The Malta Inn, Sandling - pub details
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Address: Forstal Road / Allington Lock, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3AS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 25757)
Maidstone Barracks (1.4 miles), Maidstone East (1.5 miles), Barming (1.7 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Riverside location
Pub suggested by SilkTork on 25 Aug 2005
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> Current user rating: 6.8/10 (rated by 13 users)
> Local guide: Kent pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Yew Tree Inn, Sandling (0.5 miles), Sir Thomas Wyatt, Allington (1.0 miles), Flower Pot, Maidstone (1.1 miles), Brickmakers Arms, Maidstone (1.1 miles), Holly Bush, Maidstone (1.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Malta Inn, Sandling
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| I stayed at the nearby Premier Inn on a Saturday night and ventured into this pub as I had booked a table for dinner. I'm glad I did as it was very busy. I was shown to a table and although the restaurant was busy I was served very quickly and my food arrived very quickly as well. The food was very good and was reasonably priced. The staff were all very pleasant and attentive. I ordered a pint of Hobgoblin with my meal and afterwards I had a pint of Spitfire and sat outside by the river. In all it was a very pleasant experience and I would certainly consider coming back here again. Fakenham - 15 Jun 2009 15:31 |
| After a relatively pleasant dining experience at another Beefeater - Coombe Lodge in Croydon- The Lady Wife and I decided to attempt replication at this establishment which was not unknown to me. Sadly it was not to be so pleasant an experience. The bar was pathetically under-manned; queues three deep attempting to force cash on the staff in exchange for liquid refreshment. Two non-english speaking barmen attempting to satisfy demand from broad masses who's command of the English language was little better than the bar staff's. Mistakes were bound to be made, and were! (Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?) The beverages, whan they arrived, were nothing to rejoice over. The Guinness I was served was rather flat and an enquiry as to the Lady Wife's 'Large Red' elicited a similar response. The queue had somewaht dissipated and so a resolve was made to order food from the Bar Menue. Once again placing an order was a test of grit. Selection of cpmestibles of course, table number etc and as on the previous sortie, to order beverages, to the same non-english speaking staff member. Returning to table 344 (I am not a number!) some fifteen minutes after departing to register our requirements. The food arrived after a further 20 minutes and was quite edible. The Chilli was not over hot and the rice not over sticky: The Beef and Ale Pie was nourishing and substantial. In summary, a potentially good venue where extra staff, decent training and more attention to detail would pay dividends. But for the moment rather dissapointing. almost_an_old_git - 31 Dec 2008 09:45 |
| always thought this pub could better use the space, feel cluttered,good range of beers though, and friendly. Mattclary - 27 Jun 2008 12:44 |
| Come here on a boat from Maidstone town centre (licensed bar aboard) and spend a lazy summer day watching the boats come and go. Very good considering it's a Beefeater. We took a boat from here to get married at the Archbishop's Palace. Happy days. Trabbs_Boy - 3 Apr 2008 15:47 |
| In the summer this pub is one of the best around, however, the queuing system is appalling when it gets busy & is enough to put you off & the pub snacks/meals are awful. The food upstairs in the restuarant is top class so its such a let down for the pub meals to be so expensive & so small. Becks6 - 30 Apr 2007 13:23 |
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