White Ferry House, Pimlico, SW1

White Ferry House site - www.whiteferryhousevictoria.hostel.com

The White Ferry House is a Victorian pub that retains separate saloon and public bars. The Public bar is located in the right hand side and houses a pool table and plasma screen that was showing a women’s semi-final in the Australian Open via Sky Sports. This was muted as the jukebox was blasting out some random songs from ELO’s Mr Blue Sky to some reggae beats. The music was good, but a little loud for my liking so I decided to move into the saloon bar where there is another plasma screen that was showing muted rolling news. I didn’t think it possible but unfortunately the music in here was even louder than the in the public bar. The bar is stocked with standard draught alongside Amstel and the two hand pumps were drawing London Pride and Courage Best. I found the pricing structure to be on a par with other pubs in the area, but there is happy hour(s) every day from 16:00 until 19:00 except Sunday when it is from midday until 15:00. During these periods the cost of a pint drops to £2.80, which is very good for these parts. Food is advertised outside, but inside all I saw was a winter soup and pizza that is available to eat in or take-away for £7. This pub doubles up as a hostel and there were a few guests arriving during my visit on Thursday afternoon. The sign on the door to the hostel reads ‘gents toilet and accommodation’. I needed a leak and discovered that they are in fact separate! The barmaid was very friendly and worthy of mention, but I thought that the pub itself was fairly unremarkable. There are better pubs in the area so I doubt I’ll find myself in here again anytime soon.