The Bell Inn — Restaurant in England

We had an absolutely amazing time at The Bell Inn. We checked in around 6pm and all the staff were so friendly and welcoming. We were shown up to our room - which was simply stunning and told about the main features in the room and the details regarding breakfast before we unpacked ready to head down for dinner. We ate dinner in the restaurant (pictures to follow) and had the Box-Baked Camembert Cheese to share followed by our mains. I had the 8oz 28 Day Dry-Aged Rump Steak and had it with peppercorn sauce, sweet potato fries and onion rings and Martin had the Rioja Slow Braised Lamb Shank with some seasonal vegetables on the side. For desserts I had the Chocolate Fondant with ice-cream and Martin had the Lemon Tart with pouring cream. The food was absolutely incredible and so tasty. All of the produce was fresh and cooked to perfection, I couldn’t fault any of it. We had a great nights sleep in the B&B the bed was comfy, the bedding was luxurious and we weren’t woken up or disturbed by any noise throughout the night. We woke up this morning and headed down for breakfast and once again the staff were so friendly and welcoming and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole breakfast experience. We both had an americano and orange juice to drink and then I had the American Pancakes with Bacon & Maple Syrup and Martin has The Bell Big Breakfast. Both of our breakfasts were AMAZING. I would 100% recommend going to The Bell and trying their breakfast - all of the breakfast items were of the highest quality and their meat is all locally sourced and you can really taste the difference - the sausages and bacon were amazing. Overall we had a fabulous time and I would definitely stay in the B&B again and I feel so lucky to live so close to an amazing country pub. The Bell at Old Sodbury offers four individually designed, comfortable and chic rooms. All rooms provide en-suite bathrooms, fine cotton sheets and all the modern conveniences including free wifi, tea/coffee making facilities, flat screen TVs with Blu-Ray DVD players as well as SKY TV with Sports and...

Lovely food…Interesting service.

Met up here for a Sunday lunch as it’s half way between families. We have always had great service & food at The Swan & The Sodbury Steakhouse so we though we would try The Bell Inn, as it’s the same chain and local to us.

I noticed The Bell was “dog friendly”. So I mentioned in our booking we have a friendly, well behaved dog and I just wanted to confirm this. I shortly received a phone call and had the all okay and thumbs up to bring the dog.

Once we had arrived and sat down, I will assume the manager, made a snark remark saying “the dog will have to stay under the table for the duration of our stay”. Bearing in mind this is a labour and we were sat tucked away in the corner, not near any other table, in our own area with our dog laid between our table and the wall. (A labour or any medium/large size dog would not comfortably sit under a table) He was not bothering anyone being to the side of the table. Our labour was on the lead the whole stay, never once barked, jump up, make a sound or bother any other diner. The manner in which this comment was made, made us all feel unwelcome! The attitude of this member of staff was carried throughout the duration of our service, with other comments being made.

I must say the other waitresses went about the matter in a much more professional and polite way, and we thank them for that.

We fully appreciate not everyone is into dogs or has a fear but there are ways and manners to go about it, especially if you state you are “dog friendly” establishment.

Although the food was amazing, and the service from the waitresses was lovely, we wouldn’t rush back to The Bell due to service of one member of staff, and would rather go to one of their sister restaurants.

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Was taken here for Father’s Day by my son-for Sunday lunch. Premises were clean and decorated well. Staff were very efficient and quick. However three lamb roasts ordered and served up very quickly. However one slight issue the lamb was Luke warm but all veg and potatoes were hot. There was good portions. Desserts were good and served hot. Prices are on the higher side three lamb roasts and three desserts three cokes and one small Guinness/Black just shy off £100 .When paying the lady gave my son the bill and asked him to check to make sure it was correct.He noticed a service charge had been added at 10% without making him or us aware it had been added. He politely asked for it to be removed-seem to take seconds to add it but took a couple of minutes to remove it. Now I believe service charges should be made aware to customers and they should be given the opportunity to accept or reject it. This was never offered. Tips are down to the discretion of the customer- not for pubs/restaurants to expect. Imagine if other businesses started adding service charges on top of the service or products they purchase from that business. Allow the customer to decide don’t expect additional funds on top of the costs that are payed for your food...