The Malt Shovel in North Lincolnshire

We are regular visitors and always enjoy meals etc.

The food is delicious, served in large portions, served quickly and reasonably priced. Also, the staff are nice.

Excellent selection of hand pulled beers, Titanic plum porter is a favourite of mine hence me.having 9 pints. Had the hanging kebab which was very tasty

Lasagne was absolutely beautiful. Love that everything is home made and there's such a nice cosy chilled atmosphere. Will 100% be back :)

Much declined since last here in its heyday. No longer so warm and inviting. Beer selection is a bit 'samey' and mostly strong to very strong so very limiting for anyone driving.

Good friendly service, amazing food

Came for the carvery on a Sunday and it was absolutely beautiful! Nicest carvery I’ve had by far (thank you Kieran) service was good and we were able to get a table even though we’d not booked and most were reserved. My friend is vegetarian and we weren’t sure how good the veggie options would be but there was plenty to choose from and the butternut squash wellington was made to order, will definitely be coming again in the very near future (especially if you bring back the mushy pea option).

Very disappointed. Came for a special meal (several people) and the food was terrible, burt pie, gammon and lamb, really salty mash and desserts with zero flavour. Service was very slow (table booked for 6.30 and people eating at said table at 6.20) waited almost 2 hours for the starters.

The Korean beef and chicken bugger, chief specials, and the Haddock and chips were very nice.

Beautiful food, hot and very tasty 😋

One of my favourite places to eat. Great atmosphere and food also. The mix grill is one of my favourite meals there to eat. Well priced too.

Call today with my brother-in-law really enjoy the carvery

We love the food and service in here. The negative bits ..... It's become quite pricey. We used to eat there every week, now it's a sort of 'special' place. As much as I like the staff, I believe they need lessons in controlling the air con. They have 4 or 5 big units in the main room. It's lovely if you are warm and need to cool down. It is NOT lovely when it is cooling your food before you have had one bite. We had Sunday carvery this week. It seems a waste of money to be heating the food to stay warm with an a/c unit blowing over the offerings. Our food was delicious but very cool.

Love this place ( homemade onion rings ) are the best and there chips

Great time, wonderful food amazing

Good range of beers, lovely staff

Good place for a drink and/or a meal. Reasonable price.

Called for a quick meal on our way to boxing 🥊 match and it was a good meal in the conservatory but a bit dark in the main room.

Good choice of beer & friendly staff.

Excellent food in a friendly atmosphere

Fish and chips were great. Real ale was great too.

Ĥave,nt been here in accouple of years as I felt it had gone down hill ...but we tried it again last night ,it is now a nice place to go to with a much better menu Loved the food ,and as a real ale lover I was spoilt for choice .....we will go back soon

Would be better if staff listened to your order and wasn't chewing gum

I have been eating meals for years but it's been getting worse and worse and now I have decided not to go there anymore. The chips are uneatable, food not properly cooked and missing items of order. I know lots of people have been recently and said the same. Shame i used to enjoy eating there. 😪

Just been for Mother's Day lunch, starters were all very nice. Had Roast beef dinner, veg and Yorkshire's were ok but the beef was like boot leather, couldn't even cut it. No waiter/waitress came and asked if everything was ok, so told her when she came to collect the plates, she said I'll let the kitchen know. When she came back i asked if she had said anything, she said "yeah, we've had alot of complaints about the beef today" !!??. Unfortunately you have to pay on ordering, but there was no apologies, no complementary coffee. Overall disappointed.

Tried here quite a few weeks ago and the meal wasn't very good. I had the steak pie and the edges were burnt. Thought we give it another try to see if it was just a one off. I had surf and turf, I've never had steak as dry as this one was. Had to dip it husbands gravy so I could eat it. Saw some friends in there and they said their meals weren't very good either. I won't be going back in a hurry.

Christmas dinner, all fresh , hot, tasty and very full plate. Excellent meal including decent Christmas pudding and not an individual one like most places serve.

Went for family Christmas meals, we weren't disappointed the meals were excellent. In particular, the venison was cooked beautifully 😍 evening enjoyed by us all .

Traditional pub food in the middle of Ashby. Well cooked food, which is freshly cooked. I enjoyed my gammon, chips and pineapple. Service friendly.

Great food every time, from pies, to quesedilla. Also a great selection of beer, ale and ciders, with some regular on tap, and some new stuff regularly changed and switched so there's always something new to try also. Would recommend here.

Very good meal. Service brilliant

Can you even put zero stars waited over an hour for food and it came cold and under cooked was totally horrible

The Meal we got at this Pub, wasn't very Warm or Hot enough to Eat, it was Burger and Chips Meal like it had been rushed and cooked too quickly, it tasted Good just the Chips wasn't very presentable, the Side Salad were like a few Days left too long and didn't taste nice from my first bite of that stuff, I won't be going here ever again for a Few Years until the Services improve at Malt Shovel

Clothes end up smelling of fried food. Beers are a good choice. Tried the Sunday carvery won't bother again.

Ordered the klefitico which was described as braised slow cooked lamb. There was nothing slow cooked about the sauce on the dish. Someone had opened a tin of tomatoes, stuck loads of garlic and herbs in it and poured it over some pretty fatty lamb. Hadn’t been cooked down at all. Also said it had black olives and it didn’t. Pretty disappointed but didn’t complain at the time as I was with a group and didn’t want to cause a fuss. For £18.95 it was definitely not worth the money! Chips were nice…

We ordered the Irish stew that came with bread and chips. It sounded delicious but unfortunately it was too salty and I like salt.I picked out what little beef and vegetables there were. I wouldn't recommend it!

Food was really lovely would reccomend 2 anyone

Nice pub, good range of beers and great staff who know about the beers and are happy to let you sample before buying. Only downside is the price, which is a bit on the steep side.

Really good visit on Wednesday night, the fish was like a whale on my plate

Visited yesterday for a meal and was very pleasantly surprised. Meal was outstanding. I opted for Gammon. This came with real chips and real battered chunky onion rings. (not frozen rubbish) The gammon was cooked perfectly and the peas were still green (I know it sounds daft but some places boil them that and leave them heating so much they go grey) The food was with us within 20 minutes of ordering, was piping hot with nice hot plates. Very very tasty and well cooked food. Service was fabulous over the bar and the floor team. Wheelchair access was great too. If I had to say one down point it would be that the Beer garden could have done with a grass cut …. But I’ll forgive that!!! Thoroughly enjoyable visit and left very happy.

Nice little pub, good was good but the bar service and atmosphere had room for improvement

Good proper home style cooking, not fast food rubbish, yes you have to wait but nice. Enjoyable friendly service and good value.

Little hiotola said seeats were taken but they were her mates so a disabled bloke got thrown out Disgusting!!

The food was great, very tasty and good size portions and the staff were great too.

Young Bam Bam Bigelow in the kitchen provided excellent service and kept fluttering his eyelashes at me from behind the bar x

Proper pub with very nice staff good selection of real ales and good food, not expensive.

A fabulous local pub. Excellent range of real ales and ciders which are varied regularly. Excellent food and a good list of bands and events. Great central location.

Excellent food, served hot, fresh and speedily by efficient friendly staff. The chef came out to chat with a couple near us. He bent over backwards to accommodate them and offered to vary how he cooked menu items. The only gripe I had was that there were some locals having a drink at the bar. Not a issue but their language was rather adult. So I would not recommend it for younger children. My husband and I, though, plan to visit on a more regular basis to go through the very varied menu. 😋

Ale was good. Service left a lot to be desired as we were all sat in the "side room" and had to constantly ask to be served.

Lovely food .but the drinks are well expensive.

Incredible food, just don't eat for a week before going 👌

Disappointed, had the pie, small portions and highly priced, must say put us off returning.

Great selection of real ales on rotation including on this occasion my all-time favourite, Jaipur. Didn't eat on this visit.

Great pub excellent food ,what more do you need

Whilst here for evening meal last week I noticed everything is microwaved to plate up. This is really disappointing as it's not a cheap meal here anymore and I would have thought with how busy it is food would be cooked fresh.

Just had food here tonight with my nephew visiting from London,wow got to say it was amazing and great staff, would visit again and highly recommend it

Nice atmosphere food always great staff friendly

Food excellent, service friendly

Best mixed grill I've had, will be back soon .

Lot's of delicious food to choose from a huge menu. Highly recommended . Be sure to book a table before hand. The staff very helpful.

Not been here for years so we thought we would get reacquainted Very friendly staff excellent choice on menu very good prices and the food was well presented and very tasty, would recommend a visit

Always has a rustic friendly atmosphere. New much improved menu, value for money Food excellent quality

Not a bad pub but disappointed on my recent visit as range of beers not overly exciting!

Fantastic meal great company and the staff did a wonderful job

Good food and relaxed atmosphere.

Food was really tasty, the puddings were a bit hard. Biggest downside is no tabs.

Steak pie best anywhere and the fish huge

Fabulous Christmas meal with friends Excellent freshly cooked food Good quality and plenty of it First class Great service

Good food and good entertainment

Food here is not bad but very over priced drinks...

Ordered a nice hot Christmas Dinner by the time the meal was put in front of me it was lukewarm, this was the same for all the rest of the group who Ordered the same, there was no serving spoons out for the veg service was slack and slow,one gentleman did not receive his meal until most of us had finished. I left feeling that they had taken on more than they could handle

Always top of our list for great pub food and a decent pint. Have been enjoying the entertainment recently too!

Lovely food. Great price. Great service. Highly recommended

Lovely food ,great atmosphere 👌

One of the best ale choices around love the cosy truly English traditional pub vibe right up my street

Great value traditional cooked pun food. I can recommend the meat pie. Excellent customer service

For God sake get a grip with the ale prices.. I don't care what % the beer is the price of the beer should be on a price list above the bar for all to see not by percentage.. I've paid £3.80 for weeks for hobgoblin & some newbie (not her fault) charged me on % £4.10. But all said and done great pint.

Great food and local atmosphere.

Nice pub good food ,good choose of beer.

First time eating here n won't be the last! Food is amazing ,I had the Mexican burger n chips n was delicious,friendly place, well done chef

Kieron the chef has excelled himself tonight!! Omelettes are back on the menu and were eggs-cellent!!! We will be back

I always enjoy the food and service and had the added bonus of live music

Amazing food and staff are really helpful.

Very busy and friendly place food is excellent

Good food helpfull staff ,air con 💜 clean

Nice food. Okay prices. The lady behind the bar was friendly, very helpful and patient. The carvery smelt and looked delicious! Wish I could have tried it myself, but I had a beef joint cooking at home for dinner 😅 Next time!

Good beer great staff no problem, give it a go.

Good food and service and a good pint

We had mine and my husband's birthday celebration meal with my family this evening 12 of us and we all thoroughly enjoyed our meals. Thank you to all the staff. Amazing food!!

Stunning food was muchly needed

Nice friendly place lovely food and good value 🙂👍

In general this is always a great place to eat and sample the excellent range of real ales and real ciders, usually this place out-shines any other eating establishment in the area. On my last visit I opted for the fish and chips it was quite pricey at £14.95 unfortunately on this occasion it was a small piece of fish and the batter was soggy inside and I seem to remember the portion of chips used to be a lot more generous. Obviously these issues can be easily rectified by the chef and I will be pleased to try another meal here soon.

Bit quiet today but very pleasant staff food good as usual 😃☺️

Came in for a drink while visiting the area. Very good selection of real ales, some local and some easily recognisable. a must visit!!

Great pud and food was fantastic

Food not worth the price, 14.95 for haddock chips and peas, and the batter was soggy. Staff was grumpy, music choices with swearing in, meaning that kids of a young age could hear these songs. Will not be coming here again.

Good hearty food and lovely staff.

Great oldie worldy place. Food was scrumptious hunters chicken burger

Excellent food quality and excellent service

Go here quite often for a"light lunch" very reasonably priced. BUT they have taken their delicious steak and ale pie off the light lunch menu.. Gutted as it was just right for a midday meal. But the good thing is you can still get it on the main menu... But proportion size is too big for me at lunch time. Staff are great, food is hot and delicious.... Give it a try !!!