The White Hart in Central Bedfordshire

Lovely family meal this Sunday, 12 of us and all food came out hot and was delicious. Friendly staff made us feel welcome from the start and our waitress Maddy very friendly and nothing was too much bother for her with different requests.

Great staff great location great service and a fabulous party venue

First time coming here again in a while and the service has gone backwards. Food was very slow to come out and also found the staff a little bit rude, simple requests seemed like it was a bit too much effort. This is a shadow of what it was a few years back and is a bit of a shame.

Popped in for Saturday morning breakfast and it was fantastic. Food cooked to perfection, nice coffee, lovely atmosphere and hospitality second to none. Look forward to going back.

Lovely place and great food. Massive thank you to Chantelle for going above and beyond in ensuring we had an enjoyable experience with top service! Will definitely be coming back.

Chantelle was always happy to assist on our stay, highly recommend this venue

Me and my wife stayed here for a couple of night's, and we couldn't thank Chantelle enough for her politeness and service. She took care of our every request in a very professional manner. Its good to see staff like this.

Chantelle took care of us from start to finish ensuring our stay was comfortable and welcoming. She was friendly and handled any questions we had well. If this is the level of staffing throughout the white hart, we will be coming back again.

The winds were blistering cold the other evening, whilst out on my walk! So I decided to pop into the White Hart for a winter warmer. The staff were lovely but one young lady in particular went above and beyond for me. I have never been treated so well! Miss Chantelle Williams. You were an absolute delight. So kind and thoughtful. You made me feel at home! You are a treasure to the White Hart! I wish you all the best in your future and may your efforts be rewarded and recognised. Thank you again.

Met here with some friends for dinner which had been booked. On arrival the seating was a bit strange, they had to juggle chairs to accommodate us. The seating juggling continued for a large part of the evening as more diners arrived. We ended up with a table in the corner in the restaurant upstairs. The lighting was so poor we used our phones for light to read the menu. The staff agreed that the lighting was inadequate. The food was okay, but not brilliant. The service was good and the staff attentive. Probably will not return any time soon.

Long wait for ordering and for the food, when it did come my order was incorrect. I Was then charged for the incorrect item on my bill, when I pointed out to waitress of the error she told me it ‘doesn’t matter they’re the same price anyway’ …which I advised her they were not… she soon corrected the bill for me. Shame the service is so poor as the food is good

A lovely afternoon. Sat in a little corner opposite the pizza oven. Next to a fire. Was lovely and cosy. Staff were friendly. Food was wholesome and delicious.

Me and my girls went out for birthday night out and stopped at the white hart. Absolutely brilliant service, sever Owen was absolutely amazing to accommodate an all our needs and was so friendly and helpful. Reeneh (assistant manger ) had everything under control within the establishment. Will definitely be returning!!

We waited over 20 min, then we are accused of being difficult. The manager then threatened us, and it got out of control. After a fun evening in ampthil, this pubs arrogance wrecked it

We only stopped for breakfast was lovely and staff were helpful

Rooms were really comfortable and noise insulated, the staff were all very friendly and helpful. Great value for money and would highly recommend

Work Christmas meal out. So we'd preordered and paid upfront. Food was OK but service was poor; no cutlery, dishes not served at the same time and poor drinks service (we had to go to the bar!). If they can't serve big groups then they shouldn't advertise that they can!

Pre Christmas get together drink. The place was buzzing.

We went here for our Christmas lunch as a family, the restaurant was very comfortable, not crowded out with extra tables. The service was very slow with the waiter and waitresses not actually serving but asking for food to be passed along like a school canteen. The lobster and prawn starter was very small with one small piece of lobster, no bread and butter. Drinks took ages to arrive, the first drink given was Prosecco or elderflower but nothing for younger children. We ordered well in advance but still several meals had to go back. I had the vegetarian meal which should have been stuffed cauliflower but was a small cauliflower head with a bit of something on the top. The cauliflower was inedible it was totally hard. What a waste of money. We were then served cheese and biscuits all the biscuits were broken into pieces, these we did send back . There was no de-caff tea, so went without that as well at £95 a head it was quite disgraceful. I don’t know what was going on in the kitchen but all the vegetables were really hard. We enjoyed being with our family but will never go back there again. Just one extra warning a service tip is automatically added , we asked to take it off so we could tip accordingly but they said no.

Attended a function staff were really good and it was a good night

Visiting family for Christmas, so booked an overnight stay. Clean pub, decent food & tidy room. As town centre pubs go pretty overpriced but we knew this before staying. Kitchen & bar staff work very hard, but so short staffed front of house the food service was friendly but very, very slow. Disappointing to see the manager sat enjoying a pint after finishing working when staff were clearly rushed off their feet. Please sort your pub sign out. A windy night but such a creaky sign, a good night’s sleep was challenging ! Served its purpose, but would be reluctant to stay again.

A lovely setting but having been twice I should say the service is not very good. Staff seem to be more content on have a chat between themselves rather than attending to customers. We had to wait over 20minutes to take our order and then no further service at our table after we were served. I have read previous reviews and the consensus is generally the same on the service being poor. Food is generally okay although my pork was overdone on this occasion, however, I would have expected better for Amphill prices ! Overall, we won't be going back as there are plenty of other gastro pubs locally, certainly with better service and food and furthermore better access to parking . The owner should consider on reading this and previous reviews and take some action !

Have stayed here many many times for work, the pub, food and breakfast are absolutely amazing, service is open notch! The rooms, well, some are now getting a little tired, and, here’s the best advice, don’t ever stay in room 2! Despite telling them on every unfortunate occasion that I’ve been is this room that the sign outside your window, squeaks and creaks all bloody night keeping you awake, they still have done nothing about it, o even offered one night for one of the staff to hold me hanging out the window of they gave me a tin of WD40! Guys, please just sort the bloody sign out!!!!!

Not cheap but very decent breakfast. Nice and quiet, but great service and very good options for any palate. Would recommend 👍

Very nice hotel rooms were great foid excellent

So shocked after checking my bank account that we have been charged 10% service charge on a bottle of wine. They confirmed there is a service charge even on a pint pulled at the bar. Used to be a great place to go. Not anymore

Me and my family went out to an early Christmas brunch here. The restaurant looked nice. We ordered our food and I ordered the pancakes but I asked specifically to just have yoghurt and syrup (no honey) . Meanwhile the food of the other members at the table said that the food was cold. And my food arrived with honey and granola which i said specifically to the waitress I didn’t want. She got quite ‘sassy’ with me when I told her what I wanted to order. She said she would have to charge me extra if I wanted to change my food. I told her no and that she had to change it. She came back several times and accused me of not ordering the maple syrup pancakes to the other waitress. She said they’re may have been a mix up with the words. So she went to the kitchen brought me back a plate with granola pancakes (which I also didn’t order) and a tiny bit of maple syrup ‘dumped’ on top of the honey which was previously on my plate. So i thought to myself ‘no tip for you’ . I trust she didn’t use her common sense when it comes to simple listening skills and good customer service. I will not be coming back here again. But of course I do understand they were busy and that is the reason this isn’t a 0 out of 5 review.

Wow ! - arrived to a gent in a bowler hat to show us to our table. We ordered a sharing platter and a bottle of wine and made ourselves comfortable by the open fire. The staff are fab and very attentive, great atmosphere - the place was so busy, we will definitely add this place to one of our weekend favourites.

This used to be a great pub/restaurant a few years ago under different management and was the place to meet up with friends for a drink in a smart, clean well run pub . Sadly since then the place has gone downhill ! I tried a visit again recently to see if things had improved, they hadn't ! The place is looking tired and grubby. I also had to return our drinks as the ale was completely off. The drinks were exchanged without fuss and bar staff very friendly but it was disappointing nonetheless. Will not be rushing back anytime soon !

Judging by the amount of negative reviews I’m surprised we gave this place another chance. But with ampthill lights switch on we booked a table for drinks inside. When we arrived our table wasn’t ready, and we were given one in the restaurant instead which wasn’t too much of a problem. Until… We ordered my daughter some food. Beans came out freezing cold, we sent them back and the chef had clearly just thrown them in a microwave until they were almost inedible. Mash came out of a packet. Our food came out wrong, missing things. Other people were sending food back to the kitchen. The staff had no idea what they were going, I actually feel sorry for the girls that work there. They have no support from management and clearly haven’t been given any direct training. This place is an absolute shambles. How long are they doing to continue like this until they take notice of customer feedback and start to change things? The food is terrible!!! Get new chefs and train your staff. It’s such a shame this in the centre of Ampthill when other places could be benefiting instead.

The rooms were okay, but certainly not worth the money charged. Got burnt by the towel rail which was insanely hot, lawsuit waiting to happen there. There were two real issues were the price and the service. Getting served in the main bar was an exercise in patience. Twenty minutes with no one else at the bar. Breakfast in the morning was even worse. Sat at our table for thirty five minutes before we could order, and that was only because i eventually pointed out that we'd been waiting and checkout was in a half hour. Twenty five minutes for a coffee because "we're really backed up on hot drinks". Didn't like it when i pointed out that no one had been near the coffee machine for ten minutes as i was sitting opposite. Went for a wedding and the bride and groom were happy. Fortunately i never have to go back to this place. Avoid.

Had a totally enjoyable overnight stay here...The rooms are beautifully appointed . Dinner was enjoyable although we did have to ask 3 times for some tap water. Breakfast was faultless and the staff a pleasure

Mixed experience regarding the food we ordered from the main menu. My friend's spaghetti bolognaise was very good and cost £14. However, I went for a large portion of fish and chips at £18.00 and was very disappointed. The fish portion looked impressive until I sawed my way through the batter-it was really hard-and found that it consisted of an extremely dried out and thin amount of fish encased in a very large amount of batter. The mushy peas that came with it were also very dry. The chips were excellent. but, really not worth£18.

Nice place in nice village. Even nicer (and efficient) staff, who are truly helpful in any way they can. Room was good, bathroom too. Why one star missing? Too many stairs for my currently messed up right leg ... though it is hard to take it out on the White Hart!

Absolutely disgusting place and so unclean. Tables cluttered with dirty dishes and absolutely no effort made by staff to clean up. We watched 5 different groups enter the resteruant then turn around and leave due to the dirty tables. Staff didn’t bother to offer us a menu even though they knew we were there for food. The menu on the wall outside is completely different to the menu inside and staff were absolutely clueless. Bar top was filthy with spilt drinks and again no effort by staff made to clean it, even though the place was quiet. Went to order food at the bar as we were sick of waiting for waitress to return (even though she promised to clean our table when we arrived, then immediately disappeared, never to return!). When ordering food, they tried to add a £4 service charge to one dish…..even though we were the ones doing all the effort and going to the bar to order ourselves. We immediately cancelled and walked out. Awful, clueless staff who obviously didn’t care, and dirty, unclean place. Won’t be returning!

We came as a family last night, pre booked as it was fireworks and we’re a family of 4. To begin with my husband had to repeat the order 3 times, to come back to the table and tell me how much, working out we’d been over charged. Then had to repeat it for a 4th time. We then got the mains brought to us before the starter. When the mains did arrive they were then cold. After eating our food and sitting with our dirty plates in front of us for about half an hour we had a waiter come and ask if we had any empty glasses, we did he then asked for our 6 year old son to pass them him. I asked if the plates could get cleared and the children’s puddings brought out which we’d ordered at the beginning of the meal. Another 20 minutes passed and nothing had been done. I went to complain and ask again for the pudding and explained everything that had happened since arriving, the waiter even said “that’s abit embarrassing “ I said yes and we wouldn’t be back. It wasn’t even busy as it was only us and another couple there so not sure why everything went so bad but it’s not the experience we were expecting.

We came as a family last night, pre booked as it was fireworks and we’re a family of 4. To begin with my husband had to repeat the order 3 times, to come back to the table and tell me how much, working out we’d been over charged. Then had to repeat it for a 4th time. We then got the mains brought to us before the starter. When the mains did arrive they were then cold. After eating our food and sitting with our dirty plates in front of us for about half an hour we had a waiter come and ask if we had any empty glasses, we did he then asked for our 6 year old son to pass them him. I asked if the plates could get cleared and the children’s puddings brought out which we’d ordered at the beginning of the meal. Another 20 minutes passed and nothing had been done. I went to complain and ask again for the pudding and explained everything that had happened since arriving, the waiter even said “that’s abit embarrassing “ I said yes and we wouldn’t be back. It wasn’t even busy as it was only us and another couple there so not sure why everything went so bad but it’s not the experience we were expecting.

Lovely pub with great food. Highly recommended!

Given it about 100 chances, everytime stinks like vomit..staff blame it on the drains behind the bar! Its vile. Good food, 50/50 friendly staff…young attitude on the lads that work there. Only reason anyone ever goes now is because it’s the only place in ampthil. Need to up their game as everyone’s saying the same thing.

The food, as always is great at The White Hart. We didn't have to wait long for it either. The service has been a bit hit and miss recently, but they've definitely turned a corner now as last night the service was exceptional! Our waitress was very attentive, kept checking on us, asked if the food was OK, if we needed more drinks etc.. You could see she clearly loves her job as she was the same with other tables. Thank you for a really enjoyable evening 😊

The food was appalling. I was shocked at what was served. The Calzone Parma contained no filling. It was a calzone pizza contained a lining of thin melted cheese and nothing else. The Parma was simply denoted by a single strip of overcooked prosciutto down...

Great food, great staff…lovely place to stay and eat

Went in for drinks, was immediately hit with the overwhelming smell of vomit. We decided to order drinks and sit upstairs away from the smell as it was all around the bar area downstairs. Once seated we were told by a very rude waiter that...

1st trip back since last year when we had a negative experience with service, that visit was on Mother’s Day so put down to that. Unfortunately this experience was even worse than previous. Service was extremely slow and uninterested, wasn’t even that busy at the...

Visited on Saturday, 30th September, with my partner and our 2 year old nephew. After 15-20minutes, the food came out, but we were still waiting on the drinks 10 minutes later. I had to ask for the drinks to be served. The food tasted fine, and we ate most of it. However, on the ride back home (about 1.5 hours after eating the food), our nephew projectile vomited in the car. This happened twice more later that evening. My partner and I didn't feel great either - lethargic and upset stomach. In addition, I went to the loo before leaving the pub and just before the stairs, the area smelt of vomit. My partner noticed the same thing. As of Monday morning, the baby is having a medical check-up as he still has an upset stomach, diarrhea and hasn't eaten since Saturday evening. For us all not to have felt well and eaten different dishes shows something severely wrong.

It is frustrating that the White Hart's website's opening hours are not up to date.

Will not becoming here again. Breakfast was very below standard for the price.£5 for 2 slices of toast with butter and marmalade and over £12 for Eggs Benidict [would have been fine if eggs weren't sold in the middle. More boiled than paached]. Coffe was...

We visited today to celebrate my husbands birthday .. won’t be going back For a start the level of staff to patrons was abysmal .. not only that but the actual attention delivered by the wait staff was below abysmal … We visited with 4...

Went and had lunch today with my friend the service was awful they even had to check my order they were not even busy the staff did more talking than customer service then they added a service charge on the bill and didnt tell you what a joke wouldnt mind if the service wasnt so awful.will not being going back

The service is painfully slow. I looked over at a group of waiters/waitresses gathered to get their attention and they just looked away. Had to get up and ask for someone to take our order. Also had to go up to the bar for another drink to be brought over. Food is great, the service not so much. Its a shame as it used to be excellent

Wonderful staff and food made this a great place to get together with friends. Can't praise the staff enough

We booked a table here for my sons birthday. From the start, it was appalling. Several items from the main menu were not available, and after we ordered staff came back to say several of the dishes we had ordered were not available. We wanted...

We have always given The White Hart our patronage over the years however, the standard of service appears to have dropped significantly (especially if there is a function going-on). Staff behind the bar serving regular customers just can't cope, long queue's, staff ignoring customers patienly...

My God, this place has gone downhill. Bar staff who are both rude and cannot be @rsed to serve you. Woefully understaffed. Expensive. AVOID.

I’ve been going to the White Hart at least once every 4-6 weeks for a weekend lunch/brunch for 2 years. It’s always been, without fail, excellent service, really good food and a lovely atmosphere. Three visits I’ve made in the last two months have been...

Fabulous hotel and pub,staff very friendly and helpful, room lovely and clean, dinner and breakfast fantastic.

We visited for a light lunch and drink. The food was as nice but not good enough to match the price point. The restaurant was quiet but we still had to wait around 45 minutes for our sandwiches.

Went to a wedding reception ,meal was excellent and service very good.

Pretty enough pub, however, sorely lacking in service. The bell rang for last orders, went to the bar and was told they were not serving anymore drinks. I and a number of patrons protested stating they had rung the bell for last orders. The barman tried to claim it was the second bell, which was nonsense, and then a rather aggressive bouncer intervened and told us customers (who were ready to pay for more drinks), it was the second bell and we had missed our opportunity. He and his colleague proceeded to stalk the tables and tell people to 'drink up'. I was told by a few patrons the service had gone 'down hill' in recent months and from my experience I happen to agree. The youngesters behind the bar obviously don't know what 'last orders' actually are...which is quite rubbish.

We booked a table for 4 people. when we arrived we went to the desk to be shown to oue table. 3 staff looked at us never spoke eventually one staff member said are you waiting for a table we said we have booked so he took us to a table and gave us 3 menus he said I will try and find another. We ordered our meals after a very long time we asked when will we get our order. Thay eventually came with 2 meals 10 mins later the other 2 meals arrived The food was very good but it was very poor service.

Good quality food in a cozy set up. Service was with a smile as well.

We ate in the restaurant… both mine and hubby’s meals were awful.. dry chicken, food too hot or cold in places, roast potatoes were solid lumps and very dark, Spaghetti Bol was completely tasteless… as both meals were bad it is hard to fathom what...

I booked this on line for our anniversary dinner having been here some time ago and the food then was good. I had written in the comments on the booking that we had recently suffered a bereavement in the family and would appreciate a quite...

Sadly this was a disappointing experience. I have been many times before & enjoyed the food, but not this time. Mistakes happen, which I accept, but an apology from a manager is the least I would expect. This did not happen & my email afterwards...

brilliant food (pizzas) and drinks and amazing 10/10 waitressing service given by charlotte ball to us

On arrival we were greeted by a very welcoming member of staff. He quickly summoned the manager and we were checked in. Our room was up two flights of steep stairs, with two key codes along the way. The room was pleasant, albeit in an...

Great staff, especially Amber behind the bar, exceptional food at all times, lovely rooms - especially the executive rooms.

The last time I'll ever be spending my money here - too many chances. Me my partner, and 1 year old came for a bit of lunch on a Friday afternoon. We were shown to a table in the bar area which was fine, but...

The White Hart has seriously gone down hill. We have visited here numerous times since Oakham Inns first took it over, the food used to be really good. However, the quality of food and service has been declining this past year. Our most recent visit...

Firstly, the food here was fab and no issues. The prices of the food, very questionable. £6.50 to add on chicken to a salad is extortionate and had I’d have known I would not have had it. The service on the other hand was pretty...

Decision was made to go to brunch here based upon excellent visits in the past. However on this occasion we were not so well looked after and probably will not return. Orders were taken and drinks received. Choices were received but presentation seemed very poor,...

Complete s#!t show. The prices here are expensive, which would be fine if the service and food were up to scratch. The venue is lovely, but that's about all this place has going for it. Service was lacklustre at best, bar was poorly stocked, food...

Trying to enjoy the sun we thought we'd try here again after 3 years or so due to various disasters in previous experiences... as expected nothing had changed! Long wait over an hour and half... hardly any drinks at bar outside.. half hour order didn't...

What a great place for breakfast, I was working locally and my accommodation had no breakfast. Pay and display parking is next door to the restaurant at a reasonable cost. They had really nice gluten free bread (which was a great quality as opposed to...

The service in this place has been appalling on the two occasions I’ve been. Long wait for our food, vast majority of staff treated us like we were an inconvenience, extortionate priced drinks (£12.95 for a glass of wine and a dash of lemonade cost...

Very nice meal here with family. The service was excellent and Tiffany in particular, was very good. She really understood gluten free requirements . We all enjoyed the food and look forward to returning soon.

If I could rate zero stars I would. The service was absolutely horrendous. I am an A level student who was visiting with my friend and you can completely tell how they treat students completely differently from others. We was waiting a long time for...

A great place for lunch. Friendly, efficient staff & delicious food. My nourish bowl was scrumptious & my sister really enjoyed ham, egg & chips.

Booked The Stables for my wife’s 60th Surprise Birthday Party! Staff were so so accommodating. Thank you Emily and the team in the Stables. Venue was well laid out and fairy lights made it. Everyone commented on how good the food was and the calabrese...

We had a nice lunch in this busy bar/restaurant. The food was all nicely cooked and enjoyable. Finger bowls would of been a good thing to give out with the prawns, our lovely laundered napkins were filthy the by the time we had finished eating...

Lovely dinner for mum who didn't want to cook after a long week and two hungry kids. Manny, our waiter, was super attentive, great with the kids and made them feel very special. The service was perfectly timed, we felt very well looked after and...

Welcoming staff and a very lovely waitress. Big menu and having observed the kitchen I think probably pizza is their speciality. Now I love a roast, usually beef, and that is why we go out on a Sunday. The beef was ok, nothing special, the...

Once every two months, a roulette dinner date takes place, and one poor person always has to foot the tab. The "vacation yes man" picked up the bill previously, which is how we ended up at The White Hart. Since some of us last visited...

Booked in here and stayed in the rooms on the way to Centre Parcs as we didn’t want a long drive on the day. We had dinner and it was lovely burger was fab, along with the mushroom pasta which they could also make GF...

Booked this around a month ahead of time for a family catch up prior to Christmas, this was for a Thursday evening. When we arrived we made our way to be seated in the dining area in which we were told the whole dining area...

Pretty loyal White Hart customer on the whole but the owners (Oakham Inns) I feel like are just taking advantage of the fact there isn’t much competition locally Ate here today - not good Slow service Chef openly arguing with a waitress about an order...

Christmas Day and our first one eating out. We arrived 10 mins early for our booking at 3pm and were shown to our table. It was 20mins after 3pm before we got our first drink and this was only because the manager saw we still...

Terrible. The restaurant was full of other families trying to make the best out of a bad situation as it was Christmas Day. The service was terrible, the food was terrible, it was all just so poor. It didn’t feel like Christmas, the music wasn’t...

Great lunch with great service and friendly staff. Recommend it..!! Thoroughly recommend the pork ball skewers for starter :0)

So very disappointed with our visit yesterday for so many reasons. Had booked a large table for breakfast months beforehand and had sent a pre-order in, as requested, via email 6 days beforehand. Despite sending the email, I received two very snotty messages from “Sara”...

I took my mother for lunch at the White Hart Sunday 20 November . I've always liked this warm friendly pub as the food has been good and I have a wheat intolerance and they are one of the few restaurants that have a good...

My husband and I stayed here for a couple of days. It was a short and pleasant stay. It was made even more lovely by Debbie the housekeeper. She’s such a great people’s person and catered to all our needs. Loved her!!

First visit here and looking forward to a Sunday lunch. Started off well drinks arrived and ordered our meals. I ordered the roast beef Sunday lunch but when it arrived I had to ask for a serrated knife to cut the beef. It was still...

You market yourself as an up street brand, but then have the manager having to escort a “ friend “ away from our table after people we were sat with saw him rolling up a line ( cocaine ) in the toilets. Then harassing us...

We lunched at the White Hart today and just wanted to say it was very good, both food and service - thank you Steve for your warm welcome and great sense of humour - you were brilliant - all the best from the "Collins" gang!!!

A very pleasing eating experience, outside, enjoying beer battered fish and chips. We were attended by the bubbly, interested Libby who gave a great service. Will be going again!

Booked a night for the 6th august but the website changed the date and before I new it my credit card had been charged for the night and an email saying I was a no show ! I called up and explained and they requested...

Excellent Service! Food delicious! Lovely staff and also dog friendly. We will definitely be eating here again.

Stayed here with a friend as a last minute room booking due to being so close to Centre Parcs Woburn. Found check in easy. Room was very spacious and really nice decor. Bed was extremely comfy. However our room (no 1) was at the front...

We visited with friends and lots of messy children and they were very patient with all of our nonsense! They even didn't frown when my 5 year old son insisted on using the mobility lift. The food was a tiny bit slow in arriving, but...