9pm ; Why not try Surfers Restaurant Early Doors Menu 430-7pm 3 courses £13.50 menu here ; Lattetude £5 meal is a Breakfast Platter – details above. They also have Wirral Brewers Peerless Viking Gold beer in bottles, limited stock so be quick!

Tuesday 25 October:- The Ridger Newton, Open Mic Night – Starts 9pm and free to enter ; Lattetude have a special Half Term Menu all this week or take the kids to Aubergine for decidely spooky meal!

Wednesday 26 October:-The Ridger Newton, Quiz Night £1 to enter and guaranteed prize £25 ; Pop into Lunts and get your apples ready to make Toffee Apples – there’s a recipe here ; Enjoy a liqueur coffee at Aubergine, or why not sample their new Autumn menu. Don’t forget to drop a tin or two off at their FoodBank collection. A group of children from Black Horse will be making pizzas and Claire Bear due to pay a visit too at Lattetude.

Thursday 27 October:- Red Door West Kirby- George Michael Tribute Act ; The Ridger Newton Hillbilly Night- and Line Dancing! And what about treating you and a loved one to the stunning Hot Rocks Buddy System at Surfers on Banks Road- It’s brought to your table with a selection of Sliced Tender Fillet Steak, Succulent Chicken Breast, Hand Dived Scallops, Black Tiger Prawns, Asparagus Tips, Side Salad and Chunky Fries together with 3 dips & 3 seasonings for you to experiment with and have fun, all for £25 per couple. Mention Food Festival and get a free soup starter and glass of house wine/ beer free with this meal.

Friday 28 October:- 3 Banks Road have a lunchtime offer, 2 courses served 12- 4pm for £7.95 menu here ; Don’t forget your bangers from AI Roberts or Hintons! For perfect mashed potato, try one of Delia’s recipes here ; Friday is fresh fish day. Buy yours from TS Hughes on Grange Road. Or pick up 3 fabulous chicken fillets for £5 from AI Roberts butchers in the Crescent.

Saturday 29 October:- The Ridger Newton Family Halloween Weekend, chaity auction, fancy dress, DJ, from 9pm and FREE entry  ; One of the best takeaway, and eat in, curry houses has to be Shuhel Balti on Banks Road- one of my favourites and here’s what tripadvisor customers have to say
Red Door WK are hosting a Monster Mash Ball! 7pm till late and Free entry
Sunday 30 October:- Hoylake Food Fair 10-2 Hoylake Community Hall ; Lattetude Halloween Party from 4pm

Places to eat and drink in West Kirby:

Pubs-

The Ridger, Newton- family fun with a grassy area outside for kids. Home cooked food, 2 meals for £10 offers, an over 50′s discount, children’s menu, Sunday roast and breakfast served during the week. A few minutes walk from Newton Park which is also well worth a visit!

Red Door WK- great food and lots of Events. Menu

Koi- Banks Road

Wro- Grange Road

Hilbre Court, Banks Road- food served, a lovely outside terrave with views over the Dee. A great supporter of RNLI charity.

White Lion- real ales, beams, and an outised beer garden

Weatherspoons- meal deals and convenient in the heart of West Kirby

The Moby Dick, Village Road- great roasts! large car park and popular

The Ring o Bells, Village Road- new management, new menu, very cosy pub with large car park

Cafes/ Bistros-

Aubergine- Crescent Walk

Lattetude- Dee Lane

Sweet Pea-Acacia Grove

Toast- by the Station

Slinkys- Banks Road

Amici-Crescent Walk

Cha Bar- Banks Road

Restaurants-

Milan- Banks Road

Scogs- Banks Road

Surfers- Banks Road

3 Banks Road- Banks Road

Kukis- Banks Road

Casa Mia- Grange Road

Shuhel Balti- Banks Road

The Lake Chinese- Grange Road

Specialist Shopping-

Hintons Butchers- Banks Road

AI Roberts- Crescent

Hughes Fishmongers- Grange Road

Palms Deli- Banks Road

Colin Lunt Fruit and Veg- Banks Road

Waverley- Banks Road Fine Wines, Chocolates and Icecream

Hectors- Banks Road excellent sandwiches and more takeaway

October 14 Next week the 4 restaurants go head to head with the Come Dine With Me experience, each restaurant voting. But it doesent end there! The points will be counted, and then it’s your turn. The following week is West Kirby Food and Drink Festival week – and those same meals will all be one price, with £1 from each being split between various charities. For everyone who purchases one of those meals, you too will be given scoring form and can give your marks out of 10. At the end of the week all the points will be added and a winner announced.

And there are still more menus to showcase, more food to taste and more parties to attend, as the event is being widely supported around West Kirby

So plan to eat out in West Kirby sometime during that week and enjoy the best West Wirral dining experience or simply stock up on quality sausages!

October 11 Well the Come Dine With Me with 4 restaurants is taking shape! The meals served there will be available for everyone that week, and with each meal costing exactly the same! And there will be a donation to charity for everyone one of those meals purchased. More to come on this!

Oh, and the chiili shown in poster is fine dining at The Ridger!

October 6-Starting to find out what’s on offer for the Food and Drink week and wow! Completely forgot that it is not only School Half Term, but also Halloween weekend.

So there are some triply special offers. Lattetude have a special Half Term menu and a Family Halloween Party, Red Door have a George Michael tribute act and I know Aubergine have a new and exciting Autumn menu starting. Their new Sunday brunch menu is very popular.

Check out the chilli or baked Camembert at The Ridger. They will also be hosting a Family Halloween Weekend.

Ring o Bells is under new management and they have new menus. Hilbre Court always good company.

Can there be any reason not to be in West Kirby that week for a sizzling snack, luscious latte or cheeky cocktail!

Picture via Lattetude

October 5 – Well WK Winning Meals is a lighthearted competition between Aubergine Cafe, Lattetude, The Ridger in Newton and Red Door WK to plan, prepare and serve a meal to each other. Set over 4 days this is sure to be an excellent Culinary Experience!

We will continue to keep this page updated.
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So what started off as banter on Twitter, reflecting on the number of food festivals around, and West Kirby had enough places to eat and drink,surely it could hold its own Festival…

Well, its escalated! With so many great places to eat and drink in West Kirby we are going to showcase them and their offers from Monday 24 October through until Sunday 30 October. Sunday 30 October is the Hoylake Food Fair, so hopefully we can help boost their profile too!

So whether it is Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch or Dinner …
English, Spanish, Indian, Gluten Free…
Bistro, Cafe, Restaurant or Takeaway…
Terrace, Patio, Inside or under Canopy on the Pavement…
West Kirby has it covered.

Watch this space as we update with all the latest news ! Or follow @visitwestkirby on Twitter and our very own hashtag #WKFoodFest

(shown is Aubergine Vegetarian Breakfast)

We have tried to email or put notes through businesses we think might be interested. If we have missed you, do email us at visitwestkirby1@gmail.com with offer, special , event and picture!