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Average beer choice but it keeps the old timers that frequent the place happy. A must visit if just for the gorgeous Victorian interior.
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A large room of a pub with a half moon bar. There were 4 ales on, Bombardier, Lancaster Chestnut red, Red Star Formby IPA and Thwaites Wainwright. The Formby IPA I had was quite nice and well kept and cost 3.05 which isn't an alright price to pay. There are a few fruit machines and a pub quiz trivia machine, horse racing on the tellies, you may be put off by the CCTV. It depends what you are looking for really. In my book fair enough to them, they may have had trouble before and they are giving ales from local brewery a try which taste decent at reasonable prices. This is one I would come back to, why not. The only real shame is most people were drinking the keg beers, but the ale was still in good form.
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Paid a return visit to the Central yesterday as the 2nd of 10 pubs. There are still 4 real ales on tap. Yesterday was Wells Bombardier Glorious English & Try Time, Red Star Lakota & Thwaites Wainwright. Opposite Central station and near the main shopping area of Liverpool, this is a fairly handy place to visit. The interior is also one of the best in Liverpool. But the beer range can be bettered in so many other Liverpool pubs.
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My first pub on this visit to Liverpool & it was a good one to start with. Glorious interior, all glass & dark wood, & a friendly bar lady who allowed me to photograph it all. She also took a snap of me enjoying a pint of Thwaites Wainwright (2.80 and very good) and as a photographer she made a good bar person.
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The Central Commercial Hotel on Ranelagh Street is another superb architectural gem with a Grade 2 listing. Built by the original Cain’s Brewery, (who also built Liverpool’s famous Philharmonic Dining Rooms) the interior has large etched glass mirrors, side by side, on every wall together and a high, beautifully crafted plasterwork ceiling and dome. It is well worth a visit just to admire the interior. Four real ales were available when I visited last week: Threakston Best Bitter, Thwaites’ Wainwright and Lancaster Bomber and Copper Dragon Golden Pippin. I opted for the Wainwright was tip-top and at £2.60 a pint is excellent value for a city centre pub and was served by a pleasant barman.
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Called in here on Bank Holiday Sunday, it was chokker but I got served right away with an excellent pint of Copper Dragon.
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I hadn't been in The Commercial for donkey's years and it was a first time for my wife. An early morning visit with only a few customers proved to be the perfect introduction to one of the best pubs in the country in my opinion; the typical 19thC Walkers decor is astonishing, and now that the new landlord has done it up and introduced real ales, it will be challenging for the best Liverpool pub in no time. Pity The Midland next door can't take a leaf out of its book.
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Yes - I would agree with previous comments. The interior is stunning with sparkling mirrors all around the walls and some other very fine details. My Copper Dragon Golden Pippin was fine and I would suggest that a visit is worthwhile - just to see the fittings. Barmaid was very cheery and customers were fine. Just round the corner from The Globe and opposite Central station.
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Agree with previous poster, the interior is top drawer with the ceiling particularly outstanding, this a classic old style Liverpool boozer. Drank two pints of the Copper Dragon Porter at 2.55 a pint, good value i thought.
Customers and staff were friendly enough, no evidence of slops when i was there!
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Was pleasantly surprised by this pub when I paid it a visit for the first time yesterday. It doesn't look too promising from the outside. However the inside is still very ornate with beautiful glasswork and an impressive ceiling. I was also surprised to see 4 real ales too - Copper Dragon Victorian Porter, Moorhouses Glasshouse Bitter & Thwaites Wainwright & Lancaster Bomber. On the negative side, the toilets were particularly smelly and the bar staff were miserable. Nevertheless I may just give this pub another try the next time I pass.
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Re Discusted's comments. Isn't such a practice a breech of the hygene regulations? Shouldn't the council be looking into this?
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I'm not one for reviews but after drinking in here for years I am happy to tell you I will never be going back, I found it completely discusting to find that us punters are paying around �3 for a pint, it's not even a quality pint, I was in there and seen approx 5 pints of slops waiting to be served behind the low bar, when I asked one of the girls about it she said it was the new manager who said they have to use it! I no it's not the bar staffs fault as they are just told what to do but I think they need to change the policies on serving people sloppy waste for top prices! Avoid!!
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last friday got off the train bout 2ish with the wife went next door (midland) got served fine, came in here 1 lady trying to serve everyone, asked if anyone else was on, she was just by herself, manageress couldnt help as she was too busy shopping. came back in the evening before getting train, it was empty with 4 barstaff with nothing to do with the manageress(owner) at the end of the bar intoxicated arguing with a man (looked like her husband)
shame really as it has such an amazing interior, cant fault the barstaff very friendly
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Glad to hear that this is not quite as before, however....... As I don't like football and am allergic to karoake it still won't be getting my custom.
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The central pub is now under new managment come back and see the diffrance. No more brash bar staff or unhelpfull managers!! just a lovely clean pub with lovely customers staff and managment and most of all a lovely pint! you will also find three ongoing real ales, all footie matches shown and karaoke Thursday Friday & Sunday..
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The central pub is now under new managment come back and see the diffrance. No more brash bar staff or unhelpfull managers!! just a lovely clean pub with lovely customers staff and managment and most of all a lovely pint! you will also find three ongoing real ales, all footie matches shown and karaoke Thursday Friday & Sunday..
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Spent all my life (56 years to date) in Liverpool and never felt any desire to enter this pub. Does that say it all?
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Still expensive for a downmarket city centre pub where the bar staff take ages to serve you because they have no customer service skills unless you're a regular - although why you'd want to be a regular here baffles me!
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I had my handbag stolen within 5 minutes of entering this pub for the first time on 1st April 2010. Rather than help me the owner threatened to have
me arrested for asking him if I could use the pub phone. The clientele that were around the bar area were helpful but the manager was disgusting and literally wanted me out of the pub as I had no more money to spend in his pub. Very intinmidating and as a female on my own felt very threatened by the manager(he threatened to get me arrested for wanting to make a complaint). Had to go outside and ask a stranger to use their phone to ring the police to report my stolen bag
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Ravishing interior with lots of glass, mirrors panelling The beer was boring but it was worth a visit for the pleasure of sitting in such a beautiful building.
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City centre pub just opposite the entrance to the Central station complex- so the station is still opposite but it's now a drab underground affair. Along with the Midland next door, it provided a handsome row of pubs on this predominantly shopping street. It's clearly an old Walker's house like many in Liverpool, with a fine frontage pointing this out. Inside, it's large and opened out (although there is a semi-separate raised section by the window) but the glass and mahogany woodwork are magnificent, with etched mirrors everywhere you look-similar to the Red Lion in St. James', London, but on a larger scale. Some of these have original green Walker's Warrington Ales logos- very attractive. The cupola again bears the name of the brewery and a fine clock tops off some more mahogany work just above the door.
The good news is that the pub has started to feature real ale (and is advertising this) in the shape of Thwaites Original and Wainwright- hardly the best choice in Liverpool but an improvement. The bad news is that these were turned round on my Saturday afternoon visit, so had to settle for keg John Smiths. It's a step in the right direction however and I'll return to check availabiity.
It was absolutely bustling with a mainly friendly, more mature crowd and a small TV showed sports. Good to see a pub so full early on, but a great pity about the banging music that does this wonderful building a disservice.
For me, this pub falls into the same bracket as next-door neighbour The Midland, The Vines and Ma Egerton's as being splendid pubs that aren't currently realising their full potential, having fine interiors but at best variable real ale and too many circuit-pub style features, e.g. loud music and karaoke. It won't stop me visiting but it might some. Hopefully the introduction of real ale here will prove a success and it can take it's place as one of the many brilliant pubs of this city.
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A wonderful riot of etched glass and mirrors, marble fireplaces, dark wood, comfy pub seats and Britannia tables make this one of the splendid old pubs of Liverpool. Then there�s the super ceilings, the wrought iron work, and the odd but lively customers, it would be a great place to drink but for three things. The same boring old keg beers found in nearly every pub in the country, the staff appear to lack enthusiasm and a bloody irritating flashing light pipe round the bar.
anonymous - 8 Jun 2009 13:06 |
I called in here on Saturday lunch time as I had 30 minutes to kill before catching a train from Central. No ales so went for a pint of Strongbow which cost �2.70. Rip-off!
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It's worth a visit for the architecture, but the least said about the ale, the better. No real ale, no bottled Guinness, so the nearest anyone will come to real ale is a Mann's Brown.
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Well, having been the one who introduced this pub to the site, I suppose I ought to write up my review.
This is yet another fine traditional Victorian pub, its name reflecting the fact that Liverpool's main station - Central Station - used to be opposite.
Note the splendid Walkers Warrington Ales frontage
Despite having fallen victim to modern pub embellishments ( eg karaoke on Thursday night, largish plasma TV's ) , there is still much to admire internally - particularly the cupola ( look upwards just after entering ) and glasswork with mahogany screens and wood pannelling.
Read more about the pub in the Liverpool Historic Pub Guide, which is well worth getting hold of. I may have mentioned this in some of my previous postings also.
It's difficult not to like this pub, despite the absence of real ale and, if you're a fan of traditional pub interiors, you might want to pop in nevertheless.
It serves keg Tetley's at � 1.60p and it's just round the corner from The Globe.
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