Popcorn Chester: St John Street bar, courtyard and sport

Popcorn

Popcorn ·CH1 1DA ·0.2 miles from The Cross

Closed · opens today at 12pm Popcorn 0.2 miles from The Cross

Best for you need a central bar near the Amphitheatre and Live sport

Good to know Cocktail Bar on Popcorn and dog-friendly

Avoid if you need a quiet glass of wine.

St John Street

Cocktail bar

Sports screens

Courtyard

Late-night

Is it your kind of place?

Go here if

You want a central bar near the Amphitheatre, Picturehouse and Eastgate side of town.
Live sport, cocktails, a courtyard, pool and late opening sound useful.
You are organising group drinks, a birthday, a hen-adjacent stop or a post-races drink.

Avoid if

You want a quiet glass of wine.
You need a proper dinner venue.
You dislike screens, music, big groups and late-night bar energy.

Book for groups, sport, private hire and the Gold Room. Treat food as secondary and check the current menu before relying on it.

In a paragraph

Popcorn is a St John Street bar in The Exchange for cocktails, live sport, courtyard drinks, pool, late nights, group bookings and the Gold Room karaoke / private-hire space.

What it's like

Popcorn sits in The Exchange on St John Street, close to the Roman Amphitheatre and city-walls side of town. It is a bar with its volume turned up: sport, cocktails, courtyard space, groups, late opening and enough screens to settle most match-day arguments.

Late cocktails, student-leaning noise

This is not a careful cocktail den and it is not a food plan. Use it when the group wants a lively central bar that can handle chatter, sport, pool, race-day spillover and staying out later than planned.

Worth knowing

Popcorn is useful when you want a lively city-centre bar with sport, courtyard drinks and group-night tools. It is not subtle, and it does not need to be. Just do not make it carry dinner or romance.