Lovely place to meet with friends, clean, nicely spaced tables, relaxed atmosphere. Very disappointed with our light lunch. Menu offers white or granary bread, we both opted for granary and expecting lovely fresh cut crusty granary bread. However, we were presented with cheap bog standard shop bought bagged bread which was actually wholemeal. We did express our disappointment, to be told that they offer white or brown, which we corrected. We did receive an apology for the fact it was wholemeal, but no apology for the quality. 9.3.2022

Went for Sunday Lunch today with friends, didn’t know what to expect as couldn’t find any recent reviews/pictures for the Sunday lunch. 2 of us choose the roast with all 4 meats, all of it was excellent and tender, lovely homemade yorkshire, free extra gravy when you needed it. Bowl of veg to share. Dessert was nice too. Will definitely return again

Absolutely lovely food,outstanding service,and our dog was very welcomed.

Big prices, little satisfaction. My partner and I came here for a Sunday roast with high hopes after reading the reviews. However, we were disappointed by the food. Chicken was okay, lamb was okay but tiny portion for such a high price (£17.50) for 2 slices of lamb. Carrots were soggy, potato’s hard, cauliflower cheese average. Gravy was nice, Yorky’s were nice, kale and cabbage was nice. Place lacked character, though it was clean. Price point way too high for what was given. Would not return any time soon and will look closer into town for a roast in future.

Had afternoon tea at The Bell Inn this afternoon, absolutely fabulous food, presented beautifully and green tea was provided at no extra cost for the "non normal" tea drinker! Highly recommended and I am a frequent return customer as they are this good all the time.

We booked the Bell at Old Sodbury for a Thursday night following Badminton Horse Trials. We were asked to pre order our food on the basis that they would be busy, which was absolutely fair enough. Our table was booked for 7.45 and we very much feel that we were rushed through our food. We finished our food at 9.30 (having had three courses) and at 10pm we were actually told that they were shut and asked to leave. They absolutely were not busy (couldn’t really understand the need to pre-order). It was really disappointing that the staff were obviously in a rush to get us ours of there. It was a perfectly pleasant evening with pretty good food, it’s just a shame that we felt like an inconvenience to those serving us. For this reason I certainly couldn’t recommend it! Who shuts a pub/ restaurant at 10pm?!

Spent a night here whilst traveling to Wales during the Easter Holidays, what a delightful little experience! Clean, comfortable, and in a quiet location. Insanely fast service when ordering a late-evening meal, I had ordered myself a beef burger which was divine. The staff were ever so kind to us and really quite charming. The breakfast buffet was reasonably well-ranged, you can find something that’ll suit every taste. Parking was a breeze, plenty of space for people staying overnight. I’ll say that we left The Bell Inn feeing very satisfied and that we hadn’t wasted a penny. I would highly recommend coming here as I’ll definitely be coming back sometime in the near future! 🛎️

We have used the restaurant on many occasions previously and have mostly been happy with the food and service. We booked a table for seven for Sunday lunch , when we arrived we had been allocated a table for 6 with an extra place squeezed on the end of the table .. not ideal but no problem. Ordered drinks which arrived in good time , however my large glass of wine had way less in the glass than my wife's large glass .. not ideal but no problem. We ordered our Sunday roast meals , which came from the kitchen fairly quickly , which wasn't of the best quality, Yorkshire puddings were burnt, roast potatoes were more like boiled potatoes, the veg )which came on a separate plate) was barely enough to share between us which was a bit disappointing. After we had finished the meal we felt rushed to leave the table. Overall not the best experience and we would choose to go elsewhere next time ... Could do so much better .

Great staff and service. I stayed overnight and enjoyed a comfortable room and lovely lamb shank dinner.

Had the best time! The place is very clean the staff are really friendly and go above and beyond to help there was 15 of us and hats off to the chef all our food arrived at the same time and the food was delicious highly recommended who definitely go back everyone had a different dish and said how long it was ! So high five the bell for being ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ we came all the way from Essex and it was worth it. Thanks again for a lovely time xx

Beautiful pub, can't wait to visit in the winter when the fireplace will be on. We had a Sunday roast that was absolutely delicious

Very nice place to eat ,going for festive lunch there,friendly staff

Staying 1 night on a business trip. Very friendly staff showed me to my room. Excellent! Plenty big enough for me with everything you need. Comfy bed, sky TV, WiFi, clean bathroom and usual hotel extras. Meal was awesome!!! Glorious mushroom starter and a perfectly cooked steak for main. Very nice ambiance with quiet background music in an outstanding restaurant. Here's hoping breakfast is as good. Definitely recommend!

Lovely pub, nice food, friendly attentive staff. A little pricey and they add a 10% service charge. You can ask not to pay it but I don't think this is fair as some people might be too embarrassed.

Fantastic food

Good food and staff

Comfortable bed and nice shower but room 3 is adjacent to the noisy main road. Colleagues were delayed getting here but food stopped being served at 8pm. TV didn’t work.

Had a wonderful breakfast here. Super attentive staff and quality ingredients. Highly recommended. I'll be back..

Wonderful staff experience. The food was good but it was a bit on the expensive side. It was table service only today. Lots of diners there at lunch time today.

Great food, great staff, amazing breakfast! Also amazing dinners. Attentive stagg, beautiful setting, plenty of parking and they even have beautiful guest rooms to stay in. Best pub around!

Fantastic food and service. Every time we have been, whether for family lunch or dinner it has always been tasty food. Never have to wait long either.

Always a fantastic breakfast. I highly recommend both staying here and popping in for the food when you're in the area. Been here multiple times and the food for dinner ir breakfast is always amazing as well as the exceptional service.

Stayed for one night to go to a local party. As a disabled traveler the stairs to the rooms was a bit daunting but a very friendly young member of staff carried my bag up for me and the stairs were well lit with plenty of grab rails. The room was lovely,very clean and well decorated and the bed was very comfortable. I slept like a log. The next morning i had a lovely full english breakfast and the staff were exceptionally helpful and friendly. I can wholeheartedly recommend the Bell.

Lovely birthday celebration lunch today. Staff very attentive and helpful. Food excellent. Thank you for the memories.

Excellent cuisine well recommended

My family and I went for Sunday lunch, the service was good and swift. There were a number of people there, but you could talk to your group without disturbing anybody else. Not been there for a number of years, but will return soon.

The bell inn was absolutely wonderful the staff were so welcoming and the room was so comfortable and clean everything you need was in reach. The food was cooked wonderful and breakfast was very good with arrange of different choices especially for people with atolorences like me was catered for. Would definitely use again as we were visiting family for early Christmas thank you to all the staff at the bell inn you are amazing 👏

Lovely meal and very friendly. A few things ran out off the menu but we managed to choose an alternative potato dish and different sorbet. All tasted very nice. Could have cleared our glasses and bottles from the table as they were empty and offered more water but apart from that it is a great pub 👍 Didn't see the rooms no no rating.

Such a fabulous find! Stayed briefly for lunch, and found that yes ladies really do do lunch in this little corner of the world. Chipping Sodbury was our destination to buy daughters new car and we ate at The Bell Inn before going home. We initially had tea by the real fire before lunch. Absolutely fantastic service and the food was delicious. The touch that was really great was when we ordered food and thought daughter would have returned from completing the paperwork, to eat. It took her longer and the staff offered to take her food back to the kitchen to keep it warm and fresh. There was plenty of it too so I ended up taking some home in a small box. The decor is gorgeous, the prices great. Free car parking and the facilities all on the same level so great for those with lesser abilities.

Just ate in there and the food was outstanding! The service was amazing too! The ladies working couldn't do enough. From recommending dishes we would like, to waiting on us and everyone else hand and foot. They couldn't do enough. Will definitely be back. Keep up the good work. 👍

We thought we should come back to where we enjoyed a meal the year before, but this time the food was not at the same standard. In particular the kids "pizza" should not be named as such, as it was two thick pieces of bread slices with tomatoes on top. Although i love the location and the service is good, so they are trying - but just some more care and attention to the menu could bring the place back to where we left it before. I thoroughly hope so!

Come here often lovely atmosphere, always made welcome, lovely staff and service and food is amazing! Rump steak perfect! burgers perfect! cod and chips perfect! kids pizza perfect, I rarely give a 5 star all round but this is an exception ideal for families and partners as tables are sectioned well!

Top notch hospitality here! Loved this hotel and restaurant. The owners are so friendly and accommodating. Nicely decorated, simple rooms with great shower. Great restaurant with vegan options and tasty gin cocktails (I'm not even a gin drinker). My husband said his fish and chips were the best he had in two weeks in the Cotswolds!!

just had a absolutely delicious and very filling roast here. Good priced, food tasted fresh and very flavourable. was actually the best roast I have ever eaten out. will definitely be back.

We are lucky enough to live within a few minutes walk to The Bell and visit a couple of times a month. We always get really good food and service but last nights meal was the best we’ve ever had. Everything was simply delicious. Can’t recommend enough.

Lovely food…Interesting service. Met up here for a Sunday lunch as it’s half way between families. We have always had great service & food at The Swan & The Sodbury Steakhouse so we though we would try The Bell Inn, as it’s the same chain and local to us. I noticed The Bell was “dog friendly”. So I mentioned in our booking we have a friendly, well behaved dog and I just wanted to confirm this. I shortly received a phone call and had the all okay and thumbs up to bring the dog. Once we had arrived and sat down, I will assume the manager, made a snark remark saying “the dog will have to stay under the table for the duration of our stay”. Bearing in mind this is a labour and we were sat tucked away in the corner, not near any other table, in our own area with our dog laid between our table and the wall. (A labour or any medium/large size dog would not comfortably sit under a table) He was not bothering anyone being to the side of the table. Our labour was on the lead the whole stay, never once barked, jump up, make a sound or bother any other diner. The manner in which this comment was made, made us all feel unwelcome! The attitude of this member of staff was carried throughout the duration of our service, with other comments being made. I must say the other waitresses went about the matter in a much more professional and polite way, and we thank them for that. We fully appreciate not everyone is into dogs or has a fear but there are ways and manners to go about it, especially if you state you are “dog friendly” establishment. Although the food was amazing, and the service from the waitresses was lovely, we wouldn’t rush back to The Bell due to service of one member of staff, and would rather go to one of their sister restaurants. “Dog Friendly” at a push!

Was taken here for Father’s Day by my son-for Sunday lunch. Premises were clean and decorated well. Staff were very efficient and quick. However three lamb roasts ordered and served up very quickly. However one slight issue the lamb was Luke warm but all veg and potatoes were hot. There was good portions. Desserts were good and served hot. Prices are on the higher side three lamb roasts and three desserts three cokes and one small Guinness/Black just shy off £100 .When paying the lady gave my son the bill and asked him to check to make sure it was correct.He noticed a service charge had been added at 10% without making him or us aware it had been added. He politely asked for it to be removed-seem to take seconds to add it but took a couple of minutes to remove it. Now I believe service charges should be made aware to customers and they should be given the opportunity to accept or reject it. This was never offered. Tips are down to the discretion of the customer- not for pubs/restaurants to expect. Imagine if other businesses started adding service charges on top of the service or products they purchase from that business. Allow the customer to decide don’t expect additional funds on top of the costs that are payed for your food and services.

We met our family at The Bell for the first time for a Christmas lunch, as it was "in the middle" of all of us. We were welcomed very warmly by all the staff, and our pre-ordered meals were exactly as requested, to suit all of us. Our food was excellent, and we were able to order an extra pud for one who still had some room to eat it! Thank you to everyone for helping to make it a lovely day! As everyone's journey was a good one, we shall hopefully make a return visit in the future...

Food was awesome! Two of our group said it was the 'best pork belly they have ever had'. The resraunt is nice and clean with space to move round the table, not all crammed in like some places. If I was to be really picky, I would have like some more bread/toast with the starter as the pate was incredible! We were asked to arrive on time and not before due to space limitations and then the door closes at 11, so must be out before then which didn't give us much time after the meal to digest and talk but we did get a coffee in before leaving so I'll keep it at 5 stars.

Went for breakfast. Staff were lovely and pub was warm & welcoming with a real fire going. Breakfast was all freshly cooked, arrived at the table at a decent pace and everything was clearly quality produce. Everything was very tasty, cooked very well and a good sized portion. Prices reflected the quality of produce fairly. The only reason it's not the full five stars is because the carpets looked like they hadn't yet been hoovered and there were a lot of bits under our table and in other areas. Would definitely visit again.

Delicious! Very happy to have chosen this place for our family meal after our stroll around Westonbirt. Very friendly staff.

A mixed review on Sundays roast. Generous portions of meat and veg but short on gravy and mediocre temperature. Expensive desserts IMHO. And an optional but included 10% service charge which nobody wants to object to for fear of offending. Its a covert way of charging more which I find really annoying

Staff were lovely, and the music in the bar was excellent, but the room was small for the price. Also, didn't expect to pay 10% service charge in a pub (especially when they got my order wrong 😂)

Nice place inside, spacious & airy. Decent gardens if you can dodge the showers. Excellent food

We had an absolutely amazing time at The Bell Inn. We checked in around 6pm and all the staff were so friendly and welcoming. We were shown up to our room - which was simply stunning and told about the main features in the room and the details regarding breakfast before we unpacked ready to head down for dinner. We ate dinner in the restaurant (pictures to follow) and had the Box-Baked Camembert Cheese to share followed by our mains. I had the 8oz 28 Day Dry-Aged Rump Steak and had it with peppercorn sauce, sweet potato fries and onion rings and Martin had the Rioja Slow Braised Lamb Shank with some seasonal vegetables on the side. For desserts I had the Chocolate Fondant with ice-cream and Martin had the Lemon Tart with pouring cream. The food was absolutely incredible and so tasty. All of the produce was fresh and cooked to perfection, I couldn’t fault any of it. We had a great nights sleep in the B&B the bed was comfy, the bedding was luxurious and we weren’t woken up or disturbed by any noise throughout the night. We woke up this morning and headed down for breakfast and once again the staff were so friendly and welcoming and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole breakfast experience. We both had an americano and orange juice to drink and then I had the American Pancakes with Bacon & Maple Syrup and Martin has The Bell Big Breakfast. Both of our breakfasts were AMAZING. I would 100% recommend going to The Bell and trying their breakfast - all of the breakfast items were of the highest quality and their meat is all locally sourced and you can really taste the difference - the sausages and bacon were amazing. Overall we had a fabulous time and I would definitely stay in the B&B again and I feel so lucky to live so close to an amazing country pub. The Bell at Old Sodbury offers four individually designed, comfortable and chic rooms. All rooms provide en-suite bathrooms, fine cotton sheets and all the modern conveniences including free wifi, tea/coffee making facilities, flat screen TVs with Blu-Ray DVD players as well as SKY TV with Sports and Movie channels!

The pub is beautiful and one of my favourite in the areas. The food is absolutely amazing, I recommend the lamb shank. I have stayed in the B&B that has recently been redecorated. The room was clean and well furnished. The breakfast in the morning was one of the best breakfasts I have had out. The sausages and bacon were top quality.

Love the refurb!

Rooms nicely done up and the breakfast was delish

Cosy great staff and wonderful food

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We had a birthday breakfast with a group of mums and a couple of kids. Wonderful food at a great price and fantastic service. Breastfeeding friendly, child friendly, just plain everyone friendly!!

A lovely meal in, a very relaxed atmosphere during Covid-19. Impressed with the layout of the pub ensuring your safety at all time. It was table service in the beer garden and the food was of an exceptional standard. Will definitely be back again and recommend the experience to anyone who might have doubts about going out giving the current situation. It is recommended to book to ensure you have a table.

Well sorted for Covid. Excellent service, and lovely surroundings

Excellent Roast Dinner....best I've had this year and we do like to try out different places so well done!.... Highly recommended and score would have been higher but food was served a little to quickly after ordering and the Rum selection is terribly slack as the choice is Captain Morgan or Bacardi.....

Just right, a lunch break. Goid value for sandwiches nice bread proper ham n tasty cole slaw Thankyou

Excellent Sunday lunch friendly staff good value

Impressed by the menu and the food did not dissapoint at all. Pulled pork croquettes with rhubarb chutney! Highly Recommended. Will definitely be back.

Just had Sunday lunch for 9. Food was fantastic as was the service.

Over priced to rigid menu wouldn't recommend unless all people you are with have a varied taste and you can put up with bad customer service

Food was lovely and staff were friendly and welcoming

Good food and great staff, will definitely be going back!

Lovely food

Lovely meal again tonight ,service very good and food cooked to perfection .

Lovely food at a great price

Delicious food and an amazing selection of drinks. Lovely place for a date night. It is expensive but worth every penny, if it was slightly cheaper we would go alot more but it is perfect for a date night once in a while.

Absolutely lovely food

Great food and good service. We will be back for more.

Lovely food and great service.

This is a fairly decent pub but the food is not as good as its local sister pubs the Swan and the squire.

Good food and great night celebrating family birthday

Pricy, slow service.....But great ambiance, customer service and lovely food...Nice meal overall

Service is fantastic and the food is great

Boxing Day but full varied menu Friendly atmosphere Good service

Good food

Lovely breakfast, thanks!

Excellent value two course lunch for £12.50. Highly recommended.

What a beautiful pub. Went for breakfast and it's one of the best I've had. The food was cooked to perfection, beautiful quality sausage and bacon. Nothing was too much trouble for the chef and staff. Will be back to try the evening meal. Thank you.

A very warm welcome by Chrissie and an invitation to sit by the fire while we chose our lunch and sipped a nice beer - a great start - not seen in many a gastro-pub. The two course lunch itself was good quality, well cooked and plentiful. We will be back.

What a pleasant Inn! Neat, clean and comfortable room. Delicious dinner and breakfast with first class service at all times. I would stay here again.

Nice place and friendly staff. Only snag, was looking forward to the home made pie but when I came down at 7.30 they had sold out ?, will remember to book in advance next time

Not busy but very long wait, esp to be cleared from main to desert. no offer of drinks refills, food ok, but for cost not impressed.

Very friendly, was busy and they informed us kindly of a potential wait, but there wasn't one. My second time in 18 months and I was remembered which was amazing given under the radar character I am. Food was well presented, nothing complex, but really great. Would return everytime!

Absolutely fantastic food and brilliant service. Would highly reccomend for sunday roast dinner!!!!

Nice food, not cheap