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The Bell, Leominster
Yarpole
Postal town: Leominster
HR6 0BD
Served areas
The Bell at Yarpole
Our first quiz night is on Tuesday 5th March at 7:30pm... teams of all sizes very welcome...
12:28 PM Mar 1st 2019 from Twitter Web Client
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hondo . left this review about The Bell Inn
a 220-strong community group clubbed together to buy the premises due to open next month
On 27th September 2018
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Tris C left this review about The Bell Inn
Indeed as Richard points out, this is a devil of a place to find - not The Bell, rather Yarpole which isn't visible from the road; the pub itself is on a wide main road in the centre of a village of architecture, old and new.
Obviously it's hard to give a rating for a pub which I've not visited for 11 years, and one which I visited frequently in the early 1970s when John Smith was the guvnor and long summer afternoons were spent in the garden. I recall it in the late 1980s when it was run by Cyril and his 'brother' and Balti (Hindi for bucket) curry was on the menu with covers that read 'Welcome to the World of Balti'. Then there was a young American landlord with his Japanese wife. In 1995 hollandaise sauce was on the menu and later still, it certainly tried to be a gastropub, garnering 8/10 when reviewed by Shaun Hill in The Guardian back in 2006: '...poached cod fillet with courgette and coriander purée and glazed spring vegetables...The cod was poached perfectly, still moist and shining mother-of-pearl, and the vegetables were fresh and crunchy in a chlorophyll sauce of green herbs and oil'; this probably explained the presence of large BMWs in the car park and a meal for two that cost £60, so if it is now a locals' pub then it must have reverted to this state of affairs.
As I recall it, there was a two-room format: one was pretty basic, the other traditional with black painted beams and décor along the likes of soft furnishings, hanging plates and Toby jugs. To the right of the main entrance was the long dining room, once the cider mill rather than barn which still had the huge stone wheel press on show.
I hope to be returning very soon so an update is on the cards.
On 15th February 2018
- rating: 5
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Mark Davey left this review about The Bell Inn
The only pub for miles around, catering firmly for the locals. Didn't eat here, just had a couple of pints, that were a little on the cloudy side but tasted OK. Not the worlds greatest pub, but any port in a storm and all that.
On 3rd May 2016
- rating: 6
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- Accommodation : No last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Car Park : Yes last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : Yes - First Sunday of the month, 18.30. - last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 10 September 2024 by Tris C
