The Royal Pub And - Cheltenham

After two great dinners at this establishment, I feel confident about giving it the shining review it deserves. Friendly, professional and efficient staff; comfortable and spacious dining area there was really nothing not to like, including all our food selections: chicken liver parfait, fish and chips, Thai beef salad, cauliflower and avocado salad, chicken and beef burgers, creme brûlée and assorted ice creams.Give the current uncertainty of the Covid situation, I appreciated the decision of the management to protect their own staff and the customers (the assistant manager’s words, not mine) by continuing to wear face coverings, even though we were the only customers who seemed to show mutual respect by wearing them when moving around the restaurant. The rest of Cheltenham seems to have relegated masks to the dustbin.Anyhow, The Royal is a truly wonderful pub, so do try it!

This is a very nice pub with a good atmosphere and friendly service and we were well looked after by Alice.We had the Surf and Turf and the Chicken burger and both were very good.We had a crumble and the different ice-creams for dessert and a couple of coffees, both good.There are well kept real ales and a good gin selection along with a nice Malbec !With all our drinks and food the bill came to a very reasonable

We went for an early dinner. The bar drinks were well received we had good service. My partner ordered the Paprika Chicken said it was tasty but there were far too many chickpeas in the dish. I ordered the Duck stir fry it was tasteless bland. The only flavour was the chillis spring onions. The dishes were well presented, however, for the price we paid we were very disappointed with our meal didn't feel the cost reflected the quality. Thank you to the Royal for over 20 years but it is now GOODBYE.

Yet again we had trouble ordering and getting the right drinks, trying to sell us a different drink rather than checking if they had what we wanted(which they did) also confused the with/without ice different staff so can only assume its a training (lack of) issue. Food, starters and mains were great.

Our second visit in 2 weeks. First for my birthday, second for work as staying nearby. Charlie the whole team are great. Fabulous service, great food and a lovely outdoor space. Define our go to place in Cheltenham. Our recommendations are the chicken wings starter and the crispy pork belly and mushroom linguine mains. Delicious!