Reviews in Shropshire

Well, on a very quiet day with only one other table occupied, the meal was disappointing. Having booked a table, we were greeted with sit anywhere which was probably ok. When the meal came 2 of us had thick chips which were only half cooked (I still ate mine.) The chicken and the pulled pork was described as mediocre in taste. So it was a while before our plates were collected, and we would have had a sweet had we been asked! The sweet menu never appeared, but that went along with the inattentive service, and lack of interest shown in our meal and our thoughts thereon. We even had to go to the bar to ask to pay!. Anyway we have tried to support a local restaurant but we will go elswhere next time.

Overall our meals were good. The kebabs were tasty and another in our party ordered fish and chips and the fish was huge. The chips looked hand cut but they were a bit hard. A pint of shandy costs the same as a pint of lager. It was quiet but it was a Wednesday evening. I will try it again in the future

I would recommend The Malthouse to anyone staying in Ironbridge.

The staff were pleasant on our recent visit, however, for a Friday night there was practically no atmosphere and was deathly quiet. As a family of five, not one of us enjoyed it completely. The fried food (fish &onion rings ) couldn’t have been cooked at the right temperature as they were so anaemic and sodden with oil there was no crunch whatsoever ever on the batter and wasn’t really edible. TAKE THE RISOTTO OFF THE MENU what a massive disappointment. The description on the menu is that of a bounty of fresh green veg on what sounded like a flavoursome hearty risotto- which is was the complete opposite, about 5 peas, 3 slices of asparagus stem that were the size of 5 pence pieces, no spinach to my knowledge that I could find and the Risotto was an over cheesed, stodgy, bland porridge. Paying an extra £8 for the fish finger sized piece of Salmon topped it off as the worst meal I’d had. Don’t think we’ll be going back any time soon especially as the bill worked out at about £25 a head, We’ve had 100% better quality dishes in the heart of London for less!!!!

Food was delicious and service was great. Would definitely return!

We visited last night for a birthday meal as a party of 6. We were warmly greeted and we were offered to choose where we'd like to be seated. The choice of food and drinks was fantastic. We received fabulous service and the food was great. I can highly recommend the smoker section of the menu. We were also really pleased to see live music on the night which we all thoroughly enjoyed. The food was great value for money and it was a wonderful evening. We will definitely return. Thanks to the whole team for making us feel so welcome and for a fantastic meal and evening.

Few weeks since we have been for a meal New Chef so we were wondering how it would be I had Tempura vegetables in Tai curry with extra chicken beautifully presented and full of flavour ,my husband had fish and chips which has always been a firm favourite it was even better . It is our local so very pleased to know it's gaining in strength

Charming pub with chilled atmosphere. Enjoyed the food

Extremely disappointed. Out with family and when mail meal came, my husband had ordered fillet steak. It didn’t look like a fillet steak and was tail end that had been butterflied. On speaking to the waitress to say we weren’t happy with the standard of the steak. she took the meal back only to bring it back with information from the chef to say it had been butterflied to enable it it cook quicker! !! My husband asked for another as it did not look good and due to cost £29, he wanted what he ordered and cooked in they was expected. The message from the chef was that would take 20 minutes of which, we felt he said because he wasn’t happy with having it sent back. We payed for our started and drinks and left. Then had an outstanding meal at the Fox. The front of house staff were lovely and the manager appeared to understand why we weren’t happy. We won’t be back!

Excellent food and friendly service had a lively time

Had a pork roast dinner and it was incredible!! Stayed and had a few cocktails after our meal and myself and friends ordered the sharing 3 for £15 and had the squid, mozzarella sticks and Mac and cheese bites, everything was so good. Will definitely be returning for another Sunday dinner

Tasty food, nice drink selection and good service.

Lovely pub … lovely menu and friendly staff. Bank holiday Monday and we dined at 6pm we noticed a lack of staff, we had to wait to be served for drinks , and for our food order to be taken. Waited about 40 minutes just for bread and oils to arrive and we were informed that a few items were not available on the menu. Our main courses eventually arrived and really good. Just needed a few extra hands to wait on tables and everything would have been spot on. People don’t want a long wait for food and drink orders to be taken and then have to wait again for food and drinks to arrive …. It’s a real shame because our food was lovely and the pub is really comfortable and nicely decorated. I would visit again in the future.

Went for Sunday lunch at short notice so was very glad to get a table. I had the Sunday lunch which was great, my only criticism was that i would of preferred a little more green veg to go with the roasted parsnip and carrots and cauliflower cheese. However my wife was attracted to the pea, broad bean and asparagus risotto. This was to risotto that the loaf in the film “about a boy” is to bread. ( it killed the duck!) it was a tasteless glutinous cow pat that had no resemblance to a risotto. I know they are difficult to cook , so if that’s as good as it gets, take it off the menu and stick to things that the chef can do well ( like the Sunday lunch band other meals we have had there.) The staff removed ot off the bill which was great however but I would have preferred to pay and have a good meal for both of us.

Wonderful meal and service from all the staff at The Bull. They can't do enough for you, lovely friendly people. We will be regulars for sure.

Food was delicious. Really tasty and the portions were really generous. Service was ok but not amazing. Overall thought was nice and would go again.

Oh boy, where do I begin. This place is terribly understaffed which is so unfortunate as the food was really good. After booking a table and arriving at that time we were asked to wait by the door so they could get the table ready. About 10 mins later we were seated. Then a waitress never came back to us to take drinks or food orders, after about another 20 mins we had to go and find someone to take our order. The pub was filled with very loud people too which made the atmosphere not so nice. The table next to us actually moved to the front area as they couldn’t cope with the noise being caused by others. I know this isn’t something that could be helped but added to our negative experience. We then made our order and unfortunately the pigs in blankets were out of stock which was a shame as they are really nice. We all ordered and then our drinks took forever to be brought to us. Again we had to catch a waitress to ask for them. Then the drinks came and were lovely, we then did the long wait for the food. Once the food arrived someone ordered the pork which stated it came with crackling which it did not. After we had to yet again flag down a waitress to ask for sauces and this wasn’t asked to us when the food was brought to our table. We finished the meal and to be honest the food was really lovely. After the food was brought through no waitress even came near us for over an hour. We then had to go and ask at the bar for our bill. It’s a real shame as the food is lovely but it really needs the service to be sorted out for me to ever go back again or recommend to anyone else.

Quality well cooked food, service was quick and friendly would definitely go for Sunday dinner again !!!!