The best restaurants in Cotswold South West

I go to this Dobbies quite often as it's very local and a good place to take my husband who needs little outings (limited in his range these days.) However, they have gone DOG MAD. Dogs are allowed all over the store INcluding the restaurant (!! this would have been unthinkable 5, 10 years ago?) and people take them at their word and you genuinely can hardly move some days for dogs on long leads forming a trip hazard in front of you. The dog owners seem to annoy even each OTHER as, their dogs being dogs, they try to suss each other out with hackles and sniffings and sizing one another up, causing blockages in the aisles. Lots of small children in this Dobbies too - about the same head-height as a dog - I'm sure parents must find this an extra stress. And in the restaurant it's VERY offputting to have a dog about three feet from your table. Dogs are not clean, no matter how much their owners pretend they are - they have no place in public food outlets, and WHY, JUST WHY? how and why did we get to this point where dogs and owners can never be separated? It's quite a recent thing, last 5, ten years? Now obviously Dobbies have done their sums, and so aggressively marketing themselves as DOG FRIENDLY (latest ad: "if your dog wants to help choose your new lawnmower, now he can!" - clue - no he doesn't) must mean they think they get more trade from dog-lovers than lose it from those who think dogs have no place in stores and particularly food outlets (kudos the Waitrose outlet and butchers in-store, who don't allow dogs in their section.) So I realise the battle is lost, but I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels this way. I don't even think the dogs themselves can be enjoying this, it must be a stressful environment for them. I'm not a dog hater - I've owned and loved dogs - but this tide of 'dogs must be allowed everywhere and if you aren't happy about it, go elsewhere' is depressing.

Called while away on holiday to the Tetbury branch, bought 2 danish pastries costing a whopping £7.50. One was too highly baked that it tasted slightly burnt and was not a great flavour, add to this that I ate this four hours later and it tasted stale as if it was a previous days bake. The other was not much better, again tasting like yesterday’s bake and both most definitely not worth the price. Thoroughly disappointed with my purchases and glad to say its not my local bakers.

Was served by a young man called Brandon. The worst customer service ever. We ordered and he then said in a rude abrupt way “what else?? “ we paid no thank you or please. Didn’t inform us my transaction had gone through. I asked him if it was ok all he said was “yep”. I asked him again to see if he would say thank you, all he said again was “yep”. Bloody shockingly rude guy!!!!

Food spot on! Coffee great! Special thanks to the trustworthy staff for returning my cardigan left in the cafe by mistake

The food was fresh nd service great but their bathrooms are super dirty and reek of urine all the time

I used to come here a lot when I was younger with my family and even had a 16th birthday meal in the function room at the back. EWas always a great place to eat and relax.

The coffee is good the service is very good but the crushies have been absolutely disgusting they have no taste and are a waste of money they need to be stronger they are basically expensive water

We live just up the road and I’m always impressed with how lovely the service is plus a great veggie pizza with tonnes of toppings , it fills the void and I will never stop visiting when it’s time for a cheeky little treat. Goes brilliant with football or movie night. Thanks guys ❤️

Amazing pizza , I ordered half and half large with stuffed crust . It was made to perfection and yoh staff naveen was amazing and made really good recommendations.

This is the second time I have been fleeced by this KFC. Both times I ordered a 10 piece family feast. The first time, of the 10 pieces they gave me, 9 were drumsticks! The next time I went I complained about this to the person who took my order, who assured me that the majority of my new order would not be drumsticks. I took his word for it, silly me, because when I got home and opened the box there were 7 drumsticks! This is the WORST KFC franchise I've ever been to!

Wonderful place to eat, food delicious especially Sunday roast. Desserts are amazing and reasonable prices. Beautiful looking out onto gardens and staff lovely and attentive.

Food was really hot and tasted nice. Staff was really friendly offered some discounts as well. There are many vegan options available.

Fantastic food on a quiet night in the restaurant. We wanted to go out for dinner whilst staying in Blockley and with the village cafe restaurant fully booked, we opted for the crown hotel. The menu was small but the food was excellent. Two of us had the duck salad which was excellent, one had the smoked salmon and one the prawn cocktail - all generously portioned and fresh. For mains three of us had steak in mushroom sauce, the steaks were cooked well, the chips were great and the mushroom sauce lovely. Our fourth party member had the spinach and ricotta tortellini with pesto and it was another generous and excellent portion. We left well fed and happy!

I was there on a Saturday afternoon and ordered a three piece meal, large with sides of gravy and slaw. Again the automatic ordering point had run out of receipt paper but most importantly my meal was a disappointment. My three pieces of chicken was two legs and just a small piece of wing. I returned this and asked for a refund as the meal did not meet up to expectations. I was offered the opportunity to replace part of my meal but at this point I’d lost my appetite for KFC.