The Bell Inn in Stratford-on-Avon

This is 2.5mile walk from home so kind of a local for me so been many times. Had a friend to visit from Maidenhead so we walked to the pub lunchtime to sit by the fire and catch up …. 2 bottles of wine and some bar snacks later we had to get a cab home 😂 Was just perfect. Gorgeous wine, lovely fire delish food and Poppy was just a delight. Looked after us so so well. The change of management has been noticed in such a positive way - thank you for making us feel so welcome. It was lovely to share such a lovely experience with my mate xx

Very attentive staff and excellent food. Would definitely return.

Brilliant service and food today at The Bell. The staff coped with a large party excellently Would highly recommend

Went for Wedding Anniversary & everything was superb. Friendly staff lovely food & great atmosphere. We love this place. They also have disabled toilets which is a must for me being in a wheelchair. Very annoying that so many eateries do not cater for disabled people. Will definitely be back at the Bell. Thank you. 👍

Friendly and helpful staff. Food tasty. Was quite busy even though a Tuesday evening

Myself and my family attended The Bell Inn last night for a meal as a surprise for a family member who is moving away. There were 19 of us in total of mixed ages. 2 meals were sent back, this was because of the poor quality and taste. The first was a steak which was extremely dry and had absolutely no flavour. The second being the fish which also tasted incredibly awful. Many others had issues with their food but having sent 2 meals back already, not many felt comfortable speaking up. I contacted the restaurant prior to the visit as a plan was put in place to prevent the lady finding out about the surprise meal however, after minutes of the said lady walking in, she was shown to the table and instantly knew of the plan therefore, the surprise was ruined. In all honestly, we felt the whole night was extremely disappointing and the only thing that made the night worth it was the company

I'm a real foodie and I have just had a Thai salmon meal that was cooked to perfection. Thanks to Sofia and Kiran. 10 stars!!!!

We were at the Bell on Friday, 20th September for lunch, accompanied by our setter Merlin. What a great experience! The ambience, food and staff…particularly the two young people serving us…were excellent. The service was speedy and friendly. Loved that our table was set up for us, especially the dog…with 3 dog biscuits and a water bowl at the ready…couldn’t ask for more…we will return!

Went to the bell friday night ordered an olive starter with breads never came mains came out and then another waitress brought out a small bowl of olives without breads it was chaos . The mains were taken back we then decided to send the incorrect starter back the main courses came back i had lamb £26 tiny meal that was cold by this time we had had enough couldnt be bothered to send it back ate it and went the owner came and apologised no offer of a refund on our £73 bill we left absolutly shocking .

My partner and I visited for the first time on Sunday, and returned with family the following Thursday. Food and service is exceptional, best Sunday roast we can remember having. Dave who looked after us was also outstanding, would definitely recommend and will be returning very soon.

Excellent lunch, staff very attentive and friendly. Not very busy.

Lovely village pub with comfy chairs and a wood burner. Super friendly service. Just had a brilliant homemade pie and free drink (Thursdays) 29/3 - the beef shin with horseradish mash and braised red cabbage - amazing! 13/9- more good food and 🍻!

Incredible welcome from Poppy, decor is a wonderful mix of oldy worldy charm with modern touches, incredibly clean, wonderful service, great food. Just a really amazing experience, thank you

Superb sunday lunch served here was lovely

Recently had a special lunch at The Bell for the second time in 2 weeks. Nat looked after us couldn't have been more helpful with just the right amount of knowledge and interaction. The mains were excellent, my only comment would be that the desserts were rather ordinary by comparison (Sticky Toffee and Cheesecake) something I have noticed with other local pubs - however this did not detract from a very pleasant meal. Many Thanks

At last! a decent Sunday roast outside of home. Well done The Bell and staff. We had a very enjoyable day

Great little village pub staff are very friendly and great atmosphere

The food is fabulous. Limited vegetarian options but the butternut Wellington was exceptional. The sharing board was big enough for four, and delicious. We're doing a 24 hour fast as a result Only thing is that it is at the higher price bracket.

Great alcohol free / 0% alcohol range!

Best roast dinner I have ever tasted! Every component was top quality! Service impeccable. Would highly recommend

Lovely Sunday Roast and friendly staff.

Lovely catch up with old friends. Food lovely & served in a contemporary way. Highly recommend

Absolutely lovely pub/restaurant to go to really nice food very attentive staff and very friendly. Bit of a shame there were no steaks available on the menu. Will definitely go back.

It wasn't mentioned that the bottle of water on the table was to be charged at an astounding £5. Only noticed when home at the top of (the bill) after a lovely meal there with friends today!!! VERY unimpressed with that crafty move.

Shocking meal, useless staff, never going back!!

A quiet lunchtime when we visited, but midweek perhaps that was to be expected. The Bell has a delightful village local vibe out front, in the bar and on the small terrace. Behind is a pleasantly decorated, and quite large dining area. Even though it was quiet, the service was only okay, nothing special. Fish and chips was generous and tasty but the salmon salad was over-leafed and could have benefitted from less feta and more salmon. Excellent coffee.

Lovely country pub with good food and great service.

A superb proper pie! Well done chef

Lovely food, brilliant service can't do enough for you

S t u n n I n g calves liver ❤️ the jus was sensational and the liver cooked to perfection. I was also lucky enough to taste the fish from the fish n chips. Delicious thank you

Very pleasant surroundings food was lovely my only disappointment was for a table of 2 not being told they charging a service charge. My belief of service charge is optional unless a large group

Popped in for a drink after a long walk. Cosy, warm, and welcoming.

Great food! Catering for all. Tasty plant-based choices. Outstanding service.

A great place with fantastic food and service!!

This is a lovely place. Food and staff are great. The drinks and desserts are on the expensive side though.

Had a delicious beef roast perfectly cooked with scrumptious potatoes and vegetables.......I could have drank the gravy ......amazing meal . Well done all the staff 👍👍👍

I love this place, the food is good, staff are friendly and the atmosphere is lovely. I would recommend.

Fab French onion soup! And my German Shepherd was treated like the king he is..

Lovely warm and welcoming atmosphere, great service and fantastic food....all at a very reasonable price

Not much to say really, everything was excellent. Waitresses were very polite & attentive, food was very nice (and piping hot) and good value for money. Enjoyable lunch in a really nice atmosphere, will definitely return.

Lovely pub with great choice of ales and other beers Great service and lovely food

Amazing quality. Lovely service and beautiful food and wine offerings. Wonderful

Spent New Year’s Eve at the Bell. Great food and service. To top it off a Party to see the New Year in. Great evening. Thank to The Bell and its staff

Great atmosphere, wonderful food and warm service. Well worth a visit.

Exceptional food - gravy 10/10 Fabulous service Merry Christmas 🎄 🌲 🎄

We had a beautiful Christmas works meal today. Highly recommended

Everything was great. Very cosy and clean . Service was lovely as well

Pleasant surroundings, clearly updated in recent years, good food, reasonably priced & personable staff. Has had its ups & downs in recent years, but getting back to it's brilliant best of 30 yrs ago. Anybody else remember the lamb hocks the size of a joint that spent 4/5 hrs cooking?

The pub itself is lovely,the staff are brilliant and very friendly. unfortunately the food prices let it down ,the sharing platter for £24 was well enough for two ,the meals they were a good size but not hot ,we did bring up about the belly pork nibbles on the platter being all fat and no meat and got a response of oh sorry ok .

Lovely place, great sunday lunch.

Lovely friendly staff, great choice of food and drinks

Had a lovely lunch there on Monday. Very quiet, so good service. Very reasonable prices, tasty food and generous portions. Lots of park, good access for all and dog friendly.

Well kept beer with a good choice, great food, friendly service and best of all they like dogs

The service was excellent. Absolutely delicious food and great atmosphere.

Don’t normally leave reviews but we were let down with our visit here this Sunday. After reading the reviews online we had high expectations that unfortunately weren’t met. For the price you’re paying you get 2 small slices of meat (beef in our case) which was very fatty. The potato’s were hard and only slightly warm. Overall the food was very mediocre, that being said the staff were lovely and very attentive which definitely improved our experience.

Good service and food was pretty good.

Lovely pub, will definitely be back 👌

Food selection not very inspiring for us, took a long time to place our order but service was fine after that. Slow cooked beef rib was distinctly average as was the fillet steak. Chicken Schnitzel was dry. Beer and wine fine. Overall on the pricey side.

Such a lovely little village pub, stopped at passing through for dinner and had the most delicious meals! Had the pork belly starter as a chefs special, fish and chips and burger and everything we ate was so yummy. Matt our server was so helpful, friendly, attentive and approachable. Would definitely visit again!

The food and service was amazing. They are so organised and friendly. My servers were Bonny and Scarlet, and they showed excellent attention to detail

Really welcoming staff and great food - well worth a drive to get to such a great country pub - welcomes dogs and well behaved children (and adults!)

Good food, great service, polite staff

We visited The Bell Inn to enjoy their sunday menu - The roast dinner was spectacular. Generous portion size, particularly with regards to the meat, where other restaurants would often scrimp. Potatoes / Vegetables were seasoned to perfection, and the extras were tasty too. The staff welcomed us heartily on arrival, and were attentive throughout - they even provided complimentary parsnip crisp. Real cozy village pub feel on the inside too, proper family like. I would recommend anyone in the area make the trip to the Bell Inn.

Had Camembert sharer for starters, with nice pickles and assorted bread. Chicken Satay and the Cajun Salmon for mains, served on interesting couscous and rice respectively . All was very good, well cooked and good size portions, The only improvement might have been a little more paprika in the Cajun crust, but I know you don't want to overpower the delicate flavour of the fish. The lady who was front of house was lovely.

Been going here for years and it’s a superb experience every time. Delicious food, superb service, lovely pub!

Went to the comedy night really good 👍

Staff and food fantastic..the pub itself had a great friendly atmosphere..was very popular place to eat and drink.

Lovely Sunday roast , But roast potatoes could have been crisper. Our waiter David was so lovely with or large party , but I thought the assistant manager could have worn a smile and been a little more customer friendly

That was a really nice pub, in a scenic location. We ordered chicken Sunday roast. We received way more chicken then we expected for the money. The food was of a high standard. The staff were lovely. Highly recommended

Relaxed and friendly. Good food and variety of drinks. Not packed in like some places.

Lovely pub very god service and the food was wonderful.

Called in here just on the off chance. We wanted a decent sandwich with real bread! The chicken a bacon was sooo good. My husband had a home made black pudding sausage pasty off of the specials board. Staff were excellent, wine and beer good too. Highly recommended.

Sat outside. We just had a drink. Lovely will definitely visit again.

OK but food patchy,slow service

2nd time visiting. Drinks order was wrong. Ordered food, it was repeated back. They got one meal wrong, and missed two items off 5 meals, had to ask for them. What we had was good but it spoilt it for a family day out. Discount was added for inconvenience. Will give it one more try.

Really like this comfortable country pub/restaurant. They serve really good food and the staff are friendly.

Beautiful food, a delightful ambience and superbly attentive staff. The Bell is one of the best gastropubs I've ever been to. Steaks to die for!!!

Hadn't been for many years and certainly won't be leaving it that long! Food was awesome, service was superb. After mentioning it was my mother's birthday the day before they surprised us with an extra dessert and singing- such a lovely touch - she was thrilled. Thank you to all the staff for a great visit.

The best food and service I have had in a long time. The chicken tagliatelle was so flavorful and a generous portion. Good atmosphere in the pub itself and decor was beautiful. 100%recommend for real foodies.

Lunchtime is good to take a break or meet up for a good midday meal. Plenty of choices including gf

I took my mum for a birthday meal So glad I booked it looks a popular place Mum had the lamb shank and the meat just fell off the bone And I had the fish-and-chips The fish was lovely and the batter was really crispy Lovely staff and atmosphere there, be definitely going back again

A nice country pub with a modern twist the staff are welcoming and friendly the food is of great quality and good portion sizes,they've got the Northern stamp of approval.💯👍🏻

Excellent service .Food delicious.Lovely friendly atmosphere.well worth a visit .I will have to return regularly

Lovely restaurant but I thought menu not varied enough for my palate .

The food is back to its glorious best, as are the staff and the ambience. Amazing what a new team can do. Love this place all over again.

Beautiful food! Staff were very friendly and nice to speak to

We had a really lovely Sunday roast here today. My children absolutely loved their roast dinners. The atmosphere was warm and friendly and the staff very welcoming.

Great food and great service. A great combination 👌

Had a great meal. All good quality. Efficient and friendly service.

Very poor stakes, seemed like it had been pulled out of the fridge and slapped on the plate. Cold in the middle, no seasoning.

Had a fantastic experience at the bell inn yesterday with my wife and her friends. We just had a light lunch but the food was top quality, tasty and well-presented. If we’re ever in the area again we’d definitely come back

Just had today a great Sunday lunch with all my family for my birthday. The food was outstanding, the staff excellent and even had a birthday surprise with staff singing a happy birthday, small cake and candle. Highly recommend The Bell.

What a lovely Evening we had at The bell inn,The food was amazing and the staff were very polite and welcoming. The pib was full and there was hardly any waiting between courses which was lovely. Will definetly be going again . .

Noise levels way over the top couldn't hold a conversation. Food average.

Lovely ambiance, great log burner, but the prices for drinks are a little on the high side. Two 175ml glasses of Picpoul and a packet of crisps? £19. They don't offer a small 125ml size either, which is a shame and perhaps something they could look at bearing in mind the pressure on purses these days. A better range of zero alcohol beer would be welcome too. There is a Heineken option, but there are far better ones out there.

Good pub, good people and excellent service. Not cheap, a bit high end for me but great once in a while if you want to be looked after.

Such a lovely pub that is deceptively big. We had never been to this one before, although we had been to a few other Freespirit pubs. There was a warm greeting at the door, quick service and absolutely delicious food. We were even treated to a free taster of homemade tortilla chips and spicy houmous - divine! Even better that we got 5% off due to a Christmas voucher. Would definitely go again

Lovely food, atmosphere, friendly staff, grest company defo recommend

Very very good food. Had the porchetta which was fantastic. 👌

Popped in for a quick drink. Good seating outside and separate dining area. Bar area could try and have more seats available.