Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 2 and Version 1 of White Swan, E1 8DA

Version 2 Version 1
== Line 15 ==
* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/3749/ Beer In The Evening comments]
== Line 16 ==
* [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/25366/ Pubs Galore comments]
* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/3749/ Beer In The Evening comments]
== Line 23 == == Line 22 ==
edit_type='Minor tidying'
edit_type='Normal edit'
== Line 31 == == Line 30 ==
major_change='0'
major_change='1'

Shepherd Neame pub in Aldgate, in the Good Beer Guide.

The interior is quite traditional, with burgundy banquettes around the walls and a wooden floor, though there's at least one large flatscreen perched up in a corner near the ceiling.

Kake visited on a Tuesday lunchtime in September 2009. There were only a couple of other customers in when I arrived a little after noon, but by the time I left an hour later there were about a dozen people in, and plenty of lively conversations going on. The flatscreen was showing a news programme with the sound off but subtitles on, which I thought was a nice compromise. Music was playing, but fairly quietly.

Real ales available on handpump were all from Shepherd Neame, unsurprisingly; Whitstable Bay (£1.65/half), Spitfire, and Masterbrew (though there may have been a few others — I only noticed as I was leaving that they had another bank of five handpumps on the side of the bar). Lime and soda was 40p/pint.

As of September 2009, food is served lunchtimes only, noon-3pm Mon-Fri (the pub's closed on weekends). The menu is reassuringly short, with just a soup, four or five cod-and-chips type mains (including a couple of specials), sandwiches, nachos, and potato wedges.

Kake tried the "rare roast beef sandwich with beetroot horseradish" (£3.80) photo. Pleasingly, the beef really was rare, and the horseradish was evident, though I wasn't sure where the beetroot was supposed to come in. The salad on the side was fairly token, and not dressed, but it wasn't advertised in the first place so I didn't feel cheated.

Accessibility: Level entrance, step-free access to bar and ladies'.

See also:

Opening times taken from the 2010 Good Beer Guide.

List all versions