Poste House, Liverpool

A small backstreet pub, which was busy anyway with regulars and got even busier when the PG tour piled in. The pub is in a timewarp and I felt like I'd stumbled onto a film set. Downstairs bar had 2 ales on handpump and the upstairs bar was keg only. There was a fruit machine upstairs and gay friendly people, but when I ventured upstairs, the two women I met didn't seem too friendly to me, so I did a quick exit back downstairs! The Fullers Front Row was well kept and all the drink prices here were very cheap.

A most unexpected find.Very small interior with the bar immediately to the left of the front door and a couple of banquettes opposite with a few more seats at the back of the room.Two handpumps dispensing Tetley's Trust Porter and Fullers Front Row on my trip and a selection of extremely good value spirits,I noticed a triple single malt was priced at £3.50.The upstairs bar had a notice advising that it was gay friendly,begging the question of whether the ground floor was gay unfriendly;the regulars didn't look like folk who would be too bothered.

Easily mistaken for the pub that time forgot, very much a sixties atmosphere downstairs, both the 1960s and the average customer age - younger customers tend to go to the upper floor. You can even try a keg mild (Manns) if you wish or enjoy Cains or one of the regular guests, a choice of London Pride or Pride of Pendle last time I was in. The Moorhouses was fresh on and really good. Spirit drinkers get some good deals on doubles and trebles. The usual supects for lagers etc. Unusually for these days cigars, matches and ciggy papers on sale behind the bar and pepperami extra hot. Fortunately saved from demolision by a regulars campaign, an interesting unique pub in a narrow street of seedy clubs.

Very cheap pub, and the staff are great.