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Eating and Drinking in Great Malvern, Worcestershire*

Great Malvern, Worcestershire Pubs, Cafes, Coffee Shops and Restaurants

Food

• Maccy d's for the fat fockers... about 56,000 pizza take away shops
• Mc donalds
• The old butcher's shop by Abbeyway Gate is now "La Boucherie" top class/quality restaurant. Well worth a visit, especially for that special occasion. We took ourselves (from Halesowen) and a cousin from Glossop. Everything was great. Another good reason to visit Malvern ! [01684 562676]
• is also shite e.g burger star even though this has recently closed due to health issues
• Kebab van outside the Lighty, pukka.
• Agra for indian (purely cos of the generousity of the owners) Pizza Fiesta (overpriced, but the deep pan is very good) There was some sort of organic pancake shop up town for about 3 weeks, until they realised that no-one eats in great Malvern any more cos McDonalds has opened, and there's a far bigger car park for everyone's souped-up nova down there.
• golden kitchen, open til 12 on friday night, very useful after the pub
• THE GOLDEN KITCHEN, i love thier greasy chips.
• Try Crusty cob near the Red cross charity shop, won't go in there again (red cross) the old bag bit my head off!
• Passionata restaurant in great malvern railway station is amazing
• I'd rather starve but I can recommend Macdonalds.
• MACCY D's
• red lion fantastic. good food at good prices.really nice bar staff.you can see ian the pervert, boring paul,know it all duncan, the millionaire that only has a bowl of chips for £1.50.
• cant beat a Kwai takeaway
• scallywags has excellent food and very friendly service. not always non-xmoking depending on how busy it is. the pizza takeaway in barnards green (the olive tree??) is also very good
• Well I suggest the New Macky D's down by safeway for a cheap, nourishing meal however it's not so close, or for an expensive and not so tasty pizza-'Pizza Fiesta', or if you're feeling brave and ready to be overcharged,-be daring and try-'Spar'-for your out-of-date snacking needs!
• Pizza Fiesta along the road from electronique dungeon
• They are building a Macdonald for 2000, somewhere opposite Safeway near the Link
• SKUMMERFEILDS AND WOOLIES ARE THE FOOD MECCAS
• dunno. Some good chippies...
• Frog Crepe Restaurant Ajanta Indian Quisine Rileys Tandoori Le Croc en Bouche Planters Kwai Chinese Food
• -Frogs Cafe - Church St. Good snacks and best Coffee. -Pancake Place - top of Church St. Delicious! -St Ann's Well Cafe - On Hills above town, vegi comfort food, and spring water straight out of the Hill! Limited Winter opening hours
• Planters, Malvern Wells, is Thai/Indonesian (-ish) and excellent. Medium price.
• Pizza Fiesta are a good dial a pizza service, also have a shop in Graham Road
• Mellbreak (Malvern Wells) super home-cooked food at reasonable prices, Rily's Balti (top of town) cheap & cheerful, Anupam Tandoori (off Church Street) expensive but excellent.

Pubs

• Olivers has only one thing going for it and that is the manager he is fit as ****! So its worth a visit just to check out the talent.
• Olivers " fresh faced ", Unicorn " two faced ", Red Lion " watch out or you'll get a fist in your face ", Morgan " i haven't seen your face before ", Don Pedos " thank god finally a face ", Nags Head " hard faced ", The Cross Keys " look at the cheek of ya " DSB
• The Morgan - love the jukebox selection and theres a pool table and the best place for watching live footy. the wyche is also great usually friendly and everyone knows people from college
• the unicorn-good place if you like a friendly atmoshpere,staff are hard working,family run pub-GREAT FAMILY-v.friendly,people seem to be intelligent in there+if ur underage-HAHA no chance,landlordi does not let minors get served 4alcohol-sorry-try don pedros!the unicorn has a reasonable sized tv,clean,2 lovely warm fires,great food at even greater prices+fun machines!
• i like don pedros for under age drinkingb
• Plough and Harrow, fit staff and good locals - although one of the owners is a _______(use your imagination)
• The Lamb up in West Malvern is the place to be. Great people, great atmosphere, great everything! The Jam on a Thursady night is Class! you will never find me anywhere ells!
• The best pub in Malvern by a mile is The Cross Keys in Belmont rd. Good, honest, no nonsense landlord and landlady with great entertainment every week. Go there but leave any attitude at home!!
• get down to don peds innit? Get focked off a £2.40 pint then select busted on the jukebox, fockin banging down there innit??
• Fockin' Red Lion, they sell beer... Don ped's - innit? Big tv and shit.. ollies - twattish bouncers... Unicorn - old man hang out Bolly and Bass - fair enough great malvern hotel - dont focking like students... great shakes - nice table...
• Olivers, red lion
• Just been in Malvern over holiday weekend, and having found the Nag's Head first time by accident, went out of my way to pay a second visit, before going to catch my train home. Wish the Nags was my local. Excellent range of beers, good pint reasonable priced, friendly service and pleasant atmosphere. I got into conversation with a couple of regulars straightaway - something you could take ages to do in some parts of the country. Intelligent and good-humoured chat around. And had my first taste of Banana Bread Beer! (I'll try anything once, but this time I tried it twice) Newspaper rack handy too - with quality papers. Like to keep abreast of current affairs. (and there's no bar in my local library) Like I say, wish this pub was my local - any chance of setting up a branch of the Nags in north-west London? (Thanks guv, I'll look forward to drinks on the house next time I'm in Malvern - :-) )
• yes the wyche
• Ollies (Olivers) is quite simnply the best pub in the land, with it's comfortable sofas at the far end by the poo, table, all set for chillin on aaturday afternoon, b4 heading home, and getting ready to hit Ollies again for when the action really hots up. Often followed by a trip to the dubious lighthouse club. Hot ass from Malvern college as well....and I went there!
• wyche
• Red Lion is ok. Ollies is bearable. Morgan is a dive.
• Ollies Don Pedros (was known as Scallywags) Red Lion The Morgan
• Well i live quest hills rd in the link and i have a pub at the top and bottomom of my road there arnt loads but there is quite a few.
• There is no such thing as freshed faced crowds in any pub in Malvern
• olivers and the red lion are the only decent pubs to visit.
• Olivers is the best pub in malvern. Why? because i go there
• BILLIONS. That's the one thing Malvern has lots of is pubs, you're spoilt for choice.
• The Cavalry Arms Mamby Rd. under new management from 5th Feb , will be closed around 2 weeks later for 4 weeks for a full refurb . Come along and visit us . ......... Suggs & Nicky
• The Morgan, Olivers where all the private school girls hang out, like Zena,Amy,Holly,Vicky!
• Well for a boring and uneventful nite out there's always-'Olivers'-along the Gt.Malvern High St on a wednesday nite, where the booze is too expensive, never enough tables and you get bored fast-(but the barman's cute!)
• The Cavalry Arms at the end of Manby Road
• SCALLYWAGS BAR & RESTURANT its being revamped v.soon it'll be wicked!!!
• THE VOLTS, THE RETARDED SOLDIER ARE QUITE GOOD
• Olivers of course
• Millions.
• The Unicorn - Busy but fun The Nags Head - bit like a kitchen but ok on a Saturday Scallywags - newest bar in Malvern Red Lion Brewers Arms The Star, Cowleigh Road - a good honest to goodness pub with no-nonsense landlord The Lamb
• - Unicorn (town centre) Busy. All life is here (which may or may not be a good thing). - Foley Arms (accross road from the above) older, bizarre mix of folk, some live music. - Red Lion (up hill on right from Unicorn) Used to be youth pub, now a bit less. Still Packed Thur-Sat. - The Morgan (Worcester Road, towards Link Top) The clientelle look young. VERY young. Of COURSE they are all over 18, and the Local police would never turn a blind eye to 14 year old regulars. - The Wyche (almost on the top of the Hills on road to Colwall) Snug, atmospheric, haunt of Witches. Apparently.
• Malvern Hills Hotel (British Camp)
• Chase (Colwall Chase)
• Railway (Malvern Wells)
• Brewers Arms (West Malvern)
• Great Malvern Hotel (Graham Road)
• Unicorn (top of town)Mount Pleasant Hotel (top of town)
• Foley Hotel (top of town)

Cafes and Coffee Shops

• somerfield seels coffee, but da fockers at waiterose tryin' to take ova up in here wiv da shit...
• Plenty of these around if ur 70 years old and want a cup of cocco and marshmellows.
• Loads of them. If there's one thing that rich people like to do when they come to Malvern it's spend £4.80 on a slice of lemon tart
• The one opposite the traffic lights, victoria's cafe, full of old women.
• Frogs is best - a mean coffee and mean company all the way from Canada
• the whole town is scattered with coffee shops they are all really good
• Well if you're under 60 there's not many.
• frogs cafe bar very smokey. all the hip and trendy kiddies of malvern hang out round here all two of them that is !
• truly scrumptious give you far too much food
• Loads. Frogs, the Theatre, oh god, there's millions.
• Frogs, Oppisite side of the road to Woolworths and a little bit up the hill in a court yard
• FROGS

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