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“Hm! ”

written by on 11/10/2010

Hm!



All of you who have praised this place to the skies since its change of ownership in June must be very easily pleased. We went to the Bell several times when it was run by a French chap - excellent food served in pleasant surroundings. We didn't, by sheer good luck, go there after it was sold in February 2010 and when, by all accounts, it nose dived.



It isn't much better now, despite a further change of ownership in June 2010. What is on offer is over priced pub grub. If the present owner once worked at the Stagg at Titley, may I suggest he goes back there to brush up on presenting a varied menu and on how a good ambience should be created.



We went there for Sunday lunch - nothing special and grossly overpriced. A warm welcome yes (although it would have been warmer if the log fire had been lit and the central heating had been on) but the whole place looks run down and ill cared for. The dead hanging baskets, the rubbish and the cigarette ends strewn around the front lawn don't give much of a first impression - nor do the rotting window frames and the peeling paintwork. And neither does the menu - a litany of spelling mistakes.



Not up to much.