The Royal Hop Pole

Went for fish and chips on Fish Friday, very good! Cheap too– cost the same as the no frills kinda-​junky take out f+c places in in London, but way better quality, nice crispy batter and good fish, tasty chips, and a side of peas; also comes with a drink (so really cheaper!), and you get to hang out in this crazy huge historic inn with your choice of indoor or outdoor seating. Actually I did not realize how bad the fish and chips I got in London was until I ate here. Oh well. I am a newbie to this whole fish and chips thing.
The menu is huge and everything is very affordable. You could go on a date and get two meals for only 8 pounds and some! That’s crazy.

I think I keep repeating myself when reviewing Wetherspoons pubs. They may not be the most charming, but they seem honest in catering to real ale lovers (while serving bland beer to the great unwashed) without being very pretentious. I had a nice pint or two, and the food was rather forgettable but all right, and not expensive. Four stars is pushing it a bit, but factoring in price, I think they deserve it.

My cousins took me here as they figured it was a perfect spot for me to get some food and them to get their drink on with their other friends (mates).
FOOD
I ended up getting the Breakfast Burger which was HUGE. My cousins kept making fun of American portion sizes but this burger was bigger than any burger I’ve had here and came with 2 patties which I didn’t remember seeing mentioned on the menu. Regardless it was DELICIOUS! I would have liked it cooked a tad bit less but perhaps my cousins ordered it well done without asking me.
PRICE
The best part? The price! Food was very cheap and drinks were cheap as well. My total bill for 2 beers and a burger was less than £10.
SERVICE
I didn’t order and let my cousins handle it. They went to the bar presumably and ordered there giving our table number. Food came out very quickly to the table.
AMBIANCE
Set inside an older building with weaving hallways and different dining areas (including an outside patio) the pub had a great feel. We ended up sitting at a couch area near to the fireplace with quite a large table for eating and drinking. The bathrooms were very large and clean.

The best pub in Tewkesbury for a pint and probably the cheapest.

Half term weekend in October, so we decided to go out for a couple of drinks and a meal.
A lovely looking building from the outside, and inside was just as impressive.
That was just about where the good points stopped, certain beers where out of stock, as were most of the steaks on the menu.
We eventually settled on Two mixed grills, these were served as tiny portions, and we were not asked if everything was Ok with our food.
After our meal we had a couple of drinks, there were a group of men at the bar area who were loud, and using bad language.
No effort was made by staff to ask them to quieten down, personally I don’t want to bring my family to a place to hear swearing.
I don’t know what management is trying to do here, but this place was a bit of a let down, we wont be coming back.
We finished off the evening by getting chips on the way home, the food in the Hop pole, were childlike portions.