The Black Horse in Leicester

Great boozer with excellent choice of beers. Easy walk to the King Power Stadium for the football.

Proper pub, good ale, relaxed vibe. Wood panelling.

My favourite pub in Leicester. Lovely old fashioned boozer, well served and well kept ale (and a lot of it at 4 to 5 taps on) as well as a real cyder, usually old rosie. Homemade cobs for sale on the bar as well, reasonable price. Has a lovely old skool layout, does well to keep it this way given the increasing glare and consumerism of the local area.

Avoid! Full of racists & homophobes, the bar staff do nothing to dissuade this sort of hate speech by their customers. This behavior wouldn't be tolerated in other, better city centre pubs!

Top top pub. Good old fashioned pub. No fancy gimmicks. Good beers. Good service and always some interesting characters at the bar.

Is pub is for oldies beautiful people They've a fine ales and beers Toilets are so smelly Upstairs view was amazing and felt so great there, thats the only nice place they've Looks so busy but...roof terrace Haven't tried their food...Idk if they have or not

A truly historic pub,one of Leicester's gems.

An excellent bar for the more mature client, and some immature grown ups as well. Very big into their bar games !👍

This is a really nice cosy pub. Great place to meet new people and to hang out with friends.

Lovely traditional pub with perfectly kept ales and a cute cat 🙀, oh and it's dog friendly (except the cat!) 🙃

Went for a quick pint £4.45 guest ale very quiet but expected due to current circumstances, love the interior no TV seen toilets remind me of the old days which I loved could not find a plug socket though went on the rooftop area unfortunately trees blocked most of the view when sat down not the owners fault! Would try again another time!

Great find, beer fantastic, always been quiet when I've been, but a definite visit in your in area.

A true spit and sawdust pub! Friendly service and great drunks!

Great little pub, good beer great service nice and quiet for a Sunday night. If I was to move here I would definitely make it my local.

Nice local with occasional live music

Nice 'old fashioned pub' but very expensive on the drinks side. £2:50 for 1/2pt coke....

Old typa pub ran by youngsters! Felt like stepping back a few decades so surrounded by history!! Great price of drinks, close to center and awesome decor!

It's good that these small proper pubs still exist,and this is a belter. Good beers and dog friendly. What all pubs should be.

Good pub, nice atmosphere, helpful staff. Negative the gents toilet stinks. ( Sorry but it made my eyes water, hope it gets fixed asap.)

Friendly with a good atmosphere post badminton cobs very welcome

This was the last pub I went to that night. And despite my slightly lazy vision and blurred speech, it was a lovely pub. The ale was nice, the decor rustic. It was a nice pub for my final pint that night.

Genuinely my favourite pub in Leicester. Always warm, cosy and welcoming, with lovely bar staff and patrons. The music nights are really fun and but if you just want a place to have a good conversation, the black horse is just as good for that.

Great local traditional pub with friendly faces

Great traditional pubs with the best cobs ever

The ambience is very good. The food was tasty as well, a good place to be.

Ridiculous prices for warm beer. Not recommended

Great trade pub, live music, nice staff....jolly well done!

Excellent real ales. Good atmosphere.

Edna, the cat, is a good listener

My favourite pub in the world Minutes from the country park, decent menu and a community hub - has book club etc and hosts comedy nights. So glad it survived the pandemic. Parking is the only downside but a beer garden is a better use of space and great for (dog or not) walkers. A few street parking spaces. And it’s a poke stop!

This is a fantastic pub that welcomes everyone, bar staff are great and we love either a quiet darts night or a busy drinking Friday night. It’s a gem not to be missed.

We love this pub, more than our front room. A real gem in the city, and full of incredible people. Great landlord, staff and the Edna cat. 😻 Always a warm welcome, and a great selection of beers. Live music on a Monday, Thursday and some Friday nights. Worth supporting and keeping alive, given that most pubs like the Horse have long since gone. Long live The Black Horse. 👌

First class pub our first visit. friendly regulars. And a very nice land lord . Also a lovely pint of Tiger.. Paul Di

The Black Horse pub is definitely pub in Leicester, probably the best pub in the British Isles. As the British Isle has the best pub then this must be the best pub in the world. I love this pub with all my heart, a great selection of beers all full of characters to fill the bellies of the regulars. It's no wonder the locals are so heartwarming and welcoming once they have had a tipple of the offerings the landlord has provided for them. It's relaxing atmosphere always helps me relaxing. Unlike chain pubs, the landlord often gives me provides me with a frank and honest assessment of me, most of the time he's right. It's like seeing your reflection in a mirror with an added audio description. The venue has created an unrivaled meeting place, where I have met many interesting people and made many friends. All my trips to Leicester are filled with warm, if not rather hazy memories. I sometimes ask myself what I want from life, all I know is there's nothing better than a real ale in good company in the Black Horse pub. Thank you

Thank you made a difficult day better 👍

Proper English pub with good seating and a cracking range of beers/ales. Roof terrace is available too alongside love music. Place has it all

Sunday night . Very quiet. Bar staff friendly.

Top pub. Everards beers in perfect condition. Nice selection of cobs - cheese, ham, pastrami, sausage.

Old fashioned pub with good beer and no pretentions small roof terrace at back usually has good selection of beers

Could be a nice little pub. We went in there in the daytime and it wasn't very clean. The toilets were filthy, I mean really bad, they hadn't been cleaned for a long long time. Cringe worthy unfortunately. The pub surfaces and floors needed a clean too. Real shame. Won't be visiting again.

This could be a nice little pub. We went in here in the daytime and it was filthy, seriously. The toilets hadn't been cleaned in a long long time, it was cringe worthy. The pub surfaces and floor could do with a good clean too. Won't be going back.

Great little pub with a friendly bartender and beautiful ale, nice out door seating perfect for that after shopping pint.

Popped in for a quick catch up with two of my boys. Nice, traditional pub with decent beer and open air roof terrace. Not been to a proper pub for some time but felt really comfortable. Very personable landlord. Recommended.

A nice quiet traditional pub. Subtle music, gentle conversation. Friendly atmosphere

The beer garden upstairs is a real treat on a nice day. Popular pub, but not packed. Some local ales are available, but the pricing is on the higher end.

Nice staff, laid back, chilled atmosphere. Great sunshine n breeze up on the roof! 👍

Refused entry for not wearing a mask i have an exemption lanyard for medical reasons. Might want to read the equalities act 👍

Friendly bar run by a true landlord

Whenever I’ve been in, the landlord is lazy and miserable. Nasty man with a predilection for amateur dramatics. Obviously hates running a pub and prefers sitting drinking in the pub and slagging off customers. He seems to be unable to cope with stress of running a pub and lashes out at customers as a result. Sad, but he’ll run the pub into the ground with his temper tantrums.

Don't pop in often but when I do, the experience is always pleasant despite the virus 🤬 Shame they are now stuck again in lockdown from Thursday, but a place to go when open again, for an enjoyable pint 🇬🇧

Classic warmly-decorated pub with friendly staff, relaxing music playing and nice seating area. Selection of beers is a little small if you like lager and pricey by Leicester standards.

Refused entry for not having the track and trace app even tho I offered to give my details instead and government guidelines clearly state Venues must not make the specific use of the NHS QR code a precondition of entry (as the individual has the right to choose to provide their contact details if they prefer).

Lovely quaint independent pub, good draught, roof terrace and looking forward to live music returning

Excellent traditional style local pub just outside Leicester City Centre. Has a popular roof terrace too. Please try to visit and support this local pub in these trying times.

I had a brilliant time tonight. Music was very good. Atmosphere excellent. Can't wait to go there again.

Lovely old traditional pub, that doesn't serve hot flod. Ypu can get a nice tasty clb a d a gold pint or twl of good ale.

Great pub. Good range of beers. Atmosphere on match day A1.

Miserable land lord, went in because they sell nice cobs but they were sold out so asked if could share a bag of chips as they had no food on sale, was told no he couldn’t accept that because next thing he knows he’s surrounded by pizzas box’s and god knows what! I thought a little extreme but fair enough just the way he said it. A miserable man who’s presence has a sobering effect in the room hence why we were the only two people in the pub always a true sign when there’s more staff than costumers needless to say we won’t be returning

Great welcome with a fantastic range of ales... well done

Answers phone to abruptly shout "mate, you're gonna have to ring back when we're not so busy". Tip: Don't answer the phone then.

Fantastic friendly pub. Staff and regulars all very welcoming and friendly.... landlord needs to have the beard shaved though...lol

Nice cosy little pub with a few very nice beers.

Came here on the weekend, we are thankful there was one quiet little pub on the Narborough road street ( braunstone gate ) was all OK! Felt like a nice cottage pub, locals in there ( must of been ) I understand you close at 12.30AM, but Jesus the landlord doesn’t need to be so RUDE! Telling the people ‘twice’ to hurry up and drink up? Chill... people skills please. Like seriously you only want our money. No wonder it’s quiet , because you get the ‘younger staff’ to do your work. Yet again you are doing well must be your hard worker employees.

Platonic ideal of a proper Local

Old traditional pub in a busy location. Too dark inside for me and also cold. Prices quite high. Nothing special about staff They do however have a rooftop garden area which is nice than the pub. Rooms quite small

Such a beautiful pub absolutely fell in love with the roof terrace, such a little gem of pub, a classic!

a small authentic public bar, good use of space balcony seating and nice beer

Decent range of drinks, reasonable prices. Rooftop bar/seating area is fantastic. Minus point for fragrant toilets (although they're a lot better compared to some!).

Don't like the brewer but a very nice pub

great place, live misic thats always fab and great prices at the pumps.

Nice traditional pub in an area of bars. Good roof top seating area.

Be a lovely terrace bar if it wasnt overlooking Tesco car park

I think every establishment I frequented in Leicester earns an extra star simply for the fact that I wasn't beaten senseless in any of them dispite my glaring American-ness and the intentions of my guide.

Pubs as they used to be. Occasional live music. Good for a few beers and chat.

Staff are chatty, great music and beautifully designed.

Small tradtionl pub. One of the few left. Friendly.

Great old fashioned pub with a good good and beers and a great atmosphere

This was a pub randomly chosen from the internet as a meeting place to meet up with someone when I visited Leicester and from the internet it looked like a fairly typical traditional English pub that offered a good atmosphere and live music. I also needed somewhere with convenient on or off street parking and this ticked that box, with on street parking right opposite the entrance to the pub. It was also convenient for the person I was meeting, who lived a few minutes walk away. As I was going to be driving, I didn't want to have alcohol but did want a non-alcohol lager. The pub had no alcohol free beer and nothing to offer that remotely resembled an alcohol free drink other than soft drinks. I resigned myself to an orange juice and lemonade, which was served by someone who clearly had no previous bar experience as they had to keep referring to their colleague for instructions. I wanted to pay by card and was informed that there was a £10.00 minimum charge for using a card. Despite the rather pricey cost of my drink at just over £4.00, my purchase clearly didn't meet their minimum threshold, so I suggested that as I was meeting someone there, who was due to arrive imminently, that I wait for them to come so that we could complete our order and I would pay then. This was apparently not acceptable, despite the emptiness of the bar (there were 4 other people in the entire bar) or the fact that I would sit at the table nearest the bar and furthest away from the door in plain view of the bar staff. They would only accept my paying on arrival of the person I was meeting if I gave them my debit/credit card which they would keep behind the bar. I was not willing to do this and would not have done this in any circumstance anywhere. Their only other suggestion was that I should go to a cash point and get money out to pay with. With my ordered drink on the bar in front of me and a complete stalemate in our stated positions, I managed to scrape enough cash from my purse together to cover the cost of the drink. When the person I was meeting arrived, I shared my experience with them and we agreed that I should finish my drink and we would go elsewhere rather than spend any more time or money in this pub. Whilst I realise that inner city pubs do have to ensure that they don't lose money with people leaving without paying, the staff in this instance clearly didn't have the discernment or discrimination to be able to make a value judgement on a case by case basis and simply applied a blanket rule to all. I've visited many bars and restaurants in different UK and European destinations and have never been asked to relinquish my credit/debit card to strangers in this way - and I would add that many of the places I have visited have accepted payment at the end of service rather than at the beginning. If I had not had some car park change in my purse I would have simply left. For staff friendliness, service and choice of drinks, I would have to recommend avoiding this pub altogether. Very poor and would not visit again.

A small but interesting pub, with live music on some days, has limited range of drinks but with friendly staff.

This is a pub. No frills. Brill place

Such a good pub to visit. Staff are friendly, the beer is good and the overall establishment is clean and well looked after. The roof terrace is fantastic and would be amazing to visit in the summer. Catered for about 20 of us aged between 18-40, great place

Popped in for a drink during a night out in Leicester. Had some good live music on and bar staff were chatty, friendly and helpful. Proper pub!

Great little pub friendly staff with an excellent beer selection

Best pub in Leicester. Quiz night on a Weds is loads of fun and the owner is spot on. Everards on the taps and cobs on counter if you haven't eaten in the surrounding area on the way in

Great pub, cosy atmosphere and great cobs

Gave this place another chance, should not of bothered. The landlord prides himself on being rude and miserable. The place is filthy, the toilets literally make you gag. Such a shame when this is one of the few genuine traditional pubs left in leicester.

Good old style pub. Bit pricey but worth the visit! (£4.95 for Budvar)

Lovely cosy pub. Great atmosphere.

Really nice and cosy place for a quiet drink. People very friendly and good selection of ales. Moretti on tap also. Be sure to visit balcony area as it's a big surprise the first time.

Seems nice enough would say its primarily a 40s+ pub tbh

Used to be my local... Always make sure that I pop in when I'm in the area. Great pub, great staff, great atmosphere.

Nice little pub . Average price . Live bands . Give it a try

Brilliant food at reasonable prices

One of my favourite few remaining traditional pubs in the City. Very good selection of beers, lovely cobs on the bar, dartboard and sun terrace, traditional but well-kept decor and some really good live music nights. Landlord is a bit of a grumpy sod, hard to tell if that's just his sense of humor.

Nice little pub, friendly staff and a good choice of ales and coders. Try it.

Friday night - welcoming atmosphere, live music, good range of drinks. Quite small and compact, but if you get a seat it is a place for settling in.

Good for local live entertainment, drinks are a bit pricey but it is Braunstone Gate

Great pub, live music, real ale.

The landlord is very rude, I am a local to the area and on different occasions I have brought my friends with me only to be confronted by this rude "man", the first time I bought 3 of my friends I had an alcoholic drink and so did one of my friends but the other two do not drink alcohol, he saw this and rudely confronted us protesting if we were not going to drink then leave as he has paying customers, the second time it was me and my cousin and we were enjoying a game of darts after we returned the darts to the bar and sat down by the dart board we were not aware that there was a switch for the light on the dashboard when the landlord saw this he rudely confronted and said "well I'll turn off the door light SHALL I!" Me and my friend were both stunned as we were unaware of this light and we did not turn it on, there have been other occasions but this is already a long review in whole he is not a very nice individual.

Great pub. Friendly bar staff. Excellent beers and entertainment.