White Swan WC2

The White Swan, London WC2. Pic: NIcholson’s.

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Central London: Covent Garden

Traditional pub (Nicholson’s/M&B)
14 New Row WC2N 4LF
T 020 3077 1129 w www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/thewhiteswanlondon
Open 1000 (1200 Sun)-2300 (2330 Fri-Sat, 2230 Sun). Children welcome if dining.
Cask beer 8 (Fuller’s, St Austell, Thornbridge, 5 guests) Cask Marque, Other beer 2 keg, 5 bottles
Food Nicholson’s pub grub menu, Wifi. Disabled toilet.
Occasional beer themed nights, functions.

Tucked away in a pretty Covent Garden side street just off St Martins Lane and not far from the Piazza, the White Swan was an O’Neill’s until May 2012 when it was reconfigured into a decidedly more beer-friendly Nicholson’s. Fuller’s London Pride, St Austell Nicholson’s Pale Ale and Thornbridge Jaipur are regularly sold; guests from the Nicholson’s list sometimes come from London brewers like Ha’penny and also from suppliers like Acorn, Great Heck or Leeds. The pub is relatively small for a Nicholson’s, furnished traditionally in dark wood with a screened off rear section and an upstairs restaurant, in a Grade II listed building that once belonged to Hoare’s Red Lion brewery in Smithfield. Staff are notably friendly.

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