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Great food and generous reasonably priced portions. Scrumptious well presented salads. Value for money

Popped by today, had the most amazing halloumi wrap and hot chocolate, the hot chocolate is the best, cream and marshmallow. All served with a smile from the staff

Had an excellent lunch today with my parents. Great service and the food was excellent. We greatly appreciated the attention and care taken. Thank you.

Met the owner at a Spanish food event about 20 years ago and bought oil and vinegars. Tootling away in the campervan one day we both wondered where we knew Peasenhall from. We then both yelled "EMMETTS" and stopped for supplies. The strawberry tree honey is still talked about. Now we stop whenever in the area. The date and lime chutney is wildly addictive and pairs with cheese and of course the wonderful beech smoked ham. The black bacon and ham is unique and had a taste of its own. Try getting the black streaky and wrapping around dried apricots or prunes (soak in tea and brandy with star anise and chilli) for a winter treat. The oak honey is rich and a small amount added to yoghurt and granola adds a subtle complex sweetness. It's off the beaten track, but you will beat a path to it's door once you sample the produce.

What a fantastic Pub, full of charm and character, the service was first class amd service was quick and friendly with an amazing selection of drinks and some BANGING food.

Great place for brunch or just a snack very friendly staff they also gave my dog a couple of treats. There were plenty of water bowls for dogs. Would definitely go again.

Just had a really nice Sunday lunch. The staff are a happy and helpful team and the food was fresh hot and plentiful what more could you ask. By far the best Sunday roast in the area. Thanks we’re already planning our next visit.

This was my second visit and it didn't disappoint. Cannot fault this place. Great food. Great service and reasonable prices. Highly recommended.

Lovely food and service. Under new management. Will be returning

Nice dog friendly pub, went here a few times whilst staying on a local campsite, nice food reasonably priced, play 60s music in the background and have a live band on a Friday night.

Lovely family meal to celebrate 70th birthday - large party of us - service was good - food was excellent - steak and kidney pudding was fantastic

Lovely friendly staff food really good would definitely return and recommend for lunch jacket potatoes was delicious

Went last night for the first time. The staff were welcoming and friendly. The food was outstanding. Beautifully cooked, fresh and tasty, good sized portions and we were very very happy with our meal. I would highly recommend this restaurant, we will definitely be back for more!

Very expensive and not very nice.The fish cakes had no flavour,the Thai curry was like a supermarket ready meal & the sticky toffee pudding was overmicrowaved.Very disappointed and felt like we were ripped off

We'd been to Danbury Lakes and found the closest pub to go have some lunch. So we were introduced to The Bell and wow I'm so pleased we were. Let by Daniel who's lovely and had a choice of seats as a walking club who had booked table were not walking sure to the heat. 32C We were both made welcome and seated with a fan. Complementary water at the bar was nice. The menu is quite extensive and the food we chose was well worth it. I had the Sausage Melt and my wife had a Cheese/Onion baguette. Both come with salad and chips, and they were very filling. Such a nice place to eat with great food, friendly staff who made us very welcome. Just to note this is a dog friendly pub, with facilities for the larger dogs like Greyhounds too. So to follow this up, we are looking to have a lunch with friends with our dogs, when the weather is less crazy.