Bell Inn Godstone Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Food was great, server was attentive and had good banter."
• "Wonderful staff."
• "We have always found the staff to be very pleasant, efficient and most helpful."
• "Nice friendly service."
• "Staff are friendly and efficient and very accommodating to anyone with special dietary needs."
• "The guy who greeted us knew his social distancing lines perfectly, and when I left my bag at the restaurant they saved me from crossing the country to get it back."
• "Staff extremely helpful. Nice table in Conservatory as I'd requested."

Cons:

• "We waited a LONG time for our food to come."
• "We were there 45 mins before any food came."
• "most of the staff friendly and helpful except our waitress who seemed tired and bored."
• "Another thing I thought could have been improved on was their toilets; they were shabby and needed a good lick of paint."
• "Service was slow and I had to ask the same lady to take our order."
• "Service very slow, distinct shortage of staff and twice I had to go looking for a waiter/waitress."
• "The service very slow 35 mins waiting for first course."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great food."
• "Lovely food recommend the prawn and lobster bake for a starter its yummy."
• "Everyone in the party commented about how good the food was and how appropriately priced it was."
• "Food is really, really good, amazing desserts, you just can't say no to it!"
• "Food delivered piping hot and it was all very flavourful and filling."
• "The food is fabulous."
• "The food (I had the chicken, Somerset brie and bacon pie, and it was a proper pie) was all excellent too."

Cons:

• "The chicken was a very small and taste wise bland."
• "Gutted favourite triple choc cookie now the size of one from a 39p pack."
• "Pub very nice, decor good, excellent service unfortunately food appalling. Roast Pork overcooked and dried out, Yorkshire puddings hard, carrots burnt and gravy poured over food instead of being served separately."
• "I came across a beetle in my gravy/sauce so stopped eating."
• "The following day I had diarrhoea, which I blame on the warmed up, over done chicken."
• "When our mains arrived mine was virtually stone cold."
• "The avocado und bacon salad was missing the avocado, rectified quickly, but also very dry bacon."

Ambience & Decor

Pros:

• "Pub itself is beautifully decorated and very conformable, great outside space too."
• "The Bell has become our new favourite place to eat."
• "Pleasant furnishings, music at a sensible level so could have quiet chat."
• "A comfortable, clean and attractive pub."
• "Outdoor space and indoor charm."
• "Very attractive decor and furnishings."
• "Lovely setting in the garden and a nice area in general."

Cons:

• "Another thing I thought could have been improved on was their toilets; they were shabby and needed a good lick of paint."
• "The decor felt tired and we had the unexpected 'view' of the neighbour using her bathroom!"
• "Only 2 criticisms, the first being that if people are smoking outside, the smoke easily comes through to the dining areas at the rear of the building and conservatory which is not nice whilst eating. The second is the 90s faux blinds in the conservatory don't do the rest of the decor justice."
• "Our experience was diminished when they sat us down in the orangery where the sun disturbed every member of the dining party to the point of uncomfortable."
• "Sat in section over looking the road on the table for two in the middle of the restaurant. My husband and I felt that the table should have been removed because we were much closer that a meter to two of the people sat at the surrounding tables."
• "Two tiny bits of bread are not enough for the camembere sharing starter."
• "It was exceptional. We were seated by a lovely chap who took our drink order at the same time as seating us."

Value

Pros:

• "Reasonable prices."
• "The food was excellent and reasonably priced."
• "Price range are really good."
• "The value was ok, let down by a £7.50 charge for a kids meal that was smaller than the same dish as a 'side'."
• "Really good food, service was a little too quick."
• "Food was good although extremely expensive-£62 for 2 courses with no alcohol!"
• "The prices were reasonable."

Cons:

• "Overall it was overpriced and very poor."
• "Food overpriced for what it is."
• "everything on the menu was very pricey compared to other places locally."
• "The bill was unbelievable for what we had albeit we were there for the 50% off mains offer."
• "Food was very tasty but portions are little small for the price."
• "Food was ok, certainly not the best I've tasted of its type."
• "The food was truly awful. I ordered the 'chefs special' of the lamb rump roast and it arrived totally grey and was basically all fat and gristle."