The Blind Beggar, Whitechapel

Having just moved into the area I am chuffed to bits with how friendly the staff are in this pub. It has a new manager and is recently refurbished, however the only thing that gives this away is the clean and shinyness of everything, as it's very much in the traditional dark wood and swirly carpet pub style - no more chain/theme pub posturings. Nice open fires in the winter too. For the more style conscious it has a great conservatory with trendy sofas and a lovely beer garden (recent opening celebrated by a black tie evening and string quartet). All in all worthy of more praise than it's had on this site so far, a traditional pub with a friendly atmosphere (and two very cute cats).

21 Apr 2006 14:54