Bar · City of Westminster
37 Whitehall, London SW1A 2BX, UK, City of Westminster, United Kingdom
The Old Shades is an iconic Grade II listed traditional pub in Westminster, near Trafalgar Square, offering British pub food, a wide selection of drinks, and live sports on big screens.
Regulars and our editors tag it for food served, traditional pub, sports pub, big screen, pub food, sunday roast and beers.
Doors open from 11:00 at the earliest in the week, and the latest it serves is 23:30. 8 other pubs on PubCrawl sit within a 4 minute walk, so it is easy to build a crawl around.
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Old Shades is open Mon–Wed 11:00–23:00; Thu–Sat 11:00–23:30; Sunday 12:00–23:00. Hours can change over bank holidays and big fixtures, so check before a late start.
Old Shades is a bar at 37 Whitehall, London SW1A 2BX, UK, City of Westminster, United Kingdom. 8 other pubs listed on PubCrawl are within a short walk.
Silver Cross, The Clarence, The Sherlock Holmes and The Admiralty are all within a short walk, and each has a page on PubCrawl with hours and reviews.
Yes — Old Shades is listed as serving food. Kitchen hours are normally shorter than bar hours.
Yes — Old Shades is listed as showing sport on TV. On a big fixture it fills up long before kick-off, which is worth planning around if it is a stop on your crawl.
Bookings are handled by the pub, not through PubCrawl. Call 020 7839 8577 to ask about tables or a space for a group.
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