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The Pied Bull

3.0 star property

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Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner
Luxury Double Room
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; British cuisine
Brewers cottage twin
Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Business services
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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57 Northgate Street, Chester, England, CH1 2HQ
  • Place, Chester City Walls
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Chester Cathedral
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Chester Racecourse
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Airport, Liverpool (LPL-John Lennon)
    ‪39 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

Standard Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(9 reviews)
  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Double Room

Double Room

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(13 reviews)
  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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4 Poster Suite

4 Poster Suite

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 29 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Luxury Double Room

Luxury Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 55 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Penthouse (Suite)

Penthouse (Suite)

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Superior Room, 1 Double Bed

Superior Room, 1 Double Bed

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Brewers cottage double

Brewers cottage double

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(4 reviews)
  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Brewers cottage twin

Brewers cottage twin

  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Junior 4 Poster

Junior 4 Poster

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(6 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Chester

With a stay at The Pied Bull, you'll be centrally located in Chester, steps from Chester City Walls and 11 minutes by foot from Chester Racecourse. .This inn is 3.1 mi (4.9 km) from Chester Zoo and 7 mi (11.2 km) from Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet.
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What's nearby

  • Chester City Walls - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Chester Town Hall - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Chester Cathedral - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Chester Racecourse - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • University of Chester - 9 min walk - 0.8 km

Getting around

  • Chester Station - 14 min walk
  • John Lennon Airport (LPL) - 43 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Bull and Stirrup Hotel (Wetherspoon) - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Sandwich'd - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪The Coach House - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Pied Bull - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Marmalade - ‬1 min walk

About this property

The Pied Bull

Inn with a restaurant, steps from Chester City Walls
The Pied Bull offers 31 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. This Chester inn provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Stay in one of 31 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access is available. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and portable fans, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
At The Pied Bull, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. English breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM on weekdays.
Pied Bull - This pub specializes in British cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Weekday English breakfast available 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: GBP 13.95 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Pied Bull

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 2 floors
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Portable fan

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:30 AM - 11 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately GBP 13.95 per person

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Pied Bull
Pied Bull Chester
Pied Bull Inn
Pied Bull Inn Chester
Pied Bull Hotel Chester
The Pied Bull Inn
The Pied Bull Chester
The Pied Bull Inn Chester

The Pied Bull Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 452 out of 882 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 285 out of 882 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 98 out of 882 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 34 out of 882 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 882 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Marina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pied bull in a good location. Room was ample for a one night stay. Good choice of cask ales in the pub fur the other half. Staff friendly and polite. Didnt eat there so cant comment on the food. Would definitely return if wanting a stopover in chester again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Theatre was right next door
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

john

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Location great,staff friendly and helpful and food really good, Unfortunately the first room we were given was poor despite the fact we had upgraded to a superior room and due to the hotel being full we couldn’t be moved on our second day we were moved to a much better room and did enjoy our stay Would recommend this hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Andy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great pub, accommodation not so good. Breakfast chaotic & unpleasant. Room was the size of a shoebox.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Tony

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not a very nice hotel at all
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely room, with a four poster bed, staff were all very friendly and welcoming, a nice touch by the way the towels displayed on the bed and a personalised note.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pied bull

2 night stay, great little place, spotless clean, fantastic food, lovely staff only downfall was mattress and shower
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Terence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Mediocre stay for such a historic place

We booked the pied bull for our wedding anniversary. Clearly noted on the booking,their website shows amazing rooms with claw foot baths and exquisite food. We arrived nothing even mentioned more interested in making sure they had the debit payment and waiver about wonky steps covered. I understand they might not be interested in iur specual occasion but it was important enough to us to note it on our booking messages. Room was mediocre at best ( for a superior double we expected more) no bath ( apparently these were different rooms) it smelt of damp but we put this down to the age of the property. However the noise from the street was horrendous for our room,whenever they emptied bottle's or got barrel deliveries it was like it was right by our window and everyone walking past at all hours of the night could be heard as if they were in the room. The menu we looked at online was not what we were given and so the meals we thought we would choose weren't available. If you have mobility issues be aware there are steps to all rooms and some up 3-4 flights if stairs. Only saving grace were the bar and serving staff who were lovely but when trying to engage about the history of the place and other old buildings nearby they didn't seem interested and seemed to zone out and not engage in the enthusiasm at all.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marion

Absolutely love this place
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic location, good clean hotel in town centre. No hot water at 6.30 pm for a shower before going out for dinner and breakfast a little pricey.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Phil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

All round top stay.

Great location and proper English style Country pub. Friendly and welcoming, good range of beers, wines and spirits. Food superb particularly the full English breakfast. Room spacious and comfortable with modern shower and bathroom. All round too stay, thanks.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good!

Very central, stunning proper pub, nice room, good breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

stephen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location Clean rooms with great bar. Breakfast bit pricey
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good place to stay @

Great location. Clean & tidy with friendly staff@
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Jason

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Acceptable stay in Chester

This was a perfectly fine hotel. Had a room that was outside access down the side road. Lots of road noise from bin men starting around 3 am, and drunks prior to that. All survivable and in the city. The room was fine - a bit worn, and the bed was a bit old feeling, but fine. Restaurant was good - I didn’t eat - but I had a drink and it was nice.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ted

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
3 oclock check in No lifts for upper rooms...luggage at least? Loved the ambience and history
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

SCOTT

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great food at restaurant. Lounge area /pub comfortable to relax at anytime of day. Loved the Beer Garden. Very friendly staff , very relaxed vibe. You can feel the history throughout the building. Stairs are old so not great for anyone too young or too old. Not sure if there was air conditioning but we didn’t need it in September. Thanks for a great stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was in a great location, would book it qgain. Room was very spacious and clean. Bed 2as lovely and comfortable. We stayed in room 29, which was a superior room. Staff were friendly and helpful 🙂
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Check in was easy but had to wait till 3pm Very clean staircase going to room Room also very clean Bathroom very good with a large walk in shower Breakfast was amazing All fresh food and very hot
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Janet

Travelled with partner
Room small and as we had a front facing room it was very noisy through the night.Bed uncomfortable and very noisy,wafer thin walls. Breakfast was excellent and lovely and hot.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Very small room. No table, no hooks.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Jonathan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Xxx
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025