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Ian Mapp left this review about Vernon Arms
GBG 2023 entry. Last review sums it up - slightly shabby un-chic.
Busy on a sat afternoon and I'll put this down to the prices. A perfect Ossett White Rat had to be complimented by 2 packets of dry roasted to meet the £5 min card spend.
On 25th April 2023
- rating: 6
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Danny O'Revey left this review about Vernon Arms
Single roomed high ceiling pub, seen better days but still pushing trad pub comfort
On 11th February 2023
- rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Vernon Arms
The Vernon Arms still remains a worthwhile stopping point on any Dale Street crawl. From the corner entrance, the front room slopes upwards towards a larger and more comfortable room at the rear.
The real ale range is always fairly reliable. Brain's The Rev James is a regular beer. Guests were Coach House Christmas Pudding, Wychwood Bah Humbug, Ossett White Rat & Brimstage Oyster Catcher. The real cider is Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon.
Still a Good Beer Guide regular and deservedly so.
On 5th January 2023
- rating: 7
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Gill Smith left this review about Vernon Arms
Really enjoyed our visit to this 2019 Good Beer Guide pub. Our chosen beers were Big Bog Balmy Bog and Stamps Rum Porter, both of which were fine.
On 21st August 2019
- rating: 8
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Brainy Pool left this review about Vernon Arms
still a great old real ale boozer on Dale Street and one of Liverpool's many gems. the food was absurdly cheap until recently but has understandably been bumped up a couple of pounds.
On 28th August 2018
- rating: 8
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Rex Rattus left this review about Vernon Arms
I wasn't expecting much before I opened the door into this tatty looking boozer, but was very pleasantly surprised to see seven handpumps, all clipped. I went for a rum porter called Gitone Zarack’s (if I’ve read my notes correctly, which doesn’t always happen) from Stamp’s Brewery, at £1.60 a half.
A fairly ordinary and unpretentious bar faces you, and a bit of screening on the left suggests that there was once a snug in that corner. Furnishings are the traditional upholstered bench seating and normal tables and chairs. A shelf on the bar back sported a range of CAMRA awards; always a good sign. A doorway at the back on the left leads through an erstwhile entranceway to an area called the Latham Lounge, which is a bit more sumptuously furnished than the main bar.
This is the sort of down to earth locals’ boozer that I like. Seven real ales helps enormously as well.
On 13th July 2018
- rating: 7
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Al Bundy left this review about Vernon Arms
One of many good pubs in the city centre. Though its a bit tatty it does usually have a decent selection of real ale. As described by Mr Man below it is probably more comfortable in the back room. The mural with the Dead Kennedys joke is still here and a holiday in Cambodia for £49 would obviously be a bargain nowadays.
On 19th May 2016
- rating: 7
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Malden man left this review about Vernon Arms
A bare boarded main room with a bit of a slant to the floor, the bar is along one side, there is a sort of screened off bit to a front corner which may once have been a snug or bottle shop. Up a step and through a short tiled corridor to the rear there is another room called The Latham Lounge. White painted circular iron columns, an elaborately decorated ceiling, an antelope head on a wall plus various Victorian drawings representing periods of apprenticeships. The lower walls are wood panelled, seating is reassuringly traditional.
The bar itself has a clearly more modern Palladian style back featuring numerous CAMRA awards in frames, there is also a bicycle over the main entrance lobby with some sort of charity notice and cheque attached.
Another Dale St pub with a good range on, Liverpool Organic Styrian plus their Pale Ale, Boggart Brewery Rum Porter, Rev James, Black Edge EPA, Dunscar Monroe plus a cider from Gwynnt y Ddraig.
Food served, pub grub, all mains were £4.95.
The place has a bit of an Irish feel, staff and the Guv were from the Island and Paddy's day stuff was up already. I liked it, it was friendly and the beer was good.
On 14th March 2016
- rating: 7
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Old Blue left this review about Vernon Arms
I found this a comfortable pub when I visited last Wednesday, with a good selection of ales from seven hand pulls. I paid £2.90 for a decent pint of Blakemere Jewel. I would have liked to stay longer had I not been on a mission to visit a fair few more pubs that night.
On 22nd March 2015
- rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about Vernon Arms
A strange place. Two room pub with (on my Saturday evening visit) a loud, dark and noisy room at the front (sloped floor) which was pretty empty with a smattering of weird old men hanging round the bar. Then a brighter lounge room beyond which was busier and mainly inhabited by the younger generation. In here were push bells and springy banquettes from the British Rail era, plus an out-of-place street scene mural with a Dead Kennedy's joke for those who like their music. A decent ale range but difficult to get to the bar, too many barflys. My Liverpool Organic El Dorado was in good shape, the Boggarts Rum Porter much less so (probably end of barrel, should have taken it back but didn’t fancy the hassle of getting to the bar again). Also Gwent y Ddraig cider available. Curate’s egg of a place, certainly not on a par with the premier outlets in Liverpool, too weird an atmosphere for me but perhaps during the week it’s better?
On 16th January 2015
- rating: 6
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