Philharmonic Dining Rooms, Liverpool

A must do pub when in Liverpool. The interior really is something else and we managed to bag a couple of the large comfy sofas in Liszt. So full marks to Nicholson’s for maintaining another piece of wonderful British pub heritage. But marks away from the management of this place for having a fairly pedestrian beer offering available. A pub of this quality deserves a strong beer range to support it and compared to what is available from the current Nicholson’s seasonal offerings, six beers only on the ten available pumps which included Sharps Cornish Coaster, Old Golden Hen, Black Sheep Bitter and Nicholsons Pale Ale really was a poor offering. Fortunately one from Liverpool Organic and one from Broughton Hopopotamus were also on and the latter was a decent enough pint to sub whilst reclining in the Liszt room. But I’m not going to penalise the pub for some inept thinking from its management team..