Who votes for these things?? Salthouse Tapas is as you say, the better Spanish restaurant. But the best restaurant in the city is still Eureka on Myrtle Parade, but you won’t get that at an awards ceremony because it doesn’t play the game.

I’m a little underwhelmed by both Lunya and Salthouse Tapas. I still pine for Don Pepe.

Catalan working in Liverpool. Lunya és el millor. Lunya is the best. Great food (as good is some of the best in my home city of Vic), great service, friendly and attentive, and does not fall into the trap of being false - pretend barrels, chipped tiles ect.

I like the way they take risks with the menu, like Catalan scouse. There croquetas are very authentic, nice and runny on in the inside as they are suposed to be.

My family went to Salthouse to but were disappointed. Patatas Bravas was terrible, meatballs no good, but they did a nice chorizo. Service slow even though few people in restaurant.

Everyone has there own opinions, these are mine.

I’ve always found Tapas Tapas to be perfectly acceptable.

I’d not even heard of Saharaa before. Sounds great - will be hunting that one out!

Having tried to hold my tongue, this has burst out of me, at the risk of sounding a crazed snob.

I try and try to take Liverpool’s restaurant offering with a “pinch of salt” and be grateful for what we have, for what we are getting but I know, in the back of my mind, I am burying my head in the sand.

Yes Lunya is fine and I am grateful for its arrival but I cannot convince myself that it is a patch on the better tapas bars in Barcelona, despite ingredients purchased, at least in the Deli, from a great Spanish supplier.

As for taking risks, what risks (?!), everything is a watered down version of what it could be, where is the zing and sheer thrill I experienced in Barcelona, the sweetest of tiny red peppers stuffed with bacalao, miniature fillet steak on bruschetta, crumbly spicy black pudding, hot, sweet and smoky sausages laden with paprika, crunchy potato cubes in piquant, garlicky tomato sauce, juicy marinated char grilled prawns, meaty pinchos, succulently marinated in garlic and herbs (rather than the sadly stringy, gristly piece of unidentifiable morsel of pig on stick I encountered at Lunya) and so on and on.

I applaud Lunya and other such restaurants trying to make a difference in Liverpool, I admire the effort, believe me I know it takes over your life but why, oh why does Liverpool appear to suck the flavour, the life out of food? Though we suffer lack of sun I am sure we can take its passion or maybe it is just me and my strange taste.

Anyway, apologise for rant, I know everyone is trying so very hard and I wouldn’t want to discourage anyone even if I did know what I was talking about which I probably don’t.

That’s it, got it out except to say am visiting the Salthouse next week, so might report back.