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boxerboy
anybody recommend any good pubs in the centre of the town? Looking for
decent beer and reasonably priced pub food, given that everything in
Cheltenham is a little pricey anyway!
Boxerboy
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"boxerboy" <ianp...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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Nam is pricey? You must be from Norf.
malc
last time I went to Nam on a Friday night was quite an unpleasant
experience. YMMV of course
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> On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:17:04 +0000, Paul Corfield
> <aoo...@dsl.pipex.com> said
>> took a few of us to many years ago. You just have to put up with the
>> slightly insane restaurant owner but the food's fab.
>
> Franco's... great place. I did think he was retiring but it still
> seems to be there.
>
> However, if you want a pub, in the town centre you may as well just go
> to Wetherspoons. At least you know what you're getting there. The
> best pubs to eat at (IMO) are outside of Cheltenham.
>
We found a couple last year, but I'm afraid I have no recollection of
where or what they were called :(
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boxerboy
> Nam is pricey? You must be from Norf.
Yep Norf Worcestershire, but then Nige would call it the soft
sarf...its all relative.
Where I live is cheap, when TOG comes here he always has 3 pints in
the village pub, he claims at our prices the third one is free!
Just looking for the inside track on where to go.
Boxerboy
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>
>
> > Nam is pricey? You must be from Norf.
>
> Yep Norf Worcestershire,
ITYM Birmingham, don't try to disguise it.
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>
> ITYM Birmingham, don't try to disguise it.
Nope was born in Brum, still work there but live just north of
Kidderminster now.
Boxerboy
Champ
<ianp...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
The centre of Cheltenham isn't great for pubs at the weekend nowadays
(IMO) - too full of places full of kids with lots of music.
There are, however, still some damn good restaurants. Paul has
mentioned Franco's, which I haven't been to for a while, but still
seems to have a good reputation. Another great Italian place is
Giannis - not in a very prepossessing location (by the bus station)
but great food at good prices.
At the moment my favourite place to eat in Cheltenham is Curry Corner
- easily the best indian restaurant I've ever eaten in. I'm trying to
restrict myself to one visit a month
http://www.thecurrycorner.com/critical-acclaim/
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boxerboy
>
> At the moment my favourite place to eat in Cheltenham is Curry Corner
> - easily the best indian restaurant I've ever eaten in. I'm trying to
> restrict myself to one visit a monthhttp://www.thecurrycorner.com/critical-acclaim/
> --
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Andy Bonwick
<malunsp...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>boxerboy wrote:
>> Mrs Boxer and I will be spending next weekend in Cheltenham. Can
>> anybody recommend any good pubs in the centre of the town? Looking for
>> decent beer and reasonably priced pub food, given that everything in
>> Cheltenham is a little pricey anyway!
>>
>Somewhere in Cheltenham that isn't full of pissed cunts at the weekend? The
>last time I went to Nam on a Friday night was quite an unpleasant
>experience. YMMV of course
You were there when we had our weekend out? You should have come over
and said hello.
Why are you calling it Nam btw? Locals might disagree with me but I'm
sitting here thinking it's making you look something of a cunt.
malc
Because I can't be arsed to type the full name out. It's also part of a
joke.
Roger Hunt
>boxerboy wrote:
>> Mrs Boxer and I will be spending next weekend in Cheltenham. Can
>> anybody recommend any good pubs in the centre of the town? Looking for
>> decent beer and reasonably priced pub food, given that everything in
>> Cheltenham is a little pricey anyway!
>>
>Somewhere in Cheltenham that isn't full of pissed cunts at the weekend? The
>last time I went to Nam on a Friday night was quite an unpleasant
>experience. YMMV of course
>
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wessie
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> On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:36:06 -0800 (PST), boxerboy
> <ianp...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Mrs Boxer and I will be spending next weekend in Cheltenham. Can
>>anybody recommend any good pubs in the centre of the town? Looking for
>>decent beer and reasonably priced pub food, given that everything in
>>Cheltenham is a little pricey anyway!
>
> The centre of Cheltenham isn't great for pubs at the weekend nowadays
> (IMO) - too full of places full of kids with lots of music.
>
Sadly, pubs are going the way of shops, with homogenisation. Every large
town/city seems to have a Yates, Walkabout, Lloyds etc.
> There are, however, still some damn good restaurants. Paul has
> mentioned Franco's, which I haven't been to for a while, but still
> seems to have a good reputation. Another great Italian place is
> Giannis - not in a very prepossessing location (by the bus station)
> but great food at good prices.
>
I've been in Giannis. The food was pretty decent. The fuckers did try to
charge us for the caraffe of red wine the waiter knocked over.
Seems I'm out of date as far as pubs go. I was going to recommend the
Suffolk Arms on the A40 outer ring road, as a freindly place. Seems it no
longer sports a rainbow flag over the door.
Here's the CAMRA list, if real ale is your thing
http://www.gloucestershirecamra.org.uk/pubs/raig/CHELTENH.HTM
Seems to be plenty of choice.
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ogden
> Sadly, pubs are going the way of shops, with homogenisation. Every large
> town/city seems to have a Yates, Walkabout, Lloyds etc.
And that's something new in the last 15 years? You left out the
ubiquitous Wetherspoons. Most towns used to have an Edwards too, but the
pubcos change the brand names every so often.
> Here's the CAMRA list, if real ale is your thing
> http://www.gloucestershirecamra.org.uk/pubs/raig/CHELTENH.HTM
> Seems to be plenty of choice.
The AA Pub Guide has never let me down.
Except when I was up near Ipswich and looking for somewhere for Sunday
lunch. Picked a likely candidate out of the two-year-old book I had in
the car and V phoned to book a table.
Felt a bit awkward when a groggy voice answered the phone. The landlord.
Or, rather, ex-landlord, probably sleeping off a hangover to dull the
pain of his existence, the pub having been closed down by the brewery a
couple of months previously and him being unemployed.
Sorry about that, fella. I've got a new copy of the book now.
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Rudy Lacchin
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>
>>Mrs Boxer and I will be spending next weekend in Cheltenham.
>
> location (by the bus station) but great food at good prices.
>
> At the moment my favourite place to eat in Cheltenham is Curry Corner
> - easily the best indian restaurant I've ever eaten in.
Another vote for both of those places from me. For Chinese, The Mayflower
has always been very good.
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wessie
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> wessie wrote:
>> Sadly, pubs are going the way of shops, with homogenisation. Every large
>> town/city seems to have a Yates, Walkabout, Lloyds etc.
>
> And that's something new in the last 15 years? You left out the
> ubiquitous Wetherspoons. Most towns used to have an Edwards too, but the
> pubcos change the brand names every so often.
>
>
Well, Lloyds are Wetherspoons owned and the inner cheapskate in me likes
Wetherspoons. Nothing like having a breakfast bloomer washed down with a
couple of pints of Old Thumper. Makes visiting the sprog in Portsmouth
bearable.
Champ
Christ, yes - I should have mentioned the Mayflower. Bloody great,
and has been for over 20 years.
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<winter...@gmail.lair.com> wrote:
>>>>>Mrs Boxer and I will be spending next weekend in Cheltenham.
>>>>
>>>> Another great Italian place is Giannis - not in a very prepossessing
>>>> location (by the bus station) but great food at good prices.
>>>>
>>>> At the moment my favourite place to eat in Cheltenham is Curry Corner
>>>> - easily the best indian restaurant I've ever eaten in.
>>
>>>Another vote for both of those places from me. For Chinese, The Mayflower
>>>has always been very good.
>>
>>Christ, yes - I should have mentioned the Mayflower. Bloody great,
>>and has been for over 20 years.
>True on all counts but I thought the OP wanted to know about pubs?
Well, yes, but I don't know anything about pubs, so in true ukrm
fashion I posted about what I do know about.
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