Restaurants in Chester & Cheshire, find a restaurant

Home Entertainment Chester Restaurants

Polished Oak

Just in case you haven't seen the abundance of slick adverts that have adorned the pages of this paper over the last few months, I should explain that The Royal Oak in Kelsall is no more, having been replaced with extensively refurbished, clipped-titled The Oak. Read

Thai at the Copper Kettle on Tarvin Road near Chester

A fusion of cultures

A fullish carpark and a nice hum of conversation inside must be the signs of a good restaurant, so the rather oddly titled Thai at the Copper Kettle satisfies on both points. Read

French fancy

IT SEEMED perverse but in one of the bloody crescendo's of the thriller Get Carter played out at the Chester Gateway stomachs were rumbling. Read

A secret retreat

CHESTER has a great many restaurants. That much is indisputable. But the variety seems to lie chiefly in the sheer number rather than the style. Read

The Amore Bar Restaurant in High Street, Frodsham

The WOW factor

SAD person that I am, it takes a lot to drag me away from the X-Factor on a Saturday night - and it had damn well had better be worth it. Read

The secret's out!

I REALLY, really wanted to like this place - family run, independent and award winning - Pacino's has been every Cestrian's best kept secret for nearly 20 years. And now it's mine. Read

Spicy treats for early birds

NACHOS and fajitas are usually my number one choice when choosing from a Mexican menu, so I was determined to try something different on a recent visit to Dos Americas. Read

Comforting thoughts

THE last time I visited the Stamford Bridge Inn on the A51 at Tarvin a helicopter landed on the lawn. This was a few years ago, when carpets were swirly and roast dinners were very much de riguer. Read

The feelgood factor

WHERE do Italian restaurants get that atmosphere? Read

A very fishy tale

FIRST, an apology. I don't know why I did it, I just did. I can only promise that it won't happen again. It's not really in my nature and it was a one-off aberration. Read

The sweeping drive which leads to Soughton Hall and the Stables restaurant

Surprise, surprise

IF IT is true that first impressions are all-important, then The Stables promised to be a spectacular dining experience. Read

Tales of the river bank

It began in a surreal manner when I telephoned to book a table. Even now, thinking about it, I wonder if I had in fact managed to 'phone a completely different Boat Inn - perhaps one in a parallel universe and not the one I wanted in Erbistock, Over-ton-on-Dee, at all. Read

Telford's Warehouse in Tower Wharf, Chester

Choice destination

IT'S better known as one of the few venues in Chester offering 'real' music, both live and from the decks. Read

Pasta masters

AS the latest in a long line of Mediterranean chains in Chester - and the third on Pepper Street alone - the news that Piccolino was taking over the old Shere Khan premises seemed like a sadly missed opportunity to inject some culinary variety into the city. Read