The Bell Inn

Visited on a Friday at 6:30pm having reserved a table, place was extremely busy. Service was slow due to short staffing. When our order arrived it was well cooked and tasty, which made up in some part for the hour wait. I'm sure that normal service would be better, but I have to reflect what we experienced, sorry.

With regard to the owners response I feel it necessary to clarify a couple of points. Firstly I will not argue the specific times but purely in the interests of pedantry I would like to state that drinks, 2 steak baguettes and 1 portion of chips were ordered with the waitress at the same time. Drinks were served with apologies for delay by waitress a little later. After fire alarm went off, I enquired of waitress as to our food. We were told that it was underway. Once again the waitress was aware and apologised for the wait.Our baguettes were delivered by the barman, to whom we said that chips were also on the order. These were subsequently delivered quite quickly by a third person, possibly the owner. Whilst having some experience of cooking steak on various hearths I accept that everyone does it differently but resting for thirty minutes seems much longer than many chefs would advise.
As a quality assurance auditor, my comments are intended to encourage.

We went last Sunday, arrived about 7pm ish after they had stopped serving food, we were pretty disappointed so the lady behind the bar asked the chef who had closed up the kitchen and was sat relaxing if he would consider cooking for us, thankfully he did and we had excellent quality food and service. I had a cheeseburger with extra chilli on it. Really nice and fair prices. I think it was all home made it certainly tasted like it. It was our first time here and won't be our last, thankyou for your warm welcome and service

I recently visited the Bell Inn at Bovey and was presently surprised. In the past we had only visited the Cromwell (down the hill) because my Grandad and Gran had ran it in the 1930's. So we never ventured much further. However having discovered the Bell does Belgian beer amongst other European beers we will visit again! Also the mosaic opposite about the history of Bovey with the plaque was very interesting.

Beautiful pub with a lovely garden. Clearly made a effort with the pub. It has an undercover smoking area that looks as if its actually inside the pub but infact open. The lunch we had was great. Pizzas handmade and the mixed snack basket was really enjoyable. Friendly staff and friendly customers too. Dof friendly also throughout the pub.

Stopped off for food with an 8 and 10 year old on a quick Google search for decent rated pubs, and wasn't disappointed by this 4.7 stars!
Pizza (pepperoni and veg and ham) was 👌
Bolognese topped fries were 🤤
And the fish finger sarnie was chosty and very satisfying!🥳
The fella was VERY happy with his doombar on tap.
Everyone left full and happy.
Beer garden is a beautiful haven!
I'd be here regularly if I lived here.

Thanks again!

Popped in after a dog walk just for lunch and a pint,we sat in the pub garden food was excellent and they catered for food allergies with no fuss !! Friendly staff and welcoming highly recommended to visit this gem of a pub 👍

Wonderful pub with great beer and food, what more do you want!

We enjoyed drinks and great food in the lovely floral beer garden. Friendly and helpful staff. Concise, yet varied menu, would certainly recommend!