Name: The Bear of Rodborough Hotel
Address: Rodborough Common, Stroud, GL5 5DE, GB

8/10

Excellent

22 Jul 2026

Tracy

Lovely hotel in a great location.
Helpful reception and great breakfast with attentive staff
The garden area was lovely and a peaceful place to sit on a Summers evening.
The garden bar was a bonus with friendly staff to take orders.
Perfect stopover before heading out to Highgrove

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2026

lucy

Stunning views and walks on rodborough common. Delightful staff, good food and a lovely beer garden serving drinks and food, including pizza stand. Very dog friendly with basket, blanket, bowls and even a doggy sausage breakfast

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2026

Ruth

Very clean room, extremely helpful staff and excellent food. Will definitely stay here again

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2026

Thomas

All the staff were friendly and helpful. The Manager even helped us with our cases.

Didn't use the bar or restaurant as we had other plans, but did have breakfast. The cooked breakfast was fine - have had better but many worse!!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2026

Cherrie

The Bear Hotel was perfect. We had a lovely evening in the garden having drinks and dinner. The staff were friendly and helpful.
Hope to return next year.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2026

Alison

Really lovely decorated hotel. Nice surroundings, great views, nice toiletries! Would stay again if in the area. Great value too and comfy bed

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jun 2026

Carol

Everything was perfect from check-in to check-out!
Will definitely return

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2026

Timothy

Beautiful building, sympathetically modernised - good value stay, am opposite the ice cream factory!

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2026

Rita

Lovely hotel which great characteristics. The garden with its own bar is great and lots of seating. Comfortable rooms and nice breakfast. The only thing I would say is the rooms facing the road can be noisy due to traffic and the old windows don’t shut out noise so worth taking earplugs. Fortunately I always travel with them so I could sleep..could be tricky otherwise

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2026

Rodney

We have stayed at The Close Tetbury and love this group of hotels

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2026

David

A Characterful Coaching Inn set in lovely countryside - staff on the reception were very good, Bar and waiting staff, young but pretty good. The 2 steak dishes we had were also pretty good. We'd certainly stay here again. The Cosy Double Room we had just for 1 night was very clean and in excellent condition.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Jun 2026

Robert

Nice comfortable clean room. Great location with wonderful views. Good breakfast.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2026

Simon

Great hotel with attentive staff. Food was excellent and will be sure to return soon.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2026

Neil

Brilliant place great breakfast comfy bed

Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2026

Florian

Brilliant stay, highly recommend.

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2026

Alex

Super friendly check in staff, lovely views, fantastic food.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2026

manminder

Fantastic hotel
Very clean rooms and a good size
Good coffee in the room too
Breakfast was excellent with a large selection

Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 Apr 2026

mustan

This rooms do not have A/c and when the days are warm, you need A/c and a fan does not do the job.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2026

Sue

Lovely hotel, full of character

Self

6/10

Pleasant

19 Apr 2026

Michael

Restaurant very expensive. £27 for breakfast if you don't book ahead, I shall avoid in future.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2026

seema

Great place to stay,

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2026

Janet

Clean room, nice scented toiletries, refreshments tray, delicious biscuits, milk in a mini bottle, friendly, helpful receptionist, exceptional breakfast, good size shower, thermostat for radiator could be controlled in the room, wonderful views from the breakfast room, ideal location for walking.

Self

8/10

Excellent

29 Mar 2026

Emma

Our stay was ace, hotel drinks expensive and didnt eat there due to the same for food. (2 drinks circa £18) butttt the location was excellent for dog walks and the hotel very cute and quirky. Breakfast was delicious and fresh. Side note. We stayed in room 7, at 12.30am i had to go to ask the porter to ask whoever was in the bar below our rooms to be quiet, i heard every word of their conversation and it just wasnt great for that! Really ruined it for us slightly. We ended up getting up at 7.30 and leaving by 9 more tired than we arrived.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Mar 2026

Paul

Yes

Business

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2026

Steve

Excellent

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2026

Ray

Very helpful reception staff very welcoming and informative. Room was very clean and ready for us. Bar and restaurant staff were also excellent attentive. We had an excellent meal, the bill needed a bit of sorting out as the system had difficulty sorting out the normal menu and the offered special but got there in the end. We were with friends ( who used to be in the hospitality industry) and overall we were impressed. Thank you to all at The Bear we will be back

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Feb 2026

Stephen

Great experience, had everything you’d expect.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2026

Michael

All the staff were lovely from reception and in the dinning/ bar room area. Bedroom was really cosy too

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2026

Paula

Have stayed here several times over a number of years - staff are lovely, food tasty and rooms comfy… stayed in the main house for the first time and although the room was lovely, it was directly above the bar so there was some noise - maybe worth considering if wanting an early night! Otherwise a perfect stay x

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2025

Margaret

Lovely room, very clean. Tasty evening meal, but shelves and window ledges in Library restaurant clearly hadn't been dusted for some time. Staff friendly and helpful.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2025

Gary

Room was comfortable and clean.

Business

8/10

Excellent

12 Dec 2025

Tim

We had the warmest welcome ever from reception here which was lovely.
They had kindly moved us to a better room to avoid being disturbed by a wedding they had.
The room was very comfortable and relatively recently refurbished.
Good and efficient breakfast.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

04 Dec 2025

Simon

The room was quute cold as the hotel boilers not working properly. The bedding was a bit cold to sleep in even with the heater in the room ! The bathroom window single glazed which left alot of noise from the road. The roadworks

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2025

Frances

The staff were amazing and very friendly. Loved my stay the hotel is gorgeous x

8/10

Excellent

21 Nov 2025

PAUL

Yes pet-friendly clean room

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Nov 2025

Andrew

Hotel was bustling when we arrived. Receptionust was fruendly and check in was smooth. Room was well furnished, if a little tired. Its in a great location and we had access to everything we needed. All in all a great stay.

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2025

Simon

stayed here on several occasions, always received a good welcome, rooms are well appointed and good food.

Business

8/10

Excellent

02 Nov 2025

Ben

Always the warmest of welcomes here.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2025

Chris

Good breakfast and clean room

4/10

Poor

13 Oct 2025

Wendy

Very disappointed. The room was nothing like the pictures, it smelt old and musty, and needs a complete overhaul. Mould on the bath screen and around windows. Tapes dripped and were difficult to turn on and off. Bed seemed to be on a slope and you had to roll up and over a ridge in the middle. I was shown to a table for breakfast and brought tea and toast but the server never came to take my order. The only good thing about the hotel was the lovely receptionist who was so helpful, professional and friendly.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2025

Elizabeth

Lovely hotel,attentive staff,breakfast selection excellent. Lunch menu limited for us but i am a fussy eater.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

06 Oct 2025

henry

Did the online check in. Not so sure that's a good thing as the room we had a view of the car park, room 57. Couple in front of us, who checked in at the hotel were told they had a room with a great view. At that time, 2pm, we could not see our room (fair enough as check in is 3 onwards). We were meeting people else where so did not get back until after 5pm. The room was dated and the radiator did a good impression of Niagara Falls, very noisy, so had to turn it off. Told the receptionist on leaving who said she would report it, although I doubt this news to the hotel. In the morning went to make coffee, except there was none. As I paid £194 for the room it was very poor value.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2025

Ian

Pleasant spacious room with lovely views. Good restaurant. Nice fresh fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Excellent service.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2025

Stuart

Room good

Food excellent (thankfully no dogs in the restaurant).

Staff excellebt

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2025

Richard

Great hotel

Great check-in and lovely room.
Dinnner was outstanding and a good breakfast choice.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2025

Robert

Recommended

Recommended

Nice hotel, easy to find, nice bedroom, friendly and helpful staff and good food

Business

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2025

Sadie

Another good stay

Another good stay. Food was great. Just need to be aware that when weddings are on certain areas are out of bounds (particularly the outdoor seating area)

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2025

John

Well appointed hotel with lovely views across the Nailsworth valley. Our room was clean, spacious and comfortable with a huge bed. Didn't use the restaurant for dinner, but breakfast is excellent. We have stayed here three times now and have not been disappointed.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2025

Verified traveler

The perfect place to stay.

Our stay here was excellent. Reception staff were really welcoming and helpful.Our room fabulous and spotless. Great thick curtains which completely blocked out the light. The food was amazing. It arrived quickly and hot. There is plenty of car parking.
We can not fault this hotel and its staff and would highly recommend it.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2025

Robert

Great Character hotel

A lovely character venue with a great location to drive to the various Cotswold gardens that we visited.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2025

Megan

Lovely stay, room was very clean! We would stay again.

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2025

Ben

Good enough that I'd go back!

Great place to stay, been a few times now. Always clean and warm with a friendly face at checkin.
Only feedback I'd give is that the shower pressure in each room I've stayed in hasn't been very good - if thats all thats wrong though, I'll still be back!

Business

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2025

Anthony

Very nice hotel near to Stroud in the Cotswolds. Good accommodation, nice food food and excellent friendly staff.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Mouldy bathroom

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2025

Carol

In a lovely location.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2025

Darren

Friendly, quality accomodation

This hotel is in a beautiful location - our room was clean and welcoming. It was hot with no AC but there was a fan in the wardrobe.

Plenty of parking too.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2025

Thomas

My stay at this property was comfortable and enjoyable. The hotel is large and has lots of classic country hotel character, plenty of parking with some excellent views across the Nailsworth valley.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Jun 2025

Verified traveler

Great break, would stay again.

Stay was excellent, in extremely warm weather. The room was advised as being a quiet room at the rear. However with the temperature, we had the windows open wide, to be greeted by the continual sound of the air con units, until 11 p.m.

Staff, and service are excellent, superb breakfast. Would certainly stay again.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jun 2025

KEITH

When you look at the photos there are cows and serenity.What you get if you stay in the tower room is a very busy road instead and a poor nights sleep. Not for me I am afraid,

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2025

Michael

Wonderful location with beautiful views and walking on the common. Very friendly staff, excellent breakfast and quality in-room tea and coffee. Large beer garden with fun outdoor games.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

13 Jun 2025

Daniel

Avoid.

Piping hot room, windows that cant fully open, guests snoring and the walls were so thin I couldnt sleep. Bathroom shower took only 2 or 3 minutes till it was overflowing due to blocked pipes. Horrible, expensive food at the restaurant. However, staff are lovely and the location is nice.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2025

clive

Overnight break

Lovely hotel/pub in a very quiet area

Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2025

Karen

Dog friendly weekend with friends.

Perfect! Lovely spacious room, excellent facilities, large comfortable bed, great to have plenty of space with 2 dogs. Superb shower with quality toiletries.
Staff were very friendly and attentive. Menu and quality of food excellent. So much space both indoors in bar/eating areas and outdoors in beer garden. Best ‘dog friendly’ hotel we’ve stayed in, can’t wait to book again.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Sean

From start to finish our 2 night break was excellent. From the warm welcome when checking in to us checking out the staff made us want for nothing.

The room we stayed in was clean and was cleaned with everyting restocked. It had all the appliances you would expect, kettle for provided tea and coffee, ironing board and kettle including a safe and T.V.

Although in the adjoining country house, we never felt that we was not part of the main hotel building.

There was also an outdoor bar which was open when we had pizzas on the Friday of our stay which were freshly cooked in the outdoor pizza oven.

The Sunday dinner was of high quality and again, the staff during meal times were thorough and efficent.

The hotel is situated just off the common which gives access to plenty of walks.

Overall I would recommend the hotel to anyone as it caters for all.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Marcus

Really pleasant stay with wonderful views and a furry bear!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2025

Adele

Everything

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2025

Leon

Stunning hotel, great service

Absolutely stunning hotel. Beer garden a great space on a lovely summer's day. Staff were friendly and attentive. Rooms were comfy and spacious and the blackout blinds made for a good night's sleep. Breakfast very good
I will be returning if I'm in the area.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2025

Matthew

Period property with it's quirks. Staff very friendly. Ample parking. Rooms clean with a nice touch of adding quality items in the room (tea pigs tea bags, Molton Brown etc)
Breakfast excellent.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Apr 2025

Matthew

Lovely character property.
Rooms are worth the money.
Breakfast very good value.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

08 Apr 2025

Vickie

The area around the hotel was amazing. sceanic and peaceful. Lovely walks and lots of nearby to visit.

We stayed in a pet friendly room that was ok. Some redecoration needed. Smelt abit doggy but also being on the ground floor and next to the door, there was alot of banging and people chatting as they were coming and going. No sound proofing and i could clearly hear people using the toilet. Although the room had beautiful views across the valley, directly in front of our window was some seating so we had to have the curtains drawn for privacy most of the time.

Another thing to point out was the wifi randomly stopped working and would not come back on. We had gone for dinner and wanted to relax in the room and were only about to do so for about half an hour before the wifi connection said it had no service. A call to reception wasnt helpful as was told it happens, signal drops in and out and just try again in a bit. The wifi didnt work for the rest of our stay.

Dinner and breakfast was fine, reasonably priced. I couldnt say the food was exceptional but it was good nonetheless. Our doggy got spoiled with a sausage in the morning and i thought it a nice touch the restaurant offered a doggy dinner (albeit at £8.50)

I would like to point out that staff are lovely. There was a particular lady at reception who was fabulous and super helpful, giving us info and guidance about local areas and what to do.

Our stay was fine but if returning to the area again, id stay somewhere d

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2025

John

The Bear is in a beautiful location,we had a great view from our room.The best thing about the Bear are the staff. Without exception they friendly,welcoming and most helpful

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Feb 2025

Nigel

Very friendly welcoming receptionist and staff. Good size one bed room and had a great breakfast.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2025

Colin

I originally come from the Stroud area and know the hotel well. As we were visiting family we didn’t eat at the hotel so we aren’t able to comment on the full experience. The setting is great as was the view from our hotel room. Would we go back? Of course, we never got a chance to visit Winstons.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2025

Fay

Lovely Cotswold hotel, restaurant and bar. Especially good being able to bring our dog and stay in one of the dog friendly rooms. Stunning local countryside.

4/10

Poor

23 Jan 2025

Lara

Disappointed

It’s a shame to rate this beautiful place so low but it’s purely down to the service. Firstly, my name was spelled wrong on my room card. Not a big issue, I made my way to my room. I booked valley view specifically as I wanted to enjoy that on my solo trip. I look out of my window and I see… the car park. I try to call the reception a few times, no answer. I try to call on my mobile, get through but they can’t hear me so quickly hang up. No call back. I make my way back to reception to ask them if I can change room, but I’m told ‘we have a large booking and they’ve taken all the valley view rooms. I can’t change you’. No apology or offer of compensation/a good will gesture to make it up to me. Baring in mind I paid for valley view!

Fine. Evening comes and I fancied a bath. I go to run it and I see multiple suspicious curly hairs… nope! Shower it is :)

Room was quite cold despite putting the radiator on max.

I thought I may give them feedback at checkout when they ask me how my stay was… oh, they didn’t ask! Just took my payment and goodbye.

I would love to stay here again but I’m just so disappointed by the service. The place really is beautiful.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2025

Sarah

Home from Home

I would like to say a huge thank you to all the staff for an amazing stay.As soon as I approached the reception the staff made me feel welcome and was very helpful.
My room felt like home from home it was warm and welcoming with the little touches on the tea tray, to the cosy bedding and water next the bed.The bathroom had luxury products and I liked that they refill them.
If you would like a meal in the beautiful restaurant that has stunning views or a drink in the cosy bar, I would highly
recommend it.
I definitely will be returning with friends and will recommend the hotel to my family.
Thank you again.

Self

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2024

John

Lovely room, great staff, average breakfast

The hotel is beautiful with a lot of charm and character and our room was lovely. The staff were excellent, very friendly and helpful.

The cooked breakfast was poor and could easily be improved. The eggs benedict and the veggie breakfast were both quite tasteless. The selection of pastries and cereals etc were good though. I'm sure last time we stayed here the cooked breakfast was better.

Strangly the curtains covered the radiator and so blocked some of the heat but the room was still warm.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2024

Sue

I chose the hotel as a half way meet up location with good friends and we all thoroughly enjoyed our stay, even with Storm Darragh !

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2024

Verified traveler

Excellent room,food and staff

Business

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2024

James

Quiet place to stay near Stroud!

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

03 Nov 2024

Ian

Pet friendly excellence

Great with dogs

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Nov 2024

Stephanie

Really friendly service. A lovely stay

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Oct 2024

Sarah

Have stayed before and love The Bear, lovely helpful reception on check in and check out

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2024

Deidre

Wish we could have stayed longer- our bed was wonderful.
(But everywhere we went, the toilets seats were what the US std was probably in the past. Elongated seats are
definitely more sanitary as not all public places included paper shields.) Loved the size of the shower. Would have loved to have dinner there but we were meeting up with hubby's sons and their families for dinner at a carvery.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

16 Oct 2024

Ben

Beautiful location and Buildings, Excellent Staff!

Staying at the Bear of Rodborough is always a great experience, every member of staff is attentive to your needs and the service they provide is second to none. The rooms are always incredibly clean and the attention to details is excellent.

The food provided is always top notch and the bar is always a pleasant experience with both friendly patrons and staff.

Having the ability to take our 4 legged friends on our journeys has always made us a lot happier and I’m sure our pooch would give a woof of happiness knowing that she is looked after, even more so knowing she is going to get some free sausages!

Overall I will always choose to use the Bear if I am nearby as I have had nothing but excellence. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone going to the Cotswolds/Stroud if they want a beautiful place to stay.

Thanks to all at the Bear of Rodborough you guys are awesome :)

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2024

maxine

Fabulous hotel

Hotel was outstanding
Food let it down

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

21 Sep 2024

Verified traveler

ok but things to be careful of

Our stay was ok. what spoiled it for us was the room.I was up 3 floors of stairs, no lift. we were it the roof space. we only stayed 1night so managed, hotel staff did help with suitcase.If you have any mobility issues please check with hotel first. . Food was very good. Wine prices quite higher than other places we stayed at, check the bar prices before you order, I didnt and paid a very high price for 2 glasses of english rose.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

11 Sep 2024

Philip

Hotel looks beautiful, however the shower in my room had very little water pressure. So washing was a slow task.

Food was great apart from dessert which took an age to come out. When it arrived it was cold and rock hard.

The beer is good but again service was rather slow waiting for staff to show up to serve.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

30 Aug 2024

Clay

The room, toilet and bath facilities were clean to a very good standard and the decor was tasteful and restful. We had a lovely view over the Nailsworth Valley. We were well-pleased with the accommodation which suited our needs admirably. The evening meal in the restaurant was nicely presented and was delicious and enjoyable.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Aug 2024

Gregory

The area the hotel is situated

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2024

James

Lovely historic building in Cotswolds countryside

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2024

Julie

Perfectly fine - one overnight stay but didn’t use any of the hotel’s other facilities.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Aug 2024

Gillian

Excellent hotel

Hotel very clean and well maintained. Restaurant a bit pricy, would be good to have bar food option.
Stunning bathroom, very impressive.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2024

Kev

Very nice area and location, lots of walks. Hotel very clean and a decent breakfast

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Jul 2024

Karen

Would have been too marks all round but upon arrival we found half the hotel out of bounds due to having a refit. They did open up the bar area's the next evening which was good as that's the part of the hotel which is olde worlde other than that we had a lovely stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2024

Anthony

Good service, clean and comfortabke room, good meal and breakfast, nothing could be faulted

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2024

Clive

Our weekend break with our dog

Beautiful hotel. Staff really friendly and so welcoming. Doggy treats for our dog throughout our stay.
Lovely outdoor seating area and bar. Hotel really clean. 1 min walk to the common and the beautiful cotswolds hills.
Would highly recommend to our friends and will definitely go back for another visit.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2024

Deb

Can’t wait to visit again

Lovely hotel, friendly helpful staff, so many places to sit, inside and out to either relax in peace or catch up with friends.
We loved our one night stay and will definitely go back

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2024

stephen

Excellent facilities

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2024

David

Really lovely staff in an absolutely beautiful area