The Five Bells — Restaurant in England

Offered a choice of one portion of beef or gammon (3 diners) this constituted 'a roast dinner' - was expecting several choices of meat. Apparently there were 2 portions of beef, but one was earmarked for one of the serving staffs dinner! Yorkshire pudding was burnt. Whole meal was mainly lukewarm. Vegetables were just as we like them though. One of our party had a burger which was also lukewarm. Of the two of us that had roasts, there was some greyish/beige slimes looking slop on our plates. One of us decided it was meant to be cauliflower cheese which I personally hate with a vengeance. My dining companion tried it and noted it was 'not to their liking' and they LOVE cauliflower cheese! They said they had the feeling it was not the first time it had been heated although this could not be proven. It was also lukewarm. Music was our era, so we enjoyed that although a tad loud. There were only 2 other diners in who were loud but seemed to be enjoying their meal. We were checked on and I have to say we did not have the balls to complain. The indoors smelt like an ashtray although the smokers were outside the door, literally. Right outside, just. Will not go there again. As I chose the venue, I paid but was very apologetic to my...

The new owners here have excelled themselves!! Popped in with my partner yesterday for lunch before the school run with the dog, really friendly staff, great new look and the food was amazing 👌 I stayed with the dog and the kids came after school because the atmosphere for a Friday afternoon evening was safe and pleasant, back garden and all the work, spot on! I called the neighbours up and had a dad's night and left eventually around 10.30pm 😬 really happy to have a great village pub back, dog and child friendly with awesome grub, thanks to all the staff for a great time,...

Huge Cobweb on the window corner, the shelf where the plant sat was thick with dust, cobweb on the actual window, the window seat was "torn/ript" and the "material" was open, I had a jet black hair in my cub, my knife was dirty, the radio was "too loud", the lunch was a very , very generous portion - in fact too much! my meal could of easily fed two (I know, don't moan - but I moan because it is so much waste in the bin). The dining area looked worn and unloved and could do with some TLC even the staff gave off the "ora" of cannot be bothered with it but as its...