Brasserie at Mercure Gloucester Bowden Hall in Stroud

The restaurant offers well-prepared British food at reasonable prices. Service is swift and friendly. There is a good wine list with plenty of choice at the cheaper end. Vegetarians and vegans are catered for as well as those after a good meat meal. The chefs clearly take a pride in presentation and desserts are better than average. This restaurant is worth the journey into the hills on the outskirts of Gloucester.

The place is cozy. They served small amount of starter- (hot wings ) expensive for the amount they charged. The belly pork, needs more gravy. The chocolate brownies that they served taste like a chocolate cake. Presentation is very poor.

I have covered the Brasserie in my overall review but would say that the young lady did have a sense of humour by-pass despite us being very nice customers. Later on given a second chance she did admit that she had been really busy and was quite a different person. All`s fair sometimes given a break.

My fiancé and I visited 26/8/22 and were both looking forward to a relaxing meal at this once lovely restaurant. So much has changed. Rooms stripped of all character and style and is now a large bare room with the most basic table and chairs. Upon arrival we were greeted with a" hello please hold on a moment" and we waited several minutes whilst the young lady played with her computer. Seated at our table we first noticed that because of a lack of furniture and missing curtains the noise from all the other diners was causing such an echo it was like being at a noisy indoor swimming pool. Drinks took 15 minutes to arrive and food menu has no descriptions of what is on the plate like you see everywhere else. I had the Chicken Tikka skewers as a starter which when arrived was two thumb size pieces of cold chicken drowning in a pool of yogurt with a pile of finely chopped lettuce which was a total letdown. My fiancé ordered the crispy squid in salt and pepper coating which was lovely and plenty of it. My Main was advertised as( Beer battered fish and chunky chips with mushy peas ) but in reality what I received was not much more than a decent sized fish finger which was tasteless and the (chunky chips) which were cold, were not chunky and tasted nasty, like old oil or they had been cooked then re-fried and looked like any cheap frozen chip you buy at a store. The mushy peas was more of a watery pea soup. My fiancé ordered the belly pork which came with a thin watery gravy, peas beans and three potatoes. She said the potatoes were lovely but the meat was more of a very small pork joint, tough and chewy with little flavour. We skipped pudding as we were worried these also wouldnt be great and took our drinks ( Gin & Tonic served in pint glasses as they were short on glass wear) outside to the patio seating area over looking the garden where the tables were filthy. Ashtrays full of cigarette butts and empty or part filled glasses. We went we tried we won't return.

My husband and I always return the Bowden Hall for our wedding anniversary having got married there in 2016. Our most recent visit did not disappoint. I had booked online. When we arrived, they had us booked in for afternoon tea. Could have been my mistake or theirs but there was absolutely no issue in turning it into a dinner! Jenny was a great waitress. Attentive but not too over bearing. It was quiet so she could easily have been almost too attentive, but she judged it perfectly. The food was delicious. Lovely atmosphere. Wonderful way to celebrate our anniversary. Having been elsewhere 7 days previously for Mother's Day (which was disappointing and expensive) this trip also reminded us what value for money it is. And the quality really is superb. Will be back...and hopefully before our next anniversary!

We ate twice at the Brasserie in Bowden Hall, Gloucester during our recent stay. The food and service was excellent!

We enjoyed an evening meal in the restaurant for my birthday (there was even an extra chef's menu) and breakfast. The food was nicely cooked and there were no choices unavailable. All of the staff very helpful and charming.

The menu was diverse and the standard of service and quality was superb. the staff were attentive but did not rush us.

Stayed for three nights at the hotel and had dinner on two nights with a bar meal on the third. Chefs recommendation three course meal was £22 and great value. Eton Mess was fabulous. Great choice of meals and highly recommended.

Well presented and good quality food.Served quickly by friendly staff.Nice surroundings,reservation needed as can be busy.

Been here before and experienced rubbish service. Sad to say it’s just as bad as previous visit, also sad as I’d forgot I’d been here before. Oops. Won’t happen again.

We arrived here for a prebooked bed and breakfast stay for two nights. We asked to book an evening meal table,only times were 6.00pm or 8.45,as we eat around 7-8pm this was not avalible as already prebooked. Room service menu+£5 delivery ,another menu,or bar service,another menu,but you could not book table in bar/lounge. Good food was served,tasty salmon,lamb,all very nice.excellent stafe,more than obligeing.

Saw the very restricted menu which I thought quite awful so cancelled. Spoilt my evening so had to go out and find somewhere else.