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Having visited the Six Bells on many occasions we took the opportunity to book a Christmas dinner there this evening. We had phoned our pre order through but there was only 3 of us. After arrival we were shown to our table that didn’t have any decorations on it. We sat for literally two minutes when my sons starter appeared, I advised one of the staff that it was a Christmas booking and he came back with 3 crackers! But no other starters. I ordered a tonic water which arrived with no lemon either. My son finished his starter and staff went to clear his plate when I asked where the other two starters were. The staff member said we hadn’t ordered them? He then reappeared and said the orders were hidden so they weren’t seen by the kitchen. The two soups finally appeared a short while after. Main courses were served, salmon filet with cous cous and a tomato sauce, and two turkey roasts. There wasn’t much cous cous with the salmon which was over powered by the amount of tomato sauce on the plate. The roasts were average to say the least. One pig in blanket, the stuffing seemed wet and under cooked and there was hardly any gravy on the plate. No staff appeared to ask if everything was ok during the meal and no staff appeared to offer the bill when we had finished. We ended up paying at the bar. Total bill £113 which included a 10% service charge. The owner wasn’t on shift tonight and this seemed to reflect on the service received on this occasion. A real shame as previously mentioned we have eaten here on many occasions and have always enjoyed the dining experience. Hopefully it was a one off, but quite an expensive one sadly.