The Six Bells in Mid Suffolk

Wow, what a really lovely pub. Everyone, including the locals were so welcoming and friendly. We had a delicious meal here too. Can’t wait to visit again in the not too distant future. Well done landlord on creating the perfect pub atmosphere

Great way to spend a rather miserable Easter sunday with a lovely roast and an indulgent pud! Well done guys!!

We gave up on the Six Bells about a year ago. Rubbish food, rubbish beer and didn't stick around for the atmosphere. Friends mentioned that they had been recently, it was under new management and now really good, we should try it. In the last few weeks we've been (for one reason or another) about five times! Wow what a difference. The new folks in charge are brilliant. Great atmosphere and the beer is very good too. As for the food, it's by far the best pub food around. Specials board, signature dishes all great variety not your average pub grub. Well priced too. We've been impressed with the curry night too on which you can choose from numerous mains. Not tried the Sunday roast but by all accounts also very good. We don't write many reviews. But this is worth shouting about. Try it, you won't regret it.

Great atmosphere, lovely village feel, very friendly. A really good home cooked meal everything homemade. We will defo go back here again. Lovely sunday roast.

What a gorgeous, welcoming and cosy pub. I live locally but had not tried this pub, the value for money is fantastic and the food very tasty. The bread pudding and custard was to die for. No frills Sunday Lunch with friendly owners/service and lots of puppies!! Will definitely be coming back - Thank you.

Everything a good village pub should be, great beer, dog friendly and a log fire!

Walked in on a quiet Monday afternoon as it was snowing outside, whilst Gary at Felsham garage was servicing the car. Had the place to myself. Thank goodness for the wood burner and Sally was wonderful, had the cod & chips and chocolate brownie...delicious. Great local pub with a wonderful land lady. I would definitely recommend it.

Great Place, very good food and atention...

10 of us enjoyed a 3 course festive dinner on Christmas Eve evening. The home cooked food was excellent and plentiful. Service very friendly and attentive. Bingo after was good fun.

Eating dinner with a large group inevitably meant slower service. However, the food was tasty and hot and generous portions. I would have preferred fresh sprout rather than those served, which seemed to be frozen. Overall, it was a positive experience

Proper traditional home cooked food served in a proper traditional friendly, cosy village pub. Will most definitely be returning

Having had a few average to poor experiences at the pub previously we decided to have lunch there as we had hears the management had changed. What a difference there was, very welcoming, good food and drink and reasonably priced

Excellent Sunday lunch at the Six Bells. We both had roast beef, served with Yorkshire pud, roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese, carrots, parsnip and cabbage. All beautifully cooked. The portions are generous and we didn't really have room for dessert but we managed a delicious chocolate sundae. Lovely friendly staff who made us very welcome. Looking forward to returning soon.

Excellent food had the Greek lamb burger was delicious,we all enjoyed the food ,it was a lovely day so we ate outside and enjoyed the scenery. Will visit again ,many thanks to all the staff who were very friendly and attentive.

This was the first time we had visited the Six Bells and we will definitely be going back soon. The food was excellent, as was the service. I had the Whitebait to start and a fantastic Ploughmans for my main meal. The food was fresh and perfectly presented. My wife had the Ham, Egg and chips and she particularly liked the home made chips. Well worth a visit.

Went for dinner with my partner and stepson and had to go back a couple of days later to try something else on the menu. Amazing food and very friendly staff. Will definitely be back to try more of their food.

We popped in for lunch having never been there before. It was excellent! The food was tasty and great value. Service was very good. The pub was very quiet - I hope more people will find this amazing pub and support it.

Had a lovely Sunday lunch. Beautifully cooked, good service And a great pint! Sunday don’t get better 😁👍

Excellent lunch and coped well with us as a walking group of 14. Made booking and organising it very easy .They opened the pub at 10.00 so we could book lunch before we walked.Thank you

Lovely roast. Only thing missing from my starter of bread and olives was balsamic vinegar in the oil.....definitely go back.

Really friendly pub with great service.

Lovely curry tonight. Thank you so much. Staff are so friendly and could not do enough for us. Many many thanks. We will be back soon. Kirsteen

Had a lovely meal, Starter of Samosa and Onion Bhaji, poppadom and mango chutney followed by chicken jalfrezi rice and naan, a bottle of beer. £12.50. Well worth it. Highly recommended.

Had a fantastic night celebrating burns night. Haggis was exceptional and the clootie pudding dessert was even better. The staff were amazing as always.

Lovely country pub friendly, what more can you ask for....was a lovely pit stop for me and my daughter whilst out cycling

Really enjoy coming here as it's my new local. The only reasons it hasn't got five stars is because the hand dryer is blooming awful! Have eaten here several times and the food is always excellent and the ale is great too!

One of the coziest and friendliest pubs I visited in my trip to the UK. I really enjoyed my brief visit. Loki is an excellent pub dog.

Great little country pub with great selection of drinks and the food is good too!

We visited for dinner. The venue is clean and airy and quite busy. We were seated by open windows, which was great in the heatwave. We ordered from the specials board, I felt the menu was typical for a pub. The service was good. Our food was tasty, well presented and hot.

Lovely place to get lunchtime baked potato with chilli and relax outside

Called in for a pint... Sat in the garden... Plenty of shade... What more could you want

Expensive food. For a small village pub.

Great place for pint, great meal, I recommend Lasagne, home made chips to die for .... Crumble is yummy also 😋

We visited the Six Bells for lunch after our walk where we were well received and the service was good throughout our visit. The pub itself is a charming village pub with oak beams, a choice of various types of seating and subtle piped music in the background. There was a good choice of traditional pub food on the menu although there were limited quantities of some dishes and bread options. Twelve hungry and thirsty walkers enjoyed a variety of different meals and drinks. We recommend the Six Bells and encourage you to visit. Us walkers look forward to returning in the not too distant future.

Had a very pleasant meal and a great pint of Wherry bitter. Friendly and helpful team, thanks for the enjoyable evening 🍻

The beer is expensive and was flat, the bartender was playing videos on her phone at a high volume. It changes hands often and I have not ever had a pleasant experience! I would stay away.

Friendly staff, dog friendly good beer and food all in a lovely old pub

Fabulous Sunday lunch. This lovely village pub has been under new management since September 2021. The beer is well kept, the atmosphere welcoming and friendly and the food hearty and enjoyable. The staff could not have been more helpful with my family’s various food intolerances. Well done to the Six Bells. A fantastic traditional village pub with excellent service. We will be back and can’t praise them enough.

Standard pub grub in traditional setting.

Under new ownership so feeling their feet. Friendly atmosphere, food looked enriching but found veg not cooked enough for me.

Called in for a pint (ok, two) during a hike in the area, and was warmly welcomed. I'm sure I'll be back before too long.

We visited the Six Bells for fathers day with another family. Really good food, hardly any wait for the starters or kids food. The food was really nice - between us we had every starter, and all was excellent. There was a good choice of ales and beers, and a selection for the younger kids (fruit shoot) and J2O for the older ones. Mains arrived in good time, again really nice hot tasty food. The kids commented on the quality of their chips, and for them to vocalise their thoughts is unheard of. We would definitely visit again. Very clean, COVID compliant restaurant, with fantastic friendly staff. This was our first post COVID meal out, and we weren't disappointed.

Very enjoyable roast! Nice venue and very nice staff. Will definitely go again!

Not great. Waited around 30 minutes to order drinks initially and enquired about ordering food, to which we were told that our order would be taken ‘in a minute’. 45 minutes later and still no one came to take our order so we enquired again to be told that they had closed the kitchen and run out of food - early evening. Disappointing.

Nice and friendly even to us bikers. Great spot.

Friendly staff and customers excellent food

Relaxing place, with nice and helpful staff

Very nice cozy very clean polite staff and Excellent FOOD.

Such a lovely find. Fabulous family lunch in a cosy warm spot with a great atmosphere. If you like to be relaxed whilst lunching then try this place. Thanks to all, we shall be back!!

A good evening, a good meal, talked to people I knew and saw others I knew. Plus a good pint of Abbot(or so). What more do you need at a local?

Very quiet Wed lunch but busy at weekends. So we managed to get the armchairs and the lovely fire. Good pub food for lunch and a selection of ales to try

The ambience is pleasant. The rooms are homely but the service for our pre-ordered meal was not great. Expecting a meal at 7:30pm but not to get starters until over an hour later and the main course, 2 hours later meant a lot of hungry and annoyed people. A shame because the food was fine when it came. No apology or explanation for the obvious delay.

Really nice pub. Food was also good.

Very friendly host and staff. Atmospheric, the place to be on a wintry night. The food was simple and very well cooked. I liked the way the locals smiled and said hello when we walked in.

Good food but very expensive for very small portions.I dont like going home after a meal feeling hungry...wont rush back.

Used this pub in the past for food, 8 of us had a meal recently, not as good, 4 different type steaks advertised, only had 2 sirloin left out of all, 4 of us choose them, so had to reorder, 1 had sausage & mash, 2 small sausages on small amount of mash, all our chips, are not triple cooked like they used to be, think frozen, 2 of us had apple crumble, this come out, completely soggy, as been in microwave, not crumbled top! We spent a lot of money on food & drink, didn't want to complain to much, as it was a birthday celebration, but we did say abt advertising so many steaks, when not available. We won't be rushing back there

On holiday in the area, nearest local pub . Good food and atmosphere.

Great beer and great food. Would definitely recommend a visit!

Excellent food, welcoming staff and lovely interior. Such a lovely place

Lovely friendly staff and enjoyable food in a really nice location

Popped in for lunch, good choices, very tasty and service was brilliant 👍 looking forward to the steak night.

Only ever visited for a drink. Beer is kept exceptionally well.

We decided to take advantage of the Steak Night deal which states on the website ‘any 2 steak meals + bottle of wine’ for £27. However, as it turned out when we arrived the deal was actually £29. When asked to order, we were told as we hadn’t booked, the only option available was a rump steak which is their cheapest cut, so I would recommend you book if you want something other than the cheapest cut. That said, the steak was well cooked and a good portion. The wine however, which was a choice of house red or white, can only be described as tasteless. Overall a little disappointing and the staff appeared not to be very keen on offering the steak deal. I think I might try the steak night in Lavenham next time I’m out on a Thursday

Have been here to eat a few times and the food is lovely, the only criticism is the portion size is very small, i feel your prices and size are for fine dining not a country pub...Something for management to think about maybe keep your prices the same but bigger portions please!!!

I had been meaning to try this place out since moving into the area not long ago. The outside is lovely, with flowers blooming and seating to accommodate those who wish to enjoy the beautiful village. The choices of beer are a good range, and I was extremely happy with the quality also. Both members of staff who were present were lovely, and were happy to engage in conversation with myself and other customers. Only intended on having 1, as a pit stop from a cycle route home. But ended up staying for a few more. The local community that use this place are also very pleasant and are also happy to engage in conversation. Will visit again!

Awesome pub with friendly staff. Nice food and good beer.

20 of us in the party, Pimm's on arrival, roast dinner, desserts, coffee, all served with a smile, landlord very accommodating even gave the happy couple a card from all at the pub, food was cooked to perfection, some of us could have eaten a bit more meat & roast potatoes, but we all had a great time & no-one rushed us

Booked the Six Bells for 21 people for our 30th wedding Anniversary meal and had our own room laid out with table decorations and even a card from the proprietors and staff. Great food, great service from excellent and friendly staff who couldn't have done more for us. Highly recommended! Thank You from the Mackintosh Family.

Booked the Six Bells for 21 people for our 30th wedding Anniversary meal and had our own room laid out with table decorations and even a card from the proprietors and staff. Great food, great service from excellent and friendly staff who couldn't have done more for us. Great country pub in a lovely setting. Highly recommended! Thank You from the Mackintosh Family.

Lovly place & food & staff thanks

Lovely village pub, friendly staff. Didn't eat but food looked lovely. Dogs allowed.

A gem, highly recommend this pub great food and great atmosphere.Really enjoyed mothers day and will definitely be returning so for all of you that havnt been here then its a must😙

Good food, friendly service, hubby and I visit regularly.

Stopped for a drink and light bite whilst travelling. Good to see dogs are welcome. Friendly landlord and good food.

Lovely village pub with real open fires and background music. Friendly staff and management too. The only negative for me is that, in the evening, the lights are a tad bright which spoils the otherwise great ambience.

As always and as expected. Landlord and Landlady friendly and professional. Premises spotlessly clean and food to be recommended.

Home cooked and very tasty food, good service, lots of chat at the bar, friendly visiting dogs (and customers) and a very welcoming atmosphere and decor. What more can you ask for from a local pub?

Excellent food, very nice atmosphere good beers & very pleasant staff,

What a fantastic pub.with wonderful owners and staff.food was cooked to perfectionand environment was excellent.an excellent pub to visit highly recommended.

Great food especially the fish!!

Popped in on the off chance, but was disappointed. Beer and cider ok. Cod was tasteless, chicken terribly overcooked. Starter was almost beyond belief, olives and bread selection. Some of the bread was sliced brown bread cut into cubes. Unlikely to return.

Great sandwiches and well-kept beer

Traditional, old, elegant pub very welcoming and pleasant atmosphere.

First time visiting Six Bells this week from Canada. Frank the owner was very polite and offered a good drink and conversation to me and my wife in a pleasant and clean atmosphere.

Came here as it advertised itself as a free house with a selection of local beers, but only Greene King, Southwold, and Doom Bar available... very disappointed to only find widespread standard beers!

Brilliant food and service, not too long of a wait either, friendly staff and very clean and enjoyable atmosphere!

Good beer great service and fantastic food all at a reasonable price, five star.

Lovely a mix of old and contemporary decor

Fabulous pub. Warm welcome. Great home cooked food. Lovely selection of beers/wines. Oh and dog friendly too - what more could you want. 5***** highly recommended.

Real fire, warm welcome from the landlord, fantastic beers and larger. Large wine list, dog friendly, and a brilliant menue, Just what you need from a pub, will be visiting more as work allows

Due to the snowy weather and unable to get out of our village we walked to our lovely local for an unexpected lunch.

We walked into this pub with our dog and were immediately warmly welcomed by a group of locals and their fantastic dogs. There is also a non dog zone so please don't be put of this great pub by the mention of dogs if you're not a fan! Food was fantastic, the veg were perfection and we were offered a second bowl of veg at no extra cost which we accepted gladly! Staff were very friendly and we had a great time. Service was also super fast. Also don't worry about leaving your reading glasses at home, they have some spares at the bar for you to borrow if need be.

Friendly and relaxed. Food seemed quite nice and reasonably priced on first impressions.

A bit late writing this review - we went a couple of months ago having just moved to the area and this is the nearest pub.

Warm friendly reception and a great vegetarian meal for me. Met friends here and just love the relaxed atmosphere of this pub. We’re lucky to have this on our doorstep. Thank you 😊

Fantastic traditional 'real' pub. Real ales, beautifully kept & under £3 a pint. Very friendly. No food served in evenings, but sandwiches at lunchtimes for just £1. Yes! My current favourite pub in UK. Heartily recommended!

Lovely pub... Frank and Debbie doing a great job

A very nice place for food or drink. Very friendly to people and dogs alike.

Good good, lovely people and dog friendly. What more do I need.

Went in as a party of 4 for a Sunday roast. Great service and the food was superb!! - the meat was as soft as a baby's bum. Excellent atmosphere, highly recommended - will definitely be visiting again in the near future.