{"id":195461,"date":"2025-06-18T21:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195461\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:57:12","slug":"new-underground-bar-people-want-to-stay-at-all-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195461\/","title":{"rendered":"New underground bar people want to stay at ‘all night’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new bar is found in the basement of a thriving cocktail venue<\/p>\n

20:12, 18 Jun 2025Updated 20:12, 18 Jun 2025<\/p>\n

Suono on Bold Street<\/p>\n

A new Tokyo-inspired venue has opened in the heart of Liverpool. Suono is a ‘listening bar’ based on a concept commonly found in Japan.<\/p>\n

Known as hi-fi bars, the Japanese bars are a unique type of venue where the main focus is on high quality sounds and the immersive experience of listening to music, usually played from vinyl records.<\/p>\n

These spaces are focused on the audio experience within the venue, and often feature carefully curated playlists, top-quality sound systems and a chilled atmosphere where customers can enjoy listening to the music. Now, Liverpool’s own listening bar has arrived on Bold Street thanks to owner Mike Girling.<\/p>\n

Mike is also responsible for popular Italian-inspired L\u2019Aperitivo on Bold Street<\/a>, and he recently decided he wanted to do something with the basement space below the existing cocktail bar. Mike chose to create what he believes is a \u201ccity-first\u201d for Liverpool in the form of Suono.<\/p>\n

Suono on Bold Street<\/p>\n

The new venue prides itself on putting music centre stage, allowing customers to experience it \u201chow albums were supposed to sound\u201d. Mike said Suono has been inspired by Tokyo\u2019s legendary listening bars, with the aim of \u201cblending analogue warmth with modern minimalism\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mike told the ECHO<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019ve been open for just around a month now, and the reaction has been so positive. I couldn\u2019t have been happier with how it has gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to do something with the basement. It was just getting round to do it but the time was right now. It used to be a kitchen so we needed to get rid of all of that and insulate it for sound.<\/p>\n

Suono on Bold Street<\/p>\n

\u201cListening bars are really on trend now. They have been around for 100 years, but they are having a massive resurgence lately. It was originally about listening to jazz and classical music, but you can get any genre or collection really. We have tons of records behind the bar, but a lot of it is classic dance and house.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike explained that feels his latest venue has a \u201cdual identity\u201d. During the week, the vibe inside the venue is \u201cslower-paced and appreciative\u201d, but when it comes to the weekend, the furniture moved around for more of a club atmosphere to take over.<\/p>\n

Mike said guests have the choice of a range of Japanese whiskeys and yuzu-flavoured cocktails, while carefully selected records play in the background. He explained: \u201cThis isn\u2019t just another bar. It\u2019s a new kind of venue \u2014 for the sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

To help bring the idea to life, the interiors, designed by architects R2A, were created to offer an authentic listening bar experience. Acoustically considered, low-lit and effortlessly cool, it is said to be the \u201ckind of space that makes you want to stay all night and hear every night\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new bar is found in the basement of a thriving cocktail venue 20:12, 18 Jun 2025Updated 20:12,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[35652,748,393,4884,179,8922,2349,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-195461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-bold-street","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-liverpool-bars","14":"tag-liverpool-city-centre","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114706608618927097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}