Cheltenham Arms

We decided since William Foster was in a side road off the High St, that it'd make a good place to stop for lunch whilst on a Christmas shopping trip in Lincoln. It's a large pub split into 2 main areas, with a really good choice of beers & meals, and plenty of space between tables. The staff were pleasant & helpful, just as well, as unfortunately we were informed that the hand battered cod & chips we ordered had run out, so had to sort out changing the order. In the end we ordered: Double BBQ Chicken topped with Bacon & Cheese Hunter's Chicken, Double Burger the 'Bacon Classic', and I had the Mixed Grill. We all had drinks, and the bill came to just under £33, which considering what a less enjoyable meal in McD's or BK would cost, is great value. Food arrived within about 10-15 minutes, and was not only nicely presented see my pictures, but well cooked too, especially my medium rare steak, perfect! The only real disappointment was the grilled tomato, seared, but not cooked. I wasn't expecting a £9.99 Mixed Grill to be as good as this, but a good selection, decent quality and very tasty. The other 2 meals got a big thumbs up too, so all good, and left us ready to hit the shops again. As for the pub, I'd imagine it does get very busy judging by how many TV's were around for the sports, and the pool tables, but a pleasant, not rowdy pub experience.

Good food, friendly staff. Booked a table for dinner but the staff placed us under a big TV during a football match which meant half the pub were sitting in a big semi circle facing us while we were trying to eat. I've never felt so uncomfortable, if you can't reserve tables for people because you get too busy then don't offer it....

Friendly staff, good vibe and atmosphere. They have a good selection of drinks with the basics selection coverved as well as well as a further selection of gins and ciders. They have quite a few large TV screens displaying sports with not all of them tuned into the same channel. They also have two good pool tables, me and my friends have spent a fair few hours enjoying our selfs here over the years playing.

Well after previously giving this place a great review, today was a different story. My grandson was having a supervised crawl on the floor of this pub which was by no means busy for a couple of minutes only, and a bar worker told us to put him in the high chair as crawling around goes against company policy. Well what about the drunk rowdy pool players effing and blinding in every sentence in earshot of my grandson? Does company policy allow for that? I'd like a copy of your company policy please sent to me asap. Thanks.

Will served us on bar, very helpful. ensured we had all our drinks, and informed us of any offers on. made the visit a brilliant one.

The William Foster is the best place to go to watch the football. They show all of the different games. Great just in time for the world cup. Drinks are reasonable and staff are amazing too.

We visit this pub on a regular basis it is always clean and tidy and the staff are very cheerful and helpful and the food looks nice when it comes out but there is a limited choice on sandwiches at lunch time when you only have an hr for lunch.

I am a regular customer and it has a great atmosphere staff are friendly and welcoming food looks nice I do find the access doors are awkward but staff are always willing to help

Food Quality not very good, staff busy setting up Xmas tables, doors left open whilst we ate

Under new management would not be a good way of putting it....we have visited before and used to get great service. This last time we had lengthy delay on food on a Saturday and then the food was wrong. Although a free coffee was provided when your breakfast isn't warm you know there is an issue .