The best restaurants serving British food in Cotswold South West

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.

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.

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!!!!

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 ❤️