Renshaw's, Liverpoolback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Now called 'The Blarney Stone', I walk past this place quite a lot and thought I need to see what it's like. It seems to say it's an Irish bar but there isn't anything Irish about it, except the sign and a statue of the statue of Liberty with an Irish flag draped around it. This place was quite mad to say I had come in here midday on a weekday. Locals and barmaid were friendly enough but the former were certainly taking advantage of the cheap prices. I thought I would try a Guinness in here and to my surprise it was actually quite nice and it only cost 2.40. To say at Pogue Mahones and Lanigans it cost me about 3.80ish for a Guinness that tasted like a Wetherspoons standard (and is meant to be more authenically Irish), this place out did them by quite a bit. It used to advertise Cask ale a few months back but all I could see were 3 vacant handpulls. A decent bit of whisky on offer as well. May be worth a look in to try a good pint of the black stuff around Liverpool.
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Have been saving this pub for a rainy day, as it's on the way from the station to the Dispensary. It wasn't raining on Saturday and I soon knew why I had walked on by this pub many times before. There was a couple of handpulls, but no ale. The keg choice was Coors Light, John Smiths Extra Cold, Carling, Tetleys Smooth Flow, San Miguel, Guinness, Manns Chestnut, Fosters & Strongbow. Typical Liverpool boozer. Noticed an oriental guy sat opposite us. Didn't give him a second glance. He seemed to be quite happy. After about 10 minutes, he offered us some DVDs and then promptly walked out. Such is Liverpool pub life.
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looks good from the outside but a major disappointment inside, both in terms of decor & also a total lack of ale. Choice of two different smooth flow bitters, never seen that before. Awful place- avoid.
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Pretty average owl arse type of lager and keg bitter establishment with more standing space than seats. A bit too old style flock wallpaper for my liking.
anonymous - 12 Dec 2010 01:40 |
Whenever I've been here they have the Racing channel on the TV.
There's a bookies next door which comes in handy for the drunk regulars of this pub which could be much much better!
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A single large room with a little Victorian charm but not nearly as much as the impressive exterior suggests. Usual range of uninteresting kegs, a solitary unused handpump at the end of the counter with a guest beer clip reversed. Screens and machines, a fairly down market place in all respects, not surprising given that Renshaw St is an extension of Lime St.
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