The Whitebrook

I loved the experience of eating here. It's really special - wonderful local produce and locally foraged extras. We had the 7 course tasting menu and we tasted flavours we'd never had before. It's excellent value for money and the service is excellent; Rhys, our young waiter explained each course with such passion and knowledge. Thank you. Highly recommended!

We came for an overnight stay using a voucher that had been bought for us. The servers were lovely, and the food was spectacular- 'everything but the squeal' in particular was a standout dish. I have to comment on the incredibly slow service though, as this really did affect our enjoyment of the evening. The first half of the service was OK, with dishes coming out every 15-25 minutes, but things in the kitchen seemed to slow right down for the second half. It ended up with a 40 minute wait between courses, so for a 7:30pm table we only left at 12:30 which was far too late. This is not a normal length of time even for a 9/10 course tasting menu. It was a shame, as it meant the second half became a real slog to wait it out. We wanted to try the cheese course so decided to give that a go seeing as it was already late- it was nice, but only a couple of the cheeses were interesting enough for me to be worth it. By the time the petit fours came out (which were lovely), we would have much rather just headed up to bed. Breakfast the next morning was nice, and thankfully a lot speedier service. We overall enjoyed our time here, but wouldn't recommend the tasting menu unless you come prepared for the long waits!

I really didn’t want to leave a negative review as I love coming to places like this and trying the amazing food, but the list of minor niggles eventually put a bit of a dampener on what would have been an otherwise wonderful experience. ||The food on the whole was delicious, particularly the ‘Everything but the squeal’ pork dish which for me was the highlight of the evening. The service however, whilst starting off relatively energetic, just felt like it ground to an agonisingly slow pace from about two thirds of the way through the meal, reaching a 45 minute wait between two of the courses at one stage. We were seated at 7.30, and eventually got to leave our table at 12:30 and this was what really took the shine off the evening, with the last 4 to 5 courses turning in to a bit of a slog to get through and no time to enjoy a relaxing drink post meal. ||The staff were perfectly friendly, albeit a little too softly spoken at times as it was hard to hear what was being said a lot of the time when the dishes were being described.||No real complaints over the breakfast or the room, and we enjoyed both of them, although it would have been good to know that it was advisable not to drink the tap water for the room before arriving so we could have brought some with us as only a small bottle was provided in the room. ||On the whole, while nice, it didn’t feel quite up to the same standard as other similarly priced restaurants that we’ve been to.

We had lunch here on Thursday. I am in a powered wheelchair, the last time we ate there, I was able to get in easily, but this time, there was some work being done on the back terrace, but the waiter went and got a ramp and made a lot of effort to get me into the restaurant. The food was outstanding, we asked the sommelier to choose wines to go with the dishes and they were all excellent. We pushed the boat out a bit, so the bill was large, but you get what you pay for, and they have, quite rightly a Michelin star. No complaints from us.

We dined at The Whitebrook restaurant for a birthday meal. For a Michelin star restaurant, the dishes, in our opinion, lacked creativity. The vegetarian menu and standard 9 course menu were lovely, but nothing that blew our mind. We've been to many other 1 Michelin star restaurants that have exceeded our expectations. The service here was particularly poor on the evening - it took the team 20 minutes to bring each course out, so for 9 courses, we were here almost 4 hours for just a table of 2. It also felt as though they were under staffed, as waiters were bolting off to the kitchen to grab the dish for the next table constantly. I was served a fish dish and had to correct them that I'm a vegetarian. We also had no body topping up our water or checking if we are ok for drinks. These sound like minor points but for a place like this, I'd expect top standard service, which we certainly didn't receive here. Also absolutely no atmosphere to the restaurant - there were 6 tables occupied, all in close proximity and no background music in the restaurant. Meaning conversations were overheard by all tables in an extremely intimate and quiet room. It just felt strange overall and we were keen for the experience to end so we could FINALLY get home!

My partner and I came here for the 9 course tasting menu and it was absolutely fantastic. Really delicious food and incredible service! They were also understanding of my dairy intolerance as we gave them notice about it, it was nice to be included in the menu

Lovely, the food is light, fulfilling and dellicately delicious. The tasting menu with wine pairing left me feeling replenished and energised rather than stuffed full. The staff are informative, attentive, and lovely and made our stay very enjoyable . The Whitebrook feels like a doorway to the wild lands that surround and nourish it. Wonderful.

The food here is excellent , beautifully presented and prepared using many locally sourced and foraged ingredients.If you are not staying then it is in a lovely but quite remote area. The food understandably takes some time to prepare each course however you have a lot of time between courses in a rather uninspiring, quiet room with little atmosphere.