The Merryfellow — Restaurant in Cheltenham

My partner took me for a birthday dinner last night and WOW it was probably one of the best meals of my life! He and I are veggie and so the (excellent) manager Elliott suggested a mix of sharing plates 2 small 2 large which was a perfect amount. The mushroom arincini were delicately crisp with a gooey, umami filling, on a generous blob of seriously garlicky aioli. The veg curry was smoky, silky and not at all heavy. The cloud like burrata and tomato salad piquant and moreish and the asparagus with salsa verdi - my fave - oozing with flavour. Everything was perfectly cooked, very fresh and you could tell everything had been so well thought out. All the flavours complemented each other divinely. A very nice NZ sauv blanc went well with it too! Service was impeccable. Its the little things like being asked discreetly "the 250 Madam?" rather than "small or LARGE wine Madam?" that shows exemplary training and experience! :-D Paul Vickery was doing the rounds and he came to chat with us; a very lovely, quietly spoken man who seemed humbled with all his successes in life. I can safely say this new restaurant - opened in the pandemic - is another to add to his list! We will...

We had a meal at No 3 in the Merryfellow. While the food here was sensational, the service was sadly shocking. We'd booked a table for 8pm (party of 5), and finally got our food at 9.40pm. Additionally, we had to call staff over for everything, rather than them approach us and offer to help or take our order - to be seated at our table, for drinks, food and additional drinks during our hour and forty minutes wait. The restaurant wasn't full at the time. I brought it up when the plates were cleared but instead of apologizing the waiter said it is usually busy at that time and they had been trying to stagger orders for the kitchen. I would suggest if a restaurant knows it's going to be busy at a certain time and can't get staff, they shouldn't take bookings for then. If we'd wanted to eat at 9.40pm we'd have booked a table for then. Such a shame as the food was amazing but sadly in this instance the front of house really...

When I visited Charlton Kings area, I chose this pub for a trial. It looked cozy with beer garden outdoor and traditional English setup indoor. 2 barmaids were good looking and kind. I ordered their only steak dish on the menu. Unfortunately the steak looked well but tasted plain and chewy… The pub chose Rump Steak as their only steak on the pub menu with charge of 20 pound which kind of reflecting the pub food level down. Charlton Kings is the most posh area in the whole Cheltenham with average 550000 pound house selling price, people here or travelers definitely can afford higher price with much better quality of steak. But when I told the barmaids about the steak too chewy, they did not respond anything. Maybe they already get used to the customers complaints about the steak but never informed head chef which was a big pity for this kind of restaurant&Pub. The waitress was very...