Impress the Big Cheese

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Step Four Choose your venue, we wholeheartedly recommend…

The Living Room Victoria Street. 0151 236 1999. Right in the heart of the business district, so you'll be surrounded by others doing the same thing. Has big leather sofas and booths - so if you boss is a big cheese type, he'll feel right at home. Food's great too.

The Other Place Allerton Road. 0151 724 1234. Relaxed restaurant with a very classy feel to it. Good wine list and a perfectly executed menu of modern British dishes that changes weekly.

L'Aloutes St Johns Lane. 0151 709 0922. Ok, so you've got to really want that promotion to pod out for this one, as it's not cheap. But the dishes served here are so good they're guaranteed to distract the boss away from asking awkward questions that'll reveal your blatent lack of company knowledge.

Pan American Club Albert Dock. 0151 709 7097. Big classy restaurant and bar that provides live entertainment, excellent food, and even has a dedicated champagne bar. If you buy your boss a watermelon cocktail in here he/she will be putty in your hands. Promise.

Don Pepes Victoria Street. 0151 227 4265. The décor in here is something else - your boss'll forget he's at work and will start to feel like he's in Spain… and once in that chilled out holiday mood he's much more likely to forgive you for not having met a single deadline in the last two months.

Step Five Choosing wine? Conversation pointers? Classic 'any situation' type gags? www. itchycity.co.uk has got all this covered within its cyber pages. You're pretty much sorted.

Step Six Accomplish mission and let us know how it went. Feedback is always welcomed on our message boards, though we're not taking any responsibility for any fancy cocktail induced moments of honesty, desperation or embarrassing begging. Sorry.

Now that you've found out where to stay, check out what Liverpool offers in the way of places to stay and shops