The White Hart, Barnes, SW13

Been many a year since I last had a beer here, so finding myself walking the Thames Path on a fine weather late afternoon popped in again for a pint. The opened out interior is largely unchanged from what I remember, but the riverside garden area looked smarter, with the addition of a couple of covered seating booths, presumably recent as a result of the covid restrictions. Two Young’s ales on in the shape of Ordinary and Special and they were both fine. If you are in the area on a fine weathers day, you can do a lot worse than have an alfresco beer by the Thames on the riverside patio

Official site of The White Hart - www.whitehartbarnes.co.uk

Official site of The White Hart - www.whitehartbarnes.co.uk

A very fine building ,this Youngs tied house overlooks the tidal Thames ,the ground floor interior gathers around a curved island bar.There is some wood panelling and original features ,while a side door leads to a charming outside terrace with wooden furniture and prime views of the river.Quite a few of the punters on my visit were dining,and serving staff loitered around,but it is fine to just pop in for a drink and sit anywhere free.That may well mean that your neighbours will be eating,but in the evening there were no signs of children thankfully.There is a first floor reception room for hire,while the gents are down in the cellar with a very musty smell,no doubt resulting from the proximity of the river. There are three real ale available (doubled up) ,the options on my trip Youngs Ordinary ,Special and a seasonal Halloween brew but as I am not been a keen fan of their ales ,this detracted from the interesting location.