The White Lion, Covent Garden - pub details
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Address: 24 James Street, London, WC2E 8NS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 2825) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
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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user reviews of the White Lion, Covent Garden
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| A Nicholson's house with a good range of beer in fine form but pricey. If you wanted food you had to go upstairs and many people did. Here again the tourists were heading for Guinness or lager as they were not familiar with any of the real ales available. (I'll say it again - please get the bar staff to encourage them to try the cask beer; give them a taster at least). Barman was efficient and friendly but could do nothing about the prices!! Nice place to watch the comings-and-goings in the area. mcroyal - 5 Jan 2012 12:44 |
| have been in here a couple of times. Last visit in 2010, summer-time. beer choice better than across the road, expensive but then what does one expect. Decent range of ales. didn't go upstairs but imagine much the same as ground floor. bit more of an atmosphere of an evening than pub opposite. mally_drinker - 6 Jan 2011 15:45 |
| Visited here yesterday as part of the Nicholsons Dick Whitting Pub Trail. Decent enough pint of London Pride but the pint of Peroni was served 1" from the top of the Glass (rest Froth) I asked politely if she could top it up. I was told it was above the line. When I pointed out the line was in fact at the top she begrudingly atempted to put more in, saying she only had to provide 95% of a pint, getting short measures at £4.30 a Pint it is not Funny. Some English friendly Bar Staff would be nice not some foreingner who has never heard of Customer Satisfaction and the phrase that the customer is always right. Will NEVER be going back here. anonymous - 6 Jan 2011 10:05 |
| Popped in again yesterday. Initially had to wait a while to be served as one of the bar staff was changing the barrel (sadly it was Timmy Taylor's Landlord). Good selection of alternatives -- Sharp's Doom Bar, Pride and one from a smaller brewery which I've sadly forgotten. Doom Bar was in good condition. Amazing to get a good real ale pub in such a touristy area. charlie_m - 7 Nov 2010 10:03 |
| Nice pub, plenty of beers in very good condition (can’t remember what). Very expensive by northern standards, about same as elsewhere for London. We had to eat upstairs where the beer choice isn’t the same but you can walk downstairs for a refill. Food good and reasonable price. Waitress/hostess (French?) upstairs a bit short with people if she didn’t have room, but very efficient – don’t let her put you off (actually she was heavily pregnant so she might have left). Incidentally the comment below about CAMRA is just silly. Richardhuddleston - 1 Jun 2010 12:27 |
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