The Cellar bar is a lovely place to visit in Chester. Great choice of drinks whatever your tastes…read more Good spirit selection, 4 lines of Cask Ales, which are constantly rotated and changed. Various lagers, Ciders and beers on tap and a great international bottle selection. Staff are all great and have some awesome banter. They host a great pub quiz that is good fun but also not too easy. If you are staying in any of the City Road hotels this is a standard replacement for any of the hotel bars. They Also have a "Cellar Bar" which is used for functions and live music. Not such a great selection but it has a great atmosphere.

A lovely beer bar, lots of choice beyond the four real ales. My love of cascade caused me select…read morethe Boggart cascade. Despite the fact I surprisingly couldn't much taste my favourite hop, it was still a lovely beer. They have a whole collection of quality international bottled beers if you can't find something on the bar to tempt you. Nice feel to the venue, lots of beer stuff covering the walls.

We just traveled here from Snowdonia and were extremely hungry. My wife and I each ordered a…read moreSunday afternoon meal-one chicken dish and one beef dish. Each dish contained turnips, carrots, string beans, broccolini, asparagus, potatoes, stuffing, gravy, a bread muffin, and the meat. So much food that we couldn't finish it all even with our best effort and being extremely hungry. The owner, who is also the cook, who also helped carry our suitcases in since we are staying here too, was very congenial. He's obviously put a lot of hard work into this pub/ hotel. Great food! Congrats!

Great beer and atmosphere! They had live music on before…read moreCovid lockdowns. Only a couple of TVs for sports fans, so you can easily avoid them. The best proper pub in Chester!

I booked tickets for myself and some friends to go see Eliza and the Bear in Chester but I hadn't…read morebeen to the venue before so didn't know what to expect at all. It is two minutes walk from the station so was really convenient. What really shocked be about this place was how small it was! Probably around 200 people max per gig. Tickets were reasonable and they had a £1 cloakroom available. We went into the side bar area beforehand for some pre-gig drinks and it resembled an old social club, a bit dark and dingy but really added to the charm of this venue that clearly isn't a big budget production. Drinks were average venue price so nothing to complain about there. We moved round the main room where we saw three brilliant acts and around 150 people in the audience. A really great atmosphere, the acts were hanging out with the audience and it felt a lot more personal than a lot of big venues. Despite the stupidly sticky floors I will definitely be making my way back here to see some more top quality music.

Really nice bar with a great open mic (even if you only get to play 2 songs!). The other live music…read moreseems to be dominated by tribute bands, if you like that sort of thing. The drink is ok. There isn't a great selection on the pumps but all the main beers. The courtyard is lovely to sit in during the summer.

This is a really kooky little place. It is very small and feels a bit claustrophobic inside as it…read moredoes get very busy being so popular. However, having said that if you want a night out that is a little different go to their comedy night (£10 to get in). I had a really good night when I went. Although I would say to get there early because all the seats on the lower part nearer the stage get taken up quite early. We sat outside in the courtyard afterwards and had a few drinks. It was a really good night.

We visited on a Monday so we were the only people in. The bar is trendy and quite spacious and also…read morehas a beer garden out on the back. The bar tenders were really friendly and wouldn't hesitate to go back.

I was attracted by the items on their menu, otherwise I probably would've kept walking. The…read moreinterior was lovely, but there really wasn't a lot of staff around (1 waitress, 1 bartender, and the cook). I just found a place to sit and started looking at the menu. Everyone else seemed to get waited on, but me, so I went up to the bar to order. The waitress seemed to be stressed out with the growing number of customers coming in and couldn't seem to keep up. The bartender seemed very disinterested in everything going on. I decided on the House Salad to start with and then the Slow-Roast Free Range Pork Baguette. My starter ended up coming out with my sandwich instead and it took a very long time for the food to come out in the first place. The salad only had one sun-blushed tomato, and the dressing didn't taste like a lemon dressing at all, in fact I would say that it was a pesto dressing. I did like the sliced bits of green onion in it though. The Pork baguette did not come with apple chutney, stuffing, or piccalilli like the menu said, however the pork itself was some of the best roasted pork I have had...it was juicy and flavourful...not dried out and bland. The chips could've been in the fryer a little longer, but I was in a rush otherwise the sandwich would've been sent back. If it wasn't for the amazing pork...I would've given this place a one-star because it was the only saving grace of the entire experience.

A step back in time to see what a real pub is. No gimmicks here. A simple pub serving good ale,…read morefood, with a ton of character. Unlike the posher "bars" that are two a penny in Chester, this place is real. Love it here.

A proper wonderful pub, the internal walls of which are decorated with many war related items of…read moreinterest (the street leads to where the drill hall/recruitment centre was in the First World War). Robinsons Dizzy Blonde was a really nice beer and they kindly let me order some haggis to go with it, shortly after the official kitchen closure. There is a naughty pub cat who doesn't take kindly to being shut out of the pub area when food is being served. He/She managed to sneak in but didn't ask me for any haggis. They like to preserve the traditional pub atmosphere that they enjoy and to this end have quite a few rules!

Lovely pub. Lots of students as its the main student pub, but it isnt that bad! Food is good and…read morethe drinks are too, cheap and cheerful. If you dont want to get over run by students i wouldnt recommend you go though, especially at ticket times for clubs. Parking is a nightmare due to it being on a small road, unless you are lucky you wont get a space and may need to walk to it by parking somewhere else.

If you're from America, imagine if a Chili's and a Mediaeval Times had a baby... most of the old…read moretown is a tourist trap and seems like Disney had its way with it. The food here was very undercooked. The 4 times we were lucky enough to get service, we had 4 different servers who were aloof at best. (And, we tend to be hyper polite because we are Americans and know the stigma of being jerks). Ultimately ... Good venue but I'd grab a drink and that's about it if I could do it again.

Although I last visited a number of months ago, i recommend the restaurant due to its kind service,…read morecalm day time atmosphere, yummy food, and pretty outdoor seating that sits perfectly in the sun :)

Good selection of real ales, very friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere. Excellent hot roast pork…read moreand apple sauce on a toasted ciabatta as a light bite to go with a pint of Nutty Black. The downstairs pub is old-stylie school room themed with old school desks and an open fire, live music events and 'warehouse' bar. Upstairs there is a conservatory restaurant with views of the River Dee and Chester beyond. The main menu looked tempting will be back!Great little watering hole at the end of a Riverside walk :-)

I visited today with a friend with the intention of having a Sunday Roast. I was told that the pub…read morewas full (in a rather dismissive manner) despite the manager managing to seat a family of 6 upstairs who sneaked in just ahead of us. I wasn't offered a seat upstairs. We asked if we could sit at the end of open bank of six stools and was told we had to ask for a customer's permission as he was sat on the far end (bizarre!). The manager wasn't really engaging or helpful - this was quite out of character and disappointing given that we regularly visit the pub and usually have a fantastic time.