Bell Inn at Buckland in Mendip

A really amazing proper country pub. A really warm welcome from Chris as soon as we walked in. We sat next to a beautiful fire place with cosy atmosphere. The food was plentiful and 5* quality with great service. Quite easily the best pub experience had for a meal out. We will definitely be going again.

We visited the Bell Inn over the August Bank Holiday weekend, stayed in their campsite and had Sunday lunch & drinks there. Whilst we were there, we had excellent customer service, a quality Sunday Roast - including catering for vegetarians and vegans in our party, and just a nice relaxed/friendly/local country pub atmosphere. The campsite was very simple (just a field) but with modern clean shower (requires coin payment), washing-up sink and then a toilet in one of the outbuildings of the pub. It was all fairly priced and we will definitely be going back there next year :)

Fantastic food, all freshly made. You are made so welcome, the bar is well stocked and it includes Hawstone

Amazing food true pub grub. Friendly family atmosphere

Good food and service some nice specials not on the normal menu worth a visit

We had some tea & coffee there. Staff were friendly and the coffee was nice & hot

Great local. Themed nights. Home cooking Cheddar ales (Gorge 🍺) Top staff Friendly owner.

First time here with family all had roast dinner absolutely lovely plenty of meat and veg roasties. Amazing customer service made you feel very welcome really appreciate that definitely coming back if you haven't been here I recommend you do plenty of parking thanks again 😀

Lovely country pub. We went on a late lunch time which was very quite. Though sure it's busier on a evening. Staff were very polite and helpful. Limited lunch menu. Food nice.

Really good Sunday lunch at a very reasonable price. Decent ale too. Since this review, I have been back with all the family. Kids portions were as big as adult ones in some pubs, yet they ate it all (age 6 and 8) Loads of meat. Will be back again.

Barman has excellent customer service. His positive attitude and will do attitude is a credit to the place. He is very friendly and welcomes a little banter.

We had a table for 12 people today. Staff were great! Very helpful and accommodating! Food was very tasty and warm! We will definitely return! Thanks a million! Well worth a visit! :-)

Very friendly place to visit and great to see card games, etc provided which stops folks staring at their phones and have fun and engaging conversations instead. We played cards whilst waiting for a lovely Sunday lunch. We camped in the field at the back of the pub. Facilities are basic, but what else do you need when creating memories and having adventures!? Great place.

Camped here & had a fab weekend , owned by the fab & greeted by Chris & Roy the landlord..had a lovely pub grub meal & the pie was homemade & outstanding.. We used the campsite as a base ,easy to get to different places ,we went to Bath &;used the Lansdown Park & ride as we were in a motorhome..would definitely use it again.

Woke at 8am picturing a Bell Inn cooked breakfast to kick start a week off work ahead. What a treat! Truly delicious breakfast, relaxed atmosphere with ever-friendly staff. We sat with our spaniel commenting on how privileged we are to have this wonderful pub in our village. Come, share and taste for yourself.

All of the staff make this venue what it is. Absolutely perfect staff,so welcoming and friendly. Had Sunday lunch with my father today and neither of us could fault our meals at all. Icing on the cake is the fantastic prices - thank you 😊

Poorest vegetarian options ever

What a lovely pub! Welcoming staff. Great food and choices of drinks at good prices! Definitely coming back.

Lovely village pub and excellent Sunday roast!

We had a fantastic Sunday lunch here. I could not recommend this place more: we were made to feel so welcome and the roast lamb was absolutely delicious. We’ll be back

Great value light lunches and all days breakfasts. Very friendly and accommodating for our walking group. Recommended.

Dropped in for a meal prior to family visiting for Christmas, booked up two dates to maximise our visit.

Nice little local Friendly guy's

We visited The Bell recently because we were attending a sad event in the village. We couldn’t have been more welcomed. We had a delicious supper and an equally breakfast ( the large portion is large !) The staff are all lovely , truly went out of their way to look after us and we will visit next time we are in the village for sure.

Before we booked we checked there was a vegan Sunday roast, on arriving we checked there was a vegan roast (there is no written down menu on Sundays), on ordering we ordered a vegan roast, on the food arriving at the table the waitress announced them as vegan roasts. They were not vegan roasts. The Yorkshire puddings looked suspicious, so I called to the waitress and asked her to confirm that they were vegan. She went away to check and came back to say that no, they weren't vegan and took them away from us with an apology. My partner had already started eating his. We were having a family lunch for my mum's birthday, she's older and eats slowly. The waitress came back and started collecting the plates from around her whilst she was still eating. She asked me to pass my plate over my mum and I said I wouldn't as I would wait until everyone had finished eating. She then went away again, but my mum felt self conscious and left the rest of her meal. On paying, I told the person behind the bar about the mess up with the vegan/veggie meals and expressed concern about allergy sufferers and this just not being good enough. He apologised. Nothing can really make it any better when you've just eaten something you've spent decades avoiding for ethical reasons, or something you're allergic to. But honestly, a discount would have at least indicated that they cared about the mistake. The rest of the food was good, although I do wonder if the gravy/roast potatoes etc were vegan, and the staff were polite even if they don't understand how to deliver good customer service. Some of the seating is nice, but in the dining room area at the back the rows of tables are far too close together for people to be able to get in and out of their seats. There is plenty of free parking.

Lovely friendly pub! A tasty and ever expanding menu.

Excellent food, lovely staff, but there's not much space, so you have to get cosy with other patrons

A British Breakfast Bash! I recently savored the Large British Tradition Breakfast at this pub, and it was a breakfast bash of epic proportions! 🇬🇧 The sausage was hearty, the bacon crispy, and the eggs sunny-side-up perfection. It was a true homage to British breakfast traditions. The service was as charming as a British accent, making the experience delightful from start to finish. In summary, if you're craving a British breakfast done right, this pub deserves a solid 5 stars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

This pub very welcoming under latest management, not over priced for great food

Lovely village pub with friendly staff and great value traditional meals - big portion sizes!! Best food in the area.

Friendly village pub with great food. A family friendly place to visit. It is advised to book Sunday lunch as the roast dinners are amazing! Stayed at the campsite, which is basic but all you need for a weekend away.

One of the best pubs I have ever been to. I wish this place was my local. Atmosphere, food and staff all amazing. Fantastic value for money. Cant rate this place highly enough

Lovely little pub. Great campsite 🙂 would return.

Very nice meal and service very friendly atmosphere

Went for their quiz night, great atmosphere and friendly welcome.

Food was very good lovely roast dinner

Lovely little village pub and does a banging roast dinner on a Sunday Worthwhile Note: you have to order the roast the day before :)

Food over cooked and service poor

Great family friendly village pub. Stumbled across it on quiz night, made a profit, spent it at the bar!

A fabulous pub with lovely staff and a brilliant Sunday roast. Great parking, comfy, open fire, and super friendly.

Went for a pie and pint, excellent quality good sized portion. Cold night offset by roaring fire. Recommended

Just had a roast at the bell and this is the second roast I had two weeks apart and it is just delicious, roasts are proper roasters. Lovely fire to warm my toes and up very nice warm welcoming staff, and atmosphere. Family run pub at The Bell Buckland Dinham 5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It's a pub, can't really say a bad thing about it

Traditional pub, nothing fancy, with friendly landlord and excellent food. Will definitely visit again

Popped in for a quick drink and ended up staying till closing, warm welcoming, friendly staff and good atmosphere

James and Laura are super friendly and the pub has an amazing atmosphere. The food is insane. Started to so pizza recently and it's the best pizza I've ever had. Pop in and have a drink if passing!! Just started to do a breakfast too!!! Would 110% reccommend!!

Staff here are all amazing and did everything they could to make us feel welcome and happy. Honestly felt like I'd been a regular there for years. Pizzas were phenomenal. Didn't expect them to be as good as they were as they aren't that expensive, but they are top, top quality. Also, bumbleberry juice 😀😀😀😀😀

Good pub food. Excellent burger. Cumberland sausage and mash came with 3 sausages and no lumps, so all was well.

Absolutely the best overall rural pub around. Lovely welcoming place and a warm atmosphere. Lots of choice of drinks and quailty food to match. Cannot rate this pub enough and one to visit or even make a local.

Friendly staff, well located with a camping field at the rear, dog friendly and serves excellent food, top spot.

Lovely pub. Excellent freshly cooked breakfast friendly helpful staff strongly recommend if you're in the area.

Good Pub Food Good Real Ale Friendly Landlord. If you stay in the campsite they also offer breakfasts.

Very friendly and welcoming landlord, food was lovely and nothing was too much trouble

Friendly, relaxed and enjoyable pub to visit.

Excellent service ! Welcoming as atmosphere.

Returned to this place and couldn’t be more surprised at the complete turnaround of attentive staff, friendly manner and welcome. The young couple who have taken over, Laura & James , will be the resurrection of The Bell and will bring something to the village that’s been missing, a breath of fresh air. Good luck to all who have helped and assisted in getting the Pub ready and my very best wishes to the new landlord/ landlady. Cheers 🇬🇧👍💖

Nice atmosphere with a fire and a very good burger!

Great service, great food, highly recommend!

It's a great pub ,, landlord is very friendly made us very welcome

We drove out especially to visit this pub and it was closed despite the sign outside saying it opened at lunchtime

Excellent Sunday lunch.. Great value for money and you could tell it was fresh veg too. Proper home cooking.

What a delight this place was, My friends and I went camping for the weekend at this location and it was amazing. The staff were amazing and so pleasant to talk to, as was the atmosphere with the locals and their friendly pets policy, they made our stay feel like we hadn't even left home. Food, where do I actually begin? Each meal... all eight people of our group were blown away by how mouthwatering and delicious every single dish was! This place knows how to make you full and happy. If this rating could go to an eleven it would be, thank you too all the staff at The Bell Inn you made our weekend magical, will definitely be visiting again without a doubt.

Very good menu choices and food cooked to perfection, will be returning!

Now quite friendly. Remember it being horrendously pretentious several years ago

Owners super friendly and helpful, food all home cooked and delicious. Camping field at the back has basic facilities and a nice view of fields and hills.

Just had a Sunday roast and it was absolutely delicious and not over expensive either.......well recommended

Not the same as it used to be. Boring owners, gossip ridden.

Love this place, I work and stay nearby regular so dine here quite often. Food is outstanding. Lovely couple run the place, typical cosy country pub. With campsite to the rear.

This pub is a Bath institution.

Went for a Sunday roast - lovely homemade food.

Locale carino e informale, personale gentile e ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo

Beautiful Sunday lunch. Would definitely return. 😀

A relatively new addition the Cask Marque Ale Trail, under relatively new management.

Due to road closure pub was not good . Please make the effort to go

Lovely food and brilliant staff

Great food, Friendly staff and excellent services

Nice place with friendly atmosphere

This is a superb place to eat or drink or camp! Large camping field by the pub, porta-loo and outdoor shower available. The food at The Bell is excellent. Takeaway beer and pizza also available for campers. What else could you possibly want?

had lovely peaceful couple of days here. basic facilities but adequate for us. nice food. quiet and lovely goats and kids.

Good beer and friendly staff, what more dd you want

Fantastic Sunday lunch,very good portions,meal red hot,shall definitely return.

The only thing that let the bell down was it was too hot in there. However food and service was great

Great atmosphere, great drinks.

Guinness was ok Malbec was like vinegar Child's Lasagna nice Rack of ribs edible is the most polite comment Hunters chicken genuinely vile. The bacon was nice but the chicken was horrendous and felt like a processed piece of meat when chewing. Not good. Have never resented £50 so much in my life. The barmaid/waitress was really friendly and chatty can't fault her.

we used it for camping in their garden and ate dinner there. the food was good. the camping was very cheap which meant services werent great - one porterloo for everyone to share quickly got pretty bad! and the shower had a collection of dirty water in the basin. but at £9 a night it is what it is. the only problem was that a large family/group next to us were letting their kids run riot around our tent (tripping up our guide ropes and shouting and falling over. not at all the fault of the pub but did mean we left in a slightly grumpy and tired mood

Great service, great atmosphere, great people.

Lasagna absolutely amazing, and thank you for making a Londoner feel welcome!! :-) Under new management from the last time I past by and the food and survive is much better!

Great food, friendly atmosphere, good beer.

Camped in the field behind the pub for the May bank holiday and although it was very basic (no showers and port-a-loo) we had a great time, and so did our 2 Vizslas. Nick the landlord was fab and so friendly and accommodating. He allowed us to camp with our small Eriba van as this isn't usually allowed. He also fed us when the kitchen was supposed to be closed: can't fault the man, TOP BLOKE! The goats, and birds they keep were good entertainment and you get used to the turkey noises in no time. They all get put to bed at night so you don't get disturbed. Will go back if we're allowed with our little van.

Lovely pub & a great Sunday lunch 😊

One star is an absolute gift. The landlady at the Bell was horrifically unhelpful during my friend's recent wedding, to the point were she became a hindrance. Refusing to serve food to the guests, obtusely rude to the best man and maid of honour, and apocalyptic in her attitude to small issues. Her commitment to poorly rehearsed drama was akin to an episode of Eastenders. She called the police on the wedding, cursed as she was by music and enjoyment. The banshee doth melt under the tears of joy, invigorated as she is by tears of grief. Some of the actions of this Uber-Wench included pouring red wine onto rented seats and tables, switching the generator off at 11pm and threatening to call everything off when a table in the catering tent wasn't level. God save us all if thine field doth not sit straight. I will NEVER go near this pub again.

Absolutely nothing. Have never visited such an abomination of some so called establishment. The disgrace of a land lady clearly doesn't even like people. Complete and utter disgrace. DO NOT GO HERE!

What did I like about it? Absolutely nothing! My best friends had their wedding reception in a beautiful marquee in the bottom field, away from the pub; to which they paid a lot of money to rent, have the wedding catered and to dance all night! The management then took it upon themselves to pull the plug on the generator for the electric in the marquee at 11pm because apparently it was too loud!! This was a wedding with hundreds of people that had flown over from Canada! We were all scrambling around in the dark and the bride and groom were utterly devastated! Disgusting management, rude & shameful behaviour! DO NOT BOOK YOUR WEDDING WITH THIS PUB!

Awful. We camped for a night. The camp toilets were dirty. Someone set fire to their rubbish dump during the night and they had a rooster right in the field which meant very little sleep. The owners had gone back to bed leaving the rubbish ablaze and unattended. When we asked for a refund for the next night as we were so tired the owners went mental as they thought we had called the fire brigade! One of their neighbours had but really they should have dealt with the fire properly themselves. They showed no concern for me or my young families safety and were so rude it made me wonder how they got into the hospitality industry in the fiirst place.

Friendly family run business. Real ale, home cooked fresh food, rustic congenial atmosphere. Well worth a visit