The Blue Bell Inn in East Lindsey

The history of the pub speaks for itself. Lovely, chatty owner showed us some poignant memorabilia. Fantastic food, with the best coleslaw I've ever tasted (homemade). Loved Angela, our server; cracking sense of humour! Well done everyone.

Felt like a true fitting place to enjoy a Sunday roast today, remembrance Sunday, this place is like a museum and restaurant in one, the food was lovely and great value for money. Service was very relaxed and friendly. Top marks

Such a beautiful old pub. The staff were very friendly, the menu was very good and reasonably priced. They had both fires lit 😍 so it felt very cosy. The food was excellent and so was the beer 🍻 it also has the added provenance that the Dambusters drank there. If we lived closer, this would be a regular for us. I highly recommend it if you are in the area.

Incredible food & service in a very warm and nostalgic setting. The pub itself is rich in history, the staff fantastic and great value- 100% visit!

Always a good experience! Friendly welcome, good food and cheery atmosphere. We will be back...

Very nice visit friendly staff nice atmosphere looking forward to going again

Lovely quaint pub steeped in RAF history. Huge, delicious portion of Fish and chips

Excellent food, bluebell chicken highly recommended All the staff were brilliant Well worth a visit Many thanks

Lovely traditional Sunday lunch, very enjoyable

Amazing. The best homecooked food I've had earing out in a long time!! Can't wait till go back!!

We came for our tea last night with our dog and baby and all the staff were super friendly and accommodating. Food was brilliant. Large portions Thank you!

Went a while ago RAF names on the ceiling mine and my wife's as well

Had the best Sunday lunch ,food lovely and plenty of it and very good value, y grandson ate everything single thing on his plate which is very rare

This was our first visit and it was lovely to find this great place. The staff were very friendly and the atmosphere was welcoming. The food is excellent and the portions are very generous.

This is a great country pub with a huge history and serving excellent food. Lovely meal, value for money and PROPER homemade chips! Highly recommend.

Brilliant pub with a whole lot of history. Great food and staff are brilliant

Fantastic pub since new ownership food was very good the lady who served us fantastic

Fab service. Very welcoming and friendly. Speedy service and good food and reasonable prices. Will return.

Interesting pub with RAF memorabilia on show and signatures on the ceiling

Lovely pub,excellent food and service. Lovely aviation memorabilia to.Dog friendly.

Amazing food, great staff, fantastic atmosphere. Will 100% be coming back!

Lovely friendly owners, great drinks and food...

It is a lovely pub with a great friendly atmosphere

Great food 2 had steak and chips and I had the special chilli and nachos. Bonus it was classic car night

Visited today for the first time and was greeted personally by the staff, found a lovely table for us even though they were busy and couldn’t do enough for us.

Both myself and my husband had the delicious homemade steak and ale pie with proper chips and vegetables, the meat was tasty and tender and the gravy full of flavour. The service was excellent and all the staff were very friendly and welcoming. It was so good we have booked for Sunday lunch.

I would avoid this pub, a great disappointment. We arrived for lunch, and went to the bar. The bar staff ignored us, because they seemed to be thinking about what to do! We asked to be seated, and were waved in the direction of the tables. We sat down and waited, and waited. Tired of being ignored, we left and had lunch elsewhere. The historical potential of the pub is enormous!!

We called in on the off chance great food. Friendly staff and so many memories of the heroes who were stationed nearby during the war. Great to see the ceiling of signatures and pennies in the beams, but touching too.

The history of the site and the pub drew us to the location. Food, service and value for money was absolutely spot on. Good size portions, served fresh and hot. Will certainly return when we are local again

A history of RAF pilots and missions, filled with pictures and memorabilia. In the ceiling is the names of pilots who took part in missions in the war.

First time visit as up here on Holiday, Great food and staff where excellent and dog friendly and decided to book in for Sunday roast tomorrow

Wouldn't give it one star!! Terrible service waited 50 minutes for two meals - disgusting. No one came to give us an update, nearly walked out but thought it might be worth waiting for which it wasn't. Very basic don't know why it took so long. Won't bother going back.

Lovely meal, very good value, wonderful helpful staff. Good atmosphere. We will certainly return 👍

Food was brilliant, service was good but waiting time for the food was over an hour.

Lovely little inn with very friendly staff and a great steak and ale pie. Full of aircraft pictures to recognise the history of the surrounding area. Would recommend booking in advance.

Paid a visit to this wonderful pub on Sunday, the history in this pub is a must to visit...(RAF ....). Didn't eat, couldn't get a table (booking a must). Fantastic staff, good beers. Do try a visit...and look for the penny's...

Fantastic food, fantastic service

Visited this lovely cute pub whilst staying at Tattershall lakes. Food was all homemade and great quality, staff were also friendly and welcoming.

Nice little pub, food was great, if you're tall don't forget to duck, the ceiling is quite low in places.

An absolute little gem of a country pub. The food & service was second to none, a must for any aviation enthusiast. We brought a print of 'Moggy', a massive thank you to the staff for wrapping this up for us. We will definitely be returning. Thank you everyone ☺️

Staff were lovely. Good beer. And historic site looking at the signatures. Really enjoyable.

Great pub, fantastic food, really lovely staff . We will be definately coming back.

Amazing pub with so much history in there, food and drink was great too .... We will be back 😊

A very very old pub, with it's history written in it, lovely rooms where you can eat that are dedicated to the pubs history too. Lovely staff and service and the food was all home made too which just added to it.

Popped in on the way back from East kirkby Sunday lunch was first class definitely will go again

Lovely old pub. Great staff/ service Fantastic food Well worth a visit.

Lovely food, very good service, good selection on the menu. Lovely atmosphere. Will definitely be visiting again.

Extremely lovely and clean pub.loads of interesting memorabilia on old aircraft.lovely staff ,lovely food, large carpark,can't wait to go again.just outside coningsby. Dave.

Came here today with my husband for lunch. The Bluebell Inn is gorgeous, so steeped in history, with lots of memorabilia everywhere. The service we received was amazing, so was the food, I had the Bluebell Burger, in a brioche bun, with chips, salad and coleslaw. It was perfect. The burger was well flavoured, it came with bacon, onion rings, and tomato. It was lovely and hot. My husband had the pie of the day, which was steak and ale, this was with chips and peas he said it was lovely and hot, with really tasty steak and gravy and puff pastry, we both remarked on how good the chips were. It was busy in there, but we didn't have to wait for long for our meals either. A definite 10/10! 😊

Great pub . We had a Sunday roast it was lovely fresh veg and plenty of meat . We'd highly recommend and give 10 out of 10 for our meal and the service. The staff and super efficient and friendly.

Even though they were hosting a 1940s event they made room for 6 at short notice Best food of the holiday and fair price around £37 a head 3 courses and drinks including whiskey and a steak great little place would definitely go back

Decent food and value not bad compared to similar pubs. Lovely setting with old pictures of the RAF adoring the walls.

Great LBN venue lots of great wartime nostalgia in the pub to look at as well as the bikes 🏍

Add a drink there call in for lunch but all the table were book up .maybe next time

As I require gluten free food, I was most impressed with the menu particularly the sweets I had a choice of. I find that in general at other eateries there are little or no sweets available for my needs, however I give you top marks .

Nice people speedy service went today for my birthday meal its as fabulous as ever

What an excelent venue fast friendly atmodphere and an event to be proud of

Brillant service food fantastic loved the Sunday dinner well recommend staff so friendly and dog friendly too will be coming again .

There were 4 of us, all friends and we were really looking forward to our Sunday lunch here but it was unbelievably disappointing. The whole table surface was sticky and we had to continually ask for our cutlery as the table was not ready even though we had reserved it the week before. All I can say is that the portion sizes are an insult. 2 tiny slithers of insipid meat per person, 3 of us had beef and 1 pork. A cheap ready meal has more meat in it. We also ordered starters, soup and garlic mushrooms which were also meagre. We spent nearly £90 on a rubbish Sunday dinner. NEVER AGAIN HERE. Repeat business and recommendations come from good quality food and service, not bad experiences. There are so many other better places to go to. We'll be letting everyone we know about the rubbish food served here.

We had a fantastic Sunday roast, it was a last-minute booking! Highly recommended booking though. Stunning location with interesting history. Fantastic food. Highly recommend.

A great place to eat, we all had the Sunday lunch which is what is available on a Sunday. It was busy but service was quick and friendly.

Very interesting pub loads of history well worth a visit

Gem.Could spend all day looking at the walls "Amazing"

A big WOW, as soon as we walked in the staff made us and our 3 little doggies feel very welcome, we all had food apart from doggies, well maybe a morsel, and it was amazing, you just got to try the ribs, it is a very quaint little Inn steeped in history and memorabilia loads to look at, and an amazing story of the penny's in the beams, I found it a little touching, It is a must to visit it made my day.

So much history attached to this building. Photographs and memorabilia adorn the walls in all rooms, feel free to browse

Nice meal with very friendly staff and nice atmosphere. Only criticism I had was tables were a little close together.

Great pub definitely worth a visit . Very polite and friendly staff and lots of RAF history

Been here a few times food as been good today the food was basic the batter on the frozen fish was awful think they need to change the fat the beer was good though

Absolutely amazing home cooked food and generous portions. Was so wonderful we went back the next night to take some family to experience it. 10/10 for everything Highly recommended to all.

Excellent. There's not much more to say. The photo speaks for itself.

Staying at Tattersall country lakes & Went in tonight after it was recommended by a staff member from Tattersall lakes, my wife had scampi & I had gammon ( big piece ) both meals was very nice & the staff friendly , nice touch was all the photos of the Lancaster spitfires display cabinet with memorabilia & old time music, also allows dogs definitely go again when over this way

Beautiful old pub with some great history

Wow! what a stunning little pub bursting with charm and history. I called in without booking a table after spending time watching the present day RAF Coningsby in action, as you walk in to this old world pub with it`s low ceilings and wooden beans you soon become aware of the memorabilia of Royal Air Force contained within, from the names written on the ceiling of crew members both past and present to the individual rooms with photos it soon becomes clear that during WW2 this pub became very popular with those stationed nearby. For me the most poignant thing was the pennies pressed into the beams by airmen placed there to pay for the next pint upon return from a mission, and sadly as we all know many of those brave young men never made it back home, this really bought a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye. You could almost imagine the scene around 80 years ago of men drinking and raising a glass to comrades lost in action knowing full well it might well be there turn next. I ordered some food which arrived in no time at all a good portion and very tasty washed down with a pint of Spirit of Jane Pale Ale. The staff and service were great if you are ever in the area make sure to come and visit you will not regret it, just make sure to check the opening times beforehand

Fantastic Superb Sunday Lunch Great atmosphere And all the staff are really friendly and make you feel very welcome Will definitely be visiting again.

A delightful and interesting community run pub. Friendly staff, great atmosphere and lovely food. What more could you want? Also some interesting memorabilia connected to Dambusters.

very interesting place to visit. Loads of memorabilia from the RAF. Loved the food. The beer wasn't too good as it's closed Monday and Tuesday, so by Wednesday it's been stood a while.

Gorgeous place to visit. Food was home cooked and extremely tasting. The history behind this place is also very interesting. Definitely recommend a visit but make site you book first!

So much history in this place from WW2 and especially the Dambusters. Very friendly staff, great food and drinks selection and a lovely atmosphere. Well worth a visit

Honestly what can't be said about this excellent establishment. I can't praise the staff high enough, the food is well perfect and the history and patriotism and respect for serving men and women and veterans is humbling. If you haven't been to the bluebell why not!!!!

Historic pub with flight crew names still visible written on ceiling. Can only imagine what this pub was like in the 1940's

Well worth a visit and steeped in history

Lovely atmospheric pub. Walked in from a cold outside to be greeted with an old fashioned style cosy warm room. Bar staff are chatty, witty and in great spirit. The place has many RAF pictures and other ww2 memorabilia on the walls which I find very interesting and historic. Food and drink are also at a very reasonable price..

Very pleasant with very helpful and friendly staff. It was very busy, busy service times were still good. The portion sizes very large ( neither of us could quite finish ) and good value for money. The chicken portion was large in size but also thick. I had a special of braised beef with garlic mash and veg. The bowl was large, and the pieces of beef were big. We will definitely be going again when we are in the area.

Staff great burger was really nice and great value looking forward to visiting again x

Stopped for a quick lunch, had homemade chicken and veg pie, chips and peas, delicious, staff very friendly and good quick service. Definitely recommend.

Very lovely, made most welcome from everyone straight away as we entered. Only problem l had that l am to tall for the low beams. Staff are wonderful and nick (landlord) will go back soon.

Stopped here as a pub stop. Lovely pub, lovely food, lovely staff.

Very nice place, but dont sell Carlsberg which is only beer I drink (shandys)great garden lovely area

Popped in for a drink to show my son who is interested in WW2 and the Lancaster bombers, also my family friend Trevor who was Lancaster crew, no whose name is on the ceiling there.

Friday lunchtime and three of us in the party. There was a (small) wedding party in the other room, but the staff were very welcoming and found us a table without a booking. The food was superb, in both quality and service, although we didn't manage to try the puds as we were all full (not an easy feat for our 15yo lad!) We will be back!

Nice food, lovely staff, lots of RAF history & memorabilia to see, dog friendly

The best Sunday roast we’ve ever had! We visited here when staying at tattershall lakes. Food was delicious, service was fantastic-everyone was helpful and friendly. 100% recommend and we will definitely be visiting again when we’re next in the area.

Very nice fish and chips and great service thank you x

A very nice and friendly welcome on arrival, service was quick and waiting time for meal was not too long.

The service was very quick and very polite and the food was lovely.

Didn't have any food but the food looked fantastic

First visit to the pub as we are on holiday Everything about the pub was excellent Staff were very pleasant it was clean and a lovely atmosphere we didn't eat but the meals looked good we will definitely try a meal before we go home

Amazing great staff dog friendly brilliant food and friendly staff couldn't ask for more!!.

Nearly 50minutes for food to arrive... Service with a smile might have helped.. Confusing over the bill... Joke .. don't bother...

Wonderful place. We have visited a few times, the staff are always very friendly and the food is lovely.