Liverpool:
There had to be one disappointment, didn’t there? This was another pub I specifically wanted to visit. Google has it as:
19th-century pub with a mahogany bar and an open fire, serving its own cellar-brewed ales.
Pub Curmudgeon’s blog describes it as
gave the impression of being unsure whether it wanted to be a modern craft bar or a traditional pub. It also seemed in places to be straddling the dividing line between shabby chic and tatty.
Which is fair comment IMO. I think we caught it at a bad time; we needed food and there wasn’t any, and we were expecting a bit more Victorian grandeur, but the inside is stripped out, a bit shabby, and was freezing cold (the aforementioned open fire was not lit); all the customers were wearing coats. Also, the toilets were being cleaned, leaving one disabled toilet for all customers (thankfully not that many).
Beer was fine, to be fair, but it wasn’t a comfortable or pleasant place to drink on a cold December day, sadly.