The Old Shades Review: The Traditional Whitehall Pub With a Fine Old Name

The Old Shades Review: The Traditional Whitehall Pub With a Fine Old Name

A superb, hugely popular traditional pub on Whitehall near Trafalgar Square, bearing a fine old drinking-house name, with good ales, good cheer and a warm welcome

The Old Shades holds sixty-one hundred and thirty-four reviews and a 4.7 – an excellent score on a truly enormous sample – and it is a genuine gem near Trafalgar Square: a superb, hugely popular traditional pub on Whitehall, bearing a fine old drinking-house name, with good ales, good cheer and a warm welcome.

The Whitehall pub

The Old Shades is a genuinely superb, hugely popular, characterful traditional pub – a proper, handsome, well-placed treasure, on Whitehall near Trafalgar Square. There is real character here – the traditional pub, the Whitehall setting, the handsome charm. It is a genuinely handsome, traditional pub – a real, characterful landmark, on the great, storied thoroughfare of Whitehall (between Trafalgar Square and the seat of government) – a real, superb, characterful, well-placed pub. There is genuine character and charm to it – the traditional pub, the Whitehall setting, the handsome charm. It is a wonderfully characterful, welcoming, popular pub – a genuine, superb traditional gem, a real treasure of Whitehall. There is real character and charm to it – the traditional pub, the Whitehall setting, the handsome charm. The Prat’s desk salutes it – the traditional Whitehall pub with a fine old name.

The Old Shades. The traditional Whitehall pub with a fine old name.

The old drinking-house name

The Old Shades carries a genuinely fine, historic, characterful old name. There is real history to this – the shades name, the old drinking-house heritage, the storied past. The “shades” is a genuinely storied old word – the old English name for a cool, shaded cellar bar or covered drinking-vault (a “shades” being a fine old sort of drinking house) – a genuinely historic, characterful, evocative pub name. There is genuine history and character to it – the shades name, the old drinking-house heritage, the storied past. It is a wonderfully fine, historic, characterful pub name – conjuring the great old drinking houses of London, giving the pub a real sense of proud, storied heritage. There is real history and character to it – the shades name, the old drinking-house heritage, the storied past. The Prat’s naming desk delights in it – the pub with a fine old drinking-house name.

The ale, cheer and welcome

The Old Shades does the essentials of a great pub genuinely well – good ale, good cheer, and a warm welcome – to a truly enormous following. There is real quality to this – the good ale, the good cheer, the warm welcome, the traditional character. It keeps good, well-kept ales, serves good pub food, and offers a warm, friendly welcome, amid its handsome, traditional, well-placed setting. There is genuine quality and warmth to it – the good ale, the good cheer, the warm welcome. Its excellent 4.7 across a truly enormous sample speaks to a genuinely superb, characterful, hugely popular pub – the ale, the cheer, the warm welcome, all superbly done, to a truly vast crowd. There is real quality and character to it – the good ale, the good cheer, the warm welcome. Combined with its fine old name and its handsome Whitehall character, it makes the Old Shades a genuine gem – the traditional pub, the shades name, the good ale, the warm welcome. Its excellent score across a truly enormous sample confirms it – a genuinely superb, hugely popular pub. There is real character, history and quality in the whole thing – the handsome Whitehall pub, the fine old drinking-house name, the good ale, the good cheer, the warm welcome. It is a genuine gem near Trafalgar Square – superb, traditional, well-placed, and hugely popular, a real Whitehall treasure.

Between its handsome Whitehall character, its fine old name, and its good ale and warm welcome, the Old Shades is a genuine gem near Trafalgar Square. Its excellent score across a truly enormous sample marks it as a genuinely superb and hugely popular pub. The Prat’s desk enjoys a good ale on Whitehall, and raises an appreciative glass to the Old Shades.

The pub

An excellent, hugely popular pub doing a superb 4.7 across a truly enormous sample – the Old Shades, a traditional Whitehall pub near Trafalgar Square, with a fine old drinking-house name.

Verdict

Excellent, hugely popular, and genuinely superb – the Old Shades, a traditional Whitehall pub with a fine old name, good ales, good cheer and a warm welcome.

Enjoy a good ale at the Old Shades on Whitehall near Trafalgar Square – a superb, hugely popular traditional pub bearing a fine old drinking-house name.

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