The Bell Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Super quick service."
• "The staff are helpful, friendly, professional and smiley."
• "Staff friendly and keen to help in any way."
• "The staff were very polite and welcoming."
• "Really friendly service."
• "The staff here are absolutely wonderful."
• "Very Welcoming and helpful."

Cons:

• "Service was very slow."
• "Service was terrible - never had a check back on food."
• "Waited nearly 50 minutes for a starter."
• "Service is brutal as always!!!!!!!!!! Well done for consistency though!!"
• "Overall staff was rude and slow."
• "Waited ages for a drink and to order our food."
• "Service is very disorganised."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was good, plenty of it but chef certainly over seasoned with the salt."
• "The cheesecake was the best ever."
• "The food was very well cooked and good value for money."
• "The food was delicious."
• "I thought the portions would be really small but was I wrong!! The soup was delicious and piping hot."
• "Just visited the Bell on a rainy Saturday for a quick lunch. Service was friendly, and food very tasty."
• "Our food was wonderful and came out in a timely manner."

Cons:

• "Food has always been good but unfortunately last night it was very average if not poor."
• "Poor food and poor service."
• "Food was dry especially turkey and veg undercooked."
• "Some of the food was not good, ordinary prawns over cooked instead of king prawns as stated on menu."
• "The hunters chicken main course was disgusting."
• "Food was average and in small portions considering the price."
• "The food wasnt very good either especially the vegan meal."

Ambiance & Facilities

Pros:

• "Good atmosphere."
• "There is children play area outside."
• "Lovely atmosphere and really great food."
• "Really really lovely country pub. Plenty of parking. Lots of pretty outdoor seating."
• "Used to visit here when it was a pub but revisited for my son's birthday and is now a Greene King restaurant..food very tasty but portions a bit on the small side..great atmosphere and has secure garden area for kids."
• "Nice to see The Bell is dog friendly in the bar area now!"
• "It has a warm cozy vibe that reminds you the desirable old English inn's."

Cons:

• "Tables not cleared across the restaurant in several locations."
• "At the door was basically told they was full and had no tables."
• "Toilets are dirty."
• "Sticky messy tables and general area."
• "Baby changing room wasn't great either.. Have a serious damp problem and the plaster was bubbling off the walls."
• "The only downside was indoors they either didn't have aircon or it didn't work which is not great on a hot british summer day."
• "Seats as well as knifes and forks dirty."