Marlbororough Arms, Chester

First time I’ve visited this famous spelling mistake when it wasn’t rammed so I got a seat at one of the long wooden tables and benches at the back and was able to read the rather unimaginative graffiti scribbled thereon. The front area is fairly woody with casks, a long pine table, a round wooden table and a battered sofa; while the rear has a quarry tile floor, wood panelling and some neat tiles. The counter is dominated by four large ceramic dispensers, four pulls sit between the middle two. Only two beers on and only one was a Stonehouse beer, the other being a Porter from Chester Beer Company, who are listed as a nano brewery on Untapped, WhatPub says Stonehouse beers exclusively sold in its description of the pub. Average quality.

Saturday evening visit and first time in this pub. Four hand pulls at the bar all offering Stonehouse ales. I went for Off The Rails and my drinking accomplice had Sunlander, both of which were fine. Lots of stripped back wood inside, which I imagine would originally have been stained dark. Fairly nice place overall, mix of furniture/seating, relaxed feel to the place.

They had four Stonehouse ales on in here - Off the Rails, Station Bitter, Cambrian Gold, and Sunlander. I didn't see any sign of food when I was in during a Wednesday afternoon. This is a long thin pub. It has a mixture of bare boards and quarry tiles for flooring, and furnishings are mainly normal tables and chairs (at the front of the room), with two large 12-seater or so wooden tables at the back accompanied by hard wooden backless benches. There are a couple of large barrels obstructing the floor space, but with no tall stools so presumably for vertical drinkers? There are chalkboards on a wall at the back notifying you of the Stonehouse beers available, and the "whiskey/whisky" menu, including Japanese whiskies as well as Scotch and Irish of course. There's also a chalkboard detailing George Orwell's full missive on his mythical perfect pub, the Moon Under Water. This is a quite ordinary pub; nice enough but nothing very special. My companions' teas came with a little chocolate sweet, which I'm advised is a good thing.