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The White Hart, E1
E1
E1 7RA
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Reviews of The White Hart (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Steve Stone left this review about The White Hart
A survivor in an area that has changed out of all recognition. Had a nice pint of Camden lager. Customers were a mixture of young students and locals. Friendly staff made this somewhere I would return again in future.
On 26th January 2025
- rating: 7
[User has posted 27 recommendations about 27 pubs]
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Tris C left this review about The White Hart
This is a former Taylor Walker pub, as evinced by the gold guncarriage atop the arched sign frame. It also dates from 1721 and given the appearance of the building – not to mention interior layout – I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this is a genuine three-hundred-year-old structure.
As mentioned in previous reviews, this was until recently a traditional dark wood boozer, which presumably like so many other pubs, was subjected to a needless Lockdown hipster makeover. Sadly, there’s not really any evidence of history to the interior. It’s as narrow as it looks and goes back a fair way to a tiny fag patio, but the two-bar format has bar fronts of red wainscoting, with slightly industrial bar backs, then an overall grey colour scheme. There was ugly Six Nations bunting almost a month after the event finished, then little in the way of décor. There were at least two TVs showing the football which no-one was watching and an even uglier Clear Channel advertising board, with its rolling slideshow along with an ugly games machine. Lighting is a little gloomy, with illumination coming from wire caged filament sconces. Furniture is traditional, with some pews and customers seemed very studenty. I’m not sure if the holidays were on, but the place is close to London Met and also at the centre of the area’s entertainment scene.
Ales amounted to two unused pumps, then the uninviting choice of Pride or Doom, me opting for a half of neck oil (£3.20) served by a young, vacant barmaid.
Despite the unsympathetic makeover, this is probably one of the better options in the area.
On 18th April 2022
- rating: 5
[User has posted 2207 recommendations about 2164 pubs]
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Pub SignMan left this review about White Hart
This is a narrow traditional pub on the busy Whitechapel High Street, close to Aldgate East tube station and handy for Brick Lane. The pub has what feels like a two bar layout, although it could equally be argued that there is just the one long, narrow room with an old doorway to pass through midway down. The front part of the pub is a dark wood overload, with floorboards, wall panels and servery combining to create a typical spit and sawdust, traditional boozer look. Seating is surprisingly plentiful in such a cramped space, which is squeezed even more at the point where the servery eventually appears down the left hand side. A ledge runs opposite the bar in the front part of the pub and further on there are a number of small tables and chairs opposite, which contribute to congestion along the bar during busier moments. The room opens out again to the rear where more standard and bench seating has been arranged around the perimeter. There is a nice fireplace on the rear wall with a mural above depicting a Jack the Ripper scene. The pub claims to be the last in which supposed Ripper victim Martha Tabram drank before she was last seen walking up the alleyway to the right of the pub (although other accounts list a pub called ‘The Angel and Crown’ as the site of Tabram’s last drink). A plaque in the alleyway also notes the pub’s connections with the murder and points out that possible Ripper suspect George Chapman had a barbers shop in the pub basement. We were sat enjoying the rugby being shown on the TV screens in both front and back bars, when a number of people appeared dressed in period costume – apparently popular Jack the Ripper tours commence from the pub.
Five handpulls provided a choice from Shepherd Neame Spitfire, Sharps Doom Bar and Fullers London Pride. Greene King IPA had recently gone off and the remaining pump was left unclipped. I tried the Doom Bar which was in decent enough shape, whilst a companion ordered a glass of wine only to be told that they had run out of clean wine glasses. He ended up drinking from a Liefmans beer glass!
This is a pretty decent traditional boozer that still retains a bit of character and seems to have an interesting, if somewhat disputable, history. We found the place quite lively, and despite the variable service and limited beer range, I wouldn’t mind calling in again if I was in the area.
On 13th May 2015
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3350 recommendations about 3350 pubs]
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Whitechapel, 0.5 miles, 9 min walk (show)
London Liverpool Street, 0.64 miles, 12 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 13 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 13 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
- Beer Garden : No - Small rear patio. - last updated 17 April 2022 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
- Car Park : No last updated 29 July 2013 by Moby Duck
- Child Friendly : No last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
- Darts : No last updated 13 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Function Room : No last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 13 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
- Karaoke : No last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
- Live Music : No last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Sky Sports/BT Sport. - last updated 17 April 2022 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 13 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Pinball : No last updated 13 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : No last updated 13 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Quiz Night : No last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 30 March 2024 by Rex Rattus
- Real Cider : No last updated 13 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
- WiFi : Yes last updated 12 September 2019 by Komakino .
