The Bell Inn in Harborough

The pub from the outside looked like it needed some attention appearing very run down but internally we really liked it. Homely, welcoming and Maggie the dog sat by the television in old position, this pub has got bags of potential... My kind of pub but sadly they were not serving food. We ended up having some drinks and a packet of crisps instead. They have a games room with a pool table and a couple of televisions and a nice garden and all this pub needs is an outdoor lick of paint. We enjoyed our visit. Visited 23rd March 2024

Just popped in for a beer. Nice place, good beers .

Well Carol who manages this delight of a pub could not have been more hospitable.. two wet people an two very wet dogs..!! We got free dog treats blankets and very good wine .. we will definitely be back thank you Carol xx

We had enjoyed a lovely walk along the canal nearby, and decided to visit here for food afterwards. However, by the time we drove round, we were told that they didn’t serve food or coffee even. Very gutted - not good for customers!

We were holidaying on a narrow boat and walked up to the Bell inn, but being a Sunday they had stopped serving food, but the landlady said we could order in take away and we could eat it in the pub, she even heated up plates and provided spoons and forks. Fabulous service, love local people and a good choice of drinks

Great propper Beer . & Food , Fantastic atmosphere , very clean & tidy.

Lovely and cozy, dog friendly and brilliant staff and friendly locals. Definitely a great place to chill with a nice pint. 👌

C%M Catering breakfast outside the pub is bob on, all fresh produce, will be visiting again!!

Very nice staff and friendly atmosphere. Will be visiting again.

We stopped here for lunch, food was good. The gent behind the bar was very welcoming. Has an outside area with benches.

This is a excellent pub with excellent food and drink highly recommend

Cosy with dartboard. Friendly with a good value for money. Nice beer garden as well. Will definitely use again

Passing through and looking for something to eat we were met by a very personable lady at The Bell Inn who found us a table and served up the most delicious Sunday roast. No less than than 5 vegetable’s excluding the roasties. Would highly recommend. Best of luck to Carols kitchen

On an unplanned stop, we thought we would give the bell inn a try, we was vastly impressed, the restaurant was nice, for a pub, the menu was limited with the one veg meal. But wow was I impressed with the food, was top stuff. NO lets take it out of the freezer, it was properly cooked, interesting, and very tasty, Must go again, just hope you have the same Chef.

As a village resident, our local pub is better than it has been for at least 20 years! Sean & Dan have transformed the place, redecorated, and greatly improved the beer garden. Most importantly, they are friendly and welcoming, and the food is very good with generous portions. A group of walkers from Market Harborough were impressed with the excellent lunch.

My girlfriend and I have visited the Bell Inn twice this week. We were staying in the village looking after family pets so decided to visit for dinner. We booked a table on both occasions, (last night was a bit last minute) but the place is spotless, covid check in very easy, made to feel welcome too. The food and drink were lovely, and reasonably priced. The pub has had a bit of an up and down reputation over the years, but despite the tough times due to lockdowns etc, the guys who run it now have done a fantastic job making it the friendly welcoming local pub that it should be. Hope to come back at some point in the not too distant future. Thank you.

Brilliant....went myself and my daughter who is 2, landlord and waiting staff so friendly to us both. We were camping nearby and the food was excellent and everyone very chatty and welcoming. Well worth a visit from wherever you come from....it was my daughters first visit to the pub and now she is asking if we can go every night 😬, not sure I will get this authourised though 😂

New landlords!!! Pub of course not not open at this time but the takeaway is amazing!!!! Had it 2 weeks in a row! Pizza is one of the best pizzas iv had! Love it! Worth a try! Oh and they deliver close by!

Since Dan and Sean took over the pub it has been transformed. Very welcoming, all new decor, great food and lovely atmosphere. Their takeaways are delicious.

Good food genuine service, great food, unpretentious, clean and relaxing lunch, serve all day. Staff chatty and interesting without being in the way. Other couples there also let them know how much enjoyed food

Decided to stop here on the way home-wish we had taken a different route!!! Restaurant was quiet when we arrived. There were 4 in our party, 2 ordered jacket potatoes, 1 ordered a burger and 1 ordered a cottage pie. We also ordered 4 cokes, a portion of onion rings and cheeses chips. We waited over 50 minutes for our food to arrive and the 4 cokes were all flat!! Cottage pie was very good, and the 2 jacket potatoes were OK (had to ask for extra butter) the burger was poor (the cheese we paid extra for was grated cheddar which didn't melt as burger was luke warm, and not seasoned. The worst part...onion rings swimming in grease, cheesy chips cooked in old oil, with old fried food bits and burnt oil taste, and a portion of mushy peas that came with a meal, was basically pea soup... mentioned to gentlemen behind bar on leaving, after paying in full.

Second time we have eaten here now in as many weeks and consistently great. The new landlords welcome you and are so friendly and chatty, the pub and restaurant are spotless and Covid secure and warm and inviting. The pub food is great always with some specials, great range of beers and wines etc all provided to your table. Booking us now recommended, if you haven’t been for a while then you definitely should, the place is transformed, well done guys!

Absolutely brilliant meal, service top notch, couldn't be better. Daniel is a super host, our first visit to the new owners. Definitely be back soon. Well done.

Visited last night with friends for drinks & food. Highly recommend the rib-eye steak & chips, we all agreed they were amongst the best we had eaten! We will definitely return to sample more of the menu.

Wonderful food and great beer, short walk from the canal, made a lovely evening. Steak and sausage & mash recommended

I brought a groupon to use here and made a reservation. When I turned up with family who had traveled a long way for a Sunday roast, we told the very rude man at the bar we had a groupon and he asked if I’d printed it. I explained I hadn’t and didn’t have a printer and no where in the booking or when I made a reservation did it state only paper copies were accepted. He didn’t want to help no matter whAt just said well we couldn’t use the voucher then. We asked for the manager who was not in then for next in charge and he said he was in charge ( acting manager) He then gave us a number for the manager but told couldn’t call until after 4. When I stated that it doesn’t say to print in he was very rude and standoffish and said basically it’s not his problem and I shouldn’t tellHim what to do. I explained that just letting customers know would be a good idea and he got very nasty and told us to leave. For no reason!!! We then called the number outside and he answered the phone and his exact words were “ I told you to ring after 4 when I kicked you out “ Will never visit again and I will fight for a refund. I’m so upset and disgusted at his behaviour and attitude.

For some reason this pub seems to have two tripadvisor pages. Maybe hoping that some people don’t realise and see some of the terrible reviews it has. I’ve posted my review on their other page so please do read that one. To summarise this is probably the worst place I’ve ever visited with an incredibly rude arrogant little man behind the bar claiming to be in charge. Hospitality certainly doesn’t exist at this pub.

Visited today with my wife for Sunday Lunch, the food was poor and the hospitality was worse. A rude scruffy man behind the bar who had no interest in our business. Avoid at all costs.

My wife and I visited The Bell today for the first time for some Sunday lunch. It’ll certainly be the first and last visit. We almost walked out on arrival when we were pretty much ignored on arrival and the place was not welcoming. The food was poor to say the least and the service was just as bad. To top it all we witnessed a young couple being almost driven to tears by the rude and obnoxious man behind the bar. He was very aggressive and was more interested in drinking with the locals at the bar. I don’t comment on here very much but would urge people not to visit this establishment.

We were staying at an AirBnB nearby and popped in for food. Very much a locals pub, but friendly, welcoming locals! Great Landlord, a welcoming host. Small’pub’ menu, most things with chips. I had fish and chips, huge, crispy tasty fish and my husband had scampi and chips, again a large portion. We both had peas in little cardboard type containers!!! The pub is basic at best and we wouldn’t rush back but wouldn’t avoid either.

On arrival we discovered the pub had new landlords but needn’t have worried as they were very welcoming and the pub had a great atmosphere, always a good sign when the locals are supportive. The Sunday meal proved to be excellent, fresh vegetables cooked to perfection and the beef ( slow cooked in red wine ) was so moist and delicious. Good old fashioned steamed treacle was the finishing touch. We would recommended and will come again.( also for the excellent beer )

Nice friendly barman and friendly locals. Went into restaurant and dinner came with everything on the plate. It would have been nice to have gravy separately so I could put plenty on. Good portion size, but everything was barely warm apart from very hot roast potatoes. Pudding was nice, but most people would like custard with a hot pudding.there wasn't any, and that was at 2pm!!! Considering it was advertised as festive, the only festive thing was the pigs in blankets, we got 3, full size sausages, so that was good.

Had a really good Sunday lunch, in a very relaxed atmosphere.. Will certainly go back. Also noticed that they are dog-friendly, so she will come with us next time.

Sunday roast was just like a home cooked roast was alright but nothing special, wouldn’t be the first choice to go back to eat there! Nice village pub, let dogs in the pub area always a good point for me!

Really enjoyed the Sunday Roast at the Bell Inn today - quality meats & veg and large portions, not a huge choice but that did not matter. The desert was especially nice - Sticky date pudding, as it had been steamed and not been in the Microwave!The management is new and whilst they were not expecting our Groupon Booking they accepted it no problem. It was a great price and based on the good service and tasty meal - I would return.

This pub serves tasty food. It is a place with a friendly atmosphere. On sunny days you can eat outside and watch the world go by.

Sorry, I did not stay there, I just had lunch with two of my friends from Cheshire. Everything about the lunch was excellent, the staff were helpful beyond the call of duty as we were over an hour late due to traffic on the M62.

It's hard to put this politely but let's just say you need to experience this place if only to know exactly what you don't ever want to experience again from a so called BnB.

Called for lunch Food was good but . Fish a chips very nice but a very small portion = small child's portion. Sea bass very nice. Not many veg with it.

We were stopping in the Bell for a visit to Armageddon for the tank driving experience. We got back to the pub a little after service had stopped because things overrun.

Awful.dirty .extremly scruffy and dirty .dont go there .the kitchen and staffs hygiene is appauling.

Ive been visiting Husbands Bosworth for 10 years now and being a non-car owner its important for me to be able to get a decent meal. Sadly over the last few years the standards at the Bell Inn has dropped quite badly, so much so that I relied on a lift to Welford to get my evening meal.

We walked in to the bar area to confirm our booking and we couldn't get to the bar as it was 'occupied ' by a collection of locals who were effing and blinding and generally behaving like oiks. It took an age for someone to 'greet' is and show us to our table. The dining area was pretty dark and dingy and the menu was very 'under whelming'. Only one other table was occupied at 8pm on a Thursday. We asked for more time to decide and the waitress practically threw her order pad on the table and disappeared and didn't return. We decided against eating, paid for our drinks and went to eat elsewhere. A really dismal place - very disappointing that we didn't get chance to eat due to poor service.

Michelle and Neville have only managed the pub for a few months, but they have transformed both the bar and restaurant. The place has stopped becoming a morgue as it is now busy. Their years of experience in the trade has created a warm welcoming atmosphere. The quality of the food has improved tremendously and Neville has on occasions created special fat free meals for my wife. Perhaps they could provide a greater choice of mains, but this may improve in time. They do a take-away menu as well.

Dined whilst stopping over and after chatting with the chef/landlord about the menu i went with his offer of a seafood pasta.. i must say it was city centre restaurant standard. Light but filling... Himself and his wife have only ran the place for a month or so but after my meal and listening to other diners i would highly recommend..

Enjoyed a wonderful dinner here. Great food and a wonderful wine list. I recommend treating yourself here.

We held our annual narrowboat owners meeting here and despite the new pub owners having been in place for only six days, they looked after us very well. Lunch service was a bit slow despite having pre-ordered, but there were quite a lot of us present. The beers are very well kept and the place has been transformed since our visit at this time last year - a huge improvement. Good luck to you, you deserve it.

Visited The Bell Inn as it was near to The Old Hall the place we stayed. The food I have to say was good although my partner said he thought his fish was a bit overdone, in saying that he finished his plate. If your looking for nothing fancy and just pub grub will do then I can only go with my own experience and I would recommend the Bell Inn

I've seldom had a worse meal in a pub. I ordered the beef madras. What came was a dish of dried out rice with some dry chunks of beef. This was accompanied by Naan bread which had been warmed until it became a crispbread. My friend fared little better. The batter on her fish was a deep brown colour, it was overcooked, dry and had a slightly burnt taste. Her 'mushy peas' were just crushed up garden peas - not the same thing at all. The waiter did ask how it was, I requested some of the sauce my beef chunks should have been in. What arrived was, I think, some curry powder mixed with milk and water and heated in the microwave. I poured the fairly unpleasant mixture over my rice, but in the end I just have up and left it. My friend said the barman asked how the food was and she told him. No one offered us a refund. Go somewhere else.

Stopped off at the Bell Inn whilst being on the grand union canal. It was newly refurbished and felt very homely. The staff were very welcoming and the home made pies were delicious. To top all that, dogs, a mans best friend (but not welcomed in many places) are welcome. A must visit.

I had a good reception from the young chap at the bar, and his colleague who served at table was equally good. I enjoyed a beer and there is a good range to choose. I liked the ambiance too.

A classic English Pub offering a desirable locals spot and worth making the trip if your anywhere in the area. Plenty of beers on tap, delicious food from classics to several progressive dishes the menu offers a lot. Their cheese plates are to die for!

We dropped in for lunch yesterday on our travels and were delighted with the pub, the people, the food and the dogs. The owners have done an outstanding refurb. The person we were travelling with is English and he has indicated he will sample the B&B; there next month.

The Bell Inn has a fantastic atmosphere, delicious food and great people. The interior boasts a newly renovated pub and dining area. There's a very nice beer garden out back, darts, skittles and other fun activities inside, and even live music from time to time. Definitely worth a trip to Husbands Bosworth.

Domingo almuerzo fue realmente agradable recién preparados justo el caso. Teníamos el arranque y un postre que era igual de bueno. Nos sentamos en el nuevo restaurante amueblado, que era preciosa. 😊

Giraban por aquí con unos amigos en nuestro camino a casa y el almuerzo del domingo fue también de calidad. Todo recién cocinado a la perfección, todo servido con una sonrisa. No nos podemos quejar en absoluto. Propietario y propietaria de acogedora y fue una...

We decided to call in the Bell Inn one evening after a hard days grafting. We were both starving and fancied the homemade fish pie topped with mash and served with fresh veg. Nice to have the golden retrievers in the pub being very social and making it a relaxing atmosphere. The pub was very busy with the local Armageddon crew and it made it a fun lively atmosphere. Ours pies arrived, deep pies, piles of veg. The pies were tasty and had a very nice lemon taste but they lacked a white sauce. No doubts though that our hunger was satisfied.

We stopped off for lunch on a canal holiday. This pub/restaurant is under new management. We had fantastic home made pies served with mountains of fresh creamy mash and fresh veg. All washed down with a couple of pints from the selection of cask beers. You can try the 'Beer Tapas' too - 3 3rd of a pint glasses of different beers - handy if you cant make your mind up which to choose!

Delicious Sunday lunch with lovely service from the staff. Homemade mushroom soup followed by freshly cooked roast beef and vegetables with a huge homemade yorkie and proper gravy. Homemade delicious puddings - we shared pavlova, chocolate tart and brioche bread and butter pudding. Great value too - only £14.95 for 3 courses. Definitely would recommend and advise booking a table. Where can you get this kind of freshness and quality at this price ? Thank you The Bell for a lunch to remember and on Rememberance Sunday

Superb home cooked meals, ample choice of mains and sweets. Friendly and attentive staff. Pub setting but not too noisy. We will certainly be returning to the Bell restaurant. We would highly recommend the Bell at Husbands Bosworth.

Just been taken over by new tenants. The food was good and the atmosphere better than it has been for a couple of years. Watch this space.

Having heard from fellow villagers how The Bell Inn has been transformed since the new landlord arrived 3 weeks ago, my daughter and I decided to try it on Saturday evening. WOW - Fabulous meal all home cooked by their new chef. I had blue cheese steak melt and my daughter had fish and chips. The raspberry cheesecake was heavenly and the tiramisu amazing. Great food, warm welcome, friendly staff, good service and ambience. Definitely a place to recommend. A big thank you to Tim, Dave and the team for such a super evening.

We used to eat here before the new people took over. It wasn't great then but it got worse. The landlord is ignorant. Can't speak for the B&B side haven't stayed. This pub seems to be used only for the purpose of playing pool. Not even a nice looking pub inside. Make your own mind up if you go.

Went in and had an attitude issue right from the start from bar guy. Asked if there was food, got a short response "no its after 3". Asked about drinks, any rose wine? "No only white." That was literally as many words as he issued. Turned and left. Try some customer service training. Should be called the Bell End.So to be clear, we went intending to have dinner and drinks, but left since they weren't serving food after 3pm (went in about 6), and didn't have drinks due to staff attitude.

We popped into this pub at lunchtime during our visit to tank paint ball at armourgeddon parking was adequate and easy the chef and barmaid was friendly and food was hot and fresh we were from London yet felt very welcome the Pie and a pint offer was fantastic value for money and we all hope to be back again at some point

We came here for some basic pub grub on a Saturday night and that's what we got. It was busy and had a nice atmosphere, people were friendly.

This is the second time of visiting en-route to the Kilworth HouseTheatre and I personally cannot fault it. The food is very good, the ambience is an old fashioned pub.End of story.

Despite the lack of ambience, dingy surroundings and gruff and unsmiling man behind the bar we had an exceptional value, well cooked meal.

Dropped in as passing and were going to eat but were put off as soon as entered door. We did stop for a drink but nothing more. Not the most welcoming guy behind the bar

A big coach house style hotel on the main cross roads in the centre of the village. It is friendly village pub, that serves a range of good beers. We entertained a couple of friends there and had a good, well cooked simple meal, which was made even better by the great value bill. The local 'regulars' seem to have their share of characters that made our visit there even more fun. If you're passing through Husbands Bosworth, it's an ideal stop for a break.Keith J

Been a few times, good bar selection of beers etc., menu ok, nothing exciting, saves cooking at home on a week day

Having seen reviews on here and having tickets for Kilworth House Theatre, we rang to check they could cope with 8 of us for meal, including 2 vegetarians. Lovely response by phone, no reservation required. Arrived at 6pm and ordered. Meal (main course) came at 7.15pm, so couldn't eat it. Service from the one barman was unhelpful and really quite gruff. No soup, and one of the three veggie dishes was unavailable. Barman had the grace to knock the cost of one meal off the bill. The food was plentiful and looked quite nice, but we now wish we had eaten at Kilworth House. So, sorry, but The Bell just didn't work for us in terms of service, rapport and time to get fed

We went here as part of our trip to Kilworth House as the weather was not good enough for our planned picnic. The bar staff were really friendly & we has 2 meals - curry - & the portions were huge. Pay them a visit - won't be disappointed

Ample portions and very good quality food. Plenty of room to dine in. good service and booking is essential

I was staying with a friend in market harborough at the time and me and my girlfriend had tickets to see a show down at Kilworth house (also a recommendation) when we happened across this lovely little pub on our way, seeing as we had time to kill we stopped and had a drink. We were greeted by a very smiley and friendly young man, who even shared jokes with us and made us feel really comfortable! The locals were also friendly and made conversation rather than giving us the cold shoulder which I've found is common in other establishments! The bartender told us of all the offers on food which seemed too good to be true, so we decided to come back on the Sunday and find out for ourselves! This time we were greeted by an equally friendly and smiley woman who made sure everything was perfect for us and gave us lots of attention and we noticed she did the same for all the other customers who came in! We ordered our food, I had a Beef Sunday lunch and my girlfriend had the chicken Sunday lunch, both only £5 each, we were skeptical, but it came at a modest speed, it had definitely been made fresh and it was delicious, better than my mum's Sunday roast! Such an incredible, substantial meal for such a ridiculously good price!Overall we felt extremely welcome, well fed, well watered and still walked away with a full pocket! If anyone has bothered to read my ramblings, give it a try!