A well kept secret! except for those who pack it to the rafters on occasions. It’s a small cosy two bar pub with local craft ales and knowledgeable staff.

Visited in januar 2012 on our pre-winter-ale-pubcrawl.. Small city pub, quit narrow around the bar, but with a bit more space in the back, and with a fireplace :-). Think its more a pub for the locals, can be a bit tricky to find.. Had a few of the Liverpool beers on..

One of my favorite places nowadays.

nice people and a lot of good beer

A small, tidy (recently refurbished apparently) Victorian boozer in the “Georgian Quarter”. Don’t bother looking for Sugnall Street on a map – it’s just a tiny stub off Falkner Street, between Catherine Street and Hope Street. Two small rooms inside. Some benches outside. A few interesting beers on handpump with Liverpool Organic (including the new Higsons) featuring prominently. Also some bottled foreign beers but I didn’t note what they were. Only two other customers when we visited about 930pm on a Tuesday night.

The Belvedere is an old fashioned local tucked away in a side street in the elegant Georgian area of Liverpool. It feels like a throw back in time. The door opens on to a former off-sales area, there’s a snug to the left and the public bar is to the right behind an etched glass screen. It’s plainly decorated in a subdued green, there’s a lino floor and very little seating – just two high chairs at the bar and a solitary table in the corner with low stools and a wooden bench. It’s hard to go anywhere in Liverpool without being reminded of the city’s maritime connections and the Belvedere is no exception, with its panorama of New York over the bar. Outside there are three or four tables in a little oasis of potted bamboos and I can imagine that it’s a popular spot on a sunny day. We visited on a Tuesday evening and it was pleasantly quiet, with friendly service. The pub must have been busier earlier in the day as the home made pork pies and pasties were sold out but snacks were available in the form of olives and Lakeland Cheddar with organic oatcakes. The beer on offer included Liverpool Organic Everyman’s Ale, Port’er Liverpool and Higsons Best Bitter. There was also a nice collection of single malt whiskies, cider and a beer called Voluptuous Vera but, unfortunately, I didn’t write down which brewery it was from and I can’t now identify it. (Visited 7 June 2011).

amazing little back street boozer real ales real fire real cider real peopl;e!