The Bell Hotel - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Norwich

Address: 5 Orford Hill, Norwich, NR1 3QB, United Kingdom

Phone: +441603630017

Rating: 4.1
based on 300 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Served quickly and efficiently."
  • "Great atmosphere, really enjoy ordering drinks via the app as it saves having to try and carry a round back to the table without spilling some."
  • "Love this place. Great food, friendly staff and the wait for food is usually no longer than 5 or 10 minutes."
  • "Once we found a table, we ordered food and drink via the app which arrived quickly and by a friendly waitor."
  • "The staff were incredibly welcoming to us, and supportive of a mum near us when her baby projectile vomitted."
  • "Very friendly staff will use again love weatherspoons."
  • "Staff are very friendly and helpful."

Cons:

  • "Went for lunch with the girls to be greeted by a manager who was rude and not approachable and the staff was very rude."
  • "But the male boss Security guard could take few lessons from his staff, rude, unwelcoming, judgmental."
  • "Also, disgusting tables. Asked twice for the table to be wiped, and still nothing happened."
  • "When I said the order was wrong the waitress was moaning."
  • "Unfortunately the food came over with a bad attitude as well by the staff saying we were 'taking the piss'."
  • "This morning the on duty bar person was unfriendly with an 'I'm doing you a favour just by being here' attitude."
  • "Staff didn't seem bothered didn't ask if everything was ok with the meal."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Great breakfast makes a change to have eggs that are runny as they should be."
  • "The best pizza came super quick very hot! And mega cheesy."
  • "Food is cheap filling quick and believe it or not decent. always fresh and hot."
  • "Incredibly good value food; chicken korma main with poppadoms and naan bread only £7.05 including a free drink."
  • "All the food was delicious and they were able to change an item due to dietary requirements."
  • "The large mixed grill we had instead was excellent."
  • "We were so impressed with this branch of Wetherspoons. The food was piping hot."

Cons:

  • "Food was ok but it was so busy, crowded, noisy and messy that it was not a pleasure to eat there yesterday."
  • "Not fantastic. Food OK but beer wasn't great."
  • "Food come out small fish and chips, fish was no bigger than a fish finger."
  • "You used to be able to get a fairly good meal there but now it's like a takeaway menu with 90% with chips."
  • "Meal was really bad all meats were dry and rock hard."
  • "Very disappointing we had scampi chips and peas and steak chips and peas with an extra piece of chicken which was cold and dry."
  • "The chicken burger tasted like it was microwave same as the beef burgers chips even tasted funny."

Ambience & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Completely crazy place. So full of folk having a great time."
  • "A lively place with open patio."
  • "A perfect place with a warm and vibrant vibe."
  • "Lovely pub with lots of nooks n crannies to sit in since their expansion a few years back."
  • "Very spacious Wetherspoons. Plenty of seating available upstairs."
  • "Absolutely massive inside since their renovation."
  • "Nice clean toilets and friendly staff. 10 out of 10!"

Cons:

  • "The atmosphere in this pub is pretty poor, there's often a stagnant smell in the upper floors which puts me off."
  • "Restaurant area itself is quite dark and cramped imo."
  • "Dark and well worn. This has suffered from many late night drinkers and is in need of a revamp."
  • "The table was really sticky, the floor in general was filthy."
  • "It does have an outside area to the front, however it felt rather congested and full of pigeons."
  • "The cleanliness is occasionally lackluster, as some tables seem to be left dirty from the previous customers."
  • "In one corner of one of the upstairs rooms was a table piled high with approx 30-50 dirty plates, glasses, knives and forks etc."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

  • "Standard Wetherspoons experience ie - cheap food and drinks."
  • "Staff are very pleasant, and the food (as at most Wetherspoons) is extremely good value."
  • "Wetherspoons pub. As always, decent food at a good price - the same wherever you go, and none the worse for that."
  • "I have never been to a spoons that offers fresh pizza and the quality was great and very low cost too."
  • "Food and beer usual good quality and value for money but tables and floor were very dirty."
  • "Two of us had a meal and a pint all for £23, excellent value!!!"
  • "Offers a great atmosphere! Love how the price stays the same and the food is amazing!"

Cons:

  • "What a complete waste of money. Big breakfast and eggs benedict. Eggs hard and cold on both breakfasts."
  • "Price raise so food should be better, ordered cheese burger and chips."
  • "The peas were really soft and quite honestly the worst peas I’ve had."
  • "Ordered the £11.95 steak&chips,should have came with the peas& steak sauce,when I questioned when it came with out said I had to pay extra ? Finally realised they should have sent it with my meal,but it was stone cold,would not order food from here again."
  • "The coke was flat my wife's food came as jalfrezi and rice only mine came with chips which were lukewarm with no coleslaw which I did not realise was missing until too late."
  • "Unfortunately my husband's lamb chop was completely raw towards the centre of the chop which put him off the rest of the meal."
  • "However, every table still had dirty plates and leftover food - they weren't clearing the tables."

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