The White Horse, Dover - pub details
Address: St. James St / Castle Hill Rd, Dover, Kent, CT16 1QF [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 14697) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Dover Priory (0.6 miles), Kearsney (2.7 miles), Martin Mill (3.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Credit cards accepted, Smoking area
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> Current user rating: 7.5/10 (rated by 15 users)
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> Local guide: Kent pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Castle Inn, Dover (0.1 miles), Blakes, Dover (0.1 miles), Marine Court, Dover (0.2 miles), Roman Quay, Dover (0.2 miles), Lord Nelson, Dover (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the White Horse, Dover
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| I recently visited this pub late on a Sunday evening. I had intended to dine there but food is only served 12.00 - 5.00pm on a Sunday so I dined at Wetherspoons instead. This is a nice cosy pub with friendly locals who will happily chat with strangers passing through. I tried two cask bitters, one I have forgotten the name of but the other was Loddon's Ferrymaster which I really enjoyed. To me, £3.25 per pint for bitter is very expensive, Bowton_Lad - 8 Jun 2011 00:35 |
| The pub serves Timothy Taylor Landlord as its regular ale with 3 other guests. They now seem to have a improved menu and special barmenu. The special barmenu contains some food that I haven't seen in a Dover pub before. Whelks, cockles, shell on prawn and jellied eels can be eaten in the pub now. markos - 3 Jun 2011 23:19 |
| In response to TheFabricFairy, I agree that the Eight Bells is far less cosy than this pub. However, and I find it a real pity to have to repeat this, the quality of the draught ale in the White Horse really is dreadful compared to that found in the Wetherspoons. (I find it difficult to believe I've written that myself). When you weigh up the quality of the beer along with the price you pay for a pint, the Eight Bells is streets ahead. It is, of course, a pretty dire place to enjoy the beer in compared to the White Horse, whose interior is far more comforatble, but I'm finding that more often than not I'd rather drink a well kept pint of an interesting beer in Wetherspoons than suffer yet another dreadful beer in the much more comfortable surroundings of the White Horse. Each to their own I suppose. I'd still prefer not have to suffer the backbiting insults of the management here also. No doubt it goes on everywhere but at least you cant actually hear what they say about you in Wetherspoons! I'm glad this pub has its supporters, but on balance it's not for me! You might be right if you think that says more about me than it does about the pub, but I guess we just have different satndards. I'd still advise anyone to pay the place a visit and make up their own minds; just leave the rose coloured spectacles at the door. eastkent - 12 Sep 2010 18:40 |
| Review from 25 March is very unfair. You will struggle to find a more welcoming pub than this, let alone in Dover. I'd hardly call the landlady a "ladette" and I think there is no place for personal abuse. Real ales; good, freshly prepared unpretentious menu and a welcome refuge from the lairiness of the other pubs in town. Thank God for the White Horse. Stucky66 - 24 Aug 2010 15:22 |
| Very nice pints of Rev James & TT Landlord. Great pub with lots of history with all the channel swims documented on the walls. stevane - 18 Aug 2010 18:30 |
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