The White Horse, Harpenden www.thewhitehorseharpenden.com

Went with 2 friends on the 2nd June. Of the 3 drinks we ordered all were unavailable together with 2 of our second choices. Then 2 of the mains were unavailable. This was the beginning of a long jubilee weekend so heaven knows how they survived for the following 4 days!

Whilst they food was very good when it arrived; of the 3 waiting staff who spoke to us, we found 2 were abrupt and one of these was quite rude (the young lady was very helpful and attentive though so top marks to her).

Probably wouldn’t recommend this restaurant to others as there are better available in the area.

We had lunch in The White Horse in Harpenden on Saturday. It's a friendly pub in a nice location. We were a party of 8 and we didn't encounter any problems with service for a table that size. It seemed pretty child friendly, we had a 3 year old with us and lots of other tables seemed to have kids. The menu was quite varied and consisted of things like burgers, salads, steak, fish & chips etc

The food was pretty average, I think it sounded much nicer on the menu than it actually was when it came out. I had prawn cocktail to start with which was very nice, and i tried some of the halloumi and chorizo skewers (which was one of the ones that sounded nicer than they actually were) I love halloumi but this didn't seem to have been cooked much, it was quite anemic looking and rubbery. i then had steak but it wasn't the best - it was actually pretty tough and quite fatty. The burgers looked good though, the chips were lovely and apparently the venison was nice.

The staff were fairly attentive, a little too much at times as they kept clearing away things that we had asked for - one member of staff would put it down and then another would clear it away. i would go back though, i'd just have a burger!