Blue Anchor in Sefton

My Mum, sister and I where visiting family and needed to book for 23 people. We originally booked at the Packet Steamer and even sent an email with a pre-ordered list to help the kitchen. The Packet Steamer unfortunately cancelled the booking last minute. We contacted the Blue Anchor and booked in with them instead. They took the booking and we emailed them the list of meals (same menu so that helped). When we arrived, we have been given our own private area of the pub. Which helped with keeping the little ones contained and entertained too. All the meals came out as ordered and in good time so that no-one was waiting. The staff couldn't have been more helpful and we had a lovely time together. Thank you for accommodating us but for also making it a seamless and enjoyable evening spent with our family.

Great staff Laura and daisy great girls

Girls were great daisy an Laura thanks

Visited today with family food really very poor. Run out of basic items on menu. Took ages to arrive and looked and tasted awful. Sign went up on bar that kitchen closed due to unforseen circumstances???? Non of us enjoyed our food and left most of it on our plates. Need to sort this out or will lose custom.

Laura our server has run off her feet bit still friendly and went out her way to make sure the kids had their ice cream

the small blonde barmaid was super friendly and helpful

Service & food was excellent! Great for families or just for drink after a walk on the canal. Would defo recommend

Nice food and quiet no desburing

Food was great and came out fast Laura was helpful and pleasant when serving.

New owner is making a v.good effort. Live local band was decent.

Me and my family came for a lovely Sunday roast last weekend and we were greeted with a smile and a very friendly waitress Daisy. She recommended we have the roast beef so we did and it was delicious. Would recommend the food and definitely the waitress.

I had been served by Daisy and she was lovely and the customer service was amazing!!

An awesome team, very helpful and polite. I will be back again next week. The food is good, especially for the price.

Laura at the bar was lovely. Polite and professional.

The food was great, Daisy was super polite and quick with the service 👍

Amazing customer service - Daisy was very sweet and helpful and did a great job with our table 😊

Daisy was amazing, so attentive and kind couldn’t have asked for a better experience.

Amazing loved it had a really good evening and food loveeeeee it and will definitely be back next week for more food and games

Sound. Dry good it’s all good we were very happy with the experience and the quiz was really good most excellent happy with

Great entertainment for the whole family, the staff the entertainment team are all so great thank you so much. The whole family loved it amazing.

Following a nearly 30-minute wait for our food, the only positive aspect of this visit was our server's diligent efforts. Increased staffing is evidently required. Pub itself was quiet. Tuesday afternoon At 2:30 PM, the bartender provided unsatisfactory service, neglecting our presence at the bar for over five minutes while preparing coffee. A concise "I will be with you momentarily" would have been sufficient. The subsequent wait for the meal was considerable. The food quality was acceptable and served hot, which is commendable. However, apparent understaffing significantly impacted the level of service providedFurthermore, the cheesecake I ordered failed to arrive.

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Food was lovely, service was good.

Friendly staff, lovely food, very reasonable prices

We have recently moved into the area and decided to visit our new local this weekend and were all thoroughly impressed! Friendly and welcoming atmosphere, the place was spotless and the food and service was some of the best we’ve experienced in these chain type of pubs. They have lots of amazing deals throughout the week and we will definitely make a habit of visiting regularly to make the most of them, today we had the super special menu for £11 which was excellent value and generous portions for the price! Highly recommend the jerk chicken and the flatbread. Children’s play area is a great addition however out of service on our visit today, hopefully our little ones can make the most of this next time we visit.

Booked our Christmas meal this year at the blue anchor and couldn’t fault it. Food was spot on and service was outstanding. Big thank you to Lee, Charlie, Callum and the rest of the team for such a lovely Christmas Day. We will 100% be booking again next year.

Brilliant service from Danny from behind the bar. Called in for lunch, and he went above and beyond for myself and my daughter. Nothing was too much to ask for, would like to come back again soon, as he made us feel at home.

Great friendly staff,foods great toi

Lovely local pub , allways friendly and welcoming, some good choices for drinks. Food allways the best quality and never to long to wait. Highly recommend the quadziller burger! Definitely be back soon.

Can't give the place a 5 for atmosphere, that's pushing it. But service great, the chicken steps are me firm fav now! 🤤

Food and team are both great will definitely be returning again soon

Value for money good and staff lovely but food wasn’t as nice this week

Staff lovely and friendly, food is fab, what more can I say perfect!

Great team doing a lovely job really impressive work from them food is lovely and will definitely be returning when we can.

Excellent service and food popped in today for a quick bite was lovely will definitely be back again soon.

Nice New burgers on Menu.Quite quiet. Only two staff on duty doing everything. Waited to be served about 5 minutes in empty pub. The meal drinks were OK. However from the moment I stepped into the pub, and especially at the bar or ordering food bar, there was a horrendous smell of urine coming from the toilets. Emanating through the bar on the draft. It was disgusting. This is not the first time I could smell the odour from the toilets in the pub I truly believe its no fault of the staff. The mens toilets are outdated and in need of revamp. Get it sorted or you will continue to lose customers.

Great Service. Lovely food. Decent Deals.

Needs a refurbishment Use to enjoy coming here .! Beer tastes as if pipes need cleaning..! Food is ok .! Some of the staff are terrible need training .!

Can someone sort out this noise out, the sound track in here has me almost asleep in seconds an I want to go home. Reminds me of Doris days greatest hits in my nans. Please help

Food is lovely here!! Callum & Charlie are brilliant members of the team. Really helpful, and gave great recommendations on food as I couldn’t decide for the life of me what I was having. Great deals on a weekly basis. Thank you for accommodating us! :)

Staff are really friendly and food is good quality will definitely be coming back

Staff where excellent and food was well priced and good value for money also didn’t have to wait too long for service

One hour waiting for a meal, still waiting. No one came over to explain the delay. I am still waiting!.

Very nice food and drinks on Boxing Day

Food is excellent, plus the staff are very professional and helpful

ZERO STAR'S FOR MANAGEMENT AND STAFF ATTITUDES. I would highly advise no one books Christmas Dinner or any meals.at this abysmal staffed place. Christmas booked dinner for 3 at £180 was supposed to include an Orange Juice or Prosceco after asking multiple times we along with a lot of other customers never received any at all, how that works I don't know as I always thought if you've paid for something then they are legally required to give you what you paid for. On arrival also went to order Latte or Tea and Drinks at Bar only to be told we don't have Latte or Tea, so forced to order Alcoholic Drinks as that's all they had available no Hot Drinks. Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse, after feeling really ill after eating the Starter we politely asked if we could have a take out box/container or something so we could take home our paid for in advance MainCourse. The answer was an abrupt "NO" . So it seems they don't serve Hot Drinks they don't serve you the Presceco or Orange and if you find you can't eat your paid for food because your ill it has to be thrown in the Bin. This place is the worst I have ever been to in the whole of the UK 🇬🇧. Definitely avoid avoid avoid. There are thousands of far nicer place's to go out too in and around Liverpool and Merseyside. So sad really 😞 😢 as it seems to be a reasonably nice place from outside 😢. Well done for totally ruining Christmas 🎄 Give yourselves a Thumbs down. Thumbs 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎

We visited The Blue Anchor for Christmas dinner and were disappointed with the experience. We never received our welcome drinks, even after reminding the staff multiple times. My parents have small appetites and couldn’t finish their meals, leaving most of the food untouched. When we requested takeout boxes to bring the leftovers home, we were told it was against their policy, meaning we couldn’t take our prepaid food with us. As a result, we ended up wasting most of the meal, and £180 for three people essentially went to waste.

Pleasant experience from start to finish. Efficient ordering, speedy delivery of food, order as requested. Polite and cheerful staff.

Food was great will definitely be back massively improved on my last visit just shows you can judge a place on a one off visit.

Came here with family. Awesome, the team is very helpful. I will be back again next week. The food is great, especially for the price

Food is much nicer than the last time I ate here

Loverly pub, always get the lasagna staff are lovely.

Really enjoyed the steak and ale pie, staff were so welcoming and friendly, will be back soon!

Best place to go for a Sunday lunch will definitely be back again next

Brilliant! Lee and Charlie are a great help. I popped in just to have a coffee and cake but ended up with a full 3 courses and it was great can't wait to return

Excellent service,food was fantastic and very nice atmosphere, will come again.

Harry potter quiz night- amazong night with friends and family. amazing staff looked after us and made our friday night

Fab night out with my family for the Harry Potter quiz. We are smashing the quiz. Food was great and great service. Will come again 😆😆😆

Food was lovely served fresh , Great service from Hayley and Danny as always thanks guys Highley recommend of you want to go out for food lovely place the Blue anchor x

Had a meal here the food was cooked lovey and fantastic service by Charlie she was lovely and the pub is so warming and welcoming I'll definitely be coming back at some point 🙂

Came for family meal, and spent the evening in the bar. Service by Hailey and Charley was 100%. Hailey was brilliant with my order, mixing well with my children and is generally a good worker. I was surprised to find out she was general staff, no management role. Cal also done well managing the full bar & including food tills. Needs an update in estetics & toilets are like portable toilets. Horrid. Not a bad pub

Great Service all round! Wide Range of Drinks & Food to choose from.

Staff are brilliant!! Food was 10/10. Really warm welcoming. Also a great appearance in and out of the establishment! Will definitely be returning again! Thank you :)

Sorry not for me food was over cooked and bland

Brilliant Dan smith was best very attentive

Came in on Wednesday the 23rd of October and received incredible service from Danny he was so helpful in recommending from the menu and always had a smile on his face great place to go will be again soon.

We went in for lunch today. It ordered off the lunch time menu and the kids meal deal. Food was well cooked and about right portion size for a lunchtime light bite. Kids meal deal was a good size and quality. Staff are very friendly and wasn’t a long wait time. Thumbs up to Dan and Laura on the staff

Food was amazing staff was lovely couldn't fault them at all hayley and staff was lovely and the chef done amazing

Great service today even when busy for the football. Atmosphere and food was spot on and friendly service from callum, elle, matty and the rest of the team 👌🏼

Lovely food staff very friendly and helpful

Went with 2 friends for 'ladies that lunch'. We sit, eat and gab 😁.

Had a lovely Sunday roast here today served by the hardworking Hayley, food was fresh and hot!! Definately come back here for a roast again!!

My mum and I, had a spur of the moment and ended up in the Blue Anchor for lunch. Hayley gave a great service and was attentive. Our food was really lovely, hot and fresh. *****

Excellent place highly recommended

Charlie gave excellent service tonight very pleased party of eight ladies.

We came tonight as a family and were served by Laura. She was great! Very attentive with our food, checking if everything was OK with the meal and took our plates rather promptly.

Food and service was amazing as always

Fab casual night out to watch the match lovely food and staff was really attentive Laura is credit to the team. Lovely place for casual food and drinks

Lovely food all nice and hot great staff and friendly polite staff always go for birthday meals with work will definitely be visiting again

Nice relaxed environment with great food and a good range of drinks. Looks like the place has recently had a light spruce up too which is nice. Plenty of TV's for sports etc. and lots of space around the place to find a quiet corner or for larger tables for bigger families. Lovely location in Aintree Village too.

Had a curry and a pint 8 quid can't knock it

Nice place friendly staff. The manager Lee who was on shift today was friendly took our order and laura and Hayley was friendly asked if everything was ok made sure we were looked after. Food was nice. Well recommend will be back thank you. Thank you to all the staff.

Very good overall Lee was very helpful as my son has a peanut allergy Food was perfect especially for the price Play ground outside to entertain little ones also 😆

Really nice place and it's great it allows dogs

Food was good and lots of vegan options. Hayley who served us was great!

Had our evening meal here, was a lovely nice chilled atmosphere, Hayley served us she was very helpfully and friendly nothing was to much trouble.

Went here when it was the BOGOF on the burgers, service and food was amazing

Had a wonderful meal in the blue anchor, and was served by a lovely member of staff called hailey. Would definitely go there again.

Quick visit as I was working and just passing by so I didn’t have long, but I was served very quickly by friendly staff which is always nice to see and the food was great couldn’t fault it.

Lee was amazing helping us opening doors finding us the right table amazing

Danny and Hayley are world class in terms of hospitality and are very friendly. They always treat customers like vips and remember peoples names and genuinely care which is outstanding! They go above and beyond to look after all customers thank you

Visited on a Fri for lunch and drinks. Lovely friendly staff and food good. Reasonably price too.

We held my Father-in-Law’s wake at the Blue Anchor, reserving an area and ordering various sharing plates and snacks. Danny’s level of kindness and understanding was outstanding and so much appreciated. He went over and above to ensure everything was perfect for us. The food was great, the service was great and we couldn’t have given our Barry a better send off with out Danny and team. Thank you so much Charlotte, Andrew, Bev and family.

Although food based it is also full of "drinkers"

the meal I got the full monty grill meats all where dry and chewy no flavor all luke warm peas where cold as if they had came out of a tin chips where warm sausages tasted like they had been re heatedegg was not runny and just abut warm. to add insult to injury the coke was flat and it tasted like the lines have not been cleaned. so disapointed in this place will never go again

Coca cala was flat and tasted like pipes hadnt been cleaned ,all the meat i.e steak , chicken,sausage etc was dry and chewy and all food was barely warm plus the table was sticky we did not have a good experience.i marked 1 but if i could give zero i would

food was awfull i had full english everything was cold the toast was dry didnt get butter with it all the meat on mine and the plates of everyone with me was dry and chewy . The drinks tasted flat and like the pipes hadnt been cleaned . The table was sticky so hadnt been cleaned properly overall it was a terrible experience

I’ve had numerous fab experiences here over the years. Lovely service from the bar staff who are always helpful and friendly. Can’t complain about the food as it’s exactly what you look for in a good pub meal! Definitely a family friendly environment and everyone felt welcome.

Lovely food and service. Great atmosphere

Great food and great value. Starters, mains and dessert plus a drink each for 2 people for under £50. Can’t complain