The Bull - Cotswold

We went for a quick Friday night meal at the Bulls when visiting the town. Food was delicious, the chicken was great and the positions were very generous . We all enjoyed our meal. Highly recommended this restaurant.

We had our wedding celebration at The Bull back in December 2022. The lead up to the wedding was stressful enough but the staff were so accommodating and even gifted us the honeymoon suite for the wedding night free of charge. Upon arrival to the hotel after the church, we were greeted with a glass of champagne each and were announced into the room. We did not expect this and it was an amazing experience. The food was incredible and all intolerances were carefully catered for. The room was cleared and our items were all tidy and ready for us to clear the following morning. Could not recommend enough! We will be returning for our anniversary!

Food was delicious, steaks perfectly cooked and imaginative desserts. One of them felt slightly misnamed: strawberries with meringue when actually it was a big piece a meringue with a few strawberries. Staff were all very friendly but just a little slow at times: took a while to take our drinks order, didn’t bring any steak knives until we asked

Fairford looks like a nice little town but beware if you visit on a Wednesday as it 's market day and parking is very difficult. It 's a nice old building but our visit didn 't start well as there was no tomato juice for my wife. My wife and our friends all had the fish and chips. Fish was pronounced OK but the chips were the usual bland beige tasteless variety. I had the sticky Korean barbecue pork with noodles. It 's the sort of thing I cook a lot and I must say do it a darned sight better. The chicken was tender but the noodles and their sauce were far too salty, and I like salt, and sweet but certainly not hot as described. It was not nice and rather like a supermarket ready meal that you put in the microwave and then add too much soy sauce trying to get a bit of flavour into it. Only my wife and I went for a dessert she had the pannacotta which was borderline OK and I had the mojito cheesecake which was awful a crunchy semi tasteless base with something green on it and then something cream on top of that, all nasty. On the side were some thick slices of banana for some reason. Service was fine, the espresso was a tepid teaspoonful. We won 't be returning.

We are staying just one night in Fairford and were recommended The Bull for dinner. We both chose the chicken roulade with a side of garlic mushrooms. Absolutely delicious a bit on the pricey side but nonetheless delicious. The desserts are worth a look too! Recommended.