The Shakespeare in Liverpool

Called in to the restaurant last night for food, usually only have a drink here, and never again. Fish was full of grease and cremated, tasted awful. Mushy peas was full of juice and a spoonful of drowned peas. No chips but some cold wedges. Waitress looked embarrassed when she served it. That bad that I sent it back, never do that. Excuse was that the chef had gone home.

Prices tended to rise during the night barman (thick curly hair) had a bad attitude towards some of the guys.

I didn't try the food but the restaurant area seemed very popular. The staff are very friendly and the karaoke was a good laugh. Prices are ok for a city centre pub and it's worth a visit. There is a disabled access toilet on the ground floor and further toilets upstairs.

Food was a disgrace, how can you mess up fish and chips fgs

Generous portion of lamb chops, but dry as dust - likely dehydrated by freezing.

Har inte varit här och ätit, utan endast suttit på uteserveringen för dryck, men det kan verkligen rekommenderas! Soligt läge på Williamson Square blir aldrig fel!

Great Bar, with seating, upstairs and downstairs, plus outside, friendly pub, with good beer, lovely to sit outside when the weather is good

Shadow of itself now sadly. Very quiet for a Friday evening barely a dozen people in here. Some of the beer pumps weren't working a bit of a smell of bleach upstairs 😬 will not ne rushing back 😵‍💫

Would never eat there again. Staff uninterested and miserable. Food very poor. Would not reccomend. A meal at macdonalds is a safer option!

Absolutely awful, staff very rude. Long wait for service food very low value. Could not give us any drink they did not have any we asked for. But very rude and unfriendly, specially lads behind bar no atmosphere . Have always made the pub our meeting place to start our day. NEVER AGAIN !!! VERY XLEAR IT AS CHANGED MANAGEMENT

My twin brother and I were pub hopping around this part of the city when we decided to drop into The Shakespeare Pub ,been here before on many occasions, always had a good time and so it proved on our latest visit. A good looking pub set over two floors ,wonderful decor and furnishings, a couple of cool looking serving bar's ,big screens to enjoy the sport and plenty of seating options spread throughout this pub both inside and outside looking out onto the busy and bustling streets around bar. We were here on a Thursday evening, pub was busy with a great atmosphere, we ordered pints of beer from Carling Brewery, these were served in excellent condition being iced cold and sparkling, we chilled out and soaked up the great vibe in this busy and popular pub. My beer was good,not my usual tipple, more a real ale and craft beer fan myself but I must say it was a totally refreshing pint and great value for money. We both really enjoyed our beers in here before we moved on and although our visit was only fleeting as on every other visit to The Shakespeare Pub we had a great time. The Shakespeare Pub is easy to locate on Williamson Square. Opening hours are; Monday to Sunday, open from 11am. Well worth checking out if you're in the area.

Went yesterday with two sister in laws, never again.service was awful.food not good either.new owners need to do better.

Good really good and very reasonably priced very drive fly staff also drinks very reasonable and food will be sure to go back

Simple, decent food, good portion size at reasonable prices. The service was friendly and efficient. Overall, a good experience.

Lovely little place, nice staff, delicious food I recommend the scouse it was lovely 😊

Not for me. Looks to have had a makeover and seemed to attract the baseball capped, kareoke clientele. Shame really used to be a nice pub but thats just my opinion.

Not that busy Saturday afternoon.

The upstairs service. Simply terrible we will not come back. They did not want to provide with wifi password, and rude attitude. Flat Diet Coke . Awful. Downstairs service better .

Food was lovely, not too busy but had a little wait. Poor girl serving was rushed off her feet being on her own. Well done to her.

Called for a pint and a meal. Loverly food and enjoyed the carling.staff realy polite 😋

Great little bar realistic prices friendly staff good DJ

Great dj, earlier on in the night, really funny guy

This has got to be the most disgusting disabled toilet I have ever in my life used. The blond barmaid did not care there was no hand soap and stated " I have been in worse" " There is a ladies toilet up stairs but most people can not be bothered going up there" Disability is NOT ALWAYS EVIDENT!! DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR FROM STAFF!! Looks nice on entry but disgraceful toilet as barmaid had no idea or intention of cleaning toilet or even putting hand soap in there. I would never hire a member of staff who had such a blaze attitude to health and hygiene.

Stopped for lunch after shopping. Lovely place. Staff very friendly. Food came out quickly. Scouse was hot and very tasty. Lovely atmosphere, will be returning.

Great food got there the lady said the kitchen was closed but went and spoke to the kitchen and still accommodated us and it was a lovely tea

Very good service. Staff friendly good selection of beers and spirits will go again.

Went to a 60th party in the Shakespear on Saturday . Considering it's in a prime location The price for Venue and food was not too expensive. The upstairs room were the party was held was spotlessly clean . The Staff were very polite and attentive and the food was fabulous . I would recommend anyone who wants a party in Liverpool to have it there .

Fish and chips where awful. 6 potato wedges and a oily piece of not beer battered cod was my offering. My friend got overcooked sea bass. Definitely not be back. Not even asked if it was OK. Think the staff knows the food is slow and awful.

£4.80 for a pint if Madri is very good for liverpool city center in fact for most city centers, great music and a great pint means we'll definitely be back, there's a restaurant above the bar but we didn't go there. Recommended

Had a fantastic time here. the food was delicious, and I definitely go back again 👍👍👍

Great karaoke location.. staff were great crack

Nice quiet place for relaxing drink

Called in Wednesday night , was met by lovely friendly lady. Great menu at very reasonable prices, our steak &ale pie was absolutely delicious. Service for drinks and food was fantastic we will definitely be returning.

The food that was brought to the table was not what was ordered . Plate of chips with 2 badly cooked sea vas fillets instead of grilled sea bass with hasseback pots and veg. I was offered an apology with a complimentary drink.

Visit here the restaurant upstairs. Not usual pub food. Good menu, tasty food, good selection starters, mains and desert. Good service and restaurant is clean. Fair prices for drinks.

Fish and chips for £12:90. 6 chips overcooked batter small pot of mushy peas. Would not recommend this place.

Een handiggelegen eetgelegenheid met een terras buiten en ook de mogelijkheid om boven te eten. Redelijke lunchkaart. Vriendelijk en gastvrij personeel.

Een handiggelegen eetgelegenheid met een terras buiten en ook de mogelijkheid om boven te eten. Redelijke lunchkaart. Vriendelijk en gastvrij personeel.

Had a wonderful time at the Shakespeare, food perfection, also the service to a T!!! 🤗

Great tour, food was amazing definitely recommend going!

We dropped in after a day in Liverpool. It was not packed but there were some customers. The staff was bot rude at all. Food was ordered quickly and served as well. The food was OK. Steak was a little over cooked. I have to say that 3 stars don’t do them fully justice but 4 stars is way too much. So keep it anywhere between 3 and 3.5

Why would you bar someone who accidentally drops a glass and has even apologised for it

Came here on Saturday with my family it was very busy at the time. Downstairs had a great singer on. But we're hungry so went upstairs we were Greeted by a lovely man (james)with a big smile on his face he sat us down. We ordered out food and although busy we didn't wait long the service and our meals were amazing. We would definitely return. Thank you for a great afternoon

Was over from ireland grand national weekend we popped in here of a sunday evening for food and drinks, I really enjoyed the steak plus it was cheap staff nice, Only reason i knocked a star off was they had no mint leaves so couldn't make us mojitos plus no tartar sauce with the fish. But I'll be back again in June and ill definitely be in for the steak again and hopefully a mojito... Karaoke bar downstairs also good....Stock up on tartar sauce 👌

Well first thing is the place was empty when to the bar to order drinks ordered them barman put them on the bar and made us wait toll he answer his mobile 5 min later he fetched them to us I said not very good customer service he replied I was on phone to his relative then we ordered food I ordered steak medium came out looked like a plate of blood so sent it back fetched another for me which still about the same cold sent that back told him just get us the bill then tried to charge us a different price then he menu price on tables hadn't be changed def wouldn't go there avoid

Shopping in liverpool with family not local so asked someone were was nice to dine and was told here, found the server rude took our order and then menus before we finished ordering, didnt wait long for food which was very nice, would of liked more chips with the fish, went to pay and was charged more than the receipt said which isnt good.

Popped in en route to the Liverpool v Celtic legends game. Friendly barmaid and the Guinness was the best

Lovely lunch cooked to perfection

Came here yesterday for a meal.. And the food was lovely, couldn't fault anything. The staff were lovely aswell, and friendly. The only thing with the restaurant upstairs, and there is lot of stairs as I have some mobility problems. And seen a lady must been in her 70s struggling getting up. But apart from that great 👍

Absolute shambles due to change of chef..waited over 45 mins to be served and food was returned 3 times...would not book there again.

Absolutely terrible service. Ordered food which took over one hour and 30 mins to arrive this was after repeatedly asking the staff when it would be served ,they kept saying that they were checking it ,but never came back with any update or any apologies.The nachos were not as described,no guacamole.the Pizza was ok. The ladies toilet was a disgrace,toilet roll holder broken ,seats broken and the hand drier did not work. The karaoke was a racket downstairs. While we were sitting one of the staff came over to wipe the table around the drinks with a dirty old cloth . The staff should attend a customer service course or at least be more helpful and put a smile in their faces

Slowly. So slow. Soup and salad. Waiting 45 minutes. The kitchen must also wait not worth the wait. Next time I'll skip it. And it's not just an opinion. I am a subjective criticism of the chef of a French restaurant.

The slowest place we've been to. We had to go to the bar twice and ask about our order. We waited for food for almost an hour, but it turned out that they had not even begun to prepare it.

Honestly, the most beautiful chips in the world.

When I came here the place was dead as it was only 1.40 , I came for lunch with my boyfriend. food took its time. quality not great. service awful. I got nachos and half of the description wasn’t present ie guacamole, salsa!? The man who served our food hovered over us while we ate in which i was extremely uncomfortable and it was weird

went for lunch with partner and relatives. Staff were really good food was nice but not as warm as could have been reasonably priced

Friendly service and excellent good value food. We had the scouse and can highly recommend it. Spacious tables and background music that is not too loud, so that you can have conversation without shouting.

Normally come here for just a drink,but thought we would try the food.Sat at a table waiting to be served.Ask the table if you needed to goto the bar to order and was told it was table service..So we waited.One of the bar staff went to another table and took the order.We were still waiting after 20 mins we went to the bar to be table it's not table service.Is it or is it NOT table service.?We ordered food and drinks..We waited 10 minutes for drinks and the food came 30 minutes late. Food was hot and not bad quality.The table next to us waited over a hour for there food and still hadn,t arrived.And was told were busy and short of staff and could be another 30 minutes,so the left without food.Another table across the way ,had the same problems and same reply.The place wasn,t that busy,so god help the with the run up to Christmas.Will return for drinks not food.

There was someone outside advertising which is a red for to me anyway… but we went in on a Saturday night peak time and it was empty! Automatically had a bad feeling, there was 7 of us and we ordered some garlic bread for starters which took at least 30 minutes and then we ordered separately so it was fine our food come at different times but the chips wernt even chips! They were potatos cold and hard , we had to ask for chips and explain the menu said chips and not one potato , the steak was bland and full of fat and the scouse again was cold and had hard potatos in, we didn’t complain we just wanted out but never again and I understand why it was empty now! Would not reccomend, take some pride in your food service and cooking then maybe you’ll get some customers through the door

Trevlig pub med uteservering mot Williamson Square. Bra utbud av dryck, har inte provat maten. Har även TV för t.ex fotboll.

Great place if you like loose your time in à noisy atmosphere. We tried to eat there yesterday, unsuccesfully (so I cannot comment the quality but looking at the menu and my neighbours's table meals there was nothing crazy about it). They stop serving food at 19h30 but instead of telling you service is finished they just do like if you weren't here. Nobody went to host us and Nobody went to take our order. So after waiting 20 minutes for nothing we left wirhout eating or drinking anything.

I've never been here in my life

Fantastic Food for a great price also the staff are fantastic. We were up from Kent for a long weekend and great food and drinks in the bar, We always go to this place its our local when in Liverpool.

Had a chicken roast dinner my wife and I 25/09/2022 and can honestly say it was the worsed Sunday roast we have ever had . everything was microwave

Most of Liverpool city centre was shuttered this morning, the rainy cold bank holiday of QEII's funeral, and we ended up watching downstairs at the Shakespeare with 3-5 others. Tracy made us feel like we were sat in her living room, with gracious service and warm hospitality that was first rate. We enjoyed watching the regulars stop in and be greeted by name, and will be back for food soon. On a visit when had no expectations, Tracy made us feel front and center.

Was a lovely & friendly pub , until management & staff from sweenys took over, it will never be the same now

Отличное место, чтобы пообедать за приемлемые деньги.

Nice be place , James was lovely & friendly but the toilet let it down 😞

Ordered Sunday roast lamb. Chicken turned up. Cold vegetables, three very small potatoes and cold lumpy gravy. Ate as much as I could stomach, went to Greggs for a pie.

Excellent, lovely staff nice atmosphere.

Very friendly bar in a good location. Bar staff are always welcoming! Drinks reasonably priced and karaoke on the weekends. Restaurant upstairs. Shout out to the staff.

Have been going to the Shakespeare for a few drinks every Sunday for the past 6 months.. James the greeter, bar man is a excellent member of staff who always display s excellent customer services. He never stands still between wiping tables, sweeping up, serving...

Priced around £11 but the slowest restaurant I've seen in a long time, took 1h45 min to see food in front of us

Waited for the food for 40 minutes and gave up.

The chefs are propably the slowest and the worst in the world

Would not recommend. Waited at least 40 mins had the chicken and lamb roast dinner . Chicken was very dry like it had been microwaved . Lamb dinner seemed a bit.better Wanted a pudding didn’t wanna take the chance of a long wait . ....

Would usually give this place five stars but this is for yesterday only. Our daughter was over from Southern Ireland for a visit so we went to Liverpool shopping and as we've always had a good experience here, took her for lunch. Soooo disappointed. I had steak and ale pie with mash and peas. Steak and ale pie fine, not quite up to usual standard but OK, and potatoes lumpy and cold. Our daughter ordered a 'sirloin steak' which was served about 10 minutes after our meal and was a flat, tough piece of steak that looked like the sole off a shoe, more like a minute steak nothing like a sirloin, but she wouldn't let me complain. I felt so sorry for her after we had praised this pub then was let down by it. Saying this, the staff are lovely and so helpful and I'm sure if I had complained they would have sorted it out for us. But unfortunately the experience tainted our day and our daughter went out again with another relative for another meal, later, as she was still hungry. So disappointed.

Honestly the worst dinner I ever had couldn’t eat the thing I feel sick to my stomach after eating the small amount I did absolutely revolting

Called in today for lunch, steak & ale pie. The ‘creamy mash’ was lumpy & barely warm, peas were warm, the plates where cold and best of all I found a piece of ‘wire in my pie ! ‘ approximately 1inch long. When I complained I did not get as much as an apology from the kitchen staff !…. OUTRAGEOUS WHEN I COULD HAVE CHOKED. I will be forwarding my pictures to the HSE IMMEDIATELY. Images of the wire I found in my meal are in the Photo’s section.

My partner and I called in today I purchased the steak & ale pie off the meal. The ‘creamy mash’ was barely warm and lumpy, plates where cold and then I find a piece of wire in my pie !!! I could have CHOKED When...

Amazing pub lively people no nobheads just friendly people wanting to enjoy a drink.

1. Ordered the vegetarian breakfast and they brought out real sausages (without explaining they were real) because they ran out of vegetarian sausages. 2. Genuinely the worst Eggs Benedict I have ever eaten. Menu says English muffins but they brought out untoasted bread. Hollandaise sauce...

Me and a couple of friends came to the Shakespeare over the weekend (Sunday) for breakfast before we caught our train back home. We went upstairs to eat, we were pleasantly surprised at the size of the place. We all got seated and handed out...

We arrived for breakfast mid morning. Considering there was 9 of us,the service was quick and efficient and food arrived promptly and was initially enjoyed by those who had their breakfast. However, two of our group were missing their meals. This was not a problem...

We went to the Shakespeare looking for food and to watch the Man City game. Unfortunately the kitchen had shut but we decided to have a few drinks and watch the game. The price of drinks is reasonable. Just before the 2nd half was due...

Been a number of times over past three years to meet friends for lunch and always happy with food and service.

Called here on a weekend in Liverpool for a stag trip. Great bar and well priced. Managed to leave my phone there and they couldn't have been more helpful on helping me get it back! will definitely visit again next time i'm there!

I can't recommend these waiting times are a joke.

Loved the Shakespeare, watched the footy..... Great atmosphere, a decent pint, pub loo's were spotless and the staff were really nice. Ace HUGE screen by the bar .... Will come back ⚽️👍😁

Great just sitting on a see though floor

We called in for a drink and some lunch ,which was OK, went to use toilets before we left for home ,they were filthy used to love this place ,we won't be going back ,disgusted

Been popping in here for years when we do a bit of shopping in liverpool always been good for a drink and a bit of lunch however we won't be going back both the ladies and men's toilets were dirty dirty dirty!! What a shame...

Went for breakfast, lovely. Really nice lady served me, very friendly

Ordered Sunday lunch lamb was so tough couldn’t eat it after a good 45min wait had travelled down early from Scotland so was ready for a nice meal my partner had the steak pie it was just ok he visited the gents toilet worst toilets...

Well, where do I begin, judging by the decor of the pub we expected to enjoy a relaxing evening. Coming all the way from Cork, Ireland, it just wasn’t good enough. The staff were extremely unfriendly and throwing eyes up to heaven when simply asking...

My friend and I went for lunch at the Shakespeare and had a lovely time. I had yummy Scouse with hot bread roll, and friend had Eggs Benedict with side sweet potatoe chips, with a lovely white wine. Everything was very tasty and good and...

Es el Sun the Diner’s mejor que he comido, magnifico, lo recomiendo

Always stop off before the match. Be it food or drink you can't fault this place.

We went upstairs on a Monday afternoon. Really nice bar staff (man) and met us at top of stairs. Great music and food was ok and well priced.

Nice place ,bit expensive,specially the food