{"id":681186,"date":"2026-01-08T01:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/681186\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T01:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:46:16","slug":"restaurant-reveals-why-it-stopped-taking-bookings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/681186\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant reveals why it stopped taking bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The venue has “historically” always been used as an events space<\/p>\n

16:49, 07 Jan 2026Updated 16:50, 07 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

\"InsideInside No4 in Crosby has now shut<\/p>\n

A Liverpool restaurant has closed its doors as it prepares to relaunch in a few months time as a new concept. This month, has seen a number of venues across Merseyside announce they would be shutting their doors for the last time.<\/a><\/p>\n

The latest to reveal such news is Crosby<\/a>\u2019s Inside No.4. However, on this occasion, it isn\u2019t all bad, as the site is currently undergoing renovations in preparation to reopen as The Norseman. The “smart pub” will have a similar atmosphere to that of The Belvedere in the Georgian Quarter and The Old Tap in Waterloo<\/a>, also owned by The Norseman\u2019s Liam Riley.<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old businessman, from Crosby, told the ECHO<\/a>: “Essentially, it is transforming into a smart pub – where it was a bar and restaurant, it will now have a different feel. There will be great food and great beers.<\/p>\n

“I already own The Belvedere<\/a> and The Old Tap, just up the road from Inside No.4, so the main idea is to have similar vibes with those, especially in terms of the beer line-up. Premium, quality imported beers, crafts and cask ales are what we are after.”<\/p>\n

\"LiamLiam Riley, landlord at The Belvedere in Liverpool<\/p>\n

Alongside a new line-up of drinks, there will be a classic pub-style menu on offer and street food to choose from out the back of the venue. Liam said he is hoping to have the venue open by March, but an exact date has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

He added: “I managed to agree the deal on the site for the refurbishment for the end of the year. The site hosts a lot of events historically, and we wanted to honour the bookings for events that were still in place for Christmas time.<\/p>\n

“We didn\u2019t want to cancel these, so we just stopped taking further bookings or reservations for 2026. We have closed it as early as we can to start the work and to have it open as soon as we can this year.<\/p>\n

\"InsideInside No4 in Crosby will reopen as a new venue this year <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s more headaches and more work as there is a lot that goes into it. The old site lent itself to a specific type of feel and style, and that\u2019s going to be completely changed in the new place. We couldn\u2019t have carried on with our new idea in the old set-up.<\/p>\n

“Even the bar, it’s getting increased in size and footprint, we are removing the cellar so we can put in the cask lines and out the back will become a type of mini-food court.”<\/p>\n

The ECHO also reported on how the team behind multiple Merseyside establishments announced the closure of one of their restaurants. The Tree House in Crosby<\/a> is having its last full month of trading this month, with the venue shutting for the final time in February.<\/p>\n

\"TreeTree House in Crosby is shutting in February<\/p>\n

The eatery on Coronation Road belongs to the 23 Group, the family-run company also behind Bold Street and Castle Street\u2019s So Salsa and Crosby\u2019s SaltRock.<\/a> It originally opened more than a decade ago in 2012 and was then run by the owners of Fat Italian restaurants.<\/p>\n

However, a few years later, in 2016, it was taken over by the Peters family. Fast forward to now, and The Tree House is preparing to serve its last ever set of customers.<\/p>\n

Taking to social media, to inform its thousands of followers, the team said: “Our journey has had the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.<\/p>\n

“From taking a risk of buying The Tree House and working together as a small, knit family, to now employing over 100 staff across seven sites. The Tree House is where it all began, and we will forever be grateful. We’ve employed staff who become family and met customers who become friends.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The venue has “historically” always been used as an events space 16:49, 07 Jan 2026Updated 16:50, 07 Jan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,5765,393,4884,14983,179,8899,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-681186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crosby","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-halal-food","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-liverpool-restaurants","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115856958291831763","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681186","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=681186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}