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The Belvedere, Liverpool
Liverpool
L7 7EB
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Quinno _ left this review about Belvedere
A teeny multi-roomed backstreet outlet in the rather nice Georgian Quarter, not easy to find but worth persevering. Historic interior - a curved room to left off the entrance lobby, a small room to the right with another larger one to the right of that. As mentioned below the etched glass (wild fowl) in wood panelling that separates the rooms is lovely. It’s basic but certainly not shabby nowadays. Four interesting ales; my Melwood Knowsley Blonde was in good shape. Also a couple from Liverpool Organic available. As it’s small it was rammed on my Friday evening visit, standing room only. So time it well and you should be rewarded with a good visit.
On 15th January 2015
- rating: 8
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Old Boots left this review about Belvedere Arms
The old bar back is now fully restored and it's still a great pub. On my visit there were 3 barmen on behind the small counter - the good one could have managed on his own and the service might have been quicker as a result. The others were really spare parts. The usual customers and good beer quality remains even if the choice is sometimes as eccentric as the customers. I don't miss out this pub every time I'm in Liverpool.
On 8th July 2014
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Pub SignMan left this review about Belvedere Arms
Tucked away just off a nice cobbled street in Liverpool’s Georgian quarter, the Belvedere is a simple, compact traditional two room pub of the sort that focuses on good beer and conversation. A curved bar counter serves the right hand public bar and a connecting space that gives access to the lounge on the left. The public bar is fairly cramped with little in the way of seating and just a few pictures (including some of John Lennon, of course) on the green walls. The highlight is the etched glass in the partitioning screens which give the room an attractive focal point. There’s a fireplace too which was lit when we ventured in, warming up the friendly, if slightly eccentric, locals who we got chatting to. The lounge is a little shabby looking, with some decent banquette seating and another fireplace but tellingly, very few customers.
A choice of four ales – Liverpool Organic Cascade, Titanic Steerage, Liverpool Craft Viking and Caledonian Flying Scotsman – plus Weston’s Scrumpy Cider, faced us at the bar. I ordered a pint of the Cascade, which the barmaid poured with a particularly large head, but before I had a chance to mention it to her, a colleague took the pint away from me and to my confusion, poured it down the sink before informing me that the beer was off. I gave the Viking a try instead and thought it was well kept and pretty tasty.
The pub struck me as a slightly scruffier version of the Roscoe Head, which is certainly no bad thing. A pub with absolutely no pretension and one that the pub purist should make a bee-line for.
On 14th March 2012
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Belvedere Arms
Thanks to Pubs Galore I never even knew this pub existed. It is tucked away and off the beaten track but well worth the find. Three ales on, I gave the Higson's a go which was very bitter. Gave their Belvedere Bitter a go and settled on the Leeds Brewery Samba. A good traditional pub with easy going people.
On 7th October 2011
- rating: 8
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Sean Crawford left this review about Belvedere Arms
Good atmosphere. Bright friendly batman. Interesting range of beers.
Caledonian 80 was a Super malty pint. Harsh hop in the Liverpool Organic bitter - a hop back beer was on - but didn't try that.
Higsons best bitter was delightful - excellent aroma, good mouthfeel and a very
Pleasant lingering aftertaste.
2 guys playing crib at the bar, good background music, if in Liverpool
Worth a visit to a very interesting small pub with good beer and real
characters.
On 25th March 2011
- rating: 8
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Gill Smith left this review about Belvedere Arms
Really enjoyed sitting in the small bar area chatting with friends we had visited with and one of the locals at the bar. Certainly a very friendly pub and we felt most welcome. Beers were Copper Dragon Challenger IPA and Skinners Best Bitter and both well served.
March 2011 update.
Packed but still friendly and serving great beers. We enjoyed Wyre Piddle Polar Piddle, and Blackwater Impressionism. Also enjoyed the massive pork pie.
On 6th March 2011
- rating: 8
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Old Boots left this review about Belvedere Arms
A bit of a shabby looking drinkers pub, no TV or juke box but good beer and good conversation – a magic pub. Beer quality is great and the customers are a friendly and interesting lot, unobtrusively good service too. It has high victorian ceilings and there are some wonderful etched glass panels showing wild fowl, which divide the bar from a drinking lobby and what is essentially a sitting room . The ale range is generally one regional plus three micros, often from Copper Dragon and local boy Betwixt. There are also more unusual European beers on draught which are properly kept and served. Purchased in the spring of 2009 by John O Dowd who also runs the famous Lion Tavern, it is slowly being renovated with a light touch, a lick of new paint and some general tidying up haven’t diminished the charms of the old pub.
Spring 2010 update - John has now sold the Lion to concentrate on here, the renovation is slow and steady but the quality undiminished.
On 8th April 2010
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elizabeth mcgraw left this review about Belvedere Arms
Open 12-11 (Midnight Fri & Sat)
On 5th January 2009
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