The Bell Inn Reviews Summary

Location & Scenery

Pros:

• "Lovely just to chill outside with a drink and enjoy the scenery."
• "Beautiful location on a sunny Sunday afternoon in early summer."
• "A lovely location overlooking the UK's (allegedly) largest village green."
• "Set in a picturesque village location where cricket is played on the villiage green just outside."
• "Beautiful sunny day, lovely walk around the village finished off with a visit to this lovely pub, very popular place and you can see why, food is delicious, service is excellent and a nice relaxed atmosphere."
• "Lovely country pub with lots of outdoor seating overlooking the village green."
• "Great Pub, at the top of a village green with cricket in the summer months."

Cons:

• "Slight negative: smashed glass around our outside table not so good for the dog."
• "Food bland to many kids running around shouting, screaming and crying only good thing about The Bell is it's location which is excellent so it's 4 stars for location only."

Service

Pros:

• "The bar staff and catering staff were very attentive and helpful."
• "Waiting staff faultless, manager not so!!!"
• "The service was excellent as was the food."
• "Waitress was very friendly and efficient."
• "From initial walk in to leaving the service from the staff was exceptional, they were all so very friendly and pleasant."
• "Had an early supper here in the restaurant and was not disappointed, good food very friendly staff."
• "Excellent service Lauren was exceptional."

Cons:

• "Waited a bit long to be served."
• "Waited for 45 minutes for a waiter to take our order after speaking 3 staff members no joy."
• "Grumpy service followed by an undone gammon over season with pepper corns to the point I couldn't eat it."
• "Poor service! Followed by what can only be defined as complete arrogance by the owners son."
• "On a recent visit to the Bell, there was a lack of bar staff, which made service slow."
• "After a 45 minute wait we had to find someone to find out what was going on."
• "However, this day we experienced terrible service and the manager, Louis, was very rude when I went to complain."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Really good meal with the family."
• "This is a very good pub with friendly and helpful staff, the food they serve is well cooked and plentiful, the quality is excellent and the price is very reasonable."
• "Considering it was so busy the food came out pretty quickly. And it didn’t disappoint."
• "The pie of the day was steak and kidney, there was large pieces of meat and a lovely rich gravy."
• "The fish and chips are excellent too and available in small, medium or large, which is rather large indeed!"
• "Absolutely beautiful food, well presented and the best meal we have had out in a long time."
• "Everything was freshly prepared on site and this showed in the final dishes."