It's hard to miss The Meadows if you're in the area. Like the nearby Hare and Hounds, The Meadows…read morepub is easily one of the largest pubs in Liverpool, never mind Maghull. From the outside, The Meadows has a traditional, comfortable look to it which this is shared by its interior design. Offering a casual, relaxed drinking environment by day and a busier, rowdier atmosphere at night, The Meadows is a great place to go whether you fancy a spot of pub lunch and a cider or two in the beer garden or if you're looking to start off a messy night there of a Friday or Saturday before heading into town. Their food is your basic pub food but made to a high standard and their drinks prices are very reasonable for the area. It can get busy at weekends, but this just highlights its popularity in the local area as a place for everyone to eat, drink and, generally, be merry.

The Meadows is a big old traditional pub in Maghull. It offers a nice atmosphere for a night out…read morewith friends or a good home-style meal. The food here is good, and the prices are reasonable. But you will find it gets pretty busy on a Friday night.

a really first class pub/restaurant with excellent food & service. recently tastefully refurbished…read more all food served is piping hot, great quality & reasonable prices. a nice touch - roast potatoes are served late on 4 drinkers. regulars are friendy. priceless liverpudlian style banter/sense of humour. have the steak & kidney pie!

Really impressed with our midweek lunch at the Saracens head…read more The pub building itself is quite old but has been fully refurbished inside into a comfortable pub and restaurant, more restaurant than pub. There are comfortable sofas and cushions in the front pub area and larger dining area in the middle. Casual, uncluttered and clean lines is the look. We were welcomed and shown to a table overlooking the Leeds - Liverpool canal which passes right outside. The lunch menu is quite extensive with options to cover all tastes. We started with baked camembert with red onion marmalade and shared between us. Well put together and the onion marmalade was the perfect accompaniment. I chose a main of steamed suet pudding of pheasant, partridge and wild mushrooms with garlic mash, red cabbage and cabernet jus. Just excellent. Great British food at its best. The pudding was more like a suet crust pie and the game and mushroom filling was very enjoyable and perfectly complemented by the smoked garlic mash and red cabbage with flavourful jus. I also sampled the roast chicken supreme with pancetta, white beans and colcannon potato cake. Again, really well thought out and prepared with good flavour combinations. Generous portion sizes, just what we wanted on a cold winter's day. Didn't make it to desert but next time... Service was friendly and efficient and prices reasonable for the high quality cooking. Couldn't fault it so a high rating from me and look forward to going back.

Sat outside this place and had a drink, however what I saw of it deserves 4*. A couple of people…read moresay near were having food and it looked excellent. Service was fast, prices were reasonable for drinks, interior decor was nice, staff were pleasant and it's well situated. Short and sweet. 4*.

The Hare and Hounds pub in Maghull is definitely one of the largest pubs I've had the pleasure to…read moreexperience. From the outside, it looks like a fairly traditional pub that is reasonably-sized, but when you go inside you realise it opens out into several separate corners and also includes a small upstairs area where the toilets are located, meaning the area it actually covers is even larger than you could foresee from the outside. Around the back there is also a delightful little outdoor drinking area with a selection of wooden benches for drinkers to enjoy what little good weather they may have the luck to experience. The drinks are fairly reasonable (it's an Ember Inns pub so the prices are the usual set prices and offers) but the food represents even better value for money as the Hare and Hounds offers delicious pub classics (and some extras) at very good prices. Can get quite busy of a Friday or Saturday night, but a very pleasant place to enjoy a pint or two.

The Hare & Hounds is a fairly traditional pub that also serves food. The food is your typical pub…read morefood, but it's tasty and affordable. They also do nice roast dinners on Sundays. This pub also has some quiz nights and it makes for a fun evening.

I will always remember this pub fondly as the first place I bought my first pint (legally) and I am…read moresure I am not alone in sharing this landmark with the Cross House. I guess this little story sums up the Cross House's status as a pub for special occasions for me, but never considered as a viable option for my local. The interior is interestingly decorated and the variety of different seating available is excellent, offering many comfortable areas to converse over a few pints. The food served there is nothing special - standard pub fare and priced accordingly - but whenever I have visited the atmosphere has always been warm and inviting, perfect for a birthday or other special occasion. That's the thing though; although it's a very pleasant pub, it just doesn't have the 'feel' of a local. Maybe it's something to do with the distinct lack of odd, drunken regulars (they always seem a respectable lot in there) which I see as a staple of establishments to be considered as my 'local' (is this normal for someone my age? Let's not go there). They also have a weekly quiz night, although it is probably one of the more difficult ones in Formby (only beaten by the Bay Horse) and a lovely outdoor area, perfect for a not-so-warm summer's night with a few bottles of cider.

This is pub I went to on my eighteenth birthday. It wasn't the first place I ever drank - I won't…read morename and shame the pub that served me when I was sixteen - but it was the first place I legally drank. It's a nice pub too, smokefree before it became the law (strange to think there was ever a time when you might come home from a pub stinking of tobacco) and with a gastopub-leaning menu before gastropub really existed (a pub with asparagus on the menu, even if it was a Formby specialty, was unheard of) It has the sort of unpracticed sort of charm, with mismatched furniture and low beams, that only an authentic pub really does, the sort of authentic pub-charm that various branches of Wetherspoons and Slug & Lettuce try to emulate. They have old speckled hen on tap occasional live music and the pub quiz is easily the best to be found in Formby. It's a shame that we hardly seem to go anymore, I'll have to start reliving my eighteenth birthday.

A plaque on the side of the Coach and Horses pub in Maghull reliably informs me that the original…read moreCoach and Horses was built in 1838; did they even have pubs back then? Maybe it was some kind of horse shed where men drank and got merry with their horses all night. Regardless, the current Coach and Horses pub is a very pleasant, decently-sized pub just down the road from the busy square area. The grounds are very large, offering a car park on either side of the pub and, interestingly, a branch of Coral bookies around the back (definitely something I've not seen before). The interior is quite contemporary and the atmosphere is friendly and comfortable, encouraged by weekend entertainment and a weekly open mic night that is popular with local acts looking to showcase their talents. The Coach and Horses also offers a range of good quality pub food to accompany their reasonable selection of beers, wines and spirits, all of which can be drank in the comfort of a lovely beer garden (weather permitting, of course).

Basic and no atmosphere to speak ofread more

When I first Googled what the term 'mogul' actually meant, it informed me that it referred to a…read morebump on a ski slope. Now, bearing in mind this a country pub and not a large dry ski slope or piste, something tells me their name refers to something else. Regardless, this lovely, traditional-looking country pub is just around the corner from Maghull train station and is perfect for a quiet pint with friends. It's fairly quiet generally; free from kids and youngsters being all noisy and generally annoying, so it's also the perfect place to go for a quiet pub lunch or dinner. This is also helped by the great food on offer, as the Great Mogul does good quality pub food that is served in large portions, perfect to mop up a few pints with. The sophistication of the food isn't particularly high but it's very tasty, homemade cooking and easily some of the best in the local area. The service is similarly satisfying as the staff there are friendly and attentive, ensuring you have an enjoyable experience whenever you visit.

The Great Mogul is a great little oldy-worldy type pub in Mughull. It serves tasty home style…read morefood--the kind of food you can almost taste as you step in the door because the smells wafting from the kitchen are so yummy. The prices are decent, and it's a really great family atmosphere. There are often families eating here and there's a play place for children. All in all not a bad night out or great place for a lunch out.

The Hare & Hounds is located on Liverpool Road in Maghull and fairly close to Maghull Square…read more Despite being a old pub, inside it is very modern, contemporary design, clean and comfortable. Has a really nice atmosphere. The food menu is excellent, I can recommend the sea bass as being a good choice! Prices are reasonable and they have very good promotions during the week like curry & a drink for £6 which I think from memory is on a Thursday. The staff are friendly and they have a good selection of wines available. They also have a weekly pub quiz night.

Lovely and comfortable pub and restaurant with excellent food and attentive but not over the top…read moreservice. Becoming a family favourite.

Very nice food and great service. Little loud for us oldies but we will most definately be back…read morethanks