Holy Joes

Holy Joes is poor, the place is empty during the week and both the outside and the décor inside are tacky. There is obviously a bigger crowd there at the weekend as is the case with most bars but I would recommend any bar in Concert Square over Holy Joes. The drinks are expensive the music is a confused mix of contemporary dance, RnB and some cheesey numbers thrown in there two. I feel that Concert Square has really let itself down with this new appointment. My first and only visit to Concert square was during freshers week when the place should have been full of rowdy students ready to revell the night away but even at this peak of drunkeness Holy Joes was empty, unfriendly and poor. The crowd in Holy Joes seemed aggressive and myself and my fellow students left quickly and have not returned since.
I would NOT recommend this establishment.

The freshest addition to Concert Square’s unholy cavalcade of crappy scumness, Holy Joe’s is perfectly epitomised by the name of the event it unleashes mid-​week, ‘Jäger Bomb Wednesdays’. Is there any other phrase more intrinsically filled with rubbishy naffness? I mean besides ‘Balaclava-​Fondling January’.
At the weekend, the place seethes with the ordinary kind of wanabe thug. You know the kind, men who stand around in trios clutching bottles like they’re trying to break the necks of hatchlings, glaring at women and generally looking like they’re desperate to rip off their shirts and flex in lieu of conversation.

Holy Joes is situated on the corner of concert square next to Wood street. During the day you can sit outside in concert square, however this is quite the depressing experience as concert square in the daylight hours is not a pretty sight.
In the evening Holy Joes is normally quite busy, this is especially so at the weekends when it will most certainly be packed with revellers. For those of us on a budget, Holy Joes is not the best place to be. On the weekends a double vodka and mixer costs an extortionate £5, so I will not be venturing there again!

Holy Joe’s is the very epitome of the sort of place I’d never want to go to, but I’ve put my prejudices aside and braved it for the purposes of a Unilocal review. Perhaps when I was a whippersnapper in my late teens I’d have become enamoured by such a club, but Aqualenium in Preston yanked my heartstrings and refused firmly to let go, so unfortunately I’ve a passers-​by view of it.
But one thing I will say is that people who love Joe’s LOVE Joe’s. It’s got all the tack you enjoy as a student or a youngster — foam parties, house music, Jäger Bomb Wednesdays, Naked Tuesdays (okay, I made that last one up)… its one redeeming factor for me is the commercial indie played downstairs on the Wednesdays, it definitely sweetens the whole experience for me as on any given night out you’re likely to find me sprinting to the dance floor as soon as the first galloping refrain of Kasabian’s ‘Fire’ is heard bouncing off the walls.
This is cheap. Cheap as chips. And there are even chips. Yes, just as with all those clubs-you-visit-when-you’re-growing-up, it seems to have a fast food bar installed and serves snacks some nights. You’ve got to remember that most of these grittily authentic places exist in the small-​town worlds of Preston, Southport, Wigan and the like — this one is in the very centre of Liverpool in a stonkingly high profile spot. Not only does this sum up the salt of the earth attitude of the city, it means that on any given night Holy Joe’s is likely to be rammed.
Credit where credit’s due. It might not be my cup of tea but it sure as heck could be yours. Get in there before you feel too old for it!

Holy Joe’s is a vibrant new nightclub in concert square in Liverpool, ideally situated right amongst the other big names in the area, such as Reflex and Walkabout, there is a lot of competition. The drinks list is comprised of a wide range of wines and cocktails. The holy raspberry mojito is yum!
The bar is a strange mixture of club-​cum-​wine bar, there are tables and chairs to sit down which are useful if you’re not a dancer, there’s also a few cosy sofas spread about the place. The décor is really modern and clean — although that might change after a few months of students chucking up everywhere.
The drinks are a bargain during the week witth draught pints and bottles of beer from £1.50. The music is varied between funky house and RnB, there’s also live entertainment on a Wednesday.