The Alchemist Liverpool

You know you're in for something different when your cocktail arrives belching dry ice like a mad scientist's experiment. The theatrical presentation here isn't just Instagram bait – though your feed will thank you – it's genuinely entertaining watching bartenders work their molecular magic behind the bar. The drinks menu reads like a chemistry textbook, with concoctions that change colour, smoke dramatically, or arrive with elaborate garnishes that border on performance art. Sure, you're paying for the show as much as the booze, but when your 'Smoking Bubbles' arrives in a cloud of aromatic vapour, it's hard not to get swept up in the spectacle. The space itself feels appropriately laboratory-meets-speakeasy, all dark wood and copper pipes.