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The Black Horse, Whitby

91 Church Street
Whitby
YO22 4BH

Phone: 01947602906

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Punch Taverns

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Whitby Central

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Strongers . left this review about The Black Horse

The entrance to the Black horse opens onto a small bare boarded front bar with an L-shaped counter that faces limited seating to the front and the left. Standard and premium keg were available alongside six hand pumps that were drawing Rudgate’s Dinga Dinga, Adnams Southwold, Hambleton Brewery’s Black Dog Rhatas and Bootleggers as well as a couple of ciders. The Dinga Dinga didn’t taste of much, but I had just knocked back a lager in the previous pub. Another bar is found at the rear were the counter runs up the right facing padded benches up the left. There’s a raised seating area at the rear up a couple of steps. The service was polite so I’d pop back in if passing.

On 9^th September 2024 - rating: 7
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Black Horse

A no frills boozer located in one of the attractive pedestrianised shopping streets just around the corner from the bridge, it’s strikes me as more of a local’s pub than a touristy one, despite it’s prime position.

Internally it consists of two rooms, a small bar at the front and a slightly larger, L-shaped room at the rear. The smaller bar is quite traditional and perhaps slightly dated, with varnished wooden boards on the floor, cream or white painted wallpaper on the walls and ceilings along with some dark stained wood panelling down below and fitted red banquette seating. A number of old black and white photographs were on the walls and there was some stained glass in the windows. The rear room was broadly similar in style, with the exception of a deep salmon colour paint on the walls and some white wood panelling on the ceiling. Being near the water, there was of course the obligatory display of different knot styles in a glass frame. The menu consisted of various Yapas dishes, which for those unfamiliar with the term, is apparently a Yorkshire version of tapas.

Beers on tap were Salopian Lemon Dream, Adnams Southwold, Rudgate Jorvik and Rudgate Chocolate Stout with Black Dog’s Rhatas apparently having run out. Ciders meanwhile were Orchard Thieves, Stan’s Big Apple and Rosie’s Pig Rhubarb which is something of an improvement on the normal dross found around these parts.

On 16^th July 2024 - rating: 6
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ROB Camra left this review about The Black Horse

Can't disagree with anything PSM says in his review below. We called in here both nights of our stay in Whitby. On the second night we shared a Yorkshire charcterie board and a black pudding pork pie for our tea. Over the two evenings I went through the pumps and all 4 beers were in excellent condition. Some friends of ours stayed in one of their letting rooms a few months ago and were impressed with that too. We'll definitely be calling in here again next time we're in Whitby.

On 29^th January 2024 - rating: 8
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