We Stayed at The Adelphi in Liverpool - It Kicked Off!

Possibly the worse hotel we've stayed at but we still had a great time.
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[@p___w9103]

Fair play guys. Everyone in Liverpool knows to avoid the Adelphi like the plague - or any Britannia hotel come to that.

[@Diggersleftpeg76]

You can still catch it there.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Years ago I stayed at the one in Birmingham and it was a horrible place!

[@MarkSmith-er7fe]

avoid liverpool altogether

[@Diggersleftpeg76]

@@MarkSmith-er7fe Please do avoid us, Mark. we don't like your kind here.

[@p___w9103]

@@MarkSmith-er7fe Nah. Beautiful Architecture, Museums, Art Galleries, (2) Cathedrals, Clean air, Great night life and friendly people. So glad I moved here.

[@jonathang8263]

It's a Britannia Hotel. You know it's going to be a cross between a Victorian boarding school and a refugee camp in Somalia. Rather you than me!!

[@bythecurb]

Of course its for views. It's KZbin!! Do you think I spend hours making content in the hope that nobody watches it?

[@dubdaz1]

@@Jut123 Its is his job, so yeah its a business, full time youtube is actually really hard work and poorly paid when you put the hours in that James does. In the words of Jamelen jut123 sithee 👋

[@boothylad5151]

​@@bythecurb😂😂😂

[@shirleymclean5895]

Lol

[@shirleymclean5895]

The Grand in Scarborough STUNNINGLY beautiful. Heartbreaking that these once luxurious hotels are falling apart.

[@Poppins777]

My husband and I really love it that you love Liverpool as much as we do. We come from the south of England but we feel more at home in Liverpool. Liverpool is very welcoming and we love it that everywhere you go there's a pub buzzing and we've never seen any trouble with drunk people. If we bump into you up there one day we will definitely say hi! ❤

[@shirleymclean5895]

The architecture in Liverpool is SUPERB!

[@Willo_1647]

​@@HunkumSpunkumactually there's not too many times I've seen trouble myself and being a Scouser I'm straightforward. I'm in my late 40s and only seen trouble 3 times in the whole of my lifetime in Liverpool. I think it depends on where you go like any other cities around the world. Hate that Liverpool gets such a bad name

[@septme9618]

@@HunkumSpunkum maybe your going the wrong parts, I'm 64 and every Friday night since I was 18 I have gone to Matthew street and all over the city centre, I've seen less than a few fisty cuffs etc, so maybe go and just enjoy your night

[@kirstieh9054]

Me and my partner love Liverpool. We stayed in the Adelphi once and loved it. We had a massive room with hallway 4 poster bed lounge area. Did feel a bit spooky but that just added extra to the extra I would definitely stay there again. The lounge area is beautiful we sat on the leather sofa chilling and people watching whilst having a few drinks. And watching the football in the bar area. Just perfect. Plus every member of staff was lovely

[@monk3yboy69]

The entrance is rather grand. Architecturally, it is gorgeous .

[@dh2032]

the old stuff grade 1 everywhere, the new stuff not so much makes exceptions fit the wigwam it big an really impressive, the space inside has on sporting columns, in all direction uninterrupted views? and the glass tower in the centre of the roof too 🙂

[@user-zi3kp5ik8u]

we have been a few times never found a problem

[@grahampilkington252]

My grandma worked at the Adelphi 100 years ago. She came from Cork and my grandad from Croston met her in Liverpool on an Everton match day.

[@jameslowther9792]

My wife just looked over at me and asked what I was watching on the PC, I told her your my favourite entertainment at the moment, I just love watching you both together you just make me chuckle without trying. You are both so naturally funny. Keep up giving us these great videos you deserve all the success in the world!.

[@bythecurb]

Thank you James, we really appreciate that

[@MarkSmith-er7fe]

liar you was watching porn

[@adriankirk4644]

Most interesting, thank you. Liverpool is a great place to visit. Next time try Mathew St. for fun times, home of the cavern Club and fun pups with lots of live music.

[@mrp5169]

They used to have Concierge on the door when I lived in Liverpool, how times have changed!

[@annettemoore7264]

I remember that place being the great hotel it always was, I'm a Scouser, born and bred, 1960 Toxteth, it breaks my heart going back there now 😔

[@shirleymclean5895]

It’s a beauty, just needs someone to bring it back to its luxury status.

[@cherryred1732]

Yes. Wr use to always stay at the feathers mount pleasant which was very nice and great carvery breakfast.

[@shirleymclean5895]

@@cherryred1732 feathers, yes remember that, is it still there?

[@Willo_1647]

The hotel in it's time was high class and immaculate, now it's a wonder anyone will stay there. Brittania hotels have ruined the place. It needs another owner who appreciates the grandeur of the place to bring it back to it's previous state.

[@shirleymclean5895]

@@Willo_1647 parts of the hotel still stunning, it’s actually very beautiful

[@Sharon-marie]

Wow the pubs decor is amazing its like stepping back in time

[@spamdung914]

Can't believe you stayed there, it's such a shame Brittania own. It could be Liverpool's jewel in the crown.

[@shirleymclean5895]

Totally agree. The interiors are original and very beautiful.Perfect location, central to EVERYTHING.

[@shadowfaxofdrummersdale]

It used to be the best hotel in the city.

[@rolandrimann8788]

Same happened to the Metropole in Blackpool.

[@shirleymclean5895]

@@rolandrimann8788 such a shame

[@pleasantville4529]

​@@shadowfaxofdrummersdale It used to be the only hotel in the city. By that fact alone, it was undoubtedly the best.

[@carolewinskill2738]

Good time in Liverpool nice places for eating and great pubs 😊

[@septme9618]

Never a Britannia hotel, they all bad, but Liverpool itself is the best city in the world ❤ oh and thanks for your videos, u both great peeps

[@iankirk4660]

Hi guys. Coming from Glasgow Liverpool is my most favourite city. Everything you said about it being safe and welcoming is spot on. Great video. All the best Ian

[@bythecurb]

Glasgow is a great city too, I worked up there a few years back and would go out in town by myself. loved it. We're coming up soon.

[@iankirk4660]

@@bythecurb I’ll look forward to your videos😂😂👍

[@iSpeakTheTruth101]

Yay!! So glad Helen's back ❤

[@elliesambrook5929]

Liverpool people ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@chrisbefc2567]

Glad you like the nights out in Liverpool. We meet loads of visitors when we go out over the weekend, and they all seem to love the place, and come back time after time. If we didnt already live here, we would love to go to somewhere as good. Loads of good old tradional pubs hidden away all over the place.

[@user-kq9gq2xq2f]

Love the Les Dawson impression on the piano.

[@shirleymclean5895]

I have so many unique stories about this hotel! lol The Malmaison - the business.The Hope Street, just like a glorified Holiday Innn Express.

[@alanrawlinson2489]

I was on the train to Liverpool with that bloke kicking off he was kicking off on the train as well 😂.

[@tfootball8704]

He must have mental problems.

[@someusername1]

Any idea what he was kicking off about?

[@alanrawlinson2489]

@@someusername1 i think he was just pissed

[@someusername1]

@@alanrawlinson2489 Thanks. Quite impressively pissed by sound of it.

[@cafsixtieslover]

I stayed at the Adelphi in December. It was an emergency booking made online at an hour's notice after a disaster with another accommodation I had booked and I arrived at 9.00 pm. My room was fine. It was clean and comfortable although the windows were very draughty. The breakfast was fine and it was cheap and in a great location as I was departing from Lime Street that morning. While it did not compare with the Leonardo where I had spent the previous night it was good value for money.

[@stuart4024]

Absolutely loved this video ,thankyou James and Helen..I must visit these places in Liverpool ,so glad you enjoyed yourselves X

[@robjamessolo]

Stayed in the Adelphi back in 2004 - right dump - one of the staff was using the ironing board and ironing her hair with it - another planet

[@deathcouchma3025]

Haha brilliant! I had one of my first jobs as a waitress in the breakfast room in there. The customers were all quite posh men breakfasting there before going off to their offices. I don’t remember any of them leaving a tip😝. That was early 70’s, I didn’t stay there long haha.

[@jessiegleaves9037]

20 years ago?things change

[@someusername1]

@@jessiegleaves9037 Or not, as the case may well be.

[@bartram33]

@@robjamessolo yeah, have you ever stayed in a hotel where the staff have creased hair, nightmare😱

[@robjamessolo]

@@bartram33 🤪

[@Adam-zh4hm]

3:51 I love how Helen is just stood there like 🧍🏼‍♀️😂

[@terry6985]

Used to be a gem.the pride of Liverpool, madhouse now

[@edglue6138]

Thanks for coming to our city. A lot of people get wrong impression of Liverpool. It’s a great place with lovely people. One love YNWA

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Agreed 👍👍

[@ronaldcarlton9957]

Its a Shithole ,full of self pitying left wing wokey bastards

[@denisereynolds2399]

Liverpool is beautiful 😍. ❤

[@robcannon9165]

Next time you are in Liverpool check out 2 pubs PETER KAVANAGHS and THE BELVIDERE and they are both within a 5 minute walk from The Philharmonic.

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Agreed............................and maybe the Blackburne Arms Pub 👍👍👍

[@markirish37]

Great review, well done guys, greetings from Dublin.

[@flippstar09]

We loved Liverpool We did a national holiday trip with them in 2022 The weather when we went was amazing Our whole visit was amazing and we want to go back again Although we are not pub people we enjoyed the nightlife we witnessed The city is amazing to walk around.

[@sallyr4057]

We stayed in a lovely hotel in Liverpool for 4 nights. ( clearly not The Adelphi) I can honestly say I’ve never met such friendly people as the Liverpudlians.

[@daysofgrace2934]

Such a beautiful building, faded glory...

[@kenphipps2377]

I stayed there 5 or 6 years ago. I, like an idiot, left a cash bag containing around £4000 from a church collection when we left and drove on to Bangor, North Wales. I didn't discover this until next morning. I rang the hotel to find that a member of the cleaning staff had handed the bag in immediately. I couldn't be giving away church money, so when I drove straight back to collect the bag, I left the cleaner £50 out of my own pocket. Can't complain about the honesty of the staff. Not the best place to stay, and the breakfast experience was like a cattle market, awful. But some things make up for a lot in other ways.

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

That story does not surpriseme a single bit , had a similar experience in a North Liverpool pub many years ago 🤔🤔🤔

[@bartram33]

I’m a scouser born and bred, a lot of the bad name was fostered by certain Liverpool ‘writers’ who always made Liverpudlians out to be scallys.

[@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

Its a lovely building, just needs alot of TLC

[@samandjennysambrook]

Amazing place James and Helen, you're vlogs just get better and better, absolutely off the chart guys, Thanks so much...we love Greece,and it was a great reminder for us in that lovely Restaurant.✅✅✅👍💓

[@dubdaz1]

Grinned all the way through this one , love the warmth you both give off when together, and Helens teasing of you James 😊

[@linkedinfred]

Really enjoyed watching that. Years ago I lived with my then girlfriend inLiverpool for around a year. The Liverpudlians were always friendly

[@pauleenbee3860]

My home town. I love The Adelphi, have some great memories going there and staying there over the years. Its got character. ( it does remind me of the shining too 😂) Theres a pub under it too the left that was called Fridays, an a Nightclub under it to the right that was called Saturdays, Spent many a wkend in both 😂

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Fridays is called the Waves bar nowadays, cheap ale as well Going there tomorrow to meet up with family and friends 👍👍🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@standishgeezer]

and was once The Zodiac (circa '73)

[@spinynorman8217]

The video from your last trip inspired us to go Liverpool (airbnb right where you parked) and we went to a great Greek restaurant called Opa Opa, it too was excellent and good value!

[@suzi-ann1962]

Zorbas, cracking restaurant. Been a few times. You know its good when the Greek arthodox priests dine there also.

[@shirleymclean5895]

How brilliant did that place look! Must check it out next trip!

[@pumbar]

You should try Wallasey and the north and west of Wirral at some point, James.

[@Lisa-Peter7875]

Love the video restaurant looks gorgeous. Will be going there! Thank-you

[@aestheticsbyjasmine940]

Love it when I see others enjoying my home city ❤ love the channel 😀

[@bythecurb]

We love Liverpool, always have a great time

[@beckypoole1264]

I always watch your videos but first time commenting. How lovely was that restaurant?! So welcoming and loved that you joined in with the dancing!!

[@bythecurb]

Thank you, please keep commenting :-)

[@mojokg13]

Wow, i used to bunk the ferry over to Liverpool as a kid, would go into the Adelphi to play that piano, looks like its never been tuned since lol. Everyone from Merseyside knows to avoid ever staying in that place, such a shame though, as its a beautiful building.

[@SusanTurner-yo9lf]

Liverpool looks such a great place to visit and the interior of those pubs was amazing. Well done for staying in that room, the pillow alone would have me running for the hills and as for the shower gel, I dont know how you did it 😮

[@ChrisGreen-qh1wp]

Ahhh would love to bump into you guys in Liverpool, me and me missus would take you guys on a proper pub crawl 😂😂 Great video James and Helen 😊👍

[@pataleno]

Was there Yesterday All day in the Pubs. Saturdays are fantastic. Concert Square for the young ones. Great City.

[@markd2876]

Great Channel, love it when you visit Liverpool, you need to try Wirral and Chester too

[@bythecurb]

We've done Chester a couple of times :-)

[@tessab2800]

Another wonderful trip with Helen!! Love you guys and always hilarious! Keep up the great variety of content😘

[@werdna67]

My dad always says that in the sixties the concierge wouldn’t let anybody walk on the path at the front unless you were staying in the hotel. I used to go to the nightclub in the basement in the mid 80s, it was called Saturdays.

[@ColinOBear]

That restaurant was lovely! What a good night out generally. Hopefully it makes up for the worst of the hotel. Liverpool is definitely on my list! 😊❤

[@michaelgough4489]

Hi, Just found this video and subscribed. You seem a great couple. Look forward to watching more content. Glad you enjoyed Liverpool. An amazing place 😊👍

[@sophiejones8813]

You 2 were made for eachother , so funny ! love you both to bits x

[@terry5123]

We went to Liverpool on the Beatles tour and stayed at the Adelphi it was run down but you could see it would be beautiful in it’s day i bet the staff have to put up with abuse daily so sad as usual guys your vlogs are great👍

[@reddog694uk]

Excellent production James, Helen show is awesome !!

[@dianelough9395]

Thanks James to you and Helen for another great and entertaining video. Don't think I would stay in The Adelphi because it does look creepy. We have been to Liverpool a number of times and it is one of our favourite cities. Would love to visit that restaurant you were in the next time we go. Keep up the great work both of you. Love to you both.❤😊

[@bernadettecrawford3656]

Thanks for showing my old city and the great pubs and heritage x

[@johnwhite2112]

Great to see you guys in lpool.

[@Shaz-YNWA]

Liverpool my home town glad you love it x

[@garyrigby21]

Brilliant! Hope you come back to Liverpool guys

[@thegiggleshack6306]

I live just outside Liverpool and get the train in for a few drinks a few times a month, I'd love to bump into you both and have a pint in one of the superb bars or brewery Tap Rooms

[@bythecurb]

We might see you there sometime, we will keep going

[@jmcd49]

Great city Liverpool just down the road from me😊

[@susiewhite4643]

Hi James and Helen . I stayed there once few years ago before lockdown . Decor in rooms like something from the 70s 🤣 but location brilliant right in town . I love Liverpool 👍

[@bythecurb]

Yes, the location is fantastic

[@Remonyyork]

Zorba’s restaurant looked fabulous! Great food, a great atmosphere and lovely staff. I sense that Liverpool is now your new favourite destination 😂 I must just say that Helen looked particularly glamorous. I know she does the curly girl method with her hair, as I try to, and her hair looked absolutely amazing 😍

[@bythecurb]

She puts a lot of effort into her hair and is always worried how it looks. Im glad I'm bald!! We really like Liverpool, there is so much to do and the people are very friendly

[@bythecurb]

Thank you so much Remony. I went to a salon in Barnsley in the morning that specialise in curly hair! Met a hair dresser called Jemima. The salon is called Studio Barnsley 😁 Helen xx

[@garygoldsmith3887]

Your video popped up on my feed. Great format, you two easy going, fab. Its such a shame this and many more of these hotels are only just making it now, at least they are still open. However, like many of these hotels, the grandness can be seen throughtout. To imagine how they were back in their hayday, they must of benn truely amazzzing place to stay. Real social history great to see. Thanks😊

[@bythecurb]

Thank you, glad you like the video 😊

[@jimhunter5348]

At least you knew what to expect. It’s a Britannia😊 Hotel - enough said.

[@judithmorganjudyteen]

The palace hotel in Buxton seems ok

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

Lovely to see you both having a wonderful time food looks so nice and the pubs looks so fancy won’t talk about the hotel 😂 it’s nice to have a wonderful time 😊

[@dougaldouglas8842]

Liverpool always feel safe and welcoming, unlike most other cities. The Adelphi has had its problems, some small, some large. Love the video, so much that subscribed.

[@traceytaylor2985]

Loved the art deco and palm trees

[@kathyhayden2499]

I live in Liverpool its a great city❤

[@elaine8955]

Helens got the right coat on for hotel inspector lol 😊

[@deborahgola5469]

Just subscribed, we found you when we were on holiday to Cornwall, I like it that through all your troubles which could have sent you down a rabbit hole, you've turned it into a positive. You get out there and enjoy yourself, and as far as being bothered about how people see you, who cares it's your life you live it how you want. As for Helen what can I say she is definitely a good match for you, she's not afraid of anything, and I'm sure she's helped you out when you've been low, you make a good pair, bouncing off each other, I particularly liked the blog you did on Bolton, cause that's my home town, the market place was so good years ago, it was full of little proper shops, and then someone came along and ripped the soul out of it and made it into boutiques, anyway don't want to rant, but keep going bigger and stronger,

[@mariahutley8027]

My parents met whilst both working at The Adelphi in the early 1960’s. Three decades later we visited Liverpool for a familyreunion and stayed at The Adelphi in a suite (with jacuzzi) on an upper floor for the weekend and it was lovely. However we used to go to a cafe around corner for breakfast as it was good value then. Nowadays if we visit family in Liverpool we prefer to stay at The Premier Inn at Albert Dock - lovely staff and great service. Great city with friendly people. 😊

[@johnodonohoe7602]

Great Vlog love the Hype your getting good at this! Nice video well done thanks for cheering me up!

[@johnconnick3796]

Hi James and Helen, thank you for the upload, always enjoyable 😊

[@rogerclarke1739]

The two side rooms in the Phil are called Brahms and Liszt. You could assume they are named for composers or you could assume they are rhyming slang.

[@TheSweeney-UK]

Great City to visit 👍restaurant looked great 👍

[@Chris-1912]

We've stayed at the Adelphi a few times, the price and location are great but the rooms are not. The worst we stopped in was a windowless basement room, that was scary. In December we're going to try the Liner hotel for a change. We love Liverpool, so much to do and see, the pubs are fantastic.

[@GeeCee66]

Liverpool, my second favourite city after my hometown Newcastle. The Phil is my second favourite pub after the Old George in Newcastle. Liverpool is a top city with top people. I think i'll stick to staying in the Doubletree after watching that !

[@garyrigby21]

Liverpool London and Edinburgh for me! never been to Newcastle always wanted to go

[@bythecurb]

Two amazing cities

[@markbrennan4693]

Great video, first time watcher and subscribed after a few minutes. Lovely couple. Looking forward to watching more.

[@bythecurb]

Thank you 😊❤️

[@ramonmchugh6843]

I've noticed you get crazy numbers on your Liverpool videos. It must make you tempted to revisit more often. I've been to many cities across the UK and it's got to be No.1 for me. It is simply superb.

[@shirleymclean5895]

The hotel has a long history, Trigger the horse stayed there, as well as Charles Dickens and Winston Churchill.John Lennons Dad worked there. Free as a bird, the video was filmed in there.Such a shame, it was once a beauty, and the height of luxury.

[@frankhornby6873]

Yeah Trigger left a whoopsie in reception....💩...it's still there...

[@garyrigby21]

Beautiful Liverpool

[@ronaldcarlton9957]

Its a shithole

[@frankhornby6873]

Ugly Adelphi...

[@leer798]

We stayed in the rooms in your favourite pub ,that you went in first, a few years ago for our Xmas works do ! Like that area of Liverpool with all the Irish bars :)

[@sheilagarrido8204]

Thank YOU!!! Guys, Really enjoyed this!!!!! A lota fun. I'm looking right through your backlog. 👍💯👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@bridiewright1519]

Hi guys we stayed at adelphi in 2010, we left a bit of dirt on the floor to see if it would be hoovered during our stay and it wasn't 😂I was a room maid 16 yrs and I wouldn't have got away with it, loved Liverpool tho, massive beatles fan ❤

[@kennethlewis74]

liverpool is always quality lovely vlog

[@jobloggs6528]

I love watching your vids/blogs! Great fun, your relaxed presenting style is so enjoyable, and after watching loads of your vids, I just thought I’d say hello, and thanks! I always prefer the ones with Helibobs in as your more relaxed and bounce off each other humour. Well done!😊

[@user-qu1eb2jl9y]

Hotel reviews after a bottle of wine ,good food and a couple of Shots , perfect .....Keep up the good work and Thanks .

[@Markr7855]

Stayed in this place 6 years ago in a smoking room. The bathrooms were straight out of a lunatic asylum 😮

[@shirleymclean5895]

Agree, but original Victorian tiled splendor.

[@kenrehill8775]

Smoking room? Just a thing exists still? 🤫🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@philpants44]

They still have smoking room's? Didn't think that was even a thing

[@elizabethdunn2992]

One of these days you’ll get on that ferry to Wirral ❤

[@rebornitsybitsy7515]

New subscriber, really great videos, love from Thailand 🇹🇭

[@sandraford4235]

I used to get the bus home from Lewis’s dept store ,the big grey building caddy cornered to the Adelphi in the 1960s .It was very posh then ,I always wanted to go in but there were always doormen in the front.I eventually went in the reception area in the 1980s it was looking shabby then .Did you happen to see the men’s toilets ? I hear the room is all done in marble .havnt been in there myself.

[@Adam-zh4hm]

I just came from Callum's Corners video at the Adelphi 😂

[@CJM527]

Same 😂

[@garyrigby21]

Liverpool is a great city! Rammed with Tourists these days

[@kenrehill8775]

💩hole

[@geoffreyruzgar1367]

You two! get a room! 🤣🤣🤣🤣Loved this video I also watched the two of you and your sis' in Benidorm and Alicante. Your channel is currently the best on KZbin🤩🤩

[@bythecurb]

Thank you 🙂

[@Lulumac-p9l]

Thankyou for making such positive vids about my city, hope yo bump into you one day. Try the beehive next time👍

[@thesolidsnakealpha]

Spent 1 night in room 503 on a military do in Liverpool. There was no water, the bath was backed up and you couldnt flush the toilet. Rudely awoken by loud chanting (possibly religious) at 2am Terrible smell emanating from behind the radiator That was in 1998 God only knows what its like now, although it doesnt seem to have had a lick of paint Glad to see you again guys God bless 🙏

[@kevinwylie58]

My Mammy told me, "If you've nuthin nice to say, say nuthin" 🤐

[@maddi3582]

I saw the shots on the table and the word 'Yammas' just popped into my head, not a clue why... but of course, it's 'cheers', isn't it? It's been 20 years since I spent a summer working in Greece ... Loved the Greek dancing!