Bellflower Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Brilliant atmosphere in the pub."
• "Overall a great place for food and drinks in a nice spacious relaxed friendly atmosphere."
• "The Bellflower has a nice atmosphere with great menu options and very welcoming staff."
• "The pub was clean, well decorated, very festive."
• "The atmosphere was also brilliant and calm with a great range of music."
• "The atmosphere was so festive and lovely, all staff were really friendly."
• "The atmosphere was relaxing with great music in the background."

Cons:

• "First there was the artificial turf on the bar."
• "Even the beer garden and play area is tired looking and nothing special."
• "However we feel he can be too much and quite invasive when we're trying to enjoy our meal."
• "Husbands food excellent mine however not so tasteless and bland. Had to listen to barking dogs all way through meal."
• "Presentation of food was shocking."
• "I would not have eaten in there had I know dogs were allowed disgusting."
• "So lost out on 2 ppl eating plus 2 dogs dinner too."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "Lovely welcome for our party of 8 from friendly staff who can't do enough to accomodate."
• "The staff Paul and Shannon who served us were super hospitable and made sure we had a lovely evening and had everything we needed."
• "Paul was lovely - I presume the manager? Clearly proud of his business and wanted everything to be perfect, super polite and friendly, made us feel valued."
• "The staff were attentive and the atmosphere was relaxed."
• "Staff were friendly and helpful and knew the food well."
• "The staff members today pointed out the different daily meal deals that came with drinks which we opted for a change."
• "Paul and the team are excellent. Very friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Then they couldn't find our booked table (turned out someone else was sat at it)."
• "Felt the staff couldn't be bothered."
• "Had to wait in bar queue to find where our pre booked table was."
• "The staff had a very negative attitude and came across as pessimistic."
• "Didn't even get to finish our dinner and they wouldn't refund us either😡."
• "Well went tonight and as soon as I walking in a woman ask for my 1 year old son to come sit with her... then the Manager comes and kicks us out!"
• "It was unfortunate they had not taken any notice of the requests in the notes of the preorder, meaning my daughter’s main & dessert were not quite as she would have preferred."

Food Quality & Variety

Pros:

• "Food is absolutely brilliant, lots of variety, veg food, short wait, super dog friendly and the staff are so amazing."
• "Everything was delicious and we were checked on to make sure everything was to our liking."
• "The food is amazing and they treat you with the up most respect they catered to our every dietary requirement as one of us was gluten free."
• "The food was delicious, and very reasonably priced too :)"
• "Just had a meal here and the value for money is amazing."
• "Food arrived piping hot and tasty!"
• "The food was well cooked, hot and really tasty."

Cons:

• "Food was average but what else is expected from a chain pub."
• "Not worth the money as we asked for 2 large meals we got an extra Yorkshire pudding, done in the microwave warmed up. Yuk...yuk...yuk."
• "The food was good, but the flatbread served with my chicken skewers was a little hard."
• "Just wasn’t overly keen on the tart - but that’s personal taste rather than anything against the pud."
• "The meat was so chewy and tiny blob of mash, 1 roast potatoe, carrots ok, brocoli fine. Not worth the money."
• "Disappointing to see no Sunday roasts or fish left but that cannot be helped."
• "Steak was fatty."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "A great price & would recommend."
• "Just had a meal here and the value for money is amazing."
• "Absolutely unbeatable value."
• "Excellent value for money."
• "Food fab and great prices."
• "Great food and beer at reasonable prices."
• "Total bill was just over £36. Brilliant value for money."

Cons:

• "I commented on the misleading 241 deals (as the meals are not 241 they are double the price!!! £20 for frozen fish and chips!!!)."
• "The reason I gave a low rating is because of the prices of drinks, we had 1 pint of Carling, a large lemonade and a large Coke and it came to nearly £13 which I felt was quite expensive."
• "Although the meals were buy one get one free they were expensive, £20 for fish and chips was a bit top end."
• "The food was really nice bit pricey."
• "Lovely clean pub friendly staff and welcoming environment. Although the meals were buy one get one free they were expensive."
• "Someone in the kitchen does not know how to cook the fat on the meat which says topside was all on the side of my plate."
• "I would have scored a 5 star but there is one thing that makes me and my family uncomfortable."

Dog & Family Friendliness

Pros:

• "Now that we know how dog friendly they are, we will be back with Alfie next time."
• "It’s dog friendly, family friendly. It’s just friendly!"
• "Family friendly; total bargain; friendly staff; decorated for Halloween."
• "They even have an area for people with dogs to eat."
• "Extremely dog friendly, with two designated dog zones."
• "Dog friendly, so much so that there’s a special dog-adorned section at the back of the pub with water bowls, treats, and even toys."
• "It also has a small play area & is dog friendly."

Cons:

• "Husbands food excellent mine however not so tasteless and bland. Had to listen to barking dogs all way through meal."
• "I would not have eaten in there had I know dogs were allowed disgusting."
• "So lost out on 2 ppl eating plus 2 dogs dinner too."
• "We sat in a nearly empty restaurant, very large restaurant, a couple with a baby in a car seat were turned away as they had not booked."
• "It was unfortunate they had not taken any notice of the requests in the notes of the preorder, meaning my daughter’s main & dessert were not quite as she would have preferred."
• "We definitely will not be returning 😁."
• "Very dog friendly and can even purchase digs dinners!"