What Happened to Regency Rooms After The Hotel Inspector? (Southport, UK)

The Hotel Inspector (Channel 5) episode titled "Regency Rooms" aired June 27, 2017. According to TheTVDB's episode entry, a couple named John and Mel had opened a craft ale bar on the beachfront in Southport, Merseyside, and had begun converting the flats above it into a hotel, despite having no experience in the trade. The entry says the building still looked more like a worksite than a boutique hotel, with the first guests due within weeks, and notes that host Alex Polizzi had to pitch in with the work to get it ready. TheTVDB gives no separate trading name for the rooms, so the episode title is the only name it supplies.

Later listings tie the name to 589 Lord Street. The Hotels.com page for that address, with guest reviews dated as late as October 5, 2026, is titled Sinclair's Bar, Lounge & Rooms and lists Regency Rooms and Peaky Blinders Accommodation Bar as alternate names; it describes an adults-only guesthouse with 15 rooms and a coffee shop. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) database entry for Sinclair's at the same address, last updated August 31, 2026, lists Peaky Blinders (Lord St) as a former name and gives daily hours of noon to 11 p.m. A Google Maps listing for Peaky Blinders Accommodation & Bar at 589 Lord Street, checked October 19, 2026, was marked permanently closed, while the Sinclair's name appears on separate current listings.

None of these sources says who owned the premises in 2017 or who runs them now, and the CAMRA entry also dates the Sinclair's bar to 2023.

A Trip.com listing for Sinclair's Rooms at 589 Lord Street carries guest reviews dated 8 April, 24 May and 20 August 2026, and Hotels.com shows reviews dated through 5 October 2026 under the name Sinclair's Bar, Lounge & Rooms. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) entry for Sinclair's says the bar opened in 2023 and was previously named Peaky Blinders (Lord St). The University Rooms booking site lists the 13 first-floor rooms above the bar under a web handle reading regencyroomspr9. None of these listings names an owner or mentions the 2017 episode.