New Liverpool city region restaurant provides a ‘Mediterranean escape’ and opens on the site of a former Waterloo pub in a £1.2m investment. Tony McDonough reports
A new bar/restaurant called Kyma has opened in South Road in Waterloo in a £1.2m investment.
On the site of a former pub, Kyma offers what owners describe as a “Mediterranean escape”. With space for 60 guests in the main restaurant and bar, adding to Kyma’s offering is a 30-person outdoor terrace with retractable roof and heating.
Owner Natasha Moran, 35 from Liverpool, has more than 15 years’ experience in the hospitality industry and wanted to create something unique in the area, offering something different to both locals and guests from further afield.
Open from 4pm until 10.30pm Monday to Thursday and 12pm until 2am on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday 12pm until 10.30pm, Kyma is home to a selection of sharing platters and small plates.
Sharing platters include a selection of artisan continental cured meats and cheeses, urratina, pecorino, Parma ham, coppa, bresaola, Mortadella, spicy nduja, hot calabrese salami, grilled artichokes and Gordal olives for two to share.
There’s also a vegan sharing platter made up of grilled aubergine, peppers, artichokes, baba ganoush, whipped vegan feta stuffed peppers, gordal olive stuffed vine leaves for two. Kyma also has a variety of small plates with fish, meat and vegetarian sections.
Fish dishes include fresh calamari with peppers and aioli, crab and prawn fishcakes with sriracha and ponzu mayo, seabags tempura with Asian slaw and kimchee and octopus puttanesca, capers and a chilli, olive and sugo sauce.
For meat lovers, there’s a trio of mini burgers; Angus beef, chorizo and chicken, as well as a spicy pulled beef bon bon with rosemary mash and veal jus, salt and pepper chicken wings with ginger and spring onion and pork belly with ponzu and Asian slaw.
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Vegetarian dishes include arancini with truffle spinach and a mushroom sugo sauce, Spanish omelette with potatoes, peppers, onion and Manchego and chunky chips with a truffle oil dip.
Natasha said: “I’m delighted to be opening the doors at Kyma, welcoming locals as well as guests from further afield in Liverpool and beyond.
“I wanted to create a different offering in the area and bring together what I love about hospitality; great food and drinks, beautiful decor and unmatched ambiance”