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The Exmouth Arms, Cheltenham

167 Bath Road
Cheltenham
GL53 7LX
Phone: 01242528149

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Old Boots left this review about The Exmouth Arms

A biggish pub modernised but looking a bit scruffy now. An L shaped room with an L shaped counter, three high T-bars of usual keg stuff and five pulls with crisp white handles serving three beers from Arkells, a cider and a beer from Donnington. This was the primary reason to visit this pub as I’ve found Donnington’s beers elusive for decades. There’s a load of mismatched pine furniture as well as a bit of soft furnishing in cloth and leather. Beyond the counter the place goes down a couple of steps to a bit with more mismatched furniture including banquettes. It’s not all grey, there’s a bit of light green to contrast and the ceiling is white although someone’s gone to town with the lighting. Outside is a huge garden with canopies and walls and everything, very popular it is too.

On 11th September 2022 - no rating submitted
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hondo . left this review about The Exmouth Arms

Split level L shaped interior with a function room and a large outside area. 5 real ales.

On 11th March 2019 - no rating submitted
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Exmouth Arms

A large corner pub with a L shaped lounge and plenty of well positioned and comfortable seating areas. I thought the main bar area with a polished brass counter top and a distressed painted front to be the main focal point. Another plus was that their were coat hooks along the bar front. The large hanging brass lamps along the bar and large front windows gave this pub more character.
Five handpumps with three from Arkells, Donnington Cotswold Gold and a cider. We went for the Donnington Gold, which was in good shape.

On 4th March 2018 - rating: 7
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Steve of N21 left this review about Exmouth Arms

I kind of guessed that this was a former hardened drinkers pub which has been modernised in recent times to bring it up to keeping with the rest of this section of Bath road and the surrounding area.
I will respect Helen’s comment below as she obviously has more knowledge of the pub than me, but I found the interior all a bit bland and samey that you find with these makeovers. E.g. clean wooden solid oak floors, liberal use of Farrow & Ball pastel shades, a large section with wooden chairs and tables primarily for dining and then a lounge drinking section that had large sofa’s and modern art work on the walls, chose by somebody that likes to have a laughing Mick Jagger staring at you while you socialise. As Helen rightly says, at least it means it’s still open and functioning as a pub, albeit a far cry from the days when it was a Whitbred house before being taken over by Arkells in 1991.
And therein lays one of the saving graces for this place for me in that the spotless wooden bar top supports four real ales which were 2B, 3B and Moonlight from Arkells and Donningtons Gold. And the second saving grace is a very nice outside decking area and larger grassed drinking area stretching down Bath Road beyond. And on this beautiful weather bank holiday weekend it was a very pleasant spot to consume a couple of well-kept Arkells Ales.

On 30th May 2013 - rating: 6
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Helen Iwanczuk left this review about Exmouth Arms

Bath Road in Cheltenham, is unique in the fact that it is so near the town centre, yet it has an identity all of it's own. This is illustrated by the fact that it has it's own selection of pubs that seem to have survived, despite everywhere else suffering from the loss of so many pubs. The Exmouth Arms is an excellent example of this.
I remember visiting 'The Exmouth “ as a young woman, it was quite different then – it was popular, but it needed some TLC. My re-visit was a pleasant surprise, The Exmouth has moved with the times and has had a modern makeover which really suits it. However it is good to see that the original pub sign has been retained, and not replaced with something bland and boring.
The Exmouth is an Arkells pub and has a selection of 4 real ales on offer at the time of writing - Arkells 2B, 3B, Royal Basset and Moonlight. They also do a good selection of food which I didn't sample on this occasion. Instead I went and sat outside in the beer garden, with the other contented customers.

On 13th April 2011 - rating: 7
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