I find this quite a strange off license. All the alcohol is behind a glass screen and you have to…read moretell the person behind the glass screen what you want and then they get it for you. I've actually never seen anything like it before but I suppose it makes sense. They have really good deals on beers and cider here but the deals on the wine aren't that great. It's the same as a supermarket, even a little bit more expensive. Although the out of town ones might be cheaper. Still a cheap and handy place to get booze.

Great offie with loads to choose from at fab prices - take a fiver and you'll buy enough for a…read moredecent bevvy for the evening. Lots of good offers, nice enough staff too. Definately my first choice when getting the beers in.

Handy little shop to get your wine, spirits and lager from in davenham. You can park outside or…read moredown the side street.Prices seem reasonable compared to supermarkets and handy. Would definately recommend.

A 'proper' pub, in every sense. Bank Top is a great local brewery in Bolton and popping in to the…read morepub you get to taste some of their home brews which is fantastic. They have a huge range of beers, ranging from their own cask ales, to some rather interesting craft bottles which different fruity flavours. The last time I visited was over Christmas so they had 2 different types of hot cider on. I opted for the Mulled Cider and it was absolutely spot on after getting in from the nippy Bolton weather. Don't expect fancy decor and modern interior, Bank Top is a traditional Bolton pub and I personally think that makes it better. It's not a fancy Gastro-Pub, it's an old school boozer with top quality local beer!

The Brewery Tap is Bank Top's first pub and what an outrageously good place it is too…read more As the flagship ale-house for the brewers, it won't surprise you to find that the beer is uniformly excellent. There's a great mix of Bank Top's own ales, such as the firm favourite 'Flat Cap', as well as newer additions such as 'Gold Digger' (which has a very amusing tale behind it which should only be told by the patrons and bar staff of the pub) as well as some great guest ales. It is out of town, but definitely worth a visit - a taxi from Bolton town centre should cost around £4. When a pair of fine ales cost less than that, it is well worth going along. Bank Top is Bolton's local brewer and was set up in the '90s in an old (and very handsome) tennis pavillion. Trivia fans will be pleased to know that the first pint ever poured at the brewery was by Bill Tarmey who of course played Rover's Return landlord, Jack Duckworth. The pub itself is very homely and will look better when it ages slightly (it is still a bit neat, but that's a very very small gripe). There's also a decent sized beer garden which is great on balmy days. It really is a fantastic pub and well worth the trip.

Classy and casual high quality nibbles and wine. Thoroughly recommend as excellent helpful and…read moreknowledgeable staff

Big fan of Tesco and Tesco Express. This location has all…read morethe things you'd expect a bodega to carry. Prices are average with other shops. Easy in and out. Friendly employees. Good location to grab things if you're in a hurry.

This Tesco Express (formerly Tesco Metro) location is over two floors on Market Street, on the…read morecorner going onto Brown Street, right opposite the Arndale. It is probably the largest convenience store in the city centre, stocking a range of essentials and a little bit more over two floors, you can get between the floors using an escalator, but there also is lift access (the lift is super slow though and has been for years!). There is a decent selection of to-go food and drinks, including a Costa Express coffee machine, you can also find the occasional item on the small yet useful hot food counter, but that does tend to go fast. The layout of the store is easy to follow, I personally dislike the two-floor format for a store like this, as it means having to spend more time going up/down escalators and searching around the store, this is the type of store you want to get in and out quickly, and being over two floors and a lack of supporting mobile payment similar to Sainsbury's and Marks and Spencer nearby, there are drawbacks. Most of the staff seem friendly and helpful, but there are a couple of bad apples. There are plenty of self-service checkouts, and a couple of manned checkouts too, there always seems to be a handful of machines either not in use or broken down, so there's always a wait at the checkout for some reason. The prices are much higher now than they were under the Tesco Metro brand, so you are paying a good bit more than you would in a regular Tesco store, which is annoying! 4* - A good and large store in the city centre, yet could be far better.

A no frills discount drink shop conveniently located next to the Zozan Kebab House. They sell a…read morehuge range of drinks but nothing fancy. Plenty of beers, wines and spirits as well as alcopops, soft drinks, chewing gum, chocolates and tobacco. Their special offers are plentiful and change weekly so you never know whats going to tempt you. Parking is on the roadside but theres always a space.

Murphy's Wines is not the best off licence I have ever visited but it is hardly the worst either so…read moreit falls into some sort of nothingness. From an aesthetic view this place does not look great and you wander about the reception you may receive from behind the door. If you do decide to venture inside this establishment you will find that the reception is actually ok and the staff do an adequate enough job even if they are not exactly employees of the year. The value here is not that great and can probably be beaten by the likes of Bargain Booze and other such competitors. On the whole there is very little to distinguish this place from its rivals and I would say that if you are in close proximity to Murphy's Wines then you could do worse than visit however do not go out of your way as it will not be worth the trip.

Everything a corner shop could need, plus alcohol…read more If you're an avid reader of my reviews, you will recall an Italian Bistro I used to work at which used to send me out for pizza because it was on the menu but we didn't cook it. The same bistro used to send me running out to the 10 til 10 to get Amaretto for the occasional late night regular who'd prop up the bar and regale us all with the week's gossip. So it has always been the place for me where you can get emergency alcohol. And there's a decent selection. I do miss the way it used to be with a wooden frame separating you from the drink and grubby windows which students and tramps alike pressed their noses against whilst picking their drink of choice. These days they're a lot more trusting and let you get the majority of stuff yourself, but then they've obviously come under new management too, if the gaudy new shop sign is anything to go by. I have before and after pictures for comparison...

10 til 10 is a small convenience market that is actually open from 9am to whenever they feel like…read moreshutting, which is sometimes as late as 2 or 3 in the morning. I guess by lowering the expectations about when the shop was going to actually be open they expected that people walking past at midnight would be pleasantly surprised and would venture in and but Snack-a-Jacks and Blossom Hill rose aplenty. This is a particular gem if you have a friend, or indeed if you are a friend, who lives around the area. In which case a few six packs of export strength lager and a bag of minstrels procured at just-above-supermarket prices mean that the party can keep on going long after the last orders at the Pilgrim has been rung. Oh hells yeah.