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The Captain Alexander (JD Wetherspoon), Liverpool

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7-11 James Street
Liverpool
L2 7NX

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J D Wetherspoon

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Liverpool Central

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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Captain Alexander (JD Wetherspoon)

Near James Street station and not far from the tourist attractions in the docks, this is still probably one of the better branches of Wetherspoon's in the city. The interior is not actually that big, with one large open-plan room on the ground floor and an upper level roof terrace.

I find that the ground floor is far too cluttered with too many high tables and stools cramped into a small space. If you can grab one of the very few booths, you may be better off. The bar is off to the right-hand side and with some very awkwardly placed pillars, it's difficult to see what beers are on. On our Wednesday afternoon visit, the Abbot was off, but the remaining selection was Ruddles Best, Sharp's Doom Bar, Peerless Dark Nights & Langton Spin, Oakham JHB, Coach House Three Kings & Spitting Feathers Rested When Expected & Trio Brew Alien. Ciders were Weston's Old Rosie & Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon.

One of six branches in the city centre, this is almost certainly one of the best 3, with one of the better beer ranges.

On 5^th December 2024 - rating: 6
[User has posted 3040 recommendations about 3038 pubs]

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Pub SignMan left this review about The Captain Alexander (JD Wetherspoon)

Large open-plan branch of the Wetherspoons chain just across the road from St James station. The main part of the pub is a roughly square-shaped space with exposed floorboards and an unbelievable amou8nt of almost exclusively high table and stool seating options. Normal tables and chairs can be found in the space under the large front windows, with some comfy looking banquettes in support, and cosy banquette booths can be found down the left-hand wall, so it’s worth exploring a bit in order to find a comfier seating option. To the rear, a semi-partitioned space with an open kitchen on the back wall offers a few more basic seating options. The servery lines the right-hand wall and has a nice dark wood counter and a typical ‘Spoons-style mirrored bar back. The whole room probably feels a bit like an old-school drinking barn at times, such is the open-plan nature of the layout, but there are a few pillars and posts that break the space up a bit and on a busy evening, the furniture obstacle course was enough to distract from the rather impersonal surroundings.
On the bar, the standard ratio of three regular ‘Spoons ales plus three guests was present and correct and I took a pint of Purple Moose Dark Side Of The Moose, which I haven’t tried in many years and was as great as I remember it being. The staff were all pretty young, friendly and suspiciously enthusiastic on a busy Saturday evening.
There are loads of Wetherspoons pubs in Liverpool and absolutely none of them stick out in my memory as being anything other than functional, so it’s only fitting that this is another such venue that fits perfectly into that category. This was fine for a quick pint, held absolutely no surprises and will be forgotten about in no time at all - a typical average ‘Spoons experience all round.

Date of visit - 15th July 2023

On 22^nd December 2023 - rating: 6
[User has posted 3350 recommendations about 3350 pubs]

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ROB Camra left this review about The Captain Alexander (JD Wetherspoon)

Completely different experience to the previous reviewers in here. We called in on a Sunday afternoon to find a queue two deep at the bar and only two serving. Almost all the guest ale clips were turned around apart from a Phoenix Black Bee one which is a brewery local to me, so of little or no interest. After a few minutes wait, the queue was just the same so we left.

The following morning we called in for breakfast, what a mistake. We got served easily enough and ended up sitting near the open plan kitchen where we could watch one of the staff putting the food on the plates with his fingers despite having loads of suitable utensils to use. Our breakfasts arrived and the first thing I said to the server was "What the hell's that!" pointing to a lump of charcoal that had, maybe once, been a tomato. The egg was rock hard as well so I sent it back. Nothing wrong with Ms CAMRA's breakfast, so we ended up eating separately as it took a good ten minutes for my new breakfast to arrive. I knew it was nearly ready as I watched the same numpty in the kitchen put a fried egg on my plate with his fingers.

Congratulations are due for, despite having only just opened, managing to become the worst JDW in Liverpool by a street length.

On 15^th January 2020 - rating: 1
[User has posted 3286 recommendations about 3196 pubs]

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