PESTO AT THE YACHT in Cheshire West and Chester

Fantastic experience at Pesto at the Yacht! Delicious food, friendly staff, and a cozy atmosphere. Everything was perfect – highly recommend!

Lovely evening. Food delicious, atmosphere great, staff fab. Highly recommend.

Excellent Tapas Restaurant. Choose between the fixed price selections of 3 Tapas, or just chose from the A la carte menu. Excellent selection of drinks to.

I've been a couple of times now, so feel I can leave a well balanced review. My second visit wasn't as good as the first and that was down to two factors that worse. Firstly, the service was slow throughout the visit, it took up to 10mins to get seated. Another 30mins for our sever to take our drinks order and our food took an age to arrive. Normally this is because the restaurant is busy and all, but there were multiple empty tables around us, so that couldn't be it, perhaps an off night?.. Secondly, the food was amazing for me and the wife, just a tad undercooked for my mother in law. Which, by the way, our server dealt with this professionally! Easily fixed and nothing above will stop me from going again, I just love the food too much.

We went for an evening meal, we hadn’t booked but Tasha our server found us a perfect spot in the restaurant and was very accommodating, her service was excellent and our food was lovely, we will be returning soon! x

Excellent food.great value Lovely staff.

We visited on a very busy Saturday night to celebrate our daughter's birthday. Kate looked after us and all of us thought she was so lovely. Friendly, efficient and professional. Five of us including a 4 year old. Food was good as were the drinks but it was Kate who made the evening for us all. She sorted food, drinks, took pictures and served my daughter's birthday cake as well as being very busy with other customers. Recommend booking as it was very busy. Plenty of car parking.

Husband and I had lunch today at pesto at the yacht.Been several times never disappointed with staff or food. Today we served once again by Kacey u who was pleasant took time to chat to us while making sure we had everything we needed.Well done kacey your a credit to Pesto.

Always great food and service, reccomend 2/3 dishes each and of course a desert. Staff are always friendly, helpful and efficient. Can be a littke expensive once you add drinks on but its worth it.

Sometimes you strike gold. On a trip to Cheshire to find hotel we’re staying in had a so-so restaurant. Found Pesto at the Yacht on Google Maps, just around the corner; why not give it a try. So we did! WOW! Went back the following evening too. Tapas style Italian, what a great idea. Shame it’s not nationwide ☹️.

One of our favourite places to eat. Visited many times and love how there are new items on the menu to try. Setting is lovely and Kacey who served us was lovely. She was so polite and chatty and the prefect host, thank you. Enjoyed our visit and will always come back.

Great place, very affordable food, but extremely expensive on drinks

We enjoyed our Pesto meal at The Yacht last night very much. The food was both delicious and nutritious, high quality, well-prepared and presented, and the staff were friendly and helpful. We appreciated the range of choice, especially as vegetarians/vegans. The six little dishes between us were perfect - full of flavour, colour and different textures. Lovely!

Lovely food, great service which is quick and pleasant. One of my favourite restaurants

Been many times at various times

'Trapped' in a great hotel, but with an expensive restaurant, TA once again saved the day by showing me that 'Pesto at the Yacht Inn' was literally just down the road - and what a GREAT find it was. I rarely give 5-Stars; I'm not someone who gushes over somewhere just because they have nice crockery - Pesto has earned the highest praise. A quick look over the online menu before setting off made me convinced that the there was a typo in the prices - everything was ~£6. However, all became clear when you realise that its Tapas-style (which I love) but with Italian cuisine (which I LOVE). That LUV only deepened as I passed a board on the way in that was advertising 3 dishes for less than £15! Quickly, and professionally, seated in an already-busy restaurant (it was only 5:30pm), the staff were extremely attentive and service rapid. For someone who hates the sight of a massive bowl of pasta served by restaurants who confuse quantity with quality, Pesto definitely concentrates on the latter - the food was simply superb, great job Chef. The portions are effectively starter-sized, so the Insalata Caprese and Calamari Fritti dished were a perfect amount, very good quality and extremely well cooked Calamari. The pasta dish (Maccheroni Cacio Con 'Nduja) was piping hot and delicious; I barely had room for Tiramisu (but, there's ALWAYS room for Tiramisu ;-) ) This is a great restaurant, the fact that it's an old pub just adds to the charm - highly recommended.

Great food great decor, great price. Worth a visit

Tasty tapas at friendly prices with ample parking.

Service was very good when we went. Food was clearly cooked fresh and arrived quickly.

Good all-round but full order delivered at the same time leading to a very cluttered table the saving grace was we were only 3 at the table

The food was lovely however we had a very rude server and had to wait ages for our drinks and orders to be taken. We asked several times for our food to be taken by a number of people only to be told rudely that only our server was allowed to speak to us. The waitress who brought our food over was absolutely lovely however the tall male waiter taking our orders was very rude to us several times making comments on our orders etc, I am very disappointed as I normally have a lovely experience here. Not happy.

Amazing food with a huge choice, with very knowledgeable staff..I cant wait to come back xxx

First time visiting, excellent service, loads to choose from and a great atmosphere. I love the fact it's a tapas Italian menu. We ordered 3 dishes each (two adults two children), everything came at the same time and we had a feast. We all shared each other's food so we really got a variety of food to try. Will definitely be back again. The price was great as well, 12 dishes, 8 drinks with 4 deserts came to just £105. Excellent value. Just a sample of what we had and recommend. Linguine al cartoccio con gamberoni Gamberi fritti in pastella Panzerotti Spaghetti al ragú Bolognese Bruschetta funghi Pizzetta al pesto e funghi

Disgusting service, Mark the waiter very rude, upset with the tip we left, snatched card machine out of my 81 year old fathers hand

Poor service, waited long time for drinks to be brought to table, waitress was hardly seen, colleagues had to fill in for her (busy on mobile !) Food was however excellent

Really enjoyed the meal you get to try some different food this is highly recommended

Always good food at the Pesto establishments and no different here. nicely refurbished and very different from its past look as The Yacht. Busy, so service wasn't quite on point but our waitress was genuinely lovely, made us feel very welcome (didn't get her name, slim, dark haired, European accent) All in all an excellent experience

Loved this place for a fun night out with friends.

Great place. Highly recommend. Very tasty food. All staff members friendly and polite.

A friend and I met up for lunch here and we were both very impressed with the whole dining experience. We booked in for 1pm on a Friday and found it to be busy but not so much that it was crowded or loud. I'm a wheelchair user so added to the booking a note to say we needed a ground floor table (it's multi-level) with no issues.There was plenty of parking and easy access for those with mobility issues. The food comes in a tapas style with smaller portions which encourages you to try different options. All the food we had was fantastic and very reasonably priced for an above average establishment. Service was excellent (our waitress was Emily) very attentive but not overbearing . All in all I would really recommend for anyone who likes Italian, we'll certainly be back :)

Tuesday 27/8/24 We hadn’t booked and even though we could have a table for just under two hours, you would think we were a party of 20 asking for a table. Awful first impression , will not be recommending or returning. After talking to a few local residents they all said the same , the service isn’t what it used to be

Decided not to stay as first impressions were v poor.....

Love coming here, the food is always good, we didn't have to wait long. Our server Marcus was very friendly and welcoming.

Not quite sure what’s gone on at Pesto at the Yacht Chester which was one of our favourite regular restaurants as we love the different array of dishes and how good they are. We booked last night as hadn’t visited for a while due to ill health so thought we’d have a treat. Although the waiter was lovely service was in disarray I received my Bruschetta starter with 3 of my main tapas dishes, my partner received 2 mains no starter so after waiting we called the waiter to ask where the rest of order was. Instead of checking his note pad he went to his phone to look at the menu? We then eventually got the rest of our tapas and late starter only to be met by a lovely length of plastic wrap in my fish cake. Again the waiter was called and he removed the dish with an apology. Then dessert time. Lemon torte cheesecake which normally has a crispy base was soggy my other half likes the tiramisu with a shot of amaretto poured over it which he ordered with the dessert. The dessert arrived …..no amaretto now the waiter was watching the tables so we thought it will be here in a moment,,, no we waited and waited by which time my partner just tucked in as I was finishing up. Halfway through eating it arrived so told them to return it as dessert was nearly eaten. After speaking to the manager he then refunded my fish cakes and the amaretto and dessert! I thought he could have done better to be honest . Disappointed to say in the least.

The food at Pesto was delicious, well priced and arrived in good time. My husband and I agreed that the affogato desert was the best we’ve had. The service (from our waiter Nacno) was excellent. He was very attentive, efficient and professional. The servers carrying the extremely large trays of tapas also did a brilliant job, particularly the young lady that served our table. Overall we had a thoroughly enjoyable evening, I would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys Italian tapas style food.

We had a little get together with Friends last night, the food was lovely, the service & Staff was First Class & the atmosphere was Brilliant. keep up the excellent work

Excellent food, service, choice, value! Highly recommend for couples, family or groups. Our server Mark was very helpful and friendly, efficient too. We will be back soon😋

Brilliant option for takeaway food. Very relevant for treating elderly relatives to restaurant food at home when travelling out becomes more challenging. Will definitely order again. Thankyou.

Very good service and a lovely dining experience. Happy to customise my food and Marcus was a very helpful server. Thank you, see you soon.

Great meal as usual, the portions seem to have got larger😀

Excellent food and service. Good value for money and great choice of food

As an Italian I’m very critical when it comes down to Italian food abroad but I have to admit that despite it wasn’t mum’s food, it was a really good experience. Portions not overly massive, really tasty and close to a real Italian meal. Went for the three course menus and enjoyed all we ordered. Price wise absolutely good. Highly recommended. Service over the top !!!!

Really enjoyed the Food value for money and great service.

Super busy but quick service and great food.

Service great, but for an Italian restaurant, I thought the cardboard pizzas were terrible.

Great food. Good atmosphere. Our server was wonderful. A bit warm upstairs... Maybe some fans or Aircon? Go here if you want an excellent meal.

Small plates so you can have as many as you want. Most people will get 3

Food was lovely, everything was not so great, staff were more bothered flirting with each other than to actually come and take a drinks order from us at the start. Halfway through our food we ordered drinks again which didn’t arrive, we finished our food and asked for the bill ready to go at this point just wanting to forget about the drinks, at this point the waitress thinks it’s a good time to finally bring said drinks over instead of knocking them off the bill. Could hear the kitchen/chefs music all the way through the meal which didn’t add to what is meant to be a nice atmosphere. Disappointing as usually the staff are spot on.

After a bad experience we went back and its amazing food and good service and the cherry bakewell cocktail is amazing

Very enjoyable food good, young waiter very personable.

The rating speaks for itself. A stay in a nearby hotel whilst visiting Chester zoo we came across this eatery. The online booking was easy and recommended. Service was excellent, atmosphere was friendly and comfortable, the choice and menu setup was excellent, ideal for a family party ranging in age from 10 to 66. The food itself was excellent. The staff were professional, friendly and very helpful, a special note for Joe our server for the evening. Bar with good selection of drinks, cash and card accepted, plenty parking, toilets and easy access to.

Really enjoyed the food but there seem to be a lack of servers. It took some time for our orders to be taken and also for it to arrive.

Extremely busy, that should tell you how good it is, considering its out of the way.

Came out for my Daughters 25th Birthday. Service was so poor. Only had 1 drink and waitress never call past to see if we were OK. The whole experience took an age....very disappointed

Love the concept. Absolute perfect.

Too busy the microwave must have been going mad

Recommended to us by our b&b host and we was not disappointed..... excellent value for money, great food, great service..... if we lived closer we would be back again!

Lovely food as always good service

Nice food, love the small plates aspect where you can choose multiple different dinners. The only downside was the dessert selection it was very limited. If you don't like ice cream or sorbet you have a choice of 3 or 4 maybe.

Lovely food and drink. Friendly staff Nice atmosphere

Didn't eat in but collected online takeaway from here. Food nice but pricey for a smaller portion. Collection quick and easy.

Great food, great service at the right prices.. I can't say much more really, they ticked all the boxes.

Such a lovely place,great service, and food

Fantastic food reasonable price great service top of the pops

Food excellent and service prompt bringing the food, after that though service disappointing or should I say non existent as we would have liked a coffee etc. disappointing.

We waited 10mins to be seated then when seated we were waiting to be served but they just kept walking past and serving other people when they came in after us will not be going back there again you should never judge a book by its cover

All the Pesto restaurants we have visited are very good

Service is fine. However, all the food isn't good. There is an Italian restaurant , unfortunately, the dishes aren't really good.

We went as a group of four and had a great time. Staff were very friendly and helpful with lovely food.

Had such a lovely welcome. Range of menu was superb and would go back for the service.

Amazing food. A huge thank you to all the staff but especially to Mark Mcgrath for helping to make a wonderful occasion (birthday/retirement) so memorable

Really popular, loads of choice and reasonable prices, great service from staff

The Wife dragged me here and I was pleasantly surprised, Although the food sizes are slightly small you will leave full. Every dish we tried was amazing, The staff are friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend for a data night.

I come here fairly regularly and every single time the food is first class. The service is always fast and the staff are all friendly and attentive.

Arrived 7.00 for a 7.30 booking, place was rammed, got served at tge bar straight away. Emma sat us down at 7.25, great. Mark, our server really looked after us, took our order of pizza, chicken bites, prawns, saute potatoes & beef. All five dishes were great, lovely and tasty. Not a morsel left. Excellent meal from Mark, Emma and all the team 10 out 10, especially as it was so busy 🤓👏👏👏👏👏👏

What a find , we aren't from the area , we were staying up the road on a B&B basis ...so pleased we found you. From the moment we stepped in the door we were so well looked after . The lovely host who took us to our table who's name we didn't get was so welcoming . Neil, our waiter was so friendly and helpful too, we enjoyed chatting to him. The food was lovely and fresh and very reasonably priced. Please open a 'Presto' down South , we're crying out for one . Continued success to you all.

Not bad- not as good a when first opened but the staff are great

Really nice lunch with my Mum and Sister. Definitely one to revisit 5 ⭐️s

Love this place, we keep coming back at least a couple of times per year, the food is great with the Italian tapas style, great for sharing with friends and family. Great location as well, we often used it as a kicking off point for visiting places on the Wirral such as Ness Botanical gardens.

If you like things simple or your not very adventurous with food, give it a miss. There's not very much for the fussy one (you know what I mean) taking an order for a group is just chaos, but otherwise it was good

A good choice of food and the kids always enjoy it.

Popped in for lunch on my own…I had a lovely welcome, and the food was yummy!!! Thank you 🙏🙏🙏Definitely recommend it…

Great selection of tapas. Big portions and excellent value and above all very tasty.

Always call in as your virtually guaranteed a great time

Excellent menu, service and meal.

Gorgeous food ..brilliant service.. staff lovely . 100% recommended 👌

Lovely food. Was my mums 70th birthday. Told the waiter. When ordering her dessert, I thought they could write happy birthday or put a sparkler in or something. No fuss which I was disappointed in. The desserts were not anything special. We used to come alot and they tasted nothing like they used too. Overpriced.

Oh my days , what a fabulous place xx Arrived from Canada and my family booked a table xx Food was fantastic, service was excellent and atmosphere was amazing xx Pip took great care of us, even offering to record a surprise we managed to pull off. We had a wonderful evening. Will be back for sure

It was busy (but it's Always Busy) which means the noise levels are high however the quality of the food far outweighs this. This time we had a super Portuguese waitress who provided excellent service always with a smile sometimes under difficult conditions (another dropped a tray of food & they helped clear up resultant mess) Altogether a lovely convivial evening with friends.

Food good, service good, various menu options. Italian style meals.

Large premises, but ft intimate as nicely zoned. Excellent service from friendly staff, delicious food, varied menu. Can't fault it 😁

We had a lovely time here. Food was lovely and the service was very good.

Very good all round, little bit slow serving but place was quite full

Nice location, busy & buzzing atmosphere. Good food. Best of all was Mark our waiter who was extremely busy but still managed to ensure service to our table was excellent.

Went for lunch the other day and thought we’d try something different. Pulled up in car park of Pesto Italian restaurant on the Chester high road, looks lovely from the outside and on entering the premises was impressed with the layout. Didn’t have a booking but still offered a table. Unsure of how it works the staff very friendly and helpful ran through how the menu works. Ordered drinks and followed by food. Service was very quick and it wasn’t long before the food arrived. Quality of food was top notch and very tasty. Bill came to £30 for the two of us with drinks. Will definitely be eating there again. Only advice is to go early if eating lunch as it gets very busy, but rightly so as I cannot fault anything and highly recommend a visit👍

Lovely food, staff, and atmosphere. The Arancini is delicious. I've been a few times now and never had a bad meal.

Always excellent here , great menu , lovely staff , just can't fault it !

Excellent food, good value, great staff.

Food is amazing staff are so helpfull and customer service is unreal and the menu is incredible

Absolute belter.The food and portions were excellent.Decent price for amazing food.We will be coming back,repeatedly.(The winter Negroni is boozy cherry bakewell in a glass.amazing)