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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Rum Tasting with the Salford Rum Company

Friday 11th October

Join us on the evening of Friday 11th October with the Salford Rum Company to divulge into the history of rum and spices through Salford Docks...

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Monthly Dog Walk ~ October

Sunday 13th October

We invite you and your four legged friends to join us at the pub at a slightly later date than usual due to the first Sunday of the month being the Chester Marathon...

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An Evening with Budvar - Wednesday 23rd October

Wednesday 23rd October

Come and sample a selection of Budvar's finest beers...

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Spooky Walks

Tuesday 29th October

Ghosts, ghouls, and the things that go bump in the night...

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Beaujolais Nouveau Day - Thursday 21st November

Thursday 21st November

Cosy nights with a glass of red on a fresh Novembers evening, cheers to that! Join us for Beaujolais Nouveau, a day celebrated in France...

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Menus

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.

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Recommendations
  • Good Pub Guide2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

  • The Sustainable Restaurant Association's Food Made Good Standard

  • Coeliac UK AccreditedWe are proud to have the processes in place to meet this standard and serve gluten free food safely.

  • AA and VisitEngland - Visitor ReadyThis badge displays a commitment to operating safely so consumers can visit with confidence.
Love pubs? Like walking? Read on...

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

Local Attractions

We’re lucky to have lots of attractions close by, so we thought we’d put a list together, in case you fancied heading along to one before or after you visit us.

Things to do near us
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