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Lime Kiln (Lloyds No 1), Liverpool

Pub added by elizabeth mcgraw
Fleet Street
Liverpool
L1 4AR
Phone: 01517026810

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Lloyds No. 1 (J D Wetherspoon)

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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Lime Kiln (Lloyds No 1)

The Lime Kiln is still arguably Liverpool city centre's best branch of Wetherspoon's. It's located in one of the main nightlife areas of the city. So, it invariably gets busy and lively in the evenings, especially at weekends.

Our Saturday lunchtime visit was an altogether quieter affair. Although I was surprised to see them have the live football on with audible volume, but not too obtrusive. Set over a couple of floors, there are plenty of tables and its easy to get away from the TVs, if you choose.

The real ale choice is generally good here. The usual ales were present - Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best & Sharp's Doom Bar. Guest beers were Portobello APA, Coach House Coachman's Winter Ale, Peerless Oatmeal Stout & Full Whack, Titanic White Star, Phoenix Black Bee, Purple Moose Glaslyn & Pheasantry Black Pheasant. Ciders were Old Rosie & Black Dragon. With 4 dark beers and 2 ciders, the Lime Kiln (despite all of its Wetherspoon failings) succeeded where our previous pub (the Red Lion) had disappointed. Indeed, my pint of Black Bee was very enjoyable.

Being a Lloyds No. 1 establishment, the interior is fairly modern and unlike the more traditional Wetherspoon's. That does at least give it a bit of variety. Service was good too. Still a solid 7/10 from me.

On 14th March 2023 - rating: 7
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Brainy Pool left this review about Lime Kiln (Lloyds No 1)

great beer range as others have detailed. besides that, I don't like the place at all. dark and seedy feeling in the day time and just seems like it is waiting for the big crowds later on. file under: Lloyds circuit barns

On 28th August 2018 - rating: 4
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Pub SignMan left this review about Lime Kiln (Lloyds No 1)

Being a Lloyds No 1 bar in the heart of Liverpool's drinking barn quarter, visiting this huge Wetherspoons pub on a Saturday evening might not have been the wisest move, but the place pleasingly had a varied mix of customers all on their best behaviour, creating a nice atmosphere. A front patio with limited seating allows you to have a drink outside overlooking Concert Square, which probably makes for good people watching, but on a cold February evening, I was keen to get inside. The pub has a large ground floor area which is carpeted for the main part and has a long bar along the back wall. The bar counter has back-lit frontage and a mirrored bar back whilst high tables and stools have been arranged in the space opposite. There is a raised seating area to the right under the large windows, offering plenty of standard seating options, whilst over to the left, a series of bare brick banquette booths under various modern artworks provide a comfier spot to settle down. The pub is built on the site of a former warehouse and the pub ha retained something of an industrial feel thanks to the various exposed pipes and wires running around the ceiling and the steel framed kitchen serving hatch to the left of the bar. Stairs in the centre of the room lead up to a first floor bar with a similar servery along the back wall and loads of additional seating running front to back along the left hand side and left to right in the area past the right hand end of the bar. The decor up here includes floral wallpaper, more modern art and even a dartboard, making it feel a lot more pub-like than the contemporary bar feel of the ground floor. A large pull down screen in the main bar area was showing live Six Nations rugby to an appreciative crowd.
The big surprise here was the ale range - not always a strong point in Lloyds branded pubs - but I think I counted nine guest ales in total, with just two 'Spoons regulars and one turned clip. That struck me as one of the best guest ale ratios I can remember in a Wetherspoons and I decided to try the Peerless Oatmeal Stout which was in great shape and absolutely flew out of the glass.
This was a bit of a last minute addition to my crawl, so expectations weren't particularly high, but I found the place to be a strong Wetherspoons venue despite the underwhelming ground floor area. The good beer range and excellent conditioning would be the main reasons for me to revisit, perhaps making use of the 'pubbier' upstairs bar next time.

On 10th March 2017 - rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about Lime Kiln (Lloyds No 1)

This JDW has a very good range of guest beers available, especially for a Lloyds. On the negative side, it's in a very bland building and it's also near Concert Square, so it's full of idiots later at night. We called in just before 9 p.m. and over the next 30 minutes everything in the area got slowly louder and the dipstick level doubled. My pint was in very good condition and Ms CAMRA enjoyed her single malt. The staff were efficient and friendly, despite the provocation from some of the clientele. I'd happily call in again, but we'd visit during the day next time around.

On 22nd February 2016 - rating: 6
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Al Bundy left this review about Lime Kiln (Lloyds No 1)

Beer wise the best of the Wethers in town. Hidden away off Bold St this place, though in testosterone central that is Concert Square it is the one that's least bothered by all the posing knobheads who prance around the area. Look out for sad bloke playing video games on his tablet.

On 10th October 2015 - rating: 8
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Aqualung . left this review about Lime Kiln (Lloyds No 1)

After the previous three Spoons being a bit disappointing this one was a revelation. It's a Lloyds No. 1 and a fairly unattractive building with air conditioning stuff all over the place. It is roughly square with a smaller bar upstairs. On my Saturday afternoon visit it was fairly quiet but picked up a bit as the time wore on. The bar has two sets of six hand pumps which had Brewster's Aromantica, Spitfire, Peerless Project 366, Triple Blond & Storr, Old Hooky, Ruddles Best, Chequered Flag Prescott, Liverpool Craft American Red & Rye Pale Ale, Phoenix Pale and Moorhouse Summer Yarn. I tried the Peerless Triple Blond which was in superb condition and cost just £1.65. I was so impressed I also went for the Project 366 and the Storr which were just as good. I also had a Tuna Mayo baguette which went down a treat. The scouse barmaid was very friendly, the poor service in a lot of Spoons is often because they are just too busy to cope. The standard guest price here is £1.45 but that apparently only applied to the Summer Yarn. Ruddles is £1.25.
I thought this was a brilliant Spoons, the only let down being the rather dull building (not that important) and the fact that it's a Lloyds which effectively rules it out after 21:00. I would definitely return here as long as it was before that time. I could happily have stayed here to try the two Liverpool Craft beers but there was a danger of my day in Liverpool becoming a Spoons only event.

On 23rd July 2015 - rating: 9
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Lime Kiln (Lloyds No 1)

Ten handpumps in operation on this visit, three of which were from Blakemere Brewery, so I went for the Blakemere Cosmic, which was in good shape. The area around the main bar had blue and red neon strip lighting, which gave this Lloyds more of a nightclub image. We called in mid afternoon where we found an older set of drinkers along the bar.

On 31st December 2014 - rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Lime Kiln

Modern building of a similar colour to the neighbouring old warehouses. 'L'-shaped layout, with a substantial mezzanine and some extra seating on a lightly raised dance floor what that's not in use. Just three handpumps, which is poor even for a Lloyds No 1 bar, but my pint of Cotleigh Golden Seahawk was fine (and excellent value at £1.85). Good value food too. (NB - Review dates from August 2011.)

On 4th February 2012 - rating: 6
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Mark Barr left this review about Lime Kiln

A Wetherspoon pub located on Fleet Street and very close to the other clubs in Concert Square (Reflex, Mood, Walkabout etc). During the day it like most wetherspoon pubs serves food which when I have visited has tended to be of good quality, the drinks are also of a good range and price.

During the day the atmosphere is calm, relaxing and very welcoming, during the night especially on Friday's and Saturday's the bar tends to get very crowded, loud and there are the occasional problems with people who have had too much, however this is offset by the provision of doormen (note: they are more interested in looking at the scantily-clad girls than doing much security work! This was evidenced when I visited on the 21st of January 2011).

Toilet facilities are very clean, modern and a little posh to be honest, the pub has a nightclub style theme as opposed to the old style pub for the local and cater's somewhat to the student's of the Universities but also the 30-40' locals who want to feel young again.

Overall a decent enough pub with a few minimal problems.

On 27th January 2011 - rating: 7
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William Purnell left this review about Lime Kiln

A Lloyds No1 Bar (J D Wetherspoon)

On 15th October 2009 - no rating submitted
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