Twenty Eight in Cheshire West and Chester

Superb experience, fantastic cooking and thoughtful dishes. An opportunity to try and share fine dining and experience different flavors and combinations, in a relaxed environment and without the excessive costs that this quality of cooking could charge.

Superb. Right at its best - creative menu, beautifully judged pace, some exemplary flavours and combinations, of course excellent ingredients, accomplished cooking and terrific friendly, fun and expert service. Such good value for such quality and creativity of modern British and European small plates, and generous but absolutely right-sized proportions. Highlights included excellent scallops treatment, one of best of the omnipresent tender stem broccoli dishes I’ve had around the country, soft and flavoursome cauliflower dishes, skilful quail including a superb deep faggot / sausage, and more. Fine sauces espec the plum, carrot and others in small perfectly judged sizes and flavours that melded and contrasted perfectly. Really good reminder why I like 28 so much, One of the north west’s very best.

We were welcomed even though they weren't quite open. Service was excellent, food exceptional with super flavours and well presented. The tuna dish was so good, my husband ordered another. 28 never disappoints.

Booked for lunch, based on reviews, and we were not disappointed. We had six plates of innovative, tasty food; from the bream ceviche to the custard tart everything was amazing. Service was impeccable and the value for money incredible. We will be back, even though we live two hours away!

Visited for a friend's birthday or I probably wouldn't of gone myself. The staff are lovely, the place is lovely, the food was lovely, but the price, the price point is really not worth what you get. 7 chips in our portion to share! (Yes we did half one!) I can't honestly say I would go again. It was nice for a one off and lovely to see my friend happy but even her husband went away and tried to order a bar snack from the next place we went to( food had stopped) maybe I'm missing something? £5 for a 330ml bottle of coke? It's sadly a no from me.

This place has really upped its game. Went with my wife last week and the food was outstanding, every plate was presented well and tasted amazing. Highly recommended

As we have been to their Chefs Table a couple of times next door and thoroughly enjoyed it, we thought that Twenty Eight would be just as good. The bubble & squeak croquettes were very nice but the anchovies were extremely disappointing as there were only 4 tiny ones per portion. The salmon which cost £14 was about the size of a thumb and the lamb belly was just a plate of fat which was inedible! We did enjoy the fried artichokes and the squash but decided to leave before dessert and not waste any more money. We do enjoy small plates at other restaurants but not here. I wish I'd taken photographs to show on this review. We will not return!

Just love 28. We go there often for lunch. Staff always friendly and attentive. The tapas are good portions with a good variety. The special offered is always interesting, especially if it is skate, always a different type of sauce. Best tapas in Chester.

We visited in November for a friends birthday. The food was very average and portions were really small which wasn’t great. We were overcharged on our bill as staff has put everything through twice so spent a lot of time having to work out refunds. As a result I was incorrectly charged for drinks I did not order or have. When contacting the restaurant to resolve they started ignoring my emails once they’d deemed a refund wasn’t required. Disappointing.

Although a little pricier than some of the other nearby restaurants , we thought that it was worth the extra for a special occasion. Delicious flavour combinations and nice to see something s little bit different - compliments to the chef! Service good, although staff a little stretched with it being busy - and additional waiter/waitress would have made all the difference. We will definitely return!

It's a grey old day in Chester today, and having completed the mundane Saturday chores, as fans of Chef's Table we decided to chance our luck on Twenty Eight having space. We were seated straight away, and the very cheery waiter brightened our mood with two delicious honey and lemon Old Fashioned cocktails. We ordered the lunch special, 3 small plates each for £20 and all were excellent. The stand out dish for me was the tartare of beef, while my partner preferred the beetroot salad. Great to see the team at Chef's Table performing well over two restaurants 10 years after they broke onto the Chester food scene. As always, they were top tier!

A real discovery - a very interesting menu and friendly relaxed service made a lovely lunch; each tapas dish was very nicely presented and very enjoyable and it's well worth ordering the crumpet with Cheshire Cheese and chutney as that's a classic and was very tasty indeed

What a wonderful restaurant. We were looking for a decent lunch before the races and read about this place. Luckily got in and so happy we did. British style tapas… every dish truly fantastic and better than the vast majority of restaurants in the north west. Great food, fresh ingredients, great service, nice wine list… all in all stunning. Don’t really understand how it’s 176 out of 200 odd restaurants in Chester. Go there now.

We visited the restaurant for lunch today 16/8 based on the review given by William Sitwell in the Telegraph on 1/8/2024. It seems the pricing has changed. No more 5 plates for £30 considered to be a sufficiency for two according to Mr Sitwell. Now it's 3 plates for £20 - clever marketing. Of our 6 plates the smoked mussels on toast and trout with Dill and yoghurt were very good. The cheese and pickle crumpet was nice but did not belong on the menu - more a teatime treat than a small plate. The buffalo chicken was just fried chicken and the confit pork belly was very chewy. The worst plate was the Hispi cabbage which was hard and tasteless albeit for the black garlic ketchup. We make Ottolenghi's roast cabbage often and it is far superior. The star of the show were the triple cooked chips at an extra £6 - delicious slabs of hot roast (more than chip) potato. We felt that we had an OK lunch, nothing to 'Rave' about and we wouldn't return

Eventually got to the monthly Siu Tang pop up. Delicious. Delicious.Delicious. Tried lite bites, bao buns and the desert. Worth a visit if at all loose end - last Wednesday of the month

Gorgeous food !really had a lovely time here last night with my friends. Very knowledgeable waiter who was super polite.. he knew his stuff with his wine , the food was delicious, hot snd well presented. Excellent evening.

Not been here before but we like the look of the menu which was different to the norm, so decided to give it a try. Good start with a pleasant welcome from the staff, nice open feel to the restaurant and a relaxed atmosphere. The menu is a mix of snacks/tapas to start and then some larger main plates. Chef’s creative streak might not appeal to everyone but personally I quite like it – some you’ll love, others might not be so good eg we thought the crispy chickpeas, tomato salad & fried courgettes were excellent but the padron peppers were a bit so-so. Not so good were the desserts, which were limited to just 2 options and we found the panna cotta quite dull. But, overall we enjoy the evening & would certainly try again.

Had an amazing meal with a friend. I can only concur with all the other reviews. The food is exceptional and if you go with the intent on sharing you will have a phenomenal culinary experience. We shall be back.

Interesting, varied and delicious small and large plates. Emphasis on sharing. Styled as tapas but with a local produce twist. From the trusted team behind Chef’s Table (now next door, but in brand new, very smart premises). Casual vibe; friendly, knowledgeable and polite staff. Excellent all round.

As big fans of the Chef’s Table, we were excited to try Twenty Eight, which offers tapas style dining. At five small plates for £25 (an absolute steal!), this is a perfect spot for a date or meal with friends or family. Our waitress was lovely - really friendly and knowledgeable - and she gave us some great tips on the menu. We ordered drinks - the plum 75 (delicious) and a lemon soda (non-alcoholic, scrumptious). The menu has a wide selection of vegetarian options as well as meat and fish dishes, and the veggie dishes I ordered were fabulous - cucumber with whipped feta, squash with pesto and blue cheese, beetroot with egg yolk. The flavours were unexpected and addictive, and the portions were generous for small plates. Put frankly, I ate until I couldn’t take another bite; I am still thinking longingly of the triple-cooked chips I had to leave behind. Next time… My husband was equally won over by his dishes: tuna, a chicken bao bun, fried artichokes, and a sourdough crumpet with collard greens and poached egg. Twenty Eight is a gorgeous gem of a restaurant, and deserves a fanbase as devoted as that of Chef’s Table. I can’t wait to go back!