The White Hart, Pulborough

Lovely pub in a lovely setting, it’s a shame that it seems to be owned by some sort of rock/blues festival promoter. I’ve driven down a few times for a nice quiet pint in a nice little pub by the river arun (probably what you’d expect from a nice little pub in the country?), however on numerous occasions I have arrived only to be greeted by a wall of noise (I refuse to call it music at this point) I’ve been down there with friends to enjoy a few pints and a chat, we’ve had to get over the bridge to be able to hear one another, the bands were playing so loud outside to the point that my car windows rattled as we drove in. The other times I’ve popped down, there has been weirdy beardys and crusty hippys banging on bongos and thrashing on ukulele’s in the bar, taking up a whole room in light of the pub being too tiny to accommodate any band. I wouldn’t mind so much but it’s the frequency of the things? Every weekend theres a band on some times in the day sometimes in the evening, and its totally random so there no predicting it to avoid it! 1 star for this pub, they should know their audience a bit better and take in to account that not everyone is a fan of appallingly played blues/rock and new age traveller folk music…aside from that is smacks of desparation? putting on gig after terrible gig in the vain attempt to scatch out a living, which says a lot about the owners, less concerned with the pub or its customers and more bothered about the money!

17 Sep 2013 10:58