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Halcyon Garden, Chester
Chester
CH1 4EW
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Reviews of Halcyon Garden (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Halcyon Garden
Small two room micropub in a residential area, just outside the city centre. This place has changed names since it was last reviewed but I doubt it has changed much. Although this was my first ever visit.
The bar is in the main room and ahead of you as you enter. A side room off to the right had no windows and therefore looked much darker. The friendly proprietor was quite chatty and was interested to hear which other pubs we had visited in Chester.
Salopian Oracle & Lemon Dream were the cask ales. There were a couple of boxed ciders from Weston's - Medium Dry Vintage & Family Vintage and some keg beers - Forged Stout, SALT Huckaback & Salopian Auric. I opted for the Auric, which was quite drinkable.
This place hasn't been in the Good Beer Guide for a few years. Perhaps because the cask ale range is fairly limited. However, I thought this was a decent micropub which I'd happily seek out again.
On 26th June 2025
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3204 recommendations about 3202 pubs]
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Goat & Munch
Not easy to find and tucked away from the tourist throng,this is a great micropub run by a beer enthusiast .It's an old shop but nicely done with the ceiling full of pump clips from the rotating selection,fairy lighting around the top of the walls and high tables with various stools making good use of the limited space.There is a corridor with more overflow seating on the way to the unisex loo.
The bar runs along the back wall and has 4 handpumps and a few more keg taps.On my trip the ale line up was Peerless Oatmeal Stout,Sanoma Pale and a very well kept Kirkstall Three Swords,while the keg selection had higher ABV options but well chosen from leading microbrewers plus sparkling ciders.My big finish after a small crawl around the city was Northern Monk Faith on keg,a top pint.
It's popular and chatty and it's easy to fall into conversations with regulars and the owner,who gets some grief for being a manc and supporting Man City.He did however choose a very good soundtrack played at a sensible volume.
This is a must visit when in Chester ,a fun place to visit and a leading example of all that's good in a micro pub.It attracts a wide range of ages and is thankfully not the preserve of the local CAMRA branch although it is listed in the 2019 GBG.Go visit.
On 2nd August 2019
- rating: 8
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Rob Hunter left this review about The Goat & Munch
Visited on Saturday evening. The front room was very busy, as you would probably expect for a micro pub so close to a city centre. Thankfully there was a small room to the side/rear to provide a bit of extra space and this is where we retreated to. There was a TV showing sports in the main bar (unusual for a micro pub) so we didn't want to be standing in the way of that. I'd say it had the atmosphere of a small bar rather than a micro but that was probably due to it being busy.
Four cask ales at the bar, one of which was off, there was some keg stuff too. I went for Peverel by Thornbridge (on cask) which was decent.
On 21st May 2019
- rating: 8
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes - Until 7pm - last updated 21 May 2019 by Rob Hunter
- Darts : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 21 May 2019 by Rob Hunter
- Micropub : Yes last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 26 June 2025 by Blue Scrumpy
- WiFi : Yes last updated 24 July 2019 by Quinno _
