Meet and Eat outside in Chester
Posted in Chester Stories
The journey along the road map to lockdown restrictions easing can be confusing. To help you navigate how you can meet to eat in Chester city centre’s hospitality establishments, we’ve put together a list of where you can book a table for your first sit down shenanigans.
FROM 12th APRIL
You can also download this handy PDF fore easy viewing, but please check back on this page for updates.
| Business | Accepting Walk-In’s | Accepting Bookings | Daytime | Night-time | Heated/ Covered | Takeaway Available |
| Alexander’s Live | ✓ | ✓ | Fri-Sun | ✓ | ✓ | |
| All Bar One | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| The Architect | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| BarLounge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Beer Heroes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Blue Bell 1494 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Bollicini | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Bridge Café & Bistro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Bridge St Coffee | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| BurgerShed41 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Café Gate | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Café Nero (Bridge St & Eastgate) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Carluccio’s | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Chalk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Chester Market | ✓ | ✓ | Fri & Sat | ✓ | ||
| Chester Boats | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Chez Jules | ✓ | |||||
| Church Bar & Restaurant | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| City Tavern | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Coach House | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Commonhall Social | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Crepeaffaire | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Dough Dough | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guild, The | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Hickory’s Smokehouse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Leonidas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Oddfellow’s | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Off the Wall | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Old Dukes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Opera Grill | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Palm Cocktail Bar & Eatery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Piccolino | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Pied Bull | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Porta | ✓ | ✓ | Fri-Sat | ✓ | ||
| Popcorn | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ristorante Sergio’s | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Saddle Inn | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Share Shop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Shropshire Arms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Shrub | closed 10th-16th May for refurb | |||||
| Stile Napoletano | ✓ | ✓ | Wed-Sat | ✓ | ||
| Storyhouse | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Townhouse Secret Garden | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Urbano32 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Vin Santo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| White Horse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Ye Olde Custom House | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| York Roast | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
*Updated 12/05/21 – Please check with individual restaurants to confirm as information is subject to change.
INSIDE DINING OPEN FROM 17th MAY WITH BOOKING SYSTEMS OPEN NOW
- Atina Kitchen – from 18th May, book online
- The Botanist
- Chez Jules – www.chezjules.com or 01244 400014
- The Chester Grosvenor Hotel
- DaNoi – booking system opens 21st March
- Fiesta Havana
- The Forge
- Joseph Benjamin – from 19th May
- Kuckoo – advance bookings only www.kuckoorocks.com/booking/booth-chester
- Palm Cocktail Bar & Eatery – food reservations only
- Porta – from 19th May, Weds-Sun
- Piccolino
PLEASE NOTE: It goes without saying that this a preliminary list, subject to change, that we look forward to regularly updating. Feel free to share your own suggestions with us via hello@chesterbid.co.uk or on our @ChesterBID socials on Instagram, Facebook,and Twitter.
