White Horse Tavern - Financial District Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "This is great place to relax and take the load off your feet."
• "Aside from the pleasant time warp that's slowly disappearing in this city, they have actual affordable beer."
• "Wonderful hole in wall bar but very clean."
• "This is the kind of place I love. No pressure, it's a bar with no pretense."
• "The atmosphere is always cheerful, it's a great kind of relaxed bar to go to."
• "Pretty cool atmosphere and an enjoyable place to grab a bite to eat and enjoy a drink or two."
• "It's very cozy and transports you immediately to a different time/place."

Cons:

• "The third floor has a serious ventilation room...when it's busy it smells worse than a locker room."
• "It lacks definition, cleanliness and any semblance of maintenance."
• "The clientele wasn’t good. Old dudes were already drunk."
• "Parking is scary. Take a train, cab, or Uber."
• "Felt unsafe around certain patrons... I won't be coming back."
• "It lacks a definitive style and coherent atmosphere."
• "Atmosphere, we were stuck in booth next to the bathroom. And the bench would get hit by the bathroom door."

Service

Pros:

• "Our waitress, Tina, was wonderful. She brings great service and is so friendly."
• "The service is quick and delivers in quality."
• "All the staff we interacted with were great!"
• "Staff is so friendly and prompt, which is very surprising for a 'dive bar'."
• "Service unequaled anywhere."
• "Incredibly nice and funny staff."
• "Very friendly bartenders."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately, we saw the bartender go into the bathroom with latex gloves on, come out with gloves on, and return to the bar to keep serving drinks with gloves on."
• "The place was largely empty, making it challenging for our waitress to ignore us. Still, she triumphed and we waited endlessly for service responses."
• "Extremely rude bartender, treated my boyfriend and I poorly."
• "It does take forever to get service."
• "Sat at a booth for 12 minutes and was not offered water nor given a menu."
• "Service is insanely slow and not very attentive."
• "Waitress was rude and lazy, showed up only twice in two hours."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "The Guinness is on point (can’t try Guinness anywhere else but here)."
• "Really yummy food in a nice cozy spot."
• "Love the food here. Great price and tasted like home."
• "Very good pricing on beers and they have some surprising ones available for a small place, such as a sour and a nitro milk stout."
• "Cheap drinks, friendly staff. Good cheap bar food."
• "The steak plate was amazing."
• "The pot roast was fantastic and the gravy was possibly the best tasting gravy I've ever had!"

Cons:

• "Sanwiches were mediocre."
• "The burger was more like a frozen patty with not much flavor."
• "My food arrived with a bug crawling on it."
• "The brisket steak sandwich had zero flavor and was dry enough I could use it to bail out a sinking ship."
• "Good overall was not great. Chicken wrap barely had any chicken in it, mostly lettuce."
• "The food was abysmal the humus had a very smoky southwestern taste and was not consistent."
• "What you should avoid is any type of food, which is below even the low standards of 'old New York pub.'"