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About The Derby Lodge
The Derby Lodge runs as an Everton-themed pub on Prescot Rd in the Old Swan area of Liverpool, decked throughout in Everton flags and football decor. Live football is the anchor, and when Liverpool and Everton play at the same time, both matches go up together, so supporters of either club can follow their own game in the same room. Beer is poured at the bar by the bar staff, and food is served too, with meals carried out to the table. There is no booking system, so drinkers walk in and find a spot, which suits anyone deciding on the day that they want somewhere to catch a match. The pub draws a crowd of regulars from the surrounding streets. The doors open daily.
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention watching Everton matches, Everton-themed pub, cheap beer and tasty food.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention watching Everton matches, Everton-themed pub, cheap beer and tasty food.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often describe The Derby Lodge as a welcoming local for watching the football, especially for Everton fans, with one saying it shows both Liverpool and Everton games when they clash and another calling it the best place for the footy. Friendly owners and staff come up repeatedly, including a barmaid who helped a first-time visitor without being asked and a server who went over and above during a meal. Diners mention a tasty meal, cheap beer and a clean, tidy pub with spotless toilets. One reviewer says the crowd is all over 30 and there is never any trouble, and another stopped in with friends after the post-parade chaos and found the owners some of the friendliest people they had met. The one critical account calls the pub not pleasant and very rough, saying they did not feel comfortable at all, though they later added that they remembered the Everton flags. A former local player also notes the building once housed a Huyton and District Football League team called The Derby that won trophies in the 1980s.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often describe The Derby Lodge as a welcoming local for watching the football, especially for Everton fans, with one saying it shows both Liverpool and Everton games when they clash and another calling it the best place for the footy. Friendly owners and staff come up repeatedly, including a barmaid who helped a first-time visitor without being asked and a server who went over and above during a meal. Diners mention a tasty meal, cheap beer and a clean, tidy pub with spotless toilets. One reviewer says the crowd is all over 30 and there is never any trouble, and another stopped in with friends after the post-parade chaos and found the owners some of the friendliest people they had met. The one critical account calls the pub not pleasant and very rough, saying they did not feel comfortable at all, though they later added that they remembered the Everton flags. A former local player also notes the building once housed a Huyton and District Football League team called The Derby that won trophies in the 1980s.
Featured reviews
- JOHN ATKINSON
“Best barmaid on this planet, our first time, helped us so much without us asking”
- Josh McCrow
“Stopped in here with friends after the post-parade chaos. The owners were incredibly warm and welcoming, truly some of the friendliest people we’ve met. Highly recommend!”
- james gibney
“Hi, Mr Manager your Lodge is noted for its footy theme but where is your true sense of history, many years ago this (then pub) building was the actual home of another famous team, one in which I played a long and successful part. I see nothing within that informs your customers of this greater period that still resonates throughout the rooms of your lodge. History and the records of tell of your past. You should look find and exhibit. To an amazing response! Kind regards Added Nov 22. When your Lodge was a humble yet Local Pub. The Derby. Winners of many trophies during the 1980s in Huyton and District Football League.”
- Madeline Santangeli
“Great pub great atmosphere never any trouble all customers 30+ spotless toilets clean and tidy. Same staff for 17yrs newest staff member has been with us for 5yrs if your local and over 30 pop in and give us a try you will be given a warm friendly wellcome echo said we were so lost gem in old swan and if you want to watch Everton this is the best blue pub in the city and if both Liverpool and Everton are both playing the same time we play both games lads and dad's and still no trouble run the way pubs were run back in the day when every street had it's own pub on the corner how lucky we are to have this Jem right on our doorstep ♦️💙👃”
- Andrew Sharman
“Not pleasant, didn’t feel comfortable at all, very rough Edit: yes definitely the right place , remember all the Everton flags etc , stayed in west Derby in an Airbnb when in Liverpool ,”
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Highlights
- Great beer selection
- Sport
Amenities
- Alcohol
- Casual
- Beer
- Spirits
- Sport
- Toilet
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- Great beer selection
Location
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- The Edinburgh4.5990.7 mi£1–15Outdoor seatingWi-Fi
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- The Belmont3.9911.2 mi
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| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Derby Lodge | 4.171 | — | £1–15 | watching Everton matches, Everton-themed pub, cheap beer |
| Mr Smith's Old Stanley Arms | 4.3151 | 0.1 mi | £10–20 | full English breakfast, comfortable clean rooms, cheap pints of Carling |
| The EdinburghOutdoor seating · Wi-Fi | 4.599 | 0.7 mi | £1–15 | cheap quality ale, hot or cold snacks, football on tv |
| The Belmont | 3.991 | 1.2 mi | — | pool table, cheap drink prices, free juke box |
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