Grapes Hotel Formby in Sefton

Good food, served hot and quick

Much improved food and service. Menu is good pub grub at a reasonable price and service was excellent. I was in a large group (20 men) and orders and service coped admirably. Under new management, and I wish them well.

It wasn’t good but it wasn’t bad. Got lukewarm at best chips with roasting hot chicken katsu curry on a roasting hot plate. I think I know which dish went into the microwave. Hungry and had 200 miles to drive immediately after so begrudgingly ate the chips rather than complaining and taking more time. Chicken tasty though to give it credit. Maybe swerve the chips and try the rice if you order? Approx £43 for 2 adult meals and 1 children’s along with drinks. Still hungry when we left so off to M&S on Liverpool Rd when leaving Formby. Outside looks very tired in places, inside much better. Staff very friendly.

Fabulous. My uncle used to own the grapes many years ago. Still fabulous

Great food and service, really solid burger! Not in the area often but will deffo return when I am next

Visited earlier and had some food. The burgers where great. Would recommend

Popped in for some food earlier, service was great, and the food was spot on, would absolutely recommend! Also plenty of parking if your looking for a quick stop.

The Grapes did an excellent job hosting a funeral reception for the Family.

Brilliant food. Brilliant service thank you

The stars say it all, in desperate need of some tlc

Went to watch the footy midday and asked for it to be on, they were very accommodating making sure it was on with sound turned on where we wanted to sit. Staff were brilliant and would definitely recommend the food! Beer also spot on which is always a winner!

Really friendly staff and good food. Asked for soy milk and they didn’t have any but ran to the shops to get some.

Excellent service from Chloe !! Enjoyed our food and drink, lovely pub and was made even nicer in the sunshine 🌞

It was adequate, nothing like it used to be! Food ok, staff hard to find, I was only trying to pay my bill!

This pub is our regular and we love it! Great place to hang out. Staff are great, especially Rosie.

Went in for a few drinks to catch up with some mates, figured the Euros were on and it was a good place to watch the games together. Got served quickly, Joe was helpful and got us sorted with some sharing plates between us. Commentary was nice and clear and we got a good view of a big telly. No fuss, decent pub, especially for sport!

Brilliant place to go and im happy that its my local its brilliant to socialise, prices are very reasonable, staff are so friendly and welcoming. If your in need support and assistance the manager greg is very welcoming and helpful and so are the bar staff Rosie being one of them.

First visit, went to the beach with friends and our dogs as a day trip over half term and came in during the afternoon as the weather turned. Bar staff were friendly and chatty, gave us some recommendations on their menu which has recently been revamped. So nice to have more dog friendly places to visit too! Our dogs got plenty of attention from the staff and had dog bowls with water without us asking. Food was nice, a bit of a surprise as didn’t expect much for pub grub. Friends got a mix of things for the ‘build your own sharers’ and were pleasantly surprised too. I got the prawns to start and the Thai curry as a main. It all came out quickly after ordering, was well presented and was still hot. Not local to Formby so not likely to be back often but would visit again if in the area and recommend.

Had an amazing experience at this pub, food is great and the staff are lovely, especially Rosie! Will return

Lovely little pub plenty of parking spaces.

Great place to go staff were friendly manager Ian couldn’t do enough to make you feel welcome and nothing was any trouble food was delicious and the overall feel was homely 👍🏻

Went today , 6 of us, 4 adults 2 my grandchildren. Was served promptly by Martyn, Then took our order for food.Was very helpful and cheerful, I even had him trying to find matching boxes of crayons for my grandchildren because they wanted the same. Thanks Martyn. ☆☆☆

Friendly staff make this pub work A bland and limited menu do let this great pub down. Excellent for watching sports So overall a pub which works because of staff but could be improved by more adventurous menu and choice of beers

Food was great steak cooked to perfection, do feel that drinks were majorly over priced in fact payed less at the Hilton hotel (currently where I am now). But food was great.

Had such a good Saturday night here, Rosie and Nathan were awesome!!!!

Rosie was awesome! Food is brilliant and beers are fantastic, amazing night all around.

Just met the new manager today, seemed like a nice bloke! The pub was busy and the atmosphere was good, had a few small bites and a couple of pints of guest they had on, seems nice and looking forward to heading up that way again!

team at the grapes are amazing, good community Rosie is very welcoming!

Popped in for lunch with the wife and the dog before heading home, Gavin was lovely and friendly and the food was spot on. Would definitely reccomend!

Be kind to yourself and dine elsewhere. Everything about the place told me the meal would be defrosted, microwaved, tasteless muck - and I was right. The coke was flat, the Katsu Curry looked like it had been prepared by a child who used a Fisher Price kitchen - and it tasted like it too apart from the sauce which tasted worse and looked similar to the worming medicine our cat has. The burger and chips was impressive in that it didn't taste like burger and chips but more like undercooked batter, and I've not been able to get rid of the taste since. The overall experience came close to ruining the day, so in an attempt to salvage the afternoon we went to another pub that had a lovely atmosphere and charming staff, and we had a heavenly sticky toffee pudding and two delightful coffees. By the time we left the second pub, our tinnitus had just about subsided from the incessant dubstep that had been blasting out at the Grapes, and our faith in humanity was restored. Then the sun broke free from the clouds and shone once again. Now we just await the inevitable bout of antibiotic resistant e-coli to take effect. P.S the parking is free

Nic and Nathan served us great beer and food, fantastic customer service, I wish all pubs were like this one

Has so much potential but....... Big old building with the pub split across multiple levels. However maintenance and general upkeep of the pub seems to have been forgotten about, leaving it feeling old, shabby and unloved. Staff also appeared disinterested in engaging with customers. Beer ok, but not enough to make you go back here when there are far better pubs locally.

It's a shame it's gone down the nick. Still ok though.

Disapointing is the polite word to use . Where to start? Very little atmosphere. We spent £50+ on 2 mains and 5 starters. We ordered on app all the food came together. When mains aŕived we informed server wed orderd it starters he said sorry they are coming now its cime through as one order tome theres a lack of common sense not to check. The food wasnt great based on previous high standards even the menu as asthetically pleasing as it is its contents/options just wasnt great. Thanks guys im in the dog house for reccomending it wont be back in a hurry

The food was awful I could stand my fork up in the mashed potatoes it was like a piece of rubber and the sausages were cooked so much they were dry and shrivelled up. Won't be eating here again although we did get our meal within 10 minutes.

Even sat by gas Harth fire, the building was 🥶 ate with coats on couldn't relax owing to cold , staff said they'd had problems with heating , Food was good 👍

Great pint of Guinness. Prices are cheap. 5000 to screens all showing football. What’s not to like. The good wasn’t bad either

Amazing service from Rosie & Chloe. So friendly and helpful. Will definitely be back!

Really enjoyed our visit to this pub. Rosie behind the bar made us smile, always engaging with the customers.

Perfect setting great meal and a very pleasant staff what can you add perfect

Brilliant pub fantastic staff, place to go in Formby for live sport as well ticks all the boxes

Great beer prices, excellent for watching sports.

Asked for if steak and ale pie was short crust. I don't think that's an unreasonable question. Gentleman taking order said he didn't know. I asked him to please ask. Eventually I asked him to please ask the chef as the staff by the bar he asked didn't know. I was then told it was. When it came it wasn't, it was puff pastry. At this point, I gave up and didn't say anything. It was still nice though.

The manager of the pub was really rude doesn’t deal well under stress and quite frankly poor behaviour not just towards his customers but staff. I really hope for the company’s sake he is replaced soon as it’s such a lovely pub that’s been my local for years but sadly I wouldn’t want to go in there again while he is the manger. 👎 cross house is nice and the fresh field pub round the corner highly rate them.

Lovely pub great beer garden fantastic staff

Great pub dog friendly which I love, and amazing live music as well

Safe to save that could be the worst roast dinner I've ever had, roast potatoes was defo an alid frozen bag and deep fried, mash looked like it had been microwaved a few time and was dry as anything. plus half the food advertised on the menu like carrot parsnip pea and stuffing never came with the meal. Defo give this place a miss for food.

Nice friendly staff, really roomy clean and tidy in the garden area you have plenty off seats and huts with a heater that you can turn on or off, dogs are allowed in the garden and they have a nice big tv that I think the use on warm days for sports, I do recommend going to this place if nearby, what would be nice and I think would be a good idea is to use the big tv outside for the kids when the sports is not on

When I'm in the area always call in great pub

Very unclean place. Food was not fresh, the mash was big clumps and very dry, very little gravy added. It all tasted like it had been sitting for a while and reheated. All day breakfast was awful, no sauce on the beans, no butter on the toast, egg very dry, bacon like leather, hash browns overcooked, the sausages could have broken a window.

Really good find on our way home. Amazing off on small plates, 5 for £12. Definitely enough for 2 people.

Quite disappointed with the 2 meals served to us. Didn't feel it was value for money. The website said they served Sunday Roast, which they don't. Been here before the pandemic and the food was great - gone downhill unfortunately 👎

First time visit. Good atmosphere and good service. Great menu selection. Food was really good. Will definitely be going back. Second visit, as good as the first. Love the kids menu, great choice, well worth a visit if you have kids.

Nice pub, nice staff, good quality well priced food.

Beautiful place it's huge great atmosphere. Would go again and have some food nxt time 😀

Food was excellent. It would be great if there was one area without a TV where an excellent pint of Wainwright's could be enjoyed in peace. The server needs to go on a course for customer service. Food was plonked on the table and we had to request plates. Otherwise place would have 5 stars.

Lovely pub, reasonably priced and food was delicious, the staff were lovely too, we were served by Ellie who was very attentive and friendly.

I don't often leave reviews, however, I had such a great experience here yesterday! The food was gorgeous and really fresh which is not often the case when it comes to 'pub' food. What made our visit even better is the amazing service we received from one of the servers Ellie - my little brother has sensory issues so dining out can sometimes be a struggle, but Ellie went above and beyond to make sure we were all comfortable and helped with every single one of our 'requests' thank you so much to Ellie and the rest of the staff - we are already looking forward to our next visit :)

Had to leave a review after coming here last night. I was served by Ellie who made my mum and dads experience! They don’t dine out often because they hate crowds but Ellie chatted to them and made them feel really comfortable. The food was reasonably priced and the service was quick! Would come back.

Had a lovely family day at the grapes, formby. Food & drinks spot on & staff very friendly, especially Ellie whose service was fantastic and was very helpful in recommending what meals for the family to get! Highly recommend this Pub.

Great service, food was good value and came out really hot. We will definitely be back.

Amazing service, good food and drink. New manager is great too. Finally taking a turn in the right direction.

Best food, staff, and drinks will deffo be back

Fabulous evening for my father in laws birthday 🎂 we were looked after all night so very well staff very attentive food amazing 👏 will definitely be back thank you so very much 🥰xx

Friendly staff, good atmosphere, family and dog friendly local pub offering clean facilities. Large beer garden with easy access to the bar. Has 2 car parks so parking available and has an electric charging station for electric cars. Will be back for another visit soon.

I used to come here a few years a go, not been for a long time has gone down hill since list visit I came with a large group of people drinks were nice but you can’t really mess up drinks Ordered food other people in my party said food was good hence the 3* however I got the all day full breakfast, when it came out it was missing a lot of items, I asked for them and they took awhile to come not good quality food just cheap stuff, I’d eaten my food by the time my other part of my meal had arrived would love for the grapes to return to like it was a nice pub to have great food

Thank you for looking after our walking group this afternoon. Friendly service and good food, what more could hungry walkers ask for! Plus going the extra mile to return a missed pole!!

Steak was incorrectly cooked, chicken not fully cooked and fish and chips was cold. No steak knife provided and unfortunately nobody asked if the meals were OK.

Characterful pub: large, divided into numerous different areas on different levels. Friendly. Good food but portion size was a little small for the price. 2 for 1 cocktails when we visited at lunchtime!

First time here for a long time. It used to be so busy, but at 10:50 it was empty. What's happened?

Spent over £50 on food and drinks, the nachos were the worst we've ever had, sent them back twice due to them being cold and hardly any cheese on them, I've seen other reviews stating the same thing ! Also got a meatball sandwich with hardly any meatballs on, it would seem that they're rationing food despite charging customers overpriced amounts! The staff did try and sort but our appetite had gone by then. Myself and my family all went away feeling sick for the rest of the day, so I suspect some of the food was under-cooked! Wouldn't be in a hurry to return.

i had an amazing experience, lovely atmosphere and staff, my hostess rosie was very attentive and made the best baby guinesses! will definitely be returning

Love This place! Such a Great atmosphere during Ireland England game!! Rosie is the best! So friendly and welcoming 😊😊😊😊

Really nice welcoming boozer.. friendly cliental. Food looked good what other people were eating and football was good too watch there..very clear screens

Only been once for a drink. Pleasant pub and staff.

Took an age to get served...and it wasnt even busy...had 2 drinks and left

Bad bad bad food - especially the nachos! Footlong nachos had about 3 bits of grated cheese on it, was cold, had the cheapest, sweetest salsa on top and a bit of sour cream, no guacamole. Always considered nachos to be the thing no one can eff up but this was cold slop 🤢

Worst food in a pub for a long time. Waited nearly 1 hrs for food which was cold when it arrived staff didn't make ant appolige will never go back even though we eat in formby every week

Comfortable place to visit but the upholstery is in need of updating.

Cold and beer selection is poor

The customer service is awful the manager called many disrespectful things and would not allow me to buy food do not recommend he swore at me multiple times

Chilli wings were actually inedible salty beyond belief, everything was just okay

Very nice food and attentive service. Plenty of parking outside. However, one of our party was a vegetarian and the choice was a little scant in that respect.

Popped in for a quick drink on the way home. Pleasure as always. Like the new festive menu.

Possibly the worst place to eat in the North West.

Had to clean and wipe our own table. Waited 1 hour 20 mins for food, chef came out and said it was because it’s busy. Food never actually turned up. Wouldn’t recommend at all

I didn't go at the busiest time of the day , but I thought that the pub could do with a bit of a make over ,having said that the beer and welcome were excellent.

Fast food and ok beer Internet service is limited unless you wanna give them all you info - no simple password is poor

It’s lovely to see a pub doing really well. The staff where very accommodating and the atmosphere was great. Plenty of choice on the menu at very reasonable prices. We will be back to watch sports, you can see a tv from anywhere in the pub. Clean and crisp.

Great pub with a great outdoor space at the rear. Pool table for the lads to enjoy. Table service Good selection of beers We use this place for our friends reunions and its the perfect venue P

From my experience, had a lovely experience, The staff were Friendly, food was tasty and it was a great bonus that the place is very dog friendly. Look forward to going again.

Great new menu. Had small plates and a mixed grill. Feeling like a pub again.

Great to see a second pool table. Its in a great position and more people seem to be playing.

Seating inside and outdoors, loads of TVs for watching sporting events. Didn't eat, only had drinks.

Good food and pleasant service. Visited again today (18/01/22). Place quiet but very good food and friendly staff. The cod and chips with mushy peas, followed by caramelised apple crumble were absolutely delicious and very reasonably priced on the meal deal. On a recent visit the food and service were very good but still very quiet

Old-fashioned village pub now converted to sports bar style. Good value, quick friendly service. A traditional pub menu at reasonable prices, well prepared and presented.

Sadly it was a wake. However buffet food excellent and staff good. Outside seating is good to.

Had a lovely meal with family a week ago. Food was outstanding xx

Great place to watch the match and enjoy a pint. Dog friendly too

Cheap and cheerful, can't go wrong for a quick bite to eat or drink