The White Horse in Bassetlaw - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Really delicious food and very friendly and efficient service. Also a good choice of vegan and vegetarian options. A great place for a family meal out.

Thanks so much for the fab meal for my sister's hen do! We were a big group of 22 so not easy but we all got our food, which was very tasty. Charlotte was brilliant from organising the booking beforehand, sorting out the billing and handling 22 tipsy women! All the serving staff were also friendly and helpful!

Lovely atmosphere, always a friendly welcome, great food (1940s inspired today) and wine. Singer was a nice touch.

Really good service, choice of two real ales. Good food and not ripping anyone off

This is my daughter local pup and we meet for tea every wednesday .Its very friendly .the staff are brilliant and its dog friendly too

Nice friendly staff good value meals

Lovely place, with really nice staff. Would recommend anyone to stop in for some drinks and food. Look forward to coming back again this week!

Update 4/'24 - 16oz fillet now £36.95. 10 Oz Sirloin -£24.95. med rare - nicely pink. Apropos pink - peppercorn sauce seems a tad expensive at £4.50 on the menu,but a portion big enough for 2 + pink peppercorns ,so not bitty or overly strong as some tend to be - recommended. 12-30-1630 mon-fri- midday menu of 5 or so basic menu items @2 for £18. Eg - smaller fish chips & peas. Etc normally £12.95 each. Had the normal( larger) sized 'Friday fish which was 2@£24( 24.95??) Nice portions ,well cooked. The minted crushed peas were a nice touch, but slightly dry imo. Better than mushy ( which I love!) & Better than plain garden peas tho'. Staff & chef v. friendly, helpful,nice to talk to. Professional. Well worth a visit. Also discovered they have a loyalty beer card - so, start drinking & collect those stamps for a free drink I say .. Well located & situated in a small hamlet on a main road 'twixt Worksop, Bawtry & Retford, easily accessible from the A1 feeder roads. Staff helpful,pleasant. Beer prices reasonable. Steak well cooked - 2x med. rare 16oz fillets @ £34.95 ..good accompanying portions of chips. A single medium mushroom & ⅓ of a small/medium grilled tomato. However the steaks well nicely flavoured & as ordered. Apple Strudel was also very tasty & recommended. Recommended for steaks. Cannot speak to other menu items or to rooms. Ample parking outside & main room is wheelchair accessible. NB - the chips portion in the fillet steak picrure is not representative of the portion as we ordered one portion of wedges & a portion of french fries. Which were served in separate bowls .

Popped in for food as we passed traveling hadn't booked but we were made very welcome the food was delicious and plenty too lovely atmosphere and very clean and homely well worth a visit

Had a late lunch food was wonderfull the best liver and onions ever, the staff were friendly and the pub was quaint and very clean thanks for a lovely afternoon

Food was absolutely delicious! And the bar staff and waiter were very good. The only reason it didn’t get 5 stars was because a service charge was cheekily added to the bill which we were not aware of, which we wouldn’t have minded so much if we had actually been waited on at our table but we had to go to the bar and get our own drinks. To me a service charge should only be applied if you are being properly waited on. Response to Joe, below: a refund of our overpayment would have been a better solution.

Food was very very good. Staff were helpful and friendly. Only gave four stars as I thought it looked a little rundown in need of a refurb. Overall we enjoyed our visit and will definitely be calling again.

We had a buffet after the funeral and the food was good with great service. Staff was excellent. Many thanks

Lovely food, good atmosphere and welcoming pub. Also dog friendly with a jar of treats on the bar.

Went here for Sunday lunch. Can't fault the food or service. Friendly staff. Would recommend

We visited the White Horse for an evening meal (table booked for 5.30) with high hopes after several great experiences at the King William at Scaftworth. We arrived and ordered some drinks at the bar, sitting at a table next to the bar. We were told our table was, in fact, at the end of the area down the left hand side of the bar and moved. I'd add that we weren't shown to the table, asked if we wanted drinks or anything and effectively located ourselves to the table we had been sent to. There were some menus on the table and twenty minutes after we'd been sat, I went up to the bar to ask to order to be greeted by one of the staff asking me if I would like menus - It's nice to be asked but I do wonder what they thought we were doing down there for twenty minutes, particularly after being told they stop doing food at 7pm (this was communicated when we booked, so we weren't a walk in). The young lady came to us five minutes later and took our order, asking if we would like a smaller portion of lasagne for one of the children (they're 9 and 10). Half an hour later, my Dad's fish and chips arrived - and nothing else. She apologised and explained that 'they had to wait for the fryer'. That doesn't explain the further 15 minutes wait for the rest of the food - Roast beef, gammon, two lasagnes and one remaining fish and chips which, with the exception of the second fish and chips, presumably, are not cooked in the fryer. There were four other tables in, two of which were already well through their meals when we arrived and the other two had arrived 20 mins after us. Whilst waiting for the food to arrive, we went up to the bar to get more drinks, as nobody came to ask if we would like some, even when she dropped off the lonely fish and chips. At this point I noticed the pile of children's menus which would have been beneficial for the two children in our party had anyone bothered to take any note of us beyond taking our order, after being chased. The food when it did arrive was very nice, but the service here is absolutely abysmal. We sat with our pots and glasses from the first round piled around us, basically ignored by all staff - We were worried about not being served a dessert as 7pm came and went but I asked if we could have some menus (again I had to go to the bar). Hilariously when I went to get the menus, one of the ladies was cleaning the coffee machine!! I would suggest her time might better have been employed waiting tables and performing a basic level of service - Surely you can clean down the machine later on? Needless to say we didn't stay for tea or coffee. We ordered dessert, ate, paid - Including the 10% service charge that is automatically added. Having sat down to eat at 5.35pm we left at 7.40pm having had a main and a dessert which is incredibly slow. The irony of the song playing as we walked out "Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me" was not lost on us, as we left one of the staff moved past us to clean the table without so much as a goodbye.

Went for lunch. Good menu and the food was very tasty.

Lovely local pub with open fire. Nice pint.

Second and last time we will eat here unfortunately! We visited a few years ago and didn’t have the best experience food wise but decided to give it a second chance only to be disappointed again. The food is terrible, massively overpriced and they put a service charge on the bill!! One of the starters had salad that looked like it had been sat in the kitchen for weeks…wilted and dry. Not sure how anyone who takes pride in the food they serve thought that was acceptable to send out… Peas served with the pie were basically marrowfat peas mixed with mint sauce mashed up, tasted horrible and so dry. Such a shame as the front of house staff are nice, it’s in a lovely setting and with the right staff in the kitchen it could be a gold mine.

Vegan meals supposed to be special for the month of November, very poor staff knowledge of what food they were bringing out. Had to return to kitchen several times to ask if the meal they were bringing was actually a vegan meal, and brought a non-vegan Yorkshire pudding on a vegan meal. Before you start thinking, moaning vegans, I'm not one but my granddaughter and her parents are.

We had a really good meal and service at lunchtime. Plenty to choose from and good size tasty food

Lunch menu. 10/10 food and service. Clarkson’s larger on tap as well was a bonus.

Usually quite good, but the food last time was far below the quality expected. Lamb burger was akin to the quality of a fast food restaurant and then they had the cheek to add a tip to the bill!

We've just moved to the area so technically, this is one of our two locals (here and Ye Olde Bell Inn). We were very impressed with the food and quality of service we received at lunchtime today. We'll not only be visiting again, but we'll also recommend it to our friends & family. So lovely to have a fantastic pub that does great food & drink on the doorstep!! Keep up the great work team.😁

Had a couple of beers in here last Friday with some old friends. Lovely traditional pub with excellent draught ales, the food was good and the staff very friendly and helpful.

Not the best experience after booking for Sunday lunch sitting Fownhope and ordering I went to the toilet only to see a jar of dog biscuits on the bar and that area full of dogs. I have dogs myself but dont think it right for them to be in a restaurant. So will not be going again

Great portion sizes, quick and effici3nt service and definitely great value for money. We went for Sunday roast and it wad absolutely delicious!!

Quite pricey but definitely get what you pay for. Food was excellent. We'll be back

£2.60 for soda water and a splash of lime is a bit extortionate.

Lovely food, good service, all overshadowed by a dish advertised as vegan being very much NOT vegan. Granted, the main bit of the dish (Nut Roast) was vegan and lovely. However, the Yorkshire pudding, mashed potato, vegetables and gravy were not vegan, meaning that my dairy-intolerant partner had to raise the issue. Vegetables that weren’t cooked in butter, and roast potatoes were brought out with an apology, but no gravy and no Yorkshire pud. Adding to this, by the time that it had been brought out, my partner had finished the rest of her meal, leaving her eating some potatoes and veg after the rest of her meal. Pretty awkward for me eating my food while she waited on hers. Not the experience we were hoping for. Just disappointing to go from the excitement of ‘this place does vegan Sunday lunches’ to ‘this is really frustrating because of something that’s so easily fixable’. Gutted. Easily fixed, though, but we just can’t return until it’s remedied.

Called in for lunch on way home. Ordered fish chips and mushy peas for £11.95. When it arrived I was shocked at such a small plate it looked the size my grandson would have and he's 7. Chips were really dark and over cooked and the majority were little scraps. What were supposed to be mushy peas were crushed garden peas which I hate. Definitely won't be going again.

Its ok I wouldn't rush back food took 2 and half hours and wasn't the best

Came here for a drink before heading off next door for a meal (superb). and to be honest was not impressed. Outside seating area was to be frank poor. Seats and tables where dirty and sat on fake grass which was not even fitted or secured. Service was ok but any type of conversation fell on uninterested ears. Sorry but not very inviting👎

Love this local, excellent food and service

Pleasant interior with both dining and drinking areas. Menu looked interesting although we were only having a drink. Sat out in the garden area tucked behind the pub. Comfortable area the glass table tops need wiping more regularly and especially when tables are cleared. Dogs are welcome.

A very warm welcome , great service and good ale

Had a pleasant lunch. Main menu could be a little bit more varied other than that quite enjoyable