The White Hart, Hull

Two room Edwardian pub the interior is a bit plainer than you may expect but with cracking features including a ceramic counter and sumptuous bar back. Darts, shuffle board and pool in large back room as well as a couple of big screens. 6 pulls on the counter all from small breweries plus usual tap stuff and better .  Beer list is shown on clipboards on one wall in the front bar but very neatly done incorporating the Brewery logos, see photo, with descriptions of beers Noticing my beer was a bit manky the barman quietly took a half off into the back then came back and volunteered a replacement, he was right but I was just going to put it down as a poor pub so brilliant service and you better visit it hadn’t you?

I was very glad to see, in passing by on my bike, that this national inventory pub had reopened. Thankfully the original features which led to its classification remain intact, though there are modern floorboards and the walls have been painted (wait for it...) gray. The magnificent ceramic bar is the outstanding feature (see photo), and it has been enhanced by the presence of half a dozen hand pumps and a number of keg fonts. Beers are listed, innovatively, on printed A4 pages attached each to their own clipboard and hung from hooks on the wall. In the room to the rear of this unusual, slightly curved building are a pool table and two shuffle boards - I don't think I have seen one in a pub before but knew instantly what they were. With an interesting selection of well-kept beers as well as the fascinating interior, this pub is a very welcome re-addition to Hull's real ale scene.