The Malt Shovel - Gaydon

Warm and friendly welcome. Great knowledge of menu. Very accommodating when asking for changes to the advertised menu to suit personal choices. And the food was lovely.

Nice cosy pub with a dedicated restaurant area. Staff friendly and good food

Very welcoming, kind and helpful as motorway closure meant rearranging the time of our booking.. Great service, very pleasant staff. Good food and value.

Absolutely fantastic food and amazing service would really recommend it.

Great quality food. Friendly and efficient service. Very enjoyable meal

We were here for a 70th birthday celebration and the service was outstanding. Not only efficient but friendly and great with our 4 year old grandaughter. All of the food was wonderful and my son in law highly recommends the burgers! 🍔 We will be back without a doubt.

As always, this gem of a place was warm, friendly, and very accommodating. Having booked a table for 2, there was no difficulty in increasing our numbers to 4. Being my wife's birthday, the staff happily hid her surprise Birthday Cake that I'd delivered earlier in the day. Then, after we'd finished our main courses, the waiter and waitress brought out the cake with a chorus of 'Happy Birthday'. It didn't matter to them that we subsequently couldn't manage a dessert. Our meals were delicious. Fresh ingredients, perfectly cooked and beautifully presented. As you can probably tell, I highly recommend a visit to this wonderful hostelry.

This was a lovely place to spend an afternoon with family, food was great and the staff were really friendly. Nice choice on the menu, better than the usual pub food. Would definitely recommend and go back again.

Some of the best customer service I’ve encountered in a long time. Nothing was too much trouble especially for the more elderly amongst us. Food was extremely good as well.

Excellent service Excellent food We will definitely be coming back

Great welcome and lovely food! We like it very much.

Second visit to this establishment for a gathering of friends and were treated to excellent food served by friendly staff. All six of us were well pleased and will be back again.

Disappointing 40 minute wait for food. Average food, poor service. Waitress was in training but had no idea how to interact with customers, brought our drinks to the table. (Leaving her finger prints on the top trim of the glass) While experience - very disappointing!

Lovely atmosphere, lovely staff and lovely food. We will be back

2nd time. Here great food great service thank you for the great experience 💖

Lovely place. The staff, service and food was excellent. I have the liver and it was to die for. Definitely going again. Recommend to anyone.

Great service and food. Good value and setting. Dog friendly too.

Great food in a great pub. Very friendly staff and always ready to help. Dog friendly. Can be busy so ring if possible.

Amazing place, we were recommend a while ago but have only just got round to a visit. We both had the trio of roast meats, very generous, filled us up but we still had a dessert which again was really good. Service friendly and efficient.

Great food, very tasty and wonderfully presented. Our server was very pleasant and very attentive.

Lovely food, friendly staff and we will definitely be back soon

First time here. We arrived at 6pm to find the roast (various meats) had sold out! That’s terrible I hear you cry! But hang on, it’s a testament to the pub’s reputation, they had been so busy that they sold out! So we chose from the main menu. I can’t recommend this place enough, the food was AMAZING. The staff couldn’t do enough for you. We felt like we were very welcome. 5* 10/10

Booking was easy and able to change booking requirements and add people the night before. Beautiful place, quirky, stained glass windows, comfy nooks and a cockatoo! Friendly staff, delicious food. Only downside for us: Was listed as disabled friendly but it really wasn’t. Step to entrance and no disabled toilet. Manager willing to lend a hand but that is not the same as allowing independent access. Fabulous visit but be aware if you are a wheelchair user.

I took a very close friend for a different evening out. As soon as we arrived we were taken to our table. There was no pressure in ordering, drinks came straight away. The service and attention to detail was first class. The food was delicious, and we hope that our compliments did get back to the Chef. A very enjoyable evening. Thank you and see you again soon.

Lovely friendly village pub. Breakfast menu was great and sourced by local produce. Will definitely visit again.

Just brilliant... Definitely recommend this wonderful place 👍👍 Good food good atmosphere

The service was good and the staff were very friendly. We all enjoyed the food and it was presented well and we didn’t have to wait too long for it too come to the table. Unfortunately we did not know about the event that was on as there was a live band in the car park. If we had known about it we would have booked a different night. We had gone to meet friends that we hadn’t seen in a long time and catch up! The music was so loud that we could not talk to each other! We literally ate and left and went to another local pub.

Lovely atmosphere and great food. Very friendly and helpful staff. The pub is in a great location for us to meet family as it is easy to find from the motorway. Very reasonable prices for the quality of food.

Friendly pub. Great food with daily specials. Recommended. Outside seating and car park.

Nice pub with a great atmosphere and amazing staff. Will visit again soon

The food was of great quality and well-presented. Lovely pub location for a pub lunch.

Our second visit to the Malt Shovel, and just as good an experience as the first. We’ve visited with two different groups of friends and both have been pleased with the choice of venue. The staff are friendly and the good is good, what more could you ask for.😃

The malt shovel is a lovely pub/ restaurant, it was our first time there. Staff were very friendly and attentive. The food was tasty and the portions were generous. I will definitely be going back again 😁

Once again attentive staff, well presented tasty food. Always a pleasure to visit this lovely old pub.

The food and service were wonderful and very friendly staff.

We enjoyed a good meal of generous proportions, promptly served in pleasant surroundings. The prices were reasonable, the menu was wide and the service was friendly.

Tasty and original menu dishes. Reasonable prices. Friendly service. Would revisit

Visited on Thursday 25/07/2024 food average, waiting time a bit long service was good but we weren't told that some of the dishes are not available Not until we ordered and have to choose something else afterwards

Excellent food and service as always. Always great menu choice

Very welcoming table ready for 10 of us when we got there very friendlystaff lovely place

Came here for a quick bite instead of stopping at a service station while traveling south on M40. So glad we did. Service was excellent, as was the food. We had a halloumi burger and fish and chips. Both prepared and presented well.

Good food, nice surroundings and pleasant staff, what more could you ask?

Excellent service and great food today, thanks very much for everything

Very friendly and attitive service for our family reunion - thank you!

Excellent service and atmosphere with tempting menu of delicious food. There were 7 of us for lunch we all had a different main which was served all at the same time. Good value for money too. As you can tell we really enjoyed our lunch.

Very late booking but table was immediately ready . Good food and convivial atmosphere

Fantastic food, one of the best roasts we've ever had. Great staff, great service too.

The food was lovely and the members of staff were very friendly. We will come back soon.

Lovely village pub with great food and service fantastic highly recommend.

Enjoyed it so much we booked to go back again tomorrow