Telfords Warehouse, Chesterback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
The pub was busy when we called but we managed seats and eventually got served at the bar through the queue and those hogging the bar area while talking after getting served. One of the beers we had was returned as it was not right, and I had a job convincing the staff to change it. A friend took his back to ask if it was OK and managed to get the beer changed for both of us.
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it's ok, saw it on fire once, the chef set it a blaze.Students talk about there self alot there.it's a bit lovey.new labourer, you know lefty, but love money, just abit more than there self. square black glasses a must
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lively pub with good selection of real ales.
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A great pub, brilliant for a night out with good live music from bands and dj's. Friendly staff and a great atmosphere. The food is fantastic and there's loads of choice - one of my favourite places to eat - anywhere!!
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Someone please tell that pensionable loon that frequents Sunday nights to just stop. An open mic night that can strike fear into the hearts of anyone with their own teeth. Chester, you can do better. As for the lot behind the bar!! You are not in Hollyoaks!!
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Pretentious in the extreme. It's the place the students go to play at being arty, faux-cultured adults, and old has-been men (you know the ones - ponytails and leatherette waistcoats) go to desperately feel young again. Oh, and then there's the college lecturers, who prowl around, preying on the younglings they've spent the last semester grooming, before their names appear on a public register.
It's hideously crowded, with awful music played at painful volumes. A toilet-to-patron ratio of 1:9000 (exceeded only by the barstaff-to-patron ratio) makes having more than one pint a logistical nightmare, not that one could possibly get served more than once in any 24 hour period without the aid of stout sharpened stick with which to dispach the other 3000 parched saps waiting for the barmaid-diva to take pity on them. You really do have to be beautiful/trendy/arty to get served in this place, or weep pathetically (as I do), hoping for a sympathy pint. My advice? JUST DRINK OUT OF THE ADJACENT CANAL (it'll make you ill, but you may retain more of your dignity).
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It burnt down a few years back. Some sicko rebuilt it.
Full of students drinking tap water.
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I concur, this is an excellent hole. I have known this place for some time now and I usually rate a place based on how many times they let me in after I've been barred. The food is quite delicious, musically they have a great selection (Sunday is good for, usually, local crap bands, occasional techno, funk, soul, reggae and all (not Sunday), again no hardcore punk but hey) and the beer is good if not a little overpriced. The thing that really gets me is the bloody attitude of the staff, well not all of them... There does seem to be a style contest or some s**t, I don't know, I don't care, I just want a drink. The place hasn't been the same since one half of one of the brothers left and they changed the door staff and it burnt down because my mate left the grill on after they barred me...ahem...erm...It is a wonderful place to drink but I always get the feeling it could be better.
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My favourite bar, very friendly, great beer/food/music.
fran - 6 Aug 2004 20:55 |
A consistantly good drinking hole which has been out on it's own for over 10 years. All the basics are there, great beer(regular and guest casks, premium czech/bavarian lagers)excellent food, very laid back atmosphere, good mix of clientel and also an occasional sprinkle of magic on it's many 'live nights'. Oh I forgot to say that it is one of the most architectually interesting buildings in Chester and wonderfully located over the Shropshire union canal. All in all it's a must visit if in Chester.
Jill Crawford - 6 Aug 2004 20:11 |
When you get right down to it, this is the only really good drinking establishment in Chester. The main room is a nice, big airy space and the walls are adorned with attractive contemporary photographs and art. The back rooms, which regularly feature musicians both "has-been" and "about-to-be", are more cellar like, and a bit dingy, but in a good way. The food is excellent, but the menu doesn't seem to alter very much. The opening hours are significantly less draconian than in other pubs in the city, with the bar not closing until after 1am most weekends. The one negative thing I would have to point out is that most of the staff seem a little too obsessed with the glamorous soap opera which is their lives to be as attentive to serving you as they could be. All in all, if you are visiting Chester, don't dismiss it as a crap night out until you have been to Telfords. It's significantly better than anywhere else in town.
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