Bell Inn Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff are the shining light at this establishment especially a lovely girl called Jemma."
• "Today we revisited the Bell at Yeovil and again received outstanding service from the manager and all the staff, especially Jemma, Sarah and Sammy."
• "Cannot fault the staff, very personable and positive even wearing masks which can't be easy."
• "The staff were all polite and very helpful."
• "The staff were wonderful - all very friendly and very helpful."
• "Service was excellent, all the staff we encountered we excellent and very helpful and friendly."
• "The staff were really friendly and helpful and the food was delicious."

Cons:

• "At this stage 45mins we have still not got our drinks so we left."
• "Not once during our meal were we approached by any waiting staff."
• "The staff was rude and miserable."
• "Staff had a bit of an attitude and offered a free desert or drink."
• "Waitress was pretty clueless and spilt curry over me when serving."
• "Very rude staff... We were asked to leave by the manager."
• "Staff were not very helpful dirty tables seats need a damn good scrub."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food has been quickly served with good portions and the menu has plenty of choices that are value for money."
• "Mon-Fri food is pretty nice specially the burgers."
• "The food was very good, everyone ate well - possibly a little too well lol."
• "We had 2 dinners for £8.50, hot and tasty."
• "The chicken and rib combo was tasty, well presented, served on a very hot plate."
• "Food was lovely and how I asked for it."
• "The salmon sizzle plate was cooked to perfection."

Cons:

• "The chips were warm not piping hot."
• "Food is really not Worth even one star."
• "Roast potatoes were frozen ones and veg wasn't the best."
• "Unfortunately the roast dinners are terrible."
• "I ordered the jerk chicken and ribs and it was so tasteless hardly any meat on the bone it was quite fatty."
• "The carrots are raw, the mash potato tastes like something from a packet it's literally that bad."
• "Food was disappointing only warm sausages clearly reheated and solid mash was yuk Yorkshire pud huge and hard."

Ambience and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The Bell is our favourite family friendly pub with a relaxed atmosphere."
• "Very Family Friendly."
• "Great friendly atmosphere."
• "One of the better pubs in Yeovil and the best in ambience."
• "It has a good atmosphere their and it is a large place so you have ample room to choose from."
• "Busy pub with good atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was excellent."

Cons:

• "The place is dirty."
• "It’s moderately cheap but inside, dirty with sticky tables."
• "The first thing we noticed was that the table was very sticky."
• "Table was sticky."
• "Tables were sticky, cutlery was water stained and dirty."
• "The place is quite dirty and the state of the menus were gross as well as the salt pots and lots of cobwebs around the place."
• "First overall thought when I arrived is the place is very tired. Sticky dirty tables, menus stuck together, cutlery dirty."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The price was also excellent, 7 of us ate two courses, with a drink, for around £13 a head."
• "Can't fault value for money."
• "Food great value for money."
• "Very reasonable food prices and the portion sizes you can't complain about at all."
• "Food is ok and for a family of 5 to eat for less than £35 it is good value."
• "Cheap food and drinks. Unbelievable prices and deals."
• "The food is reasonably priced & you do get very full plates 😋..so you get your money's worth."

Cons:

• "This place is low cost for a reason but certainly not value for money and hygiene is questionable."
• "Yes, it was cheap - but still very poor value!"
• "We'd paid extra to upgrade and had the most measly portion."
• "Tuesday big plate meals £5 then in very small print its only about 5 out of 20 big meals that are in the offer."
• "Gone are days of it being a good value meal, as all our plates looked half empty."
• "Lunch cheapish and not cheerful though, needs to be hotter."
• "To be honest I was very disappointed. The food used to be to a good standard whilst at a good price. Now the food has turned to low quality and poorly cooked."