The White Lion, Clerkenwell - pub details
Address: 37, Central St, London, EC1V 8AB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 25721) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Barbican (0.4 miles), Old Street (0.4 miles), Farringdon (0.6 miles)
Old Street (0.3 miles), London Barbican (0.4 miles), Farringdon (0.5 miles)
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> Current user rating: 6.6/10 (rated by 9 users)
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user reviews of the White Lion, Clerkenwell
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| The White Lion has a slightly eccentric decoration, which somehow works quite well. The long bar was occupied by 3 locals during my Thursday afternoon visit. Youngs and St Austell Tribute were the two real ales. In addition to the several lagers, there also seemed to be a range of wines. Items around the place included a couple of Irish rugby balls, 2 Manchester footballs (one from each team) and a glitter ball! The blackboard menu was completely blank. I didn't get to visit the games room at the rear, but found this a fairly comfortable pub situated far enough off the main Old Street drag to ensure it doesn't get too crowded. blue_scrumpy - 22 May 2010 12:45 |
| Adnams and Tribute were the ale choices in here before Christmas so they have not changed since September and there is a standard draught selection. My Guinness was well poured and I found both of the barmaids to be very friendly. The front bar area of the pub has limited seating around the walls and a plasma screen for the showing of Sky Sports and music channels when there is nothing to show. There is a dartboard and a couple of pool tables around the back of the bar and I think that a pool league game was just finishing as I arrived as there were some sandwiches etc laid out on a table, but I could have been mistaken. I felt comfortable as soon as I sat at the bar and although this isn’t a remarkable pub I will still return for the hospitality when next in the area. Strongers - 15 Jan 2010 12:48 |
| This pub was listed in the last Good Beer Guide I bought (2006 or 2007) but on visiting I found that a bit surprising. It's a pretty ordinary boozer with a couple of nowadays very mainstream ales on (Tribute and Adnams, if I recall), and in era when so many pubs offer four of five ales including guests, I don't think it's really GBG standard. That said, I didn't dislike it: I just thought it quite ordinary. It's surprisingly large, with a central bar dividing a front bar (which I thought was looking a bit scruffy) from a rear games room with a couple of pool tables etc. grecian - 9 Sep 2009 11:20 |
| The management seem to have given up on this place. They don't bother putting the sound on when there is footy on the TV, happy simply to pump out music so loud you can't hear yourself think - hello this place is supposed to be a friendly local boozer not a night club! Often no real ale on either. This place has really gone downhill over the last three months. BothamsAshes - 27 Apr 2008 20:17 |
| I've been drinking here for 7 or 8 years and quite simply it's just a good down to earth, unpretentious pub (which is so rare in these trendy parts) with a mix of locals, office workers, students and people from the sports centre opposite and in all my years of drinking there I've never heard a cross word from a customer or not been afforded a great welcome by the londlord and landlady. For the real ale crowd there's usually IPA and Adnams on and for those who need it there's pool tables, big screen, jukebox etc. Sadly no food except bar snacks, which is the only thing which lets this pub down, although they will gladly order a pizza to be delivered to you if you wish! monkeymum - 6 Jul 2007 14:48 |
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