Restaurants we would like to work with, Cheltenham & Gloucester

What makes a room right for this

A dinner is twelve people at one table, early in the week, when a good kitchen is at its quietest. We take a fixed menu, we tell you the numbers in advance, and we pay per head on the night. No room hire, no minimum spend, no deposit. These are the things that tend to make an evening like that work.

Independent, chef-led, not a chain

Roughly 1 to 4 years old

Well-reviewed but not fully booked

Room to seat a table of twelve

Visibly quieter early-week

No.38 The Park

Pittville

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Photograph: Nagomi

Nagomi

Cheltenham

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Nagomi opened on Crescent Place in September 2022, two minutes from the Promenade, in part of the building that once housed The Stable. Its tables have grills and hotpots set into the middle, so much of the cooking happens in front of you: Japanese yakiniku, Korean barbecue, shabu shabu and Korean hotpot. Alongside that sits a kitchen menu of small plates, sushi and bar food, from edamame and kimchi to Seoul fried chicken, with Kobe wagyu on the menu too. It is independent and single site, open Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner and all day at weekends.

Nasprías

Hewlett Road

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The Curry Corner

Fairview Road

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