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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[@monk3yboy69]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@HunkumSpunkum]

Really?...no trouble?...are you mad?

[@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

[@mrp5169]

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

[@Sharon-marie]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@terry6985]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

Its a lovely building, just needs alot of TLC

[@daysofgrace2934]

Such a beautiful building, faded glory...

[@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 ❤

[@Adam-zh4hm]

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

[@stuart4024]

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

[@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 😍. ❤

[@dubdaz1]

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

[@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)

[@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!

[@elizaphe58]

Just walked around it in 1975 on a College outing taking in the Arts.It was very Beautiful and Grand.

[@stephensmith4480]

Back then it was a Beautiful place. I wouldn't set foot in the dump now and I am a Born and Bred Scouser 👍👍

[@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.✅✅✅👍💓

[@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 🤔🤔🤔

[@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.

[@johnconnick3796]

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

[@ElToro2000UK]

On a serious note, never use Shower Gel or even the towels in hotels, use your own. I heard years ago that someone loaded a shampoo bottle with hair remover! Don't trust anyone. Use your own stuff!

[@elizaphe58]

Waking up with no eyebrows or hair lol...I'm going to take my own in future!

[@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!

[@aestheticsbyjasmine940]

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

[@bythecurb]

We love Liverpool, always have a great time

[@pataleno]

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

[@tezzah...]

That room door/s is the most bizzare thing I've ever seen.

[@user-tw4dd2qo4x]

really enjoy your reviews, and its great seeing a couple enjoying them self's , and making memory's , enjoy your trips!

[@jmcd49]

Great city Liverpool just down the road from me😊

[@jimhunter5348]

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

[@judithmorganjudyteen]

The palace hotel in Buxton seems ok

[@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.❤😊

[@markirish37]

Great review, well done guys, greetings from Dublin.

[@pumbar]

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

[@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 😊

[@carolewinskill2738]

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

[@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! 😊❤

[@reddog694uk]

Excellent production James, Helen show is awesome !!

[@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👍

[@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.

[@johnodonohoe7602]

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

[@garyrigby21]

Beautiful Liverpool

[@ronaldcarlton9957]

Its a shithole

[@frankhornby6873]

Ugly Adelphi...

[@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.

[@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!😊

[@kathyhayden2499]

I live in Liverpool its a great city❤

[@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 :-)

[@Lisa-Peter7875]

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

[@alanthomson1227]

It’s such a shame that Britannia allow their terrific old building hotels to run into such disrepair .

[@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

[@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 😊👍

[@jasonisourhero]

Brilliant video 🙏... your channel has become very successful in such a short time, congratulations to you and Helen 👍

[@user-qu1eb2jl9y]

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

[@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...

[@James-gf9jl]

I always stay in Travelodges on cheap deals. Mainly because I've never checked out in the morning and said "Well, that's not at all what I was expecting".

[@kyliesharpe1566]

Very entertaining vid, well done. You both seem very easy going and uncomplicated and made me giggle 😁Thank you x

[@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 😮

[@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 ❤

[@kevinwylie58]

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

[@tonymcvann4504]

Another amazing video love your channel ❤

[@bythecurb]

Thanks mate

[@lindakearns3565]

Amazing video thanks for sharing this video love that pub ❤❤

[@kennethlewis74]

liverpool is always quality lovely vlog

[@garyrigby21]

Liverpool is a great city! Rammed with Tourists these days

[@kenrehill8775]

💩hole

[@user-if1cj2kz8s]

Excellent as ever, made me laugh at the end… Helen on top form! Never been to Liverpool but it’s on my list… love to you both. Lucy xx

[@leemacgregor]

Brilliant video loved it thanks

[@elizabethdunn2992]

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

[@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 🙏

[@jjones7535]

Love your Liverpool vlogs! Heading to the places you’ve been to last time and this time, follow the leader 🙂 Thanks for a great video again

[@paulobrien564]

OMG you two make me laugh when you have had a drink, love watching your vlogs. Keep up the great work.

[@Adam-zh4hm]

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

[@CJM527]

Same 😂

[@elaine8955]

Helens got the right coat on for hotel inspector lol 😊

[@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

[@markbrennan4693]

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

[@bythecurb]

Thank you 😊❤️

[@Golightly354]

I LOVE staying at the Adelphi and the fact that it is not modernised and like every other hotel. The dated bathrooms fill me with joy. And I'm not being sarcastic, I love it there. If they changed it so that it looked like every other boring hotel, I would stop going.

[@janecox4173]

I love dated hotels also. I seek them out x

[@Golightly354]

@@janecox4173 They are hard o find now!

[@joannedibben2352]

I feel the same I love old fashioned hotels the adephi is my cup of tea lol

[@Golightly354]

@@joannedibben2352 We have stayed in some of the rooms that have edwardian fitted wardrobes and dressing rooms, all in mahogany and brass and when opened, they are full of drawers and shelves that look like they were on the Titanic. Enormous marble fireplaces. Give it a go! xx

[@skooshy621]

I agree. I cannot stand the homogenisation of the hotels, bars and restaurants in UK cities, so I seek out the so-called 'neglected' or 'dated' examples of each before they're taken over and get the life sucked out of them with bling.

[@user-ob4xh4gs7r]

There should a cover on them Pillows, Love your Blogs Love Love Liverpool. See you soon, Janet Kelly.

[@bythecurb]

Thank you Janet

[@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!

[@user-cd5hc3vu2e]

I stayed at the Adelphi many years ago it was so nice lovely memories .

[@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

[@mickc377]

locals would never stay there,great vid

[@blackbob3358]

Prithee c377, why would a " local " need to stop there ?

[@lindakearns3565]

You are such a lovely couple maded for one another glad you enjoyed liverpool ❤❤

[@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.

[@user-bx8nz4zy4w]

Wow how much food did you get...looked amazing.. hotel not too bad apart from pillows ewe..... nice to see Helen again.. love to watch you both together.. another place I've never been to -Liverpool- Debbie Brid

[@bythecurb]

Really recommend Liverpool Debbie, we love it. Im back in Brid this weekend btw :-)

[@jules8937]

Great video.. I always take a big pack of anti bacterial wipes with me when staying anywhere, wipe over loo etc , makes me more comfortable. Love Helen , she’s so patient with you. Thank you 😊

[@bythecurb]

Haha it's a good job :-)

[@annepollock8306]

So do I.

[@jules8937]

@@annepollock8306 👍😊

[@Shaz-YNWA]

Liverpool my home town glad you love it x

[@wpa4329]

great video review .have stopped at the adelphi way before brittania took over it was the best hotel in liverpool the friendly people of that great city are always welcoming to visitors and genuine

[@jules8937]

Thanks

[@bythecurb]

Thank you so much :-)

[@jules8937]

@@bythecurb You’re welcome.

[@donnawesthead2846]

Lovin you guys have been back to my home town. The Adelphi hmmmm 😅. But Zorbas is fab didnt know it was still there. Try Chy restaurant on Renshaw Street. My niece’s fiancé and his family own it. Has best reputation for Chinese food. We have not been home in many years so not met him yet. Also try Lark Lane great vibe there. Bars and restaurants. Keiths wine bar was good, Morantos for Italian food. The Albert pub old traditional pub you may like. But it always had a good vibe there. Not been back in years but should imagine still a good area for drinks and bite to eat. Some hotels in the area around Sefton Park. Cool vlog guys loved it 😊👍

[@bazstravels8986]

Went to Chy Chinese last week when we were in town, highly recommend it and the manager is great. Food is excellent

[@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 😊

[@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.

[@krystsource8473]

anyone remember Letter to Brezhnev?

[@garyrigby21]

Margi Clarke

[@Millie.com232]

Did it come with subtitles?

[@garyrigby21]

@@Millie.com232 i think most films do

[@susansmart1550]

Love letter to Brezhnev margi clarke

[@garyrigby21]

@@Millie.com232 all films come with subtitles you just need to turn them on

[@petenchelleuk]

We just left Liverpool Wednesday morning after 3 days there ,, we would of hooked up if we known

[@kenrehill8775]

Would have

[@nedkabinder]

What a great blog and you are both so funny and entertaining. Made me chuckle to see Helen slapping the pillows behind you whilst you were talking to us 😄.and yes it's definitely the Helen and James show 😉.thanks for the time and effort you guys put into this .