The White House, Highbury, N5

There are a few picnic tables outside the front of this pub and a climb up a few steps will find some more covered seating and the entrance to the bar area. It doesn’t seem like the biggest place, but to the right of the bar that is stocked with the usual draught suspects is an area that houses a pool table. There is a projector screen that was showing one Premiership match and a plasma screen was showing another. At the rear of the pub there is a small DJ booth that I imagine gets used at the weekends and there is a Slush Puppy machine on the bar for making different cocktails. Food is served and a strong smell of flame on meat was wafting through the pub and I later found out it was some spicy lamb kofta. I had a suspicion whilst I was supping on my well served Guinness that all was not as it seems so I decided to pop out the back for a sneaky fag and I discovered the beer garden that is done up like a Saracen’s tent with low tables and stools all covered in red and black material and sheltered with more sheeting. I spotted a couple of Hookahs and the shisha was available in many flavours for £10 a pop, I’m not sure if this is expensive or not. There are another couple of plasma screens that were showing a music video channel. This place is a little different and it works well meaning that I would have no problem returning.