Ye Olde Malthouse Inn Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant

Address: Fore St, Tintagel, PL34 0DA, United Kingdom

Phone: +441840770461

Rating: 4.5
based on 238 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Staff were friendly and helpful."
  • "All the staff I spoke to were lovely."
  • "Joe made sure we were well looked after and had a good laugh with us."
  • "Staff were very friendly and accommodating, dinner was delicious and breakfast was amazing."
  • "The service was very efficient, the staff were working very hard and were so polite and friendly."
  • "Friendly staff assisted with the wine selection and for desert I had a lovely brownie."
  • "The staff are very accommodating, sweet and funny."

Cons:

  • "Their wifi is not working on android. It always says Connected, can’t provide internet."
  • "The 'Manager' was very insincere about are complaints and any queries we raised throughout our stay."
  • "The people working are very rude."
  • "There service is very rude."
  • "The people working here refuse to help."
  • "The WIFI at this pub, hotel is not working."
  • "The staff rudely interrupted our meal in the restaurant to discuss the cleaning."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was incredibly fresh and delicious."
  • "Couldn't fault the food but the rooms and service could have been improved vastly."
  • "Great food here after a long day walking on the coastal path. Ambience was slightly strange with romantic lighting but quite upbeat music."
  • "The Rock moules were some of the best we have had, not too salty and delicious."
  • "The food was a very pleasant surprise as well. It's really well cooked and sourced locally."
  • "The food is delicious, see my breakfast photo."
  • "Delicious food delivered with friendliness and efficiency."

Cons:

  • "The food that was ordered for our room was incorrectly cooked and leaving us with some inedible food."
  • "The chicken was very dry and was mostly substituted which I wasn’t asked about."
  • "Only 3 deserts... Which was very disappointing especially when one of the 3 was basically cheese and crackers."
  • "Our food ranged from very good (burgers) to disappointing (risotto and macaroni cheese)."
  • "The menu was limited and didn’t cater well for children."
  • "Most of the food was nice enough but £17 mussels were in a basic watery sauce."
  • "Food was tasty and well presented but expensive and the sharing platter for 2 was not enough for 2."

Accommodation and Facilities

Pros:

  • "Room was so lovely, bathroom amazing, clean and wonderful smelling potions."
  • "The room was so lovely. Clean and had everything we needed."
  • "Our room no 1 which is located at the rear of the building was very cosy and and nicely decorated."
  • "The rooms are super comfy and well designed."
  • "We stayed here for 3 nights, beautiful cosy room. Immaculate and everything to hand, tea, coffee and toiletries."
  • "I had a superb single room with an ensuite shower & toilet, super clean, my bed was very comfortable."
  • "Our garden suite was amazing! Spacious, luxurious and the private garden from our patio was really lovely and quiet as was every night we stayed here."

Cons:

  • "No plug for sink and no hot water but was rectified with a small rebate."
  • "The twin room was clean however very tired looking."
  • "The place was freezing cold. There were woodburners/open fires, but none were lit."
  • "No positive comments regarding WiFi or facilities."
  • "The room was very unhygienic and noisy with dog food and lots of dust."
  • "Issues with plumbing involving the toilets and bathroom seriously need addressing."
  • "When we did finally get towels and beds made up we then found the room to be too small for 2 people even though it was a double."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

  • "As somewhere to stay the Malthouse is in totally different class to the larger pub just up the road and, unbelievably, cheaper too."
  • "Great value for money too."
  • "The prices were really good considering the top quality of the food."
  • "Lovely birthday evening and for the quality of the food reasonably priced."
  • "Food was fantastic and good servings as well."
  • "Food was excellent if a little pricey."
  • "However the manager compensated by offering a free meal."

Cons:

  • "Overpriced with embarrassingly small food portions."
  • "Great location but need to look at their price to portion size ratio."
  • "The high food prices didn't reflect the quality sadly."
  • "The vegan/ veggie option of a stir fry was a plate of fried various vegetables but at a price of £13 we thought was very steep."
  • "Not impressed poor choice of food and overpriced."
  • "The roast was pretty average, and a little over priced if I'm honest."
  • "Unfortunately, the room was incredibly small and the bed was really uncomfortable, so we didn’t get a good nights sleep. We also had dinner there, and although my food was fine, the paella was extremely poor and overpriced."

Atmosphere and Location

Pros:

  • "Great location for the castle and coastal walks."
  • "The atmosphere and decor is lovely."
  • "Nice atmosphere."
  • "The atmosphere added to the experience, a very cosy and enjoyable evening was had by both of us."
  • "A really lovely atmosphere."
  • "Great location, right in the centre and just a stone's throw from the path to the beach & castle."
  • "Beautiful venue, tastefully restored."

Cons:

  • "The place is centrally located in Tintagel, we parked for free in their carpark."
  • "The whole place closed early at 21:30 because they'd had a very busy day, and having enduring truly lousy service* from the waiting and bar staff, we didn't mourn this, as we weren't ourselves inclined to stick around to spend more money."
  • "The room was very unhygienic and noisy with dog food and lots of dust, plus an array of foul language and a constant humming from the kitchen below."
  • "Our stay, in room 8 was very pleasant but was somewhat noisy being situated over the kitchen."
  • "They also seem to have an ant problem which is very irritating when you're trying to eat your food, 5 or so of them flying around our table."
  • "The room did smell a little. The carpet was a bit grubby with stains and could do with a freshen up."
  • "The menu looked to be very summery and high end expensive, with no traditional warming pub grub and decent kids menu."

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