Pesto at the White Horse in Hinckley and Bosworth - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

People of colour please avoid. I made a booking for my daughters birthday only to find that on the day I would've been turned away if I hadn't had stood my ground. They denied I had ever rung, I had to go on my call log to prove this. After alot of deliberation Amy ( whom I believe to be the manager) & Leanne reluctantly gave us a horrible table right by the front door & every time someone opened the door the draught came in. I found Amy & Leanne to be very unwelcoming, rude & racist. Other than that the other staff members were lovely & the food was amazing.

We love this restaurant. The food is consistently delicious and excellent value. The staff are so friendly and knowledgeable and are able to answer any questions. Lois is particularly charming.

Bit disappointed in the food quality. No going again as there are better places to go.

Always a great place to go. Pleasing surroundings & food is always good quality

Nice place only tried the veg food I'll try the none veg next time I'm here

Excellent service and fantastic food.

Just had a great meal at Pesto, the staff were helpful and very polite

Having driven past this one day and read the good reviews me and my partner were really looking forward to trying this. Unfortunately the food was a massive disappointment! I got calamari and salmon with asparagus pasta and my partner got a pasta dish with a chicken dish and we shared a potato dish. The calamari tasted like it had been fried multiple times so tasted more of batter than anything else. The potato’s also tasted as though they’d been recooked. The pasta dishes were bland lacked flavour and did not contain any fresh herbs. Unfortunately we won’t be returning. The price of the dishes were reasonable but would have happily paid more to get better quality food.

Some of the Dishes are very average in Quality! The pork and meat balls are lovely👌The Pizzas are a very poor for the money!!!

Frequent customer, food is always first class as is service.

Bustling bar/restaurant with a huge choice of dishes. Great variety for everyone, including fussy eaters. Some of the dishes are a little hit and miss, but overall the quality of the food is good here.

We are always delighted with the hot food and excellent service

Very friendly, with a great menu and amazing food. The staff are also fantastic. I'll be coming back.

Absolutely great! The food was really good!! And the service from all staff was friendly especially Esme, our server with a smile, made it for us! Friendly and very polite. Thank you Esme!!! Great job!!! We'll be back!!

I have eaten there with my family and friends on numerous occasions, and have never been disappointed.

Was an amazing evening. Food was great and very afordable. Helpful friendly staff. Would definitely recommend

Food here was absolutely amazing! Definitely will be back. The service was excellent as well.

Selection of Tapas very good particulary the seafood choices. The beef stew and prawns with scallops had great flavours and ideal to dip the bread into.

Food was amazing & children are well catered for. The restaurant was full & there didn't seem to be enough staff to serve us, we had to ask for drinks, the waiting staff were excellent once we got served though. The noise from everyone talking was overbearing so if you want a quiet, intimate meal this is not the place to go if it's full, we were shouting to be heard 🙆. Parking also seems to be an issue even with the overflow carpark, I arrived just before the booking time but had to wait over 10 minutes for a parking space, along with half a dozen other cars.

A nice spot for lunch. Choose wisely to feel full

A lovely place. Quiet, convivial, pristine clean and tidy. Courteous and helpful staff. Delicious food, with an excellent selection to suit all tastes. I look forward to visiting again.

This is one of my favourite places to eat. The menu is huge and can be overwhelming. It would be useful to add things like wedges/chips salad things to go with others. Else you end up with 3 random plates and nothing to bring them together.

7 good friends ( all over 60 yrs of age) all meeting together this afternoon to celebrate a birthday!

Absolutely brilliant, food, staff 😋 everything well worth a visit.

Great selection of dishes all served quickly and piping hot ,we ordered an array of starters and main to share all came out correctly as ordered. Great service from an experienced pleasant waitress.who provided extras and more drinks promptly.

Excellent food and service. Was a large party of 24 for a birthday all food came out fast and was well cooked would highly recommend and the staff where very professional and friendly

Very good value for price. And lovely food

This is a regular meeting place for me and a friend - we both live quite a distance from each other and this is a halfway point . The manager is really accommodating at making me my favourite cocktail which is usually only on the summer menu . The cocktail is a Raspberry Mojito . I highly recommend it . I always have found we have received a great service by the staff & the foods always been lovely . At times I do end up taking some arancini balls home for the next day and forgetting that they are in my handbag . Would highly recommend.

Great lunch and good menu. Staff were really friendly too.

I come here regularly. We always have a positive experience. I love the food & service.

Rang up for a table,managed to get straight in, as was happy to sit at a tall stool table

Excellent food the service even better great atmosphere would recommend.

Great food for my son's 21st. Freya was great. Thank you again for a great meal.

Love this place! food is always nice! and its great to pick and choose what you fancy! Reasonable prices too! Can get a little loud and hard to hear people but a great atmosphere

Arrived slightly earlier than booked, table was ready and drinks were served straight away. Menu had a lot of choice and easy to understand. Food didn't take too long to come out either. Was delicious and plentiful for 2 people. Highly recommend and will definitely be back

Great Italian food at very reasonable prices. Great looking restaurant and very popular

Only Italian tapas place I know around here, great food

Having been told how good this restaurant was, we had to try it; and we had a fabulous evening. We had a selection of tapas and enjoyed them all. We will definitely return. Thank you. PS. I hope l've labelled the dishes correctly and the photos do them justice. Also, my price per person is based on food only.

Came for a work meal, staff seemed friendly and attentive, also not too cramped in which is a bonus. Food for the most part was great, although the calamari was soggy.

Visited this place last night and it was absolutely lovely, nice helpful staff and a lovely atmosphere.

Food was Ok, it was a bit warm and noisy inside the restaurant. We will return on a less busy night. The service was really good.

Went on a Tuesday night and it was packed. A great atmosphere. Food was hot and delicious ! Would definitely recommend - booking essential.

Hi we came In for food me and my friend the food was nice but the service was bad there not very friendly the staff the person that showed us to our table was nice but my friend tried to get a waiter’s attention and waved over and they completely ignored her and went back to chatting but they all saw her wave on the way out we said thanks and was greeted with being ignored that’s why we didn’t leave a tip one of the guys just put the dishes on the table and then looked at the finished one and couldn’t be bothered to take them. I’ve worked in hospitality and know that people should feel welcomed but it was very ignorant

Very disappointed. I went with 2 friends all the food was luke warm at best it didn't all come out together waiting 10 mins for the rest. Had 2 lots of bruchetta which were soggy so sent them back returned with more but not much better...here's a tip don't have the bruchetta with ricotta on as this was probably why soggy. The service was appalling the waitress seemed really put out that we had even dared to complain and so our card was marked all night then she was grumpy as was the lad who brought some of our dishes out he almost threw the dishes at us. The staff were untidy in their dress not a very good effort was made to look reasonably smart or tidy Very disappointed will be a long time if I return

Excellent Italian tapas. Fresh and tasty dishes. Especially enjoy the arancini and meatballs, delicious. Friendly and professional service. Clean and comfortable dining. Highly reccomend.

Very good food and good portion sizes

Busy but quality of food and service was still good.

Really good value for money, big portions for tapas. Really loved the pesto, chicken pasta and the prawn linguine. Everyone enjoyed their food. This was my third time coming to this restaurant and will be back. The menu is so big there’s so much to try.

Only reason I'm leaving a review is to highlight one server in particular. We were in for a meal, 8 of us in fact, so we ordered a lot of food. Struggling to remember names of dishes is one thing, but considering the dishes had fairly unique names, you'd be sure it would click. When we were served, the floor staff member dished out the food, sliding it on the table like he was a dealer in a casino. I work in hospitality, so I know it can be hard sometimes, but the guy changed the names of dishes (still not sure if we got all of ours) and said it with such an attitude, and then left without another word. Food is a shrug, atmosphere was fine, the service was okay, but this one gent really got the mood of the table to dip in the 30 seconds he was there.

Best Italian Tapas Restaurant with lots of varieties for both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Customer service is excellent with food coming out very quickly. Great family atmosphere, with onsite parking. Reasonably priced. Attentive service provided by Shauna.

Great food for sharing, which was delicious. Staff were very accommodating and attentive and a lovely chilled atmosphere. Can't wait to return again

I took my better half to Pesto for lunch and was extremely disappointed with the food quality. I used to attend frequently about 2 years ago, but the quality appears to have gone downhill. We had 7 dishes and in two of the prawn dishes (Linguine & battered prawns) the prawns were clearly frozen prawns and were hard and chewy. Equally, the calamari was tasteless and chewy. We enjoyed each others company, but both my partner and I agreed that we wouldn’t be returning.

Excellent lunch out with work friends, warm welcome, excellent attentive service and most importantly delicious food!!

We enjoyed our meal good choice across the set menus which I mixed & matched, good food & a trio of desserts for me tiramisu were delicious, would return

boy oh boy, if it wasn’t for the food, this restaurant would be getting 0 stars from me. racist staff, unwelcoming atmosphere and terrible service! i had made a booking over the phone for my birthday meal but upon arrival at the restaurant, the staff (amy & leanne) could not seem to find my booking. they were both very cold, unfriendly and unhelpful. i was told i had either not made the booking or had made it at another branch. i showed them my call log to prove i had called the restaurant, and indeed this particular branch, to which we were told to wait to be seated. they reluctantly seated us, but placed us on a table right by the front door (not in the heart of the restaurant where we wanted to enjoy the vibes and atmosphere). with the door constantly opening and closing, we were cold throughout our visit. despite our waitress (tatiana) being lovely, it was deeply upsetting to know that one of the managers (amy) was rude and racist and i say this because being the only ASIANS in the restaurant, we were mistreated and ignored. we noticed that other customers were greeted with a warm smile and laugh and were asked about allergens etc. the staff here made us feel like a burden and that they had to accommodate for us, when in fact we had made a booking and provided proof of this. the food was very pleasant and would be the only reason we would return, if at all.

Tried this place for the 1st time. Nice place, good atmosphere, but food wasn't fresh, probably all cooked from frozen. Food was served very quickly. I didn't even get a chance to get a pint down me before it all came. It's probably not a bad thing if you're hungry.

Arrived on Sunday afternoon. We have asked for a table of 4 ( we had no booking) and was said that there is no table available, even if I mentioned to the lady which I suppose was the manager that we just eat quick and go, she confirmed that no tables are available. We went in the car park, spend literally 5 minutes, it was 13:40, opened their website at booked a table for 2 o’clock. Coming back in at 13:50 we were meet by someone else, we had a booking now and we got a table. We have been to this place before and the food is really tasty and we did enjoyed everything, however this time we had a bit of a disappointment from the management.

Food is excellent, with larger portion sizes than expected. Will definitely return.

Fantastic food great price lovley staf

Have been wanting to eat here for ages and it absolutely lived up to our high expectations on our first visit in March. Amazing food - very tasty, expertly cooked and the small plates mean we did not have too many difficulties in choosing what to have as we could try several !! Service was great and the team managed being busy very well. Will definitely be back !

We had a lovely meal here with friends... There is a great selection available for vegetarians too. I had some small tapas style dishes so I got to try a variety of dishes.... our table was fit to burst!

Food was absolutely amazing will definitely be going again 😍

A friendly location, food is a 10 😋 #foodlover #delicious #yum

Amazing food. Amazing service. Great meal

By far one of my favourite places to eat. Amazing food, service, atmosphere and drinks 🍸

The place is nice enough and the service was very good, however I found the food a little below average. It's not imaginative nor especially well cooked or flavoured. nothing special.

Really good food friendly staff. The member of staff that took our order and the service she gave was excellent. Someone who really enjoyed her work.the drinks are not expensive the bar staff are very warm and welcoming its the second time i have been i really enjoyed it and will be going back .

Last night was our first visit to Pesto. We had been recommended by friends who had raved about it and so we were really excited to go. Unfortunately we were quite disappointed- the food was not authentic to Italy and seemed poorly made. We ordered a creamy salmon pasta but the sauce seemed to have been watered down and just sat at the bottom of the dish. We also ordered their new cheesy dough balls that were fried but these were really chewy and dry. Overall the food was just not what we expected. The staff were nice and attentive but seemed to regularly get confused on what we had ordered or whether we had received dishes or drinks.

Celebrating 🍾 Grandaughter Lucy 21st with family,love place

First visit on a busy Saturday night, service was still prompt, food was amazing. Highly recommended, only discovered this place a couple of weeks ago, what a gem.

Amazing place we discover and decided to celebrate our anniversary there, from the hostess to the table seating atmosphere, food and service we couldn't fault anything...5 Big Golden stars, amazing really x👍

Nice place and easy to reach from M1, family atmosphere and great service, menu is holding loads of varieties, which made us order different selections of the menu. Food quality is great and the staff were really nice and friendly. Happy to recommend this place to family and friends around Leicester.

Have always enjoyed our visits here

First time here. Pesto was recommended by family so we all decided to give it a try. We couldn't fault it at all. The place looked very nice, with a good atmosphere. The service was superb. The food was awesome, we ordered quite alot of dishes and everyone was delicious. Definitely adding pesto to our small list of go to places to eat. We can see this place being great in the summer too with the outdoor seating etc.

A group of 5 went for a celebration meal. The menu is rather large but that is ok because you're ordering on average 3-4 plates each. The tastes and flavours were amazing. The kids were kept busy with colouring and crayons. And the decor was beautiful. The staff were friendly and very attentive. We will definitely be returning.

Great time spent with friends. It's always great to have some Italian cuisine where you can enjoy food.

We love this place and come often. All seems fresh and always tasty. Also quick friendly service, only slight drawback is it can get quite loud but not much you can do about that!

Food a bit churned out. Staff great, nice place

The food is fantastic you could select any of your choices of 3 dishes and you will get fabulous items. One of the best restaurants in Leicester, I'll try if i come back, Verifies of menu and faster service is best but too crowded and noice

Service was quick but calamari was overcooked

My favourite place - the food is lush, the service is great, and the atmosphere is lovely! Lots of smaller plates so you can pick and choose what you want!

Arrived Sunday early evening without a booking. Greeting was a little underwhelming, but it was very busy. Service staff were lovely. Polite, friendly, obliging and well presented. Food arrived quickly and on the whole was amazing - a little too much oil on a couple of dishes for our taste. But that is purely down to personal preference. Nine plates, three desserts and a round of drinks for under £80 was reasonable value. We were celebrating a 60th birthday, would have been nice if that was acknowledge in some small way - maybe something to consider?

Lovely food..tapas style Italian. Pretty good prices overall.

Always spot on regardless how busy they ate. Fantastic waitresses/waiters. Food gorgeous

Great choice of food and very tasty

Today was my first visit with a friend who loves eating here. I was surprised how many people were waiting for it to open on a Monday lunchtime! We were greeted in a friendly manner, we were asked if there was any allergies, it’s lovely to be asked that rather than me having to state I’m gluten free. I was advised the menu lists the allergens, I was also given the allergen guide, they have GF pasta and pizza bases. The lady serving us was very clued up on what was safe, I also asked to remove garlic from my dishes and it was great how easy this request was! The food arrived quickly, it was all hot and so tasty, I’ll definitely be back here again! We had dessert, I was advised straight away what is GF and 1 that needed slightly changing to make it safe. Overall a fab restaurant with friendly and polite staff! Also really good value for money! Thank you

Food and service were very good. Would definitely recommend. Small dishes, I ordered 3 to make up main meal, very reasonable price. Good kids meals one for under 7s and one for over. Within price you also get a dessert and drink.

Dined at pestos Desford on the 27 of January for my nephews birthday, our server was Georgina who couldn't of been more friendly professional & efficient, the food was ordered & served in no time & was delicious, well done pestos & especially Georgina who was lovely, definitely be returning once again soon 10/10.

Went for food with friends, staff really good , food was absolutely superb. Will be back

What a fantastic dining experience, the food was outstanding, the staff couldn't be more helpful and knowledgeable about the food. A definite must if you love good authentic Italian food.

Lots of options on the menu, everything was wonderful. You'll need to book in advance, it was very busy, even on a weekday.

Locale moderno e spazioso. Servizio veloce.Come indicato anche nel menù sono piattini, ideale per provare diversi piatti. Buone anche le pizzette. Consiglio di provare.

The food came just about warm and the chicken skewers were undercooked, so we sent them back.

Really Really nice change had the italian afternoon tea 👍😋

This was the first time I’ve been to an Italian that serves small plates and was very pleased. There was a good range of food on offer and the staff were very friendly and answered all our questions. They had plenty of veggie options (mostly cheese based). I’d recommend the mushroom bruschetta, goats cheese pizzette, and the arancini with saffron was also very very lovely. I tasted my partners tiramisu - which I regret not ordering myself!

First experience at Pestos and it was amazing. Would recommend booking in advance as they get really busy. Dishes are small and in abundance. Staff are really friendly and attentive. Will be visiting again.

Came expecting a lovely meal as before however we were not given that. Firstly the service was very very slow and not very warm. The food itself was so disappointing, we found a hair in one of our dishes, both pasta dishes were watery and all dishes were not lukewarm. We never got asked if our food was okay so didn’t have the opportunity to mention the hair. When we asked for the bill the server stood talking to someone he seemed to know and we were left waiting. When we sat down it took 15 minutes to bring us a drink and half an hour after the drink to take the food orders. Overall we didn’t order starters or desserts and were there for a total of an hour and 45 minutes and it wasn’t very busy at all.

An absolutely lovely place to visit and eat with loved ones. Fantastic prices. Staff are welcoming. I also love that there is generally more space between tables at this Pesto than others I have visited. Always very helpful with dietary requirements (gluten free). Already booked our next visit :)

Food is always fresh and tasty, staff are always welcoming and friendly. Highly recommend a visit.

Love going to Pesto, this is one of the better ones as well. The food is always so tasty, every dish is so flavourful. The service is always brilliant. Italian tapas is just an amazing idea and it's one of my favourite places to visit. We sometimes go to the Axe and Compass in Wolvey which is also great. One of the best carbonaras, and we also love the chicken skewers as well, they're so juicy. Absolutely gutted they've taken the cheesecake off the menu as it was the best cheesecake ever.