Alcotraz Prison Cocktail Experience Liverpool: Smuggle & Mix

Smuggle liquor, craft cocktails, outwit the Warden inside a working prison bar

Alcotraz is an immersive theatrical cocktail experience in Liverpool where you bring your own bottle of liquor, smuggle it past costumed guards, and work with the inmates to craft four personalized cocktails tailored to your tastes. The experience runs roughly two hours inside a speakeasy hidden on Seel Street, staffed with actors playing crooked guards and long-serving inmates who help you hide contraband and mix drinks using liqueurs, bitters, homemade syrups and the liquor you've brought. Minimum age is 18. The bar is wheelchair accessible.

The experience

Walk through unassuming doors on Seel Street and into Alcotraz, Liverpool's first immersive theatrical cocktail bar. You'll be handed an orange jumpsuit at the entrance and led into a space built around real metallic prison cells: the backdrop for the next two hours. There's no printed menu here. Instead, the working inmates and guards will ask what liquor you've smuggled in and what flavors you're after, then build four personalized cocktails from that base, adding liqueurs, bitters, homemade syrups and purees to match your taste.

The game is the point. You're expected to get creative about how you sneak your bottle past the guards at the door. They're actors playing crooked officials, and the whole setup is designed around the fiction that you're smuggling contraband into a prison. If you'd rather not improvise, Inmate Cassidy and the guards have their own system for hiding what you've brought. The Warden is watching, so the stakes feel real even though nobody's actually in trouble. It's theater built around the act of making a drink, not a tour of a themed space.

Bring one 35cl bottle per two people, or come empty-handed and let the staff handle the smuggling for you. The experience includes all the mixers and ingredients except the base liquor. You'll need to be 18 or older. The bar is fully wheelchair accessible with accessible transportation options nearby.

What’s included

• Four personalized cocktails crafted from your own liquor and the bar's liqueurs, bitters, homemade syrups and purees.
• immersive theatrical setting with real metallic prison cells.
• costumed guards and inmates who help you smuggle contraband and build drinks.
• roughly two hours inside the speakeasy.

Before you book

Days and timesTuesday to Sunday5 departure times: the first at 12:00, the last at 21:30

Book up to2d before

AgesAdult (18 and older) · Under 18: can't be booked

GroupUp to 50

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

ConfirmationConfirmation within 48 h

Prices and times updated 3 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportPublic transport nearby

Operated by Alcotraz Liverpool: Cell Block Three-Six

Is this one for you?You walk in as a smuggler, the inmates craft your drink from what you bring and what you crave, and the whole experience becomes a heist you're actually running.

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Top questions

What liquor should I bring to Alcotraz?

Bring one 35cl bottle per two people: any spirit works, since the inmates will build cocktails around whatever you've smuggled in. If you'd rather not bring anything, the guards have their own contraband system and will handle it for you.

How many cocktails do I get to make during the experience?

You'll craft four personalized cocktails throughout the roughly two-hour experience, each one built from the liquor you've brought and your own flavor preferences, using the bar's liqueurs, bitters, syrups and purees.

Is Alcotraz just a themed bar, or is there something to actually do?

It's an immersive theatrical activity where you're part of the story. You smuggle liquor past costumed guards, work with the inmates to hide contraband, and mix your own drinks inside real prison cells. The theater is the setup for the cocktail-making itself, not a backdrop you're touring through.

Where exactly is Alcotraz located in Liverpool?

Alcotraz is hidden behind unassuming doors on Seel Street in Liverpool's city center. Public transportation options are available nearby, and the venue is fully wheelchair accessible.

What's included in the ticket price?

The experience includes all mixers and ingredients (liqueurs, bitters, homemade syrups and purees) needed to make your four cocktails. You bring the base liquor, or the guards will smuggle it in for you. Premium tickets purchased directly include souvenirs and merchandise.