Malt Shovel Inn, Telford in Telford and Wrekin

We had 13 meals all different and served together all was perfect and had a lovely time thank you Margaret and Brad we will be going again

We enjoyed our visit to the Malt Shovel for lunch, the food was great and the lager and real ale were spot on. also very friendly atmosphere . we also decided to book an after funeral buffet for the following week. Thanks both.

Really friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Made to feel welcome by all. Lovely outside seating space. Great food menu reasonably priced. Most importantly dog friendly.

Friendly traditional English pub. Great hosts, food and drink. Nice atmosphere and dog welcome. Well worth a visit

Great friendly pub, excellent bar staff and well kept beer. Always made to feel welcome on every visit. Bar lounge and beer garden

Great pub, great selection of beers and pizzas to die for. Landlord & Landlady (Brad and Marg) are really friendly and happy to go out of their way to help, would highly recommend a visit

Brad and Marg are the perfect hosts. They always make us welcome. They serve the best pint of Pedigree in Shropshire and the pizzas are fantastic!

Fantastic local pub, we visit most weeks for a few drinks after work, either with friends, family or just as a couple. Margaret and Brad are really welcoming and there is an amazingly atmosphere, such a comfortable place to visit. Quiz nights on Tuesdays and a lovely relaxed vibe on Fridays. All dogs welcome and are provided with a treat by Margaret and a bowl of water upon request. The pizzas are to die for and a fantastic addition, so glad it’s within walking distance for us!

Great pizza and real ale. The ambience was that of an old fashioned pub. The welcome was warm and friendly

We had a lovely meal in the Malt Shovel, great food, very friendly & great service. I tried a pizza from the new menu & it was lovely, my friend ordered the omelette, which she enjoyed, definitely recommend a lunchtime meal there !

Came here for lunch on Thu lunchtime and the food was great. Came here again on Fri evening and had a pizza which was excellent. Great pub and great food. The landlord and lady are good hosts for this busy and friendly pub. Highly recommend the Malt Shovel if you’re in the area.

Great Hosts a real traditional pub and good food on a lunchtime Tuesday to Friday fish and chips on a Friday the best in any restaurant. Having just moved to this part of telford its great to have some where which is local with a warm welcome and great entertainment on most weekends,also a great plaice to watch the football results on a Saturday afternoon and they have just started to serve a good selection of pizza's and garlic bread a good sized lounge and bar area S&J

When we went to the pub quiz on the Tuesday just gone we noticed the new pizzas. The toppings were really tasty, the base wasn't greasy. The garlic and cheese read was amazing. We'll be ordering these every week.

This is a lovely local pub with a nice family feel. The landlords and welcoming and friendly. They have a few different events on throughout the week so be sure to check them out! If you’re after a pint, a local pub quiz or some tasty food I’d definitely recommend the Malt Shovel 😊🍻

The new pizzas are really good. Lots of choices, fast service and always welcoming bar staff/owners! Dave, Rosie & Mark

Excellent hosts great real ale an fantastic food including real hand made cooked chips and pizza . Will be back

Popping into the Malt Shovel for a birthday lunch I was pleasantly surprised to find they now offered 8 inch pizzas as part of their menu. As an 'experienced' pizza eater I had not eaten a pizza without tomato sauce as part of the topping, but I ordered the Ham & Shroom pizza, with Béchamel sauce instead of tomato, with interest. When it arrived, I was not disappointed, the very tasty, crispy base, combined wonderfully with the smooth sauce and the excellent smoky ham, topped off with the balsamic glaze made for a superb tasting pizza. Excellent Brad and Margaret, thank you.

I was on my way to get some much needed supplies for a very ill lady I look after and on my way she called me, this is unusual and she only does this due to some distress she is in. I couldnt answer as my hands free is broken so I chose this pub carpark to pull over and make this call, away from exercising public. I park up and immediately rang the lady. To my utter shock the landlord come bouncing out of his pub f ing at me, putting both himself, me and the lady I care for at a higher risk of coronavirus. I tried to explain what I was doing from inside the car and he just threw more obscenities in my direction, almost spitting as he did. I didnt want him getting any closer than he already was so I hung up on the lady and drove to the nearest spot I could safely pull over. I have never been to this pub but if that is what the landlord is like I dred to think what it would be like if I ate there. If you are ok with nasty mouth landlords then good luck. I will definitely not be frequenting the place. As it happened the lady had fallen in her home and needed help and I had to go back and help her, i hope the landlord is very proud of himself.

Popped in on the off chance, 5 hungry adults. Good range of food, all freshly prepared, very friendly staff and nice atmosphere.

Not a child friendly pub. Welcoming and happy to serve us with , no issues with food and drinks. If your looking for a family friendly pub this is not the place for you. I have 2 lively spirited children and they were made to feel a problem. I can see that it’s an older generation cliental, but the problem with that is that will eventually end and if they don’t welcome the next generation then the pub will fail and close. A most disappointing experience. We won’t be returning as made to feel an inconvenience and felt we had out stayed our welcome.

This is a unique experience, like turning the clock back to how traditional British pubs used to be before the big chains became dominant. No piped music. No gaming machines. No computer-screen order taking. Fantastic real ale and excellent home-cooked food. The menu is simple, traditional and great value. This pub is a credit to the landlord and landlady.

A good friendly local pub! Thank you guys! We’ll come again soonThe malt shovel has parking and is a quiet road which can be used tooAt this time of year the garden and hanging baskets are really coming to life making it so attractiveKitchen staff are efficient and most friendly, bringing doggie treats and water bowl for Chester the Labrador The garden has many pub style benches and tables, set in the small space with picket fence!Bar staff serve quickly, I wish there was time to visit more often, I live about five mins walk away!Winter visits are so cosy with the log fire to warm us up after a dog walk

Visited today for lunch for the first time and the food was excellent. Beer is good with a nice selection. Food is only served at lunchtime though.

It's a very good pub that serves good beer. It's probably the only pub located within the Leegomery area of Telford so if you prefer a place not surrounded by other noisey places then you'll enjoy it here.

we have been coming to the malt shovel for years for lunch on our occasional days off together .The food is always Superb , Staff always friendly , Highly recommend for a cheap weekday meal, Especially the CHILLI,

Called in for lunch on a cold wet Monday. Pleasant room but cold real fire not lit which would have made a real difference. Only 4 people in the whole time we were there clearly a pub for older clientele. Meals were fine basic pub grub and very reasonable. Landlord polite and pub very clean. Possibly more atmosphere at night. Good range of beers. Would call again if in the area

Have used this Pub on and off for many years, through successive landlords/publicans. It has always been a good beer destination with beers from Marston's/Banks's. Public bar is basic and dog friendly. Lounge smarter and carpeted throughout. Never had food here apart from crisps and a buffet once at a private function. Brad and Marg have re-vitalized the place since their arrival and it is as busy as it's ever been.

Superb beer, lovely people, friendly landlord/landlady who make you feel very welcome. What more could you ask for!

El Malt Shovel es un pub encantador y tradicional, es una muy cálida bienvenida recibida. La comida que ofrecen es todo recién hecho y en abundancia. A mi marido le encanta la cerveza, Brad el propietario cuida mucho a producir una gran pinta siempre!

A proper pub run by brad and Marg. Lovely lunchtime food and a good selection of real ales especially the marstons pedigree which has got to be the best in Shropshire

Almorcé aquí miidweek. El menú es de limitada pero lo que hacen es bueno. Bonita casa papas fritas caseras - mi marido tenía los huevos con jamón y patatas fritas muy sabrosas y tuve una ensalada maravillosa de gambas, no la típica lechuga, tomate y pepino tirado en un plato, pero una ensalada bien presentado, con una mezcla de hojas, pimientos y uvas muy agradable. Estaba bastante concurrido, que teniendo en cuenta hay mucha competencia en la zona de pubs foody te dice que debe haber una atracción. La cerveza está bien cuidado y la acogida auténtica, no la típica "todo bien para ti" como la camarera paseos. El cocinero lleva la comida y charlas para los clientes así como el propietario y la señora tierra. Si quieres un buen almuerzo a Dios y honesto para no necesitar la oferta de cincuenta artículos extraño en el menú dar la pala de Malta.

Popped in for my usual quiet midweek drink, and delighted to say that, as ever, the welcome was warm and the Stella cold! Highly recommended.

Qué pena. Ha cambiado mucho desde mi última visita hace 6 meses. No hay ambiente o calidez alegre de una chimenea en un día frío frío. Normalmente hay gente que charla y le dará información sobre los intereses locales. Pero sólo unos pocos en ambos bares. Parece persona bar quería terminar como preguntaron si había hecho ya que poner mi cuchillo y tenedor. Lo siento no volveré.

I've been coming here on and off for a couple of years now, and every time I find a warm welcome, a friendly smile and a great atmosphere.

Gente agradable y antiguo estilo pub. El único problema no hay comida después de las 3. No muchos clientes, así que no hay ambiente.

Pequeño gran pub. Acogedor bar tradicional y agradable salón relajante. Buena calidad de cerveza y acreditados. marque cask

I love this traditional pub,great local.Food very well priced we can highly recommend this pub ... Miss the old landlords.... Welcome to the new couple who are local and welcome dogs and are keeping it running the way we are used too!!!

we stopped in after venturing off the motorway. The staff were very welcoming.This is a nice traditional pub offering a good selection of meals including what we wanted, a light lunch! We chose sandwiches and soup which were great along with a nice pot of tea! YMMV

Great little pub. Good pint of pedigree bitter and I'm not a pedigree fan. Nice smallish bar producing a great atmosphere and a larger lounge with some nice simple touches.

Great local boozer with quality, well kept ales, very tasty homemade food including all the usual favorites plus interesting daily specials.Friendly welcome, log fire, great service..Happy daysHighly recommended

Popped in for a lunchtime feel. Marstones pub so Pedigree is great. I had their curry special of the day and my wife has the omelette. Good honest food. We were tempted by the cornish ice-cream so that rounded off the meal.Very good service.

Great little pub for meet up with friend's, but the food is so simple,basic and lacking in flavour and adventure, owners staff are wonderful, I feel a lot more could be done to make this a wonderful eating experience!!

We just popped in this pub as we were passing and found it to be a lovely old fashioned pub with a lovely friendly landlady and pleasant staff. We only had a snack meal of home made quiche and salad and it was absolutely delicious. A fairly simple menu at very reasonable prices. My only complaint would be that they don't serve food at the weekends and I would have loved to go back there on the Saturday before we came home to Essex!

I pop in from time to time... Well, every week actually!... for a couple of quiet pints, and always enjoy the warm, friendly, welcome and great beer.Super little local, the way pubs should be.

Been visiting here for 20years, lovely local with character. Staff have changed over the years but friendly welcome always awaits

Having not been here for a number of years, my husband and I decided to pop in for a snack. We opted for the Shovel Ploughmans Plus between us. Absolutely superb. Plenty for two. Even had Stowford Press!! Will definitely frequent again.

AJ and Jo have been a fabulous addition to the pub. There is always a warm welcome waiting at the Malt. Cask marque ales. Great home cooked food. Chip butties on sporting occasions and quiz nights. Great varied live music every other Thursday. Brilliant local. Long may it continue.

I visited the Mault Shovel Inn with a group of friends when attending the quiz night. Jo was warm and welcoming and cares a lot for her customers offering free chip butties on game days and delicious home baked goods for sale on the bar! The brownies are gorgeous. :-) Highly recommended!

Medium sized Pub with great atmosphere. Food is available but would need to check times. Entertainment is provided various days of the week as well as pub quizzes.

This is a lovely pub with friendly service and good quality food at a reasonable price. Always a choice of beers and staff who are welcoming and attentive. If you're looking for a friendly pub with well mannered staff and quality food, then a visit to this pub is a must.

I thought I would see if Trip advisor had any reviews of the Malt Shovel. Most people seem to have the excellent view that we hold of the place. My wife & I eat there once a week, more if we can. It serves excellent quality food & beer at very competitive prices. The staff are extremely friendly and chatty, makes going there a real pleasure.I see a few poor reviews, maybe they were at a different Malt Shovel. If things don't go right, you should say so.

This is a lovely place with good food, good ale and really friendly staff. The meals are well prepared with a good menu choice. Reminds me very much of the family pubs of years ago. My brother and I have visited a few times now and each visit has been the same friendly experience.We would recommend the Malt Shovel Inn to every one. Make the time to visit, you won't regret it.Cornovii

I visited here when I was last in the area and called in again earlier this week. I enjoyed the chilli in a jacket potato with side salad, a piece of Brownie and a posh coffee. I even sat by the open fire. It is rare these days to be able to go to a friendly little local pub (NOT A PUB WITH A RESTAURANT) and get a choice of great homemade food at a reasonable price. I don't want the impersonal service and the reheated mass produced food that you can get in so many places. I also found the staff here friendly and helpful. I will definitely call in again next time I am in the area.

If your after a great pint and a warm welcome then you have no need to go any further than the Makt Shovel!

First and foremost, a pub has to serve excellent beer, OK, wine and spirits too. On the beer front, you will not find a better pub than the Malt Shovel. All ales are hand pulled (no keg) and always of excellent quality. You don't see many palces like the Malt Shovel any more. It is definitely a pub that sells food, very good food. It is not the modern pub which is basically a third rate restaurant that happens to sell beer as well.These days, pub grub tends to be pre-prepared, delivered in a van and re-heated by a "chef" who's only necessary qualifaction is the ability to operate a microwave. If that's what you want, then don't go to the Malt Shovel. However, if you want excellent, traditional pub food, prepared fresh on the premises, then the Malt Shovel is definitely for you, lunchtime only, and not at weekends.On our family visit, it was obvious that the Malt Shovel does not have a 'set' type of customer, and all are made extremely welcome by the friendly and efficient staff.

If you're looking for a family run pub that serves home made food the Malt shovel Inn is the place for you, even when I am on a diet I never seem to be able to resist Jo's sweet treats and quiche (which is fantastic!!!).I want to urge anyone who reads the bad reviews to ignore them as in my opinion the Malt Shovel is more welcoming than virtually all of the pubs I have been in recently- I have also never experienced rude staff nor people at the bar waiting endlessly for drinks. Quite the contrary actually and you find most people drinking in there are repeat visitors!! Jo and AJ ( the owners) are often behind the bar which is great and have really turned the place around since taking over, now putting on quiz nights and live music for us all to enjoy.If your looking for a Gourmet pub or one that re-heats mass produced food then this pub isn't for you but if you are just looking for a little local pub that serves great reasonably priced food and a good pint that I would definitely give it a go!!

Waited For drinks at the bar for well over 5 mins when we were seved the staff were rude and unwelcoming, atmosphere was pleasant, food was good was average and bland, service time was 30 mins never go back there again

Waited at the bar for well over 5 mins to be served for our drinks, some other customers in there said that's usually the way in there.Food took 45 mins to come and weren't offered sauces with our meals... Eat about half and asked for the bill...weren't asked if everything was ok with our meals throughout. Took a further 5 mins for this over all very disappointing! Won't be returning!!

Came here with a girlfriend for a quick lunch. Never been before and was quite disappointed by the unfriendly manner of the lady behind the bar, in fact she was so rude we decided to drink our drinks and leave. We ended up eating somewhere else where we were appreciated.

Just wanted to say that I have had lunch a few times since my first review and the Malt Shovel still gets a big 5 stars for excellence. I highly recommend it. You get great home cooked food which is excellent value for money. (Food served Mon to Fri 12 til 2pm).Everyone is always made to feel welcome, it's warm and friendly atmosphere, good portions of food, good selection of drinks, what more can anyone ask of a pub? Visit and you will not be disappointed.

Nice enough pub as you walk in, back room is not very welcoming. Neither were the landlord/lady/ bar staff. We were not welcomed. I got the feeling it was a 'local' 'clicky' pub. Would not recommend and certainly wouldn't go again.

We went for lunch last Monday, living locally it was nice to walk there and enjoy a glass of Hobgoblin beer with our meal. The food was home cooked and hot and tasty and pleasant staff particularly the young man who served us stopping to chat for a moment in between other customers. The lounge was quiet, probably because it was Monday. We had coffee afterwards but felt it rather pricey. In fact our coffees cost nearly as much as our beer!!!!Would we return again? Probably, but sometime in the future and not on a regular basis. A wider choice of menu would be advantageous in view of the new housing being built nearby.

Been for lunch twice in the last couple of months - a business guest on my first visit in June - and hosting friends today.Just like any other pub? - not a bit of it !! AJ and Jo make you genuinely welcome the minute you walk in - and they remember your name (only been once before - Wow !!)Local beers, real ale, a great menu of simple but GOOD, FRESH, TOP RANGE food - and a chatty, cheerful team behind the bar and in the kitchen .... This is a local pub at the top of its game - thanks to all of you for such a cheerful, enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere!

We are local and are very lucky to have such a great local pub, which is so welcoming and friendly to everyone. It has a lovely warm welcoming atmosphere, the lunchtime food is really tasty and good value, a lot of it genuinely homemade. There are also cakes and coffee or tea for lighter bites. The service is always with a smile. They do a good selection of beers and they must be fantastic judging by the amount of time my husband spends in there!! There is a separate bar with TV and dominoes, what I would describe as a traditional men's bar and then a separate lounge which is cosy in the winter with a real log fire and more comfortable seating. It has recently been given a freshen up with a new paint job and more modern fixtures in the ladies and lovely hanging baskets outside to name just a few improvements. There are regular music nights which are really good and it gets busy but the atmosphere is great, everyone is really friendly. When you hear of the amount of pubs closing down its a shame but they wouldn't be closing if they were all as good as The Maltshovel, I hope it continues to go from strength to strength !!

Wonderful hosts, wonderful food, wonderful beers, wonderful customers, so simply a wonderful pub. ALways really enjoy

This is truly a lovely local pub with a difference serving great home made food at lunch time. Menu is already great but is topped up with some lovely home made specials. We were strangers to the area but Jo and AJ made us really welcome.

A warm welcome, engaging conversation and a great pint of Pedigree. Traditional local pub with a bar room with dominoes and darts and a comfortable lounge bar.

What a lovely local pub, great find! Not many about now. They have a great lunch time menu Monday to Friday, traditional beer, the best pint of Marstons Pedigree in the area!