White Rose Bar & Grill — Restaurant in York

Seeing that this is currently a 3.5 rating is bewildering to me. We stopped at White Rose on our way back to the Poconos from Washington DC and a quick internet search brought up some food that looked excellent so we figured we had to stop. In the mood for burgers and wings made for a perfect reason to come here, and they did not disappoint one bit.

First of all....FIRST OF ALL, let me talk to you about this drink. So I typically try to order things that are low/no calorie for my beverage and it is usually water, coke zero, unsweetened tea are my options. So our server (who I believe was also the bartender in our section) said they have some flavored unsweetened teas. Now I'm intrigued and she lists off a few flavors. Something about the unsweetened strawberry tea screamed order me, so I did just that. And then a few minutes later had another one. Wow. I believe she was just using a sugar free Monin syrup but this tea had a such a great flavor to it and actually tasted like strawberry. Not the essence of strawberry, not a hint of strawberry, but actual strawberry. It was fantastic.

If I haven't mentioned already, this place is massive. There are at least 3-4 separate dining rooms inside as well as at least 2 outdoor dining areas that were closed in (I'm guessing because of the change in temperature and weather) with basically just big tents with windows.

We started with some wings. Wanted to go pretty basic so we just went with medium buffalo and we got a ranch and a bleu cheese. The wings were large but also had a nice crispiness to the outside of them. The interior meat was still very moist and overall the wing was cooked perfectly. No tastes of fryer oil or anything off-putting, and the sauce had a good flavor and balance as well. I believe they made the ranch and bleu cheese in house and both had nice flavor. The ranch was almost whipped in consistency and had some herbs in it that you typically don't get when ordering ranch. I enjoyed all of this a lot.

Samantha got the CBR sandwich (Chicken, Bacon, Ranch), Tara got (I can't remember the name of it) burger with prime rib, frizzled onions, and provolone, and I got the all American burger which was basically the same toppings you'd get on a big mac but add bacon. All 3 were very good.

The CBR had a good overall flavor and the texture on the chicken was very good. Occasionally you get a chicken breast that just has a poor mouthfeel but this had a nice bite. Add in melted cheddar, bacon, and that ranch from earlier on a toasted brioche roll and now we're in business!

The burger with the prime rib was very good as well, I mean, how could it not be? Prime rib on top of a quality burger patty with melted cheese and frizzled onions is basically a cheat code. If there is one thing I need to say negatively, it is that both this burger and mine were well past the temp we asked them to be. We both wanted medium rare and there maybe might have been a very slight bit of pink left in them, if any at all. The burgers were still juicy and excellent though.

My All American was exactly what I envisioned, exactly what I wanted, and I was happy after eating it. Again the only thing wrong was the temp, but it tasted great. Also the service here was excellent, even down to the food runners/bussers. Very friendly, very professional, and all in all, just a wonderful experience.

Absolutely recommend. White Rose Bar and Grill in York, PA -...

Atmosphere is great. Love the decor. Staff is passionate/enthusiastic. Sadly, the food doesn't match the praise. Ordered Chesapeake burger with sweet potato fries substituted in. Aren't sweet potato fries inherently sweet? They handed me a small dipping sauce container of syrup. Alone they aren't sweet. I tried the chips off my wife's plate and they weren't tasty at all. The cheese fries we ordered as an appetizer were hard and overcooked. Tasted burnt more than anything else. The burger was alright. Nothing to write home about.In regards to our waitress, we had to ask another one walking by to go get her because we were all out soda/water. At that point she had been gone 20 minutes or so and I usually expect them to pop in at least 1 in that span of time. The place wasn't all that busy. This for me, is a one and done location.

6/17/18 Update: So in law wanted to go here for fathers day. Personally I wasn't a fan the last time. (Read above) I was pleasantly surprised this go around. Tried their big Mac daddy special that was listed. I was not disappointed. No complaints about the food whatsoever from me or the famuly.It's also amazing what a good waiter/server can do for the experience. This guy named feel with a bit of a southern accent happily engaged me and my family in some friendly banter, took our orders and frequently came by to check up on us.the guy...

Terrible experience. Arrived and was swiftly seated but tanked after that. Numerous waiters came by oblivious to new customer until I finally grew brazen and hailed one. They brought me water and took my order returning some minutes later with a lukewarm martini that appeared to have been made by a person with the bar tending skills of an 11th grader. After waiting half an hour for a simple order of scallops and vegetables I gave u0 and asked if they were imminent. Sometimes later the a plate with some slightly too oily and soggy to be described as roasted arrived with 5 also oily marginally seared but cooked scallops. They were fine in a non descript sort of way but didn’t really need the impressive steak knife that came with them- in retrospect the only impressive thing about the meal or the restaurant. Appreciate the discount in light of my very evident dismay with service but staff need to get out of the area where customers can watch them chit chatting and circulate looking to see what their customers need. A trained bar tender would be an asset too. Don’t usually leave reviews and generally positive when I do but this experience was outstanding in all...