copa

hi the pub Copa is not in the middle of a field, it’s in the centre of town.

Slightly more grown up bar with good range of drinks.

Large café bar in the town centre of Cheltenham. Not particularly outstanding but serves good food and has a good sized beer garden out the front for sunny days. More of an afternoon pub than an evening. Worth a visit but for a bit more atmosphere, just head to slug and lettuce opposite.

Really nice relaxed atmosphere with great service from behind the bar, it’s so good to get a smile fromt he person who serves you! It was only spoiled slighty by the quite loud 10 year old dance soundtrack, so perhaps some lounge music would have made a little better mood, But I say it only slightly spoiled the ambience so no need to grumble really.
The food was ok, is it gastro? Not sure. It seems to be immitating so many bars up and down the country, burgers, fish and chips, chill, something for the veggie, Brake Bros chips etc. Personally I blame the food culture not the chefs (having been one for 5 years) with TV chefs telling everyone to keep it simple, the problem is everyone does exactly the same menu. Perhaps thats a good thing as you know what to expect, I must say the lightly spiced Copa burger was nice to eat perfect balance of sealed meat on the outside compared to medium rare on the inside, it was like a steak in a bun. I would say that the three fistfulls of rather sweaty cheese that topped the burger was a bit much, it’s quite a strong cheese, and I find that they do taste strange when melted, plus I hate rocket/​frisee/​lollo rosso and the fact that the cheese had been melted into this hideous lettuce only made it harder to remove. I must reiterate I know what it’s like to work in a very busy kitchen but perhaps the chef may consider this final note — the Copa Burger was excellent, how about buying a square block of mature English cheddar and not melting it over the burger, just placing it a top of the burger, you might save on ingredients and time
Thats a lot to say about a Burger I know, but seriously, Copa is an excellent place to visit.
Since building work, sitting in back area is really chilled out and quiet, very often take my little boy there who loves it.