Wonderful bar in great location in town. Staff are attentive and keen to give you a great experience, it always feels welcoming and relaxed. It has a great variety of gins, rums, whiskies and the cocktails are always on point. The food is also excellent - high quality small dishes to accompany your drinks and they’re always changing to be in season. Yum! Defo recommend ??
james birch
Popped into this little gem while in Cheltenham. Had the £10 steak! Cooked perfect. Service was fab, the girls there really make you feel welcomed. Atmosphere was really chilled and a great vibe. Definitely one to recommend, will definitely be back. Thank you
Dan Skuse
Went and tried the new menu last night, food drinks and service was brilliant. Will 100% be returning.
Sophie Collier
4 of us went for drinks to celebrate mine and my sister's 30th. My glass of prosecco was flat so we asked the lady at the bar for a fresh one. She replied fairly rudely that it was from a fresh bottle, but gave us a new one nonetheless. My partner's rum and coke had flat coke in; my brother in law's pint was flat and my sister's cocktail was pretty much non existent of any drink apart from a lot of ice. After the initial response about the prosecco we didn't feel like we could say anything about the other drinks. For an expensiveplace we were very disappointed and would not go back.
David gamble
Didn't eat, but a nice place for a drink. Good atmosphere.
Andrew Grahame
Could have done with draught beer being sold down in the lower
Paula Powell
Walked in at 16.30 on a Saturday afternoon and there was a large table of 10 women and one other table.. there were two girls on the bar busy with drinks.. for the time my husband went to to toilet and back neither had looked on my direction, said hello or even acknowledged I existed..We left! On doing so my husband mentioned it was disappointing that someone can wait 5 mins and no one acknowledge them.: the bar lady said it was 2 minutes (he’s quick to the loo but not that quick) he mentioned this goes to show they knew I was there but they chose to ignore me. She then pulled a cocky arrogant little smirk.. a roundup of the whole experience.Won’t go back, quite frankly in a place like Cheltenham why waste your money on poor service and arrogant attitudes when there are so many other lovely places.
Tristan Walker
I had such a great night out, here. Fun and friendly atmosphere, and great music.
Maddy Warner
Such a great place to hire for a party! We had the upstairs bar for a joint birthday party and dj was so good, all the hosts so attentive, and great food and drink as well as our own bar which was perfect
Victoria Ward
I organised a surprise birthday for my sister at The Clarence Social and it was brilliant! Such a great venue, lovely staff and the food was delicious with loads of choice. When organising the party, the team recommended and helped us book a DJ and let us in early to decorate. Nothing was too much trouble. It's a great place to celebrate, I would thoroughly recommend!
Great venue for cocktails, do live music on a Friday which is good and been in ‘secret’ bar in the basement which is really nice, also been to upstairs for a private event which is good large spaceOnly crit is the bathrooms are unisex which means not always as clean as you’d expectGenerally classy venue and friendly & fast staff
Mike Lewis
Great place. Prices are reasonable. Great atmosphere on a Saturday night with a good DJ. Enjoyed our time there, as it was very busy and bar staff were very accommodating.
trinap415
Booked bottomless brunch for a friends birthday and initially the experience was very positive. The place is stunning and the staff were super friendly and sat us down quite quickly. The food arrived and was so beautiful and yummy. After the second round of drinks, the waitress accidentally spilt a round of drinks all over me and the floor. She was apologetic and I said it was all fine and got myself cleaned up and carried on the night. At the end when the bill came, no attempt to compensate for the earlier incident was made until one of my party went up to complain. To this the bar staff got the manager who just gave an email address and said to send the dry cleaning bill to them and they will pay it back. I thought it was a bit bad service from them as there should have been some form of compensation without us having to ask for it. Unfortunately this has marred the experience and my friends birthday treat.
Jfrank93
I booked my birthday party here about 7 months before and had the party in January in the upstairs area. Honestly it was the most seamless and stress free process ever! I’ve organised parties before and had things go wrong/ had to endlessly chase but the team at Clarence were honestly amazing. They were so laid back, responsive and reliable. Everything went as planned with very little input from me except what I wanted and when. The food was delicious, the service was attentive and friendly and the space was gorgeous. I had the BEST time and would highly recommend this venue to anyone wanting to celebrate with friends and family.
George Wood
One of the better bars in Cheltenham! Attracts a good crowd of people. Isn’t full of all the Montpellier/131 types nor the rowdiness and antisocial behaviour you’ll find in Lounge and revs. Usually has a good atmosphere, drinks are on the pricey side but nothing on a lot of other places in Cheltenham which are out and out extortionate!
Wonderful bar in great location in town. Staff are attentive and keen to give you a great experience, it always feels welcoming and relaxed. It has a great variety of gins, rums, whiskies and the cocktails are always on point. The food is also excellent - high quality small dishes to accompany your drinks and they’re always changing to be in season. Yum! Defo recommend ??
Popped into this little gem while in Cheltenham. Had the £10 steak! Cooked perfect. Service was fab, the girls there really make you feel welcomed. Atmosphere was really chilled and a great vibe. Definitely one to recommend, will definitely be back. Thank you
Went and tried the new menu last night, food drinks and service was brilliant. Will 100% be returning.
4 of us went for drinks to celebrate mine and my sister's 30th. My glass of prosecco was flat so we asked the lady at the bar for a fresh one. She replied fairly rudely that it was from a fresh bottle, but gave us a new one nonetheless. My partner's rum and coke had flat coke in; my brother in law's pint was flat and my sister's cocktail was pretty much non existent of any drink apart from a lot of ice. After the initial response about the prosecco we didn't feel like we could say anything about the other drinks. For an expensiveplace we were very disappointed and would not go back.
Didn't eat, but a nice place for a drink. Good atmosphere.
Could have done with draught beer being sold down in the lower
Walked in at 16.30 on a Saturday afternoon and there was a large table of 10 women and one other table.. there were two girls on the bar busy with drinks.. for the time my husband went to to toilet and back neither had looked on my direction, said hello or even acknowledged I existed..We left! On doing so my husband mentioned it was disappointing that someone can wait 5 mins and no one acknowledge them.: the bar lady said it was 2 minutes (he’s quick to the loo but not that quick) he mentioned this goes to show they knew I was there but they chose to ignore me. She then pulled a cocky arrogant little smirk.. a roundup of the whole experience.Won’t go back, quite frankly in a place like Cheltenham why waste your money on poor service and arrogant attitudes when there are so many other lovely places.
I had such a great night out, here. Fun and friendly atmosphere, and great music.
Such a great place to hire for a party! We had the upstairs bar for a joint birthday party and dj was so good, all the hosts so attentive, and great food and drink as well as our own bar which was perfect
I organised a surprise birthday for my sister at The Clarence Social and it was brilliant! Such a great venue, lovely staff and the food was delicious with loads of choice. When organising the party, the team recommended and helped us book a DJ and let us in early to decorate. Nothing was too much trouble. It's a great place to celebrate, I would thoroughly recommend!
Restaurantji Recommends
Great venue for cocktails, do live music on a Friday which is good and been in ‘secret’ bar in the basement which is really nice, also been to upstairs for a private event which is good large spaceOnly crit is the bathrooms are unisex which means not always as clean as you’d expectGenerally classy venue and friendly & fast staff
Great place. Prices are reasonable. Great atmosphere on a Saturday night with a good DJ. Enjoyed our time there, as it was very busy and bar staff were very accommodating.
Booked bottomless brunch for a friends birthday and initially the experience was very positive. The place is stunning and the staff were super friendly and sat us down quite quickly. The food arrived and was so beautiful and yummy. After the second round of drinks, the waitress accidentally spilt a round of drinks all over me and the floor. She was apologetic and I said it was all fine and got myself cleaned up and carried on the night. At the end when the bill came, no attempt to compensate for the earlier incident was made until one of my party went up to complain. To this the bar staff got the manager who just gave an email address and said to send the dry cleaning bill to them and they will pay it back. I thought it was a bit bad service from them as there should have been some form of compensation without us having to ask for it. Unfortunately this has marred the experience and my friends birthday treat.
I booked my birthday party here about 7 months before and had the party in January in the upstairs area. Honestly it was the most seamless and stress free process ever! I’ve organised parties before and had things go wrong/ had to endlessly chase but the team at Clarence were honestly amazing. They were so laid back, responsive and reliable. Everything went as planned with very little input from me except what I wanted and when. The food was delicious, the service was attentive and friendly and the space was gorgeous. I had the BEST time and would highly recommend this venue to anyone wanting to celebrate with friends and family.
One of the better bars in Cheltenham! Attracts a good crowd of people. Isn’t full of all the Montpellier/131 types nor the rowdiness and antisocial behaviour you’ll find in Lounge and revs. Usually has a good atmosphere, drinks are on the pricey side but nothing on a lot of other places in Cheltenham which are out and out extortionate!