The Bell, Danbury

We went to the pub/bistro with a group of friends, the whole experience of the evening lacked atmosphere, staff totally unfriendly.When ordering the food one of the group ordered Confit Duck & Black Cherry Terrine, to be advised that this not available today, and was offered a poor quality shop bought pate, that had seen better days!! Then when ordereing the breads, the waiter had no knowledge of what was available. The Lamb shank was luke warm, the pork was burnt at the bottom, and the pheasant was very dry. The Pan fried Seabass ideally should have bean seared to give a good crispy skin, but was poached and was tasteless. Deserts was as bad as the main course, we had Chocolate & Cherry Roulade which was heavy and minus the cherries!! icecream was whipped cream.
The most attractive thing about this restaurant was the decor, which could have been enhanced by subtle background music. The ambience was non existent because we were the only people there. I believe this Bistro is trying to hard and should stick to some traditional basic dishes. On departing the Bistro, we encountered our waitor, smoking his heart out, outside the premises on full view of al!!

1 Feb 2011 10:04