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Closed down for quite a while, now reopened as the Barbury Inn, not tried it yet but it looks nice from the road. Far more foody than it used to be from the looks of the place.
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My partner and I went for a meal at the Bell last night with his parents who were visiting us for the weekend. We have often driven past and thought it looked nice and after checking the reviews on here we decided to give it a go. The prices were very reasonable, the decor was very nice, the food was very good. The only thing that let the place down was the fact their staff were allowed to wear whatever they liked it seemed. So the girl behind the bar was wearing a very unflattering grey tracksuit style top which was sleeveless and showed off her tattoo on her arm. Also not nice to see them having a drink at the bar, wiping their mouths with their hands and then serving food. Also not too keen on them unwrapping the after dinner chocolates for you - the less contact with food the better! It would be good if they ensured their staff all wore a uniform of simple black and white - as the casualness of their clothing did not mesh with the decor of the place or the kind of food they were doing. Other than that it was an enjoyable evening.
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WE GO OUT ON MONDAYS TO DIFFERENT PUBS, AND THIS ONE STANDS OUT FROM MOST , THE SERVICE WAS GREAT/ THE FOOD WAS GREAT / AND THE PUB WAS GREAT , A QUALITY FAMILY RUN PUB AND I WILL CERTAINLY GO AGAIN
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very nice pub, the service and food is top notch, would recommend this pub to all a very nice mixture of traditional food and gastro food great pub
anonymous - 11 Jul 2007 12:07 |
The village has needed a pub like this for a long time! We have needed good value and quality food here for a while; the food & service both live up to their slogan 'A passion for food'. We felt that the starters, mains and desserts (the cheeseboard) were all of a very high standard and that the friendly service gave the place a warm family feeling. I would strongly reccomend to all locals & tourists and will certainly be returning again!
Good Job! :)
anonymous - 10 Jul 2007 11:57 |
6 off us went for a meal on saturday night walking to the pub signs outside say passion for food so me being the most hard to please out of the party, one of the ladies i was with had been before and said i would not find anything to moan about and i left a bit pissed off cause i had nothing to moan about great food great service great wine will be back great place
anonymous - 21 Jun 2007 13:41 |
had a birthday party here for my 16 year old son when we arrived the table was decorated with balloons nice touch food was excellent be back soon
anonymous - 21 Jun 2007 13:25 |
keep up good work guys another enjoyable night
jhns9 - 21 Jun 2007 13:24 |
i had a meal here the other sunday and i have to say it was one of the best i have had we went for sunday lunch and as soon as we walked threw the door it was so clean AND SMOKE FREE th welcome was nice we both sat down at the table by the window menus were brought of along with special board and we couldn,t believe the choice and roast was only �6.95 and it was really nice and the gravy well the review the paper about the gravy was right so meat lovely we had to wait awhile for the dessert board but when it came all were homemade even the ice cream which i had all in all very nice pu will be returning soon
anonymous - 21 Jun 2007 13:22 |
Booked a table for 6 on mothers day based on features in local paper. Roast dinner consisted of not much meat, roast potatoes had been kept warm and were hard.
One soup with roll, the roll had not been cooked properly and was doughy in the middle. One of the diners was still hungry after the roast and had two sweets. Waited ages for the bill while the staff were laughing behind the bar, so did not bother with coffees.
On the positive side the vegetables tasted fresh and the young lads working there were friendly and helpful.
None of us intend on returning.
anonymous - 21 Mar 2007 15:47 |
I have drove by this place a few times and cant wait till it is opened it looks really amazing i will report back once i have been in and tried the food i will give it ten for visual at the mo
ryan downing - 14 Jan 2007 19:24 |
