The White Hart, WC2

There are two handpumps on the bar. I got the impression that they normally both dispense London Pride, but only one was doing so during my lunchtime visit (the other had a Pride clip reversed). This pub has now been turned into one of those bars that do their best to emulate a hotel lounge. As has been pointed out by a previous poster, it has a very small frontage, but is nevertheless quite spacious inside. As you go in the first thing you see is a couple of sofas in front of you, and to the left is the main bare-boarded bar area containing some benches and tables and the like, and where the walls and pillars are painted grey, and the ceiling black. To the rear is a slightly raised area that is carpeted and contains more pine benches plus some normal tables and chairs. A couple of other things worth noting are the piano in the raised area at the back, which probably gets little if any use, and some tasteful green and blue backlighting in the alcove between the entrances to the toilets. The pub sign outside gives a clear clue as to the sort of place it has become – it’s now a plain black sign with the “The White Hart” in small (gold I think) lettering on it, whereas it used to have a picture of a white hart (of all things!) on it. This used to be a real pub with plenty of dark wood, and real character, but now it’s just one more clean and comfortable bar. There’s room for these places of course, as a lot of people clearly like them, but it is nothing like the pub I remember from the early 70s.

Haven't been there for a while, as you can tell by my photo. The outside is deceptive, once through the door, you turn left and the pub is long. Used to be very good, worth a visit to see any changes. My rating is from what I remember.