The Village Inn — Restaurant in Forest of Dean

The food was good but the staff were rude and seemed to have a disdain for the customers

We visited on Saturday 27th, we were a larger group of 9 and after a lukewarm reception we ordered drinks. We asked for a couple of drinks and were told that you didn't have, which was fine but later when the rest of our party arrived the exact drinks we had originally asked for where offered to them. They however were told you didn't do Ale!! Even though doombar was clearly available at the bar.

Anyway after the drinks confusion we ordered food with no issues, which arrived promptly and was good quality.

We were just finishing our meals when another member of staff came up to the table and announced in a sharp tone "don't put rubbish in the glasses, there are bins" before then swiping some empty glasses off the table and stomping off. We all looked at eachother slightly surprised by the interaction and then looked around for the bins to only see one the far side of the garden. On the day we visited there was a gentle breeze which is why we had put the sauce packets into one glass to stop them from being blown across the garden, simply turning the glass upside down over a bin they would have fallen out as they were not stuffed or wedged hard.

The final icing on the cake was when it came to paying the bill, we paid it all in one go as we did not want to be a hassle splitting it but through out the paying process we where hassled and pestered for a tip. Needless to say after our experience we did not feel a tip was...

We live local and decided to try this pub when we had guests staying. We left feeling really disappointed. The food was really below standard. My friend ordered fish and chips. The fish was a cheap breaded piece of fish that you’d expect from a box from Iceland. Dry and over cooked. I had lasagne which had been warmed up and then cold cheese sprinkled over the top. The other meals were also not very good. The only decent thing was the side of vegetables. We had asked the waitress what she’d recommend and she said wrap of the day. My friend asked what the lamb chops were like and she said they weren’t worth ordering?! The staff were friendly however the food does really let this local down. It’s not on par with other local pubs in the area. It’s such a shame, but I think they need to get a proper chef in or some training as it’s really not worth a visit if you’re looking for some good pub grub. Would visit again however if the food was better.

Sorry I can’t reply to your comment - we came on the 30th April, you had a bouncy castle. My friend 100 had breaded fish. I looked at the photos on the other reviews and I can say our food wasn’t like that. The fish or the lasagne. We were excited to come as its u see new management we’d heard. The waitress did ask. However, it’s pretty hard to rectify 4 adult meals and you had a bus of stags turn up and were busy once we had had our...

Just moved to the area and tried this establishment on several occasions; excellent food & service.

Oh dear oh dear👎I took my family (8 people) to this establishment today (23/12/2023) to find a complete disaster which was quite embarrassing having said how good it had been on previous visits. Service was awful, the girl who took our order was, to be polite, completely useless/unfriendly. My wife’s main course did not arrive despite the order having been read back to us. Very annoying to get one’s food 15 minutes after the other seven of us. When finally received it clearly had been heated for too long in a microwave and came with cold chips. My peas were both not cooked and cold. A drink did not arrive until chased up. Others found cold poor food. VERY DISAPPOINTED after previous experiences. Very likely will now never return which is a great shame as it is effectively our local. Your loss as over the coming years we would have been regular customers and would have spent many...