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The City Tavern, Chester
Chester
CH1 3JL
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Reviews of The City Tavern (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Real Ale Ray left this review about The City Tavern
Large one room sports type pub with plenty of screens. Busy on my Thursday afternoon visit. Didn't stay long, had a quick Weetwood Cheshire Cat, 4 pumps with 2 on. The other choice was Wainwright. Not my sort of place.
On 23rd September 2026
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3780 recommendations about 3780 pubs]
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ROB Camra left this review about The City Tavern
This pub is a lot bigger than it looks when you get inside. It's all one room really, but with several distinct areas. It was majoring on food during my Monday lunchtime visit. Plenty of friendly staff and a choice of fairly well known beers on cask. I was on a bit of a crawl, so I just had a half of Rev James which was in decent nick. I'd happily call in again if in the area.
On 23rd July 2025
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3420 recommendations about 3326 pubs]
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Will Larter left this review about The City Tavern
I got off on the wrong foot here by mistakenly asking for a cask beer that wasn't on sale yet, having failed to spot the rather small and hard to read luggage labels attached to two of the five hand pumps. The barman was not amused, or perhaps he is always grumpy on Mondays. Faced now with a diminished choice of Wainwright Gold or Amber, or Brains Rev James, we both plumped for the latter, but this was a little stale with a hint , just a very subtle hint, of vinegar about it. We really didn't fancy tackling the barman about this - what if Monday is the day he brings his chainsaw into work? - so we supped up and kept quiet. It really was a very subtle hint, but it didn't put us in the right frame of mind for saying what a lovely pub this is.
On 20th May 2025
- rating: 4
[User has posted 4919 recommendations about 4501 pubs]
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes - Use side entrance - last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 23 July 2025 by ROB Camra
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