The Bell — Restaurant in England

Decent traditional pub food, well prepared and good value. Service also excellent. You won't leave hungry. Unfortunately it was let down by some of the clientele swearing loudly and frequently - and not mildly either, far from it. Don't bring your kids. Once they'd left it was much improved.

(Update July 2024): We went for dinner just because we didn't feel like cooking. We sat in the garden because the weather was nice. The food was great in quantity see the photo for some serious pie action) and quality and we were served by a very pleasant gentleman who I think was called Steven. Unfortunately there was one occasion of the less-than-ideal behaviour that I mentioned previously but that was all. For that reason I still wouldn't call it a family-friendly pub. It wasn't very busy, being a midweek evening. Incidentally some people have commented negatively about the parking system. While we don't use it since it's walking distance for us, the pub has a good-sized car park and all you have to do is enter your registration on a tablet at the bar. This seems quite reasonable to me and stops non-customers from abusing the pub's...

This pub is a local gem. It looks a little tired from the outside and to be honest I nearly didn't go in. They advertise a 10% discount at the local travelodge for guests to eat there, which is why I went.

The Bell vastly exceeded my expectations. The one member of staff I saw was very friendly despite being busy - the pub was hardly full but she seemed to be serving both bars and the dining room on her own - however she is evidently extremely good at her job and there was no wait.

The food was traditional and unpretentious pub fayre, but about as good as pub fayre gets without being "reinvented" as so many try to do. The chef is also extremely good at his/her job and I thoroughly enjoyed my meal. The prices were more than fair, especially given the quality of the food. Posh it certainly isn't, but it was exactly what I was looking for. Five stars...

Would have given 0 star if i could have. I dont know how to work a tablet, Asked the bar staff to help me by given them my registration on paper. Then i recieved a £100 parking fine.! The company has refused my appeal and after explaining to them i gave the barstaff my reg. The Management doesnt seem to care about there customers after reading another persons review they said this. Quote "If you had contacted us directly in the first instance then we could have liasied with the parking company to try to solve this for you" When i called them they said its not our responsibility of our staff and you should read the signage. Should the staff not be helping its customers.? Obviously they dont care about they're business. I wont be going back or recommend the pub to anyone else....