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The Bell Hotel (JD Wetherspoon), Norwich
Norwich
NR1 3QB
JDW- The Bell Hotel
3 wks until our biggest beer festival ever! All 30 beers will be ready for day 1, & extra favourites from… https://t.co/Au2tJ6PGfI
4:55 PM Sep 20th 2017 from Twitter for Android
Reviews of The Bell Hotel (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Danny O'Revey left this review about The Bell Hotel (JD Wetherspoon)
Edge of town nicely laid out Spoons
On 29th April 2025
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1542 recommendations about 1519 pubs]
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Bell Hotel (JD Wetherspoon)
This branch of Wetherspoon's enjoys quite a prominent location in the city centre. Located on a hill, it has entrances at different levels. I arrived to find quite a boisterous crowd at ground floor level. They had clearly had quite a few.
The ground floor bar is quite small. I retreated to the quieter and larger upper level (I eventually located the stairs to the left of the front entrance). The upper level itself is split-level, with the lower part also having an entrance/exit. Games machines abound.
With the Wetherspoon's festival in progress, there was quite a good selection of cask ales. However, the selections on the bar didn't quite match what was for sale on the app. From what I could see, there was Green Jack Orange Wheat, Terrapin Hey Pal, Harviestoun Vienna, Vale Chase The Sun, Shepherd Neame In The Nic of Time, Brew Moon Antipodean, Oakham Harmonia, St Austell Queen of Hearts, Brewster's Persephone & Mad Squirrel Beerhart. Ciders were Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon & Weston's Old Rosie.
I opted to have a spot of food, being tempted by some chicken I'd seen on the app. Neither the chicken nor my Chase The Sun were particularly memorable and as is often the case in cities with excellent pubs, this Wetherspoon's isn't really of too much value. It's cheap, you're guaranteed a reasonable beer selection, but it's a very fake drinking environment.
On 16th March 2025
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3040 recommendations about 3038 pubs]
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Old Boots left this review about The Bell Hotel (JD Wetherspoon)
A seemingly very small ‘spoons, about the size of an average pub. 5 pulls, 4 T-bars including 1 for wine. Lots of wood panelling and laminate flooring, there is a small piece of carpet surrounding a central island. This also houses the machines. Decorated with old photos of the city. Toilets to the left of the counter and not a full blown expedition away. There’s an almost entirely separate pub upstairs as well, a much larger area and split into a number of spaces. It has similar beers and tap layout to downstairs. Furnished with mostly high tables and stools in front and tables and chairs in the tucked away room at the side and in the seating well by the main door. Finding the toilets is a puzzle. It’s decorated with the more usual old photos and local history info boards. The front ground floor of the old hotel building is occupied by a Santander bank.
On 21st April 2024
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 3599 recommendations about 3279 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No - Just the usual 50p vouchers - last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 16 March 2025 by Blue Scrumpy
- Micropub : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
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