Guests to the U.Ok usually suppose they’ll discover the very best resorts in cosmopolitan capital cities reminiscent of London or Edinburgh.
Nonetheless, on our in depth travels all through the U.Ok we’ve found that a few of the finest resorts – each for high quality and vibe – could be discovered within the U.Ok’s smaller cities and cities. The Resort Indigo Chester is an ideal instance of this.
It’s a just lately opened, luxurious boutique resort with a heat welcoming really feel that’s near all the most important sights Chester has to supply. Plus, with a wonderful restaurant selling a ‘discipline to fork’ philosophy and conventional British meals, you’ll get pleasure from among the finest meals you’ll discover throughout your journey across the U.Ok.
Overview
The centrally positioned Resort Indigo Chester opened in 2019 and its design and decor goals to emulate its historic environment. It efficiently combines the intimate charms of a boutique resort with the standard and facilities you’d anticipate finding from IHG, one of many world’s largest hospitality teams.
There are 75 rooms to select from and this small variety of rooms ensures visitors will get pleasure from a extremely personalised stage of customer support. The wonderful customer support significantly impressed us throughout our latest keep.
Should you’ve stayed in Indigo Resorts earlier than, you’ll know that no two resorts are the identical as every property is designed to slot in with its environment. Indigo resorts do not need the identical format, color scheme or decor – one thing different chain resorts insist upon and which travellers shortly become bored with.
Due to this fact, you received’t really feel as in case you’re staying in a generic, could-be-anywhere resort if you select an Indigo Resort. At Resort Indigo Chester, you’ll get individually styled, excessive class lodging in a central handy location for a really affordable price.
Location
The resort is within the coronary heart of historic Chester and is well accessible by highway and rail. It’s simply over 600 metres on foot from Chester rail station and it sits on a aspect highway off the most important A51 highway by way of Chester.
All the town’s principal sights are inside strolling distance of the resort. It’s an 800 metre stroll to the Rows, Chesters’ well-known two-tiered black and white timber buildings and 800 metres to the two,000 yr previous metropolis partitions. The favored Storyhouse Theatre is just below 1 km away and Chester’s finest procuring streets are inside a 5 minute stroll.
You may also stroll to Chester Racecourse (also called The Roodee) which is the oldest still-in-use racecourse in England. Should you’re on the town when the races are on, we extremely suggest experiencing this widespread, cultural occasion.
In case you are visiting Chester by automotive, the biggest designer outlet shopping center within the U.Ok, Cheshire Oaks, is a 15 minute drive from the resort and the world-famous Chester Zoo is simply 10 minutes away by automotive.
Rooms
The 75 completely different rooms are subtly adorned in 3 completely different themes impressed by Chester’s wealthy historical past and heritage.
Every spacious room affords comfy Hypnos beds which give an incredible night time’s sleep. The resorts’ quiet location and the addition of black out curtains on the home windows additional enhance your possibilities of a superb relaxation.
You may select between rooms with a King sized mattress or twin beds for two individuals or two double beds for 4 individuals. Interconnecting rooms can be found for households and teams and there are a number of rooms that are accessible by wheelchair customers.
All of the rooms provide luxurious Egyptian cotton linens, excessive velocity Wi-Fi, air con and a 40 inch flat display screen TV with constructed – in Chromecast. There’s a desk, mini fridge, tea and low making amenities and a secure in every room.
I favored the quirky additional particulars reminiscent of the colorful wall artwork, bedding throw and particularly the quaint Bakelite telephones on the bedside tables.
The trendy spa-style bogs characteristic a walk-in rainfall bathe and luxurious Molten Brown toiletries. Fluffy towels are a should for me and the resort didn’t let me down!
All visitors can get pleasure from a complimentary newspaper plus free water, milk, popcorn and cookies within the mini fridge (which is replenished each day).
This consideration to element creates a homely really feel, additional helped by the big home windows which flood the rooms with gentle.
We stayed in a bigger deluxe room which had the added bonus of robes, slippers and a Nespresso espresso machine. Subsequent time we go to we could deal with ourselves to the King Premium Deluxe room which boasts a modern-style 4 poster mattress, a roll high tub and even your personal non-public balcony with seating.
With normal King mattress rooms ranging from as little as £101 per night time, we thought the rooms have been distinctive worth for cash for his or her dimension, high quality and facilities.
Breakfast is obtainable for a further price and there are each continental and sizzling plate choices (for an English breakfast). We discovered the meals recent and various and it was a perfect technique to set us up for an extended day of sightseeing.
Facilities
Eating
Resort Indigo Chester has a 70-seater restaurant referred to as The Forge, an opulent bar and a non-public eating room for particular events.
The Forge serves conventional British meals with a contemporary twist and solely makes use of British elements, that are domestically sourced wherever attainable. It has an open kitchen (so you may see your meals being cooked) which specialises in grilling and roasting over oak and beech logs and charcoal for that extra-special distinctive style.
The fine-dining restaurant prides itself on its dry-aged beef and wild venison so it was too good a chance to overlook! We loved dishes of pork stomach for a starter adopted by succulent lamb and Suffolk wagyu fillet steak served with caramelised cauliflower, bbq oyster mushroom and black garlic ketchup. It was sensational and fairly priced for the amount and high quality of meals we loved.
Visitors also can entry a 24-hour room service with a full menu (which is uncommon for small metropolis centre resorts).
The Forge restaurant is open on a regular basis from 7 am till 10 pm. Pre-booking is suggested because the restaurant is widespread with native diners in addition to resort visitors.
The Forge Bar
I beloved the fashionable, Artwork-Deco really feel to this bar. Its plush velvet chairs have been simply what I wanted to calm down in after an extended day strolling round Chester.
The bar affords a artistic choice of cocktails, a number of draught craft beers, plus a spread of spirits and mushy drinks. You may also order small (or extra hearty bar snacks) reminiscent of crumpets, rosemary focaccia, a wild venison Scotch egg or a venison and wagyu beef burger.
The Forge Bar is open on a regular basis from 10 am till 1 am.
Parking
Sadly, there isn’t parking out there on-site however fee-paying parking is obtainable close by in an APOCA public automotive park.
Resort visitors pay a diminished parking price of £12.00 for twenty-four hours however this have to be organized and paid for by way of the resort.
Different facilities
Resort Indigo affords a dry cleansing service with choose up and drop off to your room, baggage storage and a raise which accesses all flooring.
Our opinion of Indigo Resort Chester
We’ve stayed in a number of Indigo Resort properties (their resort in York is one in every of our favourites within the U.Ok.), so we had excessive expectations for Resort Indigo Chester. It didn’t disappoint.
It had all the things we search for in a resort – a central easy-to-get-to location, nice design, good facilities, pleasant private service and a high quality mattress for a superb night time’s sleep. We thought the customer support was impeccable – Steve on reception and Archie behind the bar are belongings to the resort. The employees have been educated concerning the native space and are pleased to assist with insider suggestions for sightseeing.
The entire resort felt luxurious, enjoyable and, to us, the decor confirmed that the resort goes the additional mile to take care of its visitors. We didn’t count on the eye to element, the homely rooms and the little extras (reminiscent of free objects within the mini fridge) in a resort with such an inexpensive price ticket.
Should you’re visiting Chester – and even in case you’re simply searching for a fast stopover on an extended drive north or south – we extremely suggest staying on the Resort Indigo Chester.
We promise you received’t remorse it. We will certainly make a detour on our future journeys across the U.Ok. so we are able to benefit from the hospitality and amenities at Resort Indigo Chester as soon as once more.
Disclosure – Our keep at Resort Indigo Chester was complimentary. Nonetheless, all opinions and views expressed on this evaluate are totally our personal.
