Fantastic quiet little pub with fantastic homemade food and local brews. Definite recommendation if…read moreyour looking for a place to stop in for a pint or delicious homemade soup.

From the owner: The Ship Inn is a famous local landmark set back from Market Street in the heart of Hoylake. The…read morepub has a garden at the rear, ideal for a drink in the summer time and The Ship also serves delicious home-cooked meals, inc our Scouse offer on a Thursday. The Ship Inn is a popular traditional pub, has a single 'L' shaped bar in the middle of the lounge, and serves a large variety of real ales. You will find The Ship Inn featured regularly in The Camra Good Beer Guide. Food Served: Mon - Fri - 12-2:30 & 5.30-8 Sat - 12-3 Sun - 12-4 Screening all Football matches on 5 different screens Jazz Night - Monday Curry & Pint Night - Tuesday Scouse & Pint Night - Thursday Music Quiz every other Thursday (check notes/events for dates)

Excellent service, great staff amd wonderful locals. Last monday of august is hoylake lifeboat…read moreday. Be sure to pop in to this pub if you are in the area.

Great pub tucked away in the middle of Hoylake. Friendly staff, good beer and cosy atmosphere. A…read morereal gem.

What can I say about this pub that Facebook hasn't already done?…read more I can say for sure that the current management have done a sterling job of running a tight ship, and are always happy to mix with their regular clientele. Live music is always good there, along with the occasional visit from members of the sundowners, who have the odd jam session of a weekend to entertain the locals. Even though the pub is small, (not as small as its neighbours at the plasterers arms), it does have the space for a pool table, dart board, Juke box and double sided bar. Which makes it a comfortable yet cozy place to spend an evening or two, enjoying ales and music until home time rears its sometimes unwanted self. The pub is situated just off the main high street in Hoylake, but is a mere stones throw from the promenade, so you can enjoy a lovely view along with fish and chips, before your evening drink. Hopefully those who see this review can stop on by, and give the place a little try.

Remember proper drinking bars? Ones with decent beers, wines and spirits but in an environment…read morewhere you can chew the cud without loud music blasting down you ear or a row of TVs showing football? Welcome to the West Kirby tap. Lovely place to be with leather sofas, good food and a pleasant ambience to pass the day discussing the important things in life. Well recommended.

It's good pub, big, friendly, nice and not too far away there's a playground…read more However, there needs to be more options in the classics and more sports on TVs, I'm surprised about you dont

Let's kick-off by saying it's more of a restaurant than a pub. Food is the main thing. It's owned…read moreby a chain (Whitbread? Who cares?), so the food is frozen-fried-formulaic. It's not a fine dining experience. Having got that out of the way though, as a dining experience.... It's fine. The staff are polite and efficient. The kitchen runs smoothly. The prices are cheap - fish and chips for two, with two beers, for £15 anyone? I can't be snobbish about such a place as long as I know that so many 'real' restaurants serve pre-made food at much higher prices and with more pretense. Having known 'The Railway' since I was a child, I can tell you it wasn't much of a loss to the world of pubs and it amply fulfills it's new role. Once interesting fact; there is a Norse longboat buried under the car park, apparently - yet to be excavated, but found to be there by echographs. Perhaps they should add pickled herrings to the menu!

The White Lion is a fantastic little pub. It oozes tradition and reminds me of a cross between…read moresomething out of the League of Gentlemen or the poacher's pub in Withnail and I! There are some characters in this place, but everyone is friendly and welcoming. Last time I drank here there were customers with their own metal tankards which they drank their favourite ale from! They don't serve food but they have a few bar snacks, they are renound for their busy pub quiz which is held within the week! They have a number of draught beers and ales, as well as boasting a huge beer garden behind the pub which is absolutely perfect for a sunny afternoon! The toilets also ooze tradition, looking as though they are as old as the oldest punter, but they are clean enough! This is a great place to relax and read the paper in the daytimes if you're trekking around West Kirby, and it's a bit classier than Wetherspoons!

Great pub with excellent range of real ales. Pity about the loud pop music from the TVs which seem…read moreto be on all the time. Avoid "football nights" if you enjoy a quiet pint!

This used to be the place for a quiet drink in Hoylake. The place that knew how to look after its…read morebeer and sold enough to keep them in fabulous condition. Since the change in Landlord there has been a noticeable drop in quality of the beer - its not unusual to find a duff pint. Its become louder,with TV screens and loud music. That said its still a proper pub. The food is adequate and filling and its still the pub on Market St.

First thing to note is that this is not a place to go on a first date. There simply is no way to…read moregracefully eat their burgers or wings without slathering face, fingers and possibly eyebrows in the vast amounts of sauce dripping from everything they make. It's probably why you're given a roll of kitchen of roll instead of napkins when you sit down. When we first arrived it was queued out the door, ok it's a small entrance way but that still meant there was at least a dozen people ahead of us. Thankfully we were quickly ushered inside and while we still had a 15 minute wait for a table for 4, and we could spend that time at the bar. The bar has a decent selection of the usual favourites. It's a bit short on good beer/ale but does have Brooklyn larger on draught. They also have their very own larger, which to be honest was unimpressive. It tasted very weak with no strong flavours and a distinct lack of hops. I would describe it like sex in a canoe, f**king close to water. If you're a Bud or Coors lite drinker you'll likely enjoy it. But you don't come here for the booze. The burger menu was impressive, the smallest they do is a double and every burger comes with a long list of toppings. Some crowd pleasures feature, candied bacon, pepper jack cheese, BBQ onions, but there are also some weird and wonderful additions such as crunchy pretzels, frazzles (yes the crisps!) and even beerios, which are some sort of beer infused cheerios, they only appear on their breakfast burger. I had the river phoenix, a double cheese burger with bacon, BBQ onions, chipotle sauce, baconaise and the aforementioned frazzles. The burger was delicious, the meat was good quality and well cooked, although it did get lost under the vast amount of different toppings. As sides we had their chilli cheese fries and suicide wings. The fries were excellent, a mixture of regular and sweet potato fries. They were cut to just the right thickness and had a nice crunch while still being fluffy on the inside. There wasn't quite as much chilli as I'd have liked but other than that the fries were perfect. However I was disappointed in the suicide wings. I'm a big hot sauce fan and they were pretty mild. I would have liked for them to have been a lot hotter. I was expecting ghost pepper heat and only got Jalapeño. It's not full waiter service as you do have to order and pay at the bar. But the staff were pleasant and the queues were short so I didn't mind. Our four burgers (3 doubles and a triple), two portions of fries and a portion of wings came to a very reasonable £40.

In London we've got burger places on nearly every street - boring old limp McDonalds burgers just…read moredon't cut it anymore so when I come out the capital it's hard to find somewhere that matches up. That's until I came across Almost Famous in Liverpool. The Triple Treat is a 3 cheeseburger beast topped with bacon AND pulled pork! They've got wings coated in fiery 'suicide' sauce and chips laden with cheese and chilli. Portions are huge so come hungry, and leave very satisfied! No table service - this a DIY venue but worth the trip!