The White House, Highbury - pub details
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Address: 313 Highbury New Park, Islington, London, N5 2LB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 6985) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Arsenal (0.6 miles), Finsbury Park (0.7 miles), Canonbury (0.8 miles)
Finsbury Park (0.7 miles), Canonbury (0.9 miles), Drayton Park (0.9 miles)
Pub suggested by Dan on 10 Mar 2004
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> Current user rating: 7.3/10 (rated by 11 users)
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user reviews of the White House, Highbury
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| Fantastic place to chill out on a sunny afternoon. Make your way to the sheltered beer garden at the back and slump into one of the many bean bags. Friendliest staff EVER (all family I think) will make sure you are well looked after. Also good on last friday of everymonth for the Latin Night - boistrous affair with plenty of dancing and curvy ladies!! clissoldcodger - 7 Sep 2010 14:45 |
| Wot no Real Ale? Finsbury.James - 28 Jul 2010 10:42 |
| A little bit of a hidden gem awaits you in this pub. The garden out the back is brilliant, full of bean bags, low tables and shisha pipes it is like being in a romanticised version of Turkey. Add to this the recent addition of a pub rabbit and you really can't go wrong for a lazy summer afternoon. The pub itself is pretty nice with a good selection of well kept beers, and a great location overlooking Clissold Park. However the real hidden gem of this pub is the staff! Led by the owner (Ayhan) they are excellent and incredibly friendly. This became our base for the world cup and we could not have been better cared for by everyone there. The great table service made it a delight to be in, especially when the tasty food was delivered direct from the Barbeque. They gave one of our friends an exceptional send off a few months back and it has been a real delight spending time there since attempting to show our gratitude. In Ayhan we Trust! meltwaterfalls - 22 Jul 2010 10:07 |
| What time does this place open ? Tried to get in at 12:45 pm on a Wednesday lunchtime to find the doors locked ! boundsgreenboy - 15 Jun 2010 17:36 |
| Fancy a free holiday in Turkey? Gone are the days when this pub was a bog standard Wetherspoons pub!! The White House has been taken over by a lovely friendly Turkish family who have turned the outside space into a beautiful traditional Turkish garden. It was really sunny the first afternoon I went there and I really felt like I was on my summer holidays! The garden is a colourful riot of stunning flowers, vast bean bags and low tables with seating for about 50 people. I was a bit worried about the bean bags at first as I have a bad back, but they are really firm and unbelievably comfortable and there are also little wicker seats for those who prefer something firmer! The charming owner, Ayhan, offered us a choice of traditional Turkish shisha pipe or a herbal variety with no tobacco or nicotine in it. My friend is a smoker so she tried the tobacco version and I went for the healthier herbal version. They were delicious with gorgeous flavours such as coconut, apple and strawberry. The food was great and the owners told us that at the end of August they are bringing in a more complete traditional Tukish menu with Turkish Mezze and Shish Kebab on bamboo sticks. We are definitely going back to try it! The drinks are reasonably priced and after our meal we had some Turkish tea which was really nice. They have a huge array of boardgames available so we played backgammon for a couple of hours after lunch! In addition to the garden the White House has dozens of other brilliant attractions. There is a regular DJ in the evenings, Karaoke (both English and Turkish!) Turkish Belly Dancing, a pool table and at the weekends you can watch football on the widescreen tv. This really is a little piece of Turkey hidden away in North London! I told Ayhan I was going to write a review and he has promised that anyone who prints out this review and brings it in to the pub will get one free drink with the first drink they buy. Brilliant! lauriehall1 - 20 Aug 2009 14:08 |
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