The Forge

4.3

419 Reviews

£26 to £40

Contemporary British

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2 people

22 Nov 2024

22:30

Booked 7 times today

Experiences are available.

Good for special occasions
Fancy
Romantic

AA 2 Rosette restaurant. The Forge Restaurant in Chester is one of Chester’s best restaurants with delicious food and unrivalled service. With a passion for wild, sustainable British ingredients, and a love of simple cooking over fire and charcoal. The Forge has its kitchen front and centre in the middle of this lovely, and elegant space. Incredible dry-aged beef and wild venison will be found in the maturation cabinets, awaiting their turn on the amazing forge grill, to be lovingly grilled and roasted over beech logs. Head chef Dan Regan, a passionate chef, heads up the young, vibrant team in the kitchen. Combining amazing, wild, sustainable ingredients from land and sea into sumptuous creations that form really memorable eating experiences. We focus on British ingredients, as local to Chester. Our venison, always a hugely popular part of our menus, is harvested from herds on estates that focus on improving biodiversity and deer health – a process we call Farming the Wild.

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Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Contemporary British, British, Northwest British
Hours of Operation
Mon–Thu 6:00 pm–9:30 pm Wed–Sat 12:00 pm–2:00 pm Fri, Sat 6:00 pm–9:45 pm Sun 1:00 pm–8:30 pm
Phone number
01244 735765
Website
https://theforgechester.co.uk/
Payment Options
Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Business Casual
Executive Chef
Dan Regan
Private party facilities
The Private Dining Room at The Forge is special. Seating up to 10 guests in sumptuous comfort, you can enjoy the fantastic feasting-style menus that our incredibly talented chefs will prepare.
Private party contact
Marzia Faraci: 01244 735745

Location
The Forge, Grosvenor Park Road, Chester, Cheshire CH1 1QQ
Area
Chester
Parking details
None
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Outdoor Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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Experiences

Lunch with Cocktails
£40.00 per person
Multiple dates available
The Forge Chester, our lunch with cocktail experience is a way to spend with your friends or family. Choose three cocktails from a locally-sourced unique menu as well an incredible main dish or four smaller plates. Catch up with loved ones in a relaxed atmosphere and let our team take care of you.
Set Lunch with complimentary glass of bubbles
£29.00 per person
Multiple dates available
Seasonal 3-course set Lunch is available Wednesday to Saturday 12 - 2.30 pm and comes with a glass of bubbles for each diner.
Monday night offer menu
£35.00 per person
20 Dec 2023 - 20 Dec 2024
Monday's done right £70.00 for two people Choose any two main courses plus two sides and a bottle of house wine from our a la carte menu.

What 419 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.3

4.3 based on recent ratings

4.4Food
4.4Service
4.4Ambience
4Value

Noise • Moderate

Diners' Choice Awards

Cheshire
Innovative
Cheshire
Great for creative cocktails
Cheshire
Good for special occasions
Chester
Good for business meals
Chester
Great for fine wines
Chester
Good for special occasions
Chester
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Review summary

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The Forge offers a delightful dining experience with "fantastic food" and a "great atmosphere." Guests praise the "exquisite" dishes and "attentive staff." While the steaks and Sunday roasts receive high accolades, the open kitchen and creative presentations add to the charm. Ideal for special occasions, though some find it "a little pricey."

419 Reviews

S
Shelley
North Wales
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined 5 days ago
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Lovely dinner for Son’s 21st thank. Great cocktails fabulous food and great service. Thank you.
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Melanie
Manchester
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 10 November 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Amazing meal, we had a beef roast. We added cauliflower cheese and dirty mash, which were a great addition. Beef was superb. Roast potatoes were real!! Gravy was phenomenal. Not quite enough of it, but staff were happy to bring over more.
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Alex
Cheshire
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on 27 October 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 4
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 3
Food/drinks were delicious but food was a little overpriced. We were also given conflicting information about being provided a free drink for downloading the Lifestyle Concierge app (one waiter said it allowed any free drink but another said wine only, this wasn’t made clear until after I’d ordered a different drink). It also wasn’t specified that the vegetarian dinner wouldn’t come with the usual veg, potatoes etc. so it definitely wasn’t worth being the same price as a full roast dinner
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Alan
London
7 reviews
4.0
7 reviews
Dined on 24 October 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
It was a group booking on a ghost tour. The menu didn’t look inviting but when the food arrived we were pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed
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Ann
Norfolk/Suffolk
14 reviews
5.0
14 reviews
Dined on 23 October 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Very friendly staff. Food and service was excellent
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Emma
Liverpool
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 19 October 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Absolutely spot on with everything The steak was amazing Would highly recommend
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Helen
Cheshire
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 18 October 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The food , staff and overall experience was outstanding. It certainly was the icing on the cake to celebrate my husband’s 70th birthday. Well done everyone.
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Tim
Cheshire
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 7 October 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Treated ourselves to a sharing steak as a special occasion. Wasn't disappointed. Steak sublime and accompaniments lovely.
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Garry
Cheshire
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 6 October 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Wonderful food, great atmosphere and very efficient staff who where warm and welcoming, would recommend the Forge as a 5 star place to dine
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Angela
Cheshire
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on 29 September 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 3
My Son and I have visited the Forge on several occasions and we were considering Christmas Lunch at The Forge this year. We visited yesterday 29 September at 6pm for Sunday Lunch. The food was of a good quality and very tasty. However, on this occasion we were very disappointed with the portion size of our starter and desert. Although we see that the elegant presentation of a dish is very important. We chose the lamb starter and the white chocolate mouse for desert The lamb was presented as the size of the end of my teaspoon being, one very small piece. So small, in-fact that you could hardly taste it! The white chocolate mouse again being just the size of a teaspoon. In the past we have looked forward to dinning at The Forge, however, we may have to look else where in the future.
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The Forge is rated 4.3 stars by 419 OpenTable diners.

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2 people

22 Nov 2024

22:30

Booked 7 times today

Experiences are available.

The Forge, Grosvenor Park Road, Chester, Cheshire CH1 1QQ

Additional information

Area
Chester
Hours of Operation
Mon–Thu 6:00 pm–9:30 pm Wed–Sat 12:00 pm–2:00 pm Fri, Sat 6:00 pm–9:45 pm Sun 1:00 pm–8:30 pm
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Contemporary British, British, Northwest British
Dining style
Casual Elegant
Dress code
Business Casual
Parking details
None
Payment Options
Mastercard, Visa
Executive Chef
Dan Regan
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Outdoor Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
https://theforgechester.co.uk/
Phone number
01244 735765
Private party facilities
The Private Dining Room at The Forge is special. Seating up to 10 guests in sumptuous comfort, you can enjoy the fantastic feasting-style menus that our incredibly talented chefs will prepare.
Private party contact
Marzia Faraci: 01244 735745

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The Forge

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Private dining

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Lunch with Cocktails

Set Lunch with complimentary glass of bubbles

Monday night offer menu

Snacks

Wild Venison Scotch Egg£8.00

Fried Squid£7.50

BBQ Padron Peppers£6.50

Starters

8 hour braised pig cheek£12.00

North sea scallop£13.50

BBQ heirloom pumpkin £10.00

Cornish crab£13.00

Mains

Scottish monkfish£26.00

BBQ miatake mushroom£20.00

Scottish highland venison£28.00

Roast Cumbrain chicken£26.00

Dry Aged Beef

To Share

Angus, Hereford and Devon

Sauces

Red Wine Jus

Blue Cheese Sauce

Peppercorn Sauce

Butters

Confit Garlic

Truffle & Chive

Side Dishes

Glazed Chantenay Carrots and Curried Nuts

Dirty Mash

Triple Cooked Chips

BBQ broccoli, brown butter, pickled shallot£6.00

Beetroot, burrata, burnt allium£6.00

Desserts

Chocolate Mousse£10.00

Lavender creme brulee£10.00

Lemon tart£10.00

Selection of cheeses£14.00

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