The Pilgrim — Restaurant in Liverpool

Usually a staple part of the pub crawl whenever we go to town, but after my last experience here we will be cutting it out. The 'doorman' was one of the least professional people I have ever graced, clearly had one too many lines in the bogs. Came over to a table of two couples, bangs on the table and tells us to get out of the bar as last orders had been rang, we all had full pints because we'd just got last orders in. Then proceeds to walk to the front window and start putting his fingers up at us (he only came over to us, there was two other parties seated opposite) decides he hasn't got his point across and then storms our table and waits for us to finish our drinks all the time while acting as if we'd wrecked the joint, all the while shaking like he wants to fight over a last drink (11:15pm) To add insulted to injury we voiced our concerns with a barman and he just started smirking with the other staff as if the doorman does this regularly. Would rather go...

Is this a joke???

I visited here today with my family. There was around 8 of us 4 young people aged 20s and 4 older 40s/50s. We had an absolute blast, right up until the staff refused to serve us, not because we were drunk, but because we were too loud. I hAve worked in hospitality and I am aware staff cannot serve drunk people. However this was not the reason for refusing service. There was absolutely no one in the establishment, and we had spent a lot in here. No one had complained about our table. It seemed the staff had a chip on their shoulder towards us. We may have been loud but if they would’ve told us we would’ve been more quiet. The place was empty! It felt like we were picked on for no reason other than having a good time. No explanation was given. It’s such a shame we felt singled out for no reason other than having a good time. We will not...

Ahhh The Pilgrim. A Liverpool institution like The Swan for meeting your mates before going to the Krazyhouse back in the day. Frozen in time including some of the customers but there's a mix of people passing through. It's rough and ready (ladies don't expect the two toilets to be anything more than functional, and watch the door on the right cos it sticks) but that's its charm. The decor isn't fancy and neither are the drinks, no poncey tenner cocktails just decent standard bevs. No table service or QR codes, just go the bar when you want a drink. You can get a booth, shove something on the jukebox and bed in for the night. There's a small outside seating area at the front, mostly occupied by smokers and it fills up quickly. Watch the stairs from there down to inside if you've had a few. Staff are friendly and so is the atmosphere. Long live...