Menston Arms in Bradford - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

So much better than the very disappointing Fox! Lovely local with friendly people, great beers and delicious pizzas. I'll come back time and again. So relaxing!

Love this place. Food ace. Beers fab. Staff ace

A definite pit stop if you are in Menston. Best sour dough pizzas, fab staff, great all round. Outdoor area in the back is brilliant on summery days

Best pizza ever. The atmosphere is warm and inviting. The Malt Shovel is family friendly and dog friendly, with wonderful staff and a gorgeous outside area too.

Sunday Yorkshire puddings are amazing! 😍

The staff was very helpful and the food was very good 👍 👌

Great to have a village pub again and seeing it do so well. My only criticism is too many TVs. Personally I would restrict to 1 screen except for big events but that’s just my own opinion

Not sure how to rate this pub.... The design is stark, but clean. Hate TV's, but understand why they have them. Everything is very grey. The pizzas were excellent. A good pub, but not like a country pub.

Great local pub nicely decorated nice outside space great food and drinks

The staff are friendly and the food is excellent. I had the beef and ale pie, it was the best pie I’ve had in a long time. Will definitely be going back and will recommend it. 👍

We went to the Malt Shovel for lunch on Monday as it was my husbands birthday. It was very quiet but we expected that, what we didnt expect that all food had 50% off!! We ordered the sharing platter & cheesy chips with sweet chilli sauce & chicken strips. The food was fantastic, tasty & hot & we struggled to eat everything. It was fantastic value for money & we will definitely go back as its at the end of our road.

Great pub with a nice beer garden. Highly recommend the pizza. We shared one as plenty big enough. Will definitely be back.

Well kept beers and good atmosphere, good outside drinking area and catches the sun in the evening

sunday lunch march 2008+pub quiz wednesdays 7:30pm to 10pm 2006-2009 saturday afternoon drinks and snacks 2006-2015

Had pepperoni pizza & chips it was delicious. Really good.

Went for lunch in this lovely friendly pub,it's dog and muddy boot friendly too!

Smashing hospitality and beautiful food for a family gathering recently - thanks to all the team

Only five minutes walk to my home it is one of the best pubs in our village. I sat outside on Sunday to watch the Harley Davidson parade. Good live music outdoors to suit all tastes.

All good. Nice to see it completely redone and busy. 👍 Friendly atmosphere. The beer is good and there is plenty of seating inside and out (front and back). There is also a covered seating area in the garden (with heaters) if you want to sit with smokers when it rains ;)

As always, good friend welcoming service. Sat in beer garden on a sunny day😀

Village pub. Nice pint. Lovely inside (just done out) and good outside. Friendly staff.

Brilliant Landlord. Enjoyed the Thursday quiz The pub was nicely full so great atmosphere .

Would highly recommend this place, had my daughters christening after do here and was lovely, Tash and Tara was serving at the bar and was friendly and efficient, the place is clean and a good size with a lovely beer garden, will definitely be returning

Lovely community pub. Staff friendly and welcoming. Great atmosphere Will definitely be going again and would recommend to all

Well worth a visit food being served in May !

So nice now that it has been refitted, nice to have a few choices in the village

Lovely evening, nice improvements very fresh.

After the recent refurb, it's a fantastic pub. Really nice and taxes atmosphere, great sized beer garden and stunning ale.

Newly refurbished pub with good selection of beers. Very dog friendly which keeps everyone entertained. They show football and have a quiz every Thursday.

Newly refurbished its a lovely clean and spacious place. Has a great beer garden for when the weather is right. The landlord and landlady are welcoming and create a friendly atmosphere. I'm not a local but felt included with the general chat at the bar.

Some customers, who seemed to be friends with the landlady, "subtly" directed a couple of racial slurs at my girlfriend and her friend when they visited. Wouldn't have been difficult for the landlady to shut that kind of behaviour down but she chose not to, for whatever reason. Definitely the kind of place to avoid if you're not white.

Great pub & such friendly staff, definitely worth a visit👍🏻😀

average pub .not as good as it used to be. toilet immaculate

Good beer great bar staff reasonable prices

Perfect pint of Ilkey Mary Jane. Quiet on a Thursday but made to feel welcome on my own late on in the evening.

Not sure they do food anymore . Sam Smith pub so no mobiles eta. Have been twice while visiting the area. Quiz on Wednesday night starts 9pm good for a laugh. Friendly staff and customers. Excellent beer choices and very good prices. If your in area a definate place to drop in and soak up atmosphere.

Dropped in for an afternoon rehydration during my hike along the Chevin and the moors. Two pubs next to each other, but only this was open--so that's a bonus point for a start. Just a handful of drinkers inside, but all very friendly and chatty, so I spent an hour very happily here, drinking a couple of Sam Smith's excellent organic lagers. The barmaid, Julie from Rawdon, was running the place during the owners' holiday. Along with the customers, she was a warm and lively character, who owned a sweet little dog, which she came round to let us stroke, and some well-drawn tattoos. Views on Sam Smith's differ, but I like their beers--and you can find a cheap pint in their pubs if you want. Pot luck whether a hiker finds good company in random pubs: but I did at the Menston Arms and will remember it with warmth.

A proper local country pub with fine ales and friendly helpful staff

Having had all its trouble's this little pub seems to be on a slow upward trend. My wife and I were regulars but we haven't been in for a longtime however we went in Sunday lunch time. It was fairly quiet although the regulars were in, we knew many of them. The beer and larger is first class the best I've tasted and at very low prices or three pints for£5.04p very good value. This little pub also doe's food but I don't know what it's like. Well worth a visit.

Beers kept well friendly greetings on arrival and very good for sky sports

Popped down for Sunday lunch on hot summer's day. Had Pork Roast and pint. £10 95 for lot. Tasty only one Yorkshire pud but can't complain st price for good enough quality. Nice living room ambiance too with old Menston photos around. No cards taken so make sure you have wallet of cash. Wont break rhe bank. Recommended.

A wet Tuesday and half term combined to make this place with its play area very busy indeed. Food delivery times long but for the price it was good value. Excellent friendly and helpful staff despite being run off their feet.

Wow, what a lovely place this is! We were staying at The Marriott, Hollins Hall and as their restaurant is closed on a Monday night, they recommended we try The Fox. We are so pleased that we did! Staff were so friendly and welcoming and we must give a special mention to Lisa who really made the evening special for us by helping us to decide upon our food order to bringing us extra sauce for the chicken and generally being so friendly and chatty in a really unobtrusive manner. What a star she is - real asset to this place - in fact, from what we experienced, all of the staff there that night were excellent. We loved the ambience and the decor (particularly the logs feature on the walls - we may just pinch that idea some time! We will definitely make The Fox our first choice next time we venture to Yorkshire from Cumbria Thank you to all :0) Lindsey and George - Hillsdale in Ambleside x

We haven't been to the Menston Arms since last year and popped in today as we were hungry and in the area. The place wasn't very busy but it had lovely log fires and the staff were very friendly and helpful. The place is tied to Sam Smiths and the draft stout was excellent. The food is also controlled by the brewery and the pies came from an independent butcher in Tadcaster. Both the Steak and Ale pies and the cheese and potato pies were excellent and came with chips or mash and fresh vegetables. We got talking to the barman to discover that the place had changed hands and they had only decided to start serving food again a couple of days ago. On the basis of today we will be going again. The lunch for four was less than ten pounds a head including drinks. Be aware they don't take credit cards, but there is a cash machine just up the road

Wow never had a pint of lager for £2.00 but I did at the Menston Arms. Great priced ales and great tasting.

Visited early Sunday lunchtime with my partner and little boy. Wonderful friendly welcome from the landlord and landlady, I presume. Nice bench area to the rear and a lovely warm interior with roaring open fires. Excellent priced food and drinks, as expected from a Sam Smiths house, including some of the best homemade chips I have ever had in a pub environment. Service was outstanding and the locals very jolly and friendly. Well worth a visit to this great hostelry, we will certainly be back for a full lunch, and to sample the extensive drinks menu babysitter allowing😀🍻🍽

Called in on New Year's Day. Warm cosy pub with friendly helpful hosts. Good beer and excellent food, lovely pies. I believe that the hosts are new,they are hopefully going to make a success of this popular local.

Unfortunately this pub was lacking in both customers and atmosphere,but saying that We had Sunday lunch which was two course of either soup and main or main and pudding. I had beef after jokingly asking if it was still alive on the plate and was assured it was well cooked . I have to agree it was very well cooked and would have this again,this came with peas,carrots,green beans mash and roast potatoes followed by a tasty apple crumble. Value for money yes.

Good choice of dishes with something for almost everyone including a few veggie options. Food was tasty and served promptly with a smile. Being a Sam Smith's pubs, prices are very reasonable. We had two drinks and two main courses for around £20. We will return!

We came for mothers day with our friends. It's a lovely pub and the menu shows a good variety but everything we had was overcooked and basic. It was like my nanna had done it and she used to take things out when it began to fall apart. Liver and onions was like dog food, sausage and mash was floating in gravy soup and beef diner was like leather. Lovely village and pub but stuck to drink not food.

Beautiful summer's evening made this a pleasant experience. Very helpful bar staff, and reasonable prices ensured that a pleasant time was had by all. The beer is not the greatest, but acceptable, and no choice but the brewers own beer.