The Malt Shovel - Gaydon

A good meal was had by all guests, service was attentive without being "pushy" in short up to their usual standards, we travel from Cheshire to meet friends & The Malt Shovel never disappoints.

Always a pleasure, great service and Staff are very attentive

What a lovely way to break your journey. Picturesque and delicious. The epitome of England.

A regular haunt for myself and my husband when meeting friends who are travelling on the M40, and is always reliably pleasant. Decent menu with good options and reasonably price. Latest visit was on a Monday lunchtime after booking online for the first time and there was a nice buzz for a Monday.

Great tasty food. The resident parrot is a character. Busy pub serving quality food.

Excellent food and pleasant pub. Friendly and helpful staff. Cajun chicken burger was a good portion size and chips were hot.

Great atmosphere & very good service staff really friendly certainly will come again

We were a really late booking as we’d been travelling. Delighted to find that the Sunday roast dinner was still being served. Wr both opted for beef, which was delightful. Everything was really tasty, (I would prefer to pout my own gravy, whist plentiful it was really rich) We found the food a little ‘tepid’ the potatoes were not crispy but a little hard. It’s just unfortunate I think it was the timing of our visit. Which we accept. Service was good. Beer was excellent We will definitely come back for a meal.

Lovely food, in an lovely setting with even better service

I book a table for my staff for a car show every year in June @ The Malt Shovel & I have never had a problem with the service, staff & the food. I found this establishment back in 2018 & I am so glad I did

Very nice Excellent service staff very attentive big portions will be back

Super early dinner thank you. Lovely food, friendly service. Thank you also for finding a box for my daughter to bring her leftovers home.

Very good local pub with a varied menu. Helpful and friendly staff. Recommended

Amazing food and Gaby was an excellent server, really kind and attentive

Great pub, lovely attentive staff, spacious tables. Food and drink options were plentiful.

Lovely pub, friendly helpful staff, and great beer and food!

Such a friendly team and amazing food! We will definitely be returning.

Tired, unfriendly landlady and mediocre food would not visit again.

The food overall was good, but one of party found a 3 inch long gray hair in there meal which was pointed out to the girl serving us. her responce was I don't have gray hair and took the plates away. so with that in mind, we will not be eating again here.

Friendly staff, nice food, with good waiting times between starter and main.

Weekday lunch for 2. I had the minted lamb which was on the tough side but still tasted lovely. I would go again.

Thank you so much for a wonderful experience. We visited for my Mum's birthday and the team made it special by having us sit in a lovely area and the food was great. Thank you!

Excellent dining experience . Staff were delightful. I would def recommend highly

We were seated in a small alcove area which was lovely but full of flies. Food was okay but took an extremely long time to arrive and they weren’t particularly busy

Never had a bad meal at the Malt Shovel. The staff are always friendly and helpful.

A visit to British Motor Museum with old mate, required a good lunch - and the Malt Shovel did the business. Top notch food, good beer selection (at right temperature, and condition ), good friendly service too. Highly recommended, I wish I lived closer than 80 miles away!

Service was excellent, food was excellent and served in a very short amount of time.

Good quality and well cooked food with generous portion sizes. Service friendly and efficient. Very convenient from the M40 Gaydon exit.

Another great visit to this lovely old pub for a family lunchtime get together. Food is well presented and tasty, served by attentive friendly staff.

Sunday lunch on this visit, it was amazing thank you

Great village pub. Had very good turkey Sunday lunch with all the trimmings. Friendly and helpful staff as always Recommended.

Food was absolutely superb. Cooked from fresh so had to wait about 25 mins but really superb food.

Brilliant as always it’s great food and pleasant staff highly recommended

A great varied Sunday menu, lovely food and friendly service

Great village pub serving excellent food from a varied menu. Always friendly and helpful staff. Recommended

First time and a good half way house to meet friends. Delighted with the choice of smaller portions.

Excellent service. Superb food and a proper pudding to die for.

Great local pub in village location. offers great food from varied menu. Friendly and helpful staff. Recommended

Table booked with you /—— no table booked!!!! Very noisy and busy can’t hear yourself talk! No food yet !!!!

Great service, as always, food fresh and cooked to perfection, staff friendly, very chilled vibe 👌

Really enjoyable, good lunch menu, excellent fish finger sandwich. The Malt Shovel never disappoints !

Amazing roast, quick service and lovely atmosphere - the perfect Mothers Day dinner!

Delicious food and very attentive staff. A great pub! Definitely recommend!

We love this place! The people are so lovely and friendly. A beautiful pub with lots of character and the food is always delicious. We had a fabulous Sunday roast but the best bit was the pear and almond tart!! Would fully recommend!

Great pub. Friendly people. We will be back Thank you

Excellent local village pub serving great food. Varied menu served by friendly and helpful staff. Recommended

Nice little pub. A quiet Monday lunch. Staff warm and friendly. Food well cooked

The staff were friendly the food was good value for the money good atmosphere

excellent village pub serving great food with good menu choice. friendly staff and always helpful. Recommended.

Very nice, pleasant staff Slight Hiccup with my pud but quickly resolved