Harden's says

From Tom Noest and Peter Creed – the owners of Sherborne Arms and the Bell Inn at Langford – this newcomer is situated on Andover Road in the heart of Cheltenham. The space includes a large bar area, two floors for dining, and two private rooms for parties or events. A walled terrace allows for outdoor dining. The menu makes a nod to local produce and nose-to-tail philosophy. Dishes include Devilled Kidneys on Toast, Pigs Head Scrumpet & Salad Lyonnaise, and Iberico Pork Bavette. Local beers, including those from Cheltenham-based Deya Brewery, are available, along with daily lunch specials, pub snacks, and regular chicken and steak nights. The venue also features live music nights.

survey result

Summary

£70
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Refurbished and reopened by new owners last year, and a great success” – Tom Noest & Peter Creed (owners of Sherborne Arms and the Bell Inn at Langford) relaunched this central gastropub in 2024 and “there is a ‘pubby’ bit and an eating part with a similar feel (woody, cosy and convivial)”. “The cooking is interesting and ambitious, going beyond just gastropub favourites; and service is invariably friendly, helpful and efficient. It’s pretty well everything you want from a neighbourhood restaurant. I just hope Giles Coren’s recent review doesn’t spoil it!” (In his March 2025 review, The Times’s reviewer dubbed it “another glorious, unbeatable food pub… not too poncey, not too pleased with themselves, expressing the right way forward for pub food in a post-pickled eggs and pork scratchings world”).

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36 Andover Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2TJ

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

The Times

Giles Coren visited the latest pub from his favourite Cotswolds food-publicans, Tom Noest & Peter Creed of the Bell Inn in Langford, the Lamb in Shipton-under-Wychwood, the Fox in Broadwell and the Sherborne Arms in Northleach.

All these, Giles reckoned, are “proper and honest, serious and real, expensive, yes, but not too poncey, not too pleased with themselves, expressing the right way forward for pub food in a post-pickled eggs and pork scratchings world.”

The Tivoli was every bit as good, with a “big bar for proper drinking” and “two big, airy dining rooms”.

Giles Coren - 2025-03-09

Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£13.50 £26.50 £9.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £30.00
Filter Coffee £0.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
36 Andover Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2TJ
Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
Friday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm
Saturday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑9:30 pm
Sunday12 pm‑4 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm

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