Hot Bowl Cafe Bistro in Forest of Dean

Traditional country pub , menu to suit everyone, food divine very generous portions, nice to see home made puddings superb choice .

Recommended by the local Dean's Wood campsite with a caveat of it being 'rustic', we enjoyed a very tasty excellent value for money meal and drinks. Our dogs were welcome, and the Land Lady was lovely. Plenty of indoor and outdoor seating for all weather. With a small play area available for children. Watch out for the local sheep wandering the roads and verges!

Decent coffee and good seating options. It's a quiet space inside Regents Walk Shopping Arcade.

Stayed in the cottage owned by the landlords, what a place. So we had evening meal as a family, the landlady was so kind, welcoming and brilliant with the kids. The meals were delicious, quick service and overall warm welcoming pub and guest cottage. Definitely worth a visit.

I must admit I was a little sceptical when I first arrived. It is a very small operation but how wrong was I! It was a brilliant afternoon out. Rich the mine guide was brilliant, he was really passionate about showing us his mine. He kept all the kids entertained whilst being really informative. The “museum” despite being very basic was actually really informative about mining in the area and certainly held my interest for 20 mins whilst waiting for the tour to start. We didn’t use the cafe so I can’t comment but it looked clean and tidy.