Smokey Joe's Diner, Bar and Venue — Restaurant in Cheltenham

Sadly we didn't enjoy our experience at Smokey Joe's.

We found it too expensive for the quality of ingredients provided.

We had a chilli cheese dog, sweet potato fries small side, chicken goujon small side and two children's meals. An adult milkshake, child's milkshake (£2.75 surcharge on kids meal) and an adults soft drink. £47 later we left hungry because we didn't want to eat much of what was presented to us.

My daughter was given a chipolata style frankfurter in a cheapy bun with some tasteless chips. My friend's son couldn't get through his chicken goujons due to some of them being dry and hard. My chilli cheese dog was presented in a cheap bun with cheap cheese on. I'm undecided if the chilli on top was homemade or from a can?

Perhaps we picked the wrong things.

The milkshakes I would recommend but not the food.

The floors need cleaning, move the furniture to do the job.

It's a shame as the place has a good atmosphere. A more authentic experience needs to...

If you're a regular at McScrundles or the Burger Bishop then this establishment is going to shock you to your very core as you will actually be able to remember it and for all the right reasons. On entering it has a charming, slightly retro but eclectic décor with still manages to well evoke the American diner atmosphere. The staff on a Saturday evening were attentive but not pushy and we were served promptly. The choice of food was excellent and what we ordered came quickly; the flavour was outstanding, the memory of it still triggers involuntary salivation! One of the real benefits was that this establishment is licenced, ergo, should one choose, then you can have a beer with your meal, (or even without a meal if that's your wish). The real star of the show for me however, was the "Hard" milkshake; this was a revelation! It was epic! Well done all at Smokey Joe's and if you haven't been there, then you should as your taste buds will love for a long...

This place used to be great, perhaps it still is, but it certainly isn't for breakfast.

The arcade is great (although many of the machines are broken). However the breakfast was appalling.

The staff are a mixed bag, the guy is very friendly, but the lady who works there wouldn't stop swearing loudly, which my children could hear, as we were sat right next to the staff.

The breakfast was terrible. Streaky bacon that wasn't crispy, it was just soft, inedible fat. It was so fatty and undercooked that even after cutting it to small pieces my 4 year old chocked on it to the point staff started calling an ambulance (after being shouted at for someone to do something to help).

All dishes came with this disgusting undercooked bacon, which meant hardly anything was touched. When my son recovered from chocking, we paid and left.

In short, we paid high prices to watch our son choke on horrendous food and learn some awesome new...