The Bell Hotel

Greet hotel, restaurant evening meal and breakfast were really nice - very friendly and helpful staff.

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A comfortable bed. There was a small balcony with a large french window opening out onto it. This provided some ventilation during the very hot weather (30 degrees C). Good size shower. Pleasant dining room. Good breakfast. Wide menu choice for dinner, which was very tasty (Fried squid and Caesar's Salad) with a good wine list and plenty of choice of beers.

No air conditioning which made sleeping difficult in 30+ degrees. No lift makes life difficult if you have heavy bags to carry upstairs. Car parking is very limited at the hotel. Nearby public car park can be busy and result in a long walk from the hotel.

I have stopped at the hotel on a number of occasions, can't always get a room as fully booked which says alot about the place. Its rated as 3 * which I believe to be a fair rating however the staff are friendly and the restaurant/bar is excellent.

Nothing bad to report,

Our greeting at reception was friendly, we was very early for check in, but said they will get it sorted early for us. The position over the river was good, very clean. Evening meal was lovely, evening staff very friendly, stopped to chat with you.

Breakfast was a bit poor, poached eggs was hard. Staff there was only 2, running around doing everything, but as they gave you a pot of tea, they run off, i asked for a clean cup and she was gone, i asked for vinegar, they didn't hear us as they was rushing away. I thought this was very rude. It was like a comedy. We Evan tried chatting and saying are you short staff, he grinned and was gone. It gave us the hump and we left. They both where very smiley, but rude

Good

From the manager through to cleaning staff, all were cheerful and helpful. We entered hotel by bar entrance and felt confused as to reception area, the waiter who subsequently served us in the dining area cheerfully stopped what he was doing and escorted us to reception. Becky, the manager, introduced herself to us and made sure we were well taken care of.

Mirror over bathroom sink is too high to see above the bevel border.