The Blue Bell Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is very tasty, with excellent and polite waiter service."
• "Came in for a scrumptious Sunday roast and couldn't be more impressed!"
• "The food is excellent too - top-end, modern pub grub that is levels above bigger chains."
• "Food was really tasty and steaks were cooked perfectly."
• "All the food was delicious, my kids really enjoyed their food and had a great time."
• "All four guests had a variety of foods and each found theirs exceptional."
• "The food was wonderful."

Cons:

• "The fish and chips were a little overcooked."
• "The £17 pork belly was literally finger size, 2 half sized roast potatoes were rock hard and boiled."
• "The vegetarian mushroom dish far too salty and the pan fried scallops over cooked and very very small!!!"
• "The roast was lovely, although I found the gravy to be a bit on the sweet side."
• "Turkey roulade wrapped with barely cooked bacon, 1 carrot a couple of potatoes, and some green sludge that was apparently one upon a time a brussel sprout."
• "The food was shocking, but the main fault was that most of it had that much salt added i thought they were trying to preserve it."
• "The crumble arrived with burnt topping you could smell it was burnt and it tasted burnt."

Service

Pros:

• "The food is very tasty, with excellent and polite waiter service."
• "The waitress was lovely and very friendly and accommodating."
• "The staff were fabulous."
• "Service was great, and attentive, though they were so busy we had to remind our young server about our table water and condiments, but only once."
• "The staff friendly as ever."
• "Staff delightful and friendly peeps."
• "The staff were so polite and helpful."

Cons:

• "Our drinks order has been wrong several times so we have figured it's easier to go to the bar and order."
• "The male waiter appeared distracted and when asked for sauce and water he forgot the water."
• "Staff were overwhelmed on the bank holiday, often taking 10 minutes or more to respond to ask if we were ready to order, to take plates and to take dessert order."
• "Service at the bar was awful."
• "Service was slow."
• "The service was appalling, we were left with dirty plates on the table for half an hour."
• "Service was atrocious and over half hour late getting food on the table."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Very nice atmosphere and staff food was delicious."
• "Great pub in the heart of Leicestershire which can only be described as 'cosy chic'- the atmosphere relaxing."
• "If you like the taste of quality ingredients cooked to perfection in a stunning environment, you have to come to this place."
• "The atmosphere is pleasant enough."
• "Atmosphere was relaxed and friendly!"
• "The traditional pub atmosphere made the place feel cosy and welcoming."
• "The restaurant was decorated beautifully and tastefully and the fire was roaring."

Cons:

• "The tables are very close and if you have a person with a loud voice sitting close by then it’s not relaxing."
• "Don't bother unless you enjoy eating in a noisy environment."
• "Smoke in the restaurant . . Very dense smoke . . Customers could not breath."
• "Staff were rude, used no common sense and when we had to leave it was pouring down with rain and they wouldn’t even let us use the lobby to keep dry why we waited for a taxi."
• "We had no choice but to have our meal in cramped condition."
• "Later on as it got busy it got noisier."
• "Staff congregated near the till which is a bit off putting when you're eating your meal as some tables are very close by."

Value

Pros:

• "Prices of the food are very reasonable although the drink prices are a little on the pricey side."
• "The food was reasonably priced for what to me is posh food."
• "A superbly extended dining area awash with good value menus and a good range of Ales all provided with friendly service."

Cons:

• "The service and ambiance was good but food a bit over priced for what it was."
• "Definitely not worth the high prices that are charged."
• "Well over priced for its basic potato and tomato tagine."
• "Sorry to say my £23 sirloin steak was the toughest steak I've ever eaten."
• "Very overpriced food!! Root vegetable dish at £11.95...all terrible tasting tomato sauce with very few root vegetables."
• "The only thing stopping this being 5* is the cost of the drinks - over £5 for a pint of Maltsmiths is a little steep and would describe as London prices."
• "Sunday roast beef dinner very disappointing at £20! needs to improve substantially to warrant that price."