Vine Tree Inn, Randwick, Stroud

Suzi & Barry-Jon Williams took over on 29th February 2024 and opened on 7th March with Will Lomas as front of house manager. The new team are not new to pub hospitality with Suzi and Will having honed their skills in the well respected Old Fox in Coaley

A secluded gem nestling in the flank of a steep hill with spectacular views of the Stroud Valley and across to Rodborough and Selsley Common. The Vine Tree is the last surviving pub as of 1967 in a village that numbered seven beer houses in 1839.

The pub still wears the dated maroon livery and signage of Punch Taverns, but do not be deceived (or put off). The pub was purchased from Punch Taverns a by private individual who lives in London and owns other pubs, and is now run as a free house.

Inside, the pub is made up of three interconnected spaces. The public bar area has a dartboard and plenty of standing room. To the left is a sort of snug with a quarry-tiled floor and bentwood benches. It shares a double-sided wood-burning stove with the restaurant area towards the rear. The restaurant has windows on on two walls again sharing the magnificent views.

The walls are a mixture of grey-painted matchboard wainscots, rustic stone and artex, the furniture scrubbed tables and wheel-backed chairs.

Outside there is a tiered beer garden with plenty of seating both covered and open with glorious views across the valley down into Stroud and across to Rodborough and Selsley Commons.

The pub is a mecca for walkers being just off the Cotswold Way.

Opening times correct as of 06/07/2024