Beartown Tap in Cheshire East

First time there, Lovely friendly pub, will definitely be visiting again!

Great beer, fantastic beer garden, dog friendly, and good range of food on specific nights by street food providers.

Very friendly pub. Well worth a visit The only drawback for me is that the beer is not to my taste Many of the others I was with thought the beer was great

Cracking local serving Beartown Ales. Unassuming exterior but a charming interior with a great beer garden. They have ‘food truck’ style catering periodically and pretty good choice and great value, just like the drinks. Winner.

Beer never disappoints. Kodiak Gold deserves a medal!

Loved the Beartown tap last night. Lovely staff, great beers and different games on each table, which was a nice touch. There’s a lovely vibe in the pub and the background music is also excellent. The caramel stout was incredible and had bags of flavour. It also smelt incredible. Such a lovely pub with a big selection of craft beers and spirits.

Always a pleasure. Great beers, Friendly atmosphere.

Good selection of Beartown cask beers

Advertised pizza and a pint on Tuesdays. Looking forward to that but turned up and pizza man on holiday 🤷‍♂️ how about putting that information out there. Real ales in pretty ordinary condition too. So high expectations no where near met. Good job there a good number of alternatives in Congleton

Boothroyd made a great decision to come to the Beartown Tap. No Ginger Bear but great selection of their beers. Had a super pint of Skinfull Bitter. Super bar with stairs up to a snug and a second large room. Go down to a large rear beer garden. A CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2024 bar. Six real ales and a good cider selection. Had a hoot!

The Bear Town Tap in Congleton is a vibrant and lively pub that offers an exceptional entertainment experience. Known for its energetic atmosphere and eclectic offerings, it's a must-visit spot for anyone looking to enjoy a great night out in Congleton. One of the most remarkable aspects of the Bear Town Tap is its entertainment lineup. The pub frequently hosts live music events, featuring talented local bands and solo artists who bring a fantastic energy to the venue. These performances create an electric atmosphere that keeps patrons coming back for more. Additionally, the pub often organizes themed nights and special events, ensuring there's always something exciting happening. The Bear Town Tap also boasts an impressive selection of beverages. As a part of the local Bear Town Brewery, the pub offers a fantastic range of craft beers, ales, and ciders that are both unique and delicious. The knowledgeable staff are always on hand to recommend the perfect drink to suit your taste, and their passion for quality brews is evident in every pour. The pub's ambiance is another standout feature. With its cozy yet lively interior, the Bear Town Tap strikes a perfect balance between a welcoming local pub and a bustling entertainment venue. The decor is stylish yet unpretentious, and the seating arrangements cater to both intimate gatherings and larger groups. The friendly and attentive staff contribute significantly to the overall positive experience, ensuring that every visit is enjoyable. In terms of food, the Bear Town Tap doesn't disappoint. The menu features a variety of tasty options, from classic pub grub to more innovative dishes. The quality and presentation of the food are consistently praised, making it a great place to grab a bite while enjoying the entertainment. In summary, the Bear Town Tap in Congleton is an amazing destination that combines great drinks, delicious food, and top-notch entertainment. Whether you're a local or just passing through, this pub offers an unforgettable experience that will have you planning your next visit before you leave.

Great place. Excellent range of beers and super friendly staff.

Great music, good pints, and great food on different nights

Super place for a drink. A mix of traditional pub and a modern twist. The beers are mainly from their own brewery (and are good and varied)....some guest ales and always a friendly welcome.

Great place, service was really nice, friendly and knowledgeable, excellent selection of beers. The venue is a little precarious, especially getting out back after a few beers. All in all a great night.

Good selection of locally produced beers.

Lovely staff and we met Sam when we first moved here, great beer. Thank you

They have all of the local beers as there run by the local brewery. The outdoor venue is very surprising as its massive and you wouldn't know it was there with wooden decking outdoor bar and pizza station. Must have place to go in Congleton.

Lovely little bar/pub, independent as well. Spoke with an owner who is a lovely chap, told us a little story of this town (and bears). Decent prices, they do food pop ups. Highly recommend if you are visiting the area!

What a great place and most importantly fantastic beers. We only had a couple of hours in here but could have quite easily spent longer. Great selection of drinks and something for everyone. Will be paying you another visit soon 🍺

Lovely child and Dog friendly pub. Great selection of beers. Beartown as well as guest beers available

Looks simple enough out-front, but indoors and out back is lovely. The staff were great, greeting us from the moment we walked in and offering drink and food suggestions. The food is provided by pop-ups, so different each time and always tasty.

Friendly staff, great selection of their own ales plus loads of cans in the fridges. Card games on the tables, children and dogs welcome.

Must be one of the best pubs. Local brewed ales. Yummy 😋

Nice pub. The bar staff and the menu said that food is offered until 9,supposedly, but we went down at 8.30 and were told by the staff that they'd stopped serving food ,which was disappointing.

Lovely bar. Good atmosphere and live music on the Saturday, pleasant surroundings and decent beers though it's a pity there wasn't a mild or stout on. There was a menu on the table so we decided to order something so asked at the bar where we order. Was directed to a hatch outside where we were told they were no longer serving food! It was 8-15pm. You'd have thought the bar staff would have known and why leave the menus which don't have the serving times on them on the tables.

Mint beer and mint staff! Definitely recommend

A fantastic choice of various beers that can be hard to find in the UK

Some decent beers on Keg .. Cask needs a wider selection .. good venue for live music

A lovely building friendly easy going staff and beartow is fantastic anyway so...

Nice venue, visited twice now for the Congleton blues festival to watch The Marauders. It's a nice pub, beer garden is multilevel. Band is usually on the lower level with everbody viewing from Overhead. Gets very busy, bit crowded but great atmosphere. Has a pop up fresh pizza stall on occasion. Love the beartown ale, great pint.

Definitely worth a visit..something on most nights... street food night, pizza and a pint, quiz nights plus a band playing once a week.

Went to the pub quiz, which is on a Wednesday night, and had a fantastic evening. Definitely going back again. All the staff are friendly, polite and helpful.

One of my favourite pubs! Great selection of keg beers and bottles and always fantastic service always,happy to talk you through beers and give recommendations.

A great busy pub with a good fooding offering and live music at the weekend. Local street food at the weekend 😋

Very good pub with it's own excellent beers.

Amazing beer/ales. Street food Fridays are great

We were in Congleton for a wedding on sat. Great pub great beer great Street food. Went in because it's in the good beer guide.

Best pub in Congleton. Visit 2 or 3 times a week

Great local and brewery tap. Top service and nice beer garden down the precipitous staircase!

Fantastic venue, awesome beer fresh from the brewery.

Visited on 3 occasions and received excellent customer service from all the friendly bar staff. We also really enjoyed the food served by Pul'd Yorkshire pudding wraps 😋 pigs in blankets with roast potatoes & dipping gravy 😊

Amazing place very friendly staff great atmosphere and good selection of beer

Great Saturday night bands with a decent bit of food too. Great little place for a very well produced pint or two…or three.

Great pub. friendly and helpful staff. bog friendly with a nice out door space.

The destination for cask ale in Congleton. Thr only downside is it doesn't open until the chippy a couple of doors down has closed after lunch.

We visited the Beartown Tap with our two dogs when travelling through Congleton on our narrowboat. What a great place, dog friendly, a fantastic choice of both cask and keg ales for a good price, friendly locals, great atmosphere and a pub that attracts people of all ages. They occasionally have visiting street food vendors who take over the kitchen. The night we were there they had some Indo-Caribbean food on, nice food, cooked fresh, we were given a buzzer to let us know when it was ready, but we felt it was overpriced for what it was (see photo). The Beartown Tap is definitely somewhere to visit when in Congleton, it’s an ale drinker’s paradise. Worth noting they also offer the tasting paddles too. We’ll definitely make a return visit next time we’re in the area.

Loved it for Pizza and Pint night Tuesday! Great deal on the food nights and prices on drinks are good.

Great range of drinks both local and other serves by friendly staff with local craic.Food depends upon visiting food concessions so varies but oth times however that I ate were above average and interesting options ie indian,mexican etc. Live music occasionally too but I haven't been there when music was on. Worth a visit.

Excellent pub with great beer at good prices. A friendly and welcoming atmosphere, would recommend.

Been drinking here off and on for 20 years. It gets better as time goes on. It's a bit like the Tardis without Dr Who. You can travel in space and time on the Beartown beer!

Great pub a diamond in the rough

Brilliant pub, friendly staff, great choice of beers, we were there when serving street food.. delicious! Do not miss a visit to Beartown Tap 10/10

Great place, great beers, great service.

Best pub in Congleton hands down! Amazing beers, a great selection of spirits too, super friendly staff who make you feel very welcome and are more than happy to chat with you. Can't recommend enough! Love from, the Chess Guys

Great prices! Lovely staff, good vibes. Just sometimes you struggle to get a seat inside.

Great interior and really good beers on

Really friendly staff and a fantastic pub quiz! Great pub

Best place for real ales in Congleton, brilliant selection of beers and the food looked amazing. Always busy and set in a relaxing atmosphere and love the real fires during the winter to make it cosy.

All good , great beers ,excellent friendly staff

Never been in before but was recommended by Paul & Maria so called in for Saturday afternoon for drinks / darts Staff 10/10 drinks 10/10 can't wait to return for afternoon darts with friends

Fantastic pub with a great range of beers. The people who work here are excellent and really do make it a great pub

Great pub with decent beers and friendly staff. Thank you.

Called on Friday night to experience the "Sri Lanka" Street food. The food was great. The Beartown is a proper town centre pub. Very vibrant and friendly. Made up of several areas over a couple of floors with a very good outdoor area which is both warm and covered. Great venue.

Good pub with a solid selection of beers and a decent sized area at the back. Plenty going on throughout the week - pizza + pint on a Tuesday, quiz on a Wednesday, street food on a Friday etc. Well worth a visit.

Lovely place! On the small size so can get busy but everyone is lovely, nice staff, chilled environment. Quiz night on Wednesdays. Food looks good too.

16/10/22: a flying visit to the Beartown Brewery - The Den, as part of our down south return trip. Wish I'd have had more time and gone to the Tap. We'd been to Hemel Hempstead for the weekend staying with friends and had done a Bethnal Green Ale Trail. I thought as Beartown was on the way home, it'd be rude not to stop. What a brief, but fantastic experience and came away with quite a few goodies. We bought some fantastic favourites from The Den and had a quick look round the brewery, where a lot of the magic happens. We got Polar, Peach Melbear, Bluebeary, Inception, Creme Bearlee, Kahuna, Claws and Bruin's. Being a traditionalist and not liking change, I'm still to adapt to the new logo/branding, but it is growing on me. Beartown for the unknowing have an amazing selection of beers, with a taste to suit everyone. At The Den, which is separate to the Beartown Tap (around the corner) they offer a workspace for daily duties, OR just visit and sample as much as you want and taste the range of wonderfulness that they off on their 13 tapped lines (not all running). I've previously enjoyed (during lockdown) the beer tasting online session 'Hibearnation' which seem now to be reserved to monthly subscribers. I would be very happy to see the return for non-subscribers to enjoy tasting session at home as the boxes received were top notch, paired with tasty treats and the 'talk' exceptional! Thanks to the chap at The Den I also managed to bag a few 'pump toppers' which I have mounted and will be displayed in our home bar The Dog House MMXXI (Insta)

Lovely pub, great outdoor space. Especially love the pizza night they have on a Tuesday.

My favourite pub, always a friendly welcome

Lovely quirky pub with great beer and selection of drinks along with an amazing outdoor space ❤️

Beer top class but ran out of cider ( a one off). Friendly pub, table a " bit sticky" don't forget to rinse your cloth. I'll go again with the lads.

Lovely friendly place with very knowledgeable staff. The beers are reasonably priced and very well looked after (as you would expect). Nice decor, they have bar games and the outdoor area is excellent. They only do food a couple of days a week though.

Loved this venue, set over multiple levels, the area out the back is great for live music. Really loved the Jazz&Blues festival here. They also have a catering area with a selection of 'street food' vendors that rotate every few weeks. The street food vendors are great and they've also stated offering their own food, in addition Reasonably priced, also good for a quiet early evening beer. The Wood Fired Pizza on a Tuesday is great, and goes with a Pizza+Pint deal

Beer excellent entertainment amazing bar staff so helpful. I recommend it to anyone.

Great Pub, first visit, interesting place.

Great bar with excellent beer and cider and a great outdoor area. Highly recommend

Good choice of beers, good service and music outside on a warm summers evening. ( The music inside was a bit loud ). 🙂

Excellent beer, great terrace. Pizzas looked great!

Went for the street food event on Fri drinks are really good selections but food for pulled pork wrap and beef brisket butty without the "butty" and wrap only one small tiny child portion but £7 per portion felt over priced. Maybe just go for drinks instead or get some big lads to order yrs food just to be safe to get the equal portion!

Great pub, friendly staff, lovely outdoor space. Great selection of beers 🍻

Lovely environment and very friendly service, nice drinks, good prices Has darts :)

All round great pub, place looks great, nice selection of drinks and tasty food

Lager is lovely the place is great

If I lived here I'd imagine this would be my local. Great beer, and very friendly/helpful staff.

Amazing beer and brilliant service. No food but happy to help us ordering food in! Cannot praise enough.

The Beartown Tap is a great local pub. It has a range of fantastic beers, the staff are welcoming and have a good knowledge of beers. It has a great beer garden to the rear. A highlight in Congleton and a worthy recommendation.

Very friendly quaint pub. Great ales.

Nice pub and good local beer. Really liked there Bitter

Fab place, great staff, drinks and street food

So chilled. Food is always brill.

Loved it! Attended a wedding reception here and the staff were fantastic at making everyone feel welcome and making sure we all had a good time. Amazing selection of beers and fantastic outside space as well.

Nice pub, good atmosphere, good beer

Great selection of local made beers

Warm welcome. And the beers are top notch. Large outdoor area. Rooms upstairs. Throughly recommend

The pizza and pint night and the events nights are great!

Beartown are one of the best local breweries, offering some of the nicest and most interesting ales going - South Cheshire, North Staffs and Shropshire have some top class breweries between them. We dropped by recently after a meal at the brilliant Four Friends (Tibetan) in town, I had a pint of the absolutely cracking Creme Bearlee. Now I've been selfless and done a lot of product testing of this one, and I must say in a way the variance in flavours across the pints does assure me that it's not some mass-automation piss-swill plant like say a Budweiser. The pub clearly knows how to keep their ale and had some really interesting Neon Raptor guests on, which were enjoyable. Keep doing what you're doing guys, maybe avoid Brew Dog!

Very friendly and helpful staff.

Good selection of beer, friendly pub.

Always love visiting the Tap! The outside area is definitely one of my favourites 🍻

Brilliant little pub with very friendly and helpful staff. Highly recommended for both bears and humans.