Pub review: Black Horse

Steven

23 February 2007

Address: 6 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1HH
Telephone: +44 20 7307 9911
Web site: http://www.bhuk.biz/
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Latitude: 51.516753

The beer is pretty good. They always have 3 pumps on, one is always Pride, one is usually but not always Landlord, and the 3rd varies a lot. [on 19 February] it was Wadworth 6X. The beer is well kept; in the 3 months or so we've been going, I nor anyone else in my group has had a bad pint.

Food is above average pub grub but nothing to write home about. About half the menu is dedicated to sausages, which they make a big deal about, but I can't comment on, as I don't eat meat. Others seem to enjoy them, though. Food is otherwise standard pub grub, and arrives reasonably quickly most nights, and we've never had to return anything.

But the biggest appeal is how quiet it is. OK, so we normally go on a monday night, and later in the week may well be different, but I don't see it getting nearly as busy as, say, The Ship, which is just down the road. There is no background music.

A good alternative to meeting at the Ship or the Pillars, when people fancy somewhere a bit quieter.

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Centre Point Sushi Cafe (restaurant) 0.2 miles EbS
Pillars of Hercules (pub) 0.2 miles SEbS
The Ship (pub) 0.2 miles SbW
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Goodge Street Station (Northern Line) 0.3 miles NNW
Bloomsbury Tavern (pub) 0.3 miles E
Plough (pub) 0.3 miles EbN
British Museum (museum) 0.3 miles NEbE
Shaston Arms (pub) 0.3 miles SW
Museum Tavern (pub) 0.3 miles ENE
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Ramen Seto (restaurant) 0.4 miles SW
Crispy Duck (restaurant) 0.4 miles S
Misato (restaurant) 0.4 miles SbE
Leicester Square Station (Northern Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.4 miles SSE
Oxford Circus Station (Bakerloo Line, Central Line, Victoria Line) 0.4 miles WbS
Covent Garden Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.4 miles SEbE
Phoenix (pub) 0.5 miles W
Windmill (pub) 0.5 miles SWbW
Piccadilly Circus Station (Bakerloo Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.5 miles S
Russell Square Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.5 miles NEbN
Holborn Station (Central Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.5 miles E
Warren Street Station (Northern Line, Victoria Line) 0.6 miles NNW
Euston Square Station (Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 0.6 miles NbW
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Porterhouse (pub) 0.6 miles SE
Charing Cross Station (Bakerloo Line, British Rail, Northern Line) 0.6 miles SSE
Great Portland Street Station (Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 0.7 miles NW
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Mayfair Pasta and Sandwich Bar (restaurant) 0.7 miles WSW
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Regent's Park Station (Bakerloo Line) 0.8 miles NW
Wasabi (restaurant) 0.8 miles SEbS
Head of Steam/Doric Arch (pub) 0.8 miles N
Golden Eagle (pub) 0.8 miles W
Embankment Station (Bakerloo Line, Circle Line, District Line, Northern Line) 0.8 miles SEbS
Bond Street Station (Central Line, Jubilee Line) 0.8 miles WbS
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Chancery Lane Station (Central Line) 0.9 miles EbN
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Temple Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.9 miles ESE
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