The White Lion, Covent Garden - pub details
Address: 24 James Street, London, WC2E 8NS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 2825)
Covent Garden (0 miles), Leicester Square (0.2 miles), Charing Cross (0.4 miles)
London Charing Cross (0.3 miles), London Waterloo (0.9 miles), London Waterloo East (0.9 miles)
Chain: Nicholson's
Pub facilities/features:
- Sky TV
- Food served (Upstairs restaurant), Real ale
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other pubs nearby:
Nags Head, Covent Garden (0.0 miles), Langley, Covent Garden (0.1 miles), Crusting Pipe, Covent Garden (0.1 miles), Roadhouse, Covent Garden (0.1 miles), Cove, Covent Garden (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the White Lion, Covent Garden
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| Significantly better than you'd expect given the location, and the rating is perhaps a little low. Prices reasonable also, £2.90 for Landlord (they had 5 real ales on, which is impressive for the location) that was above average in terms of how it was kept. It is very small though, and can often be overcrowded, that is the negative. mps77 - 16 Dec 2009 17:37 |
| Timothy Taylor Landlord always in top condition. Sometimes have to queue but it's worth it! Pistol - 14 Nov 2009 19:12 |
| Small corner pub on the walk down from Covent Garden tube to the main piazza. It was quite crowded and the small size meant not only was it difficult to find a seat it was even tricky to find somewhere comfortable to drink standing up. Given it was a Tuesday night at around 10:30 I suspect this is the default state of affairs in the evening at least. Managed a quick pint of Landlord but while this is a cut above many of the supposedly trendy bars in the area it is not a pub that distinguishes itself in an way. Best for meeting someone before heading to more convivial surroundings murgatroyd - 13 Nov 2009 22:53 |
| We enjoyed our visit here so much that we went back later for another drink. The atmosphere was very friendly but busy. Doombar was very good. multiplexor - 8 Nov 2009 10:18 |
| Small single bar Nicholsons pub situated opposite the Nags Head, on which I have just posted. In contrast to many of Nicholsons Central London houses, this one feels rather featureless, which is not helped by the large plain glass windows and bare floorboards. There's 5 handpumps in total - on my recent Saturday lunchtime visit these were dispensing the seemingly standard Nicholsons regulars - TT Landlord, London Pride and Deuchars IPA under the "try before you buy" promotion - plus Sharps DoomBar, which I presume was on as a guest. A fine collection of pump clips on the wall indicate that a fine range of other guests have previously been on. The TT Landlord at £ 2.90p was reasonable. There's a restaurant upstairs - The Bedford Bar - with waitress service. I didn't find anything to specifically like or dislike about this pub, to be honest. JohnBonser - 3 Aug 2009 13:13 |
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