L'Artisan French Bistro - Café du Midi

Almost unassuming from the outside, but don't let that fool you. The whole experience is excellent! Everything was perfect. The service was stellar and the staff are friendly. The food was absolutely tasty - every course was a delight. The flavours were great and well balanced. It made for an amazing evening.

Came for the horseoux desert and we had a lovely experience trying different ones! The decoration was gorgeous and the creme brûlée was great as well. However the coffee definitely needs to be improved. The different coffee were not very well made and some of them were very strong. The staff were nice and the main courses looked amazing so would love to come back for it.

Beautiful food aside what a lovely owner. It speaks volumes when one of the take away memories was the quality of service and social interactions. This is a proper French restaurant. All the staff members mother tongue is French. A healthy number of the clientele were French too, which speaks volumes for the quality of the adopted cuisine. The food was excellent, an amuse bouche was followed by seasonal mussels and one of prettiest, and delicate desserts I’ve had the pleasure of eating. An enjoyable French experience in Cheltenham. Why head to France? Make sure you book well in advance.

A lovely restaurant, we were pleasantly surprised. The food was amazing, flavour & presentation, out of this world. The staff were professional and really friendly. My wife and I will certainly be dining here again. The chef coming out and talking to us after our meal made the whole experience quite personal, a great touch. Compliments to all at L’Artisan, we were celebrating our 10th year anniversary and my wife absolutely loved the evening.

A fabulous independent family run traditonal French Restaurant (actually run by a French family), which puts many of the so called French inspired restruant to shame. We ordered from the set lunchtime menu (two or three courses), which was good value with two choices for each course & freshly prepared. I would definitely recommend & also suggest you book ahead as the restruant was close to full when we arrived.

Having lived in France for over 12 years, we always search out a French restaurant when travelling the UK. We were NOT disappointed with Yves excellent menu and Elizabeth’s friendly and attentive hospitality. Loved the aperos, starter and main, did I mention pudding too? We got to brush up on our rusty French too. We’ll be back and bring friends next time. Thank you. Merci beaucoup pour ce déjeuner excellent.

Excellent meal & friendly service as always! One of our favourite restaurants in Cheltenham, always perfect for a special occasion.

I tried to book a table at l’Artisan literally for years, but every time there was a special occasion they were unfortunately closed or some other problem occurred. So this time I decided to pick a random day just to go and finally try this restaurant and I’m so glad I did it. The ambiance was nice, candles on the table, everything looked really elegant, the only downside is that it’s a tiny place so tables are quite close to each other. I had the ravioli as a starter, followed by the duo of duck, while my partner had the scallops and the beef fillet. Honestly the starter where amazing to see but I felt like my ravioli were missing something, maybe they were a bit too delicate in flavour. But the highlight of the dinner was definitely the duck, it was simply amazing and I loved every single bit of it. For dessert we ordered a cheeseboard and the chef’s special, the Horsechoux, which is available in different flavours and is in the shape of a horseshoe to represent the town of Cheltenham. I loved our meal from beginning to end and would definitely recommend this restaurant.