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The Malt Shovel, Nottingham
Beeston
Postal town: Nottingham
NG9 2LU
Reviews of The Malt Shovel (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
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Alex Conway left this review about The Malt Shovel
Tucked down an alleyway just of Beeston high street is the malt Shovel. A large one roomed pub with high ceilings and the bar on the far left as you enter. There were five real ales on the bar with harvest pale being regular at (£3.20). They do have regularly changing guest beers but I appeared to have come on a particularly bland night with Doombar, bombardier and Oakham Citra (£3.30) being available with the final pump unoccupied. My Citra was in good condition but I couldn’t help feeling a little underwhelmed after hearing so many good things. Things were not helped by the pub being rather quiet on my Saturday night visit and were lacking a bit of atmosphere due because of it, but maybe I just caught it at a bad time. Overall I can tell it is a good pub that maintains a good pint that I will call back in again to see if I just happened to catch it on a particular flat night/poor selection.
On 17th October 2016
- rating: 7
[User has posted 421 recommendations about 421 pubs]
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Malt Shovel
This is a decent traditional pub with a good relaxed atmosphere, serving a varied selection of well kept ales. The pub consists of a good sized lounge, with the bar situated in the left hand corner. The areas on the right were separated by an internal wall. The barman was friendly and chatty and this was a nice welcome on our arrival. Five ales to choose from, so we went for the Kelham Island Easy Rider and the Blue Monkey Funky Gibbon. The pub also had bench seating out front.
On 18th July 2014
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2614 recommendations about 2614 pubs]
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Mark Davey left this review about The Malt Shovel
24/04/13 Nice little off the high street pub serving some good Nottingham brewery ales. Much better than the other three high street pubs, this place is well worth a quick visit. I have been drinking here on and off for thirty years and in my opinion, it is a better place since they modernised it.
30/11/13 Popped in for a pint during the Beeston Christmas light switch on. Perfect pint of Nottingham EPA. Still the best pub on the high road, however there are now only 3 with the demise of the Prince of Wales.
On 1st December 2013
- rating: 7
[User has posted 292 recommendations about 276 pubs]
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Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : No last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes - Benches at front of pub - last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 15p per pint, 30p per pint on Tuesday - last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Darts : Yes last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes - No evening meals Saturday & Sunday - last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes - Friday - last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 18 July 2014 by ROB Camra
| Sunday | 12noon - 11pm |
| Monday | 11:30am - 11pm |
| Tuesday | 11:30am - 11pm |
| Wednesday | 11:30am - 11pm |
| Thursday | 11:30am - 11pm |
| Friday | 11:30am - Midnight |
| Saturday | 11:30am - 11:30pm |
Last inspected: January 2nd 2019
