The Blue Bell Inn Kidsgrove in Newcastle-under-Lyme

Fantastic cosy pub with a large cider selection

Liked it here the place is warm and staff is welcoming the hospitality goes beyond skin colour

Enjoyed a farewell pint with my Best man before his departure to pastures new.

Very welcoming venue..great staff and regular customers.. really enjoyed my visit here

Great afternoon with music food and drink. La dolce vita.

Lovely bar ladies and very friendly locals. Chips were good too. Will go again. Great pizzas but they don't have the phone plugged in so no booking in advance available

Very cozy and welcoming, always the best service and quality.

Another great visit, with cracking ales and amazing Pizzas 🍕. Put a large order so a wait for the food but great when it arrived.

A lovely pub with a great atmosphere and friendly staff. Didn't have food so cannot comment on that.

Great local pub with a wide range of beers.

Had the most amazing and wonderful pizzas & loaded fries here. Absolutely delicious 😋 lovely pub, so welcoming. Can't wait to go back!! 😊

Nice pub with a great selection of quality cask ales

Great place wonderful atmosohere

What a brilliant weekend at the beer festival, cannot wait for the next one. Excellent choice of beers & ciders, helpful and friendly staff and great entertainment!

What a brilliant pub! I had the best time. The beer was top notch and staff were really friendly. I had a great time at beer festival which had lots of free live music. Would recommend!

Great beer festival at the weekend. Went on the Friday and, despite being very busy, the service at the real ale tent was impeccable. Selection of beers also great. Looking forward to the next one!

Fantastic weekend at the the Bluebell Beer Festival this weekend!! Amazing entertainment, beers and staff. Cannot wait for the next one 💙

Beer good Food good Atmos good Entertainment well good

Great pub, beer festivals are the best! Great beer, great people and Staff are great 👍🏼

The best pub, with the most friendliest staff and customers, a pub like no other ❤️ friendly welcome for everyone

Wonderful and friendly pub serving great beer and great food in a great canal side position. Attended the beer festival at the weekend which was fantastic, well organised and great fun,looking forward to another

Im not a local, but my family is. Ive been here twice now. Apart from the ridiculous tight toilet cubicle (and im pretty slim, so god help a bigger lady) and the queue for the bar is ridiculous.. but apart from that, its a nice vibe on a sunny day, with entertainment on. Although Saturdays entertainment was a lot better than last sundays entertainment (singer talented but drab and depressing versions of the cover songs) and then a saxophone 🎷 player. She was talented but was boring after one song. We like music with words 🎶

Head over there about once a month. Great beer and the pizzas are amazing.

The beer festival was an outstanding success. Live music, great pub grub, and an excellent range of beers and ciders. The Bluebell has a long history of being a great traditional pub. The current landlady is carrying that traditional on in her own style. Great pub. 👍

We went to the beer festival it was very good except the food. When I say the food I don't know how the food was because we never got the food we ordered. We waited nearly an hour before a member of staff came over and asked if we were still waiting. We said yes and she said it will be with you in a minute. Very shortly after two boxes of food were given to us. Not what we ordered! We had to find the member of staff and she asked what we had ordered and said she would sort it out. A few minutes later she appeared with a refund that was £3.90 short of what we had paid and did not add up to with anything on the menu. We then had to ask for the correct refund. She kept saying it was everyone else's fault and finally gave us our money. Apart from that we had a wonderful time. We will not return!

I visited on two evenings, once on the pie night. This pub is typical of the ones that I drank in when I was in my prime (and underage)! The larger outlets would learn something from a visit. I'm heading north (T&M), but I will be back next time I'm passing. Thank you for the experience.

Great food, great beer, the best company you'll ever meet, and the finest rum and coke in the area. You can do no better than the Blue Bell when it comes to everything you want from a pub. If you get a chance to attend the beer and cider festivals, that's a must.

Great beer. Authentic pub. Enjoyed it

Pretty basic pub. Advertises free drink included in pie night, only to be unavailable any longer. A cold night and fire not lit. Really disappointed.

Fantastic pub, fantastic food, cannot fault it!😃🍻

Absolutely fab night ,food gorgeous, safe lovely. Fab local pub x

Had a small wake here today ,Jenna was brilliant ,plenty of good quality food ,nice atmosphere ,well worth a visit .A busy little pub .Thanks Jenna and your team .

Great real ale beers and friendly staff.

Glad we visited the Blue Bell today , great Bavarian beer , warm, fresh and cozy .. way better than our previous visit , see you soon🍻🍺👍

Best pub by far in the area.super friendly staff and locals.good cider and great food.always busy which says more than words ever could.

Great pizza, great selection of drinks, lovely quaint little local that's welcoming. 100% get a pizza and the home made chips.

Very good pub, nice atmosphere, good choice of ale's,lagers,&no young idiots in there

What a fabulous pub. Called in after reading a review and it looked like the best bet close to the canal. Turns out the review was right. No TV's, no gambling machines, no pool tables, but board games to use on the shelf, a fabulous choice of real ales, good food and most importantly great locals. It must be 10 years since I was last in a pub someone produced a guitar, and another one, asked me to join in, and by the end of the evening we were singing irish ballads and then on to Karaoke and being asked to join the owners and friends on a weekend away. If Carlsberg did boozers, (oh they probably do) this would be it - only with better ale. Probably the best pub on the canal network. Will be back on Friday!!

Cracking pub, real ale, great setting, good atmosphere

Lovely quaint pub, great selection of ales

Cracking canalside pub, proper real ales, three pints of Best for £11. Can't say fairer than that. Cheers!

Brilliant all round bozzer great food great beer wish we didn't live so far away we would always be there thanks Paul and lynn⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐

Didn't eat here, popped in for a drink. Friendly staff and customers. Would definitely go back if we are in the area.

A great real ale pub with a nice atmosphere.

Only went for a drink, great selection of beers and cider. Staff and customers very friendly

Nice friendly pub good real ale dog friendly pizza looks good and very popular (didn't try) Wow tried the steak pie today absolutely fab well worth the visit

Wednesday pie night is fabulous. Best pies ever⁹

Lovely pint sat out in the beer garden

Great place for a drink and food on the days it serves; check in advance. Lovely bar staff very friendly canal side pub.

Cosy, welcoming little locals pub with good beer and a gentle atmosphere.

Good real ale pub good value food

Beer festival day today. Large choice of real ales and Ciders. The Blue Bell was also pub of the month as voted by Camra. Pub was packed out and the the waiting times to be served was around 15-20mins. Had a great day out.

Great little pub. Excellent beer. Great value, good quality food. Sometimes live music and often busy.

Great Sunday afternoon spent here, with good selection of beers and ciders. Very friendly local.

Great pub with fabulous real ales

Lovely place, nice staff and great beer

First time I have visited but it's a really nice cosy pub. Will definitely call again plus its dog friendly, so when my puppy is trained I will definitely pop in for a drink.

Great local. Friendly owner. Highly recommended.

Go with my ex work mates, they enjoy pie and chips night. They have a 3 pint deal but some of the beers aren't what I like. We have a good time anyway.

Good night out with friends,good dear and good food

Very friendly pub with good beer.

A good, friendly, happy, old fashioned pub. Love it.

Just been to The Blue Bell Inn for pie night with friends. What a fantastic pub. Fabulous food and fantatic selection of well kept cask ales. The staff are quite simply brilliant and so welcomming, we were there for pie night and the pies are all beautifully hand made and so tasty. The landlady and husband are wonderfull hosts and the atmosphere is perfect. We will be going back....thankyou all at the Blue Bell for a great time and super food and great ale.

Lovely pub, lovely staff make you feel at home, and good beer .

Great boozer for young or the seasoned. Beer as good as it ever was with dave and kay.atmosphere is always good and the food is amazing. You will always feel at home.

Lovely pie but they don't do desserts

Good beer 🍺. But probably most expensive place in Kidsgrove

Great place on the side of the canal good selection of drinks

Nice place with a great choice of beers 👍

Very pleasant pub atmosphere. Dog friendly. We went when there was a beer festival on. The food was delicious. Only reason I gave a 4 star was that we had to wait for the food, but to be fair the pub was full so that's a fair reason to be a little behind on orders. Would we go again? Most certainly.

Great little canal side pub. Great beers ,warm welcome from staff

New owners I believe and the best of luck to them. It's had a minor refurb but sensibly not changed a tried and trusted recipe. Now with more sensible opening hours. It's always been about the beer and that's spot on. It's tucked away quietly and easy to miss but worth a little effort of finding. It's position along the canal isn't on the prettiest stretch but pleasant even so..great location for cyclists, walkers and narrow boaters...oh & I forgot to mention its a few minutes walk from Kidsgrove train station. I've been again today (Aug 2022) and equally impressed. Great choice of well kept beers (3 for £10.50) Nice pie, chips, peas and gravy for £7.95 Very professional, all young female(?) staff, knowledgeable and friendly. Not a 'date' pub but lovely all the same.

Just stopped for a drink on a walk. Very good selection of beer (there was a festival on as well) and polite, helpful staff.

Great pub great atmosphere everyone is friendly

Very nice pub a hidden gem right next to the canal always has a great selection of guest beers on.

Lovely to visit after many years (sadly I now live away from N. Staffs). Perfect spot for a stop off during a walk on a sunny afternoon. Great range of real ale. Warm welcome for regulars and passing trade.

Filthy. Over priced. Won't bother again. Was looking forward to visiting this place but was Extremely Disappointed. Bar staff like to chat to each other rather than serving customers. Terrible.

Great atmosphere near canal side, good prices and cheap and cheerful fare

Really enjoyed the Bluebell, top beer, nice food and the staff were spot on. Proper pub. 🙂

Wouldn’t bother going here they water the gins down

A hidden gem that's well worth the visit very popular with the locals.

Fantastic place. Friendly good beer and cracking food. Highly recommended.

Lovely location right on the canal side. Atmosphere Really welcoming.

Friendly local pub down by the canal. Put on some nice food too.

Fantastic selection of well kept Real Ales. Friendly staff/locals. Great pub.

Good atmosphere and good selection of real ales!

The hamburger pizza is really really amazing!

Nice pub fab pizzas. Garden with swing

Great beer festival and great live music

Nice real ale pub next to the canal but the service can be slow.

First time visiting very friendly pub good beer we will definatly return

A real gem of a pub. Great beer and now with the addition of a limited but very tasty range of pizzas, pies and burgers. Plenty of seating inside and out and right next to canal..

Nice pint and a most pleasant lunch

Lovely afternoon good people and good beer.

We went with our 3 children for a birthday meal and I got to say the staff are very friendly and welcoming. Also the food is lovely. Highly recommended for pizzas. They are so nice. Will be definitely going back.oh with our puppy 🐶 to.

Very friendly owners and people. And the atmosphere is great. Good tasty food as well...Good selection of beers. Plenty of room as well in the beer garden at the back..You can sit at the front of the pub and watch the canal boats go by while sipping your drinks 🍻😊👍

Great, proper pub, great selection of ales that are also well kept. Highly recommended.

Absolutely lovely little pub .....really cosy and friendly ....definitely be visiting again 😁👍

Great pub great beer great company.

Best pub in the world, that’s all you need to know.