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The Ostrich Inn prides itself on offering the best of local food in a warm welcoming atmosphere. The quality of the food and the menu range has earned good reviews from the food critics and has lead to the Ostrich Inn being listed in all the leading Pub guides. With wooden beams and a welcoming log fire in the large lounge bar throughout the winter, visitors can enjoy a relaxed and friendly setting as a backdrop to the exceptional food.

Diners can be served in either the small intimate restaurant, the larger lounge bar, or weather permitting, they can enjoy their meal alfresco in the rear or front gardens. Prices and the menu offered are the same wherever the food is served. All their dishes are freshly prepared and cooked on the premises, and, in addition to the main menu, there are comprehensive specials and sweets boards which change regularly.

The restaurant of The Wyndham Arms at Coleford, benefits also from the hotel's location adjacent to The Forest of Dean where a wide range of sporting and leisure activities can be enjoyed before retreating to the comforts of this old inn, sympathetically restored and still retaining many of its historic features and character.

Gloucestershire, like many rural counties has great capacity for growing produce that is of great quality, with pork, distinctive cheeses, wine and ale at the forefront. The kitchens lose no opportunity to exploit these riches, and a starter could be the Old Spot Pork charcuterie comprising a slice of cider-cured ham, rich liver paté, brawn, roast onion marmalade and homemade bread.

Amongst the main courses look for Madgett's Farm breast of free range duck with garlic sautéed potatoes, roast fig tartlet and spiced port wine sauce, or monkfish tail wrapped in home-cured bacon with braised leeks and ratatouille dressing.

Feeling like going for broke? How about dark chocolate soufflé cake with homemade white chocolate ice cream, followed by a portion of the local Stinking Bishop cheese, or perhaps some Double Gloucester?

Be warned the Old Spot does seem to bring out the indulgence in its customers, and is an ideal place for a sudden urge weekend break at any time of the year, at prices that will not leave you nursing your wallet.