The Shropshire Arms, Chester

A good looking brewers Tudor fronted pub that rather disappoints on the inside. One smallish room with a L shaped bar stocking 3 Marston's beers. There's a decent sized outdoor drinking area and as it was a nice day I went and sat outside with a reasonable pint of Wainwright whilst waiting for Ms CAMRA to return from shopping. I'll probably not bother coming here again.

Stuck my head in one evening only three pulls of boring Marston’s beers, I didn’t linger.

The Shropshire Arms is a small pub with L-shaped bar to the right and some seating down the left. During a recent Tuesday evening visit there was Sky Sports football on a plasma on the rear wall and some background music was playing. Live music is held here every weekend and Monday is ‘anything goes’ open mic night. The toilets are located upstairs. The bar is stocked with standard and premium keg and the four handpumps were drawing Bombardier, Sharp’s Doom Bar, Peerless Brewery’s Oatmeal Stout and Westwoods Cheshire Cat. I didn’t see any food menus. This is a very basic pub that was quiet during my visit, but I imagine it gets lively at the weekend.

lively pub on Chester's market area. it was quite friendly with a fun atmosphere on a Saturday evening. better than expected real ales with Ubu and Cheshire Cat plus two dull choices. not a great pub by any means but worth popping in.

I've never been a fan of the 3 pubs by the Tourist Info place and this place is as average to dull as the Dublin Packet and the Coach House. The single room is slightly cramped and the choice of real ale is usually dull. You can sit out front on the pavement should you so wish.