Reviews in Gloucestershire

Had an amazing breakfast lovely fresh food and friendly staff

Wonderful front of house staff. Nice place. Fab food. Really enjoyed it!

Visiting the area and our AirBnB hosts recommended The Miners and glad they did. Excellent service from friendly staff, fabulous meals, far more than “pub grub”. Very safety conscious so felt entirely safe and so enjoyable to experience such a great dining in experience.

Wedding Anniversary meal for 5: we booked but a substantial part of the menu had been given away by the time the evening came so was off. We turned up at the allotted time and were told we had only an hour and a half - but were kept waiting before being seated, and then we were kept waiting to order and to order desserts and to receive the bill (which we asked for three times). Undoubtedly they'd been very busy all day - but the restaurant was far from full in the evening. Sadly it just meant the experience was poor. The main courses (what was left on the menu) were tasty. The desserts were OK. Most of our group had the chocolate mouse with pineapple - I wouldn't bother again. For £5+ it was a con and it did not look appetizing! We were unanimous that the table bill was expensive for what we got. :-( We won't be returning or recommending based on this.

Great location. Attentive but not intrusive service. Fabulous food. We will be going again...

Service was poor. The place was very busy and we couldn’t seem to get any waiter’s attention. I told them when I booked it was my birthday, thinking they’d maybe say something about it but they didn’t. We weren’t offered puddings, or a glass of lemoncello like other guests who had finished their meal. All in all, I’d say it was nothing special. Such a shame considering I usually love this place!

1st visit, 7 of us. Food was fantastic, one of our party is coeliac and pretty much everything on the menu could be adapted which is amazing. Setting is beautiful, the staff were extremely friendly and food not overpriced. Will definitely be going back.

Restaurant is in a great location, it’s clean and tidy. Food was ok, I had the chicken burger, when it arrived I was shocked at the size of it, and soon realised that it was and oversized chicken breast in a coating that was too big not to be dry. My husband had the pulled pork bun, which he enjoyed. The service was not great. We were seated by a window at the front which was lovely, but I think we got forgotten and it looked like the adjacent table were too. Once we were finished with our food we waited, and waited and waited. I’d guess close to 45 minutes. In the end I gave up on the option of another drink or a dessert and hunted someone down for our bill. Others around us appeared to have arrived after and left well before us. I think I’d skip this next time. Not terrible, not great. Could easily be improved.

We booked a table for Monday 31st May. The meal was good, a lot of things were missing off the menu as it was so busy, but we were happy to have the burger. I was annoyed that I was charged for tap water, I thought that was supposed to be free. I also don’t like having a service charge added to the bill, I would rather give a tip if the service is good.

Fabulous food, we had the Croft breakfast and the vegetarian breakfast, both delicious. Excellent service, will definitely eat there again, thank you.

Dear Sir / Madam, I hope you and your staff are well in these difficult times. I write this mail in an attempt to be constructive albeit its contents does not make for pleasant reading. My wife and I made a 6.30pm reservation on 30th May 2021 at the Croft, Boughton On Water. We were met at reception at 6.05pm by Tom (whose name we asked for towards the end of the evening). Tom, on reference to his I Pad promptly assured us we had no 6.30pm booking so my wife pointed it out to him on the I Pad Tom was referring to. We advised we would go elsewhere for a drink or go for a walk and come back noting we were 25 minutes early for our slot, being advised our early arrival to not be a problem we went to our selected table without any more than Tom pointing generally at an area of tables for us to select from. We had some menu issues, Tom had “done his bit” and it was obvious he wanted no more involvement with us. We understand the “Q Code” process which we completed, but also had menus on the table which confused us. We simply could not get Toms attention despite being seated only metres from him, Tom was too engrossed in drinking his J20, texting and dealing with a private phone call, repeatedly looking at his watch and generally doing all he could to avoid contributing anything to the business of hospitality. At 6.20pm Max arrived at out table asking if we wanted a drink, Max was a saviour, he explained why there were two menus, one being specials. Max got us paper menus, we asked what the soup of the day was and the pie of the day, to avoid losing the attention of Max, as we could tell we would never get Toms attention, we made an immediate selection, Max took our food and drink order as we dismissed the specials. At 6.40pm, still trying to get the attention of Tom without success, Max again arrived at our table and we chased our drinks. When Max did deliver the drinks, I was given a glass and a bottle to pour my own drink. My soup arrived with no knife to spread the butter. When I did ask for a knife I was given two sets of knives and forks for the mains, using one knife for the butter I was now short on a knife for the mains. The wife and I shared a desert but despite qualifying our intention to do this, we had only one spoon. The food was all fine, no issues there. I awaited a second drink but without anyone to order from the sale was lost. The wife and I were incensed with Tom, from when we arrived to his leaving time of 8pm, we witnessed him take two meal payments, at both tables he had great delight at pointing at his Black BMW parked opposite saying he had a parking ticket. Tom repeatedly walked passed queuing patrons without any eye contact or so much as a “Be with you shortly sir”, he walked about aimlessly. We witnessed many people walk out through lengthy waiting at the reception counter, Those that did queue were invariably sent away when asked if they had a booking, which a sign would have dealt with and we even heard one couple call out to Tom and say, “why don’t you simply put a sign up saying no tables left without reservation” as they were fed up with a huddling queue around their table. I cannot exaggerate what a wasted “on cost” to your business Tom is, to the point, I said to my wife, that’s probably a 35k car he has, I would suspect he only has the job as he is the owners son. We actually witnessed Tom talking to a set of four that had a booking, mid conversation, he looked at his watch, he walked inside, come out with a jacket etc, waked straight out, put the stuff in his boot, come back in the restaurant, collected some phone leads, and went…. Astonishing. To say the service was poor was an understatement, Max was doing his best to cover the gaps. We watched Tom stand by a ladened table whilst max cleared up with no assistance from Tom. I understand the hospitality trade with allocated posts to prevent duplication but there is nothing wrong with assisting an overloaded colleague. Shame on Tom, I am sure his parents would be horrified.

Great food, great service, attentive pleasant staff and owners all in really fantastic surroundings, looking forward to my next visit

Took my parents for a meal to celebrate finally being able to visit them... Everything about the experience was fantastic - the staff were friendly and attentive (without being overly so), and the food was amazing. An absolute delight to get pizza like this outside of Italy. Only downside; I don't live anywhere nearby, and I already feel like I'm missing out. Thanks all

Fortunately I booked day before, as we visited on an extremely busy day for lunch. Staff very polite, attentive and dealt with rejecting customers admirably given the demand for tables. Was seated outside and had a great lunch, food was great

Third time eating here. Travelled 30 miles just for the experience & amazing food! Thank you to all the staff for their hospitality & divine dining!

We had a delightful lunch in this beautiful building on Bank Holiday Monday. The staff are lovely, very friendly and helpful and the food is tasty and beautifully presented. Service excellent. We will definitely be making a return visit!

A warm welcome from behind masks is hard to do, but from the moment you step into the 'Miners' at Sling a treat awaits. We chose to sit in the garden on the first really hot evening, this summer. Attentive table service was offered throughout and we were happy to linger and felt under no pressure to rush, it was, after all, only our second meal out in nearly 18 months, so we wanted to take things slowly. The menu was varied and changes daily, so it will be a little bit of pot luck what you get, but we plumped for the shared platter of fish/shellfish, accompanied by some free sough dough bread and butter, a really magnificent starter. We also shred our main course which was the most delicious pumpkin ravioli, with a creamy sauce. Admittedly we have lived off Banana Bread and Beans on Toast for a year, but this was a taste bud sensation. And finally, with just a little room for a pudding, we went for the Vanilla flavoured Creme Brulee, which was a fantastic way to round off the meal, smooth, subtly flavoured and prepared perfectly, with a flamed crust - perfection! With food sourced as locally as possible it was hard to fault this brilliant gem of a restaurant and we have no hesitation in most warmly and unreservedly recommending it to you.

We called in for Breakfast having booked ahead and we had a fantastic start to our Sunday, great bacon, sausages and perfect scrambled eggs. Really good value, served with a smile by Donna and her team. All served quickly and Andre such pressure. Wow were these guys busy, so book ahead guys. Despite the best efforts of the team there are still idiot customers out there who forget what we have just all been through and they show no grace, manners or consideration, getting grumpy when THEY haven’t booked and THEY haven’t thought through what they should do when going out for a meal. Shame on you, this is a great place to eat excellent good quality food at good prices, all with a Free stunning view of the village.