The Smithfield Bell - Powys

Exceptional service. The food was served promptly and was delicious. The staff is accommodating and consistently provides excellent service. One of our go-to spots for casual dining.

I had arranged to take my partner and family for Christmas Day dinner to celebrate her birthday. After paying out alot of money, I feel a little let down by the Smithfield Bell as the meal was a little disappointing. The soup as a starter was only luke warm, the main was as if it had been plated up and left standing for to long was cold to touch, the gravy as been the hottest thing we had did warm it up slightly. As for dessert, I suppose they did get that right as it was mainly ice cream. The manager did come around to ask if everything was OK, but before any of us could say anything, he was gone, plus we were told he wanted the table empty by 2pm, which we were aware of anyway, but it was the way he asked. As you can gather from this I won 't be returning there again, and hope other customers don 't get the service we did, also that Marstons can get they 're act together and stop this happening to people who pay good money.

Worst Christmas dinner I’ve ever had, the food was Luke warm at best the hottest thing about the meal was the extra gravy. Majority Vegetables were teeth breaking worthy and felt very rushed to get in and out. For the price it was I expected better, a lot better. Very poor and awful atmosphere

It was a meal for my 60th Birthday as it is My birthday on Christmas Day, so my Children and my Grandchildren were all excited as was I as it was a surprise. We were met by the Manager who was very rude and abrupt and told us our table was from 12 to 2 and he needed our table to be empty by 2pm. He said 'Your starters will be served at 12 so be ready at the table for them! ' We sat and were ready....Soup arrived and it was cold, next the main Turkey meal , cold and in my 60 yrs I have never had a load of fat on my Turkey(which was cold), it was like Pork fat.....under cooked Yorkshire Puddings and don 't get me started on the veg .....the only thing that was warm was the **** gravy... it was supposed to be a beautiful meal for my big birthday as I have cooked every Christmas Day for all of my family so my 60th Birthday treat for me and my family was a total disaster. So would I recommend to eat here....NOT A **** CHANCE AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORST AND MOST EXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS MEAL I HAVE HAD.....DIGUSTING

We visited the Smithfield Bell on our way through Welshpool to Oswestry for some lunch. The restaurant was quite quiet but the staff were slow and didn't look very happy. We had the fish and chips (I'll rephrase that. The overcooked batter with not much fish). Next time we make this journey we certainly won't be calling here.