The Queen Of Hope Street, Liverpool

The Queen of Hope Street is another 1936 Pub Company establishment. Visited on a Friday in May at around 12:40pm and there were only a couple of other gents in. At the bar, eight hand pulls offering seven ales and one cider. I went for the cider, which was actually dispensed from the hand pull. There are a couple of bits of old pew seating but despite the cushions it felt quite rickety and creaky, and not that comfortable! It slopes forward too, perhaps to stop you getting too comfortable and falling asleep during sermon. Pies and sausage rolls are available. It looks a modern bar type place from the outside, but much more pubby on the inside. The doors to the gents and the kitchen area are a bit grubby and could do with a clean, but the gents themselves were pleasant. I'd be happy to return.

Located in the ground floor of a very modern building opposite the Philharmonic pub one way and Philharmonic Hall the other way. Furnished with Victorian pub and domestic furniture including banquettes and Britannias. The lighting is by 1930’s deco lights, and the walls are decorated with pictures of women from several eras and also some brewery ads. There’s a splendid carved counter along the back wall with eight pulls and two low T-bars with a Brooklyn solo. The cask range included Nepture, Vocation, Weetwood, Taylors and Theakstons, similar to other1936 pubs in the area and default half glass is the bloody handled jug. It’s long and thinnish with lots of clear windows and an outside seating area.