Welcome to the Old Courthouse
The Old Courthouse was designed in an 'Italianate style' by the surveyor of County Courts, Thomas Charles Sorby and built between 1869 and 1871. It's a truly stunning building with many of its key features still intact for all to see. The courtroom is largely unaltered after all these years with huge marbled columns reaching up to a glass window feature in the ceiling and well-worn wooden docks which would have some tales to tell if they could only talk. Now a bar presides over the room rather than a judge, serving a vast array of gins and whiskies, local ales and fine wines.
On the ground floor was the large public waiting area, it makes for a great pub with a long, packed bar on one side and stretches of comfortable seating the other. The two smaller rooms that now make up our Private Dining Room and the "cosy room" were once the Counsel and Solicitors Room and the Clerk’s Office which thankfully still retains its original fireplace.
You'll find book cases crammed for your perusal, log fires burning and corners to squirrel away in peace if you are so inclined. You will also on occasion find live music played in the main bar and plenty of ‘pre theatre goers’ enjoying a bite to eat before they head across the road to the Everyman Theatre.
Our chefs create delicious seasonally inspired menus in the theme of modern British cookery, there will always be hearty classic pub favourites as well as something a little different to excite, or a little lighter to suit all occasions.
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Great pub. Spacious and traditional design and very cozy. Only had drinks but the service was great and the atmosphere too (this was 3pm on a Saturday). Recommend.
Dog friendly. Beautifully place to relax and enjoy food. Very friendly team and good service.
Visited 16/12: this is a beautiful building with stunning interior and has a lot of history. Minus one star because it is not wheelchair accessible on the account of having two entrances both with multiple steps. Inside is accessible and there is a disabled toilet which is big enough for a wheelchair or walker and it was clean and had no able bodied persons using it. My main was the burger which I really enjoyed and would recommend. Good portion sizes and tasted good. Someone in my party had the fish and chips which he enjoyed and the portion was too big for him! Minus one star because we ordered dessert and it took 15 minutes for them to return to say the desserts 2/3 of us ordered they had ran out of so we cancelled the other dessert. I also saw the table next to us had to cancel their desserts because their table was then “up” and they’d exceeded their booking- seems they need to extend their table times as if our dessert had actually turned up we would have gone over ours too.
Had a really nice meal here with my family. We have been a few times now. I love the venue and ambiance, it’s really old school. Especially like the old prison cells in the basement which are now toilets. A sight to behold. A very unique building and atmosphere.
The food is excellent in both presentation and taste. However, the service has much room for improvement. Our order took a long time to arrive, and the dessert was just completely forgotten.
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Opening Times
| Mon | 10:00 – 23:00 |
| Tue | 10:00 – 23:00 |
| Wed | 10:00 – 23:00 |
| Thur | 10:00 – 23:00 |
| Fri | 10:00 – 00:00 |
| Sat | 10:00 – 00:00 |
| Sun | 10:00 – 23:00 |
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50