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Resting Hare, WC1
WC1
WC1H 0JW
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Tris C left this review about Resting Hare
The name’s origin can be found on the website, but the only resting hares you’re likely to find around hear now have probably been hit by a Deliveroo driver.
A first in here the other night and the interior certainly looks to be rather fine Art Deco; the building appears to date from the 1930s.
Otherwise, the interior is as described below and rather brightly lit. Customers were mixed and few in number, but it was a Tuesday.
There’s a substantial bar to the rear with a central chrome fount dispensing around ten or so ‘craft’ as well as German beers. To the side, there’s a beer board but to the bar itself, there was just Landlord, Bristol Beer Factory’s Independence and then Dudda’s Dud which turned out not to be a beer, but the solitary cider though quite drinkable enough and £2.90 a half, served by an incoherent barman.
This isn’t a bad place as such, but it’s really aimed at the type of drinker that perhaps isn’t so interested in pub authenticity and is more inclined to drink keg; I’d keep on walking to the totally authentic Queens Head up the road, with its greater choice of cask ales.
Closed at weekends.
On 22nd September 2022
- rating: 4
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Quinno _ left this review about Resting Hare
Art Deco style interior, rectangular in formation with a fairly small low-level U-shaped servery with pewter topping at the rear. Some booth seating alongside the tiresome high tables. Mainly keg with just Jaipur (NBSS 2, opaque and rough) and a cider on cask. Some interesting German beers at competitive (for London) prices though, so I had a couple of those after forcing down the Jaipur. Shame the cask was poor, as otherwise I didn’t mind this one – surprised to find out it’s run by the same people as the Euston Tap. Card-only. 5.5
On 7th August 2022
- rating: 6
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Resting Hare
The entrance is quite grand ,up a stone staircase with seating terraces to either side,the high ceiling bar has some art deco features and was clearly a bar for the hotel next door,but these days there is no connection.The wooden floor and hip vibe plus loud muzak makes this place noisy when busy but the seating is mainly large banquettes with just a few high tables in the centre and lots of vertical drinking options infront of the U shaped bar with a classy bar back incorporating the rear obsured glass window.
The chalk board describes the 12 keg options,some leading microbrewers were featured but some selections looked mainstream.The 4 handpumps were offering Adnams Southwold Bitter and Old Ale,Redemption Trinity and Old Dairy Uber Brew(decent).A worthy selection but this bar will never displace the nearby Euston Tap for the real ale fan.
Pub Grub style food is served,and I could have been tempted to stay longer,it's worth popping in to see what's on offer.
On 29th October 2018
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Resting Hare
Previously dull hotel bar reinvented as a new-style alehouse with a separate side-street entrance a few years ago. The rectangular room features a compact horseshoe servery at the far end and about as much seating of various types as can be fitted in (which isn't a huge amount). Decorative features include some attractive Art Deco lanterns and mirrors, and the colour scheme is reasonably light. Also has a patio terrace by the steps leading to the main door. Generally efficient staff. Four handpumps, with Moor So'hop (£4.00), two beers from Adnams - Southwold and Mosaic - and a cider were available from the four handpumps on this visit. There is also a decent selection of craft beers available from the ten keg taps too.
On 10th June 2018
- rating: 7
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hondo . left this review about Resting Hare
Tucked away on a narrow side street. Art Deco style interior with the horseshoe shaped bar at the rear. A good keg selection served from a central dispensary plus 4 real ales.
On 20th October 2017
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custodian 42 left this review about Resting Hare
Decent one room pub with 4 cask and 6 or 7 on tap. Not the strongest of real ale but worth returning to to see if this changes.
On 25th January 2017
- rating: 6
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Moby Duck left this review about Resting Hare
A modern bar with touches of an Art Deco influence throughout,the circular servery to the rear had four hand pumps on with a decent selection of Redemption Trinity,Adnams Southwold Bitter,Saltaire Blonde and Surry Hills Greensand IPA, the latter being in good shape.There was also a small selection of Craft Keg available and an extensive wine list, the beers were suprisingly and pleasingly well priced for central London ,all being sub £4.00.I didn't take to this place as much as my drinking partner of the day ,not really my thing but I would certainly have a look if passing again.
On 15th July 2016
- rating: 6
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Pub SignMan left this review about Resting Hare
Located in a side room of the County Hotel and accessed via a walkway to the left of the building, this is a relatively new venture from the people behind the nearby Euston and Cider Tap bars. The pub has a single room interior with a few nice art deco features dotted around. The room is bare boarded and runs quite a long way back from the entrance to the U shaped servery at the rear. The bar has a padded counter front with a pewter top and a dull metal frame bar back. Banquette seating booths run down the side of the room, giving way to high tables and chairs further back and then drinking ledges with high stools to either side of the bar. Large mirrors in the art deco style hang from the walls, which have been covered in places with hare motif wallpaper. Some large, attractive light fixtures run through the centre of the room and there are a couple of posters further to the rear, which brighten the walls up a bit, but otherwise the décor is fairly muted, with plain pastel shaded walls dominating. Music played quietly throughout my visit, but the large empty room made everything echo a bit, so there was a strange ambiance within. On entering, you pass through a small, fenced off front garden with several nice tables and chairs. This was my fourth attempt at visiting this pub, which previously only opened Monday - Friday, but the barmaid assured me that weekend openings were due to commence fairly soon.
The bar counter was refreshingly devoid of keg taps, with four handpulls to the fore and a bank of keg taps consigned to a central column in the middle of the serving area. The hand pumps offered Moor Norhop, Wye Valley Butty Bach, Adnams Mosaic and Redemption Trinity. A no nonsense barman poured me a pint of the Butty Bach in record time and it was a very enjoyable drop.
I quite liked this place and thought it was a good use of a nice room which was otherwise going to waste. I found it a little devoid of atmosphere late on a Friday evening and wondered if the place still needed a bit longer to properly bed in and establish a bit of character. It seems like a pretty good addition to the local area and I'm sure I'll visit again before long.
On 23rd May 2016
- rating: 7
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Rex Rattus left this review about Resting Hare
I wasn't quite so enthusiastic about this place as previous reviewers. We dropped in early Wednesday evening and the place was quite busy, but we managed to bag a couple of stools round to the right of the horseshoe penisular bar counter. Within half an hour it got so busy and noisy that normal conversation was impossible. I'm afraid it gets no extra points for having hip and trendy bar staff, although it has to be said that they (there were four of them) worked hard to keep the drinks flowing. I didn't get close enough to note the furnishings or decor, but of course noted the outside seating at the front that we walked past to enter the pub.
There were four ales on - Timothy Taylor Landlord; Adnam's Ghost Ship; Vermont Tea Party; and Fyne Ales Scotland Jarl. Pints of the the Landlord and Jarl came to £7, which
seems to be good value bearing in mind that in pubs around King's Cross we paid £4 and £4.50 for pints of Wandle and Mad Goose respectively.
On 10th April 2016
- rating: 5
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Resting Hare
The entrance to the Resting Hare is situated down the side of the County Arms on Woburn Walk. I really took to this place and found their choice of beers and prices excellent. The staff in here were hip and trendy and service was impeccable. We ventured into here on two consecutive nights as we enjoyed it so much. Four pumps, so we went for the Brewsmith Bitter and Bristol Brewing Co Southville Hop.
On 25th February 2016
- rating: 8
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