Jack Horner

I visited here a few times on my visit to London. I have to say I really enjoyed this place. It is a Fuller’s pub but I like their beer. My favorite cask ale I had there was the ESB. My favorite lager was their Frontier. They have a very good selection of cask ales and lagers. I also had a decent smoked porter from a can. I enjoyed their cask ales better than other pubs I visited.
I love the atmosphere of the place. It just looks right. Nice and cozy. I love pubs that use a lot of wood. I did not try the food here but they have a good selection of meat pies which looked good.

Just came in for a few drinks while at here in london. Nice pub, busy but not too crowded.
Shame we didn’t decide to find a table and try the pies! They look great in the pics !! There’s always next time!

Stopped for a refresher after doing Tottenham Court Road. Good selection of ales, friendly staff that will give you a taster so you know what to have. Menu looked like good pub fare with pie and ale flights, wine list looked reasonable too. Nice looking pub which we caught at quiet time. Will stop by in the future.

pricey for pub food but there are limited places open late on a Sunday night! I got the burger and it was really good. The portions were bigger than normal as well. Like some pubs, you have to know to order and pay at the bar otherwise you end up sitting there for a while until you figure it out. Our food came out quickly and I would go back again. I’m a fan!

Pretty solid pub. It’s really convenient for me too because it’s just a few blocks from my campus.
My friends and I all ordered either fish n’ chips or scampi n’ chips, and they came out in a timely manner. We were all famished, and this was really delicious. We weren’t in the mood for a pint, and they gave us give olé glasses of ice tap water, which was really great because I’m tired of paying for water!
The staff was really kind, the only reason why I didn’t give Jack Horner 5 stars is because the staff was pretty hard to get the attention of.

The staff was friendly enough and we were starving. My friend had the mushroom ravioli, which I didn’t care for, but she really enjoyed.
I had their salmon/​haddock/​cod pie with mash, and it was really tasty. I’m not crazy about the overly fishy taste of haddock, but I ordered it anyway so that was my own fault. The mash and cheese on top was enough to cover it up for me.
The décor is very charming and cute.

Standard Fullers pub, nice atmosphere and friendly staff. It’s pretty spacious and the food is decent. It’s a pub I will go to if I am nearby but wouldn’t make any special effort to go there.

Average pub. Cool name, they’ve had refurb so the décor is much better. Drinks are a bit pricey. Great location though.

Went several times as it was next door to my hotel and easy to grab a beer after a long day. The pork sandwich was rock solid.

This place is a pretty cool pub to dive into before a show or dinner. They serve some nice beer on tap and there usually seems to be a good diverse crowd.
I’ve had breakfast and lunch here as well. Go for the classic fish and chips. It’s good pub food!
Tips: Wifi!

We popped in here for a work drink and lunchtime and where lucky enough to have printed off a voucher for a free drink. The staff were super friendly and attentive which makes all the difference in a pub. A typical pub for décor, quite nice and cosy even though it is fairly big. I didn’t eat but the rest of the group did and the food looked delicious, especially the pies!

Not bad for a brewery managed pub, nothing exciting though.

Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie…
There was no way I could bypass this pub on our way to a marathon visit to The British Museum. This little nursery rhyme is a bit of a legend in our family, since I may or may not be related. Isn’t that the fun of genealogy?
Sadly, the place wasn’t nearly as intriguing as the name. It was quite the cookie cutter experience. Neither the pub food or décor was nearly as charming as any of our pub visits in London or the countryside.

Although this is a chain pub and tied to a major brewery (in the case, Fullers) I am giving 4 stars based on consistently good service, quality beers and quick, tasty food. It is not a «real» pub per se.
On the 3 occasions I visited here (in my defense, the pub was next door to my hotel) I had an English breakfast pie, a banger sandwich and a hamburger. All three were quite good, with highest marks going to the the breakfast pie. In this case, a pie shell is filled in a mixture of sausage, beans and mushrooms topped with a fried egg. It is served alongside an order of bacon, hash browns and grilled tomatoes.
Although the Jack Horner serves predominately Fuller beers, you can get a small handful of other brands (Guinness, Peroni, Leffe.) The Fuller beers on cask are ESB, London Pride, Discovery, Chiswick and Front Row. They are all rather good, although be warned that these are served at cellar temperature and pulled via nitrogen. The result is a cool beer without much carbonation. The clear winner amongst the cask beers is the ESB, which is also the label that Fullers is most known for. There are also a number of beers in the bottle, with the Bengal Lancer IPA being the best I’ve had.

Well, I’m giving this pub four stars on the basis that I went in there on a Saturday night and got a seat, at a table, with my friends, and didn’t have to queue at the bar. For some this may seem like a bad sign but for me, perfection! Add to that some relatively cheesy music (playing quietly in background) and you’ve got the ideal middle-​aged persons pub. I’m currently some way off middle aged but apparently old before my time.
The drinks were fine, service fine, décor fine (in a trad pub way). It’s not cool or trendy and I wouldn’t go there looking for a party, but it served me well after a lovely meal at Sagar, which is jut over the road. What more could a girl ask for, except maybe teletransportation home?

I visited here on a chilled out Sunday with friends, who wanted something purely British and we had a lovely evening. Finding a table was stress free, it was clean and had a real cosy atmosphere.
We ordered and were served our food within 20mins trying out the pie selection platter, (£16 and enough for 2 people) which I highly recommend as it gives you a fantastic range of their pies, but mini-​sized along with a small amount of mash, peas and gravy.
The only downfall I could find is the fact they don’t do a sunday roast as I reckon it’d be a popular choice, but other than that I left feeling satisfied and completely content.

Located down the street from the Tottenham Road Court tube station, Jack Horner’s is a great place to meet people for after work drinks and appetizers. I did precisely that yesterday and it was very enjoyable. I was in the mood for a Stongbow, but they didn’t have it so I ordered another cider that I can’t remember but it was tasty enough. The appetizers were pretty good too. We got the nachos and then the house plate. I have learned by now to never order anything that is slightly Mexican in London, but my friends wanted the nachos. They weren’t terrible but I am not going to order them again. The house plate was much more to my liking. It was kind of a plate full of British pub food with international flare. There were chips (fries for you Americans) that had been rolled in paprika and Indian spices, modified samosas with mushrooms in them, fried chicken with yogurt sauce, veggie eggrolls with a spicy Thai dipping sauce, then a light pizza margarita. A very multicultural plate indeed, and tasty too. Jack Horner’s advertises that they have «wines from around the world». They aren’t lying. Although their wine list isn’t huge, it is very international, featuring Italian, French, South African, and New Zealand wines. I would like to go back and have some of the New Zealand sauvignon blanc, but hold the nachos.

The Jack Horner wouldn’t be the first on my list of places to eat or drink. Being a Fuller’s pub it’s target audience seems to be older men and the half-​soaked and i have to say i find their food menu a bit uninspiring, though I’m not much of a pie-​man to be fair.
This particular Fullers pub on Tottenham Court Road attracts a lot of passing trade and tourists alongside nearby workers. I was dragged in here once during a football match which was being screened and loathed every second. I do hate football though. So between the pie’s and the great game this place really does nothing for me.
One to avoid!

I’m not a fan of the traditional, old man type of pub and would always prefer something more modern or contempory. Saying that, this Fullers pub on one of the longest roads in London is a good safe place to go if you work in the area and maybe want to have a working lunch or post work drinks.
The menu may be uninspiring but the range of pies on offer is quite good and you’ll certainly find something to please everyone, though portions could be better and less bland overall.
The bar can get very busy on match days so I, as a non-​football fan, tend to avoid these though I’m sure the sporting amongst you may enjoy downing some of their own brand ales whilst shouting at a screen. Drinkswise there’s a good selection of ales and beer and your usual spirits.
An unexciting but safe bar for wweary shoppers of sports fans.

This is a large, corner pub, one of the Fuller’s ‘Ale & Pie House’ chain.
The location means that it is very popular, and we use it as a meeting point in this part of town — it’s either this or the Rising Sun on the other side of the road. The inside is traditionally decorated — lowish ceilings, lots of wood, traditional furniture, subdued lighting. It also has a TV screen (and Sky Sports), although this is not always switched on (thank goodness). There’s a disabled loo as well.
Beyond that, there’s not much to say about it, really: it’s your average boozer, with a very mixed clientele, reasonable service, and reasonable real-​ale. It can get very busy, especially after work, and you are advised to watch your possessions — this close to Oxford Street is prime pick-​pocketing territory.
I’ve not eaten here, but reports of the food are a bit mixed, so you might be best advised to visit one of the many restaurants in the are if you want to eat.