The Chambers, Folkestone

Cellar bar and live music venue with various seating areas in a slightly split-level layout. Has something of a continental feel decor-wise rather than the faux-gothic look I was half expecting, and it does have a reputation as a real ale establishment. I found the regular Adnams Ghost Ship and two local beers - Hopfuzz Fallout (£3.60, and in great shape) and Evil Thieves IPA from Angels & Demons - being dispensed from a bank of six handpumps.

This is a cellar bar with a cafe of the same name at street level. It's a fairly typical sort of place that was quiet on my early Saturday evening visit. There were five hand pumps which had a cider, Goody's Genesis, Hop Fuzz Bullion Bomb, Adnam's Lighthouse and Old Dairy Green Hop. I went for the Bullion Bomb (£3.70) which was in good nick and I didn't view as being outrageously expensive. It's not my sort of place but it's worth a look. It's GBG 2017 listed.

A cellar bar with a fairly small front bar and a back bar with much more room. Up to four real ales on and the Goodys bear that I tried was in good form albiet very very expensive at £3.75 a pint which may explain why there were only 3 people in the bar. Although there was a fair selection of real ale on this underground bar is very clausterphobic.

Chambers is a cellar bar that is much larger than I was expecting. The bar is located to the left of the bottom of the stairs and I noted three available ales that were Adnams Lighthouse, Cottage Brewery’s Firefly and 1381 brewery’s Wantsum. There is also a premium draught selection, but I went for a pint of Adnams that was perfectly served. To the right of the stairs is a long seating area dotted with arches and snugs. There are a couple of gaming machines and some chilled background music was playing. A quiz was advertised for the first Sunday of each month starting at 20:00. Food is served from midday until 14:00 Monday through to Saturday and 19:00 until 21:00 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. My visit was on Monday evening when the kitchen was closed so I didn’t see any menus of prices. I found the service to be friendly, but I’m not a big fan of drinking underground so I would probably not bother with this place again.