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Café René, Gloucester
Gloucester
GL1 1TP
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Reviews of Café René (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
paulof horsham left this review about Café René
This is an extraordinary pseudo French-ish style Cafe bar which feels like a cellar, with old wine bottles on the walls, but obviously isn't, being located down an alleyway opposite an old church in the centre of Gloucester.
The bar offered 3 ales, 2 ciders and 3 craft beers (albeit 1 is Neck Oil, a somewhat less crafty choice these days). An amiable barman and a simple pub food offer, for example the absolute doorstep of a cheese sandwich I was served, just adds to the charm. Terrific!
On 28th March 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 453 recommendations about 425 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Brainy Pool left this review about Café René
Quirky. Calls itself ‘le pub’, has wine bottles covering the walls, French posters everywhere. It simply has to be tongue in cheek, since you then reach the bar to be greeted with a choice of gravity real ale, cider and perry. What a brilliant place, thankfully i timed my visit to Gloucester perfectly as this pub only reopened a few days ago. The interior is spacious enough and full of character, outdoor seating is available and food served but it doesn’t dominate the pub at all. Apparently it can be a brilliant raucous night out in normal times, and I can believe it. Some Françoise Hardy would have been nice but the 60s pop/soul music playing was just fine anyway. a must visit!
On 8th August 2020
- rating: 9
[User has posted 1058 recommendations about 1023 pubs]
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Café René
Tucked away down a small alleyway just off of Gloucester’s main shopping street, the name doesn’t sound particularly inspiring implying something that is more food led and maybe does a couple of bottled beers on the side. This is not the case at all though, and this is very much a proper pub, albeit one with a good sized dining room. It looks to be quite an old building, and with an old church being directly opposite in certainly looks a lot more appealing than the surrounding area. A number of outside tables and chairs would be a nice spot in the warmer weather.
Internally it’s quite traditional, with plenty of wooden beams on the ceiling, exposed brick walling and pattered carpet on the floor. A prominent feature as you go in is a large brick well in the middle of the room, and this extends down some considerable depth. A good selection of beer mats were tacked on to the beams nearest the bar and a feature wall had been made out of old wine bottles at either end. As might be inferred from the pub’s name, there is something of a French theme here as many of the pictures and signs on the wall were in French. There was a skylight window in the roof and a projector screen was rolled up in the corner, so presumably they may screen some sporting fixtures. A dining room was off to one side and this looked quite elegant with wooden panelling on the walls and a wine bottle ceiling.
Beers were all dispensed from barrels racked up on the end of the bar with no obvious signage showing what they were. However, a chalk board above the bar listed Arbor’s Blue Sky Drinking, Boss Blonde and Grey Trees Mosaic. Ciders were well represented with Stowford Press, Cornish Rattler, Black Rat, Rekorderlig Strawberry & Lime and Orchard Thieves on tap, and in addition to this a board listed the real cider options as Supermoon and Rhino which are both new ones on me. All in all, a quite unexpected find and well worth checking out.
On 28th February 2018
- rating: 8
[User has posted 1949 recommendations about 1862 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 18 November 2013 by Will Larter
- Jukebox : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes last updated 18 November 2013 by Will Larter
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 28 February 2018 by Blackthorn _
- Pinball : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 27 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 18 November 2013 by Will Larter
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 12 January 2014 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 08 March 2024 by paulof horsham
