The White Bear — Restaurant in London

Absolutely horrendous. If anyone’s curious about what the underbelly of society looks like, give this place a go. Think of it as a crash course in human decline—with alcohol.

On the day I visited, I’d just escaped another West London dive situated beside a canal, where what can only be described as a full-blown drugs carnival was kicking off in the car park. I fled that dystopia on foot, thinking I’d find solace in a charming little pub called The White Bear. Sadly, the universe had other plans. Out of the frying pan and straight into the lager-scented fire.

Now, the fact I was getting death-stared by a group of lads loitering outside should’ve set off alarms. But no—I thought I’d try a bit of reverse psychology and hit them with a warm smile. Spoiler: didn’t work. Not even a twitch of humanity in return.

Inside, things didn’t improve. The beer tasted a bit... off—like it knew it didn’t belong in a glass. The atmosphere was thick with that unmistakable locals-only energy. Unless you enjoy being sized up by hostile regulars and approached by the odd clearly unstable alcoholic, I strongly suggest you keep driving.

Trust me: don’t make the same mistake I did. Life’s too short—and frankly, so...

I could say a lot about The White Bear. Are the tables sticky? Sure. Are the restrooms always in great shape? mmm questionable.

..But are the staff any good? How about the Patrons? Honestly I would have said that these guys had my back in pre-pandemic days. The staff were the most supportive, incredible people I'd ever met and I'm still in touch with some patrons I'd met back then, to this day!

But then all of a sudden the staff changed and I was randomly treated like a stranger and not in a good way, just a bit of hostile sass and then just ditching me to be in an entirely empty pub literally all by myself so the staff could go around the back and complain about their phone plans or something. I couldn't have cared less about the sticky tables and restrooms and stuff at THIS pub - That PLUS the community was what gave the pub its "rawness" which just felt like a part of it.

So I'ma four-star review for now because they had incredible staff at a certain point, and maybe my situation occurred during the pandemic transition. But I'll be revisiting this one at some point to...

Been going to this pub with friends for many years to watch football and live sports as it has the biggest screen in Hounslow. Last night we wanted to watch the live international games on the big screen. The Managers wife was listening to Indian music on the big screen ( just music I think was a radio station) when asked to put the football on she said we always watch football and refused to change the channel, The only other people in the bar were not regulars some without drinks playing pool and one guy who comes in to see the girl behind the bar but hardly buys a drink. So both my friends and myself left and went up the road to the Black Horse where we were welcomed by the staff. I will leave a food review later which is not good plus look at trip advisor to...