Bars in Liverpool
The best cocktail bars, pubs and drinking holes in the city
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Salt Dog Slims To Host Adult Halloween Quiz With Cash Prizes, Free Booze & More
Liverpool’s most popular dive bar, Salt Dog Slims, is hosting a Halloween quiz on Monday 31 October with a huge quiz afterparty. Known for its bi-weekly quiz, Salt Dogs has created a Halloween spooky special from 7.30pm complete with Halloween-based questions, scarily random prizes including costumes, tickets to Farmageddon and an overnight stay in a haunted house! There will also be a Best Dressed competition (fancy dress is encouraged!), cash prizes and free booze floating…
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Albert’s Schloss Liverpool To Open Early December
Albert’s Schloss is set to open its doors on Bold Street, Liverpool on Monday 5 December, launching its food and drink offering with an alpine-inspired Winter menu, plus mouth-watering dessert kiosk run by Gooey. Expect indulgent European dishes throughout the day, for those wishing to start their morning early (or continue from the night before), breakfast will be available from 10 am weekdays and 9 am weekdays until 1 pm, and the Cook Haus will…
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New Wonderful Winter Cocktails At BoBo & Abditory To Keep The Sun Shining
Two of Liverpool’s best loved bars have spruced up their cocktail menus to keep the chills at bay this winter. The master mixologists at BoBo, Liverpool’s only authentic Iberian bar on Castle Street, and at 80s old school cool neighbourhood bar, Abditory on Queen Avenue, have been hard at it and are introducing 14 new sophisticated drinks that will keep the sun switched on and the winter nights warm. One of BoBo’s new cocktails BoBo,…
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Tonight Josephine Launches In Liverpool With 1,000 Free Cocktails Up For Grabs
In just two weeks, hotly anticipated cocktail bar and party destination, Tonight Josephine, will officially open its doors in Liverpool, and they’ve got £10,000 of free cocktails waiting for you. The venue, famed for its themed bottomless brunches, hot pink interiors, lavish cocktails and sassy AF fanbase, is now taking bookings – with the VIP launch party planned on Friday 28 October. Josephine is known for her party antics, and so to celebrate – there…
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Burnt Milk Hotel Launches At Royal Albert Dock Liverpool
The creative team behind Madre are launching their newest venue, Burnt Milk Hotel, in the dock’s Anchor Courtyard on Friday 2 September. What was once rumoured to be a grand old hotel is now an intimate cafe, cocktail bar and wine shop, serving seasonal wine and produce with a playful and wacky narrative. Managed by four quirky characters who are thought to be all that’s left of its previous venue, including the mysterious sommelier Pauly…
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Albert’s Schloss Set To Open On Bold Street This November
Leading bar & restaurant, Albert’s Schloss, is set to open its third UK site in Liverpool this November 2022 – following its flagship on the ground floor space of Manchester’s historic Albert Hall, and Albert’s Schloss Birmingham which opened last year. The brand-new venue is brought to the city by award-winning hospitality group, Mission Mars, who also operates Albert’s Schenke on Hanover Street. Following £3m investment, Albert’s Schloss Liverpool will take over a former food…
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Cocktail Bar & Brunch Spot Tonight Josephine Announces Its Liverpool Launch Date
Gagging for a night on the town with the girls? Hotly anticipated cocktail bar and party destination, Tonight Josephine, has today announced that it is expected to open officially in Liverpool on Friday 21 October. The venue, famed for its themed bottomless brunches, hot pink interiors, lavish cocktails and sassy AF fanbase, is set to open on Liverpool’s Hanover Street this autumn. Tonight Josephine Liverpool will cover an almost 8,000 sq ft space, split across…
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A Month’s Worth of Negroni – Abditory Celebrates Italy’s Most Famous Cocktail
A top Liverpool cocktail bar is to celebrate the Negroni, the classic Italian drink, for the entire month of September. Abditory, on Queen Avenue between Dale Street and Castle Street, has won a loyal and growing following for its exceptional cocktails and weird and wonderful snacks, as well as for inviting some of the best cocktail mixers in the UK for bar takeover nights. The classic Negroni is believed to have been invented in Florence…
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New Caribbean-Inspired Speakeasy Cocktail Bar Manolo Opens On Slater Street
Manolo, Liverpool’s new high-end speakeasy bar with expertly created cocktails, has opened in the heart of the Ropewalks area. Serving Caribbean-inspired cocktails, reimagined classics, wines, champagne and high end spirits, Manolo is largely table service with a small standing area for guests. With jazz, salsa and Hispanic music beating away in the background early on in the evening, there will be more upbeat music as the nights progress, creating a relaxed and entertaining environment. Guests…
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Italian Aperitivo Culture Comes To Abditory With Renowned Hey Palu Takeover
An Italian cocktail bar in Edinburgh nationally recognised for its excellent drinks, food and service is to takeover one of Liverpool’s best drinking haunts for a special evening this September. For one night only, Hey Palu, recently included in the prestigious top UK 50 cocktail bars list, will be showcasing their mixology magic at Abditory on Queen Avenue, which itself knows a thing or two about blending flavours. Offering an authentic Italian cocktail experience and…
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Abditory Wine Club
Wednesday could be referred to as ‘Hump Day’ – however the team at Abditory tucked away on Liverpool’s magical Queen Avenue have decided to give it a much better purpose as the day for their monthly wine club! 6 wines from expert suppliers, a glass of fizz on arrival and some wonderful paired nibbles sets up a fantastic evening of fun while learning about a host of different wines from around the world. We started…
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Liverpool Food Tours Partners With Lucky Penny Group
Award-winning Liverpool Food Tours has expanded its guest experience by partnering with the city’s only authentic Iberian wine bar, BoBo on Castle Street. BoBo is owned and operated by leading Liverpool hospitality group Lucky Penny, champions of excellent service and authentic experiences in their ‘neighbourhood’ bars. In March, Liverpool Food Tours was honoured with the Best New Tourism Business award at the Liverpool City Tourism Awards and was also a finalist in two other award…
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Alma De Cuba Launches New Terrace And Cuban Inspired Menus
One of Liverpool’s most iconic bar and restaurants, Alma de Cuba, has transformed its outdoor terrace and created new Cuban-inspired menus to put it on the city’s summer hot list. The beautiful former St Peter’s church building on Seel Street, famous for its altar petal drop, now has a revamped garden which has its own CBD Cocktails, frozen cocktail and spritz menu. Drinkers can soak up the sun with frozen daiquiris, margaritas, watermelon sugar martinis…
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Senses Working Overtime With Abditory’s Drinking In The Dark Summer Cocktail Event
A Liverpool bar with a burgeoning reputation as a superb cocktail destination is launching its summer season of Drinking in the Dark – its sensational and sensory blind tasting. Drinking in the Dark at Abditory on Queen Avenue in Liverpool city centre allows other senses to dominate, without the benefit of sight. But rest assured, at Abditory delicious drinks come as standard. The event encourages participants to reevaluate their perception of taste through specially conceived cocktails based around…
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New Irish-American Bar ‘Scruffy Murphy’s’ Opening In Liverpool City Centre
As the city heats up and prepares for a busy high summer, AR Leisure, the group behind Abbey Road Bar & Kitchen, DWNTWN and Harrison’s Bar & Kitchen & Aparthotel are pleased to announce the launch, this weekend, of their new live sports and music venue, Scruffy Murphy’s Irish/American Bar. Situated on Harrington Street, between Castle Street and Matthew Street, it is a venue which is going to be all about live music, sports and good…
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Lucky Penny Group Launches Wine Club At Abditory
Lucky Penny Group are to launch more wine tasting events following the soaraway success of their Wine Club at city centre venue BoBo. Laura Griffiths’ debut as the new wine ambassador at the Iberian-themed bar on Castle Street has led to her being appointed to lead wine tasting across the bar owners’ portfolio. Laura, who also operates wine and language service Lingo Vino, made her city centre bow recently to a full house who revelled in her…
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‘Scouse Fizz’ Inventor Joins Lucky Penny Group
A leading Liverpool-based hospitality group has appointed a new General Manager for one of its popular city centre bars. Tom Norris, who invented the delicious Scouse Fizz cocktail, has joined Lucky Penny Group to lead the team at Abditory on quirky Queen Avenue between Castle and Dale streets, as well as assist with the development of the group’s forthcoming venues across the North West. Tom leaves his role as assistant manager at GPO Liverpool in the Met…
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UK’s First Nationwide Cocktail Tour Roars Into Liverpool’s Abditory This Month
One of Liverpool’s coolest venues, Abditory, has been selected as a pit stop for a renowned London bar’s nationwide summer takeover tour this month. The multi-award winning Callooh Callay from Shoreditch is visiting 20 of the UK’s top cocktail bars in 20 days including Liverpool’s very own Abditory on Queen Avenue, which since opening has made its name as one of the city’s leading cocktail destinations. Recognised for its innovation, Callooh Callay will be bringing…
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Jazz Saturdays at Ma Boyle’s
Summer time is here and Jazz Saturdays at Ma Boyle’s Alehouse and Eatery are really heating up. Across July and into August, 7 new shows have been announced at the intimate and historic venue tucked away down Tower Gardens off Water Street. Working with Pazzjazz, the partnership continues to bring a kaleidoscopic range of jazz sounds to the city, infused with and inspired by the magic of New Orleans and Brazilian beats to the simmering…
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Tuck Into A Box of Steaming Paella At BoBo This Summer
Liverpool’s only authentic Iberian bar, BoBo is to bring a flavour of Spanish summer to the city centre by launching a Paella Terrace celebrating one of the country’s great culinary gifts to the world. Paella is a flavoursome one-pot dish found throughout Spain, originating in Valencia but varying from region to region, depending on the availability of ingredients and the whim of the cook. Prepared using traditional methods that have been handed down from generation to generation,…
