The Blue Bell Inn - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Accessibility

Pros:

• "Very well set out, only fault for me with been disabled was parking at the back in the car park and having to walk all the way round to the front in the rain."
• "Simple entry into premises I was in electric wheelchair."
• "This place also has disabled access."
• "Roof Terrace upstairs and there is a lift to access it too."
• "Really nice place, very friendly staff, catering for all the dodgy dietary requirements my friend had, no problem finding a place for him and his wheelchair."

Cons:

• "It would be useful to have a list of craft beers available either from bar or at table otherwise it's a further trip to bar in wheelchair to view."
• "Very well set out, only fault for me with been disabled was parking at the back in the car park and having to walk all the way round to the front in the rain."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were friendly and efficient."
• "Staff very efficient but not very chatty."
• "Carla, thank you for asking me and my partner how our food is."
• "The staff were friendly and served us really quickly."
• "Staff are absolutely fantastic, they go out of their way to assist and deserve a lot more credit than they do."
• "Service is really good and helpful."
• "The staff are always friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Service a little slow sometimes and tables don't get cleared very quickly."
• "It's very busy, so you need to wait for ages to get served, and as it has encouraged youngsters it is extremely noisy."
• "Service a little slow sometimes but overall a good experience."
• "Long wait to be served, at least 4 couples who arrived after us, served before us."
• "Not happy with service, waited 45 minutes for my £4.55 drink, had to go up to the bar twice to get my drink as they thought they sent it, disgraceful service!"
• "Waited at the bar 25 minutes to be served and staff served 3 people who came after me and when I stated I was there first they shrugged their shoulders."
• "Terrible we got told we would have a wait of around 20 mins for our meals. 45 minutes later we received three meals that were cold and not what we ordered."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "What it lacks in music and atmosphere it makes up for in value for money."
• "A great warm and welcoming atmosphere."
• "Surprised how nice this place was, ordered a rum & coke had a bit of food too, food was average nothing special but the value was excellent, cosy atmosphere too."
• "We appreciated the comfortable, relaxing and friendly atmosphere."
• "Lively atmosphere without thumping music."
• "Really pleasant environment with good food drink and prices."
• "Fantastic pub to enjoy the time with family or only with yourself and your thoughts!"

Cons:

• "The food was ok at best. Atmosphere was flat."
• "We called on a Friday evening and it was very crowded and extremely noisy."
• "Food and prices are amazing but this pub isn't as family friendly as advertised, some of the customers were unhappy with my granddaughter crying and were starring at us, giving us evils."
• "Personally a little busy for me as it was very loud."
• "There is not a lot of Atmosphere."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Currently under a whetherspoons branding. It has affordable prices with food at a good quality."
• "The food is excellent."
• "Food is good."
• "The meal was pretty much perfect. The lamb was tender and the curry wasn't overpowering."
• "Really Good place to be eating out in, the Pub Classics and Main Food is fresh and Cooked very well."
• "Visited here today for tea and I must say it was the best value for money meal that we've every had in a pub. Quality of our meals was excellent and served ever so quickly and piping hot and cooked freshly."
• "Breakfast and main meals were served hot and perfectly cooked."

Cons:

• "The food was ok like the food. The knives and forks were dirty, I had to go back and replace them and the next lot wasn't great either."
• "I ordered Mediterranean salad with halloumi and they brought me a bit of lettuce and tomato with halloumi instead of the butternut squash and quinoa salad I had ordered."
• "Ordered a steak. Menu said comes with mushrooms and grilled tomato. I got no mushrooms and the tiny cube of burned grilled tomato wasn't worth putting on the plate."
• "Food quality is very poor. Ordered a curry meal. Onion Bhaji was like charcoal."
• "Ordered an American burger and omg was rubbish chips were nice sent my burger back had nothing in it not as was written down won’t be going back for food again a waste of money not worth it."
• "Didn't enjoy my meal at all today, ordered chicken strips to come with main meal, we finished our main meal before even receiving our starter."
• "Had a meal today gammon and egg, the gammon was very thin could have put it in a sandwich everything was overcooked total waste of money will not eat there again."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Well decorated and have immaculate toilets, also decorated beautifully."
• "Very clean and tidy too."
• "Lovely beer garden out the back and it even has a roof terrace."
• "Only been once on a passing trip. Clean and tidy, food was good, toilets reasonably clean, friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Dirty table is normal."
• "To dark and the tables not clean enough."
• "The amount of food and rubbish the previous customers at that table had left mainly on the floor the word pigs come to mind."
• "Popular place but suffering from a bit of neglect in recent years. Few sticky surfaces and grubby looking overused menus ruin what is essentially a decent pub."
• "Waitresses taking food to a table (not ours) coughing all over food & not washing hands after, glad that wasn't mine!!!"

Value for Money

Pros:

• "What it lacks in music and atmosphere it makes up for in value for money."
• "Good value for money."
• "Its an ok place very good value for money really good staff."
• "Fab Fab Fab !!! Really great pub. Good parking close by and super drinks at amazing prices."
• "Super fast service and great value, especially during the eat out to help out promotion."
• "Food and drink are great value for money."
• "Can't fault wetherspoons, usually always good food."

Cons:

• "My bill was somehow more expensive than his."
• "Very nice food but my order was exactly the same as my friend, yet my bill was somehow more expensive than his."
• "Great value but very poor."