Our Pub

The Broad Chare offers all the best bits of a traditional ale-house  –  well-kept beer, honest food, friendly company, good cheer  –  with a fresh, modern touch.  Nothing fancy, nothing fussy, just genuine warmth and an open-hearted welcome.  A proper pub.

One of those pubs you thought had disappeared (along with whistling milkmen and red telephone boxes), it’s the result of a happy partnership between Terry Laybourne’s 21 Hospitality and Live Theatre, one of the country’s leading new writing theatres.

We opened in 2011 and were immediately awarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand in recognition of ‘good quality, good value cooking’ and are proud to have been awarded a Bib Gourmand every year since. In the same year, we were included in The Top 50 Gastro Pubs list, a go-to source for the best pubs to dine at in the UK, we’re humbled to have been included in the list ever since. In more recent years we were delighted to be included in The Good Food Guide’s inaugural 100 Best Pubs list, achieving ‘Reader’s Choice’ in 2025.