The Maltings in York - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Went two days in a row great food friendly service and good value for money

Great beer and service as always, never disappointed with the maltings.

Lovely pint with a great selection of ales . Not the cheapest

An excellent pub. Had a very good beef pie and chips, accompanied by fine Hecks and Cranbourne ciders and a perry.

Great atmosphere, nice space and seating area, drinks are a little pricey but it is the centre of York.

In some ways this is a traditional pub with a modern extension. Beers are good with traditional craft ciders. Nothing wrong with it but not my favourite in York. Let's face it, we have alot to choose from!😀

We love this real pub, great beer, no music and just a lovely relaxed ‘adult’ vibe

Good choice of beers on tap, friendly staff and dog friendly. Pretty quiet when we visited on a Saturday evening.

Fabulous traditional atmosphere, wide selection of drinks, no, make that exceptional selection of drinks and couldn’t be more friendly. Food was excellent and fantastic value. We will be back. Very highly recommended.

Lovely caske ale pub with plenty of options of different brewery's. Well worth a stop on your travels I highly recommend. Never tried the food so I can't comment on that and they only serve till 4pm

Scruffy with style, well kept beers

Great to visit this warm, friendly, historic pub on Yorkshire Day. Great staff, and a fantastic range of well-kept ales. The decor is incredible. Not so hidden, but definitely a gem!

Called here twice with two mature friends Johnny ‘2 sticks’ Hardman 75 and Sinbad 54 (looks older) and the bar staff were as miserable as sin - even charging me £8 for a pint of Leffe didn’t put a little smirk on his face !! When leaving we returned our glasses saying goodbye and he couldn’t even raise his head or speak - l can only apologise for inconveniencing you !

Very well run pub with a good friendly crowd

A magical pub. Every Tuesday from 1900hrs folk musicians gather to practice and play.

Excellent pub close to city centre- I visited Friday 26 July and Saturday 27 with mates prior to travelling to Scarborough for a gig & again before our train north Great staff from bar to door staff - who managed entry very well on both days which were race days and York very busy

Appalling, disrespectful, rude manager. Could be so much more

This is a down to earth city centre pub that has a lot going for it. Located not far from the train station it is a traditional place that seems to get a good mix of both locals and tourists. We called in after a race meeting and it was ticking over nicely and had a good atmosphere. You really are spoiled for choice, in terms of the drinks available and they do some really excellent beers at pretty good prices. The service is fast and friendly and the inside of the Pub is done out really nicely. This was a beautiful evening though so we decided to go and sit outside in the small beer garden, which is also highly recommended.

Awesome selection of beers and great homemade food, had a great pie with the most amazing chips

It was a summer afternoon, very quiet, but it took a long time to get served. There is a good selection of beers, larger cider, and cask conditioned real ales. I had a pint of stout very expensive and not in good condition. I was very disappointed as the place was recommended. Nice view attractive place.

Really poor pub. The service was dire and the male bar person with the long hair very abrupt. Shame great location.

Great selection of beers and lagers. . .Vintage atmosphere with lovely beer garden.

A fantastic Bar , with an exceptional landlord and really friendly staff.

Absolutely disgrace visited her for the 1st time and never again firstly no toilet roll in ladies whilst I was at the scruffy toilet my friend order vodka lime and lemonade far too much lime in we told the manager twice and was told could only add soda water in it I was horrified don't understand how these people get away with treating customers like this.

Lovely pub with a good selection of ales.

Been a few times as my friend likes it , just find the staff to be so unfriendly , they tend to hoover behind the bar with long faces and are not helpful - other than that small detail the place is ok.

Didn't eat here, just popped in while walking the walls for a swift half pint. Superb range of drinks. Yeah, it's not cheap, but it's still goof value for money. Will definitely go again and stay for longer next time.

Shaun and the team were as friendly as ever. Beer can't be beaten and the cheesey chips were as good as I remembered! A MUST if you are in York

A little gold mine. From the outside it looks big. But it's a pleasant bar and lounge. A very busy place with a great couple running the bar. The food a steak sarni is something different, the steak was amazing and fresh too. The bread was soft and tasty. I don't normally eat salad however it was the right portion. I asked for gravy too and I got it. I'm very impressed and will certainly recommend going there.

Quite liked it. Would like to try their menu.

Lovely pub excellent food service is excellent would recommend coming here

Really nice decor, old street signs and an emphasis on no swearing! The garden was quite small, but the doors leading to it are large and open so plenty of breeze comes in. When I went (a Tuesday) there was some people playing folk music which was really good and atmospheric!

Land lord really rude about dogs .. shouted across the pub no dogs people are eating. Most decent food pubs allow dogs nowadays so no excuse .. wont return !

Brilliant pub, food, service and staff spot on

A typical English pub, we didn't expect anything extra, but in the end, a great atmosphere, great homemade food, huge portions and a great selection of beers. The service was very nice and helped with the selection. It's a shame we were only in York for one day, otherwise they would have gone there again.

4.5 * SOOO much food, delicious but we could not finish

Quirky bar with really decent German beers on tap. No swearing is the motto in here which I don't mind to be honest. Loads of old sign memorabilia everywhere in this pub. They even have a toilet to sit on as extra seating. That's a new one on me but loved it all the same.

AMAZING FOOD and very generous portions. Very friendly staff. Highly recommended!

Great beer and cider , dog friendly .. easy to get a seat and good chat 👌 Definitely be back

A fine place, welcoming, and a decent pint!

Great food Amazing hand cut chips Great value for money Beer very well kept All in all a fantastic little pub Not very comfortable seats though

A good range of cask and keg beers, also cider and perry. Didn't try the food

Way back when, when I was a CAMRA member about ten or so years ago, I reviewed The Maltings for The Good Beer Guide, and it was a lovely place to drink back then. Now I wouldn't give it the time of day, easily the worst place my group of friends was in last night, and ranking high on York's crappest pub staff. Felt unwelcome from start (pointed sarcastic humour from behind the bar aimed at one of us) to finish (more snide comments). And in an otherwise empty pub, where you'd think they'd value the customers. Weird.

The malting is nices place to go for a drink and food very good

Enjoyed my wine. No complaints. Nice place to sit in.

Nice pub with a good selection of ales and other beers. Price for food is very good - please note that the portion sizes are massive!

Great pub,great beer and great food.

Typical local pub with reasonable prices.

Ok pub with a decent selection of drinks. Never had food, so I can't comment.

I have been coming to this pub for years. 'Big Sean' and his team are fabulous and have the right mix have real ales/ciders, first class food served in yorkshire portions and a unique traditional British feel atmosphere. This is not a chain, so dont expect childrens stuff or ping 'n ding beige meals. Note: children until 4pm as thats when food service ends, dogs and adults after 4pm. Also says this on the sign! This pub is famous for its CHIPS. Thick cut chips cooked in dripping. Lovely soft inside, really tasty then the piping hot chips are covered in tangy cheddar cheese that just melts in from of your eyes (no microwaves in sight). My daughter and me had one between the two of us cost is £5.80, you will not be disapointed. The do massive sandwhiches with thick meat or cheese and lots of different salads. Cheesy baked vegetables. but their other delacacy is their pies. Made with puff pastry that rises to about 4+ inches served with the famous chips and veg you cant go wrong. But again like everything else it is served in massive portions. They serve lots of real ales, bitters, milds, LPA and of course ciders. This is why they are a CAMRA top/award winning pub. The decor is old doors stuck to the walls then about 10 years ago, they took a wall down to create outside space. Be warned that if you go for just a pint you will want to stay for more...

Great selection of beers. Awesome place.

Great beer, great food, great atmosphere!

Great beer, they serve fantastic chips with cheese or chilli, that compliment the beer. Great atmosphere and staff

I read a previous review about how good the chips were....and I wasn't disappointed. Ham,egg and chips was a monster of a meal for just 12 quid. The food, staff and general place were excellent. I'll have to call in for food and a proper drink when I'm not driving.

Excellent pub.... great beers and atmosphere

We first visited this pub 31 years ago. Always a good selection of well kept beers. Food is well priced and portions huge. The chilli is properly hot! Service is always excellent. I just hope then when it is sold the new owners do not try and change too much.

As it is off the busy city centre is not as busy as other pubs in York. They have a great selection of beers, crafts and stouts. Reasonably priced and great service. Only unusual was that there was no music or any background sound, so if it was empty it felt dead silent. But it might be a one off thing, but unusual for Saturday evening.

Great selection of beers. Worth a visit.

York's "dog friendly" pub - except no dogs until 4, no explanation. So not friendly, definitely not dog friendly.

Called in for a drink whilst visiting York, was sat in the back area. Female bar staff was just waiting to pounce on an empty glass being put down on any table

The pub itself was fine. Very friendly bar staff. We only stayed for one drink. The doorman who was on duty, well he was a different matter. One of our party criticized his creased trousers and he must have taken real offence to this because he radioed to all the doormen in York to have us barred from most of the pubs. Actually had us put on pub watch! Have to say the food that we saw being served to other people looked amazing.

They are absolutely miserable and rude, worst atmosphere in a pub I've ever seen in my life. Skip this one. At least the interior is nice I guess.

Great pub. Has a local feel and traditional feel. Great food menu, good, honest home cooked food. Recommend the chilli and chips with added cheese. A healthy heat kick and the portions are large. Sit down and enjoy!

We turned up as 20 people walked in but still got served quickly. Lovely pub atmosphere, well run, service was outstanding, really friendly people, amazing choice of ales.

Don't bother with this pub if you want to have fun. Birthday party hats had to be removed as 'it's a traditional pub'. No hats at all allowed. Inside there are signs saying 'no swearing and no singing". If we'd have had a piece of chalk we'd have added 'no fun and no Guinness' too. What a boring pub. Couldn't wait to leave so that we could sing happy birthday to our friend and wear our hats in the Lindell Cellars.

This was our ( a small group of 6 sober women) first stop after getting off the train. The pub was ok, no complaints there. But that doorman 🙊 The Door man (blonde one) is an arrogant jumped up jobs worth. Chatting to the door man on the way out, one of our group asked him who ironed his trousers for him (they were very creased) she didn't ask this in a nasty way, more of a motherly way. Anyway for this reason only he had us put on pub watch and banned from all the pubs in York! He took our photos and put them on the pub watch group. Thankfully some of the other door men told us the situation but let us in anyway, telling us he is on a power trip and they too agreed he could do with sorting his appearance out (they all had freshly ironed trousers on) Luckily we all found the situation hilarious! But we genuinely fear for anyone that actually does something wrong to this doorman.😱

Great little place with great beers

Very popular place with a great selection of hand pulled beers . We liked it a lot.

Expensive but really good atmosphere

This place was a pleasant surprise. Right next to a cool bridge, I stopped by for a late night pint and was happy to stumble into some live music and a lively pub. Friendly staff, some good cask ales and draft beers, and even a few ciders and an English Perry! I decided to for a pint of the Perry and it was truly delicious. Might have been my first one ever. Anyway, bit of an older crowd but it was a fun stop and when the patio is open it's likely even better.

Decent food. Great portions. Great beers. Great pub 👌

Great pub. Food is outstanding. Big portions at a good price. They use quality ingredients. The chilli is hot. Really hot. If you can't eat a madras style don't bother. Chips are proper chips. Large ale selection and plenty of keg and real cider.

After a long day of touring the historic sites of York, we selected this pub as it looked so inviting. Lovely pints in hand, we sat at a cozy spot and ordered a boozy steak pie and fish and chips. White the pub wasn't empty, it certainly wasn't busy. It took over an hour to get our food. Others waited ages for theirs, also. Both the pie and fish were outstanding, but they were served with such massive amounts of chips that it was downright wasteful. One serving of chips was more than enough for 3 people. If we had any idea our quick pub lunch would take us over 2 hours, we would have selected another of the wonderful York pubs.

Lovely stop off from the station. A little pricey £4 half Leffe. But worth it. Great choice of beers

Great homely pub with friendly staff and good value pub grub. We had the beef sani and standard chip butty which was huge. Just glad the landlord steered me away from the giant chip butty. Well worth a visit but make sure you have cash as they don't accept cards

Real ale extravaganza. Great location. And it's up for sale if you have a spare £1.3 million

We were a group of 2 couples in our early 50s, on our way to the station after a few drinks. The pub was nearly empty and the bouncer decided that he wouldn’t let us in as one of us had apparently had too much to drink. Not sure how he came to that conclusion without even speaking to us. Needless to say we won’t ever try again or be recommending this place.

We were a group of 2 couples in our early 50s, on our way to the station after a few drinks. The pub was nearly empty and the bouncer decided that he wouldn’t let us in as one of us had apparently had too much to drink. Not sure how he came to that conclusion without even speaking to us. Needless to say we won’t ever try again or be recommending this place.

A very good pub by York city wall with tone's of atmosphere

A really great pub in York. Wide range of very well kept beers, and huge, generous portions of traditional pub food. All the staff we met were really friendly, and very helpful in getting us a table to eat in a very busy pub.

Proper pub. We didn't have any food.

The Maltings is a real highlight of all the pubs in York, consistently serving a superb range of local cask and craft beer for the past 32 years with Shaun and Maxine at the helm. Despite the fact that they are currently looking to sell the pub and retire it's certainly worth reviewing as every visit in its current form is cherished. Strict ground rules in the pub keep the riff raff away so they can leave angry Trip Advisor reviews instead and leaves a nice welcoming and safe space for the rest of us. With it quirky Breweriana, door fronted bar and plenty of cosy corners to get settled in it's a proper traditional pub but with a range of beers that would make other publicans blush. The Dragons Pantry also serves a chilli that allegedly is so hot someone once went deaf (not fact checked). So as long as you're not in a big group, have kids, spontaneously swear and sing a lot or are just on the hunt for a mass produced generic lager, then a visit to The Maltings is heartily recommended. Leeds United supporters preferred but not essential.

A great place close to the station with a reputation for good real ale and cider. Food only served at lunchtime but this place is all about the beer.

Good, Great, excellent portion size. Give it a try, it has a fantastic atmosphere, the bar staff are friendly the service is quick and first class

Budvar Nefilter on draft, silly wee bottles of Prosecco for the Doris, what more can you ask for?

Terrible food & terrible attitude from staff. My wife and I had an hour to kill in York and having had breakfast pretty early that day needed lunch before continuing our journey, we came across the Maltings Pub and decided to have drinks and a meal. The meals arrived fairly quickly and at first glance the portion's looked massive. My fish & chips was heaped on the plate with chips (more like wedges) under a massive crispy fish, my wife's jacket potato with Bolli, as they advertised it, again looked like a large portion. However on starting to eat our meals it became obvious that the initial looks deceived us, my plate was swimming in grease so much so that I could not eat the chips and as time went on the chips under the greasy fish and greasy plate turned to mush. My wife's Jacket potato and Bolli, was basically mince meat with no taste or sauce and we both left two thirds of both meals. When the waitress came over to collect our less than half eaten meals, she asked was the meals OK, we answered NO they were terrible, probably the worst meals we have been given in any establishment, to which she replied, I have never heard that in the two years I have worked here, we replied, well there's always a first although we don't believe it. The waitress took the plates away and from what I could see she showed them to the guy behind the bar who goes under the name on his till printout as Shaggy. We waited a while to see if anyone was willing to come and discuss our meals or at least say sorry.....no one came. In the end we went to the bar settle our bill. On speaking to Shaggy we sai9d the meal was disgusting but he insisted in FULL payment. Both Shaggy and the waitress were rude and unapologetic so this review in all its glory should be a warning to others. We are the very first couple to praise good manners etc. from staff and will gladly pay and tip for good meals and service, if we could give less than would star that is what it would have got.

An excellent licensed premises, grand staff and nowt was too much trouble. Highly recommend

The staff are really rude, and the pints are flat & served in the incorrect glassware. Wouldn’t come back. Very expensive for what you’re getting. Wouldn’t recommend

Dinner snack here plenty of choices took chilli and chips with a pint of…. Nice interior here pleasant staff. Of note the chips are mega … chunky well browned up. Recommend here to visit.

Great earthy pub with some fantastic beers on tap.

So cool in here. Good choice of beer including GF options. Friendly staff and the coolest decor. Can get busy so be prepared to stand for a while whilst you wait for a seat!

Just short of £15 for 2 drinks (estrella and some raspberry pint) no atmosphere and strange presence walking in. We're from Manchester and it's a cheaper for a pint in a proper glass and good vibes. This is the most expensive round in York and probably the most disappointing place

Cozy pub welcomed us on a blustery day. Though I was in search of something NA and disappointed they did not have tea, the menu had a generous list of no alcohol and low alcohol beers to choose from.

Nice quirky little pub full of old metal signs nice to see dogs allowed drinks spoilt for choice toilets spotless hubby had a cask ale said it was OK I had vodka diet coke

Now Then,now this is how a pub should be run ,fantastic landlord that knows how beer should be kept and served, the pub itself is a credit to him lovely decorated with lots of old signage and quirky bits and bobs, we wasn't going to eat as we had only come in for a couple of pints until the table nexted to us was served their food it all looked beautiful so we decided it would be rude not to I'm not going to blow smoke up their bum and bang on how good it was just go and try it you won't be disappointed,

Good selection of well kept ales. Being a small bar and seating area, be prepared to queue to get in at busy times - but hang around as it's worth it!

Beautifully warm and cosy on a cold winter day. Quite small, so fills up very fast. Absolutely cracking ales - ranging from great low priced bitters to top notch craft ales (you will pay for these, mind). Always loved this pub.

Visited many times, always wanted to try the food, as it always looks fabulous. Finally succeeded. Wasn't disappointed. Absolutely awesome.

Such a gem of a pub. Much brighter inside than the outside and photos lead you to believe. Staff couldn’t be more helpful. Made small portions of food for our child, helped us find a great spot to sit with plenty of space for pram, brought colouring and crayons spontaneously, helped lift pram in and out of pub without being asked. Honestly, not had such great naturally friendly customer service for a very long time. And just after getting off a train, felt like Yorkshire is full of welcoming friendly people (which it is!). Great selection of drinks on tap, and food good too.

Excellent place! A large selection of gluten free, low alcohol & vegan drinks! Very knowledgeable bartenders, live music, dog friendly environment. Would come again here🙏🏼❤️