Black Horse, Leicester - pub details
Address: 1 Foxton Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 5LT [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 11865) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Leicester (1 mile), South Wigston (3.6 miles), Narborough (5.2 miles)
Brewery: Everards
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
- Children allowed
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> Current user rating: 6.9/10 (rated by 11 users)
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user reviews of Black Horse, Leicester
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| After my disappointing visit late last year I have been back a couple of times when back in Leicester, including this Sunday when I convinced the youth to take me for a Father’s Day pint and am happy to report that all six hand pumps in the back lounge bar have been operating and the beers tried have been in good condition. This Sunday there were Beacon, Tiger and Sunchaser from the Everards brewery, plus CW Waggledance, Anchor from the Titanic Brewery and a Scrumpy Cider. Gann - 21 Jun 2010 21:48 |
| I haven't bothered with this pub for ages. Hopeless, rude, uncaring staff or owners. proboozer - 6 May 2010 12:36 |
| Having a business appointment nearby the following day, I took the opportunity to have an overnight in Leicester and take the first born around a few of the more traditional drinking places, rather than the shiny chromed student bars he usually frequents. After coming up with a list of four venues, he wasn’t enamoured to find he hadn’t previously visited any and the first port of call was to drag him across the River Sour to an Everards pub. “Mmmh Everards pubs are usually rubbish round here” , but I wasn’t listening as I was determined to start the evening off with a decent pint of Tiger, so off we went to find The Black Horse. This proved to be a task made doubly difficult due to the Western Boulevard being blocked due to building work. But eventually we found it and I was pleased to find that The Black Horse is a traditional, two-bar back street drinking house with a front bar entered from the main street and then a further snug room at the back. What I wasn’t pleased to find was four real ale hand pumps, all with their clips turned round. Now there probably was a good explanation why a pub in the GBG for it’s quality of ale manifests to have no ale on during a mid week evening. But after having it confirmed by the barman that there was no real ales on, I didn’t bother to find out why and just turned round and headed for the door.. “ See, we don’t bother with Everards pubs because they’re all crap !”, and unfortunately on this particular evening, the Black Horse did not provide me with any ammunition to argue the generalisation put forward by the youth.. Gann - 28 Nov 2009 12:11 |
| Called at this pub in March while visiting Leicester for the beer festival but although the Good Beer Guide said it opened at 3pm it didn't. We looked through the windows and the dogs barked at us but no-one came. An upstairs window was open but no-one heard us. Stood round for ages, but got thirsty and moved on. gillhalfpint - 10 Jul 2009 10:52 |
| cozy traditional pub, good atmosphere, live music, and quiz nights. fairly good selection of drinks, including guest ales. Hot_Stuff - 17 Sep 2008 19:30 |
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