The White Star, Stoke Central, Stoke-On-Trent

An excellent all round town centre pub. A great ambience when empty (first in on a Thursday lunch!) and later when busier. The 5 Titanic Ales were so good, I stayed "Locale" and resisted the temptation to try any of the 5 guest ales. Three business men on the next table ordered two fruit juices and a plain water. Obviously not wishing to mix business with pleasure! I hope they came back after work to see what they were missing. My spicy chicken lunch wes excellent and very good value. I agree with most of the reviewers and give it maximum score. Definately my Pub of the Year so far.

The White Star is a three storey pub that is on a pedestrianised street in the middle of Stoke. Once inside the pub had a single room that had different drinking areas,the bar was to the left and there was a raised area to the rear right which was cordened off,the pub was carpeted and had comfortable seating if you could get one. This pub is a Titanic tied house and there was a decent choice of their beers on the bar,i had a drink of Titanic Steerage which was a really nice drink,the other beers i noted were White Star and Iceburg. The pub was packed on my early evening vist with Stoke fans and people going for a night out,so why was a third of the pub out of use at such a busy time. I would have enjoyed my time here if it was less busy and all of the pub was in use. Pub visited 12/1/2013