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The Grapes

BarsLiverpool

4.3 out of 5 stars4.3(1,610 reviews)

Quick info

+44 151 347 0086
25 Mathew St, Liverpool L2 6RE, United Kingdom
£10–20

About The Grapes

The Grapes is a pub at 25 Mathew Street in Liverpool's Cavern Quarter, next to the Beatles museum. The Beatles favoured it during their Cavern Club days, so the pub keeps a link to that stretch of the street's music history. The bar pours pints of Guinness alongside a range of beers and real ale. Live music is part of the programme, and on some nights a DJ hosts karaoke, taking song requests written on small pieces of paper. Dogs are welcome.

Good to know

  • Parking
    Usually difficult to find a space

Reviews

4.3/5
1,610 reviews

What reviewers say

Reviewers most often mention karaoke nights, pint of Guinness, Beatles history and Matthew Street location.

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Customer Review Summary

Karaoke is the draw reviewers raise most, with several calling it great fun and one describing the crowd and the singing as ace. Close behind is the atmosphere, called relaxing, lively and cosy, along with friendly bar staff, locals and a decent range of beers at good prices. A pint of Guinness in the seats the Beatles would have occupied stands out for one visitor next door from the Beatles Museum. The main complaint is the door staff. One reviewer says a doorman put a hand on them to hoosh them out at closing, and another says the door team covered their armbands so they could not be photographed. Karaoke itself draws criticism from one reviewer who says the DJ let the same singers perform repeatedly, ignored written requests and left others waiting hours. Another describes being shouted at and called a liar after a bar worker first allowed them to use the decks. One reviewer, however, found a jacket left on a chair and had it posted to their home after a call from a staff member.

Featured reviews

  • Google user
    “The grapes in my opinion is the best pub on Matthew street it's lively and all the staff bar staff entertainment staff glass collectors and door staff are friendly ' The locals are really friendly iv met some good people inside and out side the grapes I end up in there for hours”
  • Google user
    “Spent 3 nights in the Grapes with 5 friends in their 60's. Really nice pub with great Kareoke hosted by a fabulous DJ. Granted we were the last leaving the last night and while leaving one of the door men put his hand on me and went to hoosh me out the door. I fully objected to this and told him that you never ever put your hand on people and need to be urgently retrained. It's awful that these type of hired hands can ruin what was otherwise a great experience.”
  • Google user
    “A great pub in the Cavern Quarter of Liverpool. It has great atmosphere and to think that this was the Beatles watering hole while playing at the Cavern is mind blowing. I went early one Monday after I visited the Beatles Museum next door. To have a pint of Guinness while sitting in the seats the Beatles would of occupied is something that will be in my memory forever.”
  • Google user
    “The bar itself is nice but the door staff are worse type I've ever encountered, how they treated us was wrong, they knew it and covered up their armbands so we could take photos of them. Find a new company to do the door before someone gets hurts.”
  • Google user
    “The best place in the cavern area. Karaoke is ace. Crowd is fantastic, everyone's really friendly and fun and funny. It's a really great craic. We always end up here when we come to Liverpool. It's just ace.”

Highlights

“Local pub once favoured by the Beatles, with live music & real ale.”

  • Great beer selection
  • Karaoke
  • Live music
  • Live performances
  • Trivia night
  • Happy hour drinks

Amenities

  • Wi-Fi
  • Dogs allowed
  • Alcohol
  • Cozy
  • Beer
  • Dancing
Show more amenities
  • Happy hour drinks
  • Seating
  • Trivia night
  • Restroom
  • Usually difficult to find a space
Highlights· 4
  • Great beer selection
  • Karaoke
  • Live music
  • Live performances
Crowd· 4
  • Groups
  • LGBTQ+ friendly
  • Tourists
  • Transgender safespace
Offerings· 3
  • Cocktails
  • Hard liquor
  • Wine
Atmosphere· 1
  • Casual

Location

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