The White Hart

Brought my family to celebrate two family birthdays. Sat in the cozy pub room… all was set up for us when we arrived and we had attentive wait service from start to finish. Ordered drinks, fortunately they have a great beer menu along with a lovely wine selection. Younger folks ordered burgers and were VERY happy, I had the baked eggs, which spectacular, just delicious. Siblings and friends had the tart and eggs also… They are chefs and gave very high ratings to everything! Husband had chili and loved it, parents had a hot dog and an omelette and they looked delicious… everyone kept swiping the homemade chips! We shared the Ploughman’s lunch as an app… interesting and tasty! Got a visit from the chef-owner…always fun and a pleasure! We brought our own birthday cake, as the pastry chef was off duty… they graciously lit candles and helped us sing.
We had a wonderful time… felt like home, if home was a top rated restaurant! Many thanks for helping us celebrate an important day in such a warm and special way!!!

The Tap Room at the White Hart has fantastic hamburgers, prepared rare if you ask; juicy and mouthwatering with a nicely toasted bun and roasted slice of onion. I also love the lamb burger and occasional swordfish burger. Sunday nights, there’s something new: Sunday Night Roast. I had roast pork and roasted winter vegetables. Tender, flavorful, and comforting. Wednesday nights, they host a local band or guitar player, which adds a nice ambience. Winter the roaring fireplace crackles and summer the covered porch beckons. New England craft beers top it all off with my favorite beverage. I love Old Burnside Ten Penny Ale or Stony Creek Amber. I can’t say much about the wines, but David, the bartender, would probably give you a taste and advice. He also makes an amazing spiked hot chocolate! Too good to pass up! The White Hart tries hard to please, and not just please New Yorkers… I live locally and feel welcome whenever I cross the door sill. Which is more and more often.

The food was good and moderately priced. The atmosphere is great — and old inn. My wife wanted Eggs Benedict but the only option for the sauce was a hot hollandaise. She couldn’t find anything on the menu and settled for the English Breakfast which she didn’t quite care for.
My stepson ordered the cheeseburger with fries and was very satisfied with it.
I order the Eggs Benedict and the sauce was too hot. I wouldn’t order it again. In addition, I think I have been spoiled by the Eggs Benedict served by the Chaiwalla Tea House across the street — Mary’s has the best Eggs Benedict hands down.
The orange juice was fresh and coffee was good. I might try them again at some point in the future.

My wife and I took our yearly foliage drive up to the Salisbury area and were pleasantly surprised to find the Inn open again. We stopped and had a wonderful lunch of potato and leek soup, a squash, caramelized onion, and goat cheese tart, and a cheeseburger with farm fresh lettuce, tomato and a side of tasty fries. The desserts were both delicious. Our choices were a chocolate and pumpkin crème brûlée and a chocolate tart. I highly recommend you stop and enjoy the Inn yourself.

Had dinner in the Tap Room. Atmosphere was lovely and the food was delicious (thumbs up to the peach and raspberry crumble) – but I felt a bit like an uninvited guest. Not offered bread, which we did ask for when we saw it arriving at other tables. Not told about a dinner special, which I overheard mentioned at another table. Not told about a dessert special, which I overheard mentioned at another table. And we were paying just as much as the next guy…

We stayed here for two nights last week and had a great time. The pub is really beautiful and has great food. Staff was very friendly, but could be a little more professional. The servers were into watching tv at the bar and talking loudly, which was a little annoying for such a place. We really liked the Inn, nice clean rooms and the area around the inn is beautiful.

The White Hart has been a favorite of our family for decades. The recent renovation is expertly done: light, clean color pallette, beautiful hardwood flooring throughout the first floor, elegant well-​appointed rooms, with lovely linens. We ate in the Tap Room twice — and enjoyed our meal each time. Don’t miss the housemade chips with clam dip. The breakfast was quite minimal but tasty. The only real disappointment was the lack of coffee in the room — or anywhere in the hotel before 7 a.m. This early riser was climbing the walls by the time coffee was available downstairs. A simple single cup Keurig in each room would easily solve this omission. We look forward to returning to the White Hart, as we are in the area several times each year.

Beautiful, quiet, relaxing and expertly appointed. The dining experience was just as lovely– casual, understated, honest and delicious.

The White Hart re-​opened with new owners in the late summer of 2014 after an extensive ‘re-​fit’.
We visited it on a stormy, wet evening in June and were welcomed warmly before being invited to hang our wet rainwear in a convenient coat cubby and shown to a corner table just off the bar area. The atmosphere was warm and lively but not at all overwhelming, just enough to make us feel we were part of the congenial crowd.
The positive initial impression was happily bolstered by our food, which, while obviously traditional in its inspiration, showed, by its flair, the care that had been put into its conception and preparation. It was cooked and presented beautifully but unfussily and served with little delay.
The whole experience was a delight: the White Hart deserves much success under its new management if it continues to be as welcoming and to provide such excellent food.

We had a terrible experience in the Dining Room last evening. For some reason, the dining room management thought it would be a good idea to take a reservation for a group of 14 people and locate them in the main dining room, rather than in a private room. Because the room has no sound-​dampening features, each member of the group of 14 seemed to need to shout so that the rest of the group could hear them. The result for the rest of us in the dining room was a noise level that resembled a subway station with two express trains roaring through at the same time. I expect that in a subway station, but not in a fine restaurant. I hope the management of the dining room gets this feedback and never makes such a mistake again.

Too bad the stars don’t go to six! So glad to see this old Inn running again.
The whole meal last night was to die for! We drove up from New Milford and it was worth it. Don’t miss this restaurant!

My family and I are so happy to have the White Hart back again! We have eaten here several times since reopening. We ate in the tap room again last weekend, and we were so happy with everything, from the amazing burgers to the pleasant waitress. I hear that a new revised menu is coming soon, Can’t wait!

My wife and I stayed at the Inn in February. It was wonderful. The room was immaculate, spacious, and nicely decorated. Every employee we ran into went out of their way to help make us feel at home — including stoking the fire place with fresh logs when they noticed us seated. I wouldn’t hesitate a second to stay there again. Salisbury is very special town and having the White Hart Inn back in business, just feels right.

I stayed here 7 years ago and thought it was a bit run down.
Now the overhaul is amazing. Clean, white and well done my room was great.
Big enuff for a king size bed and 2 flat screens.
1 & ½ baths which is great for 2 people.
Full sitting room.
The food was fine with a large, sun light breakfast room.
However with floor to ceiling windows, its a bit noisy.
And a with stone floor, the tables can be a bit uneven.
That would be the only down side here…
And hey everyone loves a second act.

I still stand by my previous review from 3÷26÷15 but would like to add my opinion of the main dining room. The main dining room is moderately more formal than the tap room, but based on the décor and the attire of the other patrons, I’d have no problem feeling comfortable showing up in jeans and a dress shirt (I wore a jacket only because I was unsure + it was chilly that evening). I’d say that the level of formality is just about right for the best restaurant in the Northwest Corner.
The food is where The White Hart really shines. I had a scallop crudo to start (my favorite dish I’ve had in a while anywhere) and had lamb for my main course. The brought out some excellent small bites for us to have, as well. Overall, the main dining room is another way that The White Hart really delivers for the area.

The White Hart is our go-​to place. The tap room is cozy and accommodating, whether we bring our young children or out of town guests. We know we will have a satisfying meal and that there is something on the menu for everyone. I always order fish, either the tuna burger or fish and chips, but lately the chef has been turning out seasonal soups that are sensational. Desserts are consistently delicious. Highly recommend The White Hart for atmosphere and food!

A stay at the White Hart Inn feels like you just discovered a stylish, professional chef in your family has opened up a vacation retreat. Like Giada started summering in Newport and told you to drop by her all white and hardwood floored domicile for some hospitality.
The main building is spotless and decorated in classic New England colonial style with an expansive dining room and banquet hall. The Tap Room has a familiar neighborhood pub feel — if you lived out in the West End in London and visited the local wood-​paneled watering hole. The food really is locally sourced with fresh salad produce, northeastern cheeses and interesting entrees. Duck Shepherd’s Pie or Spiced Pear Martini, anyone? They morning rhubarb jam and baked pastries were excellent.
It snowed a foot the first night here before Thanksgiving, and it looks like a Rockwell winter postcard. I think another trip is in order. Just don’t tell Conde Nast or they’ll write it up and everyone will know. Oops, too late.

Everyone warm, friendly. Food delicious. Rooms gorgeous.

Please note that this place is newly renovated this September so almost all the reviews here aren’t relevant. And the one from a week ago I couldn’t disagree more with. Right now, the tap room is the only eating place that’s up and running, and we really enjoyed it. Fancy bar food is the way to describe it — we had the best fish and chips we’ve ever had — monkfish (!), and a very New Englandy apple crumble for dessert, but very nicely turned into a very interesting sweet. The fish and chips was done in an excellent batter — not oily at all, super puffy and crisp. We will go back to try this place again. And it should be extra cozy when it gets cold enough for them to set fires in the fireplaces. We recognized a few people who live in Salisbury (including the owner of another restaurant — the Country Bistro), so it looks to become the «in» place for locals who like food.

The White Hart Inn has reopened after three years. The Inn looks wonderful. It has been tastefully redecorated and reconfigured and is now much more like it was before the former owners revamped it. It is now the new old White Hart again. On its first night the bar was hopping and the Tap Room was full. The new menu is wonderful and the food is too. Pretty simple tavern food but very well prepared and the prices are moderate. It is good to have this old stalwart back in town and better than ever. The service was friendly and excellent and the staff very welcoming.