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White Star, Liverpool
Liverpool
L2 6PT
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Ian Mapp left this review about White Star
First pub of the day - and setting a very high standard.
Not in the Good Beer Guide 2023 but I have to say, as I find. My London Pride (maybe the reason for its exclusion) at 11am was as good as I have tasted anywhere. And its a beer I have a lot of experience with.
Full of memorabilia for the Beatles and Titanic but managing to feel non-touristy and authentic. Red leather seats in several rooms partitioned from each other. Going at a quiet time, I could take time to look around and having the "reserved" seats to where the fab four sat to myself.
Slightly expensive (saying this a lot on here, so may have to reset my limits) at £4.70 a pint and cash only bar.
Excellent start to the City and much better than everything else in the immediate area.
On 24th April 2023
- rating: 10
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about White Star
The White Star remains the best drinking option in the Cavern Quarter of Liverpool, but mainly because of its multi-roomed traditional interior, rather than its beer quality.
There is always a good mix of locals and tourists here, with many of the latter in to see where the Beatles used to come. The pub has many photographs of the band, along with pictures of the Titanic and other White Star ships.
4 real ales were on offer - Robinson's Dizzy Blonde, Black Sheep Pale Ale, Bombardier Glorious English & Bass. Note, card payments are not accepted.
On 5th January 2023
- rating: 6
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Brainy Pool left this review about White Star
an atmospheric old-style pub filled with Beatles memorabilia and maritime imagery. some folkies were playing some very evocative sea shanties and old Irish standards and it gave the pub a great feeling this afternoon. I had two pints which were both drinkable but slightly on the turn. sandwiches and pork pies brought out and all customers extremely friendly old Scousers. swerve Mathew Street and the main shopping drag and come here instead.
On 25th July 2018
- rating: 9
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Rex Rattus left this review about White Star
Another Liverpool belter. This is a delightful little pub set slap bang in the middle of the Cavern Quarter. The horseshoe bar faces you as you enter with a bit of seating in front of it, continuing back to a larger and very comfortable room back on the right. With the White Star maritime connection (Titanic of course) there’s masses of maritime decor, including prints of ships of course, on all the walls.
I failed to make a note of the ales, but I recall that there were several on and all that we tried were in good condition. We really liked this little pub, and reckon it deserves a place on any Liverpool pub crawl – but it would be a long crawl bearing in mind the number of excellent pubs in Liverpool.
On 8th July 2018
- rating: 8
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Steve of N21 left this review about White Star
A Victorian Gem in the Cavern quarter a short throw from the Cavern club itself. Behind its red tiled frontage is a feast of red leather, fancy tiling, elaborate wood carving and an impressive collection of White Star Line shipping memorabilia and some Beetles memorabilia due to the fact that Bob Wooler and Allan Williams used to pay their acts in the back room.
A smallish two room pub with a wooden semi-circular front bar, with red leather seat under the glass screens at the front, a quieter impressive backroom with its red leather upholstered benches and impressive collection of the historic ships of the White Star Fleet, then a small Beatles and Titanic mural-adorned beer garden out by the toilets.
Alongside the permanent Draft Bass there was Otter Brewery Poppy, The Oceanic Beer Co. Pier 59, and Robinsons Dizzy Blonde. The Blonde was a decent pint and we managed to bag space on one of the seats in the back room in which to enjoy it.
This pub really is a haven from all the tourist tat on Matthew Street and I could have stayed here for a lot longer than we did.
On 30th August 2017
- rating: 8
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Quinno _ left this review about White Star
A two room pub (back and front) with a historic Victorian interior (and exterior!). U-shaped bar area with mosaic tiled floor, etched glass, red button back banquettes, old push bells and an impressive polished dark word servery. Plusher rear room, lounge in character. Given the name there’s inevitably plenty of nautical paraphernalia on display. Half a dozen pumps, mainly from regionals; Wells Bombardier, Bass, a house brew of uncertain provenance, Robinson's Voodoo Dawn (under-par), Brains First Gold (flat). Worth popping in to have a look at the interior but the beer was pretty naff and I doubt I’d see the need to prioritise it again next time, given the quality elsewhere. If wasn't for the interior it'd be a 6.
On 16th January 2015
- rating: 7
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Malden man left this review about White Star
When I worked in Liverpool for a while around 1981, this pub, although always the White Star, was also known as "Quinns", presumably a reference to the guv'nor at the time perhaps, even the old GBG entries had it as such. Obviously, as an early 80s GBG entry, things can change, I'm delighted to say that any change here has been to make the pub even better. No real interior changes I can discern, you enter to a small front area with the bar ahead of you, terracotta floor, seating limited to stools at the bar and a cubby hole booth opposite, through the short corridor to a larger busy back room, carpeted with traditional buttoned banquette seating around the perimeter. The name of the pub relates to the local White Star shipping line, many photos are displayed of ocean going liners including The Titanic which I believe was built in Belfast but I'm prepared to be told otherwise. Other décor involved sporting prints, boxing, Liverpool and Everton stuff plus some Beatles paraphernalia, we are just off Matthew St here and in the modern named "Cavern Quarter". Liverpool perhaps uniquely seems to have more than four quarters. There was also a map of old Liverpool pubs and I was rather surprised and amused to see an old style hideaway covered payphone of a type I've not seen for at least 30 years.
I mentioned pub improvements, my recollection is hazy but I recall this place being Draught Bass only, there's a few more now, the Bass remains as a rare sight, UBU Purity, Spitfire plus a Halloween themed Wychwood beer. One was unclipped.
Low level Motown music played, a TV was off; this is a classic pub, one of Liverpool's best and must do, so glad to visit again after 30+ years, I'll try not to leave it so long again.
On 1st November 2014
- rating: 8
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Peter Rydings left this review about White Star
What more can you say about this gem of a pub
On 8th August 2013
- rating: 10
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Roy Collins left this review about White Star
A great pub packed to the gunnels on Saturday night.Large selection of beers in good condition.A must visit ale house.
On 28th October 2012
- rating: 8
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Andrew Smith left this review about White Star
Quite simply the best pub that I have ever used .
On 6th May 2012
- rating: 10
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