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New cocktail bar Plates and Shakers to open in Cheltenham this week

June 24, 2026
New cocktail bar Plates and Shakers to open in Cheltenham this week

Summary

Cheltenham’s newest bar has announced it will be opening tomorrow (June 25). Award-winning Plates & Shakers in the former Urban Fox bar unit at 4 Montpellier Walk will be open from 12pm. Writing on Facebook, Plates & Shakers said: “For months we’ve been building, creating, painting, tasting and pouring our hearts into something truly special.

Details

Now, the wait is over. “Step inside a world where cocktails tell stories, tapas travel across the Mediterranean, and every corner hides a little piece of magic. “Expect award-winning cocktails.

Expect Mediterranean-inspired tapas. Expect surprises. Expect theatre.

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Expect the unexpected.” The dog friendly bar will serve tapas-style food alongside its range of more than 100 cocktails, which it said are crafted in-house using premium spirits. Plates & Shakers, which already has a bar in Ross-on-Wye, was named best cocktail bar in the 2025 Midlands Food, Drink & Hospitality Awards.

The team will be hoping for more success at this year’s Midlands Food, Drink & Hospitality Awards on Friday (June 26), where it has been shortlisted in four categories.


Report source: Punchline Gloucester

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