Gamekeepers Inn in Forest of Dean

Great local pub, friendly, good value for money. Welcomes tourists, children, dogs, also. Do a very cheap Sunday roast also.

Always excellent service, food and drink we are always happy with food etc when we call at this lovely pub. The landlord is always accommodating allowing us yo bring our 2 dogs

Traditional local pub, with traditional pub meals, opted for mixed grill, landlord or landlady happy to accommodate any changes when they can I asked for an egg, and didn’t want peas. Very good value for money In this day and age. If you like a traditional pub, with tradition pub grub with good value you for money you can’t go wrong with this place. Also does an extremely good value Roast dinner with wide variety of meats. Juke box, pool, darts, and rear garden.

We found this pub as we were looking for somewhere we could eat, watch the football and have the dog with us. This pub ticked all three. Very traditional/old school English pub with a welcoming atmosphere and good food at a very reasonable price.

In the area needing lunch and had searched for a pub to eat, came across The Gamekeepers Inn and decided to give it a go. We had out 2 little dogs with us so I checked first before we all entered, We were met by a very friendly gentleman who was happy to take our food and drink order even after I spilled some of my beer over one of the bar stools, 🤪🤪 I did my best to clear it up, we sat down and enjoyed our Chicken in a basket and spaghetti bolognaise, The food was lovely , the drink wonderful and the staff attentive. This is a Pub that does food not a Michelin stared restaurant so don’t expect all the over the top faff that goes with it, It is a pub and it does good food,, end of,, Would always go back.. Thankyou

Came here for a family meal whilst staying at Forest Holidays. This is an authentic pub with a traditional menu. Very friendly and helpful staff, the food was freshly cooked to order and excellent value for money, would recommend for a delicious meal without breaking the bank.

When we got here bar man was wearing Ppe took our order and told us to take a seat outside and he would bring our drinks to the table , menus were disposable. Me and my partner both had lasagne and chips which was delicious! And had apple pie and custard for dessert, which was very good value for money. Professional staff adhering to all Covid restrictions!Great service, very friendly staff, definitely coming back here again in the summer

Three of us enjoyed a fabulous lunch there this week, generous portions and great value for money - eaten there a few times and never been disappointed. Amazing meat selection menu.

Went to the GameKeepers inn as I had been told it was a quiet friendly pub. We had booked a table for 4 adults and two children. We had to go up to the bar to order food although it should be table service. ALL drinks served to us (two coke zeros, two Pepsi max, two blackcurrant fruit shoots) were all out of date!!! We didn’t have the bottles to evidence the fizzy drinks however when confronted about the fruit shoots it took them over 5 minutes to actually find some in date! (I do know that out of date drinks are not a health risk however the taste does change!) we waited 40 minutes to receive our food with people who even ordered after us being given their food before!!!! When the food finally did arrive it was bland with parts of it overcooked. As they were clearing the plates they ended up dropping cutlery all over the three year old that was at the table! No apology from the waitress! One of the other waitresses that was working was more interested in the woman’s rugby match that was on than actually doing her job! She also took great pleasure in telling others the sexuality of the players! I didn’t realise someone’s sexuality mattered in this day and age! Advertised with the Sunday roast we had was a free dessert after the waiting we had done for the main and how disappointed we all were we decided to leave instead. I decided to have a word with the owner who was behind the bar at the time. I told him we had an awful experience and mentioned all the drinks either being out of date or tasted that way. He went to go get a bottle to prove that they were in date to sadly be disappointed to find out that it was also out of date! I then mentioned the other things and that the service truly was awful. He didn’t attempt to get us to stay for the desserts all he kept saying was that he was awfully sorry for the bad experience after repeating himself a few times he walked off to carry on cleaning. I will never be returning for an awful experience.

Lovely friendly pub to enjoy a pint in the sun ☀️ Dog friendly which always helps and will return soon.

We often go here for roastSunday lunch & the food is lovely & the best value for money around at £6.40 for a roast main (choice of beef, lamb, chicken or pork) & choice of about 6 desserts (apple pie, berry crumble, 2 cheesecakes, 2 gateux, ice cream, etc). They also have a wide choice of beers, cider & beer garden a bouncy castle & play ground for the children. The service is always good & the pub is always very clean.

My friend and myself regularly go to The Gamekeeper as the food here is fabulous for the money with plenty of choice ,the senior citizens meal is 4.75 ( we usually have the roast) you also get to choose a sweet with the senior citizens. there is also a choice of two meals for 10 pounds! This is a lovely old pub with a lovely garden you can sit in or out A++++++

Lovely, friendly staff and meals were plentiful and tasty. Prompt service and we were all made welcome to stay as long as we wanted .

Nice food friendly service in roomy surroundings. A good choice of game and the rabbit pie was exceptional.

Had a dreadful meal at this grotty horrible pub. Service was dismal, food was barely edible and the whole place looked like it was stuck in the 1970's. Will not be returning.

I am a retired Home Economist who also worked "in the trade" so no a LITTLE bit about food. Being retired and disabled means eating out is getting harder for me all the time but it also means that one does appreciate kind and friendly servie.Having been born and bought up in the Forest of Dean, I visited this pub last week with friends who were born and bought up here.First, I must point out that this pub is a FREE HOUSE. This means that it does not have the backing, money and resources of a brewery and everyone has to work twice as hard. And boy, did they.Personally, I don't know how they do it for the price. We had the pensioners special menu and for what we paid, it could not be faulted. Ok, I have had better, but for three times the price and not three times the satisfaction.All the Staff were working really hard and I do wish them all the best.Would I go back? YES.Could the people who complain do the same quality of meal for the price? Can they even cook? On top of this, could they run a business?

Would not recommend terrible service,had to ask for food order, food terrible, over cooked and plates really 1970's style. Food served with over cooked vegetables which wasn't expected.

Four adults and five children ate dinner here one Saturday evening. The food was OK, it was the getting the food that was the seemingly hard part. I went to the bar to order for our group. The barman ignored me for a few minutes, then started to ask when we wanted, then mid way through taking the order, he started serving 5 other people who came in after us. Really rude. Was disappointed as I'd read the reviews before we went. We won't be returning.

As a family of 5 we visited the Gamekeepers today for lunch. Food was very tasty, offering an extremely wide range of foods and our roast was only £6.40 each including a desert! The food did not reflect this price and we had a great lunch. Really looking forward to going back!

Excellent food and excellent value really friendly pub well kept nice enclosed beer garden and carpark 5*

We went for a meal on a Sunday evening and were invited to join the pub quiz. Food was good and very reasonably priced. Staff and locals really welcoming and friendly. Would definitely recommend!

My mum paid a lot of money for her 60th party here and it was rubbish I.wouldn't recommended this place

Excellent food and hosts really friendly, in bar is pool table, dart, juke box and friendly locals and then the restaurant is clean and tidy, with fab food which the restaurant leads to beer garden where there is seating and a bouncy castle for the children to let off steam plus swings etc really is great place to chillax and have great time

Had Sunday lunch 2/7/17 excellent value for money will be back again my wife and I thought it was very good piping hot food great waitress

La comida era increíble, primera vez que he probado kangaroo y me impactó. El resto de mi familia disfrutamos de la comida y mi primo de 6 años de edad, disfrutaron del castillo hinchable. El servicio podría haber sido un poco más interactiva, pero en general un muy buen tiempo y la camarera incluso nos ayudó a encontrar el supermercado Tesco local.

Fuimos un domingo como habíamos estado dijo un local que era barato, pero bonito. Cuando llegamos el exterior no era nada a destacar y parecía que se podría hacer con una mano de pintura. Por dentro no es demasiado grande y las mesas están llenos estrictamente juntas para hacer el la mayoría del espacio disponible. Es un buen trabajo que habíamos reservado, ya que estaba bastante llena y parecía ser un favorito local. No hay dirección clara sobre cómo puedes pedir así que mi marido fuimos al bar y me dijeron que alguien me venga a la mesa para tomar nuestros pedidos, sin embargo cuando la camarera llegó ella sólo tomó nuestra orden de comida, tuvimos que volver a la barra para pedir bebidas, que parecía un poco extraño. Pedimos una taza de té cada en £1. 30 por taza, pero las tazas eran las más pequeñas de las tazas que he visto, y el té de tres swigs había desaparecido, así que quizás deberían mirar con tazas grandes. Tuvimos el domingo un asado cada uno, tuve de pollo y el marido tenía cordero. Cuando llegó los platos eran bastante pequeñas pero había 4 gruesos trozos de carne, 3 variedad de verduras (pero no en gran cantidad), 3 patatas cocidas, 2 patatas asadas, además de los extras dependiendo de qué carne se tenía (relleno con pollo, etc.). Las comidas estaban bien preparada y tenía un montón de sabor que fue un auténtico lujo y ambos disfrutamos mucho de ellas. Luego tuvimos un flan cada uno ya llegó con el precio de la comida, tuve tarta de limón y merengue al marido tenía Torta Selva Negra. De nuevo, no, pero para grandes porciones de 6 libras. 40 por 2 campos no se puede esperar que sea. Yo no era demasiado entusiasta en mi merengue ya sabía bastante inusual y muy fina, pero el marido disfrutó su pulida y mía. Yo diría que era sin duda relación calidad-precio y los sabores hizo agradable, pero no esperes a ser impresionado por las generosas raciones grandes y si eres una gran persona espero tener que exprimir en su asiento.

Las mesas estaban muy pegajosa, no el pub más acogedores. Tenía gambas entrante que era agradable luego cordero asado. Todo era comida congelada y no tenía sabor no agradable comida en general, no quiere quedarse el budín de gratis. No vivo localmente pero no visitar de nuevo

Visitamos aquí para comer el domingo en vacaciones y ojalá que no tenía. Habíamos reservado nuestra mesa y a nuestra llegada no nos llevaron a nuestra mesa, nos indicó la dirección general. Las mesas estaban muy muy pegajoso y algunos de los cubiertos estaban sucios.

£6.40 for Sunday lunch. Choice of Beef, Lamb, Pork or Chicken with a huge array of fresh vegetables, all well cooked. Yorkshire puds and all the sauces + extra gravy AND a free sweet all in for £6.40.

Encontramos este pub por casualidad cuando realmente hambre - gracias a Dios! Las comidas eran grandes y a un precio muy razonable. Mi esposa tenía el Stilton y aguacate. El queso había desaparecido un poco difícil, pero aún así estaba delicioso.

Reservamos este gran sonar pub/restaurante y mientras en el teléfono le preguntamos sobre el perro. Sí, no hay problema lo pondrá en el bar. Eso estuvo bien con nosotros hasta que llegamos allí. Nos dirigieron a la mesa del comedor y cuando nos dijo con el perro nos dijeron no, sólo el bar o fuera de pantalla. Le explicamos que habíamos dicho que el perro estaría con nosotros. Estuvimos bien con eso, pero un poco confuso, ya que habíamos mencionado el perro. Finalmente encontramos un asiento exterior, pero pronto una mesa en el bar, muy ruidoso se convirtió en gratuito. Bien problemas con eso. Pedimos la comida y el propietario era maleducado y desagradable.

we new thar the foodwasready when we heard the micriowave ping. One of the meals was stone cold (lamb shank). This was returned to the kitchen, we heard the microwave ping a second time and a second lamb shank was delivered, This was luke warm, when we complaied the chef? came out and said that it was difficult to get lamb right snd he did not want to over cook it. we will not bereturning.

Food of a good standard, not the best in the area, but acceptable for the reasonable prices charged.

Having eaten here last new year while camping nearby, this year we booked a table for each day of our stay! Two meals for £10 is excellent value! We mostly ate off that menu and then treated ourselves on New Years Day. Every meal was presented well, piping hot, and good value.We will be back!

9 of us turned up and they rearranged furniture to fit us in. Service was great and the food wholesome, nothing fancy. Sunday roast came with a mountain of beef!

We visited this pub on the 17th August when we went to Wales for the day. The food was excellent so when we went on holiday to Wales on the 19th September we chose our route so we could eat there again. We were not disappointed.

I waited at the bar for 15 minutes to ask about getting a lunch table for a group of 8. No staff visible. One of the locals kindly went to look for someone. A waitress appeared, smiled, and then walked into a back room and promptly disappeared again. While I was waiting several other customers arrived and were just as bemused at the Mary Celeste atmosphere.Gave up and went to the Dog and Muffler which was excellent.

I almost forgot that we visited this Inn having passed it on the road frequently and promising to pay it a visit. We called in for lunch on Saturday 16th May and enjoyed our visit. It does not have much room for eating as it is a pub but it serves up unusual food. We shall call in again shortly and give it another turn. I have heard from others that they were pleased with it.

I ate here with my girlfriend whilst spending a weekend camping in the Forest of Dean. We were both extremely disappointed with the food. The pub was recommended by a local campsite as being decent cheap pub food - I would describe it as not that cheap, with poor quality food.For starters we had 'Ravioli au gratin', and pigeon breast. The pigeon was really very chewy, probably as a result of being frozen and then overcooked. The ravioli was out of tin with some grated cheese on top for £6.50! Fairly disgraceful. For main courses, we had pie and chips. I ordered a venison pie, which I think was around £12-£13, but received a beef pie. I didn't bother sending it back because my girlfriend had her dinner and we would either have had to eat separately, or wait another chunk of time before we both ate. The beef pie was, at best, mediocre. If it was £8 then I may not have been too bothered, but at that price I would expect much better.I would avoid this pub - there are better places to eat in Coleford.

On a cycle trip around the Wye valley with a vague plan to stop at a pub in the Coleford area for lunch. The first 2 on our particular route were no hopers but the Gamekeepers was open for business. We were the only guests on a Saturday lunchtime and got a friendly welcome. We both had the game soup for starters which was tasty as advertised. My braised steak with vegetables and new potatoes was good and came in a good sized portion. Fish and chips was again of a good sized portion but suffered from slightly undercooked batter - I guess because we were the only guests the oil wasn't hot enough when it was cooked. We would have waited longer for the food if we had known.There is a 241 menu and specials boardGL was still on tap as was Stowfords along with various bitters.There is a large car park and a good sized beer garden at the front. Saturday afternoon football was on the tv when we were there.A normal English pub with reasonable meals at a reasonable price.

Roast dinner was OK. Dessert choices were limited and ice cream wasn't great quality, but they do have GL on tap. At £7 a head we couldn't complain. We got what we paid for

Called into this pub by chance for lunch whilst on holiday , wish we hadn't bothered, asked about what meals they offer for gluten free as we had two people in our party of six with these requirements the bar man was very rude and made us feel very unwelcome clearly a pub for ' locals only' We left and went to another pub down the road who were more then happy to help .

If you're dining on a budget, Gamekeepers Inn is an excellent choice. The specials are exceptionally good value, if not the most inspiring meals, but the drinks are a little pricey.

We have visited The Gamekeepers Inn a few times and love it! Great food and when the weather is nice the garden is great for the kids.Good sized portions and good value for money.

We have been using the Gamekeeper Inn for the past 10yrs while caravanning at the nearby Bracelands campsite . Have always found the food to be in the top category for pub food generous portions and extremely good value for money. The staff are always very accommodating friendly and helpful,. the eating area is very pleasant. We have experienced other inns in the area and always return to the Gamekeeper

Ordered main course only at lunchtime. Very pleased with quality of food. Sirloin steak and gammon steak cooked perfectly and very well presented. Very acceptable waiting time for food to be served. Pleasant surroundings and attentive staff. What more could one wish for?

A review on Google. Said the food was to die for!! It was all over cooked and it took ages to get the starters. Even though the restaurant wasn't that busy. Only two other tables. The wood pigeon starter was as tough as leather. We will not be visiting here again.