Thriving cafe in the heart of Chester

• Established and thriving café in an excellent location in the heart of Chester City Centre
• Strong footfall with regular customers and high levels of passing trade
• 74 covers across two floors and attractive outside spaces
• Excellent reputation, positive social media presence
• Opportunity for further business development

This is an excellent opportunity to acquire a well-established, thriving café on a busy street in the heart of Chester’s shopping area and historic centre.

The Eatery cafe has a very strong footfall with a solid customer base of regulars plus high levels of passing trade from shoppers, business people, tourists and construction workers. Its terrific location means it also benefits from serving trade from Chester Races as well as the many other events happening in Chester.

The café offers a menu of classic breakfast, lunch, snacks, cakes and beverages at reasonable prices. It has an excellent reputation and a positive social media presence on Facebook, TikTok and Instagram.

The Eatery cafe has a unique historically striking exterior, a welcoming atmosphere and is well presented throughout having been lovingly refurbished and redecorated over the past 7 years. 

It has 74 covers:

• 32 at ten tables inside on the ground floor
• 18 on the upper floor – which is a bright, airy space (potential to be hired for private functions and groups bookings)
• 4 at two tables on the front pavement area
• 20 in a pretty, decked courtyard at the rear – a hidden gem planted with easy-to-maintain foliage and flowers

The café’s facilities and equipment include:

• Front counter area with till, commercial coffee machine, fridges, storage, milkshake blender and cake display.
• Kitchen with 2 ovens, double top fryers, microwaves, fridge, upright and chest freezers, hob, sink and all the cooking and serving equipment needed for a busy café.
• Compact dry store, with additional fridge and Safe.
• Staff cupboard and storage area.
• Toilet facilities.
• There is a car park behind the premises where there is an option to rent a parking space.

This is a rare opportunity to acquire an established business with a healthy customer base and excellent reputation. The Eatery cafe is much loved by its owners who are reluctantly selling due to changes in their personal circumstances.

For a new owner, the business has significant potential:

• The cafés excellent location means demand is high in the area across all days of the week. Trading could be extended by opening earlier/longer (for personal reasons, the current owners only open from 9.30am-2pm (3pm on Saturdays).
• The new owners could  taken advantage of opportunities to provide takeaway, outside catering and private hire services.
• As there are no opening restrictions on the property evening opening hours are a possibility. 

You are invited to arrange a viewing of The Eatery to fully appreciate what this business has to offer.  Make an appointment directly with the owners by contacting them via messenger, calling the Eatery 0793 147 01 92 directly or through rightbiz and they will be happy to answer your questions and show you around.