Excellent Meals and Drinks to Complement Superb River Tours

English Holiday Cruises offer full-board holidays on the Cotswolds river Severn navigation out of Gloucester. We serve delicious traditional English food freshly prepared by our own chef on board the Edward Elgar Riverboat Hotel. The meals are prepared to a high standard to ensure that you get one of the best river cruises available in Europe.

Traditional English Food

We believe that great meals make a great holiday. We serve traditional English food three times each day. There is a good menu selection available for each meal and the selection changes every day. An example day’s menu is shown below, including a cooked English breakfast, lunch and four-course dinner. Vegetarian options are available at every mealtime and we can also cater for special dietary requirements, if you give us advance warning.

‘Delicious food, excellent crew, wonderful holiday, we will be back’. – J & J, Shotton

Example Day's Menu

‘My thanks to all of the staff, especially the chef who catered to my dietary requirements exceptionally well’.

Well-stocked Bar and Free-flow Tea, Coffee and Chilled water

The cash bar stocks a wide variety of soft drinks, beers, wines and spirits. Prices are set at a reasonable pub standard and all drinks are charged on a cash basis during your holiday. The bar is open from 11am to 11pm.

We also offer an endless supply of FREE self-service tea, coffee and chilled or ambient chilled water, unlike some European river tours.

‘I expect to eat well on holiday but your meals are excellent and generous, well done!’

Informal Clothing

To help you to relax during your river cruise holiday, we encourage an informal atmosphere aboard. Feel free to wear casual clothing, even to the meal table. During the day, depending on the weather, you may like to wear shorts and T-shirts. In the evening some passengers like to ‘dress up’ a little for dinner but nobody brings out their formal evening wear. Our riverboat holidays are relaxing!

Thank you for the tea and coffee availability- expected only occasional access, it made my holiday, especially at 4.00am!!!

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