White Hart, West Norwood

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This pub just has to be the worst in Tulse Hill, and there are some right dubious ones to start with, avoid unless you like mixing with the dregs of the area.
landormick - 9 Oct 2011 09:27
URGH!!! :-(
Jedi_Clem - 22 Mar 2010 18:24
Visited this pub over the last two friday nights, doesn't seem that bad, Glasses are clean, pub doesn't look that bad. Karaoke and a live D.J, who knows her stuff, excellent voice and quite a few people singing in there. I was told last night that a D.J. is in there tonight as well, so at least they are doing something with this place. Could be an excellent place now it's not being closed early and they are providing entertainment, I think by opinion that this place could be a really good pub and has so much potential. New management, manager is friendly but firm, lovely lady. I am definately going to visit this place hopefully on a regular basis, other customers are lovely and talk to you when you go outside for a demon fag!, Strange little bloke running around every now and again but I think he's part of the management. Drinks are cheaper than some in the area.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU AT LONG LAST WHITE HART.
angel_face - 27 Feb 2010 18:34
Not a bad pub now that they've done the place up..
beers cheap though the manager seems to have had a personality bipass...

CONDEX - 14 Jul 2009 11:44
Traditional South London boozer without any effort made on its part to charm you or make you come back again. Yet people seem to.

Your pint will be served with a measure of resentment and passivity. Blokes stare transfixed at the tv screen. Somebody somewhere has a hacking cough.

No Guardian weekend supplements in here ladies and gentleman (in fact no ladies either accept for behind the bar).
No kids other than that kid who's probably always in there.

I think I quite like it but then again I'm not sure and I might change my mind tomorrow.
I'll give it 5 but it might deserve a 6 on some days and a 0 and instant demolition and turning into The Banana Leaf & Bogey Pie Gastro Pub on other days.
But leave it alone for now.
terenced - 20 Oct 2008 11:19
i concur with both of the reviews below, a lovely dump

definitely an option for watching the football now that the railway has dissapeared up it's own ar_e, some very pleasant sweary shouty south london gooners to be found directly under the tv providing some atmos during games
johnpublic - 5 Dec 2007 12:53
Plenty of south London grit to be had in here, if that's what you like...
pubcollector - 7 Jan 2007 19:52
wallpapers hanging of the walls...toilets are stinking..the pub is a dump...
anonymous - 5 Nov 2006 08:48
the one and only good thing about this pub is that you can i can actually get a DOUBLE vodka and coke for under 3 quid. this pub is in SERIOUS need of a make over, the glasses are always dirty and u cant even sit on a chair without fearing it will give way unerneath you. The toilets are always broke and u get that bloody chinese dvd man bugging you every 5 seconds. I would recomend the Tulse hill Tavern anyday.
anonymous - 7 Jun 2006 16:36
The pub is in need of a bit of a clean, a lick of paint and a spruce up, but get past its shambolic appearance and you have a decent local’s pub.

I go in pretty regularly now (its cheap & they show the footy) and I have never had any problems felt threatened or intimidated.

Not bad if you want to a break from the railways smugness.

Jesper - 11 May 2006 17:02
Staggered in here for the first time ever (I too had been wary before. I recommend going to these types of places with a hangover - you're in far too much pain to think sensibly).

First things first: it's a terrible pub in that it's falling down. The only thing that will be left standing (ok, sitting) in a few years time will be the locals, who range from a rather attracive 80 yr old lady who must have been a champion gurner in her heyday, to your 'must-have' for a crap boozer: a chinese dude selling dodgy DVD's.

I have one good thing to say for this place: it's the first time in years that I've been able to have a Guinness for £2.50. Other than that, stay away from this place, unless you are considering suicide, or you like fleas. Go to the Railway up the road if need be, but I would recommend getting out of Tulse Hill and finding a decent pub. Actually, just get out of Tulse Hill, full-stop.
womble54321 - 10 Jan 2006 10:46
Never been in - too scared for my life.
When I eventually do hire a bodyguard, I'll go in and try it out.
Surely can't be that bad, posters raising funds for charity on the windows and that sort of thing.
anonymous - 5 Nov 2005 20:01
Old geezer's venue. In desperate need of redecoration and not the most glamorous of places. Good place if one fancies a cheap drink
caligula - 11 Jul 2005 13:07
Scary, but cheap.
resh - 20 Dec 2004 16:24

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