The Jacaranda — Restaurant in Liverpool

This was a recommendation and we made a bit of a detour to see the place. Record players and all. On a bright, busy Saturday afternoon with the streets starting to fill with tourists and shoppers this place was empty down stairs (5 punters inclusive) and all but mostly full upstairs.

The stsff were part of what ruined the experience really. He (singular - empty pubs do not need more) clearly did not want to be disturbed and made no effort to engage and quickly returned to his laptop at the end of the bar. You could easily have mistaken him for a punter. Despite a wide selection of ales the place seemed soulless and despite being surrounded by other eateries and bars and shops - not busy.

Upstairs is the draw of this place. The record players and vinyl. However, it is a solitary masturbatory, self indulgent experience. This is not an atmosphere being created but a bubble of escape. Tiny islands of people with headphones and a drink in a little halo of distorted hiss keeping themselves to themselves.

I could stay at home and crank up the volume.

Clearly this place must be different of an evening, otherwise it...

Too many times when you go for a night out with a group of friends you can't find a pub where you can all sit together and chat and be heard over a few drinks. I've found that upstairs in the Jacaranda is the ideal place to do this. Most people know the Jacaranda because of its link to John Lennon and the live music in the cellar. The ground floor bar does get quite busy, but if you want to chat with your friends and be heard then head to the staircase at the back left of the place and go up to the upstairs bar. The seating is arranged in alcoves and a quirky touch is they have turntables on each of the tables along with a mixed selection of LPs you can play and buy. A good selection of drinks and a decent...

Entertainment led pub once owned by the Beatles first manager, Allan Williams. They hung out played and rehearsed in there often in their very early days, so no doubt that keeps a steady stream of tourists coming.

When I went they had a singer / guitarist playing covers to a packed and lively crowd on the ground floor and a much quieter acoustic open mic session in the basement, which was my preference. I had a lovely evening.

I gather that the upstairs floors have a record shop but I wasn't able to explore up there. They even have a label called Jacaranda Records.

Absolutely recommend it for any music lover on a night out or any visitors to the city looking for somewhere with a strong...