Former Mersey Ferry, Daffodil, welcomes first guests on board this weekend

Former Mersey Ferry, Daffodil, Liverpool’s newest bar, restaurant and event space, will officially open this weekend, on Sunday, December 15.

After five years of work the vessel has been restored following a £3.5m investment, and owners, former Brookside actor, Philip Olivier and Joshua Boyd and their team are ready to welcome guests on board.

It was originally due to launch on December 9, but this Sunday the Promenade Bar will open, offering an all-day menu featuring small plates and light bites.

Guests can also grab a quick coffee or tea, or a more leisurely cocktail or beer.

The Main Deck restaurant is also open for the first guests with a ticket to dine aboard Daffodil, with a festive menu offering an array of dishes created by Head Chef Darren James-Campbell and team.

The first images inside Daffodil have now also been released showing an interior designed by renowned interior designer Edwin Pickett of Edwin Design.

The scheme is refined luxury, featuring plush furnishings, rich textures and a sophisticated ambiance designed to delight the senses.

The Promenade Bar is polished, with bright teal velvets and leather seating, oak tones, off-white deck heads and neutral palettes, with brass and bronze touches offering a vibrant glow as day turns to night and warm lighting envelopes the space.

A large granite-topped, copper-clad boat bar offers a central showpiece to the space, with hardwood Accoya doors offering access to outside sun decks that glisten with beachy-like aggregate flooring and restored Iroko deck boards.

Located in the heart of Liverpool’s world famous waterfront in Canning Dock, Descending down into Main Deck, guests can explore a restaurant cocooned in warm teak-coloured hardwoods and gun-metal grey deck heads.

The open ribs of the vessel offer a contemporary industrial look, cleverly pierced by soft lighting fixtures and brass table tops which cast a golden glow.

Soft banquette seats and curved booths are wrapped in rich forest green velvets and British racing-green leather, enveloping the space in pure comfort, with beautiful joinery pieces, cane webbing and suede wallpapers creating earthy textures amidst the dark metal and wenge-toned hardwood furniture.