I honestly cannot fault this place!…read more Tuesday is 2 courses and a free bottle of wine night. I kept having to check with the waitress that I could order something, but NOTHING is off the menu! NOTHING AT ALL! You have a couple of quid supplement on some thing like steak or duck, but otherwise it's a total foodie fest! My starter had lovely ripe fig with soft goats cheese, and the main (Assiette de France) was a pot of olives in fresh herbs and oil, a tomato pickle, a mini baked Camembert, two pairs of frogs legs, two fish cakes and some leaves serve on a slate. The house red wine is Fleur de Lys and the service is polite and connected. What's not to love. Next time I'm here, this is my destination of choice! I have to say how lovely the couple were at the next table. So friendly, with some great tips. I hope you celebrate the BIG birthday coming up with suitable aplomb, and maybe you'll give Facebook another chance :-)

Can't fault the food and service here. Le Lunch Rapide for £10.50. Three courses. Everyone a…read morewinner. Great fast and friendly service. Busy restaurant for lunch gave a great ambience and the price is a bargain. You will not be disappointed

My boyfriend and I had such a special time there!…read more It's located near the main street of Cheltenham. Once you enter the restaurant, you can feel the warm and cosy atmosphere. We dined on the first floor which had a special French ambience. There were some beautiful paintings on the wall, which made me feel like we were dining at museum. Oh the food was AMAZING! I was delighted with every bite! Especially the starter of scallops and king prawn was beautifully cooked. The combination of seafood and pie was absolutely delightful. The staff were cheerful and their service was remarkable. We will definitely visit there again soon!

My wife and I spent the night in Cheltenham on our way to Bath. We were not intending to visit…read moreCheltenham, but the recent heatwave caused us to cancel our Broadway hotel due to lack of air conditioning. We not excited by our dinner choices, but I went on Yelp and discovered L'Artisan had an excellent review and was nearby. We were very much delighted with the excellent service and great food. The young waitress who served us, although wearing a badge announcing she was a "trainee", was the best service person we have had since arriving in the U.K. two weeks ago. The owner/hostess welcomed us warmly and was a very gracious host throughout our meal. L'Artisan exceeded our every expectation.

We are the stokes family and have been eating at the french connection for many years, my parents…read morehave breakfast there every saturday morning without fail and we have attended the special evenings for a number of years the last one being the ' Allo Allo ' night just before xmas. This place is FANTASTIC and being as we love France you can't get anything more aunthentic than this. The food is superior quality and the staff are really friendly ( especially ' grandepere' the owner as we call him ( he will laugh about this i'm sure) and the atmosphere is something special. i would recommend the french connection to anyone who loves good food and a cosy atmosphere. debbie stokes kinver

From the owner: Freshly prepared home cooked food in the French Style. All meals served in a warm and welcoming…read morebistro environment. A family run business.

Ate here on December 4th 2010,wasn't very busy but the staff told me they had only been open a week…read moreso they were building up trade.Both me and my wife were very impressed by the wine list and the price of some very nice vino was very reasonable! I had lamb shank which was cooked to perfection and my wife went for the scallops and monkfish which she told me was the best shed had in a long time,we both shared a warm chocolate brownie with a small glass of dessert wine which complimented the richness of the chocolate to perfection! I have to say I was very impressed with the whole experience and will be going back very soon, this time mob handed with friends!

Your review helps others learn about great local businesses…read more Please don't review this business if you received a freebie for writing this review, or if you're connected in any way to the owner or employees. A friend and I ate here Wednesday 1st June 2016 it's a small ish restaurant with around 10 tables for 2/4 on the ground floor, but a surprisingly larger room upstairs where functions such as tribute band nights a private do's are held I was impressed with the food quality. I had scallops raped in proceto, and my colleague had the veg soup. Both were tasty and well cooked the fish was tender and flavoursome the ham was crisp and and balanced well with the scallops, four scallops and a salad dressing My main course was Duck cooked pink with shaved root veg again flavesome and well balanced. When you first walk into this place you think, this is a bit small to be good, but eat your food then judge I was pleased with my food and so was my colleague. I will return and are going to try the tribute night

One of the new style of gastro-pubs where top-quality food is the name of the gamebut this one is…read moreexceptional! As the name suggests, this is a French-run establishment (Jayne & Martyn Emsen) and don't your taste buds know it! Judi & I were staying some 20 miles away near Shrewsbury (The Riverside Inn, Cound) and were reading Shropshire Life in the bar. In a back issue we came across a report on the Jolly Frog that sounded encouraging so we decided to give it a try. A GOOD DECISION!. They specialise in seafood and I can honestly say that I have never eaten better seafood even at the coast. These guys know what they're doing!

The Jolly Frog is a French restaurant, primarily specialising in fish and seafood. The car park is…read morequite small and on a slope, so parking could become tricky as the restaurant fills up. Inside French posters and signs adorn the walls of the multi-levelled restaurant, which gave the restaurant a relaxed comfortable atmosphere. I particularly liked the sign that said 'Lobsters love Guinness', you learn something new every day! The menu itself is quite comprehensive, but the Jolly Frog has a great reputation for its fish and seafood, so we both chose a fish dish. Other dishes included pizzas, steaks, roasts etc. We were just in time (2 minutes to spare!) for the prix menu, a choice of two or three courses for a set price, from a fairly wide selection. I went for the seared halibut steak, with samphire and a subtly flavoured white wine sauce; the best piece of halibut I've had since I was in Alaska, high praise indeed! My wife had the grey mullet with samphire in a lemon sauce, again a great dish, just a little heavy on the lemon. We also had a couple a sides that complimented both dishes perfectly, double fried chips and a dressed salad. The choice of desserts on the prix menu was limited to only two, a plum tart and fresh strawberries, meringue and cream, the latter being the dish we both went for. Served in a precipitous cocktail glass, it was the perfect dessert, flavourful and not too large. Rounded off with a decent cup of coffee, this was a great choice of restaurant for our last night in Ludlow.

I have been coming to Côte for several year now and I have to say I love love LOVE everything about…read moreit. Absolutely beautiful restaurant and fantastic large outdoor dining area which is great on a nice sunny day dining by the canal. The food is always at a high standards and having eaten there several times now I can say I've eaten a lot from the main menu and have never had any problems whatsoever. The staff are attentive, polite and even spark into some friendly conversation which is nice. They have a reasonable lunch time offer for 2 course or three course meals. They also offer pre-theatre menus too. Can't fault the place.

Cote is a restaurant that's tucked away in the corner on the bottom floor outside in the mailbox…read more One of the things that always brings me here in the summertime is the outdoor dining experience. You will find greenery running all upside the walls as well as a fantastic view of the canal. In the evening the ambience inside is also great. Reservations are available but you can usually get in without too much of a wait time. On this occasion I ordered a spinach and mushroom crepe which was fantastic! It's probably my favourite vegetarian dish that they do. It's a sensible portion that leaves you satisfied. For dessert I ordered the praline crepe which was again fantastic. You generally find with dessert crepes that they can do no bad no matter where your buying it from. Cotes crepes are above standard in terms of quality with a light pancake and not overly sweet praline feeling. For me in particular this restaurant shines in the summer. The cocktails are great and the dining experience is unique.

Incredible food. Bravo! Michelin level food in a charming town near Sudeley castle. We went for…read morelunch which was a 2+ hour affair with gazpacho and a unique goat cheese and marmalade Welsh rarebit amuse bouche. We each ordered different dishes - my wife had the chicken liver and the red mullet, I Had the halibut and rare breed beef. I'll let the pictures speak for them and say they were as delicious as they were beautifully presented. Topped off with a lemon polenta cake with strawberry sorbet and berries. I'd drive here from another town to eat if nearby.

I flew down to Gloucester with a couple of friends on Saturday to have lunch at 5 North Street,…read moreWinchcombe. It's about 15-20m drive out of Gloucester. I am so glad I did. It was the best meal I have had this year. It's a small, friendly little place in a quaint Gloucestershire town. With about 20-30 covers, it's not a big restaurant and it has a family feel about it; with none of the distance or formality you'd get in a big city Michelin Starred restaurant. The food is astonishing. Rich, deep flavours. Beautiful presentation. Perfectly chosen crockery. Nice touches like a small loaf of bread that is half white and half brown. My friends had duck which looked good (in an objective way - I'm vegetarian so it's not my cup of tea!). I had a choice of six veggie dishes which could be served as either starter or main course. I chose a salad and gnocchi which were both excellent. Two-course lunch on the set menu with a nice bottle of wine - which I didn't try because I was the designated pilot for the return journey - plus coffees and a tip came to £140, I think. Which is pretty good for this level of culinary loveliness. I have been to two- and three-star restaurants and had worse food. (Parkheuvel in Rotterdam had three stars when I went there and it was *much* worse, for example.) 5 North Street has a richly deserved star. Only the Michelin's obsession with rococo details like location, fancy formal service, tasting menus, artwork and so on plus, I think, a feeling that restaurants can't be good if they're small stop this place getting more stars. Personally, I would give it three stars right now. It's that good. I feel like the man who discovered The Beatles. This is a great restaurant and well worth a special trip to visit it.

Had a lovely meal last night in this small but warm pub/bistro serving French cuisine. The service…read morewas first rate and the food was excellent. Worth revisiting again.