You’ve been giving us your recommendations over the last few months for our #foodiefocus feature. This one was suggested by Graham MacKenzie.
We’ve been meaning to try The White Hart for a while. As Forres’s newest restaurant, it occupies the upstairs of the Old Market building on Tolbooth Street, where previous tenants Krystoff’s had built a good reputation for food, and before that Simply Red. Could the new incumbents keep up the good work?
It was quiet when we visited, and we were seated at a nice, spacious table. The alcove style seating is private and cosy. Our server were very polite and friendly.
I chose battered cod and chips and ‘Safe Susie’ had a traditional roast beef dish for lunch.
To be fair, i think I also went safe with battered cod, although I have to say, it’s a dish that can vary quite significantly in terms of fish tastiness, batter quality, and the chip factor.
We didn’t wait long for our meal, and there was quiet music playing, and it all felt very clean.
The roast beef was as you’d expect, complete with all the trimmings, it looked tasty and it was a big portion, as well as being lean, tender and dripping with gravy!
I have a lot of fish when I eat out and while this was a large piece, so large it was hanging off both sides of the plate. The chips were average, but a large slice of lemon made up for that. I just love lemon on my battered fish, but the proof of the pudding (or fish in this case) is in the eating – it was fried perfectly, the batter was thin and crispy and it was tasty. The minted mushy peas were an added bonus.
We were too full for dessert!
Interesting fact: My curiosity led me to explore what a White Hart is, and in fact a ‘hart’ is the archaic name for a stag, hence the logo, and it is one of the most popular names for a pub in the UK.
Opening hours can be found in the pictures below.
Disclosure: We paid for our own meal. Roast beef was £15.90 and the battered cod with chips was £17.
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