The White Hart, E1

Randomness Guide to London - White Hart entry

Randomness Guide to London - White Hart entry

The White Hart is a long, thin, wood floored and dark wood décor pub just along from the entrance to Aldgate East tube station. It has a long thin bar which stretches a significant way down one side and there is seating mainly to the front by the windows and then more to the back. The front windows were fully open on this pleasant June evening and this made the front of the pub fairly airy, but it got a bit too dark for me the further you moved into the pub. Mixed clientele with what looked like seasoned locals occupying the window section and then more office based suits congregating towards the back of the bar. Although there are several hand pumps in banks of 5 down the bar, only a couple on each bank were actually dispensing beer. There was a couple of pumps serving pride and then a couple more serving Spitfire. But the saving grace was a single pump dispensing Hopback TEA. My pint of TEA wasn’t the best kept I’ve ever had, but it was drinkable. There is a wide screen TV high up by the entrance and then what looked like a pull down giant screen at the back near the loos. But this pub is so long I can imagine that if you stand half way along the bar you would need the Hubble telescope to see either well. There is an alleyway running alongside the pub which is utilised by the smokers but was once utilised by a certain Jack the Ripper, whose first victim was found behind the pub. I found the White Hart pleasant enough and would be fine for a pint if you didn’t want to move too far away from the tube station. But I can’t see myself coming back as there are better pubs and better beer options a short walk away.