The Excelsior
📍 0.3 miles from Bloomfield Road
About this Pub
Why it's great for Matchdays
The Excelsior is a popular matchday venue located approximately 10–15 minutes' walk from Bloomfield Road, home of Blackpool FC. It offers a welcoming atmosphere for both home and away supporters. The pub features multiple large screens and an 8-foot projector, broadcasting all Sky Sports channels, including live football matches. Patrons have highlighted the pub's friendly staff and reasonable drink prices, with pints such as John Smith's and Carlsberg priced around £2.40–£2.90. The venue also hosts events like karaoke and bingo, contributing to its lively matchday environment. Additionally, the pub has a function room and a games room, enhancing the overall fan experience.
Recent Fan Reviews
Stopped here on our pub crawl, however it ended here, the DJ was so good that we had at least 3 drinks here. Good atmosphere, great drinks and a demon dog. Got so drunk we did karaoke! Would come here again
Dropped in for a pint before the football at Bloomfield road. Well prices beer, excellent entertainment - bingo, play your cards right and a raffle Phoenix Nights Blackpool style.
Great place friendly landlady and bar very clean has THREE full size snooker tables upstairs . A great function room great food good beer and a great pool table
Supporting our team vs Blackpool FC ,we decided as a group of us to turn it into a weekend away ,Friday night we needed somewhere close by to our hotel to watch an international game ,The Excelsior was recommended & what a great experience we had ,the pub has plenty of beers lagers & ciders to choice from & at £3.60 for a pint of lager comes in cheaper than my local back home Lovely people very friendly & chatty even the Landlady & Landlord but the star of the show has to be the Queen of Shots Lou The Manageress Now I am not one for shots I like the odd top shelf tipple but some of the younger members of our group fancied a few so we started buying some of the shot offers available ranging from Haggis Bombs to Baby Guinness i did feel very light headed the following day !! We stay until virtually kicking out time & too everyone's amazement Lou gave us all a hug & thanked us for spending the evening in there ,in all the years of visiting bars all around the UK that personal touch is something I have never experienced before ! We returned on Saturday evening too Karaoke was on ,my friend stepping up to sing twice ,food was laid out around the pub and offered around the customers (having already eaten I declined but there was plenty to go around ,The Excelsior had a function going on upstairs Had a cracking laugh watching some lad celebrate his 21st with a regular female customer giving him a funny personal dance while singing on the karaoke to Patricia The Stripper Once again as it come close to closing time Lou The Manageress thanked us for coming with a goodbye hug & wishes The location of the pub is on Lytham Road a couple of minutes away from Blackpool FC on Bloomfield Road 10/15 mins from Central Pier I love a pub away from all the hustle & bustle of all the attractions and The Excelsior is a perfect place for that ,made to feel welcome & everyone very sociable if you want somewhere to enjoy a drink of an evening then this is the place to go !! Thanks for all your hospitality we will see you again no doubt !
A lovely modern sports pub, looks like they've spent quite a bit on doing it up, pity the atmosphere on the Saturday night we visited was depressing, just half a dozen scruffy old men. Loads of TVs to watch sport on, I expect its a great place when there's a special match on.