Guests to the U.Ok usually suppose they’ll discover one of the best lodges in cosmopolitan capital cities akin to London or Edinburgh.
Nonetheless, on our in depth travels all through the U.Ok we’ve found that among the finest lodges – each for high quality and vibe – will be discovered within the U.Ok’s smaller cities and cities. The Lodge Indigo Chester is an ideal instance of this.
It’s a just lately opened, luxurious boutique lodge with a heat welcoming really feel that’s near all the foremost sights Chester has to supply. Plus, with a wonderful restaurant selling a ‘subject to fork’ philosophy and conventional British meals, you’ll take pleasure in among the finest meals you’ll discover throughout your journey across the U.Ok.
Overview
The centrally situated Lodge 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 lodge 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 friends will take pleasure in a extremely personalised stage of customer support. The wonderful customer support significantly impressed us throughout our current keep.
If you happen to’ve stayed in Indigo Lodges earlier than, you’ll know that no two lodges are the identical as every property is designed to slot in with its environment. Indigo lodges shouldn’t have the identical structure, color scheme or decor – one thing different chain lodges insist upon and which travellers rapidly become bored with.
Due to this fact, you received’t really feel as in the event you’re staying in a generic, could-be-anywhere lodge once you select an Indigo Lodge. At Lodge Indigo Chester, you’ll get individually styled, excessive class lodging in a central handy location for a really cheap price.
Location
The lodge is within the coronary heart of historic Chester and is definitely 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 foremost A51 highway by Chester.
All town’s principal sights are inside strolling distance of the lodge. 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to the Rows, Chesters’ well-known two-tiered black and white timber buildings and 800 metres to the two,000 12 months outdated metropolis partitions. The favored Storyhouse Theatre is slightly below 1 km away and Chester’s finest purchasing streets are inside a 5 minute stroll.
You can too stroll to Chester Racecourse (often known as The Roodee) which is the oldest still-in-use racecourse in England. If you happen to’re on the town when the races are on, we extremely suggest experiencing this widespread, cultural occasion.
In case you are visiting Chester by automobile, the biggest designer outlet shopping center within the U.Ok, Cheshire Oaks, is a 15 minute drive from the lodge and the world-famous Chester Zoo is simply 10 minutes away by automobile.
Rooms
The 75 completely different rooms are subtly embellished in 3 completely different themes impressed by Chester’s wealthy historical past and heritage.
Every spacious room affords comfy Hypnos beds which offer an incredible night time’s sleep. The lodges’ quiet location and the addition of black out curtains on the home windows additional enhance your possibilities of a very good 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 pace 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 protected in every room.
I preferred the quirky additional particulars akin to the colorful wall artwork, bedding throw and particularly the quaint Bakelite telephones on the bedside tables.
The fashionable spa-style loos characteristic a walk-in rainfall bathe and luxurious Molten Brown toiletries. Fluffy towels are a should for me and the lodge didn’t let me down!
All friends can take pleasure in a complimentary newspaper plus free water, milk, popcorn and cookies within the mini fridge (which is replenished every day).
This consideration to element creates a homely really feel, additional helped by the massive home windows which flood the rooms with mild.
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 commonplace 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 offered for a further payment and there are each continental and scorching plate choices (for an English breakfast). We discovered the meals contemporary and diverse and it was a great option to set us up for an extended day of sightseeing.
Facilities
Eating
Lodge 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 components, that are domestically sourced wherever potential. It has an open kitchen (so you’ll be able to 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.
Friends may also entry a 24-hour room service with a full menu (which is uncommon for small metropolis centre lodges).
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 lodge friends.
The Forge Bar
I beloved the stylish, Artwork-Deco really feel to this bar. Its plush velvet chairs have been simply what I wanted to loosen up 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 gentle drinks. You can too order small (or extra hearty bar snacks) akin to 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 obtainable on-site however fee-paying parking is offered close by in an APOCA public automobile park.
Lodge friends pay a diminished parking price of £12.00 for twenty-four hours however this have to be organized and paid for by the lodge.
Different facilities
Lodge Indigo affords a dry cleansing service with choose up and drop off to your room, baggage storage and a carry which accesses all flooring.
Our opinion of Indigo Lodge Chester
We’ve stayed in a number of Indigo Lodge properties (their lodge in York is considered one of our favourites within the U.Ok.), so we had excessive expectations for Lodge Indigo Chester. It didn’t disappoint.
It had every thing we search for in a lodge – a central easy-to-get-to location, nice design, good facilities, pleasant private service and a high quality mattress for a very good night time’s sleep. We thought the customer support was impeccable – Steve on reception and Archie behind the bar are property to the lodge. The workers have been educated in regards to the native space and are completely happy to assist with insider suggestions for sightseeing.
The entire lodge felt luxurious, enjoyable and, to us, the decor confirmed that the lodge goes the additional mile to look after its friends. We didn’t anticipate the eye to element, the homely rooms and the little extras (akin to free gadgets within the mini fridge) in a lodge with such an inexpensive price ticket.
If you happen to’re visiting Chester – and even in the event you’re simply searching for a fast stopover on an extended drive north or south – we extremely suggest staying on the Lodge 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 Lodge Indigo Chester as soon as once more.
Disclosure – Our keep at Lodge Indigo Chester was complimentary. Nonetheless, all opinions and views expressed on this evaluate are solely our personal.