The White Horse in Ceredigion

They were understaffed for a holiday weekend. Other than that the service was good, though wait times to order were long. I took away a full star because we came to watch the formula 1 grand prix, which they advertised on sign outside. We were enjoying the race with a couple of local people we met, then the staff turned the race off 2/3 of the way through. Switched over to a football game in the middle of the race. That was quite disappointing.

Damp musty smell, dirty furniture. Food good home cooking

Eaten and drank here over the years but the food on this occasion was abysmal. Portion sizes had shrunk ridiculously. The V. burger was dry and burnt and the cheese was dry and rubbery, all in a tiny bun with 12 chips with no side garnish.

Food terrible, not the cleanest, rubbish on window cills, and the radiators and edges of carpet stinking

Its okay. Food is a average quality. Prices are fair. Staff are friendly and helpful.

Didn't have most things on the menu when we went and burger wasn't great on that day apparently. Other food was fine.

Used to come here during my time at university, but the place is quite poor now. A few things weren't working or being served whilst I visited again, such as the taps on the bar, and them running out of fries. I was offered waffle fries instead of fries with my meal as a replacement but I still had to pay extra towards the waffle fries. Quite a few flies situated around the building so make sure to choose wisely where you sit.

They had no choice in food, no fish and no eggs no beer on draft cider was warm food was luke warm i asked for extra chips and there was about 8 on the plate place is dirty also wouldn't recommend not returning here !!

Olympics on TV - great Singing Duo in corner - not great - although the female was very... enthusiastic! 🤣

During my recent trip to Aberystwyth, I had the pleasure of dining at the White Horse Restaurant, and it was an experience to remember. Nestled in the charming town, the restaurant exudes a warm and inviting atmosphere that makes you feel right at home. The menu offered a delightful selection of dishes, showcasing the best of Welsh cuisine with a modern twist. I started with the leek and potato soup, which was creamy and perfectly seasoned. For the main course, I chose the lamb cawl — a traditional Welsh stew — that was hearty and full of flavor. The use of fresh, local ingredients was evident in every bite. The service was impeccable, with attentive and friendly staff who were knowledgeable about the menu and eager to offer recommendations. The ambiance of the restaurant was cozy and intimate, making it an ideal setting for both casual meals and special occasions. To top it all off, the dessert selection was irresistible. I indulged in the homemade bara brith bread pudding, which was a sweet and satisfying end to a fantastic meal. Overall, the White Horse Restaurant in Aberystwyth is a must-visit for anyone seeking authentic Welsh fare in a welcoming setting. I look forward to returning on my next visit to this beautiful town.

Very busy, long wait for the food but was very good when it arrived. Plenty of tv screens around to while the time away.

Tried Lily's cider but found it a little too sweet for us. Good pub, good atmosphere

All day breakfast. Dietary requirements - will remove items but no dairy free alternative. Bread was really lovely. Eggs runny, mushrooms wrinkly and dry. Breakfast overall ok ish for price. Sticky table. Toilets need some attention but reasonably clean

Currently in White Horse Aberyswyth, very suprised on ordering drinks, i always have Aperol Spritz cocktail with lemonade instead of soda water but was told when ordering this is not possible they can only make with soda water, firtst time i have ever experienced this and in a pub couod not believe it!

Had a great dinner, generous portion of chips and great menu options and Beth, Nick, Zel and Tom were incredible. Highly recommend :)

A pot of tea is a pot of tea especially when you charge half what you do for food for one and you come to the table with one cup of tea, and regardless of if people are robbing your tea pots a pot pf tea is normally more than one cup most of the time more than 2, it's in the menu too anywhere else if you're going to false advertise something in any other business they're normally held to what they've advertised you could have been polite and said that you don't even do pots of tea anymore but you'll happily bring two teas over but there was no mention that the menu was wrong, disappointed as I always pop in when I'm over as I can take my dog, we'd have probably stayed longer and bought other things but just decided to leave after finished due to the lack of courtesy.

Waited over 50 mins for a simple order....asked three times where food had got to... disappointed.....used to be so ,much better!

I returned to the White Horse because they did good breakfasts a few years ago. The pub was quite busy at around 6 o'clock on a sunny Sunday evening, l but I found a table fairly easily. I ordered the fish chips and mushy peas as I didn't have a lot of time. It arrived after about 15 minutes which was fine as there were many people ordering food. The chips were fresh and hot and the mushy peas were OK. However, the fish was a disappointment. It wasn't particularly big for the nearly £9.00 they were charging and it was curled up like a bowl and overcooked. The batter was hard and when I eventually penetrated it the fish inside was dry, cream in colour and yellow around the edges. It looked as if someone had forgotten about it. I persevered for a little while before giving up leaving half of it on the plate. A young lad collected the plate. He didn't ask if the meal was OK - perhaps he knew the response he would get. I will certainly give the White Horse a wide berth next time I'm in Aberystwyth. There are plenty of other eating establishments that are better.

Average pub food but filling and reasonable Value for money Good service and plenty of big screens for sports Easy to get to from the sea front And on a Friday evening not too busy

Usually IME it's been a good pub overall - decent beer, friendly efficient staff etc. - but regrettably often it's fallen lamentably short of what's acceptable service-wise. The inobservant or inattentive bartender who fails to notice that you're the next-in-line customer at the bar rather than the one who just walked up is a forgivable albeit too common phenomenon, especially in the UK, but when that happens at the same time as there's another one right in front of you who's apparently too busy chatting to her friend to deign to pour you a beer... 🙄

I recently visited The White Horse in Aberystwyth and had a mixed experience. On the positive side, the full breakfast was fantastic. The eggs were perfectly cooked, the sausages were flavorful, and the accompanying beans, mushrooms, and toast were delicious. It was hearty, well-prepared, and truly satisfying. However, the bacon sandwich left something to be desired. The bacon was a bit too dry chewy, and lacked the crispiness that one would expect. It seemed slightly underwhelming compared to the otherwise excellent full breakfast. Overall, The White Horse is a great place for a hearty breakfast, but the bacon sandwich could use some improvement. I'd still recommend giving it a try for the friendly atmosphere and the overall quality of their breakfast offerings.

Food was actually fine and I use the pub on a regular basis when I visit. I know you don't serve after 9 and that's ok. I don't drink much but still like a pub - with a meal. Shut your coffee machine down when you close the kitchen though...shame I couldn't have one after eating😞

Good food at a good price, thank you.

Easily booked a table for 5 of us to celebrate my mum's 60th birthday. Amazing service from Nick taking our orders and taking care of dietary requirements. Joe and Joyce very friendly and such fantastic service at the table. Also, shout out to kitchen staff (I believe their names are Isaac, Jackson and Ricky for cooking our lovely food and looking after the birthday cake. Everyone involved really made my mum's day. Highly recommend. Thank you all so very much for a memorable evening.

So much more to get out of that tent! What a policy, they don't fully understand it yet.

We popped in for lunch, it's a bit like weather spoons menu Food was very good, and plenty of it. Served quite quick to , good value, very friendly staff , would recommend It. Plenty of seating and a upstairs to. Dog friendly too.

Bar service was great. Food service... seemed like she wanted to get back somewhere quickly. Food itself was awful.

Absolutely terrible meal. Had the steak & chips with peppercorn sauce. The sauce was watery with a floury taste. My partner had chilli and rice. Flavourless and watery. We felt the effects a few hours later. Would never go here again.

Nice clean relaxing place. Friendly staff. Good value food. Will be back.

Worst lasagne of my life! A microwaved warmed up cheap lasagne that was mostly burnt to the dish.

Friendly bar lady, food looked good, large seating area, very dog friendly

Great pub , great food , great prices and dog friendly , will definitely be going back .

A big improvement, lovely staff will be back soon ☺️

Fish n Chips was excellent and the portion is huge. Their advertisments are misleading as has quite some Ts&Cs.

Very tasty food. Good service by Liv. Steak and ale pie was delicious. Would definitely recommend and come again ! Thank you

Amazing service and the best hospitality from Joyce joe and violet ! Made my night!! Keep it up guys

Perfectly reasonable pub grub. Gammon egg and chips was tasty.

As there is no gluten free menu, 50% of us weren't able to order food. We had a quick drink and left...

Good choice of drinks. Friendly staff. Dogs welcome. Fab.

Busy place but managed to get a table. Pet friendly so my dog enjoyed it too. Nice meal and friendly staff.

We had two baguettes. The bread and chips were nice but the sandwhich content were disgusting. The flavours didn't go at all. Decent prices but wouldn't go again. Tables tightly packed in and sticky.

Could not get the money off a pint card. I am local but apparently you have too go in 5 days a week to qualify that's encouraging sensible drink and it smelled in there.

Early opening for breakfast etc. Amstel £3.25 a pint & lovely efficient staff. Fantastic location in the heart of Aberystwyth & only 200 yards from the promenade 👍

Fantastic night and winning the quiz was a bonus. Had a great time. See you next year

Waited over an hour for a simple burger and chips. Food was cold when it arrived. Lots of flies everywhere. Staff gave attitude when I complained about food. Never will I return again. Simply unacceptable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Won the quiz. Smashed the Mrs. Back one year later won the quiz........you know the rest😜

Dear the owner . I had to wait for over and hour for only cheesy garlic bread which only takes minutes to cook . This is a shambolic and shameful service and must be corrected . And the food was sub par and was over priced and luke warm at best . Do better

The audacity, never in my great experience of reviewing restaurants have I waited a lifetime for not even a whole meal... GARLIC BREAD! why in all that's holy did it take so long, i literally could of driven to tesco driven home cooked the garlic bread and came back to this shambolic excuse of a restaurant! I appreciate that the restaurant was busy (for some reason) at the time but I didn't even order a whole meal, why I ask you did it take so long ?! And now the staff, I can understand why they look so miserable all the time working in this pathetic excuse of an establishment, slapping my food on the table without a smile or any words. I don't normally take to extending my reviews to this platform I usually keep them within the reviewing agency I own but this case was to shambolic to ignore! White horse, sort yourself out.

The staff are lovely. So helpful and kind. The food is beyond beautiful. You need to go in hungry but can guarantee you won't go out hungry. The bbq ribs are beautiful. The Sunday lunch is lovely.

Ideal place to have a beer. Good atmosphere and good treatment

Pub very average food had the all day breakfast great if you like cremated bacon mushrooms and the sausages looked and tasted like they had been cooked left for a day and reheated shell in the eggs Visitor to the area, would not go back.

Spoons but not Spoons. Decent menu, reasonable price and fairly clean. Dog friendly being a bonus

Would like to say been served by the most ignorant and arrogant person ever, the woman with the glasses needs manners and a please or thank you would go along way, oh next time you chuck the drinks on the bar you might find them coming back at you 👍

Great service and the food was fantastic

Good food, good service, it was Sunday evening so not busy or noisy for town centre pub. Good steak. Great sticky toffee pudding. (A few things has run out on the menu). Spent too long trying to work out how to use QR code and app (MiXR) to get a discount or free drink which was too complicated to use, but that's not this pubs fault.

Barking dogs and old men shouting. would of stayed for food but for that.

Three crazy Aussie ladies arrived in the town and was recommended by Holland and Barrett staff to eat at the White Horse.. great atmosphere! Excellent customer service from all the staff, friendly and very professional. Our meal was delicious and satisfying after a long drive from Bath and Stockport.

Mediocre food served by sullen staff on the day we were there. No tartare sauce in fish wrap and overcooked chips.

From the outside I wasn't expecting much, however glad we came in! We had a range of meals... well practically all the small plates. The food was soo nice we stayed to watch the match. Served by vi, she was great, helping us by recommendations of drinks with cocktails 2 for 1! We're glad we came in!

Ate here two nights in a row while staying in town, served fast and yummy food. Reasonably priced drinks.

Don't be fooled thinking this is a 'Spoons. It might look and feel it, and in all honesty we did pop in on that premise, thinking we'd have a cheap late lunch on a Friday after a walk along the prom. It's not, but better! The menu was decent, with good choice of just about everything, including a children's menu (our smallest reviewer was impressed by the full set of crayons, too, not "the normal, broken, three colours you normally get in pubs"). The food was good, although it took a little while to come, with decent portion sizes. Good selection of drinks, with some non-alcoholic options, too. It's got a mezzanine upstairs (with a pool table), TVs for your sporting needs, and the toilets were clean and tidy. Out of term time it was fairly quiet but I imagine it can get quite busy otherwise. The are special nights on (check the board). All in all a very pleasant experience. And service was great!

Popped in on a holiday with the family! Great place and food was lovely! Will definitely be returning again next time I’m down! Violet was amazing! They did a great job and making us feel special! Couldn’t fault a thing!

Visited today for a Sunday dinner, it looks amazing on your website........in reality it was the worst Sunday dinner we have ever had, the meat, I had the beef which was like shoe leather, my husband turkey which was like rubber it definitely wasn't roasted onsite, frozen roast potatoes, instant mash which was also like rubber a bit of tasteless veg. no parsnips and instant gravy, the yorkshire pudding looked good but had a weird taste like it had been cooked in an old greasy baking tray, absolutely AWFUL, come on provide what you advertise.

Down here for a couple of day's with my daughter. Place was lovely and food was great, going again tonight.

Have been coming here for years and loved it. However today was awful.. Will post a pic if the 'gammon' that looked like a thin slice of burnt bacon. And the lasagne that's obviously been frozen then microwaved.. Ordered chicken burger with extra gherkins so they gave us none 😂 waitress rude and didn't care. Her response was 'I didn't make the food' Microwaved, reheated small portions. All food was cold. Chips obviously kept in heat hold. Only sauces were ketchup or mayo. Only good was a free pint with adding £1 for purchasing a micro burger.. Not sure if management has changed from last year..

Chicken salad with 1 coujon and a bags of lettuce £10 we eat here all the time and found the quality of food poor during this bank holiday. Once complained they brought out some tomato and informed us that they have run out of cucumber. There is a spar 15 feet away from the pub. REALLY GUYS POOR

Lovely pub with nicely priced food

A nice pub and great atmosphere with a TV on the wall to watch the sports of you fancy. A good reasonably priced menu choice to suit all the family. And some seating in the window to watch the world go by. Good friendly service with lots of good drink choices on tap

The prices are a bit high, but the food and drink are first class.

good food. nice atmosphere. reasonable price.

Pretty much a spoons but a local pub with a good selection of beer on tap and hot drinks.

Good place to watch football ◡̈

Great pub, massive selection and something different on every night. Didn't eat but talking to others apparently the food is good and reasonable for the price. Guinness was fine if a little cold

Nice little place, lovely settings and the building has gorgeous old curved windows. Simple but satisfying food.

Food was frozen, warmed up, and tasted like it was not the best

Great place for mediocre meal and a couple of drinks

Went in to watch the football. Bright and airy space, great atmosphere and friendly staff.

Great little pub. Affordable food & drink. Steak was cooked to perfection & the chicken wrap was delicious. Even better that its properly dog friendly with our dog being allowed inside!

I usually consider this a great place to eat and drink at a reasonable price. Today, though, I had an awful meal. I ordered a beef dinner but only about 20% of the beef was edible (it was mostly gristle) the ball of mashed potato was unrecognisable with a tough skin and one roast was so hard it was inedible. Yorkshire and gravy was okay! I was in a family group who paid for it so I didn't want to make a fuss or I would've sent the "food" back. Really disappointed and not what I would normally expect of The White Horse.

Me and my partner come for a night from Liverpool and booked a table for food and drink friendly staff and best mixed grill I've ever had chef deserves a pay rise 😄 thank you for excellent service this is the first place we would come back to when we come again.

Quick service, amazing staff, brilliant food.

My partner and I recently visited the white horse for the first time and were blown away by the incredible service and frequent events that appeared to be going on. Our food was delicious and arrived quickly and our server, Abi, was a delight, incredibly welcoming and really made our evening. Highly recommend the white horse to any and all!

Good food, good service, great staff; I usually avoid going to the same places twice so I can visit as many new restaurants in Aber as possible, but there's a reason I and many societies frequent the White Horse. The food is tasty and reasonably priced (8-15 quid for a full meal, depending on what you get), with plenty of variety including vegetarian/vegan options, and usually very timely served. The atmosphere is a bit loud from hosting many patrons at once, but it never feels rowdy. The staff is friendly and also let my friends bring in a homemade cake (complete with lit candles) for my birthday after we ordered and ate, which was extra nice. They have also been generous and let me swap out my coupons for alcoholic drinks for juice many times, as I don't like soft drinks or alcohol. My friends who do seem to like the alcohol and fizzy drinks available, though. I've been to the White Horse perhaps a dozen times now and never had a bad meal or experience. The White Horse also permits many society meetings and activities (such as TTRPG nights), sometimes even without prior booking, making it feel very welcoming. Their nightly events always seem interesting, though I've peronally yet to attend any. Never had trouble finding seating even on busy days, either. Not a fan of sports, but they do play sports on the televisions around the building for people who like that. The late closing time is also nice, and it is dog friendly! Overall, very good pub!

Wont be my last visit, great place.

Decent enough place to grab lunch if visiting Aber. Reasonably priced also.

Fantastic pub, friendly staff, fmgreat food and atmosphere, student deals and cheap drinks.

Polite helpful staff clean and tidy we will be back

Popped in for lunch with the mother in law.. prices were very reasonable £28 for 3 meals and 3 cokes.. all day breakfast - I'd call that a very big meal for £8.. chicken club looked very tasty £8 and my south fried chicken wrap with chips was delicious again £8.. service was friendly and fast! Only issue was the heating wasn't working when we went, everybody eating meals with coats on which then makes going back outside very cold 🥶 but overall will definitely return!

Service here was brilliant. The lady behind the bar, Olivia, was very friendly and welcoming. Can very easily talk to the staff here. Definitely plan on coming again! 10/10

Very quick and professional service from Olivia behind the bar, been in quite a lot, she always provides the best service with a smile, very friendly and very quick service, will definitely return

A solid boozer, great alternative to 'spoons. Only 'complaint' non branded Guinness glasses.

Visited yesterday for lunch, nothing wrong with the food, but bbrrrrrr, no heating on, very disappointed as they haven't had any heating for over 2 months now, ????

Great pub, visited twice over New Year. Dog friendly, great for watching sports. We didn't eat, but the food looked good that was being served.

Wanted curry, bangers and mash and macaroni cheese none of which were available terrible food, Sunday lunch came cold and when told the took it back scrapped the veg off warmed it and shoved it back on didn't even wipe the side of the plate. Husbands food came with the wrong accompaniments. The vegetables were shriveled and brown on the edges like they had been prepared a week in advance I will never eat here again nor would I recommend it to anyone.

15/12/2023 evening meal. Probably the worst burger & chips & burnt pig in blanket sausage. Portion size tiny, price £10. Wish I could post a picture as it’s the worst ever. The meal my wife had was a turkey pie & I must say you could have built a house with the pie, pastry was rock solid, filling was dry shrivelled & burnt. Pub food at its worst if I could rate zero stars that would even be to many stars

Went out for a meal. Wish we hadn’t bothered! Hubby had a ‘festive burger. Small burger, Childs portion of chips and 1 cremated pig in blanket, no garnish or salad. He said about the pig in blanket and they got another one. I had turkey pie, mash & veg. First pie was like a brick! Once I’d got through the pastry, the inside was dry and burnt on to the pastry. I said about it and was asked did I want another….eerm yes, I wasn’t about to eat the one I had! This arrived 10 minutes later, after the rest of the party had finished eating, I then put my fork in the mash to have some and the whole lot lifted in one piece!!! Needless to say we most definitely won’t be wasting our money there again!

Lovely pub, plenty of space, and the Sunday lunch is so tasty, staff are so friendly, we've found out local I think when we're at our caravan 👍

Lovely dog friendly pub with friendly staff and good atmosphere

Freezing heating broken down for last week

Nice pub in the middle of Aberystwyth. Good price food and some good real ales.