The White Horse, Bearsted Green

What can I say our visit was a huge disappointment and an expensive one too.
I had read a few good reviews of this pub and its food (not from this website you understand) and so last Saturday my wife and I drove the short distance down the M20 from West Kingsdown for a late lunch.
On our arrival the sun had cleared the clouds and Bearsted Green looked beautiful. A cricket match was playing and the Pub looked beautiful from the outside. We entered and found that the interior was just as lovely. We where meet by a bright and cheerful waitress that informed us inside was full but that there where tables outside available. We where shown to our table and the sun kept shining everything was going well. On reading the extensive menu my confidence grew that the reviews I had read where correct. We where in for a treat. Drinks arrived and we chose our main meals...I had picked the Tandoori Salmon salad...my wife the Rotisserie Chicken breast and mushrooms with chips. We where both starving. At no point did the waitress mention you had to order the greens separately. So what actually turned up was two chicken breast with un crispy skin still attached with a creamy mushroom sauce and a small!!!!! bowl of sad looking chips. Mine was a very un-tandoori like salmon on a bed and it was a big bed of diced Iceberg Lettuce. Both meals were bland,cooked with no love whatsoever and missing any kind of seasoning.Not to mention the fact that half way through the meal we were getting constantly attacked by wasps. We also had two drinks,a large glass of merlot and a pint of Peroni. All together it came to 35 pounds.
All I can say is bring back the Harvester.......because at least then you never get your hopes up. It is what it is. The White Horse pretends to be something it isn't and that is a quality Pub.

20 Jul 2009 11:54