The White Hart Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was absolutely amazing."
• "Food has been great on all occasions."
• "The food is of a good quality, it is perhaps a little overpriced."
• "The food was beautiful but the drinks from the bar where a bit pricey."
• "Food was very good. Especially halloumi fries with harrisa sauce."
• "The food, as always is great at The White Hart."
• "Food is outstanding quality, served with smiles in a busy modern pub, ££ worth the money."

Cons:

• "Food was not as expected. Poor choice of vegetables for a roast dinner, dry chicken, rubbery roast potatoes and tasteless spaghetti bollanaise."
• "Meat was overcooked and barely edible, chips were unusually greasy, and pizza was average at best."
• "However, on the ride back home (about 1.5 hours after eating the food), our nephew projectile vomited in the car."
• "Basic items on main meals forgotten. Once corrected the food was cold."
• "Rest of food was luke warm, bacon was dry mushroom was tough - clearly the food had been under warmers for a long time and not fresh."
• "After paying over £16 for the chicken roast dinner, I was greeted by a pyramid of bland, dry chicken, and soggy, lukewarm potatoes."
• "Top price paid for poor food the olives were to hard to eat the starter over cooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly and the service was brilliant even on a very very busy Christmas eve."
• "The staff here could not have been more friendly or helpful."
• "I used the white hart for our wedding reception, The staff are 100% helpful up to and on the night."
• "Staff were friendly and went above and beyond to ensure a high quality service with a smile."
• "Have always found staff to be friendly."
• "The staff were so friendly and helpful too - sharing relevant information with us about the venue."
• "The service provided by the young gentlemen was exceptional, with their attentiveness and promptness making us feel valued throughout."

Cons:

• "Total lack of service when sitting outside and long wait despite it not being busy."
• "Slowest service I have ever experienced, absolutely shocking!"
• "Service was very slow. Waited 30 mins for our drinks last night."
• "Staff unfriendly and unhelpful."
• "The staff do their absolutely best to make you feel as un welcome as possible."
• "Upon initial arrival bar staff rude, showed lack of interest and generally total incompetent."
• "Every time we wanted any kind of service we basically had to try and catch someone."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Food is outstanding quality, served with smiles in a busy modern pub, ££ worth the money."
• "Great place in Ampthill, prices are on par for the quality and service."
• "All in, value of money."

Cons:

• "The food is of a good quality, it is perhaps a little overpriced."
• "The food was beautiful but the drinks from the bar where a bit pricey."
• "Nice atmosphere but overpriced. £12 for a large glass of Sauvignon Blanc - £35 for the bottle."
• "It is a bit pricey."
• "Quality of food not good enough at the price charged."
• "The rooms were okay, but certainly not worth the money charged."
• "When the bill came it was £52 just for 2 full English, coffee and orange juice - hugely overpriced and food definitely not up to standard."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "Nice place in nice village."
• "Lovely sitting outside - covered areas available, plus option of sun or shade. Perfect!"
• "A beautiful, charming venue - perfect for a wedding!"
• "Quite a newly done up pub but still remained a pub albeit classy."
• "The space looks great. The two levels worked perfectly to create a bar area and a dancefloor."
• "Lovely venue."
• "The layout of the whole place is not only interesting (how the space has been utilized) it feels elegant."

Cons:

• "Disappointed there was nowhere to park our car."
• "Too many stairs for my currently messed up right leg."
• "Place is pretentious."
• "One of the most overpriced pubs in Bedfordshire."
• "Friday/Saturday nights full of rif raff to bump up their profit takes."
• "Would be better if was child free as too many parents and I use term loosely let their screaming badly behaved kids spoil for others."
• "The whole place smelt really bad so much so that two of the group id entered with left immediately."