From the web:

"Like so many pubs, The Forester has been through a number of changes over the years but in the last few it's hit gold. Whilst it has an upmarket feel (to me it's not "pubby"), many local people use it and the food is excellent"

"We loved it - had a really nice dinner, everything was great"

"We are a walking group of seven men and two dogs who called in on Wednesday lunch time. We were made very welcome as were the dogs! We had a lovely lunch with extra special touches and great beer. Very much recommended."

Trip Advisor

"Fantastic dining venue. Lovely building with super food and excellent staff. Great beers and wines too! Thoroughly recommended."

Beer in the evening

"The Forester is a lovely old country pub located in the Donheads close to Wardour Castle in beautiful walking country. Traditional in style, it has warm stone walls, a thatched roof, original beams and an inglenook fireplace. An extension provides a restaurant and a restaurant/meeting room, with double doors opening on to the lower patio area. The garden and large patio area are furnished with hardwood chairs and tables as well as bench seating. The restaurant has a good reputation for its freshly cooked food and specialises in Cornish seafood, with deliveries five times a week. A Taste of the Sea lunch might offer pan-fried herring roes with smoked bacon, capers and parsley, followed by fillet of plaice with herb butter and new potatoes. Alternatives might be Kashmiri-style duck leg curry, or rump of local lamb with goats' cheese gnocchi, tomato and black olive jus. The wine list has been carefully compiled by the landlord. "

The AA

"Exceptional in every respect. Wonderful building, superb food and delightful staff. Wholeheartedly recommended."

"The Forester Inn in Donhead St Andrew is outstanding. Very good food, good beer, and a very comprehensive wine list."

"Visited this Pub recently, wish I'd had time to eat the menu is extensive and coupled with a fine wine list I am sure The Forester Inn would soon become a firm favourite in my list of places to eat out. A genuine Country Pub serving an excellent range of Food and Drinks."

Pubsulike

"Tipped as more a "top restaurant" than a gastropub (and certainly 'worth the drive'), this 'charming', 'cosy' and 'hospitable' thatched inn, in a pretty village, attracts particular praise for 'excellent fish'."

Harden's

"Taking a break on our way through to Salisbury from Seaton, we dropped in on the Foresters for the first time. I'm glad we did, as we had super meals (the fish was to die for) all in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Thanks."

"I cant believe my luck in finding a great pub, with an amazing menu, which changes daily I might add, all food sourced localy and what a fantastic wine list. Well done guys we will return."

"The Foresters at Donhead is an excellent pub with really nice and original food. The beer is well-kept and the wine list is good and without too much of a mark-up. BUT: THERE IS NO RAILWAY STATION IN SHAFTESBURY!! In the review of the Foresters it states that the nearest station is Shaftesbury" [The nearest Railway Station is in Tisbury.]

Information Britain

"A great deal of care and attention has been lavished on this immaculately thatched sixteenth-century inn on the Wiltshire/Dorset border. Outside, all is neat and tidy, while the interior has been allowed to display its traditional attributes including heavy beams, sturdy wood floors and a fire blazing in the inglenook.

The dining room puts on a more gentrified face with exposed stonework and paintings by local artists on the terracotta-hued, half-panelled walls. Food is taken seriously here, and the regularly changing blackboard menus suggest that the kitchen revels in its work.

Browse through the day's offerings and you might find wok-cooked mussels with Thai spices or a salad of smoked duck with Cox's apples and hazelnut dressing before mains such as seared tuna with aromatic couscous and chilli jam or something earthy like game pie or braised ham hock 'crepaniette' with garlic mash. Cappuccino brûlée and lemon tart with blackcurrant sorbet are the sorts of things to consider for a sweet-toothed finish. Real ales from Wiltshire and Dorset breweries vie for attention with the sharp wine list."

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