The Magazine Hotel in Wirral

olde worlde pub friendly staff great food fantastic seaviews... all locals are friendly and chatty

Love the friendliness of staff and customers alike, always a warm welcome at the Mags, I visit my sister in law most weeks and we walk along to eat and have her favourite tipple, peroni. Fish and chips tonight was great, looking forward to seeing you all next week. I think I've found my favourite eatery.

Old fashioned boozer with excellent ales and lovely food. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Best fish and chips on Wirral. Every time we go there we meet new people and have a good time with them.visited again on 16th of November. Only change is the fish and chips now only available in one size. This pub deserves to be highly rated. Visited again today18th October 2024. Outside of the premises undergoing major regurb. Food and ale as good ad ever and cider also available on the hand pump. Met more people there today. Amazing.

A small group of friends and I attended the Wednesday night quiz at 9pm. Very friendly, warm welcome and chat with pub quiz organiser. We did well in the quiz and won £10. My ticket was drawn to play higher and lower card game after the quiz. Didn't win that one. Great night with lovely, friendly locals that made us feel welcome. We will definitely be back for another quiz at some point and they have bands on 🎶 I will be keeping an eye out for those on social media!

Went for Sunday lunch, we had a lovely meal, although it did take a long time to arrive. portion size was excellent.

Great atmosphere, great staff and fabulous always changing beers.

Had a lovely meal and catch up with family. Despite it looking like a building site outside it didn't effect the atmosphere inside and must commend the friendly and helpful staff.

Went for lunch today with my son. Food was incredible! Really enjoyed it. Staff were so friendly and helpful. I can't recommend this place enough. You will not be disappointed. Hat's off to the chef. Gorgeous food extremely well done

Lovely friendly staff good food and atmosphere

Great pub with a hidden beer garden around the back. No complaints.

Excellent for a pint. Probably one of the best pubs in Wallasey, if not the Wirral.

Great food, great, helpful staff. A marvelous lunch.

My wife and I stumbled upon this place by chance after a nice walk along new Brighton promenade, lovely cosy place with a warm friendly atmosphere. Ended up having a nice chat with one of the locals and his beautiful dog. Highly recommended.

Had a fabulous meal there tonight lovely pub, great for dogs in the dog room or in the lovely beer garden ,fab atmosphere highly recommend.

Quite secluded, not many people know this pub exists (except for locals), you won't Spot it unless you're strolling from New Brighton to Seacombe. Good selection of real ales and the food is reasonably priced. I recommend the curry, it was very nice.

Lovely pub with good beer garden

Great food...! Lovely feeling and relaxing when ever we come .Great beer garden with a brilliant view.

Great place lovely food nice atmosphere good selection of drinks and food on menu reasonable prices will be back soon staff very friendly 👍👍👍👍

Fabulous old worldy pub and resto

Perfect example of a traditional pub serving great ale and food. Staff are really friendly and the location is great if you’re having a day out in New Brighton and fancy breaking the walk back to the ferry up with a pint. Beer garden is lovely if you’re lucky with the weather

Always a welcome pint after the Wirral way. A PINT of Trappers Hat and the friendly service is great. Shame that having to use a mobile phone app and pay on card is the ONLY way to get a drink though. That was just after the pandemic I believe I wrote that. Thing is now, August 2024 I'm still going there so nothing has changed apart from that app. Would be nice to have somewhere to lock bikes to though 🤔.

Whenever we go to New Brighton which in reality isn’t very often but when we go my wife and I along with our little King Charles spaniel we always go to the Magazine for a meal and a beer, the staff have always been very friendly and the food has always been top notch.

Enjoyed a meal here with my missus. The meal was absolutely delicious. I liked the decors showing the history of the building and historic events surrounding the area. Parking can be a little difficult, as it's off street parking. It's definitely worth the visit! We look forward to our next visit real soon.

Boss as usual, always ask for the 'regular' Guinness, not that bleeding ice cold one. Also jealousy eyed up the tapas on the other table.

Great pub, fabulous beers and great, friendly staff.

Visited New Brighton for some sea air (well, Mersey estuary!) yesterday, and came across the Magazine. What a lovely pub! Good prices, top quality beer, a lovely garden with a view of the water, and very friendly staff. It was busy at lunch time with a good mix of visitors and regulars, families and couples and LGBTQ friendly as well. We sat outside (for which you'd need to be able to do steps and slopes, but there's an accessible toilet off the main bar) but there was a separate dining room which looked nice, and a room off the bar in which they do live music and folk nights. This is just the sort of pub I wish I had within walking distance of my house. Only area for improvement was a few more veggie dishes on the menu, but the food did look amazing.

Had a lovely Sunday lunch with my husband and mother in law today. We go for lunch every Sunday and have been to many places across Wirral but the food, service and atmosphere was by far the best we've experienced. Booked again next week. Well done chef and all the staff

Yet to try the food but the service is always good and it has a lovely beer garden.

First time having food here xxx Was delicious Serving staff were very pleasant Good friendly atmosphere.

Just an all round great pub . Lots of real ale choice .. perfect for me . Haven't tried the food yet but many others tell me it's quite good . ( Have since tried the food , and it was really good ! ) . Nice looking pub inside , and a great beer garden with views over the Mersey . 👍

An Original classic English pub with a newer great outdoor space.

We love walking along the New Brighton promenade and this pub is a great place to stop for a drink or something to eat!. Its an olde worlde looking pub, good selection of beer and decent wine. We have eaten here before and today they appeared to be very busy serving food and it looked good. There is an excellent garden, you are only 100mtrs from the promenade so its worth a stop for refreshments. New Brighton is a good place for a pub crawl and I would certainly add the Magazine to that list!!

Great place for a drink. Love it in here

Second time coming in the last fortnight and both times have been brilliant. The food is outstanding, fresh, flavourful & affordable. The mixed grill was amazing the quality of the meat was noticeable throughout, I had a mix 3 & all were amazing special mention for the goats cheese bonbons & salt and pepper homemade chips. Friendly accommodating staff, thank you again.

Little gem this place. Perfectly positioned for a stroll alongside the river, gorgeous home cooked food, dog friendly, good value, genuinely nice staff who were warm, friendly and welcoming. Will definitely be going back.

Excellent food lovely old historic pub great pint of Eastgate from Weetwood brewery friendly attentive staff highly recommend.

Amazing food, happy and helpful service and great atmosphere.

Amazing food at a very reasonable price

I went with my son for lunch. Had the most amazing burger I have ever tasted, Black n Blue Burger. Fabulous as well as the magazines usual friendly atmosphere 5 stars 🌟

Well worth a walk up the hill , If you walking from Seacombe, to New Brighton, especially on a sunny day, great beer garden, with friendly staff

Comfortable with beer garden. Relaxing drink

Me and a friend got food there and it was absolubtly phenomenal. I was once pissed there during the day time and they were accommodating despite having all right to kick me out for being too drunk. Honestly an absolutely lovely place to go.

Wow, those chips!! Lovely chilled atmosphere, staff were absolutely lovely and the waitress was so sweet! I ordered the gammon which was delicious, this came with garden peas in a separate small pot and home cooked chips, now the chips were just something else, they were slightly crisp on the outside but they melted in your mouth. I can't remember the last time I had chips as nice as these! I then ordered a sticky toffee pudding for dessert which to my surprise came with fruit on top, 2 blueberries, a raspberry and a physalis! I haven't had physalis for ages because not many shops sell them so I was thrilled and said "oh I LOVE physalis!" So the lovely waitress brought me an extra one out! I think we will definitely be returning!

Friendly atmosphere, toilets dirty

First time visit. Lovely views out over the river. Nice selection of beers, and we shared 3 small plates, which were really tasty!

Only had drinks. Great live music

Never been but would happily come again and recommend. Staff pleasant. Outside sitting area brilliant for our big walking group. Drinks were nice. And lovely short walk from the prom

Went for lunch. The beer garden was a good size and the good thing was that no one was smoking even though there were ashtrays. Ordered food and like everyone else we had a 45 to 50 minute wait. The food was excellent 👌. Went to get dessert and the kitchen was closed. Would I go back yes but before lunch started 😧

Nice atmosphere and lovely staff.

Had a lovely roast and dessert here yesterday, the food was so nice 😋 It was really busy but the staff were all lovely and really accommodating to us. We’ll definitely be back 😀

Tried to order food at 18.58 got told sorry stopped serving food.clearly states food 12-8pm

Great traditional pub. Well kept ales and pub.

Had two lovely meals here, lovely atmosphere, and friendly staff.

Great place for a pint and atmosphere

Expensive beer Very dark Very small inside Old world pub

Normally give it a 5 but hugely disappointing last night , husband had mixed grill , chips were dry as a bone normality lovely the meat he said wasn’t great except the sausage , I’d eaten earlier so just wanted the olive chorizo salad 🙈it was a bowl of lots and lots of olives witch had 3 very dry bits of chorizo in and some rocket , really loved comeing here but after lastnight it’s a NO , shame

Excellent beer. Trappers Hat was 5/5. Food looked good. Will return!

Food was excellent, I had Mags burger with pulled pork and jalapeño peppers (bit too hot for me) but the taste was fabulous. My husband had the sausage and mash which he enjoyed. The staff were really pleasant but we waited over half an hour for our meal and we were one of the first to order!!! Very popular pub and dog friendly, the sun was shining so lots of people in the beer garden, real ale too Camra Wirral pub of the year 2024.

Never been eating yet but out side garden is look pretty good 👍 👌

Good beer selection and very dog friendly garden.

Fantastic traditional pub with one of the very best pints of Bass I have ever tasted.Good hearty local produce available too.

Good choice of ales, and quality food at reasonable prices

I cannot believe that having lived in Wallasey for 70 years, that I have never found this place before. Visited last night with my wife for the first time ever and could not have been more impressed. Lovely venue, amazingly polite, courteous and friendly staff, superb food, (the steak was to die for), and a really great range of beers to try, (hic..). Absolutely loved the place and stayed for the Folk club that is held there every Tuesday. This will be my go to place every Tuesday from now on and thank you all for making 2 newcomers so very welcome and comfortable. No wonder that hotel ticks all the CAMRA boxes. Well done all.

Another great visit to the mags. We popped in for a bite to eat and a drink after a walk on the front. Great friendly service, yummy freshly cooked food and a lovely atmosphere. We got there just as it opened and it was soon full of people doing the same as us. See you soon Mags 👍

Came across The Mags a few weeks ago and is now our favourite place to eat when we’re visiting New Brighton with our puppies. Called in for a drink and ended up having lunch, pesto chicken amazing. Very dog friendly which is a bonus. Working our way through the menu each time we visit and nothing has disappointed. Food cooked freshly to order and home made. Good range of real ales on offer too. Staff friendly and great atmosphere in the ‘dog house’ with chat and banter amongst the tables.

Called in for a drink on walk along the prom .Lovely pub and staff , sadly let down by the regulars who feel it’s ok to use foul and abusive language as part of their general conversation in the presence of children and everyone else within hearing shot. Clearly no respect for themselves or anyone else .

Lovely little traditional, cozy pub

Didn't have food. Nice pint. Comfortable surroundings

My twin sister, took us here today for dinner absolutely delicious 🤤 same quality as the pilot if not better! And cheaper highly recommended thanks dean & colleagues🙏🏻

I've walked past this pub on many occasion, from walking along the New Brighton promenade,you can gaze up and see this Pub, anyway we decided to go in and see what the fuss was about,well as soon as we entered the door, Lady approaches us and no sooner as we opened our mouths we was seated in the back room away from the hussle and bussel,my wife ordered the steak with pepper corn sauce,I ordered the homemade lasagne and chips, my wife said it was the best Pepper corn sauce she had encountered, and as for me ,it was definitely a real reminder of home made cooking,all in all am definitely coming back here and would happily recommend a visit 👌

Had a lovely night with my book club girls. Lovely food. nice traditional pub with buzzing atmosphere. It was wednesday quiz night so probably busier than usual but got seved quickly. Would recommend

Just drinks this time, but the food looked nice.

Disappointed not able to get a hot drink this afternoon. Also expected to pay minimum £3 on card, even though all I was having was a soft drink. Barmaid was charmless, and not particularly friendly.

Nice little, always busy pub, is when we go anyway, service is quick even when heaving, great watering hole.

Started serving food again which was a plus, very tasty.

Loved it. Great service, good vibe, great food. Gorgeous open real coal 🔥

Great pub, great location, full of character and charm, helps that they also have a great selection of rotating real ales (but they do have x2 permanent ones, Bass and Brinstage Brewery Trappers Hat)

Such friendly staff, fabulous old fashioned pub. We ate there and I had the best beef roast dinner in a pub that I have ever had…..it was so tasty and I normally find roasts in a pub bland. My hubby had the scouse for the first time and he thought it was lovely and our Son had the veg Dahl which he really liked too. All in all it was great and we will go back when visit again

It never disappoints. Great friendly staff, attentive. Food is great. Our dog loves it in there too......it has a great atmosphere, like the pubs of old.

Actually really like this pub, we only had drinks this time but have had a meal in the garden before which was very good. Old pub with different seating areas, great location after a long walk along the Mersey. Appears friendly, give it a try!. good pub food.

Great friendly pub with a lovely atmosphere. Live music regularly and a great crowd of people to enjoy it with.

No frills, no faff, just a friendly traditional pub with great views and a good beer garden at the back too.

Wonderful cosy pub with great views over to Liverpool. Big shout out to the chef who served us the most delicious Sunday lunch.

Lost its charm after the fire 😕

Welcoming local pub with amazing location

Excellent atmosphere. Live music. Outdoor garden lovely. Views spectacular.

Best pub around for many reasons

First time in... Super friendly staff and the food was excellent... Is it a local of the future?.......

Great CAMRA pub. Very dog-friendly, and a super quaint interior. Really good range of beer and cider, and in a fab location too - you can get lovely views of Liverpool on a clear day.

Lovely pub food is nice but who the hell puts thinks to put peas and them other greens in a scouse should re name it birkenheader cause it ain't scouse thats for sure 🤣

Just lovely lovely Grandchildren lived it xx

One of the best pubs in wallasey.

Fine choice of ales on sale and lovely atmosphere in this old time pub. Good crowd of people and a proper buzz of chatter.

Lovely pub with great staff! Service is always quick and food is fab (especially the cauliflower bites and salt and pepper chips)!

We call in this pub when my Son is home for a visit and we go for a walk in New Brighton. Food is always good, my Son's steak cooked perfectly, my scouse lovely with really nice bread, chips home made and salad garnish always fresh. Staff always pleasant and polite

What a gorgeous little pub. Food amazing.. love the homemade chips! Staff very welcoming.. and that open fire on a cold winter day is lovely! Will be returning in the new year deffo.

Wonderful pub with fire and well kept cask.

Absolutely awful service by the old dark haired lady behind the bar. Came in for some lunch as have heard good things and was spoken to with no respect and as if I owed her something. Had a terrible attitude and it’s not the first time that I have seen her be rude to customers. Needs to sort out her attitude before you have a lot more unhappy customers.

I will never go back here again the people are so rude especially the old woman with dark hair and the man who backs up her behaviour is just as bad. Stay away from this place until they learn to treat people in a nicely manner. Worst thing was I was with my son, he spilt a drink which they made him clean up at 12years old. Absolutely disgusting attitude from them will avoid at all costs from now on

Super local pub. Great service. Friendly. My partner and my friend both have mobility problems and the landlady was really helpful bringing drinks to our table. Other customers were really helpful too.