The Cabinet Club
Hidden cocktail bar
A hidden speakeasy-style bar tucked inside Liquor & Co on the Watergate Rows.
📍 31 Watergate St, Chester CH1 2LE
Date night: 4 bars
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Palm
Cocktail bar and eatery
A pink-barred eatery on Watergate Street that turns into a cocktail bar from 6pm, with more than 40 cocktails and small plates.
📍 31 Watergate St, Chester CH1 2LB
The Arkle Bar and Lounge
Hotel cocktail bar
The glamorous champagne and cocktail bar of the five-star Chester Grosvenor on Eastgate Street.
📍 The Chester Grosvenor, 56-58 Eastgate St, Chester CH1 1LT
The Guild
Cocktail bar and venue
A cocktail room with velvet booths in the former Holy Trinity Church on Watergate Street.
📍 Watergate St, Chester CH1 2LA
Map: date night
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Your questions
What are the best date night bars in Chester?
Start with The Cabinet Club, Palm, The Arkle Bar and Lounge and The Guild. Our full list has 4 bars.
More Chester bar guides
- Hidden and late-night barsHidden and late bars in Chester: tbc*, Liquor & Co, The Cabinet Club and Bishop Lloyd’s Ba
- Fun bars for groupsLively Chester bars for birthdays, hen and stag dos and nights out: tbc*, Liquor & Co, Pro
- Gin, rum, whisky and tequilaThe best Chester bars for gin, rum, whisky and agave: Providence Gin, The Arkle Bar and Lo
- Low and noWhere to get a good alcohol-free cocktail in Chester: Palm, Northgates and Be At One.
- Cocktail trailsReady-made Chester cocktail trails on foot, Watergate Street and The Cross and Northgate,
Who wrote this guide
This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run cocktail festivals in more than 20 towns and cities across the UK and Ireland and have worked with hundreds of bars since 2022. We love Chester's bars, so we put this guide together from our own research, recent awards and trusted local guides.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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