🚇 Rectory Road 🍺 £5.25 Amstel ❤️ An historic big old N16 boozer. . The White Hart is situated amongst a mix of cafes, bars and independent shops on bustling Stoke Newington High Street. The nearest station is Rectory Road Overground which is a five minute walk away. . There has been a pub on this site since the mid 17th century. The current building was built by Charringtons in the 1851, check out those beautiful glazed Victorian tiles. . This is big old high ceilinged boozer, it has a large main bar plus a snug complete with working fireplace. At the centre of everything is a cheery horseshoe shaped servery. At the rear of the pub is a good size beer garden which is a popular spot with the N16 locals. The decor here is a rustic affair, there is an eclectic assortment of tables and chairs, 70’s print wallpaper plus exposed brickwork. There are a few screens dotted about which show live sport and a nice addition is the pinball machine of which I am a fan. . The beer line up was pretty good and had a bit of something for everyone. I’d been on the Amstel all day so I stuck with that, my pint was decent and reasonably priced at just over a fiver. There is a simple pub grub menu available, Fish & Chips costs £14. On Sundays you can get a roast here, a Chicken roast costs £17. . We arrived just after 3pm as we continued our St Patrick’s Day crawl around Stoke Newington. The pub was quiet, maybe this was due to the lack of diddly diddly going on as in other close by boozers. We were served by a lively fella who I presume was the Guv’nor, nice fella, very chatty. This pub has quiz nights on a Wednesday, shows live sport and there is an upstairs room for hire to arrange a celebration. . This pub receives mixed reviews, from what I have read these vary from the grass is too long in the garden to someone was whistling on a Tuesday, Hipsters eh. I really enjoyed the_whitehart_official , it had a proper London pub feel plus it was great to see a big pub trading, most big pubs across the capital have been converted as they couldn’t be filled with punters. Definitely worth a look in this one. . ℹ️ Info correct on visiting 17.03.23

How this place is only rated 4.0 is perplexing. Lovely staff, really helpful and friendly. Excellent Sunday roast/lunch, open fire, dart board…really good value and a good place to depend a Sunday arvo. Would definitely come again.