THE Miners Country Inn at Sling has been awarded two AA rosettes for the quality of its food.

A delighted owner Steve Jenkins said: “We are the only pub in the Forest of Dean to have this award.

“This is a fantastic accolade for all the hard work we and our staff have put in since we took over five years ago.

“At that time the building was just an empty shell and after we opened the restaurant we had practically no customers to start with.

“Now we have people travelling from a 40 mile radius with fantastic support from our local regulars as well. We do regular special offers such as our Pot Luck Mondays where everything is half price and we get a 100 people in for that every week.”

The two AA Rosettes denotes ‘an excellent restaurant that aims for and achieves higher standards and better consistency.

‘A greater precision is apparent in the cooking, and there will be obvious attention to the selection of quality ingredients.’

Around 40 per cent of restaurants and hotels within the AA Restaurant Guide have two Rosettes.