White Lion Inn, Oakham

Looking like it’s had a good spruce-up recently from the outside, it’s a large and airy L shaped place within. Some semi-traditional touches - acorn wallpaper, third length wood panelling. A dart board and pool table were down a step on the left side, in a rather nice area that had red/black chequerboard flooring and some more wood panelling as well as a stove fire and upmarket seating options. Eight pumps at the bar though there was much doubling, which left Everards Tiger, Old Original (good nick), Ashover Poets and Rosie's Pig cider. I retreated to the amazing beer garden with huge weeping willows which was a rather special place to sup my half. I liked it here and it’s the first place we were recognised off Radio Rutland giving us some airtime, which was a bonus. 7.5

The White Lion is a decent looking white painted pub that is next to a stream it was very quiet when we went in but this was early Saturday dinner.The Tiger Bitter was very drinkable this is an Everards tied house it might have seemed a bit better if it was a bit more busy.