The Bell

One of the Best Places To Visits in Odell Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. Good homely pub, welcome atmosphere. Garden out the back next to the parking. Beautiful views. Dogs allowed inside and outside. Good menu, reasonably priced and fast service. I cannot fault this pub at all, one to visit !! Easily found on the main road. Amazing food ..the best chicken I have ever tasted ..very succulent ! The staff are really friendly and it's a brilliant place to have a family Sunday lunch ..nice steak ..Tim The Bell was such a great find. Lovely food, good beer in a nice friendly environment. The staff were happy, hardworking and fun. I am so happy we looked it up and took the time to go. Very nice thatched pub, traditional interior. Disappointing sunday lunch. This place used to be excellent. The plates were cold, food luke warm when it arrived. Vegetables very poor quality, carrots tasted watery as if frozen. Vege dish swimming in water (see photo). Potatoes glassy. Puddings mediocre, overly sweet. Lamb shank was good but accompanied by poor sides and service overshadowed it. Service slow and unfriendly. Expensive for what we got. Apparently they have a new chef. Felt like the place was being run by teenagers in need of adult supervision. Such a shame. A pretty traditional old village pub situated in Odell by the river Ouse. There is a lovely beer garden at the back with views over the river and car parking. Friendly and helpful staff who were happy to take the walking group orders on the day. They do a fish of the day dish but check beforehand, because on this occasion the trawler hadn’t landed. For beer drinkers they serve 5 Real Ales, 2 are permanent ‘Greene King IPA’ and ‘Abbot Ale’, with 3 rotating guest ales. Muddy boots and dogs are welcome here and it’s a delightful spot to set of for a variety of country walks. Called into The Bell pub party the way round our winter walk from the car park at Harrold country park. This is a traditional village pub with lots of history & character & is very accomadating to walkers. My wife & I had a drink each & shared brie & baggett with a potion of chips, (scrumptious). See picture. Took the good lady & kids for lunch,the food was phenomenal! The lamb shank is highly recommended. The pub itself is a lovely little place with a massive garden to the rear,all very nice & clean & plenty of parking. Shall definitely be going again sometime soon. Had a family meal to celebrate a birthday, offered preferential prices for pensioners, that made a great meal even more affordable. Everyone enjoyed their meals with our table near a cosy log fire that created for us an idyllic old world charm. After looking at the menus on the website we decided that the tapas looked good and paid The Bell a visit.   The menu said that tapas was served between 2pm and 6pm so we arrived just after 2pm.   I asked about food and drinks only to be met with "we don't do tapas".   When I said that it was on their website the response was "oh, is it still on there?".   Thinking that there may be a reasonable excuse for a slight mismatch between stopping tapas and updating the website I asked when that was, only to be told "we stopped serving tapas last summer".   As our visit was at the end of February 2025 the website is several months out of date.   Lunch service stopped at 2pm so we were too late for that, and probably anywhere else.   We didn't stay and won't be back.   If this truly lazy landlord cannot ensure that his website reflects his service he also probably doesn't realise that he is losing new business.   I hope his current regulars receive better respect than the contempt he shows for potential new regulars! I used to be a pub manager so am always over critical when I try somewhere new for food. I have longed to find somewhere where the staff understand that when you are out for a meal that it's not just about 'here's your dinner'. It's about the welcome, the menu, the food, the drink, the service, the atmosphere and the interaction (sadly lost since covid and a generation of shy young waiters!). I am pleased to say that we found all of this at The Bell. The hungry lady that was after my husbands sticky toffee pudding was lovely, the food was traditional and portions were spot on. Slightly disappointed the mango sundae was out but never seen such a long dessert menu and will definitely be back to try more! Sorry we didn't say goodbye, we were heading into a food coma! Thank you for a lovely evening and restoring my faith in traditional pubs 👍 Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.