Serves meat, vegan options available. Traditional English pub nestled in a Hertfordshire village, with large beer garden. Offers a separate fully vegan menu available Monday-Saturday with dishes modified and ingredients replaced with vegan friendly alternatives. Includes soup, baked flat mushrooms with vegan cheese, vegan burger, stir fried vegetables, pasta linguini, vegan sausages and mash and many more. Desserts include apple and berry crumble and vegan ice cream and sorbet. Much, but not all of this is also available Sundays. New Vegan specials every week. Special set menus always include a fully vegan menu alongside. Vegan lagers and pale ales available. Open Mon-Sun 12:00-15:00, 18:00-21:00. Hours listed are winter opening times and change during summer months
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- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accepts credit cards
- Free Wi-Fi
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Last update on 12 Feb 2019 by Guest
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6 Reviews
First Review by ShelleyW
AutumninOctober
Points +30
Favorite Pub - Edit
I eat here every year when I'm back in England, love the pub.
Read moreThe Butternut Squash Wellington is my favorite dish. The best dessert ever is the apple crumble with ice cream.
The atmosphere is nice and the staff is very friendly.
Pros: Vegan Apple Crumble is the Best! , Vegan Butternut Squash Wellington
Guest
GabiG
Points +62
Best vegan sunday lunch - Edit
We had a fantastic meal on Sunday. I ate a vegan wellington parcel with lentil-and-what-not filling which was surprisingly tasty. It was served with all the trimmings one could have wished for plus potato and even Yorkshire pudd!!
Read moreIt wasn’t easy but I stuffed it all down and went home with a big belly, super satisfied 😋
Next time I’ll take a photo too!
Pros: Full vegan wellington and roast, Quite a few vegan options including desserts, Gorgeous setting
Cons: Not cheap, Needs booking otherwise it’s full
Guest
AnnaFenton
Points +2249
Not brilliant - Edit
Nice restaurant setting
Read moreThe food was ok. Starter platter was nice but the mains were not v good.
Guest
Claire144
Points +129
Overpriced, greasy food and slow service - Edit
Went here with my family for dinner to celebrate passing my degree and wow it was a let down.
Read moreFirst of all the service was just so slow. It wasn’t even massively busy but we just seemed to be waiting and waiting to order and then be served which wasn’t good for rumbling tummies!
I also felt that the food was overpriced. £16 for a vegan Sri Lankan curry (which we noted was the same price as the chicken Sri Lankan curry) which was swimming in grease (see photo) and came with a little pot of rice and naan (GF bread for my mum) is just crazy expensive. To compare, I just wrote a review for an Indian restaurant where I had the best curry of my life and £15.99 gets you poppadom and 5 vegan condiments, a starter, a curry and a rice/vegan(!) naan - which were all amazing and the portion sizes were huge - enough to take leftovers home and have for dinner the next day! By contrast, we left the white horse having spent lots on very little and feeling rather dissatisfied.
I had the harissa nut roast, which was a more imaginative main and nice enough but nothing to write home about. To make it vegan, you have to forgo the tzatziki sauce as well, which is the case with a number of the mains (only 2 are vegan as is, the rest are lumped within the vegetarian options). The sweet potatoes fries were good, but not exactly something special to the white horse!!
My mum had the Sri Lankan curry which she said was “virtually inedible” due to the amount of oil swimming on it. She actually had to use a spoon and napkin to remove the worst of it off the top. It really was an unbelievable amount!!
My dad had the meat-free linguine bolognese. It was nice enough but mostly pasta, again a bit greasy and nothing special (there was nothing really in the bolognese except vegan mince and tomatoes). £14 for it was an absolute rip off for what you get, especially since he can make a much MUCH nicer one with red wine, mushrooms and garlic etc at home! He also cooks his with no oil, so it really isn’t necessary for the food to be that level of greasy!
My omni sister and her fiancé had plenty of meat/fish options which seemed to be much more worth the price and just more... imaginative.
Overall we felt the white horse’s vegan offerings were overpriced, overly greasy and unimaginative. We will not be returning.
NB. The description above with vegan burger, vegan sausages and mash etc is outdated
IG: pulsesandplants
Updated from previous review on 2021-05-30
Pros: Vegan options
Cons: Total rip off for vegans, Ridiculously greasy, Slow service despite not busy and lots of staff
Guest
PINGU
Points +38
Excellent vegan menu - Edit
Great choice of veggie & vegan options. I had the vegan summer harvest bowl and coconut sorbet for dessert. It was all delicious. They also do other sorbet flavours and a fruit salad.
Read morePros: Lots of choice , Lovely atmosphere/ decor, Delicious, great quality food
Cons: A little expensive but worth it
Guest
ShelleyW
Points +72
Delicious and hearty lunch. Vegan menu had great choices. - Edit
Separate vegan menu. Lovely pub with great countryside views. Nice atmosphere, friendly staff. Will visit again to try the other options.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options all with fresh, seasonal veg
Cons: Not cheap but you also get what you pay for
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