White Hart Inn in East Devon - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

My weekly day out took me a little further from home than usual. Train to Exeter and bus to Seaton for a day on the tramway. Stopped off here for lunch. Not busy, just as I like it. I had gammon, eggs, chips and peas. Portion size was generous, and importantly, it was hot when it arrived. Prompt service from the lady behind the bar.

Absolutely loved this gem of a pub. Friendly staff, beautiful old pub & amazing food. So glad we got off the tram & visited

A warm welcome on every visit. The food was always excellent, good portions and competitively priced. We’ve had Fish and Chips, Pork Steak, Scampi and chips, Crab cakes and chips. Beer also good price. Would recommend.

Whilst at a tournament nearby which went on longer than expected I needed some food for a special needs child's to take away. The lady was very accomodating in getting this arranged for me resulting in a very happy child . Thankyou .

Great pub with really friendly atmosphere. Lots of great beers and a really decent and tasty menu! Would return when passing this way!

Hopped off the tram and popped in for a Pint! Lovely little pub, Land Lady was super friendly and accommodating, very happy and smiling which is always great to see. Lovely cosy open fire and a very lovely friendly atmosphere. Would recommend stopping if you have the chance.

I'm so glad we didn't pay for the food. We had won tickets in a raffle. Hubby had roast beef, which was cut so thin, it was transparent. I had ork which looked like they'd taken bacon slices and cooked them in gravy. The stuffing was a mount of wet stuff filled with cooked onion. I honestly have had a eorse roast dinner! We won't be going in again.

As our accommodation was close by we visited the White Hart a number of times over the weekend. On Sunday we went for the roast dinner which was brilliant, beef cooked to perfection, pork was lovely. Being a Londoner the drinks prices were more than welcoming. Proper country pub feel with a big open fire place, wellington boots and lovely grub.

Wonderfully run owners friendly and on hand. Place was busy and food excellent can't fault the place

One of my favourite pubs to visit, great food, pleasant friendly staff, great atmosphere

Food was as bad as last year!!! Hoped to try in 2024 and there would have been an improvement on last year but sadly not,. Food was cold, peas still frozen and my mother had to send her fish back as it was still raw in the middle. Took ages to get served, staff too busy eating chips in the kitchen when pub was packed. Still very dated in need of a good lick of paint, change of carpet and curtains. Ladies lock in the toilet still broken the same as last year. This place wouldn’t cost much to do it up, your sat on a gold mine why not use it to its potential. Obviously lacking someone with a business head on their shoulders unless they are that clever to run it into the ground and get it redeveloped in the future.

Lovely atmosphere.Pleasant staff.

We had fresh crab sandwiches on brown bread sat in the marque. This was in November so during the summer one can imagine it to be a thriving cafe. They also advertise Lobster Wednesday. Access to the beach is easy, parking is available but typically overpriced considering the pot holes.

Edit: 2023. I gave 4 stars four years ago and have recently moved back to the area. I'm basing the new 5 stars on the people who staff the pub (all friendly, happy and polite), the selection of beer (although not on tap the Old Peculiar was fantastic!) and also the food. I recently took my boy there where he had fish and chips, and said it was great but I, on the other hand, decided on liver and bacon and felt it was the best I'd eaten! It was tender, flavoursome and generous and I even dreamt about it that night 🤣. Keep up the great work guys! A proper pub, with friendly dogs who add to the family atmosphere. Lovely!

Food was beautifully done for my aunts wake. Lovely staff, highly recommend

The best meal all week. Great food, good selection and great value for money. Staff are super friendly including Bob the dog. I would recommend to anyone.

Only had a quick beer locals very friendly

Jane the manger is excellent and very efficient.

Looking for somewhere to eat at lunchtime whilst experiencing Seaton tram. Well worth the visit. Great Sunday lunch. Very good portions.

We both enjoyed a great time and service was great hard working people also wonderful food best pub in Devon, thank all the staff made our night out fantastic and we’re coming back soon.

Lovely pub in Colyford, decent amount of drinks on offer, tram line next to it which can transport you to another pub...

Very welcoming landlord good selection on drinks , had lunch beef roast dinner and my partner had pork was very nice with homemade stuffing 😋.

We called in here on the way back to our cottage after doing the river walk with our dog opposite the pub for some thing to eat. They were only serving a roast pork or beef lunch so we ordered 3 beef lunches , being GF I could eat it all apart from the Yorkshire Pudding which I gave to my husband . All meals were lovely , Barman was very chatty . Would recommend if you are visiting Colyford or stopping on the Seaton tram stop as its just next door!

A proper 'Devon' pub with a lovely log fire and nice pub grub :)

Open mic night on a thursday. You never know who might turn up !

Really friendly staff, nice lunch which was a generous portion.

Lovely food, wamrimg log fire, not too expensive. Very quiet but we weren't sure why because it was so lovely in there

Lovely meal and friendly staff Plus great parking

Excellent food...relaxing atmosphere...friendly staff...a great place to go to drink and eat!

Loved this little place for food decent prices for both food and drink, only negative is the bar maid answered the phone while serving us which I found a bit rude

Nice pub!!! Not ate here, but the beer is excellent. Nice, pleasant staff. Worth a visit. 👍

Stopped here for lunch. Friendly staff, good light lunch menu. Nice little outside area to sit on a sunny day. Took the dog for a lovely walk along the river at the suggestion of the bar staff.

Quick pint between trams.. Looked a nice place ..staff was nice

Walked to the pub from Colyton on the public footpath. Arrived and in need of a cool drink , ordered 2 ploughman lunches which were huge and filling . The best part of the lunch was the amazing coleslaw , made by Jayne who was so pleased when we said we really liked it and gave us a small pot which we enjoyed later, thanks Jayne it was simply delicious 😋

We had two wonderful meals here with a river view.

Lovely pub,dog friendly. Great food very friendly staff and customers. Excellent customer service

Great village pub nice regulars

Love this place, warm and friendly staff and the foods good to

Pleasant bar man. Food was very disappointing. The pub was not busy but we had to wait for 45 minutes for our food - sandwiches. Bacon was cold and not fully cooked. Very expensive for what we had - £9 for a bacon sandwich with barely a garnish

Great food very friendly staff and the place was spotless

Waited ages for food, which was cold and not as expected. Will not be here again.

A lovely old pub. Helpful and friendly staff. We had basket meals and then a roast dinner the next visit. Great proper home cooked food. Couldn’t fault it. Lovely warm fire going too. We will be back on our next trip down to Devon. Thank you !

What a great place to stop and have a fantastic Sunday roast! Lovely atmosphere with Christmas decorations and a warm fire. Comfortable changing facilities for babies and great food! Lovely staff 😍

Nice pub going to try the food next

We popped in for an impromptu lunch between stops on the Seaton tram. This is a no frills old school pub that is what it is. We found this really refreshing. We had a really warm welcome from the landlady who had done a fab job decorating the pub for Halloween. She was more than happy to show our children the various spooky exhihits which they loved! The food was well priced and good portions. All in all a really enjoyable visit and welcome change to be in a 'proper' pub again!

A fantastic real country pub , excellent beer and real fresh food cooked very well.

Not even worth 1 star !!!!!! Pre-booked this pub /restaurant?? visited this evening and basically walked out , staff, or what there was, totally disinterested and ignored us, just left us sitting there, no drinks, no menus, when asked just said meals on the board, so had to walk out of restaurant through the bar to see the board, still no drinks!!!! When went for drinks was, told rudely, it’s an hours wait, when we asked, was told there’s people in the bar before you. So walked out!! Staff awful, service non existent, food well we never got that far. If you want to eat DON’ T even think of here Avoid, Avoid, Avoid Disgraceful!!!!!

Popped in for a quick drink whilst passing through, super friendly bar man who made us feel really welcome. Will look to come back for food at some point . Beautiful old pub.

Turned Up And They Was Having An Ale Festival Spot On. Stayed For A Meal Too Top Marks For Barman Waiter And The Chef.

We went to The White Hart Inn on Sunday 15th August. There were 12 of us (6 adults and 6 children). We found the barman really helpful and patient. All needs were catered for (e.g. two of the children wanted ham, egg and chips which wasn't on the children's menu but was provided). My steak was cooked perfectly and the mushroom had been cooked in butter and was delicious! All food came out freshly cooked and hot. We would definitely return.

Limited menu. Mediocre food. Wait of 80 mins before food arrived after ordering. Wrong cutlery provided - had to ask for a steak knife. Would not recommend

We visited yesterday evening. 6 adults and 6 children The food was lovely the waiter excellent and we spent a very enjoyable 2-3 hours in an English pub! So rare to find these days. Well done White Hart. Thank you.

Amazing Sunday roast with a choice of 2 meats, or both. Veggies were cooked to perfection, not too hard and not too soft, sausage meat stuffing, crackling and proper gravy. This was one of the besy Sunday roasts I've had in the area, superb.!😁

It's lovely pub, very traditional and has old features, haven't tried the food but the menu looks delicious and the smell coming from the kitchen is lush!!! Toilets are clean but dated and could do with a Dyson hand dryers as the current one is poor. Over all a lovely drink and very friendly staff.

Amazing Sunday roast with a choice of 2 meats, or both. Veggies were cooked to perfection, not too hard and not too soft, sausage meat stuffing, crackling and proper gravy. This was one of the besy Sunday roasts I've had in the area, superb.!😁

£25.60 for two sandwiches, two pints and a packet of crisps. Of course, you don't usually look up on Tripadvisor when you want to stop off for a lunchtime pint and sandwich. Perhaps we should have. The beer that my husband wanted was 'not too good' apparently, so he had another which was cloudy. This, we could have coped with. But there was more. I asked for a cheese and onion baguette and a ham sandwich. My husband ordered his with brown bread and I was asked if I wanted white or brown. Since it was a baguette, I requested white. When the food arrived, mine was sandwiches. I said that I'd requested a baguette - if felt petty, but they were very small and at eight quid I expected more. The lady took it away and another lady came back with the sandwiches and said something about the fact that I'd ordered a baguette and something about brown, and, as I didn't want to make a fuss, I said 'Oh. I'll just put up with it then'. On reflection, I'm not sure what she was on about, since it was white and not brown. The cheese was the sliced sort and the onions minced. It was one step up from a bad funeral buffet offering. The glasses were dirty too. This pub (and we go to quite a few in Devon, throughout the year) will go down in the 'never go back' category. Decor tired, music dreary and ambience non-existant.

Great food at reasonable prices freindly atmosphere

We were holidaying in Lyme Regis and we thought we stumbled upon a little gem hidden away upon walking in I was trying to ask 4 times 'Excuse me' ignored 4 times, 2 men behind the bar one acknowledged me with a rather unwelcome look continues to ignore me. So I took my custom elsewhere to a better more WELCOMING pub. Its clear I wasn't local was this the issue? Won't be coming back here and I will make sure I don't recommend you to any of my friends and family as well.

Very friendly staff and people and the food and drinks are nice too

The place looks very tired from the outside, okay inside and the welcome was friendly enough. We stumbled across it by chance having been unable to get a table anywhere in nearby Lyme Regis, and perhaps shouldn’t have bothered. Never, in all my years of eating in pubs, have I ordered a cheese sandwich and been served one made using processed cheese slices. That alone should tell you all you need to know. Shameful.

Lovely pub with good honest food and drink.

Almost empty when we went, food only average

We went in there for a drink and it was fine. It does need a tidy up and a few more lights

We arrived at around 12.30 and ordered a lunch. At 1.15 we checked as our order had not arrived and was told the chef had not seen the order and had gone upstairs to do a stocktake. When the food finally arrived about 10 mins...

Last visited 2018 and all was good. This time we ordered lunch on arrival having phoned beforehand to check availability. Nothing tricky. 1 roast and 3 fish and chips. It took 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES to arrive. Not impressed !

A really good lunch with good service. Add an excellent pint of Otter to make a superb lunch. With so many other places shut or not offering food I was pleased we booked the White Hart.

Great lunch - superb traditional lunch with a good pint of Otter - excellent

We went in for lunch and all they had was basket meals, sandwiches or jacket potato, as I don’t like chips which came with the basket meal I opted for jacket potato with prawns, I was horrified when I tasted the prawns, they were hard and tasteless, they were in fact tinned I left them and the wet wilted leaves. I didn’t complain to the lady at the bar as she was miserable and unfriendly and wouldn’t have had a response. I will never go there again.

I didn’t think I’d be back on here so soon, but here we are. My time in this pub this evening lasted around 5 minutes. Walked in fine, then we heard they ran out of chips. On a Sunday of bank holiday? Not a great...

Was really looking forward to it as have had a carvery there before but this time no choice of meats only roast beef which was as tough as old boots. Will not be going there again as a ready meal would be of a similar...

Nice Sunday lunch at the White Hart. Nice welcome, lovely old pub with cosy atmosphere. Listed as carvery but obviously all plated up for us due to current regs. Food was good, wholesum pub grub. Will certainly visit again.

Wonderful surprise, we were not expecting such good quality food from what outside is an unprepossessing old but slightly run down building. We ate here three times in a week in the evening and the staff and locals were friendly and welcoming. We tried a...

Came here to take a photo of the trams next door, but ended up having a meal and a drink as it was such a friendly place. The large notice on the main door was easy to understand and we found our way in with...

It was a lovely evening. The staff were super, and had even dressed our table for us, for our 25th wedding anniversary. Food was really good, and the menu just long enough to prevent anxiety of too many choices lol.

Wheelchair accessible. Friendly good beers excellent service manager Jayne is an absolute star nothing is too much trouble

Very well done on the social distancing quiet and friendly staff.

We found this place really off putting and did not order food. It looks like it needs a thorough deep clean. After pub/restaurants being closed for so long I am surprised this place was not cleaned and sanitised. The curtains and windows were off putting...

Absolutely shocking service, hygiene, food. We booked a table based on the menu, turned up, ordered an had to pay for food at the bar before we got it, it was a reduced menu so we chose something else and sat down, 2 minutes later sorry we haven't got that, so we ordered again, same happened again, so now we ordered stuff they did hav but we didn't really want but were starving, so now we are savage, sat there watching tables of people come n go, people sitting at uncleaned tables etc, an hour later my partner had a moan about where was our ham egg an chips??!!, suddenly it came out, cold eggs an peas etc. I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU DRIVE STRAIGHT PAST THIS DIVE.

Great food and massive portions! Very friendly and adhering to social distancing. The food was really good and freshly cooked. Would definitely return.

Lovely food and welcoming landlord.

The white hart inn is a small pub with A nice rural setting and a cosy dining area. The prices are pretty good however there is only a limited amount of choice. There is also a cute beer garden with outdoor seating, overall it was good however would have given 5 stars if there was more food choice.

Friendly service. Sticking to all covid-19 precautions. Would recommend

great carvery (quality and quantity and fair-price

Lovely atmosphere, live music and good beer. Top pub!

Nice place, good food, next to the Seaton Tramway

We visited for dinner one evening, and the food was really quite poor. We were the only people eating, which I guess speaks volumes. I had lasagna which was a base of mince with a layer of pasta on top. Just like my husband's shepherd's...

Really chilled atmosphere, lovly food n great costumer service.

Dropped in here Saturday lunchtime great atmospheric pub with nice log fire going food was excellent with fast service recommended!

This is definitely a pub,pub and our first stop off on our way to Devon. Externally it does not stand out despite actually being next to the main road so one could easily miss it. In serious need of a lick of paint both inside...

Nice pub, friendly staff and regulars, unfortunately chef needs to learn how to cook steak. I asked for a well done rump, it came out virtually raw. I sent it back, only to have it returned in the same state, 3rd time out, after requesting a fresh meal, it came back with burnt mushrooms, burnt chips, and burnt tomato. I was told the chef couldn't cook it any more, no apology, so money back. Don't put food on the menu if your chef can't cook it correctly. Patience is a virtue, and i dont mind waiting for good food. Won't be returning..

My wife and I stopped here for lunch a few days ago, en-route to our holiday destination nearby. We were impressed by the food, so booked Sunday Carvery for the whole family (ten of us) today. Excellent all round. Beef, pork and lamb all perfectly cooked, as was the large selection of vegetables. Well recommended.

10 of us came here for a carvery on Sunday. Plenty of food, lovely beef, nice drinks and the service was spot on too. We'll be back.

Great pub, fantastic bar staff, lovely food. Best pub for miles.

Came here for food with a group of friends, Sunday carvery was lovely! Really friendly staff and not overcrowded!

Had a beautiful lunch, real home cooked food. Will definitely return.

We have eaten here on two occasions. The portions are good and the food is traditional style cooking of a good standard.

Nothing fancy just a homely pub which is excellent value for money. The menu offers traditional British pub classics such as fish fingers and chips in a basket, bubble and squeak and mussels and chips. Love the open fire in the Winter.

Our favourite pub for Sunday lunch. Great meat (beef is wonderful) tasty cauliflower cheese, plenty of veg and a superb gravy.

Food and drink at reasonable prices.

Enjoyed the meal, nice traditional pub with good atmosphere,