The best restaurants in Cotswold South West

Absolutely brilliant service came in with my family and we had a friendly warm welcome. We asked the bar staff for help as some of my family have allergies we was treated by the chef at our table who advised us on the menu. The bar staff was amazing as was the chef. We've booked for Sunday lunch can't wait.

Our second visit in the last few months against my better judgement as we were previously disappointed with the food and the service but my son wanted a KFC as a birthday treat so I thought maybe they deserved a second chance. Big mistake, it's still AWFUL. Our order came relatively quickly but items were missing. On asking (the very disinterested) staff member for our missing chips and popcorn chicken we were made to feel that we were lying and they didn't bring the chips over as promised. The food was terrible quality, way too much sauce in the burgers so everything just slid out, the fried chicken pieces were greasy and the coating tasted revolting. The krushem milkshakes just tasted like warm syrup. Portion sizes suitable for The Borrowers maybe. The staff just ignore you for as long as humanly possible when you go to the counter, the whole place just lacks atmosphere and is very grubby. We won't be returning, feel like we completely wasted 50 quid 😡

Worst spot ever, avoid. Food ain't that great and the staff aren't interested if you have any kind of problem. Told them I won't order from them again and I'd advise order from any of the other local kebab/pizza places.

Service was terrible, as if the staff hadn’t been trained - ordered 3 egg mayonnaise baguettes and when they arrived there wasn’t enough egg mayonnaise between them to fill a single sandwich. When we told our waiter they said ‘what should I tell the chef’ as if there wasn’t an issue, and then said ‘well we have had 100 people, it’s hard to cope’. A very large hotel/pub in the Cotswolds on a Saturday should be prepared for - would not recommend, even if the setting is beautiful.

Popular pub in a nice setting by the river with a good selection of ales. Food was excellent and service first class. Will return at some stage.

Turned up for a quick lunch as a party of 5, the town was very busy, but the staff at the Manse were able to help us and were very attentive. The food was of a good quality and reasonable value. Had the weather been bettwe we would have sat outside in what is an attractive seating area.

I went shortly after opening. The lady serving was very friendly and smiley - a good start. I ordered the small breakfast. It took ages to arrive. I was the only customer waiting ! There was very little of it. The bacon was smoked and looked like it had been boiled, the sausage was dry and hard, tomato the same. A good egg and the mushrooms were okay. I certainly would not go there again.

Can’t recommend any of the food and a very noisy restaurant. Staff are pleasant and attentive but that’s as good as it gets

Burgers are now a lot smaller. But service was very good.

Stopped for lunch, The food was excellent and the atmosphere was lovely. Staff polite and smiley, enjoyed it.

Stayed in River Leach 2 which we would describe as adequate, no frills. In fairness, it was just clean enough, but with a little effort, this accommodation could be vastly improved. Small details such as the lack of a side lamp in the living room, the television aerial cable was broken so there was no terrestrial signal, only internet channels worked, the bedside cabinet that has to be turned sideways to fit next to the bed meaning you could not open the drawers, no wardrobe or facility to hang anything in the bedroom, a kitchen area without a fridge, no hairdryer etc. These small, cheap additions would elevate this potentially characterful, accommodation considerably. Parking was easy, location is lovely by the riverside and the village a stone throw away, check in could have been better had the single member of bar staff acknowledged us and not kept us waiting, but was good when we were seen to, the breakfast was excellent but again, there was only one member of staff taking orders, making drinks etc so bar service was slow again. They wont let you keep a running tab going and queuing to request extra tea and coffee etc, put us off adding to our order. Overall, I’ve scored ‘average’ as I think for the price paid (which didn’t include breakfast) we have stayed in better. However, with a little extra thought, our accommodation could easily be ‘very good’ and with an extra member of staff to reducing queuing times, might have even crept into the ‘excellent’ scores.

Poor service, ordered kids meal,never materialised, Service very slow,when enquired where the meal was the answer was no available. Avoid

Stumbled across the restaurant seeking directions well after closing time and had the pleasure in meeting Tina .She was passionate about the arboretum and told us all about its history, and the many reasons we should return in all seasons. She was warm , knowledgable and one of the highlights of our day . Thank you Tina .

Went here on the 1st visit and the food was very good and plenty of it. We had the stack. Friendly staff and most importantly our four legged friend was allowed in.