The Malt Shovel - Gaydon

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

The food was excellent and service great will visit again

Friendly, excellent ale, a good selection of food. We shall return.

Great food. Gluten free fish and chips. Not greasy at all. Thanks.

Had to wait over an hour for the food, and high noise level as we ate it, as there was a band playing from 9.00 pm. The table was pre booked for 19.15 hrs as well.

Fantastic food, fantastic atmosphere. Really lovely local pub and we'll definitely be back.

We had a very pleasant lunch. The restaurant had a good atmosphere. Was not too busy at the time we were there. The food was excellent as was the service. Will definitely visit this pub again.

Great service, we were made very welcome. Food was exactly what we wanted. Many thanks.

Every member of staff was so polite and really good at their jobs. Food amazing and well over portioned. Looking forward to coming tomorrow.

This was our 5th visit to the Malt Shovel and once again we could not complain about anything, the service, food etc are always of a very high standard.

We all enjoyed our meals, good surroundings, and we had an enjoyable time.

Easy to book a table on line (as long as the group is 6 people or fewer). Excellent service on arrival, wait time for food was reasonable.

The staff were very helpful. & pleasant -Daisy served us she was lovely. The service was excellent!

Excellent meal again- we meet up with friends from Abingdon ( each couple travels an hour to get to the Malt Shovel). We have met up a few times now at the Malt Shovel. Staff are friendly, professional and welcoming . There is an excellent choice of food and we all had an excellent meal- would highly recommend.

Fabulous service and a great new menu . The Meze sharing board was delicious followed by a lovely homemade pizza . Love this country pub lovely atmosphere and great customer service.

Booking was easy using Quandoo. Delicious food that was freshly cooked. Service was prompt and efficient. The staff were all friendly, polite and efficient. We appreciated that a jug of water was offered and refill available, all without asking. Would definitely recommend eating here and hope to return.

As good as always with friendly staff and great food

Lovely lunch on the terrace in the sunshine. Quality, tasty food and lovely, friendly and efficient staff. Will be back soon.

Lovely place with lovely food. Great staff and friendly atmosphere

The food was gorgeous, although my chips on the 'Chip Shop Board' where a little too salted and had lost their delicious crips, it was tasty nonetheless.

Really nice time, thank you very much for a lovely meal

Meet up of family in between locations. Great place to do this. Food was excellent, the waiter could not have been better. We have been before and looking forward to going again later in the year.

everything except the lamb cutlets was great - just the lamb was very chewy and the steak knife wasn't strong enough

A Sunday evening visit - good food at fair price.

Thanks so much, staff were so lovely and friendly, food great. We really enjoyed our (first) visit.

Our first visit to the Malt Shovel. Staff were very friendly and helpful. The food was excellent. I would recommend and well be visiting again.

The staff very kindly found us a table in the bar area because our guests insisted on bringing their dog with them (& dogs understandably not allowed in the restaurant). The table was great, the staff wonderfully attentive & friendly and the food/drink were excellent, however the bar was busy with a few loud individuals - but, it is a pub, so no complaints!

Unpleasant to have the tv on directly above our table. Very noisy in the bar area, difficult to hear conversations at our table. Food was good quality but very limited options available and large portions - only burger and chips offered as vegetarian option. Serving staff were friendly and gave a warm welcome

Awesome atmosphere, very good food, we had a wonderful time.

Very tasty Sunday lunch with gluten free options and good beer

Service was very friendly and efficient. The food was delicious and interesting. Thoroughly recommend eating here.

Wonderful mushroom starter and great roast dinner with good choice of ale