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Tried visiting here today at opening time (10am). The lights were on and there was a guy behind the bar with headphones on. We tried getting his attention, to no avail. After 5 minutes, we gave up and moved on elsewhere, as we had a train to catch. It seems opening times are unreliable here.
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A thinish roomed pub with a J shaped bar. On the bar the ales were George Wright Pipe dream- 2.80 a pint and pretty decent, George Wright Longboat, Bass and Doom Bar. BArman seemed alright in here but seemed to be trying to be mates with a couple lads who were intrigued by the horse racing. Memorabilia in here included Bass branded mirrors, a full load of clips from Robinsons in a frame and large bottles and glasses on a perch above the bar and one of the seating areas. You can tell how small this place knows it is as they have beer mats on the window ledges. I also got the feeling that this place is like a church cafe, with the barmaid helping out some of the old local lads by getting their drinks and helping them out, not a bad thing just an interesting observation. This pub is good if you want to people watch the people of Liverpool on their shopping trips and I expect it would be good on a summer day as it has a decent outdoor seating area.
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First time in here for a few years on Saturday. Little has changed. The pub looks quite large from the outside. But inside it is actually quite small, with a narrow drinking area. As with my previous visit, most of the regulars are a mature lot. The beer range looked good - Bass, Purple Moose Glaslyn Ale, Burscough Mere Gold & Flat Rib Mild & George Wright Citra. I'm not sure how quickly the beers rotate. A quick glance around revealed most people on lagers. Our milds were off. Credit to the barmaid who did offer to exchange them. But there wasn't anything else we fancied.
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Very small one room bar. It was full on Saturday night.Miserable barmaid .Fair choice of national brewery ales .Too crowded to really enjoy.
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Popped in here the other day and had a pint of Bass, which wasn't that bad. The barman was professional, not a great raconteur. Place quite full, some punters rather worse for wear and noisy. When it's full, which is almost always as it's so small, I have to agree with previous comments that the locals can be a bit off-putting. But that's life. The White Lion, The Bee-Hive, The Carnavon and others are a stone's throw away. So there you are.
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This pub has deteriorated. Poor attitude by certain staff. Not that friendly anymore.
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I agree with Carlurmston this pub is full of attitude. Went for a nice drink and ended up having agro with other customers for standing too close! Work on the friendlinesh!
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Proper locals' boozer in the pedestrianised area of the city centre, and with attitude to boot.
It occupies a street corner, and as noted is a strange blend of old and new styles. One small room is dominated by the bar, and whilst the furnishings are far from traditional- lots of leather couches, etc.- the upper part of the room features brewery mirrors and other pubby things which do give some character.
The atmosphere is very much that of a working-class locals place, and good-natured banter prevails. It always seems to be absolutely packed at the weekends, with people spilling outside, which had always deterred me from going in. A jukebox often dominates proceedings.
It's featured more prominently on the CAMRA radar in recent years, with frequent mentions in the local magazine and GBg places. 6 handpumps seems to be the maximum, although like others I found fewer to be in operation on my visit. Apparently, guest ales often feature but the big boys dominated on my visit, Bombardier was fine.
It's not a Liverpool must-visit by any means, and I doubt everyone would enjoy it, but I may just be returning here.
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Excellent, small well refurbed 'old fellas' boozer right in the heart of the city. Had a top form pint of Triple F's Moondance (for �2.40).
anonymous - 4 Dec 2010 00:44 |
Narrow single room city centre pub with large, un-frosted windows which is a good idea otherwise it would feel far too oppressive. Modernised inside with chrome handpulls & generally bright. Popular with the older male drinkers infact my other half was the only female on our visit. 6 handpumps although I don't think they were all in operation. Taylord Landlord & Jennings Cumberland Ale were well served. I'm not sure whether this was a special offer but real ales were only �2 a pint.
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I think this pub deserves much higher than its current 3.7/10 rating. Yes the interior is small and there's only 1 or 2 tables. But it's well located and on our visit they did have 6 cask ales - Sadlers Snow Monkey, Tom Woods Jolly Snowman, Southport Golden Sands, Youngs Original, Cains Bitter and Draught Bass. Largely frequented by an aging clientele. But they were very amusing to chat with.
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So the full page advert for this pub in the latest edition of Merseyale is obvioulsy wrong. Sadly I won't be returning to this pub to see if they are selling Landlord, Black Sheep, Bass, Cains Bitter, Deuchars or Tiger that the photo in the advert portrays.
Last time I went here a couple of weeks ago none of these beers were on so I was offered a pint of Guinness instead!
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I wasn�t very impressed with this place. 6 handpumps but only 1 beer on at 6 p.m. on a Saturday, very poor. The beer was Coach House Cheshire Gold which to be fair was pretty good. There are a lot of smokers using this pub and we had to push though a crowd of about 20 of them to even get into the pub. It�s very small inside and has 2 large TV screens so everybody is stood watching one or the other of them. A nice touch though is the pub sign which shows a picture of Paddy Golden who was one of the pubs regulars until he died in 2004. He was a local character and was one of the first soldiers to hit the Normandy beaches on D Day. This pub is in the GBG 2010, what are you playing at Merseyside CAMRA? Here, Pilgrim, Munroe, you have got to be joking.
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Have been in here a few times when it's been quiet and had a good pint of Cains. Only problem is that the interior is small and even when it's quiet you end up sitting next to someone.
Have walked passed and daren't enter it when it's busy (most friday and saturdays). I'm always put off by the outside seating area that you have to wallk through to get into the pub and which is inhabited by drunk chain smoking locals.
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Walked past this pub today and noticed a sign in the window which proclaimed 'Bitter �1:60'.
I didn't go in but was intrigued as to what bitter it was.
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An odd mix of the plain and the melodramatic, a continental bar in looks but definitely a pub in character. Large clear windows with extravagant austrian blinds trimed with crystal swathes illuminate a narrow corridor shaped bar plainly decorated in lighter colours and there is a huge mirror either side of the bar counter. Overhead light is provided by four chandeliers(!). There is a big screen TV at each end of the room usually showing sport to the mainly male 30 something to 50 something customers, although I imagine their lunchtime trade is significantly different. 16 keg fonts for lager and smooth etc plus six handpulls serving mainstream cask ales. Only two pulls in use on my visit serving tolerable and very reasonably priced Bass (�2.10) and Cains Bitter; Deuchers IPA and Taylors Landlord are often available. There is a juke box of 60s, 70s and 80s music, seating is a bit limited inside but there is a large pavement area with tables and chairs in the continental style
anonymous - 23 Apr 2009 11:03 |
