White Horse Inn in Down

It was our annual work Christmas dinner at the White Horse Inn, we have been going here for a good few years, we obviously opted for the Christmas menu, there were a few of us at the table, after consuming our 2/3 course meal three of us started to feel unwell, some of the food seemed not to be cooked as well as it should have been, needless to say the place was not not fully booked therefore the kitchen staff should not have been under too much pressure, having paid the bill which has significantly gone up since last year and leaving the premises I was sick five times once I got outside approaching my car which was about a two minute walk away, I did not sleep well the rest of the night as my stomach was going round in circles all night. A disappointing night out.

Great pub! Great food! Great prices! Good service! I recommend the beef brisket slider, salt and chilli chicken spring roll. The atmosphere is fantastic, really cosy vibes

Cute little place. Food was delicious!

Food was beautiful service very good friendly very helpful staff ..visited on 3.11.24. would recommend 💯

Great food. Great hospitality. Made to feel welcome.

Fantastic lunch with a great friend. Was stunned by the high quality of the food. To start we shared the crispy chilli squid which had a great flavour. My friend had the chowder and I was amazed at the size of the lumps of salmon in it. But my main, the Turbot with linguine was simply stunning. Great portion size and the tastes, OMG the tastes !!! A total delight. Very friendly staff especially Sean who was a real laugh. Very impressed and will def be back. Highly recommended.

Food was absolutely outstanding as we're the staff.

Excellent meal as usual. Service was very good on busy Saturday evening.

Steak was completely burnt on the outside couldn’t taste anything but burnt, was asked 3 times if we where ready to order after we had ordered, then we where asked if we wanted desert before the main had even arrived,asked top up of drinks took 8 minutes, had to ask for a steak knife, was supposed to get a jug water and it didn’t arrive until we finished our meal. Wouldn’t recommend

The best ever Nut Roast I had. I really enjoyed the flavours of the sauce.

I was at the White Horse Inn attending a birthday lunch. I really liked the old style country pub feel. The lady who attended us was very patient and courteous to our noisy, excited group that included some very animated young children. The meal was beautifully presented. My main was a rich, delicious vegetarian nut roast which I am pleased to recommend! The restaurant also benefits from ample parking space at the rear of the building. Overall, this is a lovely, pleasant restaurant, perfect for a casual, relaxed lunch.

Excellent food, service spot on. Great value.

First time here and I was impressed.

The Flaming Crust from the ease of booking, lovely warm welcome, great atmosphere, excellent menu, was great. The pizzas, one person had burger and chips, were perfect, freshly cooked and full of flavour and toppings. Staff were excellent, very friendly and helpful. My party of 12 all really enjoyed there visit. Thanks

Chips missing made the gougons very expensive 14.50 for 4 gougons very disappointed

Both my wife and I had scampi. Scampi overcooked (hard). Garlic potatoes not garlic'y. Had to ask for garlic butter. Coleslaw warm. Nobody asked us had we enjoyed our meal. Salad mostly onion & carrot with very little lettuce. We live localy and won't be back.

Generally relaxed with a good choice of beers, including 2 local real ales. Food good & staff friendly.

Been here twice in 2 weeks for evening dinner with elderly uncle - did not disappoint!!! Loved it ! Good food. Good choice. Good for those with mobility issues - must book. Busy. Good vibe !

My wife and I have just returned from having a meal at the White Horse. Both of our starters were delicious, as was my wife's main meal. My ribeye was overcooked,( I asked for med rare, it arrived medium to well done). It was easily the worst ribeye I have tasted. It was thinly cut and full of fat and grisle. I expect a ribeye to be marbled with fat, not to have lumps of fat and grisle. In hindsight, I should have sent it back, but couldn't be bothered with the hassle of waiting 20 mins for another one. No one asked how our meal was, so I told the waitress at the end of the meal. The response was a mumbled apology and two free coffees. The constant ding ding of the bell from the kitchen was also very off putting. Wont be back.

Food was great. Service was a wee bit slow, but overall will be back.

Great food and staff are great. Took my toddler with me and had a great dining experience.

Great lamb Sunday dinner. Good value, nice staff.

My partner and myself had dinner on Monday. We ordered two different meals and after a few mouthfuls the food tasted very salty. By the end of the meal our mouths were dry and even after we returned home it took us hours to remove the taste of salt from our mouths. I thought a chef should know that seasoning is added to food to enhance the flavour not overpower it. We both had been looking forward to having a nice meal but unfortunately this was not the case. I would suggest that the chef needs to get his taste buds checked as not everyone needs to add so much salt to a meal.

We stayed over for 2 nights in quaint and beautiful Saintfield. We were impressed the first night with the wonderful food and atmosphere, getting there just before the kitchen closed around 9pm. The pub food was delicious and well priced, especially compared to Belfast and Dublin. But we were so impressed with the food that we went there the second night also. We can recommend the chowder and battered fish in particular. Staff are friendly and attentive. Well worth our visit.

So, been in Ireland a week, holiday. Eaten hear week one, terrific food, terrific atmosphere and service. Missed out of the Bailies Cheeecake, so a bit if a loss. Just finish another evening meal here. First off, they made a table available on the ground floor because stairs defeat my Gran. Then the meal, OMG!! I don't normally go for pork belly, but I would recommend this every time. And then, a Mars Bar Cheesecake. Without the shadow of a doubt the best cheesecake I have ever eaten. To the terrific staff, well done and thank you. You gave this Scots man a terrific end to a grand day.

Lovely wee pub/inn. Was very busy when we were there but the service was still very quick and we were never left waiting long. Our food was 10/10 couldn't fault it. I'll post pics of the food so you can see what we got. I HIGHLY recommend the haddock!

Called in to celebrate a birthday. We all really enjoyed our meal. Friendly staff and atmospheric. Ask for the pulled pork and cheesy fries, they are amazing.

I had the BBQ panko pork belly with croquet, it was OK, nothing wrong with it but nothing special either

Waiting staff very pleasant and attentive, even at a very busy period. Food delicious!! Good selection on menu, though lite lunches not available on Bank Holiday. Portion sizes more than ample. Even though very busy served within half hour. Would go back.

Excellent food, great atmosphere, sadly a little let down by under-staffing on the night, whilst some staff really excelled. We arrived around 5 minutes late for our booking, but ended up standing around waiting at the "please wait to be seated" area for a good 10-15 minutes. Several members of staff walked past us, some multiple times, avoiding eye contact, presumably because they were very busy serving other customers. A simple "Hello, we're very busy but I'll be with you shortly" would've been the least I'd expect. In the end I had to impose myself on someone in order to be seated which wasn't a great start. Once seated the experience was good, if not predictably slow due to the aforementioned lack of staffing. We ordered several drinks, cocktails and pints, each time the waiter who brought these to us had a bit of craic with us - a real gentleman who improved our experience on the night considerably. We waited a while for our food order to be taken, when a very polite and apologetic lady from the flaming crust emerged from downstairs to help out and serve us, again, her service was excellent and she was a credit to the team at White Horse Inn. We had two courses and a coffee, the portions were a good size and the food was delicious. Not too pricy, but definitely at the higher end for a gastro-pub style dinner, though this is Saintfield so not too surprising. I got parked fairly close outside also. All in all I'd definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone and I'll be back myself despite some of the issues on the night. The staff who served us really did rescue the situation and I have to commend them on their service and great attitude. The food was also really fantastic for what it is, good variety on the menu, credit to the chefs.

Been here a few times when I lived in Saintfield and still travel from Belfast to enjoy the food Bang bang chicken is great 👍.

Good food, service & atmosphere

Experience was different from what we were told when booked. Stated we didn't want overpriced table d'hote menu. Staff acknowledged this but did nothing.

Lovely evening for a birthday celebration, great food and customer service.

Visiting from Canada and was given White Horse as a recommendation. The atmosphere here is excellent, the service is outstanding and the staff are friendly and courteous. The food was way above standard. Absolutely outstanding all around . If you are visiting Saintfield this is a must!!!

A last minute decision to go out for Sunday lunch. Mt hubby had the turkey and ham which he enjoyed. I had the stuffed lamb which melted in your mouth. A good selection of vegetables, a very popular place for a Sunday lunch. Reasonably priced and very pleasant staff. Will be back.

18th Birthday meal 15th February & it was 1 disaster after another! Not welcomed for 5+ minutes, 30 minutes to serve a drink, 90 minutes for starter to be served, with what looked like yesterday’s salad on the plate, a further 40 minutes for mains & 2 meals didn’t arrive until the rest of the party had ate there’s! No vinegar in a gastropub, spoon for seafood chowder requested twice but didn’t arrive till the end of the meal. Waited 30 minutes for the birthday cake which never arrived! The excuse was they were busy! Will not be back, not worth the nearly £300 bill!

Delicious reasonable priced food. Bang bang chicken was amazing. Service friendly but a little unattentive at the end.

Called in with no reservation. The two of us were fortunate enough to get a table as they were quite busy. No complaints at all. We will definitely be back.

A group of 4 of us went for a late lunch last Sunday. From the start we were ignored by a girl at the desk for some time, then got seated took ages for our drinks order which included 2 ' large' glasses of wine. I would hate to have seen a small glass. 2 meals of scampi and 1 turkey dinner and a deep fried brie were ordered. Thebrie wasnt cooked enough.it didn't ooze, it was 3 tiny bits and 3 tiny dots of sauce and a pile of shredded lettuce. The condiments for the other meals eventually arrived when the meal was half eaten. The turkey dinner was like a dogs dinner with frozen veg.the scampi was overcooked. No apologies from staff!!! Customer service leaves alot to be desired. I will also add it wasn't that busy . Safe to say we will not be back.

Definitely not as good as it use to be! Bang bang chicken and their 'famous curry' is definitely not the same as it was some years ago but I understand the chef changed, which is often what happens. It's great as the local pub but the restaurant has gone downhill in my opinion

I've never had a bad experience at the White Horse, the food is always incredible, the atmosphere is amazing and the staff are friendly and welcoming. I want to give a special shoutout to Shawn who has served my family and I on several occasions and is always happy to see us and welcomes you into the place like a family member who's come to stay for dinner. Truly one of the best places to eat in Northern Ireland for my money.

Best cream of veg soup ever. Portions great, service great, staff plesent, engaging and friendly, chocolate ice cream went down a treat with my grandchildren. We shall be returning very soon. Thank you to the 2 great girls working last Friday. 2.30pm.

Just had dinner tonight .....staff friendly and helpful, food plentiful and very tasty. Will definitely be back again very soon. Highly recommended.

Fab place, booking isn't always needed but better if you want a booth. Food excellent!

Called in for lunch, fish and beef burger with chunky chips. Food was fantastic and well priced. The goats cheese was delicious! Very attentive and well-mannered staff. Lovely relaxed atmosphere with fire burning. Will definitely return and recommend. Note: might be advisable to ring and book even for lunch as it was busy enough today (Tuesday).

For a great.lunch, this is the place to go. We are both gluten free plus other requirements and the waiting staff and chef are blessed with endless patience and a real desire to please. Apart from that, the food is delicious and the service first class. Handy little car park at the rear but there is parking on the street, although I dont know if it is time limited. Thank you White Horse, you never fail to deliver

Excellent service and food really enjoyed it

Had a brilliant meal here last night. Staff, atmosphere, service and food were all great. Highly recommend a visit!

Excellent pub, service is friendly and quick.

Great value for money and service.

Another lovely lunch here. Food very very tasty.😋

Sunday dinner was amazing, roast beef was melt in the mouth. Roast potatoes and mash was some of the best Ive had in while.

Don't like prawn salad served in a bowl - wheaten bread very hard!!

Good menu. Great, tasty, fresh food. Had lunch here and hope to get back soon

My two brothers and I had meals on two different days within a week and on both occasions the food, drinks, service and ambience was superb. We have visited the town nearly every year for the past number of years and have always found the WHI a great restaurant. We thoroughly recommend it 👍

Always great service and fantastic food

Great quality food, great portion sizes, excellent service and lovely atmosphere. We had so much fun. Couldn't recommend enough xx

Fabulous chowder to start & husbands main course equally as good unfortunately my scampi was mainly just lumps of really greasy batter with a side salad that had gone brown, waiting staff really apologetic & attentive but message from the kitchen was that it was perfectly fine. Disappointing as always like to stop here & have recommended it to others

Leckeres Essen. Preis Leistung super

Amazing food especially on Sunday meals with reasonable prices. High recommendation to visit.

First time here, recommended by a friend. The food was really good and staff very pleasant. Will definitely be back.

Had a lovely family meal in this restaurant, we hadn’t booked as it was during the week but it was very busy and we just managed to get a table. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. Service was good and the food was cooked perfect and plentiful. Will definitely return and highly recommend.

1st visit here and definitely go back if back home again. Portions are great, service is very good and we all loved it.

Proper country pub with first class food and service.

Second time there food was great the ultimate burger and thick fries beat me , that doesn’t happen to often. Our waitress was wonderful as were the others however Paula was fun joking with us and made the evening more fun with her humour. For sure will be there again next time in the country. Thanks Paula . 👊😎 PS I let on it was the big boy sauce that beat me but it was the helpings.

Really gorgeous dinner. Credit where credits due 10/10

Food was very nice though service could have been a little quicker.

Very friendly service. Tasty and well presented food. The week day special was great value. Can’t understand all the negative reviews below, but I notice that they are largely by contributors who have only ever posted one review…

Very friendly service. Tasty and well presented food. The week day special was great value.

We have visited this establishment many times over the years on our trips over from England to see friends. It never disappoints and if anything the food and service gets better each time we come. We wish we had somewhere like this on our doorstep .I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Called in at 5.30 on a Friday night and they managed to get a table for 4 of us despite being very busy. We needed to order and eat in an hour and a quarter roughly as the table had a booking but service and food were prompt and the food was great. Really good price too. Would definitely go back if we're ever in this area again.

Went for lunch couldn't fault it nice pint of Guinness wood go back no problem

Lovely little place, we were passing through and as it was early we thought we'd take a chance. The staff were very welcoming and friendly making us all feel very comfortable. There were great options and we had a fantastic meal very reasonably priced. We'll be back as in addition to the bistro there's also a pizza restaurant and I'd like to give it a try

Family dinner on a Sunday night, Roast beef was extremely tough , you would think a good chief would be able to cook a Sunday Roast, also sirloin steak was very fatty, not a good steak for the price of it, a fillet steak would be better quality. The service was very good tho.. over all.. Food needs to be better… To many People don’t complain they just eat and go, and paying these prices for food it should be good quality and cooked to perfection…

Went to go here on Friday evening for a nice meal. when we turned up there was a very unwelcoming sign on the front door saying "regulars only" so we just got back in the car and went elsewhere.

Lovely food friendly atmosphere

Very enjoyable meal. Staff very friendly & helpful. Definitely going back

This establishmemt discriminates on the basis of religion. Should be boycotted. Junior orange kids and their families refused entry TWICE. This is ILLEGAL.

What a lovely spot. Firstly, the staff were fantastic, everyone to a person was brilliant - we popped in on the way through Saintfield and would come back just to come in here!

We found the soup slightly sadly and the meringue not very crisp apart from that the meals were very nice during the evening they ran out of diet Coke and the cocktail special they had on offer

The worst meals that we've had in ages. I ordered the slow cooked beef to start with and it was the driest thing I've ever put in my mouth (yes, even drier than that time I tried to eat three Jacobs crackers at once while drunk as a student). It had clearly been slow cooked but then left to sit uncovered and then microwaved when needed. I then ordered the same roast beef as my wife and everything on the plate was overcooked they may have set a world record for the length of time the veg was boiled. I'll never go back.

Service was terribly slow, our starters were completely forgotten about until we mentioned to the waitress when our mains came out. Put in a corner table and forgotten about the majority of the meal and not checked on after served, majority of the food was lovely but the service brings it down.

Service mhhh... dann vermisse ich gerade.. sitzt man in einer ungünstigen Ecke.. wird man glatt.übersehen.. und liebe freunde des Service.. ich bin keiner der 20 Minuten braucht um ein essen auszuwählen. Wäre toll, wenn man nach 5 minuten jemand fragt ob ich überhaupt was möchte. Man könnte doch mal fragen ob man ein Getränk haben will, sowas habe icj schon mal erlebt als ich in einem Restaurant war.

Very disappointed, went with eight other members of my family. Three ordered scampi and all orders were overcooked to the point that some pieces were unedible as they were so crispy and hard, couldn't even taste a hint of prawn. Four ordered the sizzling chicken which was OK but it did say on the menu it was served with onions and mushrooms which seemed non existent on the platters. I think I might have got one quarter of a whole mushroom on mine! The final two orders were for fish and chips and to be honest that turned out to be the best choice, they were enjoyed. The bill came to approx £240, when my friend went and paid it she asked the waitress to add £20 as a tip, she did as asked but there was not even an acknowledgement of thanks given. I would certainly not recommend The White Horse to others from our personal experience.

Food was excellent,but 40 minute wait after ordering for food to arrive after asking how much longer it would take to be served.

Went with my partner for dinner. I ordered 10 oz sirloin steak and my wife chose the prawn open. My steak was the worst I have ever been served. The server brought me a steak knife. When I couldn't cut the steak and brought this to the attention of the server he said it was a bad knife and brought me another one. In his presence I showed him that I could still not cut it. It was impossible to chew. He offered to replace it but it would be 20 - 30 minutes. Told him not to bother. The prawn open was tasteless especially the sauce. It was set on a big thick slice of hard wheaten bread. Again awful. We decided to order sweets anyway. My Sticky toffee pudding was a chocolate bun with a watery sauce over it and ice cream. Certainly not a Butterscotch sauce!! My wife had the chocolate brownie which was so hard that I could not cut it even with the blunt steak knife!! It would appear to have been over cooked in a microwave. NEVER be back. Totally spoiled the evening.

We had a great time at White Horse. It was busy so we needed the reservation we made. We had the fried Brie as a starter, I the the prawn pepper sizzler and we shared the cheesecake. Good fare, fun and good value

Lovely meal and the staff are very nice 🙂

Food was quite good but need to hold back on the leeks in the chowder. Bang bang chicken was delicious. New staff need better training as any questions asked were were just told he didn't know...it was his second day and walked away???

We had a very tasty meal while the service was attentive and friendly. Can't ask for anything more than that 👍

Lovely meals had at this nice wee place. Check it out as you won't be disappointed by the portions or the food

This place is anti Protestant and while it is welcoming to GAA supporters in their club colours, it refuses to serve people in band uniforms. People should give it a wide berth. No point in promoting a place which is sectarian.

I took my mother out for dinner on Thursday night which as we walked in the atmosphere was very busy for A Thursday night! Made it aware to the staff we hadn't booked a table! Luckily they could give us a table well wer we lucky? NO! Waitress comes to take the order as we wer ordering she practically put words into our mouths which was probably better than the food tasted !! Food comes which I ordered a starter king prawn bland basically king prawns with tomato sauce and mayo drizzled 🤪 then on to the main course as it came down I had to request another knife and fork which it seemd to be a problem from the waitress as she mumbled I took the special bang bang chicken haha there was definitely no bang out of the chicken it came to me served with spring onion sprinkled over it to hide the gloop of sauce which looked like and tasted of gravy that had been made that morning and reheated and left again battered bits of chicken hard not even crispy and for my mums steak sandwich well it was a steak un sliced in-between a panini which was rock hard non chrisp but the steak was totally full of hard fat from start to finish not once wer we asked if everything was OK.they have zero respect for the people that comes in to them for a meal that helps pays there wages

Horrible place with very bad customer service

Delicious food, lovely staff . Will definitely be back

Very poor experience today. One of our group was served fish thst was completely off!!!! Staff did offer to replace the meal with something else but really it ruined our dining experience. No discounts or complimentary drinks to compensate for their poor performance

Called in today without booking this was no problem at all for a family of 5 food was amazing and one of the nicest pints of harp I have had thanks guys looking forward to trying out the Sunday roasts very soon very family friendly and fantastic place

We had the Turkey & Ham and Bang Bang Chicken (as main course). Scrumptious 😋

Took my friend for a birthday lunch today. Such a lovely place. Toilets were spotlessly clean. The restaurant was cosy and comfortable. Loads of space between tables and a good atmosphere. Have a large menu to choose from. The portions are massive . We had lovely food and the staff were very pleasant and checked in with us throughout the time we were there. Will definitely go again. Great value for money. Keep up the great work.