The Bell Inn - Tandridge

Was visiting Godstone and stumbled across this gem. Beautiful place with outstanding service and food. Really added something special to our day thank you Food drinks: Had an outstanding Sunday roast highly recommend Rooms: 5 Service: 5 Location: 5 Hotel highlights: Quiet

We had a Sunday lunch here. It was excellent and the service was great, I would recommend this place. Service: 5

After having this restaurant recommended to us by two separate people, we visited in Mar 2023 for a meal for four of us. Two vegetarians and two meat eaters, but we all tried the vegan menu. The food was excellent probably the best we have eaten locally, and the portions were very generous, especially for the price, which is lower than most pub restaurants. Service was very helpful and friendly. I cannot comment on the non vegan menu, but it is good that they offer such variety. The restaurant was very quiet for a Friday night, but it was nice to be able to have a conversation at the table without having to strain to hear ourselves over other people, so we were happy it was so quiet. I think more people should know about this little gem of a restaurant, and definitely try out the vegan menu! We will definitely be back not least to try the vegan breakfast, and Sunday roasts!

We ate lunch here for Mother's Day and couldn't have been more disappointed. Having pre ordered lunch for 8 at their request we felt sure the service was going to be smooth and we would get lunch promptly. We sat down and had drinks orders taken and starters eventually arrived but it was then a very long wait for the main courses. For both the starters and main courses they had to take food with gluten in away and replace it with gluten free options for the two coeliacs in our family. The waitress said she was helping out and didn't know but we made it clear in our booking email that two people were gluten free and it is not good in a restaurant not to be aware of this. The main courses were very varied in quality. The three people who ordered steak found it tough and flavourless and the chips seemed to be frozen ones that had been cooked, barely. Some of the others found their food ok but nothing was amazing. I gave my steak to my dog!! To be fair the waitresses were kind and the manager came over to make amends and gave us 10% off our bill but I would rather have had nice food, on time and an enjoyable lunch out. The ice cream unbelievably was also inedible. My sister couldn't tell what flavour it was and said it was slimy. My daughter said while it was better than her lasagna she still didn't want to eat it. £200 for a meal like that for a special day out was not worth it. Even the first bill they brought us, we were about to pay and the manager took it away and said it was incorrect. He had put 6 adult meals on instead of 4 adults and 4 children. I would certainly never eat here again and would recommend that others avoid it for food. I will add to this that very very very rarely give a negative review and usually give places 5*s but this was awful even overlooking decor in places..

I stayed in Room 14, It was very dated and in amounts of disrepair. The curtains were ripped, the carpet in the bathroom was disgusting, the step carpet was filthy. The tiles are cracked and broken in the bathroom, felt like I was going to fall through the floor when stepping out the shower a simple slip mat covered the broken floor. I had to specifically ask for toilet paper. The room needed a good vacuum as the wooden floors seem to have sand on them not nice climbing into bed with sandy feet. The TV kept loosing signal, I was woken up by someone cutting wood for a fire outside the rooms. Not Ideal as I had had a 4am start. The customer car park looks like a broken down car lot and scrap metal collection point. The whole place is in disrepair. I requested an early breakfast as I was leaving early, I had put this in writing at time of booking online. At the time of booking in at the hotel The owner was surprised to see it on the booking paperwork and said they would make a breakfast sandwich I requested brown bread, I received 2 sandwiches on white bread on the first morning at the agreed time, I mentioned this later on in the day and the lady apologized and said she would inform the kitchen. I did not receive the packed breakfast the next morning. I left just after the agreed time.