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Submitted on Friday, 31st July 2026
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The Head of Steam, Liverpool
Liverpool
L1 3DY
Served areas
Reviews of The Head of Steam (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Rob Hunter left this review about The Head of Steam
Visited on a Friday at the end of July. Five hand pulls, one was decorated with two Lilley's clips. The venue is Untappd Verified but unfortunately at the time of my visit the menu was out of date, with the stout that I'd spotted listed not being available. I went for a Titanic Plum Porter instead, which I am not sure was at its best, and had a bitterness that I don't normally associate with that beer. My half, plus a pack of sea salt crisps, set me back £4.85 - blimey.
Fairly quiet but a few people coming in just before 1pm.
Inside is a semi industrial look, as is usual for the chain. Sports was showing on a TV high up above the entrance to the rear section, and above the main entrance. The bar is central, with booths to the right. There is a pool table /games room setup. Toilets are clean looking but a bit smelly.
I normally like he Head of Steam chain but this visit was a bit of a let down. However, I will probably give it another go at some point in the future.
On 18th September 2026
- rating: 6
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Strongers . left this review about The Head of Steam
The Head of Steam is a large pub with carpeted seating either side of the entrance that leads to a large bar area with a large island counter slap bang in the middle. Booths run opposite the counter up the right-hand wall and long tables are found opposite the counter under the left-hand windows, this is the only area of the pub that gets any natural light. There’s more seating at the far end of the bar and in the rear is some raised seating alongside a games area with two small pool tables, shuffleboard and some televisions connected to a games console. There were a few other customers during my recent bank holiday Monday early evening visit, but it felt very quiet due to the size of the place. In amongst the craft keg fonts I counted ten hand pumps and a large screen listing the available beers helpfully informed me that eight were in operation drawing Mobberley Brew House’s Best, Black Lodge Brewing’s Outside the Frame, Neptune’s Waterfront, Camerons Brewery’s Motorhead Road Crew and four options from Brass Castle, Morph, Pacer, Peach Blonde and Bad Kitty. I thought it was ok in here and found the service to be polite so I’d pop back in if passing, however the inclusion of a photobooth raises suspicions that this wouldn’t be somewhere I’d enjoy at the weekend.
On 13th May 2025
- rating: 7
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Old Boots left this review about The Head of Steam
As usual it’s difficult to better PSM’s description, I used walk past here when it was Abbey and whatever it was before that. I have a certain regard for Heads of Steam as the Leeds ones aren’t bad, sadly this one isn’t in the same category. 10 pulls with only a Lillies cider, a dreadful Cameron’s Roadcrew (warm, flat and stale) and two other possibly more promising beers, Lenten Lane Caramel Twist and Stout, Fatheads Fatlander, and one from Abbeydale called Daily Bread a no doubt dreary bitter.
On 15th September 2024
- no rating submitted
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- Accommodation : No last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Beer Garden : No last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 20p per pint - last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Car Park : No last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Darts : No last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Function Room : Yes last updated 11 April 2019 by Rob Hunter
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Jukebox : No last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Live Music : Yes - Thursday & Sunday - last updated 21 September 2017 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Micropub : No last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Pinball : No last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Pool Table : No last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
- WiFi : Yes last updated 06 September 2018 by Brainy Pool
