Delicious Sunday Roast in a charming setting. Professional and friendly service. Look forward to…read moregoing back next time I'm at Cheshire Oaks.

Since being taken over by new management in 2010 this sucsesful little family run pub has only got…read morebetter. It hostes a selection of guest ales including my personal favourite german larger Warsteiner and various other real ales all worth a try. The small pub does offer food but I'm yet to try any, so I can't comment on the quality but all looks rather nice. The staff are as warm and friendly as the surroundings making it the ideal place for a pint and a bag of nuts after a hard days graft.

The quiet Masonic is a quiet corner pub that sits down a quiet side street in a quiet area of…read moreGarston. It's not a loud place, is what I'm trying to say. Being situated so out of the way in a residential area means it is almost certainly frequented only by customers from the adjacent houses, like the Rovers Return but without all the unrelenting rubbishness that comes with being in Coronation Street. This works both for and against the Masonic's appeal. In the daytime, with its 'news room' and pleasantly pubby decor, it's a relaxing spot for an afternoon pint. At night, I'd imagine it to be as vividly energetic as the exact centre of the Moon.

South Liverpool's Premiere Cask Ale Pub - with 7 hand pumps and four nights entertainment- a truly…read moretraditional public house, great atmosphere and lots of friendly banter

I cannot praise the Chimneys enough it is amazing and I love it, evening meal or lunch. Free coffee…read morerefils and believe me the coffee is gorgeous (unusual for a pub). Great range of meals and they change their menu with the seasons. You have to try their chicken and bacon sandwich may not sound exciting but WOW it's fantastic. Also their homemade beef burgers are delicious. Open fire really adds to the cozy atmosphere and along with the delightful staff and I mean all of them they are a joy and whenever I'm thinking of going out to eat this is always one of my top choices.

I love this pub. My friend and I ate here a couple months back, and I absolutely adored the…read moreexperience. It's almost like being a really big, warm friendly house. They Web site doesn't tell, but I think that it actually used to be a large house. There are a couple of fireplaces, and in the winter they have real log fires burning. The food was delicious--real home cooked British meals, including a variety of vegetarian choices on the menu. The wait staff and bar tender were very friendly, and it was really enjoyable chatting with some of them. This is a great place to take guests visiting from other countries as it's a very traditional, English experience. I would definitely eat here again, and highly recommend it.

Went there for Sunday roast - which was nice. Tasty and with loads of veggies!…read more The pub itself is fine - but what we enjoyed the most was the children's play area. It's on the outside and fully fenced, so it provides a nice alternative for kids that find the pub itself boring. The ambience and service were fine - make a reservation, though. It can get busy.

I have never been treated so bad my family and I had just been to Springwood cemetery to put my…read morebrother's ashes in with my mum and dad and decided to go for a drink and was told by a member of staff that we would have to sit outside if we were only having a drink it is the dead of winter and was told to sit outside so we order some food to stay inside in other words we were blackmailed to stay inside there were 15 of us and not one of us was very pleased and we will not return to the pub in the park on Springwood Ave.DISGUSTING!!!!

Do yourself a favour and give this one a miss. It looks great but the tables remain uncleared, the…read moreservice at the bar is painfully slow and the standard of cocktails and draught beers is abysmal. Customers clear tables for themselves by putting plates and empty glasses onto the central line of bench tables. I regularly fly between Dublin and Liverpool so I have used the kissing gate many times and it never fails to disappoint. It looks so great and inviting that it just suckers you in. I know I am a slow learner but from now on I will just do without.

I have eaten at this airport "restaurant" before with mostly pleasant experiences, so I have no…read moreclue what has happened. Were I to guess, I would say change of management.... Sat down in what should be peak hours (23rd of December at 17:30) and both food and service was crap.... Burger looked suicidal and was lukewarm at best, chips were soggy and cold.... My partners Avacado and Eggs were cold on stale bread. Coke was more water than coke... Even the wine tasted watered out.... Staff started cleaning around us while we were sat down and put out comes nearly blocking us in (we had to move them to get in and out). I could go on all day .... Never again, wouldn't feed a dog here...... Stay away!!!

Ahh, the Grapes is your traditional village-esque pub. The clientele are true locals and although…read moreat first looked at us as though we were slightly lost, welcomed us in with open arms. (Well, she smiled when she poured my drink.) It's busy and ringing with chatter, the races on in the background. There is a community vibe about the place. Everyone seems to know each other but are more than happy to involve you in their conversation. One guy told me that he scored a hat trick against Bill Shankly in his hay day and another bloke was telling the newest joke about Rooney and the shocking state of the England team which contained a swear word. He turned to me and apologised 'sorry, love! I used a naughty word', I half expected him to tip a top hat to me and send me back on my way to a place where there is only birdsong and laughter. What a thoughtful man, but it was a funny joke! A proper place for a pint and a chat.

Neither majestic nor momentous, the Woolton Grapes (not to be confused with the Chinatown Grapes or…read morethe Mathew Street Grapes) is a pub that still oozes charm. Everyone here, from the skinhead barmaid to the Meatloaf lookalike to the coven of cackling oldies in the back corner, exudes a gentle insanity that you find it hard to resist. I've been here twice and both times were the epitome of the season they took place in. In winter, with snow blanketing the ground outside, I sat with my feet toasting by the roaring fire, discussing the situation in the Belgian Congo- either that or the new Expendables film. In summer, I sat drinking cider with the sunshine pouring through the window onto me. It's a place you can't help but feel at peace with the world in and I'd go there a lot more if the seasons occurred more regularly.

The Dealers has a grim exterior, like it once stood in some city where everybody was killed by a…read morecloud of toxic gas and, after thirty years left unmanned, it was dragged to Garston by tractors. The yoofs crowded round the door don't help either. Step inside though and you'll find the place to be relatively decent. This is one of those places that goes to show how, provided you don't do anything ridiculous like insult the landlord's mum or wear naught but a mankini, rough pubs are generally quite difficult to find. The comfortable leather seats and dark, wooden furniture make the back seating areas a particularly good spot to sit, sup a pint and remember the war.

The Mariners is a long, wooden pub that seems to go back for ages, like the inside of a galley…read more Some of the locals do look like they've been chained together and asked to row. Maybe that was just me. With one side taken up by the length of the bar, this is an ideal place to prop up and spout lies to anybody who will listen. Aside from that, there isn't much to do in the pub but shuffle round trying to wedge yourself into conversations until you get frowned at or slapped. Still, at least there's a quiz machine.

One of the few pubs in the village to have a pool table should tell you something about the nature…read moreof many of the drinkers along this stretch of Liverpool. The Mariners is not somewhere you want to go for a quiet drink or consider yourself something of a shrinking violet as the collection of characters here can be something of a handful. Gets a good crowd in for the football, especially Liverpool games but there is very little of great distinction about the place.