White Horse on Parson's Green

October 15, 2008
Lovely pub in a quiet area (well, it’s not so quiet if Chelsea plays at home on Saturday afternoon). Large place with cosy leather sofas. Nice outdoor area with barbecue on weekends. Large bar with efficient and friendly staff (even if it gets crowded from time to time). Up to ten ever changing cask ales and five or six keg taps with guest beers from other countries (Belgium, USA). Impressive selection of bottled beers from around the world (shared a lovely Fantome Saison with a friend). Inhabited by beer geeks, foreign students and Pimms sipping Chelsea neighbours alike. Occasional beer festivals (the winter ale festival late november is highly recommended). Very good food, more pricey than the standard pub food though. A must on my London visits

September 21, 2008
Quite simply one of the best beer places I’ve ever been to. Why? Because they bother! I went there two nights in a row and got to talk to one of the bartenders, who seemed a bit surprised to have customers that were really serious about beer and who actually knew more than just the difference between lager and bitter. According to him the vast majority of their customers were the same as everywhere else people who didn’t give a shit what they were drinking as long as it didn’t cost a fortune and were served cold. So they sold a lot of lager as most other pubs. But instead of just offering their customers the usual Carlsberg, Tetleys, Carling or another bland industrial lager, this place offers customers Staropramen. And they have a massive range of really interesting british cask ales which they, unlike most other places (Cask Marque or not) treat the way it should. The result is the most perfect version of British Cask Ale, you’ll ever encounter. And besides this, they carry a massive Belgian selection as well as beers from a few other countries. The food is excellent and a real bargain in the restaurant and the pub alike. Oh, and they carry a range of Cantillon beers..... not because they sell a lot of them, but simply because the owner cares... Why aren’t there more places like this one?

September 11, 2008
One of my favourite pubs in London. A good range of real ales. I enjoyed the tap ales so much that I didn´t have a time to check out what kind of different ales they have in bottles (maybe next time). I was there one day before the GBBF so I wasn´t there alone. And it´s a good place to have something to eat also. (4.8.2008).

August 10, 2008 [ Updated August 29, 2008 ]
This was a good place to go after a day at the GBBF. The St Austell Tribute was in good form. It was busy for a Friday evening, the meal we had though a bit expensive was very good. Will visit again soon. Very good.

July 14, 2008
Really enjoyed this place. Although I missed the Struise goodies I did imbibe various Cantillon, Dark Star and Sierre Nevada. The food qas quite good too. I also felt the area was surprisingly yuppie and white collar after reading previous descriptions. Will visit in future.

May 9, 2008
A great gastro and real ale pub not so far from Stamford Bridge in Fulham and even closer to the Parsons Green tube station (District line). I counted at least nine active handpumps during my visit in March plus lots of foreign beers on keg and bottle, many from Belgium. Comfortable and popular outdoor seating sometimes with barbecue in summer. Good food served in different function rooms at the ground floor and upstairs. Can get very crowded and noisy in the evenings and, especially, on match days. The polite service, the excellent ales, the clean and tidy rooms made it a real pleasure to visit this extraordinary London pub late on a Tuesday morning (Last visited 18.03.2008)

August 23, 2007
Nice pub in a modern looking "classic" style. On the hot day I visited, the outdoors area with the birchwood shadows was much appreciated. Service is a little on the fancy side, with table service, and a pretty stemmed half pint glass. I had a ploughman’s which was also done with a fancy continental turn, I bet the rocket leafs aren’t very traditional! But it was great, the bread and chutney outstanding. The menu card has beer suggestions which is a simple, yet sadly rare thing. Nice beer range, some Belgians, Kölsch on tap. The casks were very good, if a little too cold for my taste. Pricey, but worth it.

August 4, 2007
It’s not what it once was. Cuisine and decor started towards wine bar. Having said the negative, I recognize change is constant. It looks cleaner these days. The place is still fantastic, and the food has arguably improved in range of selection. Beer is still a good range of selection. Just fearful for the future.

June 7, 2007
My sense is that the craft beer movement in London is about 10 or so years behind the U.S. – not intended as a criticism, just my (admittedly limited) assessment of the situation. With that context in mind, the White Horse is a very good place, but it’s not on par yet with the best beer bars in the U.S. The atmosphere is classic English pub, a little more genteel than the down-to-earth bars that make up most of my American favorites, but comfortable anyway. The selection is very large and generally pretty good, but to be honest, I was put off by some of the more obscure beers I tried there. They had a fairly good selection of Belgians, but not as many as you’d find in a good U.S. craft-oriented bar. It turned out that one of the bartenders was from Chicago, so I asked him for a recommendation. He immediately poured us a George Gale’s Old Ale, and he was right – it was a great beer. The management and at least this one bartender were knowledgable and enthusiastic, so I’d love the chance to come back in a couple years and see what the White Horse is like then. I’m betting it’ll only get better.

April 3, 2007
Quite a famous real ale pub, located near Parsons Green tube station. Always have a quite a decent cask selection and also a good selection of foreign draught and bottled (most being from Belgium). Can get busy and is very pricey, but always a a decent place to have a few beers. Not bad.