Fosters Restaurant - Gloucester Royal Hospital in Gloucester

Quite a “staff canteen” but open to visitors / public. Excellent choice / variety of food and very competitively priced. Hot drinks are bizarre; you pay at the till and then receive an empty cup to go and serve yourself tea / coffee. Self clean after eating.

For a hospital choir e and quality of food very much questionable. Unbelievable amount of free sugars .

Found myself in a corridor nearby waiting on someone around lunchtime so went in search of something to eat. Following the signs for 'Fosters Restaurant' I fully expected to find myself at some rip-off cafe where a packet sandwich is £5.99 (think hospital parking) - I could not have been more wrong! Fosters is a good old-fashioned 'government run' style canteen that put me in mind of the Milk Bars of the Soviet Union - Big portions of hearty hot food for prices that you wont believe (a main meal costs £2-4)! There is a hot food counter as well as a salad bar and some delicious looking cakes and puddings. Hot and cold drinks complete the offering. I went for a portion of the Potato and Onion Pie with Peas and Carrots: This was delicious (think tartiflette but prepared by your school dinner lady! ), and very filling. There was also a 'spicy pork and fruit stew' and several "and chips" type options. The sticky-toffee pudding and custard also looked good, but I got called away.... Whilst this cafe is in the bowels of Gloucester Royal Hospital, it is open to the public, and if I worked locally I would be here often for lunch. What a great place!