The Malthouse (Gastro Pub)
The Malthouse (Gastro Pub), Salisbury
At a glance
A family-friendly gastropub on the edge of Timsbury village near Romsey, about 11 miles from Salisbury. It serves a broad British pub menu alongside Spanish-influenced tapas, with Sunday roasts a particular draw, a beer garden, an outdoor firepit, and regular live music nights. It's a few miles from Mottisfont, so worth pairing with a visit to the house and gardens if you're heading that way.
Gluten-free options
All four current menu PDFs carry GF and GFO markers. On the main evening menu: Ham, Egg and Chips (GF), Chicken Wings (GF), 10oz Rump Steak (GF), Chicken and Ribs (GF), Fish and Chips (GFO), and Prawn Cocktail (GFO). The Sunday menu marks most roasts as GFO with herb-roasted potatoes and Malthouse gravy, and lists a fully GF Nut Roast and GF Chicken Caesar Salad. The OpenTable listing, which also reflects a Spanish tapas offer, confirms Gluten-free Options as a venue feature and marks prawns, chicken skewers, tortilla, grilled vegetables, Patatas Bravas, and a Chocolate Brownie as GF. The kitchen has stated it can cater for gluten-free diners.
Before you order
The lunch menu notes that dishes may contain traces of allergens, which means the kitchen is not operating as a controlled allergen environment. GFO dishes involve swapping out a component — worth asking how substitutions are handled and whether there is any cross-contact risk during plating. Fryer-sharing status is not stated on any menu, which matters for the fried dishes.
Worth asking?
Does the kitchen use a dedicated fryer for GF chips and fish, or does it share with battered items? When a dish is GFO rather than fully GF, what substitution is made and is there any cross-contact risk during preparation or plating? Is the Malthouse gravy on the Sunday roast reliably gluten-free — made in-house or from a packet — and are the roast potatoes cooked separately from anything breaded or battered?
What this means for coeliacs
Multiple menus carry explicit GF/GFO labelling across four PDFs; OpenTable confirms Gluten-free Options as a venue feature; kitchen states it caters for gluten-free diners. However, the menu's 'may contain traces' disclaimer means no controlled allergen environment is claimed. Fryer policy unstated. No coeliac-specific assurance or formal accreditation found.
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This information is researched but not guaranteed — menus and kitchen practices change. Always tell staff you are coeliac.