Nova Scotia Liverpool

You'll find this bright, airy spot tucked into the ground floor of Mann Island's sleek residential towers, where floor-to-ceiling windows frame perfect shots of the Liver Building and Cunard Building across the water. The setting might be thoroughly modern, but Nova Scotia gets the fundamentals absolutely right – proper coffee that doesn't taste like dishwater, eggs Benedict that arrives with perfectly runny yolks, and weekend brunch queues that move at a civilised pace. The menu keeps things straightforward without being boring, and the staff actually seem to enjoy working here rather than just tolerating your presence. It's become the go-to spot for Albert Dock workers grabbing their morning flat white and weekend visitors who've worked up an appetite wandering the waterfront.