Dr Foster's Waterfront Bar and Restaurant in Gloucester

We popped in for the first time this evening. Cracking service and lovely cocktails. Also if you’re going to have a nibble you have to try the scotch egg and Olives too! Awesome.

What a great new spot this is in Gloucester! We had an amazing meal for exceptional value (the pork cutlet is HUGE and the steak pie is divine. The “nibbles” are a delicious starter in themselves). The staff here are very friendly and helpful and wanted to make the experience here a good one. I loved the local choice of lager and cider - a shame that there was no local wine given that Three Choirs is just down the road and would fit so beautifully with the local theme of this pub, The only reason it is not a 5 is because of the very limited dessert menu - it would be great to see a creme brûlée or a nut free sticky toffee pudding. Overall a great meal and we will certainly be back!

Wonderful Sunday lunch . One of the best we’ve had . One of our party said it was the best lamb ever tasted . Which was indeed praise itself . I would highly recommend and cannot wait to visit again . The service was also excellent and we were all made to feel very special . Well done to all the team

Gorgeous, great quality food, nice selection of drinks, friendly staff and reasonably priced. Lovely location down by the water with a huge conservatory that was perfect for a meal with super comfy seating. Wheelchair accessible and a disabled toilet too. We’ll definitely come back and would recommend.

Four of us had made a reservation for brunch in this beautifully refurbished restaurant/pub. Delighted to be shown into the airy conservatory. Such a great space overlooking the water. We chose our food items from the menu.2 had publican fry and two had eggs benedict with haloumi and avocado. Tea and coffee was great also. Service from Alex and Millie was amazing, very polite and efficient. Extremely delicious food served here..Highly recommended.

Came here with a mate today and had brunch, I had bubble and squeak with poached eggs, black pudding, and poached eggs, my friend had a fry up The food was delicious and really filling They also do iced coffee of different flavours, which is my favourite I will be coming back and bringing my friends

Really nice food. Friendly and helpful staff and a very good refurb! Had the burger which was nice, good prices and plenty of room to choose where to sit.

This was my first visit to the refurbished Dr Foster and it was immediately clear that much work had gone into its upgrade. However, a definite shortcoming is the unventilated glassing in of the dockside area which meant that even on a normal summer evening it was like an overheated greenhouse and not surprisingly, the 15 or so tables (50 covers!) in that area remained empty throughout my visit. A pity, in that a good example of how to do it properly is at the greek restaurant just next door. I also found the choice of beers strangely limited but was told it was policy to only serve locally sourced ales, Guiness?? The well known Henry Westons vintage cider was prominent but, being very strong is not for the faint hearted or casual drinkers on a night out. In summary, an interesting venue but not one to make a bee line to on a visit to the docks.

Wow, what a fabulous afternoon, the staff were amazing friendly, polite and professional, the food was outstanding and the best Sunday lunch we have had eating out for years. We were a party of 8 with 2 small boys who loved their roast too. The pudding was excellent as well. We were guided through the food and drinks menus by attentive staff, and we didn’t have to wait very long after we had placed our order, first class service. The decor is fresh and modern too, and there are many areas to sit and relax. Excellent and highly recommend

We took our family for our grandson’s birthday. The staff found us the perfect spot so the children could play with their toys. Staff were fab and friendly. It was really hot outside but inside was beautifully cool. We had a great Sunday lunch. Even the 3 year old loved the beef croquettes -they were lush. And the veg were great. Our daughter is vegetarian and loved the wellington. All in all a lovely afternoon. Thank you to everyone at Dr Fosters for making the day special.

The most beautiful pub/restaurant in Gloucester. I love this place. Went for food and drinks now it’s under new management and what a job they’ve done. The place looks amazing, even new toilets eventually. The food and staff were great. We loved the menu too. Some different things to try. The steak pie was out of this world. Best Ive ever had. Hopefully fosters is back open for good now.

Visited Dr. Fosters after it has been refurbed and I was pleasantly surprised and great service. I would like to say that Joanne went above and beyond and was a fantastic server and she really did have excellent customer service skills. From making it so personal and not robotic and also was able to have a laugh and helpful. Recommending dishes and offering sides really was great service. Food was tasty atmosphere was great. One thing just as feedback and that was just not clear where host station was to go as we came through the harbour side doors and one thing the font for price on menus were hard to read otherwise great job

Great to see this bar and restaurant open again. Lovely ambience with good music still. Staff welcoming helpful and efficient. The meals were delicious and well presented. We had the Cornish haddock and chips and steak with 2 eggs and chips skin on. Really enjoyable brunch. We wish the place and staff every success. Welcome back

Called in for lunch on our first day in Gloucester what a fantastic place. Friendly helpful staff a great selection of drinks and really good tasty food and spotlessly clean. I thought it was going to be expensive but I was very pleasantly surprised extremely good value for money. I’ve been saying for ages we don’t see ploughman’s in pubs anymore, what was on their menu a ploughman’s and it was delicious. We also had aubergine flat bread with beef dripping chips and vegetarian fries. Thank you please keep up the good work😃

Really high end food, cooked to perfection and amazing taste.

Called in for lunch on our first day in Gloucester what a fantastic place. Friendly helpful staff a great selection of drinks and really good tasty food and spotlessly clean. I thought it was going to be expensive but I was very pleasantly surprised extremely good value for money. I’ve been saying for ages we don’t see ploughman’s in pubs anymore, what was on their menu a ploughman’s and it was delicious. We also had aubergine flat bread with beef dripping chips and vegetarian fries. Thank you please keep up the good work😃

Popped in today for some brunch as part of the soft opening and we were so impressed with everything, the decor is beautiful, the staff were so lovely and the food…just wow (definitely recommend the Mac & cheese on toast! 😍) So happy to see the space being used again as it has so much potential with footfall from the new food dock, really hope it has the success it deserves as a lot of effort and thought has clearly been put into every aspect! ☺️

Went here on soft launch night. They have really spent some money on this and it looks fab. Food was very good quality and beers were lovely. Looking forward to going again

Took our money, cancelled the party for 50+people with hardly any notice and 2 months later we're waiting for refund. Being lied to repeatedly. Awful. Mismanaged dive.

Seemed ok but Dead at 630pm 2 people in there

Friendly atmosphere with excellent staff.

First time for our band WyeFi playing at this venue and I have to say I hope it won't be the last. The staff were helpful on my arrival advising me of stage area and load in and parking arrangements. Duty manager Vicky was also helpful and supportive. We managed to raise the party level thanks to the wonderful clientele. See you in 2023

Visited tonight Saturday 20/11/22 had live band on from approaching the venue looked very smart and the gazebo and red ropes bottom of steps very appealing very well presented staff on door who was very friendly and welcoming even tho dealing with other people and problems smartly dressed and perfect customer service on entry and When left recomened taxi company and called 1 for us the service at bar was great and quick considering the people inside busy just a great venue and staff wish you all the best

Brilliant atmosphere great friendly staff cracking deals especially cocktails my favourite place in Gloucester Docks

Attended a photo shoot here which was great fun

Tatty, scruffy, rubbish strewn. Reported to be under new ownership and I would expect some effort to recoup their investment rather than obvious neglect. Outside both back and from is in need of basic cleaning. Kerb appeal is zero and looks uninviting and neglected. Scruffiest place in the docks. Looks closed all the time. Big fan fair when taken over has amounted to nothing. I cannot see this place surviving as customers take more care where they spend their money. Very very disappointing.

Expensive. In times of severe inflation, simply too expensive to consider. Update: more expensive, won't go back!

Love this place, nice staff nice surroundings. 👍

Friendly staff, good range of drinks

Good. Went on Saturday to a mates retirement do. It wasn't very busy when I arrived, shortly after 6pm. But it soon got busy and we were lucky enough that they opened the bar upstairs, which was good. The staff were friendly & polite. The football wqs on but it certainly wasn't rowdy or raucous. It's always amazed me over the years why it hasn't been busier as its nicely furnished and always has a good atmosphere, close to restaurants at the northern end of the docks with parking nearby and being only a short walk from the city centre. They had a good range of gins, but ran out of rhubarb gin, but they still had plenty of others. Good range of lagers & beers (bottles & draught) although I didn't see an IPA. Korev, enjoyable pint for a fiver.

Visited 19-8-22 after reading in the Gloucester press that this place was now re-opened under new management with ideas to bring in customs including a steak house in the first floor. I was looking forward to this visit as I always enjoyed the place prior to covid lockdowns and it’s closure. Sadly, it looked like a grotty dump. Gone were the comfy sofas and fairy lights and warm atmosphere, gone were all the outside seating along the dockside I was so looking forward too. In its place was loud music (hardly any patrons) rubbish strewn and rundown seating area, had to clear a table from food debris and empty glasses before we could sit down, less than appealing clientele being loud and obnoxious….very much had the feel of a place where people go to over indulge in alcohol before going on to clubs! I will not return and certainly wouldn’t recommend it.

Nice place but expensive drinks

Great friendly staff and a good atmosphere, worth a visit if your at the docks

Good selection of cask beer and a pleasant place by the water to drink it.

Lively place, but when I went only had lager, no bitter or other ales!

Dr. Foster’s liquor company had no Tanqueray martini which I had requested from a pleasant bargirl. However, it did have a double Tanqueray. Even in this land of James Bond, most barkeeps have never heard of a martini. I was shaken. Not stirred. My experience is that a double is only two ounces in the UK, not the three ounces in Louisiana. The view on the docks/quays is pleasant.

Having recently reopened you would think people would like to visit somewhere different but that doesn't seem to be the case. Called in on a Saturday lunchtime and I was the only person there, given the state of the gents toilets it must have been busy the night before but surely you want to clean and tidy before opening again in the morning, obviously not. I had to wipe my feet when I left, will not be rushing back.

Dead when we were there so can't rate it

Used to come to this pub years ago and returned after maybe 6 years away living elsewhere. Pool table, conservatory and canal views but I feel it would be less hot in the sun if the doors opened out onto the waterfront.

I went late on a Friday night, the place is probably very different during food hours when the restaurant is open. The beer selection was smaller and more mainstream than I had expected, also the music was loud, making a quiet wind-down pint a little difficult.

Great, had a lovely burger and pint the weekend of the Tall Ship festival. Highly recommended

Great atmosphere and very friendly staff. Shame you ran out of drinks as the night went on. Each thing I ordered was out the next time I went back.

Half hour wait for a drink, no ice after 9pm and after being told we could order food when making the booking we were told on the night the kitchen was shut for a few weeks. I hope this is just teething problems and they manage to sort it out as the building is gorgeous

Ran out of most things part way through the night

Dark and dismal, no real ale on

Glad to see this is back open again. Love the disco, bands etc playing.... Just what the quays need

Was pleased to hear that Dr fosters had reopened.. So on a a day of sunshine popped in for a drink and look around. The bar looked very modern and the staff well dressed in waistcoats. However nothing else appears changed and the place has a rustic grubiness. Although there is a conservatory which looks out over the docks, the tables are not laid out very well (unless you happen to go out in a party of twenty people.) there was no actual outdoor seating to enjoy the sunshine. Altogether a rather disappointing visit.

Good food and very nice views of Docks Dr Fosters come Rain or shine

Great atmosphere very friendly Saturday night, will be back again 😀

This place has reopened. Whether or not by the same management, I’m not sure but my bank balance sure knows about it. Two beers, some crisps and then some milk for the little’un and it cost me the best part of £20. We only stopped in on the way home as we’d seen it had reopened while walking past it a few days earlier. Nice place (as it always has been) and I’m not sure if they’ve got their food back on but it’s a tad on the pricey side for Gloucester… even the Docks. I’ll be back… when my dads paying.

Lively good atmosphere at the weekend

Great atmosphere, friendly staff, lovely cocktails.

It's a pub that I like to visit occasionally. It's nice inside and there is outdoor seating by the canal also. Very nice on a sunny day. Some of the male bar staff think and act like they're all that, they ain't. Apart from that it's a good customer friendly pub.

Burger and chips with beer in a great atmosphere waitress friendly helpful all great will be back

Great place. Can't complain about it. Lacks good beer and doesn't feel personable if I was to be critical.

Nice place, good food, decent ales.

Food is good and staff are pleasant

Fab dog friendly pub. Really friendly staff, Stacey in particular and really good food. We had the steak n ale pie - totally amazing! , fish n chips, Gloucester old spot sausage n mash - superb sausages , ham egg n chips with a mega portion of onion rings, chicken goujons and bacon n cheese fries. Overall really good food, inviting surroundings and Stacey who made our visit worthwhile 👍

Generally is a nice place. This place was freezing the day we visited, had to sit there with coats on. Order some food look nice but the temperature meant it was warm when arrived and cold to eat. Service was good, helpful bar staff ordered our taxi.

Excellent staff, nice meals, good value for money.

During the day it's a lovely place to go for food and drink, but at the weekend evening it's a nightmare, expect a long wait at the bar

Went here for a birthday meal and food in the afternoon. Bar area was very cold, did ask if the heating was on!!! Drinks not bad price and nice coffee. Food looked nice , tasted nice and four meals came out together. But was warm and not hot. Perhaps the low temperature in the pub was too blame. If weather wasn't so bad would have moved on to a pub with a fire.

They have certain vibe that no other place in Docks has always nice time there

Excellent staff. Very friendly and attentive. Can’t praise them enough. Even made our dog very welcome.

Brilliant staff, very friendly, really decent when my son suffered a mishap and the dog biscuits for our black cocker spaniel was a real treat. Thank you, we'll definitely be back as the service was brilliant, thank you

Always great food and friendly staff. Beautiful scenery

Great place for a few lunchtime drinks. Good selection of real ales and gins - so what's not to like?? Comfy sofas inside, and seating overlooking the quayside. Nice spot.

Great place but toilets let it down

Normally I like this place but nearly everything decent on tap was not available early Saturday evening. How can a pub run out by 7pm on a Saturday night?

Don't dislike BUT sort the beer out we don't all drink maids water I.e. Lager.

So glad to notice the sign stating that this pub was dog friendly, as we had been sightseeing for two hours with our dogs. We made our way to a table of our choice. Enjoyed the friendly staff welcome and they promptly brought over water and biscuits for our ‘lads’. We both had Hunter’s Chicken’ , it was presented in around 15 minutes. Sadly the peas were stone cold and unfortunately no member of staff ever came back to the table to ask if everything was fine or not. We enjoyed the setting and will most probably revisit if visiting here again.

Disappointed with the Xmas lunch this year after a fab lunch last year

Cozy, cool, relaxed pub and dog friendly! Enjoyed our time there.

We had been looking for somewhere to go after walking around Gloucester with our little dog. My dad had come up from Birmingham to spend new year with us and we couldn’t had asked for a better experience! The food was amazing and so worth the money. We had four lush meals and were able to have a drink. The dog was happy, water bowls and treats accessible! Very friendly! Can’t wait to visit again with our dog 🐶

Went to celebrate my 21st birthday with family. They catered to all ages, and were more than happy for us to bring our own cake and decorate the table. A lovely visit, and the food was really nice and filling too!

Couldn't fault it. Good atmosphere, good music, good coffee and carrot cake and excellent service. They even had a biscuit and water not my Golden Retriever!! Will definitely visit again. L

Dog Friendly...in fact everything friendly!! Really nice staff, knowledgable on the food options and attentive throughout, many thanks and happy 2020 to all who work there😊 Also, the food was lovely, loads of options and good sized portions for reasonable prices. Finally!! Venue is big but,very cleverly, still feels cosy. Right on the dockside so good views too. I live too far away for this to ever be a 'local' but will always visit if in the area.

A funny observation. The Mini Meal for under 6 would easily have been enough for my Mother in Law. She managed to eat about half her meal.

A little cold inside, food was ok.

Gone are the days when you greet customers with money to spend with defensive and irritating staff telling you there’s an hour wait for food. Its now a scruffy looking restaurant with dirty windows that hasn’t changed its menu in at least 10 years

Food was good but was 45 mins late. Weren't given a heads up in that. Got told when we moaned 30 mins in that only one chef was in...on a Sunday!

Food, staff and view excellent.

Disabled toilet v dirty for my daughter and waited 40 minutes for to be informed they can't do the order

Great pub, good atmosphere and busy in the evenings and weekends. Always a friendly crowd in there. Prices are reasonable and food has always been food in the past

Great food, mostly fresh. Busy place, but we are not waiting long time. I can recommend and next time we will be back. Just one small dissatisfaction was, that rare steak was medium, but still tasty. Great place!

Lovely, pleasant and friendly bar. Reasonable prices. Lovely food.

Food awesome staff very friendly and helpful

Long wait for food but the food was good

Nice place to have the works Christmas party.

Went for a works do,young lad behind the bar thought it was ok to short change me then disappear not impressed

It was a very pleasant pub good food and beer recommend it

You'd have to go a long to find a better pub

Had a lovely time for my sisters engagement party yesterday, unfortunately some men were inappropriately touching me and a few other women there. Would just like to say how wonderfully the staff and the manager dealt with it, really professional and really discreet, not all places deal with situations like this how they did, it was very reassuring thank you so much. Apart from that, we all had a wonderful evening. The staff are great and the place is wonderfully designed and decorated. My sister and her fiancé certainly couldn’t have chosen a better place for their engagement celebration. Amazing night!!!

I haven't been here for years, so thought we would try it for lunch yesterday (Sunday). I really like the location, the glass covered atrium and the general look and feel of the place, so thought maybe we had found our new 'go-to' place. As mentioned, the pub on the whole was wonderful, all except for the dismally slow food service and the horrid toilets. Like many, we do tend to judge a place as much by the facilities as we do the food, atmoshphere and decor, but felt the toilets could do with a damn good clean and a few quid spent in repairs and renovation. Having said this, the food was great, with very decent portion sizes, at a very reasonable price.

Good place for a drink never eaten here

A lovely Venue, went for 21st Birthday Party. It was in the Conservatory and was Fab, loved all the decor. First time been here as live outside of Gloucester but would definitely recommend this place.

We went to my niece's engagement party here, a lovely evening spent here

Great riverside location - nice to sit outside when the sun is shining.

Great place 2 drink & eat friendly staff all the time

Food was not that good when we had a meal