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The Chester Grosvenor
€192.30/ Night
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A landmark five-star hotel by the Eastgate Clock in the heart of walled Chester, owned by the Grosvenor Estate, with the Arkle restaurant and a thermal-suite spa.
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Award Winner 2017
World’s Best Classic Hotel
Need To Know
- 80 individually designed bedrooms and suites, including a Presidential Suite
- A Grade II-listed landmark in the heart of walled Chester, by the Eastgate Clock
- Owned by the Grosvenor Estate, with paintings from the family collection in the hotel
- Arkle (three AA Rosette) and the Parisian-style La Brasserie, plus a celebrated afternoon tea
- An intimate spa with a thermal suite and ELEMIS treatments; a small gym
- Steps from the Rows, the Roman walls, the cathedral and the amphitheatre
- Weddings and events for up to 200 guests
Check in - Check out
Check in from 14:00; check out before 12:00.
We Love
- The heritage — a Grade II-listed landmark built in the 1860s for the Grosvenor family, owned by the Grosvenor Estate, on a site that has held an inn since the days of Elizabeth I.
- The location — in the heart of the walled city by the famous Eastgate Clock, steps from the Rows, the Roman walls, the cathedral and the amphitheatre.
- The dining — Arkle, the hotel's three-rosette flagship restaurant and its seasonal tasting menus, alongside the Parisian-style La Brasserie and a celebrated afternoon tea.
- The spa — an intimate thermal suite with a crystal steam room, herb sauna, salt grotto, ice fountain and foot baths, with ELEMIS treatments and a small gym.
- The rooms — 80 individually designed bedrooms and suites, traditional and comfortable, many with deep baths and marble bathrooms, the grandest with city views.
Key Features
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€192.30 for 1 Night
Location
Address
The Chester Grosvenor, Eastgate, Cheshire, CH1 1LT, England
Travel Info
The Chester Grosvenor stands on Eastgate in the heart of the walled city, steps from the Rows, the cathedral and the Roman walls. The pedestrian centre means no hotel car park, but valet parking is available. Chester station is a 15-minute walk.
Last Updated: 2026-06-17
Expert Review
Origins
The Chester Grosvenor stands on a site that has welcomed travellers for more than four centuries. An inn stood here during the reign of Elizabeth I; by the eighteenth century it was the Golden Talbot, and in 1784 it was rebuilt as the Royal Hotel. In 1815 it was bought by Robert Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor and later 1st Marquess of Westminster, who renamed it the Grosvenor Hotel and set about making it the city's premier place to stay.
The building that stands today was raised between 1863 and 1866 for the Grosvenor family, to designs by Thomas Mainwaring Penson, one of Chester's most influential architects, in the black-and-white timbered style for which the city is known. Grade II listed and still owned by the Grosvenor Estate, it remains Chester's grand hotel — all chessboard marble, grand staircase and a great crystal chandelier, hung with paintings from the family's own collection. Generations of royalty and notable guests have passed through its doors since it opened in 1865.
Today it holds 80 individually designed bedrooms and suites behind that landmark facade, traditional and comfortable rather than design-led, many with marble bathrooms and deep baths. Its dining has long been the city's finest: Arkle, the flagship restaurant, serves contemporary British tasting menus at three AA Rosette level under chef Sam Griffiths, while the Parisian-style La Brasserie offers relaxed all-day dining and a Champagne bar, and the Arkle Bar and Lounge is the home of a celebrated Chester afternoon tea. Add an intimate spa with a crystal steam room and salt grotto, and a position in the very heart of the walled city by the Eastgate Clock, and the Grosvenor remains Chester's most storied address.
Top Secret
Ask for a room on the street-facing front of the hotel for a view of Chester's ornate Eastgate Clock — said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben — and, from the upper floors, a glimpse of the cathedral, floodlit at night. The hotel sits right beside the Eastgate steps, so you can climb straight up onto the Roman walls from the door and walk the full circuit of the city before breakfast.
The Review
The Chester Grosvenor is the grande dame of Chester hotels — a Grade II-listed landmark in the heart of the walled city, built in the 1860s for the Grosvenor family and still owned by the Grosvenor Estate. It is traditional rather than contemporary, and proudly so: an impeccably dressed doorman, chessboard marble underfoot, a staircase winding around a vast crystal chandelier, and paintings from the family collection on the walls. This is old-school grand-hotel Chester, done with real conviction.
The 80 rooms and suites are classically furnished and comfortable, many with marble bathrooms and deep baths, the grandest with views over the Eastgate Clock. Downstairs, the dining is the city's best known: Arkle, the flagship, for a serious tasting-menu dinner; La Brasserie for relaxed Parisian-style all-day dining and Champagne; and the Arkle Bar and Lounge for one of Chester's favourite afternoon teas. The intimate spa, with its crystal steam room, salt grotto and thermal suite, is a welcome retreat after a day on the walls.
The location is the clincher. You step from the door straight onto the Eastgate and the Roman walls, with the Rows, the cathedral and the amphitheatre all within a few minutes' walk. It suits those who want a grand, traditional city-centre base with serious food and genuine history rather than a boutique or design stay — and for that, in Chester, nothing else quite compares. The Grosvenor remains the city's most storied hotel.
