National Cream Tea Day - Friday 28th June
Friday 28th June
Well if there is a special day for it, it would be rude not to wouldn't it?...
Welcome
The Architect is a classic pub restaurant within Chester's city walls overlooking the racecourse at Roodee.
We are named in honour of Thomas Harrison, a prolific architect who designed the building as his own residence, along with designing Grosvenor Bridge and much of Chester Castle.
The pub is a story of two halves: turn right through the glass connecting passage and the original Georgian building has cosy, domestic rooms that naturally lend themselves to a series of intimate dining rooms in classic style. Turn left into the new garden room and you'll find a spacious open plan room with a large bar at its heart and a buzzy, pubby feel to things, with glazed doors leading out to the dining terrace.
As a city centre pub, our parking is sadly limited and quickly fills up, so apologies. However, there is plenty of parking close to the pub, see a map of them here: Car parks near the Architect...
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National Cream Tea Day - Friday 28th June
Friday 28th June
Well if there is a special day for it, it would be rude not to wouldn't it?...
Monthly Dog Walk ~ July
Sunday 7th July
We invite you and your four legged friends to join us at the Pub on Sunday 7th July from 10am for a hot drink and a bacon bap before we head off on our ever popular monthly d...
Architect Summer Festival - 20th and 21st July
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July
This summer we are hosting a festival full of beer, fizz and delicious food from our Drawing Board outside bar and kitchen...
Last of the Summer Wine - Friday 30th August
Friday 30th August
As we say goodbye to the British Summer, Tanners are hosting a wine tasting on our beautiful terrace area in the evening of Friday 30th August...
Our passion lies in finding quality fresh ingredients and preparing, cooking and presenting them in a modern but unpretentious way. Our menus have a spine of classic British dishes complemented by more exotic influences from other parts of the world. We upload them to our web site each day so that you may peruse them at your leisure.
Thanks to our customers recommending us, you'll find us in the:
2023 Good Pub Guide
AllTrails have kindly created a circular walk from the pub to help you work up that thirst/appetite. You can view the walk details via any of the routes below. (varying levels of tech savviness required -Ed)
The Architect and River Dee (Chester) an AllTrails walk
As it’s officially now summer time we have introduced new dishes to our daily menu to match the change in weather! Here we have our starter Goats cheese and red pepper tortellini, tomato emulsion and black olive Pop down to see what else we have on the menu! #summer #chester #thearchitect #brunningandprice #bandplife #chesterraces