Bars in Liverpool

The best cocktail bars, pubs and drinking holes in the city

  • Weekend-long Paddy's Day Festival Coming To Camp and Furnace 1

    Weekend-long Paddy’s Day Festival Coming To Camp and Furnace

    From green lager to free parties and 10,000 pints of Guinness – plans are announced for city venue’s WEEKEND-LONG St. Patrick’s Day extravaganza Camp and Furnace today revealed that their Paddy’s Day celebrations this year and they’re bigger than ever before. Running across an entire weekend on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March, the Baltic Triangle venue will be kicking things off in style with a traditional Irish breakfast on both days, including including white…

  • Bagels and Dreams at East River - Not Your Average Bottomless Brunch 1

    Bagels and Dreams at East River – Not Your Average Bottomless Brunch

    Since throwing open its doors late last year, East River cocktail bar has been making a true splash on the Liverpool food and drink scene. The thoroughfare of Allerton Road, where it’s located, has been enjoying a definite revival of late – and we can confirm that East River is set to be a real destination venue for those who want to relax by day and revel by night. During daylight hours, the place has…

  • Liverpool Restaurant Hosts Goodfellas-Themed NYE Dinner 1

    Liverpool Restaurant Hosts Goodfellas-Themed NYE Dinner

    Pop-up food and drink venue Bitter Social is inviting guests to eat like a wiseguy at a Goodfellas-themed New Years’ Eve dinner. The evening is in homage to the classic film’s prison dinner scene, as Bitter Social is located on the first floor of Liverpool’s oldest prison in the city’s Ropewalks area. The 1990 movie starring Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta is considered one of the greatest films of all time, having been emulated…

  • New Years Eve Parties In Liverpool 1

    New Years Eve Parties In Liverpool

    Liverpool is so well renowned for its New Year’s Eve festivities that people from all over the country flock to the city to celebrate. The atmosphere for NYE is always immense, with the streets lined with buzzing revellers, and clubs, bars and pubs rammed with up-for-it party-goers intent on bringing in the next 365 days in style. Here is a list of some of the most popular parties, club nights and events taking place in Liverpool…

  • Bongo's Bingo Launches Bongo's Festive Party House 1

    Bongo’s Bingo Launches Bongo’s Festive Party House

    Bongo’s Festive Party House is a pop-up taking place in Cains Brewery Village this Christmas. Channelling the festive spirit of Bad Santa filtered through Scrooged, this is a wilfully sordid social spot with its calcified heart very much on its torn sleeve. Festooned with twinkling lights and Xmas deccies daubed upon every available space, the intimate setting is like the best house party you’ve never been invited to.  Opening on Thursday 13th December from 5pm,…

  • Red Door Shakes It Up With New Cocktail Menu 1

    Red Door Shakes It Up With New Cocktail Menu

    The Berry Street favourite has launched a brand new cocktail menu, including classics from every era, as well as modern creations exclusive to Red Door. The menu is part of a brand refresh, which will include a new website, launching later this year. The new list of over 50 drinks is split into five time periods from the 1920s to the present day, with each creation paying homage to its respective era; the ‘golden age’…

  • Evil Eye Burrito Bar Is Building On The Smithdown Road Boom 2

    Evil Eye Burrito Bar Is Building On The Smithdown Road Boom

    Music, quiz nights, renowned chefs and more in store for the Mexican-Inspired Evil Eye Burrito Bar. Evil Eye Burrito Shack has been a big player on the Smithdown Road scene for a while now, serving up some top notch Mexican-influenced food along with a cosy bar atmosphere which has made it a popular spot with locals and now things are looking even brighter with some positive developments lined up. In recent months they’ve had the…

  • Why You Need To Visit El Bandito Tequileria & It's Liverpool One Pop Up Bar 1

    Why You Need To Visit El Bandito Tequileria & It’s Liverpool One Pop Up Bar

    Sometimes all you want on a cold November evening after a hearty meal is to curl up on the couch back at home, with some mindless tv shows but we decided to beat the Autumnal blues and headed over to El Bandito’s pop bar at popular Mexican restaurant Wahacha. The El Bandito guys have taken over the top floor bar space and are serving up some of the finest Mexican-inspired cocktails we’ve ever had the…

  • The Ginsmiths Experience- Distillery Dinner & Tasting

    The Ginsmiths Experience- Distillery Dinner & Tasting

    Love gin? Love food? Then you’ll love this! On Wednesday 21 November The Ginsmiths of Liverpool and Love Lane Brewery brings you a private fine dining experience with a twist! Get your tastebuds tingling as they serve up a stunning 5 course dinner seated right in the middle of the distillery! This is the second event of what will be a regular “dinner in the distillery” events programme. Tickets are very limited so don’t miss…

  • Oktoberfest At The Club House Lodge 1

    Oktoberfest At The Club House Lodge

    On Friday 19th and Saturday 20th October The Club House Lodge on Chavasse Park will be bringing the spirit of Munich to the heart of Liverpool with a two-day Oktoberfest celebration!   An evening of live Bavarian music from 6pm until late, beer steins and tasty bratwurst! The cool surroundings of comfy winter Lodge will echo with the sounds of the foot tapping beats. Friday night from 6pm The Ragamuffins will entertain the guests with the big…

  • Miracle on Seel St - Adult Christmas Grotto Returning To City Centre Bar 1

    Miracle on Seel St – Adult Christmas Grotto Returning To City Centre Bar

    Following last year’s success, the secret bar above Salt Dog Slims will be transformed into ‘Miracle on Seel Street’ – a grown-up grotto of festive treats opening on Friday 16th November. ‘83’, the secret bar owned by independent bar and restaurant group, Graffiti Spirits, will undergo a dazzling winter makeover and open its doors once again as ‘Miracle on Seel Street’ to offer a cosy yuletide retreat in the city – think Christmas films, leather…

  • Wahaca & El Bandito launch Mexican bar residency in the heart of Liverpool 1

    Wahaca & El Bandito launch Mexican bar residency in the heart of Liverpool

    Wahaca, the Mexican restaurant group, is teaming up with popular Liverpool bar, El Bandito and the Graffiti Spirits Group, to launch a 3 month rooftop bar residency above its restaurant off Hanover Street, in the heart of Liverpool this October. The collaboration, a first for both groups, will see El Bandito transform Wahaca Liverpool’s rooftop bar into a new home for the North West’s best Mezcal and tequila-based cocktails, set in a unique 1st floor…

  • Liverpool Venue’s Ambition To Become The City’s New Home of Jazz 1

    Liverpool Venue’s Ambition To Become The City’s New Home of Jazz

    Following the success of its inaugural Jazz Festival this August Bank Holiday, a popular Hope Street venue is aiming its sights on becoming the epicentre of live Jazz in the city.   Since opening in 2013, Frederiks bar and restaurant has always has a reputation for performance, with music lovers drawn to the venue not only for the artists on the bill, but the ambient surroundings, including a cosy fire, extensive cocktail menu and knowledgeable,…

  • Cocktails In The City Returns To Liverpool 1

    Cocktails In The City Returns To Liverpool

    Sixteen bars, two evenings, one landmark venue. The UK’s leading cocktail festival is back to deliver a double header of cocktail creativity in one of the world’s finest neoclassical buildings, St George’s Hall. Secret speakeasies, members bars, party bars and glamorous institutions are coming together in pop-up form to celebrate the quality and diversity of Liverpool’s world class cocktail scene. From RopeWalks to the Albert Dock’s and on to The Baltic Triangle all in just…

  • The Jacaranda At 60: A Look At It's History And It's Exciting Future 1

    The Jacaranda At 60: A Look At It’s History And It’s Exciting Future

    The Jacaranda first opened in Liverpool in the late 1950s as a music bar designed to showcase local musicians looking for opportunities on the live music scene and the philosophy of the venue is the same to this day, although much has changed since the ’50s. The Jacaranda is such a well known name around Liverpool and the world largely due to the The Beatles, who were regular customers in the Jac and played some of their…

  • Line Up Announced For Jacaranda's 60th Birthday Celebrations 1

    Line Up Announced For Jacaranda’s 60th Birthday Celebrations

    There’s huge plans for the Jacaranda’s 60th Birthday…. This August Bank Holiday weekend will be full of celebration as the legendary Slater Street club,The Jacaranda, turns 60 years old! Coinciding with International BeatleWeek and with The Jacaranda being the birth place of the Fab Four, celebrations across the city are set to be massive. Both the original venue, and its ground-breaking new Seel Street offshoot, Phase One, will collaborate to celebrate this impressive milestone with…

  • Wes Anderson Party Coming To Baltic Social 1

    Wes Anderson Party Coming To Baltic Social

    Update August 2022: The Baltic Social is now permanently closed. Fans of film writer and director Wes Anderson will be hugely excited to hear that there will be a themed party in his honour at The Baltic Social in October. The event organised by Remake, Remodel follows their successful Wes Anderson parties at Manchester’s Deaf Institute and The Wardrobe in Leeds. So get your Wes fancy dress at the ready with your berets, beanies and…

  • Celebrate National Rum Day At The Titanic Hotel 2

    Celebrate National Rum Day At The Titanic Hotel

    With National Rum Day taking place on Thursday 16th August, Liverpool’s iconic Titanic Hotel is inviting rum-lovers to celebrate with them at the renowned Rum Bar, where they will be offering five delicious new cocktails for a limited time only, along with mouth-watering rum-inspired food that is sure to get taste buds tingling. Two out of the five limited edition cocktails on offer have been created from rum enthusiasts Bacardi, whilst the other three have…

  • Rum and Reggae Festival Heading To Liverpool This Summer

    Rum and Reggae Festival Heading To Liverpool This Summer

    This summer Liverpool’s Olympia venue will be turned into a rum and reggae haven for the day with the widest selection of Rums and the smoothest selection of Reggae music in the UK. You can take a rum journey around the world, hosted by the Reggae Sound System, tasting rare and special craft rums from the West Indies, Cuba, South America & The United States Alongside this, there will be some amazing Reggae acts, performing all…

  • Multi-Award Winning Live Music Bar To Open In City's Cavern Quarter

    Multi-Award Winning Live Music Bar To Open In City’s Cavern Quarter

    Maida Vale is opening its latest venue this August Bank Holiday, bringing live music, DJs and an eclectic mix of mod, ska, soul, funk, indie, Britpop and more to Liverpool’s historic Cavern Quarter. Maida Vale, which is one of Sheffield’s most popular music venues, is expanding their hugely popular bar concept to premises in Liverpool.  Gavin Richards, Managing Director of Quadrum Leisure Ltd, says “We are delighted to be bringing Maida Vale to Liverpool, especially as…