Gloucester's best known secret
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BAR
Monday: 12 pm - 12 am
Tuesday: 12 pm - 12 am
Wednesday: 12 pm - 12 am
Thursday: 12 pm - 12 am
Friday: 12 pm - 2 am (last entry at 1am!)
Saturday: 12 pm - 2 am (last entry at 1am!)
Sunday: 12 pm - 12am
RESTAURANT
Monday: 12 pm - 9pm
Tuesday: 12 pm - 9pm
Wednesday: 12 pm - 9pm
Thursday: 12 pm - 9pm
Friday: 12 pm - 9 pm
Saturday: 12 pm - 9 pm
Sunday: 12 pm - 5 pm
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Keep Up to Date With Us
Check out our Facebook page for all the latest news and updates, from our weekly live music and DJ nights to our ever-changing restaurant specials and annual festivals!
Quality Dining Experience
We do not serve fast food; we serve good food as fast as we can. With more than 30 years of experience, our staff work as a team to bring you excellet service and delicious food.
Full Days of Live Music
Let your hair down at festivals packed full of live music from well-known performers. The events that we host feature artwork from flourishing artists as well as street art and sculpture.
About Us
Visit award-winning Café René for traditional pub food and live music from bands and individual acts. Based in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, our bar restaurant is a venue where you are entertained all night long. Featured reputable house music acts, our underground cellar bar is open on Fridays and Saturdays and we also hold events from poetry nights and zombie walks to festivals. You are even able to rent out our cellar bar for a party that you’ll never forget. Established in April 2003, our aim is to provide fantastic entertainment in a place that you can feel relaxed in.
24-Hour Licence
Café René was the first pub in Gloucester to obtain a 24-hour licence and still have it today. Trading for more than 13 years in the city centre.
Paul Soden opened Café René and turned it into a pub that he would like to eat and drink in. He created an atmosphere that encourages everyone to enjoy food, drink, music, and most importantly each other.
Key Members of Gloucester LVA
We are a key member of the Gloucester City Safe Scheme that aims to stop anti-social behaviour. It has now been adopted in every borough in London.