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Bell & Bottle, Maidenhead
Littlewick Green
Postal town: Maidenhead
SL6 3RX
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 3½ of 10) see review guidelines
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Bell & Bottle
This establishment sat immediately on the A4 is now very much an Indian restaurant, as opposed to a pub. It's a large building with its small entrance area effectively being a bar area with a table, 3 stools and a couple of chairs. Off to the left is the main dining area, with a function room off to the right, currently under renovation.
We hadn't expected the bar/restaurant to be open until 5pm, but arrived before 5 to find an accommodating Indian gentleman happy to serve us drinks. Handpulls have long since been removed, leaving a keg selection of Fosters, Strongbow Cloudy Apple, Peroni & Cobra.
In a rather surreal nod to the past, there was a pile of the local Maidenhead CAMRA magazines sat on a table next to the entrance door. Maybe the local CAMRA branch had been in for a curry social pre- or post-Christmas and had deposited a few copies. Or maybe they remain from when the pub was called the Novello and was last in the Good Beer Guide in 2010. Either way, I think the magazines may continue gathering dust there for some time.
On 12th January 2023
- rating: 2
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Quinno _ left this review about The Novello
Three ales on (Rebellion IPA, something from Tring and another one, probably Brakspear). My Tring had clearly been sat in the pipes for a good few hours as it was warm and a bit tangy. Shame, as this isn't too bad a place and they're clearly making an effort getting the ales in – it's the management of them that seems to be lacking.
Obviously a very up-market foody operation, the inside is quite nice and a good place to take the girlfriend (if the beer quality improves!).
Until then...
On 21st January 2009
- rating: 5
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