Crown Hotel Suddaby's, Maltonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Stayed at this place for a couple of nights over the weekend. It's not what you'd expect of a hotel. The fairly impressive exterior and the modern-looking pub sign may give a misleading impression as the interior of this place is much more down at heel. The conservatory is pleasant. Beyond that is a wide open space used for festivals and presumably concerts, with accommodation in an annexe at the rear. Ales on my Friday evening visit into the pub itself were Suddaby's (Leeds) Double Chance, Wold Top Gemini, Jennings Cumberland Ale & Sneck Lifter & Helmsley Striding The Riding. There is a fridge to the side of the bar with some more unusual beers and the bottle shop next door also has a great selection, if it is open. A band was playing in the bar on the Friday evening and it was easily the busiest pub in Malton on that night. Accommodation was very nice and there is space for car parking at the rear, albeit on a very rutted surface. Neil the owner is very amenable. A strange kind of place, with a bit of an eccentric feel. But I quite liked it.
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A Sunday afternoon tick while in Malton for the food festival and I must say with 3 pubs to chose from in Malton from the 2016 GBG I think I choose the wrong one, I just didn’t enjoy my visit here.
It’s a strange pub in my opinion, the front bar had half a dozen locals in at around 3pm with a couple in the conservatory and a few other punters in the garden to the rear. The front bar is very tired looking and has a musty old person’s front room feel to it. On the bar was Suddaby's Double Chance @ 3.8% plus 3 other ales, Thwaites Lancaster Bomber, the house ale brewed by Leeds and a Single Hop IPA from an unknown brewery. My drop of Double Chance was good enough.
There’s a large barn to the rear after the conservatory and before the patio garden. This barn houses the 3 times a year beer festival and still had the beer list chalked up on the wall. There’s also a bottle shop on site that was closed on my visit.
Maybe I didn’t spend enough time here but as a pub I just didn’t feel it, however the beer was okay.
4/10
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Wonderful, welcoming pub. Great beer, chatty staff and regulars. Afantastically eclectic off licence too. Worth a trip to Malton just to go to this pub. 10/10
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What marvellous beer, a lovely pint of Moorhouses Pendle mm mmm. Plain and simple great beer
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A good range of beers available. Very busy when I visited with band performing in the barn at the rear.
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Good selection of ale on offer and a shop attached for buying alcohol to take home with you! The pint I had was excellent (Adnams Old Ale) and the others sampled by my group were good too.
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Recommended this pub after a visit in April as I had heard of the famous Suddaby's pub. No longer brewing, but it had a Suddabys beer on, previously Malton brewery. Also enjoyed beers from Hambleton and Eastwood breweries.
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