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The Monro, Liverpool
Liverpool
L1 5AG
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Leased (Marstons)Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about The Monro
This pub has the longest display of hand pumps I think I have seen in a pub. I made my choice from a line of 10 - I went for Northern Monk Sup, a 3.4% easy drinking, slightly fruity pale (NBSS 3.5, £2.15 for a half) - and as I turned away to find somewhere to sit, I saw five more. Admittedly one of them was a cider, but it's still 14 cask beers. This is a large pub with many different rooms, changes of level and also of environment, as it's easy to drift into a semi-enclosed courtyard, with screens showing football. The main bar has girders and pillars, so I think it's part of a building made using the modern techniques that are seen in a lot of Liverpool's business areas, built around the turn of the 20th century: the forerunners of skyscrapers. It seems to be popular with people of student age, as well as people approaching my age. I don't know what it's like at busier times - there are plenty of staff so they must get busier than at 7pm Tuesday - but at this time of day it's pretty comfortable.
On 13th January 2026
- rating: 6
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Monro
This pub has a stunning looking bar area and it was fab to see it in its full glory, when the pub was quiet. The interior has lots of features such as ornate cast iron balustrades and herringbone patterned block flooring. The staff in here were friendly and chatty and this pub is also a good outlet for Locale.
On handpump TT Golden Best, Salopian Lemon Dream, Beartown Lit, Black Lodge Brewery A Better Land and Shake Hand, Brimstage Trappers Hat, Bass, Theakston Quencher, Titanic Plum Porter Weetwood Cheshire Cat, Northern Monk Sup and two from Neptune Aries and Pacu.
On 24th February 2025
- rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Monro
Even the unheralded pubs of Liverpool have something to offer. This has a ruin bar kind of feel. All distressed plasterwork and things hanging from the ceilings. I did like the ship busts standing either side of the bar.
Friendly service - with the bar staff asking how my day had been before serving a lovely Neptune Aries.
On 13th February 2025
- rating: 7
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Brainy Pool left this review about The Monro
Since my last visit, it has been whacked through into next door and given a very traditional Irish style pub interior, though the holes in the ceiling seem a bit excessive? Not to worry, it carries a lot of atmosphere and now a vast range of real ales as well. I was initially a bit underwhelmed by the selection but I then continued to the far end of the bar where there were some more options. A good pub now, one to consider for your crawls of the area.
On 13th November 2024
- rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Monro
The Monro has been closed for a number of years, but has recently re-opened as what I believe is the 6th of a chain of pubs which also includes the nearby Red Lion, the Vines, the Queen of Hope Street and the White Hart.
The group behind these pubs have done a good job of restoring pubs and the Monro seemingly has the biggest cask ale range of them all yet.
The pub has quite a traditional, but well worn feel. The ceiling is missing in places. I assume this is intentional to make it look even older than it is! There are a couple of different levels that I saw, but we stayed on the entrance level, which has a long bar with all of the cask options along it. Make sure you continue to the far end as there are more handpulls there.
In all, the cask selection was Titanic Plum Porter, Carnival Pacesetter, Salopian Shropshire Gold, Brimstage Scarecrow, Ossett White Rat & Yorkshire Blonde, Theakston Quencher, Weetwood Eastgate, Pennine Roaring Ale, Abbeydale Daily Bread, Bowland Pheasant Plucker, Black Lodge Baltic Best, Timothy Taylor Golden Best & Northern Monk Eternal. A further handpull had Lilley's Mango Cider. A decent cask ale range. Although a dark beer would have been nice.
Whilst our visit was on a Saturday evening, the Monro was extremely busy for a newly re-opened pub. It's been many years since I was last in here and the changes that have been made since Marston's had the pub do seem for the better. This is another good addition to Liverpool city centre's nightlife. I'm sure I'll be back again soon.
On 18th August 2024
- rating: 7
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Brainy Pool left this review about The Monro
came here for a swift half last night. unsurprisingly full of diners on a Saturday evening and rather upmarket but more disappointingly only Courage Directors on the bar and bloody expensive too. at least has a decent beer garden to escape the pretentiousness inside.
On 2nd September 2018
- rating: 4
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Monro
I’d expected this street corner city centre pub to be a down to earth local’s boozer, so it was a bit of a shock to discover upon entry that this is a very smartly presented gastro pub. The pub’s name is taken from the MV James Munro – the first regular scheduled transatlantic ship to sail between Liverpool and New York (the ship in turn was named after the fifth president of the US, James Monroe, albeit with the final ‘e’ dropped).
The main space for drinkers is around the entrance, where you’ll find a bare boarded area with comfy banquettes along the right hand wall and some well upholstered chairs elsewhere. The front door has a nice etched glass ‘Welcome’ sign which also bears the image of the eponymous ship. The bar appears midway along the left hand wall and has a very high counter with a white panelled counter front and adjustable height bar stools, whilst the plain wood bar back and metal framed canopy round out the servery fittings. Walls are a mix of white tongue and groove panels and purple brick pillars and in the front left corner you’ll find a nice fireplace and decorative partitioning screen which are both shared by the left hand dining room. This side room is carpeted and accessed via two steps at the near end of the bar. Floral wallpaper prevails in here along with more purple pillars, nautical themed paintings and photos and a nice plaster relief of an historical scene. Back in the main room, you pass the servery and a couple of old naval Union Jacks into an opened out space set up as another smart dining area. More floral wallpaper abounds and I also spotted an attractive etched glass doorway signed for the ‘Garden’. Music, inevitably including tunes from the Beatles, played quietly throughout my stay, but pleasingly the main noise to be heard was low level chatter from other customers.
The pub serves beers from the Marstons portfolio and three of their ales were available on handpull – Wychwood Hobgoblin Gold, Marstons EPA and Brakspear Bitter, with a fourth pump unused. My pint of EPA was decidedly average and the staff were pleasant enough without looking like they want to interact with their customers in anything but the most perfunctory exchanges.
This is probably a nice place to stop off for a decent bite to eat, but it really didn’t work as part of a pub crawl and whilst I was able to settle down surprisingly well, I couldn’t muster any enthusiasm to linger. An inoffensive enough place but drinkers are much better served by countless other options within a short distance.
On 9th March 2017
- rating: 5
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Al Bundy left this review about The Monro
Fine of an afternoon, heavily food orientated of an evening. 4 real ales available and pleasant enough.
On 15th June 2015
- rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about The Monro
This pub is named after the 5th U.S. president James Monro, but I'm not sure why. It's very food orientated pub with the whole of the room on the left as you enter and the rear room set up for dining. There was a real fire going in the hearth and the bar is straight in front of you. It's a Marston's house and 3 beers from their extended stable were available. I had a pint of Wychwood Jester Jack which was in good condition. This pub made the CAMRA GBG2012, but it's not in the 2013 version. I'm not surprised really, it's now more of a restaurant with a real ale bar rather than a pub.
On 3rd May 2013
- rating: 6
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Danny O'Revey left this review about Monroe
A starangely trendy foody bar considering the location it appears to be in, but its nice with it and welcoming for both food or drink.
Its not a corner local type of place and is a bit arty, it remines me of the Vintage Inn chain but much lighter, with placement of wooden barrels and sacks and that kind of thing, but its comfortable and enjoyable and friendly. The winner here for me was that the 3 Marstons beers were excellent.
On 28th March 2012
- rating: 8
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