Quick info
About Cheshire Lines Inn
Cheshire Lines Inn is a pub on King St in Southport, holding the title of the town's oldest pub and backing onto a secret garden. Food runs Wednesday to Monday, with the Cheshire Lines Butchers Block for meat lovers, a ploughman's lunch built around sausage roll, pork pie and cheese, and a chicken and leek pie sometimes served with mushy peas. On Sundays a roast is served noon to 7pm, with turkey and beef among the choices and a smaller portion option on the menu. Weekends bring karaoke and live music, and seating stretches from the front of the building to the garden behind it. The pub takes walk-ins rather than bookings, dogs are welcome while you eat, and a book library sits inside for anyone settling in.
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Menu & Prices
14 dishes- Fish and Chips
- 3 Meat Sunday Lunch
- blt Ciabatta
- Prawn Pil Pill
- Roast Beef Yorkshire Pudding
- Pasta Carbonara
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention sunday roast lunch, cheshire lines butchers block, real ales and dog-friendly pub.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention sunday roast lunch, cheshire lines butchers block, real ales and dog-friendly pub.
Customer Review Summary
Sunday roast draws the most mentions, with reviewers describing a tender beef roast with potatoes and fresh vegetables, plus a turkey dinner, and noting the portions are big enough that one diner chose the smaller option. Close behind, the Cheshire Lines Butchers Block is called a must for a hungry meat lover, and several reviewers praise the homemade food generally. Real ale hand-pulls and a cider get a good word from ale trail visitors, though one found the ale options underwhelming. Reviewers repeatedly describe friendly staff and a welcoming landlady, and mention the dog-friendly bar, a suntrap Secret Garden, a small book library and talk of ghosts. The main complaint comes from one regular who reports the food slipping over six visits: sausage and mash with gravy like dish water, a chicken and leek pie that was all pastry, and a ploughman's with only a sausage roll, pork pie and slice of cheese. A bartender who reserved a Sunday table that was ready on arrival closes one reviewer's account.
Customer Review Summary
Sunday roast draws the most mentions, with reviewers describing a tender beef roast with potatoes and fresh vegetables, plus a turkey dinner, and noting the portions are big enough that one diner chose the smaller option. Close behind, the Cheshire Lines Butchers Block is called a must for a hungry meat lover, and several reviewers praise the homemade food generally. Real ale hand-pulls and a cider get a good word from ale trail visitors, though one found the ale options underwhelming. Reviewers repeatedly describe friendly staff and a welcoming landlady, and mention the dog-friendly bar, a suntrap Secret Garden, a small book library and talk of ghosts. The main complaint comes from one regular who reports the food slipping over six visits: sausage and mash with gravy like dish water, a chicken and leek pie that was all pastry, and a ploughman's with only a sausage roll, pork pie and slice of cheese. A bartender who reserved a Sunday table that was ready on arrival closes one reviewer's account.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Oldest pub in Southport, friendly bar staff and welcoming atmosphere. Good selection of beers, food looked nice but we just went for drinks. The Secret Garden out the back is a great suntrap.”
- Google user
“This was my 2nd time coming to Southport for a 3-day event in 2 years, and I am glad to try this restaurant’s Sunday roast lunch which is served from noon to 7pm on Sundays. I took an evening walk last night to find this restaurant before I came back today, and the female bartender last night was very welcoming and friendly. She helped me reserve a table at 2pm today when I was going to take a break from the event, and when I arrived today the table was already ready for my arrival. When I walked inside I saw the table next to mine with 6 diners, and the food portion on their plate seemed to be quite a lot so I opted for the smaller portion option of the beef roast Sunday lunch on the menu, which was £3 less for only £11.95. I am glad I chose the smaller portion option since that was enough for me. The beef roast was tender and delicious. I loved the potatoes and fresh vegetables that came with it, and highly recommended it.”
- Google user
“What a great find last Sunday. The Sunday Dinner was fab. I had turkey and my hubby the beef. Both excellent and really good portions, careful they are quite big! Staff were lovely and friendly. It isso nice to find a local pub serving homemade food.”
- Google user
“4th pub on our tour of real ale inns of Stockport. Good Food, very nice menu. Though not so impressed with the ale options, so tried the Old Rose cider nice day for a Cider. Very refreshing. Probably not as good as others on our tour but yes we would come again.”
- Google user
“I’ve recently moved to Southport and the Cheshire Lines is my nearest pub to home. And what a great local it is. Friendly and efficient service from Keggs and a warm welcome from the landlady. Tried the food, which was delicious. I shall be returning again and again”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“Southports oldest pub serving real ale, beer wine & spirits, delicious pub grub Wednesday to Monday 12-7pm. Karaoke and live music at the weekend. Family friendly and reasonably priced menus. Outdoor seating to the front and our secret garden in the back.”
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
Location
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| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Lines InnWheelchair accessible | 4.5681 | — | sunday roast lunch, cheshire lines butchers block, real ales |
| The Sir Henry SegraveWheelchair accessible | 3.94,717 | 0.1 mi | small breakfast with refillable hot drink, self-serve coffee machines, slow food service |
| Guelder RoseReservations · Wheelchair accessible · Good for kids | 4.23,564 | 0.7 mi | carvery roast dinner, weighed carvery meat portions, fresh vegetables and cauliflower cheese |
| The Fishermens Rest | 4.61,793 | 0.7 mi | cask ales, sunday roast, english breakfast |
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