The Lansdown
📍 1.5 miles from Brunton Park
About this Pub
Why it's great for Matchdays
A solid matchday base: the pub screens live football on Sky Sports and TNT Sports with big screens and a dedicated fixtures page, and you can book a table to guarantee a view. It’s easy to reach on matchdays too—Cheltenham Spa rail station is roughly 0.5 miles away, and WhatPub lists it as about 800m from the station with bus routes nearby. With daily food service, it works for pre- or post-match eats as well as televised games.
Recent Fan Reviews
This is a green king pub, but it has a higher standard with better food than the other Green King pubs I've been to. We had a great meal, and the service was great. The garden is large with plenty of seating. We only gave it a 4 because the parking lot is very tiny and the garden is next to a very busy street so it's noisy. FYI, they give 15% for our hard-working blue light members. 😀
We popped in shortly before Christmas 2024. The main reason was to watch the football as the pub has plenty of screens and we've watched the rugby and football here before, plus the atmosphere isn't too bad. The main bar area was pretty full and there were no free tables. As we wanted to eat that meant that we couldn't sit there, so we moved through to the area at the side, a good sized area with 12 other people who were, like us, waiting for the game to start. So we took a table in this area and ordered our food at the bar. It then became apparent that another game was being shown in this area, so we asked 10 of the other twelve people which game they wanted to watch, so as not to be rude; no one wanted the game that was being shown, so we went and asked at the bar if the channel could be changed. Initially we were told yes, so everyone was happy. To clarify the remaining two people were having a meal and weren't interested in watching the game, so job done. Everyone was happy. After ten minutes the channel hadn't been changed so we went and asked again, this time the guy said no, as he knew that there was someone who wanted to watch the game that was on (one person, four screens?????) - well this wasn't the case, as we'd spoken to everyone! The barman made it clear that he wasn't changing the channel. So all twelve of us left this area of the pub and stood in the bar area, or at least we did until our food arrived some twenty or so minutes later. When we sat down and ate our food there was now only one other person in the area which we'd all vacated, a lady who had been stood at the bar talking to the barman who'd told us that he wouldn't change the channel?!?! Umm. So that wasn't great. Like us the other twelve customers weren't impressed at all. Anyway, now to our food. I had the Christmas Turkey dinner, it was OK at best. The roast potatoes weren't great at all, they were really dry and barely roasted. The carrots were 'mushy', and the sprouts weren't too far behind plus the turkey was dry and the sausage, in the pigs-in-blanket wasnt well cooked. For what it was £15.95 was a lot of money. My son had the festive Christmas burger with a portion of fries and a solitary onion ring! One of the saddest things you'll see this Christmas, sat on the plate, all alone, like it had been taken away from the rest of its family 🥲. The burger wasn't very tasty, it wasn't well seasoned at all, not very tasty or flavoursome and the sauce, which was cranberry, didn't add to the experience. So our experience, including the meal, at The Lansdown wasn't great. We certainly won't be rushing back any day soon. The decor and furnishings are also tired, there were big chunks of plaster missing in the corridor that leads to the toilets. The bar does offer a good range of beers, including low alcohol and alcohol free beers, lagers and ciders. Level 10 Google reviewer; 1,200 plus reviews with 2 million views and over 14,000 photos and around 60 million views and still going strong 💪. Check out my other reviews 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟.
Scrumptious sides if you fancy something easy on the belly. Service is good and staffs are accommodating. Reasonable atmosphere given the time of day. Nice place for stop and go.
Friendly staff and a decent selection of food. The pub is in need of renovation but is an attractive historic building. Good outdoor seating which was popular when we were there.
Visited with my brother this afternoon. Staff were all very welcoming and friendly. We ordered 3 "small plates" starters which were delicious, as well as main courses. Everything was hot, fresh, and tasty. In the end, too much for me! Highly recommended. Thank you.