The Square Bottle is in a good location in Chester, with strong footfall but did not work well operationally. It had a very long bar and customers had to walk to the far end to get served. The challenge to the venue design specialists was to reconfigure what was already there to improve food and beer sales without alienating the existing customers.
DV Architects upgraded the existing bar and extended it to curve around to join a new open gantry food area to promote the restaurant. The new extension enables customers to get served quicker and the open gantry promotes dining, as customers entering the pub now see through to a pristine tiled area where crockery rests under heat lamps.