The Waiting Room @ Queen Hotel, Chester

Function rooms are smart and general appearance of the hotel is lovely. However the bar that is the Waiting Room is considerably less decadent. The staff were poor by any bars standards, there werw only 4 people in the bar yet we waited over 20 minutes to be served, there was no acknowledgement to cus.tomers who were waiting and there were 2 bar staff on. The tables were awash with spilled drinks and used glasses, I understand that they had been busy with weddings etc prior to our visit, if the staff had been clearing tables it may have been acceptable to wait afew minutes but they were not. Priorities need instilling. The beers are overpriced although a good selection. Unfortunately this visit will be our last to the Waiting Room.

This bar is part of the Best Western hotel, a four star establishment directly across from the station. A very handy place to pop in whilst waiting for your train, as I saw a few others had the same idea. The only drawback was the price of the Weetwood Eastgate Ale at £2 a half! Nevertheless, the beer was in good condition, staff friendly and the surroundings very comfortable.