I ate in Alma de Cuba yesterday - and it was a let down. The place itself was cold so we sat shivering. We ordered from the brunch menu, i was told my choice was off, and had been for a week. A week??? Surely a kitchen order could have been placed within a week. The food was umimaginative, greasy and barely lukewarm. We were then overcharged for 2 drinks we didnt have and a side order which never arrived. I love Liverpool, dont love Alma de Cuba!

Jo, Dublin, Ireland

Steven Gerrard made me laugh

"I love liverpool....its difficult for me to imagine living anywhere else"

Mr Gerrard of course lives in Formby

degsy bunny rabbit, liverpool,

Nice one Phil Noonan. As someone brought up in Netherton, you'd never guess 'O8 was happening. It's great for the glitterati and the suits. For us, it's a goldfish bowl to look at. The legacy will be great shopping, eating and more tourists - nothing else.

Steve Wainwright, Liverpool,

How can you leave out the Pier Head and Ferries . Calderstones park etc. This is a city of parks .

M. Jones , Surrey , British Columbia

Urban Regeneration?
I`m a proud "scouser" , 45 yrs old, and spent much of Yesterday taking pictures of the regeneration.
The thousands of builders, sporting their dayglo yellow jackets and ridiculously high hard hats, are LOVING it.
As, I`m pretty sure, are all the architects and the "money suits" wandering around wearing their blootooth headsets and natty suits.
So tell me, who do you "think" will benefit from this regeneration?
The scousers in Kirkby? Norris Green? Croxteth? Netherton?
We`ll be heartily backslapped by BBC news reporters in the coming 12 months as "marvellous, quaint, vaguely dangerous, predominently illiterate, and of course `inherantly humerous`"... Centre stage "la`s" greeted gleefully with "Calm down calm down, eh?eh?eh?"
And then the circus will leave town.
And the predominently struggling poor and overlooked will be left with what?
Shops we cant afford to shop in, houses we cant afford to buy, and streets we arent allowed to walk.
*yawn*
roll on 2009

Phil Noonan, Liverpool,

How can you write so much good stuff about arts & culture in Liverpool and not mention www.artinliverpool.com ?

Well done though, please visit Liverpool more often and check out the thriving independent arts scene.

Ian Jackson, Liverpool, UK

Having lived there for the past 2 years.........

Drink - 'The Fly in The Loaf' and 'Hanna's Bar' on Hardman Street - both are excellent.

Food - 'Meat' on Brunswick Street does a fantastic Argentinean Steak.

Culture - 'Speke House' near the airport is a National Trust venue which has some amazing history and is excellent for a relaxed family day out.

Shopping - Bold Street has some very trendy shops - 'Microzine' being my personal favourite.

Don’t - Stay clear of Concert Square and Matthew Street on a Saturday night, it has a 'Magaluf' quality that is hard to take.

Do – Get to Sefton Park, Allerton and Lark Lane. Lark Lane especially has some great bars and restaurants and is always lively. Keith’s Wine Bar is a brilliant place that has excellent food and drink and it won’t cost you the earth.

Huw Griffiths, Sydney , Australia/NSW

Liverpool looks fantastic and has come on leaps and bounds since it won the City of Culture award. As for being homophobic, how can a city be homophobic? Which, coming from an Australian made me laugh!

Dave B, york, england

Short dresses and beautiful bear flesh with stunning legs from the girls of Liverpool, even on a cold winters night. Al i for the pleasure of us men. Come and have a great weekend....there is good theatre too.

ARTHUR BROCKLEBANK, Cheshire, England

i found liverpool to be terribly homophobic.

kate playford, sydney, australia