Pictures taken by the ECHO show a notice on the front door
15:00, 06 Aug 2025Updated 22:23, 06 Aug 2025
The Liffey on Renshaw Street
A notice of forfeiture has been placed on the front door of a Liverpool city centre pub. The Liffey pub, part of the Grand Central building on Renshaw Street, has been a firm fixture on the city’s nightlife scene for years.
The venue had closed at the end of March 2022 after a rent dispute involving a former tenant. However, with new owners and a £200,000 refurbishment, the pub reopened on March 17, 2023. Pictures taken today (August 6) by the ECHO show a notice of forfeiture on the front door.
Nextdom served official notice of forfeiture of the lease to venue operator Crosbie Bar Ltd, which was effective from July 14, 2025.
The notice reads: “Pursuant to the terms of the lease dated 18th October 2023 and common law the landlord has peacefully re-entered the premises and forfeited the lease.”
Notice of forfeiture on the doors at The Liffey, Renshaw Street
Despite stating it is open on Google, the number listed for The Liffey did not connect when the ECHO attempted to ring. The pub has not posted on its Facebook page since June 27, 2025.
The ECHO has attempted to contact The Liffey and Nextdom for further information.
The Liffey has been described as a “authentic Irish bar” by visitors and has a 4.5 review on Tripadvisor. Its latest review on the site reads: “The Liffey on Renshaw street is a fantastic Irish pub that serves in my opinion the best Guinness in the city centre.
“This is a brilliant Irish pub that has an Irish themed look and feel with many interesting features relating to Ireland and is a joy to visit.
The Liffey on Renshaw Street has been a fixture in Liverpool’s drinking scene for years
“A great place to watch live sport as there’s many TV screens throughout this fantastic Irish pub. They offer well priced drinks and it’s a pub packed with locals.
“We went here early on in the afternoon and to be honest it wasn’t that busy but it was early and this place may have just opened.
“When we visited here we had a few glasses of Guinness which where as always superb and were really well priced.
“This is a proper Irish pub in a superb area and is well worth visiting and very easy to find from bus stop at Benson street it’s a short walk.”