Ma Boyle’s Alehouse & Eatery occupies the Tower Building at 7 Tower Gardens, close to Liverpool’s waterfront. Its story reaches back to an 1860 coffee house and oyster bar, and the venue has operated from the Tower Building since 1974. That history gives the pub a sense of continuity while its present day menus and events keep it useful for modern city centre dining.
Food ranges from breakfast and brunch through lunch, main meals and Sunday service. Egg dishes, sandwiches and lighter plates sit alongside burgers, fish, meat and familiar pub favourites, with seasonal ingredients shaping some of the changing choices. The broad format makes it possible to call in for a quick daytime meal or settle in for a fuller evening dinner.
Vegetarian choices and adaptable dishes help mixed groups order from the same menu, while guests with allergies should check the current information and discuss preparation with staff. Portions and flavours follow the generous, comforting style expected from a good alehouse rather than formal restaurant dining. Weekend and Sunday menus give the kitchen a different rhythm from weekday lunch.
Local ales are an important part of the bar, supported by wine, cocktails and alcohol free drinks. The atmospheric basement and bookable spaces also suit parties and private gatherings, while the main room remains approachable for casual visits. Ma Boyle’s combines Liverpool pub heritage with flexible food service in a location convenient for the Pier Head and Albert Dock.
Address: Tower Building, 7 Tower Gardens, Liverpool L3 1LG, United Kingdom
Ma Boyle's Alehouse & Eatery Menu
Light Bites
Soup of the Day
Ma’s home-made vegetable soup served with bread & butter
Garlic Ciabatta
Chicken Strips
Crispy chicken breast lightly seasoned. Served with a spicy mayonnaise
Fish Goujons
Beer battered cod goujons served with home-made tartare sauce
Cauliflower Bites
Spicy cauliflower florets beer battered and fried until crispy served with spicy sauce
Halloumi Fries
Beer battered halloumi fries served with home-made sriracha mayo
Nachos
Corn tortilla chips with fresh home-made salsa, fresh guacamole & sour cream topped with melted cheese and jalapenos
Salt & Pepper Chips
Ma’s chunky chips covered in cheese, peppers and onions with salt and pepper seasoning
Beef Brisket Chips
Ma’s chunky chips covered in pulled beef brisket, melted cheese and spicy jalapenos covered in a rich gravy
Sides
Twice-cooked Skin-on Chips
Beer Battered Onion Rings
Spring Onion Mash
Side Salad
Mains
Hunters Chicken
Roast chicken breast topped with crispy bacon, melted cheese and Bourbon BBQ sauce served with Ma’s home-made chunky chips, coleslaw and salad
Chicken & Bacon Caesar Salad
Grilled chicken breast & crispy bacon served on fresh baby gem lettuce in a creamy Caesar dressing topped with shaved parmesan & home-made croutons
Seabass
Pan-fried lemon and herb Seabass served with sautéed potatoes, beetroot puree and asparagus
Sirloin Steak
Tender Sirloin steak chargrilled to your liking served with Ma’s chunky chips, sautéed mushrooms & roasted tomato
Halloumi Salad
Grilled halloumi tossed with mixed leaves with a sweet chilli dressing and fresh home-made salsa
Ma’s Beer Battered Fish & Chips
Crispy beer battered cod served with Ma’s chunky chips, mushy peas & home-made tartare sauce
Ma’s Home-Made Burgers
All served on a toasted brioche bun with crisp baby gem lettuce, beef tomato and home-made beer battered onion rings. With Ma’s home-made chunky chips and a salad garnish.
Beef Burger
Ma’s classic 5oz beef burger
Cheese & Bacon Beef Burger
5oz beef burger topped with melted cheese and crispy bacon
Chicken Burger
Cajun fried chicken served with spicy mayo
Vegan Burger
Plant based patty with vegan cheese, fresh salsa and guacamole
Desserts
Raspberry Frangipane Tart
Ma’s Home-Made Sticky Toffee Pudding
Double Chocolate Brownie
Ma’s Apple Pie
With cinnamon crust. Served with vanilla ice cream.
Scouse
Scouse is a dish that’s as famous as the city itself, and the reason that Liverpudlians are called ‘Scousers.’ The word itself comes from lobscouse, a stew commonly eaten by sailors throughout northern Europe as far back as the 18th Century. The dish is believed to have been brought to Liverpool in various forms as part of the city’s booming docks.
Classic Scouse
Slow cooked British beef with potatoes, carrots, onions and celeriac in a rich red wine gravy served with home-made pickled red cabbage and bread and butter
Blind Scouse
Vegan version of Ma’s Classic Scouse. All of the love – none of the meat!
Ma’s Scouse Pie
Traditional Scouse topped with delicious puff pastry lid served with seasonal vegetables and either spring onion mash or Ma’s home-made chunky chips.
Ma’s Blind Scouse Pie
Blind Scouse topped with delicious puff pastry lid served with seasonal vegetables and either spring onion mash or Ma’s home-made chunky chips.
Scouse Cottage Pie
Ma’s traditional Scouse under a layer of buttery spring onion mashed potato, grilled crisp and golden sprinkled with pickled red cabbage. Served with seasonal veg, Ma’s home-made chips with a pot of gravy.
Blind Scouse Cottage Pie
Ma’s traditional Blind Scouse under a layer of buttery spring onion mashed potato, grilled crisp and golden sprinkled with pickled red cabbage. Served with seasonal veg, Ma’s home-made chips with a pot of gravy.
Spicy Scouse
Chunks of chorizo and British beef with potatoes, carrots, onions and celeriac with paprika, chillies and jalapenos in a rich red wine gravy served with home-made pickled red cabbage. Served with garlic bread.
Sunday Roast
All Ma’s roasts are served with crispy potatoes, seasonal vegetables, herb stuffing, Yorkshire pudding and a rich gravy
Roast Chicken
Pan fried skin on herby chicken supreme
Veggie Lentil Roast
Vegan lentil and winter vegetable roast. With Yorkshire Pudding (V) Without (Ve)
Duo Roasts
Any two of the cuts with all the trimmings
Roast Beef
Slow cooked beef brisket served
Turkey Roast
Roast turkey crown
Pork Belly
Sea salt and Rosemary crispy Pork belly
Lunch – Fresh Sandwiches
All served on toasted white or brown bread, with a side salad, garnish & dressing. Add chunky chips or a bowl of soup for £3.00. Gluten free bread subject to availability.
Ma’s Chicken & Bacon Club
Triple stacked roast chicken and crispy bacon served with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise
Classic B.L.T.
Crispy smoked bacon, fresh tomatoes, baby gem lettuce and mayonnaise
Fish Finger Butty
Beer battered cod goujons, baby gem lettuce and home made tartare sauce. Served with mushy peas
Veggie Club
Triple stacked grilled halloumi and smashed avocado with fresh tomato, lettuce and chilli flakes
Vegan Ciabatta
Plant based sausages on a toasted ciabatta with red onion chutney
Tuna Mayo Melt
Home-made Tuna mayonnaise topped with melted cheddar cheese
Lunch – Mains
Chicken & Bacon Caesar Salad
Grilled chicken breast & crispy bacon served on fresh baby gem lettuce in a creamy Caesar dressing topped with shaved parmesan & home-made croutons
Ma’s Beer Battered Fish & Chips
Crispy beer battered cod served with Ma’s chunky chips, mushy peas & home-made tartare sauce
Halloumi Salad
Grilled halloumi tossed with mixed leaves with a sweet chilli dressing and fresh home-made salsa
Lunch – Desserts
Raspberry Frangipane Tart
Served with berry coulis and vegan ice cream.
Ma’s Home-Made Sticky Toffee Pudding
Topped with caramel sauce. Served with vanilla ice cream.
Double Chocolate Brownie
Served with vanilla ice cream.
Ma’s Apple Pie
With cinnamon crust. Served with vanilla ice cream.
Alehouse Brunch
Saturday 10am-3pm & Sunday 10am-1pm
Ma’s Full English
Cheshire farm sausage, crispy bacon, black pudding, hash brown, baked beans, mushrooms, vine-on cherry tomatoes and a poached egg. Served with toasted bloomer.
Ma’s Veggie Breakfast
Plant based sausage, crispy hash brown, baked beans, vine-on cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, grilled halloumi and a poached egg. Served with toasted bloomer.
Ma’s Vegan Breakfast
Two plant based sausages, crispy hash brown, baked beans, mushrooms, vine-on cherry tomatoes and chilli & lime smashed avocado. Served with toasted bloomer.
Eggs Benedict
Crispy bacon on toasted bloomer with two poached eggs and home-made hollandaise sauce.
Avocado Toast
Two soft poached eggs on toasted bloomer with vine-on cherry tomatoes and chilli & lime avocado.
Breakfast Bites
Breakfast Brioche
Toasted brioche bun stuffed with Cheshire farm sausage, crispy bacon, fried egg and baked beans.
Veggie Brioche
Toasted brioche bun with Ma’s home-made breakfast relish, grilled halloumi and mushrooms.
Bacon Sandwich
Toasted bloomer with crispy bacon and Ma’s home-made breakfast relish.
Sausage Sandwich
Cheshire farm sausage on toasted bloomer with Ma’s home-made breakfast relish.
Vegan Sandwich
Plant based sausages on bloomer toast served with Ma’s home-made breakfast relish.
Pancakes
Breakfast Pancakes
American style pancakes topped with Canadian maple syrup, butter and crispy bacon.
Banoffee Pancakes
Fluffy American style pancakes with banana, chocolate chips and warm toffee sauce.
Berries & Cream
Stacked American style pancakes with berry compote, Canadian maple syrup and cream.
Breakfast Extras
Crispy bacon
Two Cheshire farm sausages
Two plant based sausage
3 Hash Browns
2 Slices of Black pudding
Fried eggs
Poached eggs
Scrambled eggs
Baked beans
Hollandaise sauce
Ma’s On Tap
Ma’s Queen of Liverpool
Pilsner 4% abv
San Miguel
5% abv
Estrella Galicia
4.7% abv
ABK Hell Lager
5% abv
Guinness
4.2% abv
ABK Weissbier
5.3% abv
Prior Life IPA
3.4% abv
Hazy Day IPA
4.3% abv
Stowford Press Cider
4.5% abv
Starters
Soup of the Day
Ma’s home-made vegetable soup served with bread and butter
Cauliflower Bites
Spicy cauliflower florets beer battered and fried until crispy served with spicy sauce
Halloumi Fries
Beer battered halloumi fries served with home-made sriracha mayo
Chicken Strips
Crispy chicken breast lightly seasoned. Served with a spicy mayonnaise
Fish Goujons
Beer battered cod goujons served with home-made tartare sauce
Ma’s Classic & Signature Cocktails
Pornstar Martini
Vanilla vodka, Passoa passionfruit liqueur, pineapple juice & prosecco.
French Martini
Vanilla vodka & Chambord raspberry liqueur.
Cherry Lollypop
Midori melon liqueur, Disaronno Amaretto & cranberry.
The Perfect Storm
Kraken black spiced rum, fresh lime, Angostura bitters & ginger beer.
Ma’s Classic Marg
Jose Cuervo Especial tequila, triple sec, fresh lime and sugar.
Negroni
Gordon’s London Dry Gin, Campari & Martini Rosso.
Cosmopolitan
Smirnoff 21 vodka, triple sec, fresh lime, cranberry juice
Wine
Le Jardin Merlot
Roussillon, France
Inkosi Shiraz
Western Cape, South Africa
Club De Campo Malbec
Mendoza, Argentina
White Zinfandel Rosé
California, USA
Pinot Grigio Rosé Primi Soli
Veneto, Italy
Prosecco, Famiglia Botter D.o.c Extra Dry
Veneto, Italy
Ma’s Spritz
Berry Spritz
Gordon’s Pink gin, prosecco & lemonade.
Aperol Spritz
Aperol, prosecco & soda.
Campari Spritz
Campari bitter liqueur, prosecco, soda
Pornstar Spritz
Passoa passion fruit liqueur, passion fruit purée, prosecco, lemonade.
Elderflower Spritz
Gordon’s London Dry gin, elderflower, prosecco, soda
Ma’s Prosecco Bellini’s
Passionfruit • Unicorn • Raspberry • Strawberry
Ma’s Mocktails
No Sex on the beach
Orange, peach & cranberry juice.
Strawberry Lemonade
Strawberry, lemon juice & fresh lemonade.
Moviestar Martini
Passion fruit puree, vanilla, pineapple juice topped with lemonade.
Ma’s Local Brews
Ma’s Liverbird
Cask Ale 3.9% abv. A delicious dry, hoppy amber Bitter with malty and toffee overtones
Ferry Across the Mersey
Cask Ale 4% abv. A fruity amber pale ale
Queen of Liverpool
4% abv. A refreshing local Pilsner lager brewed for Ma Boyle’s.