October 2024 by David Attfield
I always enjoy coming here for interesting, very well prepared seafood. Excellent value given the high quality offered. On my last visit (busy Friday night) the service was a bit hit and miss but on previous visits it has been excellent.
October 2024 by Marshal Dunnik
Rarely, if ever, have I experienced such a disconnect between the front and the back of the house. The food was top notch, but the service was amateur hour - polite, earnest and well-meaning but hopelessly lost. This is not the fault of the staff, it's the fault of ownership/management.
Two examples: a little thing and a big thing. The little thing is when I requested a new napkin, it never arrived. The big thing was an additional prix-fix meal was added to the tab by accident. If we hadn't caught it ourselves, we'd be out £65.
September 2024 by Marianne Witts
We had lunch on July 26th at our favourite restaurant, a place we've visited several times, and it never disappoints. The staff are incredibly attentive, providing detailed explanations of each course. This time, we opted for the 6-course tasting menu, and the food was absolutely divine?each dish was a testament to the chef's genius. The experience was well worth the price, given the ambience, service, and exceptional quality of the food.
August 2024 by Gerry McFall
The ambiance is nice, service slow, the breads were ok, taramasalata on the side nice but both my wife and I?s starters and mains were very average which resulted in me leaving most of my main partly due to the black squid rings being so salty. We decided not to bother with deserts and got the bill, 2 courses, glass of wine and a coke £145.
June 2024 by sushant tiwari
Purslane is one of the foodie restaurants in Cheltenham and we have previously visited in 2021 and really loved it. So this time we had some guests and we decided to visit again.
It?s a really small cosy restaurant and has a great ambience inside.
The service can be a bit on the slower side, which maybe because the restaurant was full on a Saturday evening. It?s only a minor point but some people may like that as then it doesn?t feel like we are being rushed.
We decided to have an ala carte option. I had the duck as my mains and a seafood starter.
The duck was fine, nothing great in my view / and starter was decent too but I think it lacked the wow factor in all the dishes.
The bread was delicious and the dessert was amazing. I would say that dessert was my highlight from the dinner.
The wine list was interesting too.
Meal for 2 is £160/- with a glass of
Wine
Verdict 4/5
In my view paying 160 for a meal for 2 with only a glass of wine is on the expensive side especially if there was no wow factor.
June 2024 by Teeny P.
Good food with nice atmosphere ?
June 2024 by John G
In short, it's not cheap but worth every penny! A brilliant menu that they deliver on.
June 2024 by Graham Hipwell
We've been several times and enjoyed excellent food and wine every time.
Most recently we had the 6 course tasting menu with wine flight, all of which was very good indeed.
May 2024 by Jon Kemp
Food Fantastic, Service Fantastic. Loved it.
May 2024 by Richard Dean
Amazing, as always.
May 2024 by Ian Gordon
Fantastic night. Food was creative and excellent.
May 2024 by Martin Bradley
Discovered this wonderful place for a good value prix fixe lunch. Great food and the service was excellent.
May 2024 by claudiamaria sauliuc
We chose this restaurant to celebrate our anniversary. We booked well in advance and when we got there 6pm we were first clients. We?ve been asked what menu we prefer and we choose 6, then after less than 2 minutes we decided on 8 and they said it?s too late, we should have booked the 8 tasting??? Why you ask if we dont have a choice? After that the whole experience was terrible 9in service) really rude and cold, no smile, just bitter horrible looks. Such a shame the food was fantastic. We would have definitely come back, but the service was despicable
April 2024 by Jim Simpson
Great meal.Good English wine.Excellent service.
March 2024 by jose cortizo
Very small family run restaurant in the heart of Cheltenham. Incredibly friendly staff, and the food was first class. Good wine list too! I would happily recommend when in Cheltenham.
