The best restaurants in Pillowell Forest of Dean South West

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!

A wonderful first visit to The Miners Arms. They did everything right, from initial welcome to friendly goodbye. A masterclass that many other pubs could usefully pay attention to! Recommended!

Great quality food. Plenty of choice. My Daughter absolutely LOVED the lemon posset. Fantastic service. Staff were super friendly and helpful. Spotlessly clean too. We’re visiting the area over the New Year and we were so impressed, we ate at the restaurant 2 nights in a row! They even managed to squeeze us in following a last minute cancellation on New Year’s Eve. Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area.

We came here for lunch after visiting Ross on wye in the morning. We had lunch in the orangery. I would technically say this is a 4.5* review as wasn't perfect but very good. When we got there the lady serving seemed a bit stressed as it was busy but she had help about half way through. I had the sausage & mash, the BEST sausage & mash I've ever had. If they added onions to it in some description it would be 12/10. So yummy. Pudding was nice but not as wow as the main. Good value for money. Everyone at our table said it was the best meal of the week.

Lovely welcome after using adjoining post-office. Excellent cauliflower cheese special and a special community atmosphere. We'll be back!

This is my 3rd visit and have the same Halloumi Salad because each time its beyond awesome!, never ever had a salad as delicious as I do here. Top place to visit, staff super friendly, highly recommend!

We throughly enjoyed our meal and time with you. We were able to choose a table, near to a cosy fire, with fantastic and friendly service from two of your staff. The food itself was really tasty and great value, and the atmosphere was both relaxing and the right side of busy. Thank you for helping make my dad's birthday an extra bit special.

Had a lovely light lunch, the cheese and ham bagels were packed full of ham. Delicious. Friendly staff, great place. Would recommend.

always buy from here when we come away. amazing food, tasty and not greasy! 100% best in the area.

Great food. Good staff. Great venue

As a pub it's OK. As a restaurant no. How hard is it to serve a hard fried egg on a gammon? Three times it took and it still come back with a runny yolk.

Staff really stuck up, miserable, asked if they did scones she was like errrrr (surely you would know) then was like don’t think so no, had a banoffee cake it was bloody awful!!!!! So dry!! Wouldn’t have been surprised if it was there from before bloody Christmas!! Not a lot of other choice My partner said his was dry too.