Eat and drink · Stroud
The Vine Tree Inn
A pub at Randwick, about 2.5 miles by road from Stroud, whose chef was Cotswold Life's chef of the year in 2025, with dogs welcome and a tiered garden looking over the valleys.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
A village pub near Stroud with an award-winning chef and a garden with a view. Food is Wednesday to Sunday; Monday and Tuesday are bar only.
- Good: Cotswold Life chef of the year 2025
- Good: Dogs welcome
- Good: Tiered beer garden looking over Stroud and the valleys
- Good: On the Cotswold Way, and in the National Trust's 100 Great Pub Walks
- Worth knowing: Bar only on Mondays and Tuesdays
- Worth knowing: Sunday's last sitting is at 4.30pm
About
The Vine Tree Inn is in the village of Randwick, about 2.5 miles by road from Stroud. Its chef was named chef of the year by Cotswold Life in 2025. The menu changes daily, with locally sourced food, seafood, vegetarian dishes and puddings, and a roast on Sundays.
Inside there is a fire; outside, a tiered beer garden looks over Stroud, Rodborough and Selsley Common. The bar keeps carefully chosen beers and a good choice of wines, with wine pairing evenings, quizzes and music nights. Dogs are welcome.
From September to November 2026 it opens from 4pm to 10pm on Mondays and from midday to 11pm on Tuesdays, both bar only, and from midday Wednesday to Sunday, closing at 11pm from Wednesday to Saturday and 8.30pm on Sundays. Food is served from midday to 2.30pm and 6pm to 9pm, with the last Sunday sitting at 4.30pm. The Cotswold Way passes through Randwick, and the pub is in the National Trust's 100 Great Pub Walks.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 16:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 16:00 to 22:00 | Closed |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | Closed |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 20:30 | 12:00 to 16:30 |
Food served: Sunday's last sitting is at 4.30pm.
September to November 2026 hours. Mondays and Tuesdays are bar only.
The details
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Views · Open fire · Real ale
- Awards
- Cotswold Life Chef of the Year (2025)
Photos
The view over Stroud 
The garden 
From the kitchen 
Sunday lunch
Location
Places to stay nearby
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Premier Inn Stroud
Hotel · Stroud
A Premier Inn in the Grade II-listed Stratford Lodge, opposite Stratford Park in Stroud, with free parking and a pub next door for meals.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Clothiers Arms
Inn · Stroud
A pub with seven rooms at the bottom of Rodborough Hill in Stroud, a pub since 1891, with a beer garden, an adventure play area next door and a family suite.
Family-friendly · Car-free
Verified Nov 2026
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The Bell Inn, Selsley
Inn · Stroud
A chef-owned 17th-century inn, listed Grade II, with two bedrooms at Selsley, two miles from Stroud, with two AA Rosettes and dogs welcome throughout.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Museum in the Park 2.0 km away
- Premier Inn Stroud 2.2 km away
- The Clothiers Arms 2.4 km away
- Cotswold Canals Trust boat trips, Stroud 2.5 km away
Sights nearby
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Haresfield Beacon
Sight · Viewpoint · Stroud and the Five Valleys
A National Trust promontory of the Cotswold Edge north-west of Stroud, with a small Iron Age hillfort reused in Roman times, a beacon mound carrying the trig point and a view over the Severn estuary to the Forest of Dean and, on a clear day, the Brecon Beacons.
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Standish Wood
Sight · Wood · Stroud and the Five Valleys
A National Trust beech wood on the Cotswold scarp below Haresfield Beacon near Stroud, known for bluebells and wild garlic in spring, with veteran beeches over 200 years old at Shortwood, a Neolithic long barrow on the ridge nearby and the Cotswold Way running through it.
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Subscription Rooms, Stroud
Sight · Historic building · Stroud
Stroud's Subscription Rooms on George Street, paid for by public subscription in 1833 and now an arts venue run by a charity: a pedimented stone front with a carriage porch and balcony, where election results were once read out, and a bar open daily.
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St Laurence's Church, Stroud
Sight · Church · Stroud
Stroud's parish church, beside the Shambles: a fourteenth-century tower and spire with a High Victorian church of 1866 to 1868 behind it, carved by Joshua Wall, with a Weatherley rood screen, a screen by Peter Waals and about 80 brass plates on its north wall.