The Olde Bell, Rye

The Olde Bell inn, also known as Ye Olde Bell, is a Grade II listed historical inn in Rye, East Sussex. It was built in 1390. It has a turbulent history and was once used for smuggling, connected by a secret tunnel to the nearby The Mermaid Inn to the south. It was used by the Hawkhurst Gang in the 1730s and 1740s who moved goods along the tunnel from the Mermaid to a revolving cupboard in the Old Bell for a quick getaway. The inn has two separate bar areas with original oak beams and a terrace with an 80-year-old Wysteria tree.


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Anton Georgiev
16 March 2014
Very nice place. The terrace is wonderful place to have a point in the summer. The food was good. Had sausages and mash and the BBQ pulled pork stew with beans. Only cash though.
ava jonet
21 July 2015
Great pub, good food, dreadful waitresses, morgan and carrie, get rid.
Tim Lloyd
16 February 2015
Despite the claim to being Rye's oldest pub, this is much more like a normal, modern, pub inside. Food looked OK, but little choice of beer
Debra Oliver
20 July 2013
No healthy options. Shrimp jacket potato drowning in mayonnaise. Pork pie fatty. I could not eat even the salad as it was drowning in dressing.
robert cooper
19 August 2015
Doesn't take cash. But there are atms just up the hill
serj_d.a
3 September 2013
Шляпное место. Ни еды, ни напитков
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The Old Bell Inn, 33 The Mint, Rye TN31 7EN, UK Get directions
Wed 1:00 PM–4:00 PM
Thu 2:00 PM–8:00 PM
Fri Noon–11:00 PM
Sat 8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Sun 11:00 AM–7:00 PM
Mon 1:00 PM–5:00 PM

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