Cheltenham, French Restaurant Guide

The Ogrodzki’s “traditional neighbourhood bistro” is a real local magnet for its accomplished Gallic cooking, with Jay Rayner’s 2021 review in The Observer also praising its beautiful homage to the ‘80s. In June 2022, after almost a decade in business, the fine diner pivoted to a more casual bistro/‘Café du Midi’, offering breakfast and set lunch menus from 10am-4pm. Whether or not less is more, it was praised this year for its “changing seasonal menus, authentic dishes, pleasantly cluttered” decor and “delightful service that’s so verrrrry French”.

A “fabulous selection of French/Indian cuisine, full of flavour and beautifully presented”, is thanks to an unusual collaboration between two chefs from very different traditions – Frenchman Franck Grillet, a graduate of the Parisian ‘bistronomie’ movement, and Indian Pramod Tirunagari. The success of the combination has led to the opening of a second branch in Bristol.