The Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool

Grace and Sean were very good and worked hard together during our visit

Lovely lovely classic old pub. Must visit when in Liverpool.

Amazing place...but the famous toilets????...still dont know what they're so famous...maybe because of the smelling?

Lovely, cosy venue inside, especially the carved wood and stained glass windows. Perfect for pre drinks/meal before a show at the Philharmonic.

Absolutely stunning pub! Lots of different areas to sit. I've seen pics of the mens loos online, and they are incredible. Lots of drink choices

Overwhelming smell of piss. Didn't stay for a lunch.

Wow!! Beautiful place loved our visit

Super place to eat great food service and atmosphere Thank you Tia andAJ for all your great service

Had dinner here on a Friday night. Beautiful dining room upstairs. Great service from James and Joe, and the food was incredible. Our group of three had the Fish Pie, Fish and Chips and the Grilled Seabass, all outstanding. Was intrigued by the Rabbit Pie also, next time! Downstairs was messy, but it was a busy Friday night in fairness. The famous toilets, which we'd heard so much about, could definitely have done with a bit of a rub down!

Such a nice old building. Had dinner here, the food was good and Joe and James were great hosts. Thanks!

It was my first time here and I was thoroughly looking forward to it, I was however very disappointed. The building, the history and the atmosphere of the place was amazing but the beer was shocking. We had a Black sheep beer, which we drink regularly and it was awful, the worst pint we have ever had. It tasted like they had just dipped our glass in the Mersey! More attention to the beer to fit in with the fabulous surroundings wouldn't go amiss. Sorry, but won't be coming back until you sort your beer out. Such a shame.

Great meal with prompt and attentive service from Joe and James . Delicious food and good atmosphere . Recommend .

Got it! Here’s a stellar review tailored for James and Joe at the Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool: ⸻ Exceptional Service at The Philharmonic Dining Rooms Dining at The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is always a treat, but what truly elevates the experience is the outstanding service provided by James and Joe. From the moment you arrive, they set the tone for a warm and welcoming atmosphere, making every guest feel like a valued regular. James is the epitome of professionalism, effortlessly combining efficiency with genuine hospitality. His knowledge of the menu and drinks selection is impeccable, always offering insightful recommendations that enhance the dining experience. Whether you’re after the perfect pint or a dish that hits the spot, James ensures you’re well taken care of with a friendly and attentive approach. Joe brings a fantastic energy to the room, balancing charm and attentiveness with ease. His ability to anticipate guests’ needs without being intrusive is a rare skill, and his enthusiasm for great service is evident in every interaction. Whether it’s a seamless order, a thoughtful suggestion, or simply a warm conversation, Joe’s presence makes the Philharmonic feel like more than just a restaurant—it feels like home. Together, James and Joe create an atmosphere that keeps people coming back. Their dedication, professionalism, and personable service make The Philharmonic Dining Rooms not just a place to eat and drink, but a truly memorable experience. If you’re in Liverpool, do yourself a favor—stop by, soak in the historic charm, and let James and Joe take care of the rest.

Havn,t been in here for 50 years ,Still absoloutly Brill. Took my grandson ( 30 ) he thought it was fantastic ,even the toilets are a talking point.

Good atmosphere but a bit dark and drinks getting pricey

Lovely historic pub and good food. Great service by Ashley and Eryn on our visit too 😊

Will H; Callum and Eryn were amazing, very helpful and Joe on the bar helped a lot also

I booked a table for two and we ordered a Sunday roast at around 13:50. At 15:10 we were told there was some issue with the ticketing system and our order had now been registered. We were into just into our second beer and were told they could buy us a drink on the house. No way did we want another beer. I visited the toilet which was disgusting. The stench of urine was awful. We left the establishment at 15.30, almost two hours since we ordered.Truly terrible.

I booked a table for 14:30 on a Sunday. We arrived at 13:50 and we were ushered to our table. At 15:10 we we told there was a mixup in the ticketing system but now our order went through. We left the restaurant at 15:30 after waiting almost 2 hours for our food. By the way, the toilets ate disgusting with a pungant smell of urine. I would strongly advise visting this place.

Excellent building that takes you back in time. The photos and other reviews do it justice. The bar area on the ground floor was busy (5 p.m on a Friday), but worth a look around at the original decor and yes ladies, the gents are worth a view for all the marble. Whilst it was original a bit of maintenance wouldn't go amiss. Hand dryers not working etc. In fact the whole of the interior could do with a tidy up. We ate in the Dining Room upstairs. Excellent service and excellent food. Sea bass and the venison pie worth trying. Totally recommend.

A beautiful and interesting place

Great service from Aj. Erin and Tia. great food.

Beautiful food, fantastic service by Ashley and Eryn. Thank you for an enjoyable evening

It was my first visit to Liverpool and found out that this place is a must visit. Still suffering from jet lag, I decided to pop in around 5pm - which I later found out that it's the usual dinner time for Brits. Ordered a dark lager and the ocean fish and chips (how can you not order that in England). The batter was perfect, thought not a fan of peas puree that accompanied the dish. The service rendered by Ashley and Eryn was excellent though. I may come back again to try their steak, looks promising.

Cozy old place for a beer. Didn't try the food.

The food was great! Joe C was an amazing server helped out with questions about the area.

Lovely meal, Ashley and Erin were very friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend

Didn’t have food, service was slow and drinks overpriced

Excellent food and great customer service. We even got a call in the afternoon to say there was a problem with the kitchen and engineer was coming out but just wanted to forewarn us. That’s so efficient. It all got fixed and was wonderful experience xx

I booked a table for pre-show dining. We only wanted one course, so went for a 5.30 booking and this gave us plenty of time to eat, pay & head over to the Phil before the show. Service was excellent & the team were unfazed by my weird allergy, making sure my dish came from the upstairs kitchen. We all chose pie & mash, which was excellent. The beer was fab. The place was, as always, incredibly busy pre-show, yet Tia, Ashley & Violet provided friendly & efficient service with smiles & good humour. The bar staff were also ace. We really must try & remember to come here when we're not dashing off to a show immediately afterwards! Thank you, everyone.

Just popped in for a couple of beers before going to the philharmonic hall for a concert. Fabulous place. World famous. Will always be one of the best pubs in Liverpool.

The spinach and falafel burger was dry and didn't taste of anything, like it had been in the freezer for a decade. The mushroom added some moisture but no flavour. My wife had the fish and chips but the fish was dry too.

Victorian masterpiece, must visit for views alone (and for the pints)

One amazing old Liverpool boozer

Highly recommend , my sister & I have never been dissappointed, it's our go to place for lunch . Great food , atmosphere and staff !!

Visit this place in daytime as it seems at night it loses most of it's charm. The lights are VERY dim and I couldn't tell I'm visiting somewhere exceptional but from the entrance. Beer selection also wasn't in my taste range. I tried Tribute and Nicholsoy(?) - it was like drinking water. So if you visit, stick to the known brands. Other than that - service is good and there's always people around for the atmosphere. Book in advance if you want to order food.

Quiet place to dine, very good service and normal prices.

Pies had no pastry had a mash top instead, they sat us in a rowdy bar area as opposed to the dining rooms above. Was embarrassed to be honest had guests over nobody had a good meal and music was was too loud. Absolute shambles

Everything was delicious and the service was very good, the atmosphere of the place was warm and vibrant music!

First visit in many years but not disappointed in any way . Food was excellent, service from Ashley,Callum and Eryn first class . Will be back soon .

We booked for the dining rooms but that was closed for some reason that was not explained to us. We were seated in the bar and it was just so loud and rowdy, which is to be expected on a Saturday night but did not make for a pleasant dining experience. The fish pie was sub-par not as much fish as you would expect. The staff were great but nobody wants to pay over £100 to eat dinner with people screaming their heads off and doing shots around them.

Eryn looked after us, great service and will definitely be returning

Great atmosphere, great service & lovely food. We were well looked after by Ashley, Callum & Eryn. Will definitely return. Also very handy for the Philarmonic Hall of course

Great pub and fantastic food good service great atmosphere. Would highly recommend. Good location for philharmonic hall

Three of us ate here. The sharing starter was fab. My sausage and mash was yummy, although it was my second choice as my first choice was unavailable. Both my husband and my friend thought their main course was nice but not delicious. My husband had steak which was rather fatty. My friend had chicken pie which was dry and would have benefitted from a lot more sauce in it or gravy on the side.

The dining rooms are upstairs, so take a moment to look at the ground floor bar areas that are architecturally very interesting (including the gents toilet). Dining room is not as grand but very nice. Food is good and service friendly

Great place for a pre concert meal

Fabulous surroundings good food and wonderful service

Lovely meals and staff very friendly Booked pre Alison Moyet at Philharmonic Hall Thanks to Tia AJ and Emily See you again soon x

Eryn and Lauren were beru attentive and gave excellent service. The food was beautiful. Really enjoyed everything.

Great food, quick service and polite staff. I thought that the charging of a £10 deposit per person was a good idea as it secures the table for the allotted 2 hour slot. I liked the pre-ordering of the food as it meant that my party was in plenty of time to see the show at the Philharmonic Hall.

Had a few drinks. Staff very welcoming and friendly. Good array of beers at good prices. Ambience excellent, decor excellent. What a bar should be.

Today’s experience was very positive, good food, friendly, helpful staff - what more could we ask for.. will be back again !

Tia. Aj and Emily were very pleasant and helpful. Food was OK.

Callum , Eryn and Emily were great , food was lovely and very reasonable, would definitely recommend

Fantastic place would thoroughly recommend. We were served by Erin, Joe and Grace. Fantastic service

Fantastic service by Erin, Joe W and Grace. Everyone is so polite!

Nice decor, good beers. Not best place to eat

Booked for Sunday lunch, on arrival we went upstairs to the restaurant, which was empty, so decided to sit downstairs in the main bar. Ordered two roast dinners, on arrival meals were cold, asked for meals to be returned to kitchen , food was returned still cold, asked for refund. Disappointed with booking to dine here, bar area furniture was a bit worn and tatty. Would not recommend as a place to eat .

Eryn was super lovely and greater server, the food was very good!

Lovely place. Great food and pies! Lovely service from Eryn. Thank you

Great meal, would recommend to a friend, Eryn was great service 👍🏼

Friendly and helpful staff, food was lovely

Had a lovely evening, the building is beautiful. Eryn, our waitress was amazing and had great banter.

My only complaint would be the temperature it’s was freezing could not wait to leave for a warm

Barry and Joe have excellent service . Food was excellent!

Friendly service and good food. Very enjoyable

Service was tops couldn't do enough or be more friendly especially AJ and Joe

Great atmosphere, great food, and friendly efficient service.

Lovely old place, cosy and warm

Gorgeous pub, good food and welcoming staff. A real beauty!

Fantastic food and vegan options available.

Good service, and the beers are good. Full of history and very comfortable place to spend a relaxing hour. The Gent's toilets are famous but the snugs and bars are really good.

Absolutely beautiful venue worthy of staying for a drink (or two). The venue is extremely old and has wonderful ambience and was the best bar I attended while in Liverpool.

Such a special place! Could do with better choice of taps but still fabulous. Staff didn't look happy to be there; the only negative x

Polite service, delicious food.

Lovely dining room but could do with renewing some chairs- rips with stuffing showing. The beef rib and shin pie was very tasty but had quite a lot of gristle. The mash and vegetables were good. The starters- salmon and calamari were very nice. Good selection of drinks. Definitely worth a visit.

Lovely Victorian pub. Great food and service

Great choice of beers, ipa campfire....wow, didn't eat but was tempted by vegan pie

Beautiful pub with an amazing decor. Well worth a visit

Brilliant place, lovely interior and great food.

Great beer great food. Eamonn really looked after us

Lovely pub & quick service! What more do you want?!! 🙂

Stunning building and decor. Really good food, including proper suit pastry pies, high quality burgers, and well cooked veg. Beers and soft drinks also great.

The Philharmonic Dining Rooms are an institution in Liverpool, as one of the very few Grade I listed buildings in the UK. The decor is absolutely beautiful, however, we were surprised to see the fire alarm go off, and the staff unsure of what to do.

Great place but let down by the food.

Philomonic Dining Rooms is unique place to dine food and service 1st class try it once and you'll be back inviting your friends and family

The pie was really good, we bought 4 different ones to see if they were as good as they said... yes very much we were very satisfied.

Great pub great atmosphere fast friendly service

Beautiful old building toilets are amazing

A room fit for a King! Too bad the waiters were a little tired, but the food was really good. Better to book and ask to be hosted in the lounge, it's really worth it

Food Good Service Good Service Charge Added and we where not informed.. Why are you Begging for Your Staff Unprofessional!

Never disappoints. Staff are friendly, pleasant and efficient. Food always well presented and reasonably priced. We go regularly.

An important part of Liverpool’s cultural history and worth a visit. However, it’s looking very tired and in need of a refurb. There was no food service the day I visited, I guess they may have been short staffed. Sat on a leather sofa that had rips all over the seating.

The food was reasonable but the plates were cold - so food very quickly went cold. The heating wasn’t on when we arrived. Toilets were really cold.

Lovely old traditional pub full of historic building features. Serves a nice pint of Guinness too.

The Philharmonic Dinning Rooms (The Phil) on Hope street is an amazing Victorian era pub that offer's a fantastic food and drinks range and this fantastic pub is considered to be the most ornate pub in England. Constructed between the year's 1898-1900 this brilliant Victorian pub had an amazing multi-roomed'Multi-floored interior with lots of interesting fixture's throughout the pub's ornate interior. Theres superb wood panelling and stained glass windows and chandeliers and there's many more interesting features throughout it's multi-roomed interior far to many to put on a review of this size.We have been here hundreds of times over the years and its as good now as when we first went here many years ago. We visited here early in the afternoon on a freezing cold day and it was fairly busy.We ordered a few cask ales at the bar and sat in a side room.The beers we had were from the St Austell Brewery which where 1st rate but they where very expensive at £5.55 for two halfs of cask ales. This pub is without a doubt one of the most ornate pub's you will ever visit and if you're ever around this area of Liverpool pay it a visit you won't be disappointed. (This is my fifth review's of the Philharmonic Dinning Rooms). Opening Hours. Monday-Thursday-11.00-23.00. Friday-Saturday-11.00-00.00. Sunday-11.00-22.30. Public Transport. Bus Stop. Sugnall Street Bus Stop-75-80-80A-86A-86C-86Q-N1.

An amazing evening, visited Liverpool for a city break and chose to book this venue. No regrets whatsoever and would definitely go back.

very nice building but with nearly no heating during winter.

We really enjoyed our meal, the food is delicious and good value. Our servers Joe and James were both very nice and welcoming.The philamonic dining rooms is in a very good spot, being next to the Everyman theatre where we are visiting later on. This restaurant is lovely and has great character. Great restaurant, will come again.