The White Hart Inn - South Lakeland

After a day at the lakes zoo, we decided to go for a pub meal. Walked into the empty pub, sat down with multiple children to be told rudely that the pub was fully booked. There was no signage to indicate this and staff were aware of us there seating children in high chairs etc. The manager then came over watching us moving to leave, I said quietly to my partner their loss, they 've lost £200 . Then a short, portly grey-haired man who was eavesdropping said aggressively and visibily shaking well that isn 't very nice is it . I told him to calm down and not speak to me, to which he roared comically get out of my pub . It was as if he 'd lived out his childhood dream of being Peggy Mitchell. We laughed and called him that, walking out and it was a blessing anyway as it smelled awful in there with zero atmosphere and dog hairs everywhere. Honestly avoid at all costs and do not risk bringing children here as very rude. Not surprised to see similar reviews recently.

We stayed here for 2 nights with breakfast. The couple that run it, Jess and John are really friendly and couldn’t do more to make us feel welcome. Our dog stayed with us and was equally well looked after. Food was fabulous and the room was comfortable. We will definitely be back again

Apparently years ago, the White Hart was well renowned and highly recommended. Not any more! We popped in last night around 7pm. Very busy ... not because it deserves to be, but only because there are hundreds of visitors within walking distance. The menu is typical pub fare and expensive. We chose 3 starters, two of which, black pudding and egg and garlic mushrooms were edible. The third choice, Potted Morecombe Bay shrimps, was absolutely rank, and at £10.95 a total rip off. A few miserable shrimps drowning at the bottom of a tiny ramekin half full of fully melted butter, oil and undercooked garlic. In summary, the epitome of tourist trap .

Stayed here for 1 night in a family room. Beautiful little inn in the most wonderful setting...surrounded by mountains and so tranquil. It is a very old inn with lots of low beams. This made it all the more appealing. Room was very clean and beds were comfy. Our bathroom was across from room, it was for our use only so wasn't a problem. Provided with plenty of towels. Our dog was able to stay with us for an additional fee of £5. Breakfast was wonderful and was served in a room with a great big window looking out on to the lovely view outside. We didn't have dinner here as already had eaten when we got there but we saw the food being served to other guests and it looked so good that we wished we had eaten there. Lovely bar area and staff were lovely. A large car park to rear of inn. Would stay here again.

I 've lived over the hill to The White Hart in Bouth since 2010 and enjoyed many a meal at various times of the week and year. The local staff were always convivial and the food plentiful and menu, varied. Due to our circumstances, we haven 't been there since early last year. Turning up there tonight, a Saturday night was full of presumably unsuspecting punters like me. The change in layout, staff and miniscule specials board, should have alerted me to the change in management. The waiter service was OK which let me drop my guard. I had their £20 surf and turf (frozen breaded scampi and tough rump steak and fries). My partner had the fish and chips which we thought was a safe bet. When the main courses came, the potato chips on both our plates were burned to a crisp and inedible. The Ulverston Beer Battered cod they served couldn 't have been freshly cooked as the batter was hard and inedible. We sent ours back and went to leave. I think it must have been the new manager, a grey haired man, who shooed the waiter from the till and attended to us, then kindly offered me a 10% discount on the main meals for the burnt chips. I told him in no uncertain terms that the food served was inedible and I wasn 't paying for it at all as it was sent back. I paid for our coffees and starters which were OK but then it 's hard to muck up Nacho 's out of a packet. This used to be a great little pub. I 've no idea what has gone wrong other than the new management but it 's the lake district and there are a ton of great pub restaurants in the vicinity...sadly, the White Hart is no longer amongst them.