Eat and drink · Tetbury
The Gilbertine Kitchen
A café on Long Street, Tetbury, for breakfast and lunch from Wednesday to Sunday, with guest-chef and pop-up evenings.
Breakfast and lunch on Long Street, with guest-chef evenings. Open Wednesday to Sunday, daytime only.
- Good: Guest-chef, bistro and jazz evenings, which can sell out
- Good: Gluten-free bread for the toasties and eggs
- Good: Breakfast until 11.45am, lunch until 3pm
- Worth knowing: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
About
The Gilbertine Kitchen at 61 Long Street, Tetbury, is a café for breakfast, lunch and coffee from Wednesday to Sunday. It opened in November 2019 on a business park at Poulton and has since moved to Tetbury; its team also runs the Gilbertine Deli in Cirencester.
Breakfast runs until 11.45am: a full Gilbertine (with a vegetarian version), French toast, a breakfast burrito, eggs on sourdough and granola. Lunch, from noon to 3pm, is a short menu of a tart, a salad, soup and toasties such as a croque monsieur, most between £8 and £16 on its October 2026 menu. Gluten-free bread is available for the toasties and eggs, and the café says it can cater for most diets if told when you book. Sundays have a brunch menu.
On set evenings the kitchen is handed to guest chefs and pop-ups, from Mexican food by Burrito Mama to South American and Spanish menus, and there are bistro and jazz nights. These can sell out, so book online.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Wed 11, 09:00
| Mon | Opening | Breakfast | Food served |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 15:00 | 09:00 to 11:45 | 12:00 to 15:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 15:00 | 09:00 to 11:45 | 12:00 to 15:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 to 15:00 | 09:00 to 11:45 | 12:00 to 15:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 15:00 | 09:00 to 11:45 | 12:00 to 15:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 to 14:00 | Closed | Closed |
Breakfast: On Sundays a brunch menu is served instead.
Food served: Lunch menu.
Evening events on set dates, announced on Instagram. Closed on Tuesdays, whatever its Instagram bio says.
The details
- Food
- Café food
- Serving
- Breakfast · Brunch · Lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Café
- History
- Opened in November 2019 at Poulton; later moved to Tetbury
- Parking
- A town car park about a minute's walk away.
Photos
From the kitchen 
Caramelised onions
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
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Sights nearby
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Bath Bridge, Tetbury
Sight · Bridge · Tetbury
Bath Bridge carries the Bath road, now the A433, over the valley south of Tetbury and up into the town: four arches of rubble stone, each a different size, built by Thomas Webb in 1774 to 1776 as part of the town's Georgian improvements. Grade II.
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Cutwell Bridge, Tetbury
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A small packhorse and foot bridge of about 1622 on the old road into Tetbury from the south-west: one triangular stone arch about a metre high over a tributary of the Avon, with a long ramp. Grade II, on a public path the Tetbury town walk follows.
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Market House, Tetbury
Sight · Historic building · Tetbury
Tetbury's pillared Market House of 1655 stands in the middle of the town: a timber-framed hall on three rows of stone columns, built and still owned by the Tetbury Feoffees, with a cupola, a dolphin weathervane and markets underneath every week. Grade I.
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Old police station and court, Tetbury
Sight · Historic building · Tetbury
Tetbury's police station and magistrates' court of 1884 on Long Street, with its cells and courtroom intact, now the town council offices and a free police museum holding what the council calls the largest collection of British handcuffs and restraints on public view.