The White Hart, Newhaven

Visited 22/08/24 Single room pub with bar in corner opposite entrance. On my early evening visit the front door was most definitely not bolted and the venue was busy with chaps who looked like they had just come off their shifts in the docks area. Right of the door there is a pool table and a small low stage to the left of the door. Big screen was showing music videos but with no volume and a separate soundtrack at a loud volume that confused the hell out of me. There were a couple of illuminated dart boards suggesting this was a popular darting venue. Regular mix of normal height and high tables dotted around the venue. Pretty average small town centre pub. Sky Sports advertising quite prominent suggesting people are attracted by the offering of live sports coverage and the chance to play darts or pool. No cask. Keg choices were Theakston Mild, Moretti, Guinness (regular and the extra cold option), Fosters, both regular and dark fruits Strongbow, JS, K1664, Cruz, Inch's cider and Carling. Seemed everyone here was drinking lager so I went for a pint of the Theakston’s, which was perfectly adequate and about as good as you could expect to get in this type of pub. Was my least favourite of the three pubs on the High St I visited within the one hour I had to drink here and probably the only one that I wouldn’t bother to return to if I found myself here with some time to kill. It is what it is but it isn’t for me.

Official site of The White Hart - www.whitehartnewhaven.co.uk

Official site of The White Hart - www.whitehartnewhaven.co.uk