The Woodlands Tavern is in a beautiful setting surrounded by countryside and within Wentwood forest…read morewhich is well known for walking and mountain biking.The tavern is a great place because it manages to combine a traditional country pub with a top notch restaurant,so you can choose to just relax whilst having a drink in the bar or have a delicious meal. All meals are home cooked and really nice with a lot of local produce on the menu,there is always a good choice of dishes from steaks to stuffed trout and they also have a specials board.Deserts are sooo good especially the profiteroles they are yummy!!! Sunday lunches are excellent and very good value but book early as they are very popular with the locals. Overall the Woodlands Tavern is a lovely restaurant and ideal for family get together or an intimate meal for two.

Charming establishment, the service was excellent (Beth was fabulous), and the food was delicious!…read moreI had the roasted beet salad, Steak-Ale-Onion pie, and the bread and butter pudding. I'll definitely revisit the next time I'm in Wales!

Absolutely amazing! I have not had food this good for quite some time. Gluten-free salmon plate was…read moreto die for, from the perfectly cooked salmon to the delicious potatoes to the shaved cucumbers. My fiance's burger was equally good. Handcrafted patty, great chips, and a phenomenal salad, combining both fruit and vegetables. Hardly a pub meal at all. This belonged in a restaurant!

My wife and I went here while looking for somewhere local to have lunch. The name initially caught…read moreour interest so we thought we'd give it a go. We were incredibly pleased with how lovely the place is. Great outdoor dining area, and incredibly cosy inside. The staff were incredibly courteous, and the food was just unbelievably good. I'll admit, when I first ordered, I did think that they were a little expensive. However, it turns out that was because I was expecting the food to be of a lower standard. What they brought out to us was worth every penny. This is a fantastic little place, a hidden gem. Worth driving over an hour to go to, seriously.

This is a typical country pub serving great food. Free Wi-Fi too!…read more For being confronted by a party of 12 arriving on a busy Saturday lunchtime, they coped brilliantly with zero fuss. Initially we sat in the 'restaurant' end (posher tables and chairs), but soon half of the party had to move to the 'bar' end (benches and stools) as we had two dogs with us and they're not allowed in the restaurant area. The food took a while to arrive, not surprising with this large a party, but when it did it was delicious. I chose a baked salmon on cedar plank with coconut butter topping, which was the perfect combination of flavours and cooked just right. That, plus a pint of Doom Bar, one of my favourite ales, set me up for the rest of the afternoon's expedition round the Forest of Dean. Trellech is a lovely village to visit - apparently it used to be larger than either Cardiff or Swansea in medieval times, although you wouldn't know it to look at. Check out the standing stones, the Tump, and the Virtuous Well, famous for curing eye problems and 'complaints peculiar to women'.

DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE IF YOU HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES. I was assured that the food didn't have corn or…read moresoy (maize or soya) products in them. They even messed up and brought me gravy thickened with corn starch that they took back and "remade". The problem is, I'm almost positive they brought me back the same initial pie with the corn starched gravy (which I hadn't realized) and then extra gravy that they supposedly made without corn starch the second time. Here's a note: anaphylactic shock is no joke. Even a tiny amount of corn starch, soy or other food allergy in a allergic persons food can kill them. And almost did. Thank God I had an epipen, Benedryl and tranquilizers to get through the pain. It's highly possible too that they hadn't made the pie and didn't bother to check the ingredients. They seemed to care very little and be irritated by my asking about allergens. Save yourself a hospital visit and eat somewhere that people care.

A lovely local pub in Winterbourne Down…read more This has been my family's local pub for around 20 years and it hasn't changed one bit. It's still as charming, still has the same locals, still the same landlord and, I think, still the same roaring log fire. The Cross Hands doesn't do food, but it does do lots of guest ciders, ales and a brilliant atmosphere. The landlord and landlady (Pete and Lesley) are great (Pete is the spitting image of Peter Stringfellow - with open shirt and hairy chest) and make you feel like part of the furniture - which can make leaving quite difficult at times! Friday nights are good fun. Typical local pub style. A bit of cheese on the jukebox and a good mix of young'ens and old'ens to keep it interesting from one end of the pub to the other. But the best thing about this pub isn't its huge back garden. It isn't the fact you can use one of their massive BBQ's and bring your own meat/food. It isn't even the regular events they hold in the summer with live bands and cider in boxes. The best thing about the Cross Hands is the pub dog. A beautiful Staffordshire Bull terrier who has the gentlest demeanour and wonderful personality. She'll pin her belly to the ground and wiggle her way over to say hello. All the while snorting like a little pig. She has her own arm chair and sits with the locals who play cards on the big round table from 4pm every day. This is a lovely little boozer that has a huge garden for the summer and wonderful warm log fire for the winter. As it is out of town, you can knock 40-80p off the price of pint. A must if you're in the area.

They dont do food here mate ! But you can bring your own and cook it up on one of the complimentry…read morefree bbqs ! This place has tons of character and a great choice of beers ciders and ales all at a very reasonable price. There is a beautiful big garden out back or benches out front if you fancy just sitting and watching the world drift by. Pete the barman is one of lifes winners always there with a warm welcome and a joke or two for you to enjoy. Stick a lepord print thong on him and marvel at the way he transform into Peter Stringfellow oh yeah ! All in all a class bozzer in the country.

The bartender was really nice-she chatted a bit about the area and responded to my request for a…read morelocal beer.

Visiting Bath for a couple days and stepped in here for a pint to cap the day of sightseeing. Local…read morefolk were welcoming, and we had an interesting chat. I'm thankful for this Yelp app and our reviews which is very helpful in finding great spots we might miss otherwise.

Had a delicious snack and a beer here with my friend…read more We shared delicious loaded fries! It had goat cheese, caramelized onions and bacon. It was a wonderful marriage of flavors and the fries remained crispy! My beer was great as well...perfect temperature and very refreshing.

Had lunch while visiting on business. I had a stuffed chicken and my colleagues had fish and chips…read more This place is a real gem with a view of Tintern Abby and a beautiful garden in the rear. The dining room has a great atmosphere. Several specials and a good regular menu. Several beers on tap. Wonderful service. If you are near, go here.

After a long walk (including pub stops) we stopped at the Three Horseshoes after following signs…read morefor another pub and ended up here. We sat in the pleasant beer garden for a drink. As time went on we decided that we would like to stay and have dinner here but indoors as it was getting cold. There were 14 of us and they managed to fit us into the restaurant area on the proviso we ordered quickly before the 6:30pm booking arrived and one table had to vacate by 8pm. The staff were great and we did not feel that we were being rushed even though some people had starters. A lot of us picked from the specials board and the food came out devine and the service was outstanding. The place was busy as it was the jazz/fringe festival weekend so the clientelle was of all ages (a bit annoying having babies/kids screaming thoughout the meal) including elderly who came in through the fire door for easy access. I would definitely recommend this place which is also dog friendly. This place is soo good that Seasick Steve was playing there that evening and eating his dinner in the pub part as we left.

Lovely country pub with real ales and excellent food. Nice setting with small garden and kids…read moreplayground. Recommended.

The food was tasty but I requested my appetizer mushroom/Stilton tart was made to a main course…read morewith a salad as offered. It was 2 x the price and actually came in a huge amount of puff pastry and the 'salad' was literally a load of pea shoots, nothing else. Seriously felt ripped off for an extra £7 although the pastry bit may have been larger than appetizer size. But if you tell me I'm getting a salad, I expect one. I would not have ordered it as it was. Only one type of red wine on offer. On a positive note, it was cosy, popular and a nice atmosphere.

Based a little out of the way. This is a small traditional pub with a samll restaurant…read more Its a very friendly pub and is always full of locals. In the main bar they have a large open fire giving the pub a nice relaxing atmosphere. That last time i visited dogs were also allowed into the pub but not the restaurant. The food is good.