The White Hart (Lloyds No1), Aylesbury

Komakino . left this review about The White Hart (Lloyds No1)

Potentially my local Spoons as the crow flies (I live semi-equidistant between Aylesbury and High Wycombe). This was formerly "Chicago Rock Cafe", but the name nods to a previous White Hart located on Exchange Street long before the planners of the 1960s drummed their fingertips together à la Mr Burns from The Simpsons and changed the town centre beyond all recognition. No "Lloyd's No. 1" trappings that I could discern. There’s a boxed-shaped 'bar in the round' to your centre-left on entry, with plenty of seating to the right, as well as a smattering around the bar, with access to a patio 'garden' to the left and behind the bar, which offers scenes of the now dual carriageway Exchange Street and the new(ish) (2010) Waterside Theatre, whose construction led to the demolition (2008) of the Benskins-liveried Ship pub. There are two sets of five sets of handpumps for ale aficionados – one at the bar as you walk in, and a second set opposite the entrance/exit to the patio. It's worth checking the latter before making a decision, as there is usually an interloper along with the expected national brand beers (Doom Bar, etc.). Pints are in the sub-£3 realm. In all, a workaday, perfectly perfunctory Spoons.

On 1^st February 2026 - rating: 6
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