The Railway, Liverpool

Popped in here on Tuesday lunchtime and the pub was busy with office workers having lunch. I do like this pub for it's traditional Victorian interior, with the splendid ceiling work and the smaller rooms to the rear. The staff are pleasant and ales are well kept. The ale choice is limited though.

Our first visit to this pub as the beer range was limited to Deuchars and Bombardier on our visit. Having said that the Bombardier was in good nick. The pub is as described by OB below and is a decent looking pub. We called in for food as the menu looked good and the prices reasonable. I had a mixed grill which was very good value and was served quickly. What let the pub down was a few yobbish dimwits sat round a table in the rear room, all sharing one brain cell and all with shouty mouths. We'll happily call in again for some food, but we'll check the numpty level before ordering next time.

Ornate victorian pub next to the even more ornate Lion and opposite the imposing Exchange Station. Formerly a Cains house it nows sells reasonably well kept Wells and Youngs (Special and Bombardier) and Deuchars as well as the usual kegs. Well refurbished a few years back there is a large L shaped main bar with a smaller room to one side. Décor is victorian style showing off the plaster work and the gold leaf trimmed ceiling, furnishing in the same style with bench seating, stools and cast iron tables, there is a big screen over a closed off street door. It markets itself as a food pub as the salt and pepper pots on all the tables show as much as the knife and fork logo in the windows.