The White Horse Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was amazing. Really tasty and good value."
• "Portions were generous."
• "Compliments to the chef everything was cooked perfectly, really nice meal."
• "The food was fabulous. The sticky Asian chicken had some bite. The steak and ale pie was huge and absolutely stuffed with filling."
• "Food was excellent. Atmosphere 10/10."
• "Just had sunday lunch, plenty of food, quick service, food tasted great."
• "We all enjoyed the fish, it was perfectly cooked in a thin batter."

Cons:

• "I thought the chips could have been real."
• "Food came which wasn't too bad apart from the fried halloumi which was so salty you couldn't eat it."
• "Considering we had to book for Sunday Roast, when we arrived, there were none left."
• "The 'triple cooked chips' were just normal frozen chips, the hake was overpowered by an aniseed flavour and the cheese starter tasted really strongly of ammonia."
• "Waited ages for are food which was over cooked."
• "Food wasn't as described in menu and chicken in sandwich dry over cooked and bland."
• "Steak was raw."

Service

Pros:

• "Nice service and good food makes this pub a great place to visit."
• "Service was friendly and efficient with lots of smiles, we'll be back soon!"
• "Gentlemen that served us was very friendly and helpful."
• "Lovely polite staff who served us."
• "Staff were great and the prices were not bad."
• "Our waitress Autumn was very attentive to our table and always made sure our drinks were full."
• "The staff were friendly and attentive throughout."

Cons:

• "Service from some of the waiting staff was very poor, bordering on being rude."
• "However they are really bad at clearing tables."
• "Dirty plates and glasses. Served by girl who refused to communicate - extremely rude."
• "Service was exceptionally slow despite preordering."
• "Staff like robots very un-enthusiastic."
• "Food was an hour late, we were charged 3 times for one meal due to an app error."
• "Very rude bar staff, brunette bar maid proceeded to ID a group of 19/20 year olds and made a rude remark."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere outside 🤗very happy."
• "Enjoyed the atmosphere. Wasn't perfect but close."
• "Really lovely place to spend some good time."
• "Overall a good atmosphere and plenty of space with well chosen furniture."
• "Lively pub with good atmos."
• "The atmosphere was great as was food and the service, would recommend to all!!"
• "We found the food great and everyone enjoyed the atmosphere."

Cons:

• "This is a pub that is just designed to deal with a lot of people and so lacks character."
• "Not as good as it was in the past, now clearly a chain owned pub, lost its friendliness and character."
• "Music often too loud."
• "On Sunday evening it was depressing like the background music."
• "Very noisy with televised football, changed table but still noisy - what are you? A place to eat or a sports bar?"
• "The only issue was at times the music was a little loud and as a table of 12 it was hard to have conversations including everyone."
• "Outside is dominated by smokers. Fine if you smoke I guess."

Value

Pros:

• "Good value for money, tasty meals for an affordable price."
• "Its now more reasonably priced as many other places have increased costs more than them because of cost of living crisis."
• "If you want a gut busting Sunday roast, any joint! Reasonable price, get yourself to the White Horse."
• "We had a very good and very tasty dinner at a reasonable price."
• "Reasonably priced food for Leamington."
• "The drinks were ok priced."
• "Good food, good atmosphere, good beer, good service and good value for money."

Cons:

• "More expensive than others round Leamington."
• "Be prepared to pay London prices."
• "Canned Guinness zero at over £5 a can [available for £1.50 or less in a supermarket] is ridiculous."
• "Food is ok but menu tends to be limited, desserts are very expensive."
• "Good beer range but bit on the pricey side."
• "High prices but the popularity of this place is a testament to its good location and lively atmosphere."
• "Would have been 5*, but one off for a stray drink added to the bill."

Facilities

Pros:

• "Best part is the wide range of craft beers."
• "They have screens to watch sport and plenty of tables inside."
• "There is outdoor seating with smoking and non smoking areas."
• "Dog friendly, with free dog biscuits!"
• "Redeeming feature is the large selection of quality beer."
• "They keep a very decent selection of beers and ciders."
• "The pub has a great atmosphere and is nice and big so doesn't feel too loud or crowded."

Cons:

• "Toilets a mess towards late night."
• "Closes a bit early, doormen didn't want to let us in 45 minutes before closing."
• "The main problem preventing us having another drink, was the ladies downstairs were locked, and other toilets were upstairs. So no disabled toilets!?"
• "Toilets are a bit of a hike I guess."
• "The only issue I encountered was that there are no ashtrays to get rid of cigarette butts."
• "Ran out of food options at 7pm on a Friday night which limited the menu options."
• "The only thing I would be worried about the White horse is the very top of the stairs. If you're not drunk or very tipsy you're fine but if you had too much it's very easy to fall down."