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Olde Cottage, Chester

36 Brook Street
Chester
CH1 3DZ

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Chester Central

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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Olde Cottage

This was our penultimate pub of a 16-pub crawl of Chester and it was actually one that quite a few of our group decided to miss out, preferring instead to continue to the Deva Tap.

I know I've been here before but I don't have a record as to when. It's a fairly regular carpeted local boozer with 4 cask ales. Wye Valley HPA & Otter Bitter are the staples. Guests for our visit were Robinson's Unicorn & Merlin Mythic IPA. My Mythic IPA was fairly nice and consumed in a small outdoor yard to the rear.

Good Beer Guide regular and certainly worth a shot if you're heading to/from the railway station.

On 26^th June 2025 - rating: 6
[User has posted 3204 recommendations about 3202 pubs]

Strongers . left this review about Olde Cottage

The curtains were drawn across the Olde Cottage windows, so I thought it was closed as I approached on a recent Monday evening, but it was open so I popped in to find a U-shaped pub with a central U-shaped stool lined serving counter. The four hand pumps were drawing Otter Bitter, MBH Dark Nebula Vanilla Stout, Wye Valley’s HPA and Weetwood’s Turncoat, the latter being OK but very citrus. Banquettes and tables run around the exterior walls and red and white fairy lights line the ceiling. There’s a dartboard on the rear wall to the right and some random background music came from the jukebox. This is a decent enough pub that’s worth popping into if passing.

On 9^th November 2024 - rating: 7
[User has posted 6168 recommendations about 6131 pubs]

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Rob Hunter left this review about Olde Cottage

Visited on a Friday afternoon just after 2pm back in April. Four hand pulls, all of which were on. I had the Castle Black Stout by Merlins (a Cheshire brewery) at £2 for a half. It was quiet at the time of my visit, and I was initially the only customer.

This is a traditional carpeted pub with a central bar, etched windows, dark wood beams and a real fire (not in use at the time of my visit). Pump clips are on the beams to show the range of ales that has previously passed through the pumps. There was a TV on showing the horse racing. Beer literature is on a shelf by the front of the pub including copies of the GBG and similar. A beer garden is advertised but not investigated.

Definitely worth a visit when in Chester.

On 3^rd May 2024 - rating: 7
[User has posted 843 recommendations about 668 pubs]

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