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Cheltenham

Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Cheltenham from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Cheltenham has 2 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide: Le Champignon Sauvage on Suffolk Road and Lumière in Regency Cheltenham. French fine dining and a sommelier-led wine list define Le Champignon Sauvage. Lumière combines seasonal tasting menus using produce from Jon Howe's own smallholding with the city's only Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in our guide. Wine-focused drinking centres on The Grape Escape on Regent Street, with cheese, charcuterie and owner-guided wine flights. It pours over 20 wines by the glass and 120+ by the bottle, and holds World's Best Wine Lists and Star Wine List recognition. Tasting menus also span modern Indian cooking at Prithvi on Bath Road, seafood at Purslane on Rodney Road and creative fusion at JOURNEY in Cheltenham. East India Cafe in Montpellier adds Anglo-Indian fine dining with a wine list.

Starred restaurants and tasting menus

Cheltenham has 2 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Tasting menus span their French and seasonal cooking and JOURNEY's creative fusion.

  • Le Champignon Sauvage

    Suffolk Road's long-running French restaurant holds a Michelin star, 3 AA Rosettes and an exceptional wine programme. David Everitt-Matthias and Helen run it with tasting menu, a la carte and set menu formats, backed by a sommelier-led list.

  • Lumière

    In Regency Cheltenham, Lumière pairs a Michelin star with a seasonal tasting menu and a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Jon Howe's menus draw on produce from his own smallholding, and the restaurant also holds 4 AA Rosettes. Supported by an extensive list.

  • JOURNEY

    JOURNEY in Cheltenham holds a Michelin Plate and serves an immersive 10-course tasting menu built around theatrical visuals and chef-led storytelling. Its wine programme has an extensive list alongside the menu. The kitchen draws on experience from Ynyshir and The Fat Duck.

Wine bars and serious lists

Cheltenham's wine-minded rooms include a dedicated wine bar and restaurants with exceptional programmes.

  • The Grape Escape

    On Regent Street, The Grape Escape is a wine bar with cheese and charcuterie, over 20 wines by the glass and 120+ by the bottle. It holds World's Best Wine Lists honours, including a Category Winner award and 3-Star Accreditation, plus Star Wine List recognition. Interactive wine flights are part of the format.

  • East India Cafe

    East India Cafe in Montpellier serves Anglo-Indian fine dining with a wine list, craft cocktails and beer. Its cooking draws on South Asian traditions with contemporary touches. Tasting menus, set menus and a la carte dining include amuse-bouche and palate cleansers between courses.

  • Memsahib's Lounge

    Memsahib's Lounge in Cheltenham is a two-roomed basement lounge in a Georgian terrace with a Michelin Plate, an extensive wine list. Craft cocktails and house-distilled gin and rum infusions sit alongside the wine. The Experience tasting menu has vegetarian and pescatarian versions.

Planning FAQ

Which neighbourhoods have exceptional wine programmes in your guide?

Suffolk Road and Regent Street have Cheltenham's exceptional wine programmes in our guide. Le Champignon Sauvage on Suffolk Road has an extensive, sommelier-led list. The Grape Escape on Regent Street offers owner-guided wine flights and holds World's Best Wine Lists and Star Wine List recognition.

How many Michelin-starred restaurants does Cheltenham have in your guide?

Cheltenham has 2 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, with 2 Michelin stars in total. The starred rooms are Le Champignon Sauvage on Suffolk Road and Lumière in Regency Cheltenham. Le Champignon Sauvage offers tasting menu, a la carte and set menu formats, while Lumière is tasting-menu-led.

Where should I go for tasting menus in Cheltenham?

Le Champignon Sauvage on Suffolk Road, Lumière in Regency Cheltenham and JOURNEY in Cheltenham offer tasting menus in our guide. Prithvi on Bath Road, Memsahib's Lounge in Cheltenham, Purslane on Rodney Road and East India Cafe in Montpellier also serve this format.

Which places in Cheltenham hold Wine Spectator recognition?

Lumière in Regency Cheltenham holds the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in our guide. It is the only Cheltenham venue here with that award. The room combines the recognition with a Michelin star, an extensive wine list.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Le Champignon Sauvage restaurant in Cheltenham

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Le Champignon Sauvage

On a quiet residential street in Cheltenham's Montpellier district, Le Champignon Sauvage has held a Michelin star since 1987 and a La Liste ranking through 2025–26, making it among the more consistently decorated restaurants outside London. David and Helen Everitt-Matthias have spent four decades refining an Anglo-French repertoire that balances classical technique with genuinely daring combinations, backed by a wine list priced well below comparable starred venues.

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The Grape Escape restaurant in Cheltenham

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The Grape Escape

The Grape Escape on Regent Street holds the distinction of a World of Fine Wine Awards Global Winner for Europe alongside a 3-Star Accreditation, placing it among a small group of wine-focused venues on the UK's regional circuit that operate at international recognition level. For Cheltenham, a town that has quietly built a serious dining and drinking culture, this is the address that carries particularly credible wine credentials in the city.

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East India Cafe restaurant in Cheltenham

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East India Cafe

On Cheltenham's grandest boulevard, East India Cafe occupies a stretch of the Promenade that frames it within the town's Georgian confidence. The menu draws on South Asian culinary tradition, sitting in a city where Indian cooking ranges from the accessible end at Bhoomi Kitchen through to the formal register of Memsahib's Lounge. Booking ahead is advisable, particularly during festival weeks when the Promenade fills well beyond its usual pace.

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MUSE Brasserie restaurant in Cheltenham

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MUSE Brasserie

MUSE Brasserie occupies a considered position in Cheltenham's mid-to-upper dining tier, offering a brasserie format that suits the town's appetite for relaxed but serious eating. Positioned on St George's Place, it sits within reach of the town's more formal fine-dining addresses while operating at a different register. For visitors working through Cheltenham's dining scene, it provides a useful point of reference between the neighbourhood's two poles.

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Petit Coco Bistro restaurant in Cheltenham

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Petit Coco Bistro

A compact French-inflected bistro on Bath Street, Petit Coco occupies a quieter register than Cheltenham's higher-profile dining rooms. The cooking draws on bistro tradition rather than tasting-menu theatre, placing it in a different bracket from the ££££ heavyweights nearby. For visitors who want something grounded and neighbourhood-scaled, it represents a considered alternative in a town increasingly defined by its ambitious restaurant scene.

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Where to stay in Cheltenham

Selected entries from the current guide for Cheltenham.

Malmaison Cheltenham hotel in Cheltenham

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Malmaison Cheltenham

A Michelin Selected hotel on Bayshill Road in Cheltenham's Montpellier quarter, Malmaison occupies a converted Regency building that places it inside the town's most architecturally coherent neighbourhood. The brand's signature approach to service, direct, personality-led, and deliberately informal, reads differently here than in its city-centre counterparts, measured against a local market that has grown noticeably more competitive in recent years.

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