Belvedere Arms

Livercrawl#5, back onto harrisoni's original plan. Lovely little boozer, with two tiny rooms - a snug to the left and a serving hatch and bar to the right. Left was dead but beautiful in an olde-worlde way, right was lighter, both photonically, and in spirit! Honestly, the best bants you could imagine, we were right in with the group of 4 locals within seconds of appearing through the door. Out of control, hilarious, brilliant, the exact opposite of the Caledonia encounter half an hour back. 4 hand pulls, 2 Phoenix ticks, both on form. Staff was a little less excited by our presence than the locals, but the cash transaction occured without a hitch, apart from the fact that it had to be cash and we were starting to run low (has Liverpool not reached the 90s yet?).

Called into this 2019 Good Beer Guide pub which is a 2 roomed community pub. The barman was very busy conversing with the customers in the bar and we did feel a little intrusive and took our drinks into the other room. I went back in to get the cask marque recorded on the app, and the silence as conversation ceased hit me as I tried and failed, then found it was out of date so not a cask marque pub. We had Liverpool Brewing Co Floral Pale, and Big Bog Will o the wisp, both of which were fine.

Disappointing pub when I eventually found it. Old school alehouse but lacking the charm of similar pubs in this fine city. Selection was poor and my pint of IPA was found wanting in all honesty. Couldn't get excited about this place at all, wouldn't return.

Pub quite close to the old cathedral, looks to be popular with diners. We had rather an unfortunate experience with the Bar guy who ignored me for quite a while then was rather patronising. Not for us this one.

Twin roomed pub on the same street as The Blackburne - in the grand terrace streets north of the gothic Cathedral. The pub has a lovely period styling to it, with saloon doors and a serving hatch in the corridor between the two drinking areas. The rotund service area takes up a lot of space in the main room, but packs in good row of real ales with local micros prevalent. Across the hallway the tables are larger but are packed in to a space equal to that of the bar area, so things can get tight if it’s full. This room is also period styled and atmospheric enough for it.

A public bar serving two small drinking rooms. Four different cask ales from Peerless and Liverpool Organic, among others. Retro, classic pub interior promoting a cozy and welcome atmosphere. Polite service. Very quiet, and relaxing, early on a Monday afternoon. Fleetwood Mac in the background. Located in the northern Georgian Quarter, off the main street, round the corner and a bit further up Sugnall Steet. Can be a bit difficult to spot (visited 02.02.2015).

Fortunately I managed to squeeze in and secure a seat in the corner. I really enjoyed the atmosphere and banter amongst the locals. Good brews from Liverpool Organic as part of a smallish selection. Friendly lady at the bar. No frills. It’s worth making the effort walking over for a beer.

A pub with 2 rooms and some standing room in the middle. Thank goodness for outdoor seating as I wouldn’t have been able to sit down otherwise. Four handpumps plus a couple of interesting keg taps and bottles. The cask beers are mostly from the excellent Liverpool Organic Brewery, so I could spend all night here. However there are so many incredible pubs in the area that I must say that this isn’t a destination pub. Even still, if you are in the area, I urge you to give it a go.

A true back-street boozer with a small range of classic session beers on cask, well kept. They also advertised some local beers in bottle but were sold out on my visit. The bar area is quite claustrophobic but there is also a seating room. Fairly ambivalent staff. Decent value. The clientele seems to be quite salt-of-the-earth, which I like. Worth a visit.

back street small two room pub, well kept beer, fairly busy, okay selection of mostly local cask, pork pies available but not sampled.