The Blue Bell Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food amazing. Can't fault any of the food."
• "Exceptional quality of the steak and ale pie, plus fresh vegetables made my night."
• "The food was excellent."
• "The food was absolutely delicious."
• "All food on the carvery was amazing."
• "Had fish and chips with mushy peas today and it was large but very tasty."
• "The food was all really fantastic, some of the best pizza I have ever tasted."

Cons:

• "The seafood linguine was very bland and supposed to have contained smoked fish........no hint of smoked fish whatsoever and the cream sauce had no taste."
• "The pork belly was very tough and the 'crackling' wasn't crackling at all, just very chewy pork skin."
• "Our son chose chicken goujons...very very greasy."
• "Food sadly was tasteless or greasy."
• "Overpriced. Frozen chips that are fried. Tiny steak that was over cooked."
• "2 people ordered the lasagne, both people sent it back as it was horrible."
• "Food very average."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were attentive and polite, super friendly."
• "Staff were so accommodating, found us a table even though we had not booked."
• "Staff friendly enough however."
• "Staff looked after us and conveyed a relaxed and helpful atmosphere."
• "The staff are welcoming and plentiful; we didn’t have to wait long."
• "The staff where very polite and bubbly and the service was very prompt."
• "The staff were very friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "We were not seated unto 8.00 which we had to stand at the bar until the table was vacated by the previous customers."
• "Staff weren't very attentive either and seemed to bypass us as much as possible so it took ages to get a drink and the check."
• "We were finally seated after the lackluster intro then left 15 minutes waiting with no update on when our order would be taken."
• "No one then came to take our order so we went to the bar."
• "Bar service and food service was a bit slow when I visited."
• "Staff looked and acted like they couldn't be bothered and everything was too much effort."
• "We were waiting for a while despite booking with no apology or reassurance of wait times."

Value

Pros:

• "Great find. Lovely food at reasonable prices for quality of cooking."
• "The senior menu is good value but the rest of the menu is quite expensive."
• "Adding the drinks for them the bill amounted to less than £50 including tips."
• "Good food, good selection of beers, wines & spirits... all at reasonable prices."
• "Truly delicious braised steak and great value too!"
• "Reasonable prices and plenty of food!"
• "Those plus a pot of tea were less than £30 with a tip; not bad for good quality food!"

Cons:

• "Prices were a little on the high side for some items, but that's about the only negative and realistically, they're comparable to other similar establishments."
• "£80 for one starter and two main meals is daylight robbery."
• "Okay prices for the beers but quite expensive for the wines."
• "The only problem was it was a very small portion!!! And at just under £15 not worth it."
• "The senior citizen menu has risen in price by £1... but the portion size has been drastically reduced which is not acceptable."
• "One glass of wine was over £9! And the table felt rushed."
• "The price of the desserts I found had shot up in price to £6.50 per portion."

Ambience

Pros:

• "It's the ideal country pub to relax with gorgeous views of the countryside."
• "Local well patronised pub serving excellent meals."
• "Gorgeous food always best to book small quaint place good selection and choice of food and drinks at the bar."
• "The atmosphere was good."
• "Very nice environment and great atmosphere, clean and quiet pub."
• "Creates a great atmosphere in a traditional yet modern setting."
• "Lovely pub with great ambience."

Cons:

• "Pub is nice, beer was good but the food was terrible."
• "The 70s called, they want their décor back!"
• "It was too crowded and all the tables are very close together."
• "You basically have to try talk over the conversation next to you and behind you to be able to hear your companion."
• "Food and drink good but every time we’ve been it’s been rammed to the rafters with pensioners and the acoustics means it’s so loud in there you can’t hear yourself think."
• "Smoke alarm going off regularly to start with which was annoying."
• "We received a reception frosty enough to freeze hell over, no greeting at the door."