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The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers

Upstairs at the Grill

81/100
  • Chester, Cheshire
  • Steakhouse and grill with a raw bar
  • By the glass
  • premium
  • Beta
  • Assessed July 2026
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These are confidence labels. They show how sure we are that what we publish still reflects the restaurant's current practice. They are not a judgement on the restaurant; the wine and cooking are scored separately, out of 100.

  • Beta means assessed and scored, but we are still confirming some details (such as the current wine list) and the restaurant has not yet had the chance to correct any factual inaccuracy, so it is published with that caveat.
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We assessed Upstairs at the Grill in July 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess

Upstairs at the Grill is a Chester steakhouse that dry-ages its own beef and pours it alongside a wine list far deeper than its setting suggests. The programme's strength is genuine ambition (cult California, a serious Champagne cellar and a full dessert-and-Port tail by the glass) matched to the food with printed pairings and a by-the-glass shortlist across every colour. It will suit the wine lover who wants a proper cellar with their steak, and who knows to spend on the by-the-glass shortlist and the everyday bottles unless the occasion calls for the trophies.

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