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Ye Olde Watling, Mansion House, EC4
EC4
EC4M 9BR
Ye Olde Watling
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Reviews of Ye Olde Watling (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Ye Olde Watling
Historic Nicholsons inn, with a compact interior featuring just the sort of traditional furniture and décor that one might expect. Sir Christopher Wren dining room upstairs (never visited). NPA, Proper Job and Bass (£5.90) on three of the five handpumps on this latest visit, with an upturned glass on the London Pride handle and a reversed Tribute clip on the other. Tends to get very crowded, but justifiably so.
On 1st September 2025
- rating: 7
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Ye Olde Watling
A traditional Nicholson’s street corner pub just along the road from St Paul’s Cathedral, this seems very popular with the after-work crowd and is invariably very busy in the road outside, even to the extent that it can be quite difficult to get in to the actual pub. This was again the case on my recent Tuesday evening visit, although fortunately there was standing space inside the pub, even though all tables were occupied.
It's quite traditional internally with sanded wooden boards on the floor and plenty of black beams on both the ceiling and walls, with white painted plasterwork in between giving in something of a Tudor style. There were also some very chunky black supporting pillars as well as a black wooden partition with frosted glass inserts. Dark wood panelling was on the lower part of the walls, and a few old pictures and a history board were on the walls. Seating was rather limited, with a few small brass tables in the front bar, as well as some stools in the window. The rear bar was broadly similar in terms of décor, but did have plenty of tables and chairs squeezed in, and is presumably used more for eating.
Beers on tap were Nicholson’s Pale, Ale, Ghost Ship, Doom Bar and London Pride, whilst Tribute was apparently coming soon and a further three pumps appeared unused. The solitary cider meanwhile was Mortimer’s Orchard. Overall, a pretty decent pub, but time your visit to avoid early evenings if you want to get a seat.
On 12th May 2023
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Ye Olde Watling
An historic pub positioned on what was once the main Roman road in and out of the city. The pub was rebuilt by Christopher Wren in 1668, after the Great Fire of London, also plans for St Paul's were drawn up in what is now the upstairs dining room. Eight handpumps, serving seven ales and one cider, we went for the Hook Norton X Ale, in collaboration with the Yeastie Boys, which was decent and the downside was that it cost £4.90 a pint. I found this pub to more of a local's pub, where the staff and fellow drinkers were all friendly and chatty.
On 18th June 2019
- rating: 8
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- Accommodation : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Jukebox : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Wheelchair Access : No - WCs downstairs. - last updated 21 October 2016 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 19 November 2013 by hondo .
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