The Bell in Central Bedfordshire

Food was amazing, service was brilliant and a lovely pub with massive garden. Kid and dog freindly

Stayed at a nearby hotel that didn't have a bar, so thought to come here as I saw they were showing the football. Grabbed a pint and sat in my corner, ready for a quiet night watching the football. Ended up sat with a large group of locals and had an awesome night; chatting, chanting, celebrating. Even though I was from out of town I was welcomed by all and I really felt a part of the community. Our team won too, so the atmosphere was fantastic. Absolute belter of a local pub, will absolutely return.

We had an evening meal in The Bell and a couple of really nice English pub beers. It is a typical and traditional lovely English pub, with a good beer selection and menu to match. The food was great. I had a steak and ale pie, which was home made and huge; my colleague also had a chicken, mushroom and Stilton pie, which was equally great. There was so much meat in the steak and ale pie that I was glad I didn’t have a starter. The freshly made puff pastry was a great match for the pie. Really good. Although I’ve eaten half of the pie in this photo, it’s probably the best and fullest steak and ale pie I’ve had. Ever! The garden is large with plenty of tables and plenty for kids to do too. A great meal and pint, in a quintessentially English pub. Ace!

I had the pleasure of visiting the bell while down here on a course from Huddersfield The food was fantastic. The ladylord and landlord are fabulous and welcoming Well worth a visit if you passing through or stopping in the area. I recommend the stake and ale pie the crust is crispy. And the cumberland sausage was fabulous

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 own car park.

The bell public in Marston is full of gossiping..the place is full of cocain takers it's a shine hole. Over priced and full of waister. The management are simple idiots I wouldn't go in the place in a million years .shine hole

They charge £6.55 a pint. This is just your typical old pub, and it's close to £7 a pint. I left after 1 but the irony is I would of stayed and spent more if the prices weren't that high.

Very disappointed, no one in there and staff was unwelcoming and prices of drinks were ridiculous. Only stayed for 1 before moving on

First time at The Bell and can thoroughly recommend. Saira front of house was so warm and genuinely welcoming . We had the choice of the bar or the newly furnished snug/dining area - we chose the snug . A lovely relaxing intimate area with warm decor. Drinks were promptly served and orders taken. Hubby had the sausage and onion baguette and swapped the nachos and salard for chips ...he loved all aspects . My Tuna jacket was full of filling and a perfect size . Karl the Chef hit the spot so we will definitely be frequent visitors. Great food ambience and service

Lovely welcome at the pub, have lived in the village for nearly 3 years now and have actually never been! Now I’m absolutely gutted I’ve not been sooner! Great service, fantastic food!! Nachos were the best I’ve ever had!! Lasagne - lush!! Had a very enjoyable evening with my friend, we weren’t sure where to go tonight for dinner and decided here! Very pleased! ☺️ thank you The Bell for a lovely meal in the garden and evening sun! x

I call here when im travelling and have always found the staff welcoming and accomodating . They were busy but knew we wanted a quick bite to eat to continue our journey and fitted us in. Lovely food ,its a great stop before the M1.

Pleasant staff, decent veggie pie (SERIOUS puff pastry!). The more interesting pint had run out when I was there. I've stayed at too many Premier Inns to stomach Doom Bar, so I settled on John Smiths(!). Why 3 stars for atmosphere? Not sure. Mid week evening can't have helped. Also, it's amid one of those partly upscale housing estates that calls itself a village. The car park is "managed", needing you to register your reg on a tablet. Must be a reason for it, but it doesn't feel "pubby". Definitely drop in for food and a pint.

The food was amazing, we had Sunday lunch. Plenty on the plate and all great quality. Service as usual was outstanding and good atmosphere.

Great place to go and have a drink and a laugh 😃

Very friendly and accommodating staff make our 5 and 7 year old feel very welcome. Only thing which could improve would be a vegetarian children's option.

Sunday lunch was absolutely delicious, highly recommended.

Nice friendly pub, very welcoming staff and a nice atmosphere, dart board, nice garden area, Dog friendly.

My son done surprise party 🥳 for girlfriend and they where very helpful and provided buffet and music and very helpful.

Best Sunday Roast ever! Also rice pudding was heavenly. Always book to avoid disappointment x😋

Lovely roast, good service friendly pub.

We had a roast dinner at the bell, food was out of this world all freshly made good quality food,good portions,great service very friendly and welcoming pub restaurant highly recommend.

Great place to dine. Food of a high quality and cooked perfectly.

If you are looking for a trendy, modern pub, this isn't it. If you want to enjoy a small local pub, with friendly service, tasty meals, a couple of real ales as well as the usual suspects and plenty of space (outside) to relax then this place ticks the box. It has regulars, it has kids playing, and it has laughter regularly heard. It's a pub for the community, and it doesn't get better than that.

Good food and service, and good beer, too. Very friendly and accommodating with generous portions. They also offer a decent gluten free roast including the Yorkie pudding!

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. Overpriced Aswell.!

Food was absolutely amazing, service was just as good, would definitely recommend a visit

The Bell is our local and its a great little, traditional English pub. What was the snug is now the restaurant, where you can enjoy a good meal in peace and the main bar is dog friendly. Saira, Karl and the team will give you a warm welcome and the ale is good. There's a garden with play equipment. The food is typical pub fayre with generous portions. It's well cooked and in the current economic climate the prices are very reasonable. They also offer a great Sunday roast, but its best to book because it gets busy! All the meat comes from the butcher over the road who is a member of the Scotch Beef Association. He can track his beef from field to plate.

Lovely food and great sized garden. Be prepared to wait for food as its freshly cooked but worth the wait.

Have been going for many years in a group of approx on average twenty people. Always for an evening meal. Never had a problem and always with a smile.

A great family pub, well worth a visit if in the area.

Only had a drink. No Gluten Free Beer available. Wine was nice.

The best tasting lasagne I've ever had. Hubby's sausage and mash was very impressive too. A little gem. Go try it!

Fantastic local, perfect service

I was staying at the Travel Inn and this pub is a 10 minute walk lovely atmosphere, fantastic service and great food. Highly recommended

Nothing bad to say. Had a wonderful time

Lovely pub but avoid like the plague.they use civil enforcement to operate the car park and they are probably one of the worst parking robbers going. definitely won't be returning

Parked in the car park of the pub which I went in to and I didn’t enter my registration on a screen because I didn’t see it now I’ve got a £100 fine

We decided to return to the bell to see if it was a fluke the last time we visited in April 2022 but to our amazement and joy it is as it was last time. The staff were brilliant they adjusted our food order to suit us and at no extra cost. The customers are friendly and welcoming even though they didn't know us. If your in the area it is well worth a visit, trust me you will not regret it. I would without a doubt give it 5 stars

Good honest food great price too 👍

Proper builders pub with a pool table and serving good food. Blokes boozer

Local pub, friendly locals and staff. Hostile approach to parking. Standard lunch of scampi and chips with a couple of non-alcoholic drinks was a reasonable £27.

Found this pub on the internet whilst looking for somewhere to eat near the Forest Centre - brilliant find. Good selection of food at good prices.

Stopped over for a bit to eat in-between A and B. No frills but good food and large enough for a group and has a good sized garden.

This is a lovely pub tucked away in a small village, but they were kind enough to fit my family and I in on a Sunday lunch!! Very helpful and polite staff, food quality was excellent and very reasonably priced. Great place to spend a sunny Sunday in February. Thanks to the team at the Bell!

Friendly and relaxed place for a drink

We like it because its local and the food is good

Food was lovely, great size portions. Staff were lovely too. Village pub with big garden, perfect for kids too

Excellent Sunday roast Carl. Cheers

Good to feel welcome. Shame pub is do far from our home town. Excellent breakfast.

Great pub with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere that serves great value for money food. We enjoyed a hearty Sunday roast that went down a treat. Will be visiting again 😊

Nice food with friendly service.

Excellent little pub with quality no frills food . Just what we wanted. 👌

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Guy at lounge bar sneezed all over my pint that was being poured & Barman still served it up,absolutely unhygienic won’t b back unhealthy is an understatement 🤬

Absolutely brilliant family pub really friendly atmosphere and great food

Very welcoming and polite staff, good food and great garden for the kids.

Lovely village pub. Food is great too! Highly recommend

Lovely pub, but its clientele brings it down to a 1 star.

Always have such fantastic food with huge portions

Friendly owner, my phone had run out of battery, and the landlord let me charge it back up, Thank you

Went there for a Christening Party,good service, buffet was nice

Nice pub good kids area and good prices.

Lady behind the bar was very kind and polite, will be going back for a roast.

Beer quite pricey but, although I didn't eat, the food looked wonderful and judging by the other patrons, they thought so to. Plenty of eaters.

Lovely afternoon. Visited for the first time during the sausage and beer festival. Music was playing beautiful day, everyone enjoying their selves, well done to the Bell

Really nice owners, good prices, good quality food, really enjoyed the sausage and beer fest

Cozy, with good and cold beer. How much more can I say?

Great place great people who make you feel welcome.

Holidaying in Marston and called in this pub on a previous evening to book, so glad we booked in for a meal at this pub. Booked in 24.05.2022 for an evening meal with a family of 5. Made to feel very welcome. The menu is of a good size with various options for dining. Myself and my father in law opted for the mixed grill and it was superb(very tasty sausage btw). Surf&Turf gorgeous Rump steak with peppercorn sauce was gorgeous, beef chilli, with nachos and again, yes this was gorgeous, great food all round. Great deserts. Great value for money. Ample car parking. Definitely recommended. Graham G and family

Lovely food and great service. Daughter loved the playground too!

Today (Thursday 7th April 2022) Well l think l can say with hand on heart this is the 3rd time this week I've actually visited the Bell at Marston so can give a non biast review. I ate here some months ago and really enjoyed it so visited again on my holiday for a week. The manager and manageress welcomed us with open arms and a very warm welcome. All the people in there were also very very friendly and also gave us a very warm welcome. The food is of a very high standard and very good value, l can't praise the place enough. If your ever in the area l strongly recommend you give them a try you will not be disappointed. Like l said at the beginning l have absolutely no personal connection with the pub at all Dave

Had a meal in the Bell in Marston Moretaine. Amazing food and the staff were tentative, professional and hospitable. Great meal out. 👍

Popped in for a few drinks with my friend who was celebrating her 18th birthday and had a great time on a Tuesday lunchtime. Food was nice and lady behind the bar very friendly.

Good food,basic hospitality,friendly staff.

We received such a warm welcome from everyone as soon as we arrived! And so much help in making sure my husband had the best access for his wheelchair, and spending lots of time finding suitable food for our little granddaughter who has food intolerances. Everything we ate was delicious (as was the wine!), and the beer garden with big play area for the grandchildren was the icing on the cake. A very lucky find, and we will definitely visit again!

Returning home from holiday we decided to break our journey at the Marston Moretaine Travelodge and walked up to the village on a wet and windy Monday night to be met in the Bell with a warm welcome, excellent food and well kept ales. A real gem.

Good well cooked lunch. Very tasty!

Been coming here for years and I love it. There is always someone to talk to and the food is outstanding. They do good summer dos in their big garden. + good beer & nice fire in winter Recommend this to everybody 👍

Best pub I've been too in years

I went to the bell last night for meal and some drinks , lovely staff made to feel welcome, nothing to much for them . Food was lovely and big portions . Had good night locals made us feel welcome . Will be definitely coming back ..🙂👍

Food lived up to deliver a pleasant meal

Nice pub/restaurant with a spacious play area for kids

Good menu choice plus service and cooking was excellent

Much like others have said, a lovely place with lovely staff. Delicious 6X, a full-plate meal, and a back room that feels like a living room.

Very friendly local English pub. Excellent food and nice range of drink. The staff are really friendly and helpful.

Doom bar...what more can I say. Lovely pint thanks

Friendly people large garden great for kids

Great place, simple but good food at a very good price

Enjoyed our lunch at The Bell on Friday. Good quality meals were plentiful, well presented and, served with a smile. The pub is traditional style and benefits from both covered and open garden seating. Families can also benefit from a children’s play area. Recommended 👍Terry & Sue

Vegetarian turmeric curry with rice, an absolute delight

Really clean, welcoming atmosphere. Really nice food. Inside and outside area available with a little playground area. Quick service.

We are looking to move to marston very soon so wanted to explore, we went to The Bell for lunch and it was amazing, lovely food very polite staff and a cosy atmosphere, can’t wait to make this a regular visit!

We visited The Bell with our two young children for lunch and loved everything about it. Very friendly, perfect for families, clean, great food and very reasonably priced. We were made to feel very welcome and there was a great playground for occupying the kids. Everything a traditional pub should be, would highly recommend it.

This was our first time visiting the Bell and it definitely won't be our last. The warm friendly welcome definitely set the tone for a lovely evening. The food was superb!! Homemade steak and ale pie and a steak. Would absolutely recommend 10/10 Thank you so much 🤗

Had a lovely lunch and afternoon drink in the pub garden on Monday. Nice, sociable and relaxing to be out and doing what we missed after all this time. Sara and Carl were great hosts ensuring things were covid safe.

Had a great Sunday lunch today. Good food well cooked and a reasonable price. Can't say better than that! 👍👍

The four of us enjoyed yet another superb Sunday roast delivered to our door. This is our fourth in 4 weeks as it's such a treat in lockdown! Piping hot, great portions, and lovely meat... all delivered on time. Thank you so much for cheering up our Sunday afternoons in lockdown and saving me all the cooking. We will be back'

Once again during lockdown the delivery service offered by our village pub is such a treat. We've been frequently eating in the lovely garden during the open summer months and during lockdown having the Sunday roasts delivered has been a real highlight. The quality and quantity of the food has always been first rate and just having it turn up at the door with a friendly hello we feel so lucky to be in a village blessed with such good service and really good food. We'll done to everyone at The Bell and thank you!!

Fantastic food and very good service

We all had some lovely food delivered yet again tonight. Superb beef and Ale pies and tasty lasagne. Delivered hot and on time. We look forward to lots more lock down deliveries during the month. Thank you.