The White Hart — Restaurant in Nottingham

Visited this place to see a band on Saturday night 23/09/17 ("The Ska's" were fantastic!). The bar "staff" were absolutely shocking, seemingly only serving locals. Obviously totally untrained in every aspect of bar keeping. Eventually, after waiting very patiently with a bank note in hand while people were being served to each side of me, then waiting again while the customers who replaced them were served, the bar staff started serving the people behind them rather than serve me. I was being actively avoided. In frustration at my invisibility (I'm easy to miss being 6`1" and 18 stone), I resorted to calling out "Hello" around 4-5 times before finally getting a sarcastic "bit nicer next time please"(!!!) from the surly barmaid who begrudgingly served me - I could have spat feathers! I did note that the drummer of the band simply could not get served a drink of water at the bar, the singer resorting to requesting the water for him over and over again with his microphone through the loudspeakers. It was also highly embarrassing to watch the drunken landlady forcing the band into encore after encore - after encore - at the end of 2 great sets. The staff/landlord/landlady also repeatedly turned a blind eye to the group of youths trouping through the bar to the exit every 30 minutes or so with spliffs proudly in their mouths / behind their ears, each time returning reeking of cannabis. To add insult to injury, the vinegary beer was certainly off / bad. It wasn't just me that noticed, and I was genuinely ill all the next day. I obviously have no stomach for line cleaner / bacteria. I vow I will NEVER visit "The White Hart" ever again. This review is 100% accurate for the evening...

On entering the bar area (Early Thursday evening) it was crowded but comfortable, we were greeted with a smile, “can I help you”, first impressions, warm and welcoming. We ordered our drinks and sat at a table to peruse the menu, excellent layout and easy to follow, though some of the smaller print is difficult for those of us getting on in years. We struggled to come to a decision as the choices all made our mouths water but decided on the mixed grill. Rump steak, chicken breast, gammon steak with fried egg, (Maybe the pineapple option could be offered next year), two pork sausages, mushrooms, chips and peas. I have Guinness which was served perfectly apart from the shamrock, better have has her customary glass of diet coke. The food arrived and looked delicious, the chicken was succulent, gammon moist unlike a lot of places where it appears dried up, my steak was a tad over cooked, leaning more to medium than rare, but still pink with just a little redness, but the best part…. The egg. Now if anyone has read my previous reviews my pet hate is hard fried eggs…. AT LAST… the egg oozed a glorious yellow yolk, the chips piping hot and crisp. Well done to the team they obviously work hard and are...

We did a visit as I heard it had been through a make over (which it has inside apart from the loo's). Its now a mini carvery. Still very good value for food, although my daughter said the gammon was a bit too salty and some of the side veg were actually cold. As its a carvery you can ask for a bit of each of the meats - beef, gammon, chicken and lamb. I loved the cauliflower cheese. The bar staff were quite young but did a good job. Marking it down a bit due to the cold veg more than anything. The speckled hen ale was good. I just wish they had a bigger child menu for the food though. Not many choices on there for the kids. (Its lucky mine went for a child...