Literally, I have driven past this pub 1000 times and never stopped before. What a mistake in the past. The food was fabulous and not too expensive. The beer was good with excellent choices of good real ales.. Daughter was delighted with the vegetarian options. The service was spot on. A lovely family run pub with a great menu.
If you don't mind a bit of a wait it's well worth a visit no ping food here proper home cooked food can recommend the cajun chicken sizzler and the Eton mess for dessert excellent
Called in for a late Sunday lunch for 8 and 2 dogs. Staff were lovely and friendly, super efficient. The food was very good, I opted for halloumi salad and a side order of fat chips which was the perfect amount of food for me. The Sunday roast was absolutely enormous and according to members of the group; delicious. I had room for a dessert so ordered the shovel cheesecake, again just the right amount so was left comfortably full. Overall a very nice lunch 😊
We visited on the last night of our holiday in Knott End. Great welcome, dog friendly, spotlessly clean and lovely atmosphere. The staff team were so helpful, friendly and attentive. The food was great quality, generous portions and great value. Loads of choice for veggies and vegans too. The chips were amazing!!! When we arrived it was fairly quiet so we were given a bigger table to give us more space for us and our old rescue dog. Honestly can't recommend it enough! Thanks for a lovely evening. X
We were recommended a visit here by friends so decided to book in for the roast....I'm not sure if the meat choices change each week but there were only 2 meats on the menu which was a bit of a surprise.
The roast came with broccoli and carrots and parsnips, roast potatoes, gravy and a Yorkshire pud. Everything was served on the plate so you had no control on portion size. There were no extra choices either like cauliflower cheese etc.
It was nice we all enjoyed it
Beautiful family run pub really friendly and polite amazing food the best ever I’ve tasted definitely a must in hambleton
Popped in for a quick bite to eat. Staff friendly and welcoming dog also made welcome with water and dog treat, late afternoon early evening so difficult to judge the atmosphere all in all a very pleasant experience will definitely be back. Well done to chef and all staff.
Andrew Currie (Andy Currie)
+5
An absolute gem of a place, the building has been there since I think the mid 1700's and it has that charm about it. The staff were so friendly and welcoming, they even gave our wee doggo some treats. The owner gave the kids a wee bar game to play once they had finished their dinner. It also has a games room, darts, pool and a jukebox. Wish we could have went more than we did. Everyone in the shovels Inn were so friendly. The owner loves his fishing, a fountain of knowledge and pointed us in the direction a great fishing shop. Definitely worth a visit
We went for a Sunday roast here after the Shovels was recommended on the Hambleton FB chat, the first surprise was no chicken as a choice ... A couple of us don't do red meat and find pork a bit fatty .... However the pork was really nice so that was not as bad as we originally thought.
The food came quickly, service was good and we all enjoyed it ... No extras were offered like cauliflower cheese which we probably would've had .... It's not the best roast I've had but it's definitely not the worst!!! We had an enjoyable afternoon here
We are staying locally on holiday and booked a table for 7 including myself in a wheelchair. Booking and arriving no problems what so ever.
The food what can we say was absolutely gorgeous piping hot, excellent size portions the chips were to die for. I’m sure we will be back before we head off home.
Tonight we booked a table for 8 adults and a dog. We received a very warm welcome and nothing was too much trouble. We had one of our party who required a gluten free meal and the gentleman came over and explained everything that was available in detail. The food came very promptly, it was piping hot. portion sizes were very good and meals were delicious. We highly recommend the Sunday lunch.The service was the best we have ever had in a pub and we would like to thank you all very much. We hope to see you again. Even Freddie the dog had a treat.
Food was great, went on saturday night and got a big portion so never had dessert which look big also, our 3rd time here.
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