Ye Olde Mitre Tavern Hatton Garden London's Oldest Pubs | London's Hidden Gems & Secrets

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  • Join me, Robert of ROBERTS LONDON, as I take you on a historical voyage through Hatton Garden, home to London's bustling jewellery trade. In this episode, we explore Ely Place, the last privately-owned street in London, and uncover the secrets that lie within its boundaries.
    đŸŽ„ In this Video:
    Historical Journey through Hatton Garden: Experience the charm and enigma of Hatton Garden, London's jewellery nucleus, where tradition meets modernity.
    Hidden Gem - The Mitre Pub: Discover Ye Old Mitre, one of London's most historic pubs, where classic British pub food meets vibrant anecdotes from yesteryears. Get a taste of tradition with a pint of London Pride and a homemade sausage roll.
    Ely Place & St Etheldreda's Church: Step into the quietude of Ely Place, where the historic St Etheldreda's Church stands as a testimony to King Edward the first's reign.
    Boundary of Camden and City of London: Walk the line between the Borough of Camden and the City of London, marked by distinctive symbols and heraldic imagery. Learn about the tales and myths that surround this boundary.
    đŸș Featured Pub Food:
    Cheese and Ham Sandwich
    Sausage Roll with English Mustard
    Scotch Eggs
    Gala Pie
    📍 Locations Visited:
    Hatton Garden
    Ely Place
    Holborn Viaduct
    Smithfield Market
    Embark on this adventure as we explore London's historical landmarks, sampling the finest pub foods and uncovering stories that have stood the test of time. Whether you're a history enthusiast, a foodie, or a curious wanderer, this London travel vlog has something to offer you.

Komentáƙe • 137

  • @davebayliss3142
    @davebayliss3142 Pƙed 4 lety +14

    What an incredible place London is

  • @drunkgambler3482
    @drunkgambler3482 Pƙed 5 lety +25

    Definitely going there!
    Visiting London on April 2019, from Las Vegas, Nevada. Screw the night clubs, we’ve got plenty . I am all up for Old Stuff...

  • @PeterWoodstorrechianca
    @PeterWoodstorrechianca Pƙed 6 lety +18

    I could almost smell the beer, there is nothing like a London pub, its one of the things I miss about England

  • @lecommis6842
    @lecommis6842 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    I looove these old places, filled with History and stories, wood, good beer, interesting people, folk music, simple but excellent little dishes, passionned owners... Everytime I go to an old pub or tavern I feel at home !

  • @joelcrawford28
    @joelcrawford28 Pƙed rokem +2

    From Australia! I love this.
    I'm a Jewled citizen and this is what I love about the entire UK.
    This old publican was fantastic.
    Love the good British ale that goes with it.
    Agree with you about English mustard only mustard I use😊👍.
    Anyhow cheers from OZđŸ»đŸ»đŸ»đŸ»đŸ»đŸ».

  • @badabing8884
    @badabing8884 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Great little pub hidden away.

  • @jamesfield2442
    @jamesfield2442 Pƙed 6 lety +2

    That little pub is so quaint really good video

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 6 lety

      Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video

    • @andrewmartin6445
      @andrewmartin6445 Pƙed 5 lety

      Why on earth should anybody mistake a lion for a Griffin?

  • @pim1234
    @pim1234 Pƙed 7 lety +3

    Very nice pub !

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety

      Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video

  • @klarinetta
    @klarinetta Pƙed 7 lety +28

    It's all about old traditional pubs in London if you want a good beer. Don' t go to those hipster places and expect a good beer.

    • @klarinetta
      @klarinetta Pƙed 7 lety +4

      Ps. London Pride is one of my favorites :)

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety

      Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video

  • @melcatley3437
    @melcatley3437 Pƙed 7 lety +1

    I'm so happy these places still exist in London

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety

      Thanks for commenting! Glad you enjoyed the video

  • @ilovetheseventies6461
    @ilovetheseventies6461 Pƙed 7 lety +6

    I love watching your videos I'm from the United States and I've never been to London I would love to go one day thank you

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety +1

      Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video

    • @lovemrj4ever
      @lovemrj4ever Pƙed 2 lety

      So would I. Cheers from the đŸ‡ș🇾

  • @alexandrastefanidou7256
    @alexandrastefanidou7256 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Robert these are great videos! I hope you keep up showing us all that stuff!

  • @rolfvaughan4085
    @rolfvaughan4085 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    So sad that many London pubs have gone.specialy round the East end.heart breaking.

  • @SlurpyDave254
    @SlurpyDave254 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    It took a while but eventually found this back in 2018, outstanding pub👍

  • @jeffedwards5028
    @jeffedwards5028 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Brilliant.....family were true cockneys for many generations.....had the best back slang and life under the setbacks ever....have a great day.....

  • @jaklg7905
    @jaklg7905 Pƙed 7 lety +4

    I love all of the history you give in your videos. Hopefully in the next few year I will be able to visit these places personally.

  • @RogueCylon
    @RogueCylon Pƙed 7 lety +2

    Once again thank you Robert for a snapshot and memories for this ex-Londoner. Really enjoy the updates. BTW, my mum was a true born cockney.

  • @RonRicho
    @RonRicho Pƙed 7 lety +3

    I enjoy all your videos but this may very well be your best. Thanks and bravo.

  • @cardinal817
    @cardinal817 Pƙed 6 lety +3

    Nice job, thank you. I will add this to my next visit.

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 6 lety

      Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video

  • @Obiter3
    @Obiter3 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Good video. I'm partial to Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese myself, but all these pubs are fantastic

  • @troublewithweebles
    @troublewithweebles Pƙed 3 lety

    The music used here is *chefs kiss

  • @lawrencelewis8105
    @lawrencelewis8105 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    I once pulled a pint at the Olde Mitre. Scotty, the now-retired barman insisted. Couldn't wear my hat behind the bar, he also insisted. A superb place. If Britain should be known for anything, it's the pubs. Never mind the steam engine, the jet engine, radar, penicillin and parliamentary democracy, it's the pubs! Cripes, I wish I was there right now.

  • @JimmyCamandona
    @JimmyCamandona Pƙed 7 lety +2

    Just got back from 10 days in London, your videos were great to help me plan out my trip. Thanks and keep up the good work.Jim in Seattle

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety

      Thanks for watching & commenting! Glad you liked the video.

  • @Jan2times
    @Jan2times Pƙed 7 lety +1

    Will be in London next month and I am prepared of where to go because of you fantastic videos. Love them all. Thanks

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT42 Pƙed 7 lety +1

    I will be in London this August. I will look for this place. I had not heard of Ely Place before and for sure I will look for the pub!! Thank you for posting.

  • @ShoelessNomadThailand
    @ShoelessNomadThailand Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Red Lion in Crown Passage, Pall Mall second oldest licence in London. Hidden gem near James's Palace

  • @ryanharnick5098
    @ryanharnick5098 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    thanks mate, great video. 🙂

  • @adbraham
    @adbraham Pƙed rokem

    Love that pub! Love a pint of well-kept Pride! 😁

  • @orgonsolo6291
    @orgonsolo6291 Pƙed 6 lety +1

    Really nice editing, full of useful directions

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 6 lety

      Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video - Merry Christmas!

  • @LostMines
    @LostMines Pƙed 6 lety +1

    I like your videos, very interesting thanks. Al

  • @sonsoftheedelweiss72
    @sonsoftheedelweiss72 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Miss going to the pubs in England. Left in 1986 really miss it especially the cask conditioned hand pumped ales that America is slowly starting to know about. There is nothing better!!!

  • @sharonreichter2537
    @sharonreichter2537 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    My gt. gt. gt. grandfather was born in Ely Place in 1821. I like to think he may have had a beer in the pub!

  • @jamiebirkett5305
    @jamiebirkett5305 Pƙed 5 lety +3

    Daniel Radcliffe was in here talking about his ancestory on who do you think you are. The other day.

  • @BostonsRandJ
    @BostonsRandJ Pƙed 7 lety +1

    Reallllllllllllllly enjoyed this! We'll be in London next month on our way from Oregon USA to CRUFTS! Sure hope we can find this hidden gem of a pub. Help us out? I'll treat to a pint!.... Cheers, Jerry

  • @annetaylor4280
    @annetaylor4280 Pƙed 2 lety

    Cool!

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT42 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    The Mitre was re-done inside in the 1930’s. I wonder how many soldiers stopped in there for a pint when on leave in ww2? Interesting stories!

  • @geoffcoulson3237
    @geoffcoulson3237 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Boy this was the hardest pub I've ever looked for .quick tip : do what I did just ask the car park attendant near by he'll point you straight there..cheers!

  • @limeyosu2000
    @limeyosu2000 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    love London Pride def one of the best beers around! looking for this spot next time. Been to The Old Cheshire Cheese, Lamb and Flag, and The Spaniards Inn. Def going to track down The Mitre.

  • @chriss312
    @chriss312 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Great Prices at Ye Olde Mitre

  • @kbjjustin558
    @kbjjustin558 Pƙed 7 lety

    That pride is cloudy

  • @timsbrushwithtravel
    @timsbrushwithtravel Pƙed 7 lety +1

    Added Ye Olde Mitre Tavern as a place to visit. Hopefully in the next year and half.

  • @andrewmartin6445
    @andrewmartin6445 Pƙed 5 lety +12

    It's not pronounced Ee-lie. It's pronounced Ee-lee. It's a cathedral city in the fens.

    • @philroberts7238
      @philroberts7238 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@grahamjonathan762 Yes, it's Ee-lie in Cockney, but it wasn't there before Ely cathedral was built, quite the opposite. The area belonged to the Bishops of Ely and was their London address.

    • @philroberts7238
      @philroberts7238 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@grahamjonathan762
      I will, thanks. But are you suggesting that it was called Ely Place before it was acquired by the Bishops of Ely? That sounds to me either an incredible coincidence or an example of nominative determinism gone mad!

  • @robertm7071
    @robertm7071 Pƙed rokem +1

    Ely is pronounced Eelee as it was built on the site of the townhouse of the Bishops of Ely.

  • @ivi7792
    @ivi7792 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    good vid

  • @liamkatt6434
    @liamkatt6434 Pƙed rokem

    Sitting at the bar in my basement pub The Piebald Cat on the West Coast of Canada and watching this. 07.48 you pick up a glass of London Pride. I am drinking out of a London Pride glass..........Spooky!

  • @mdkaifansari867
    @mdkaifansari867 Pƙed 7 lety

    awsm

  • @simondoherty9211
    @simondoherty9211 Pƙed rokem

    Is there any way we can still watch your Amazon Prime show?

  • @ernestsheffield9976
    @ernestsheffield9976 Pƙed 5 lety +2

    English mustard is the bees knees.

  • @dougnish1806
    @dougnish1806 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    how did it survive the blitz

  • @randomguyfromgermany
    @randomguyfromgermany Pƙed 7 lety +2

    Great video. It`s really interesting to see some secret locations of London... Especially, since I'll be there next month.
    However, maybe you can help me: When I visited London back in the 90s, we made a pub-tour (among the pubs was the Audley's, from which I still have a T-Shirt), and we visited a pub, which, according to our tour-guide, was "London's oldest Pub". The only things I remember are: it had a wooden floor, and just outside stood a gallows. For almost a decade I'm trying to figure out the name of this pub. Do you know which one we may have visited back then?

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety

      Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video

    • @MrBlaxjax
      @MrBlaxjax Pƙed 7 lety +2

      Probably The Prospect of Whitby, which is a very old pub in East London on the banks of the River Thames. It has a gallows, so that must be the one. I think the pub is even older than The Mitre.

    • @randomguyfromgermany
      @randomguyfromgermany Pƙed 7 lety +1

      Wow, I think, tha's it. Thank you very much. :)

  • @nytrucker718
    @nytrucker718 Pƙed 7 lety +2

    When you said rent a crypt I couldn't tell if you were joking. That's hilarious

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety +2

      keeping bodies in them historically earned churches most of their income but was problematic and outlawed since 1857 in London - many are now coffee shops to pay for church upkeep

    • @ronardof3rr3ra76
      @ronardof3rr3ra76 Pƙed 7 lety

      Roberts London. Beleza?
      Adoro Londres e o que mais me fascina Ă© o ROCK'N'ROLL.
      ✌Thank you!

  • @ImperialistRunningDo
    @ImperialistRunningDo Pƙed rokem +1

    The menue has changed a lot.
    Nothing else has.

  • @stephenlepek3516
    @stephenlepek3516 Pƙed 7 lety +2

    What beer are you drinking in this video? I'm traveling to London for the first time from America and I want to visit a very old English pub like the one in your video. That beer looks damn good!!!

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety

      Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video

    • @rob103rl
      @rob103rl Pƙed 4 lety +1

      2 years later, but.... I think it’s Fullers London Pride!

  • @cocoanino
    @cocoanino Pƙed 7 lety +3

    So Robert, I thought you were a tour guide but I looked at your website and you're not! You have a shop! Am I understanding correctly? Just wondering in case I ever make it to London, which I realllllly want to do.

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety +1

      I make stuff and sell it - you can buy it online worldwide. Most youtubers have T-shirts my merch is a bit different

    • @AvaT42
      @AvaT42 Pƙed 7 lety

      cocoanino I thought he was a tour guide too until I read your posting. I'm going to go on line and see what Robert sells.

  • @floridaflavor8975
    @floridaflavor8975 Pƙed 6 lety

    I think this is the pub where Doug The Head has lunch in the film Snatch.

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT42 Pƙed 7 lety

    Robert. I googled to find out what you sell. You sell clocks on Amazon?

  • @darrenfl
    @darrenfl Pƙed 7 lety +3

    Please visit The Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street ...wanna see Charles Dickens seat

  • @keithflowers5229
    @keithflowers5229 Pƙed 2 lety

    I wonder if it's still open? Covid 19 has shut down so many lovely old public houses

  • @thfccfht
    @thfccfht Pƙed 4 lety

    just a small point, you are holding the camera to close to your face, it is often too much of a blur and no background...anyway love the pubs, keep it up,, I am out in Thailand now and its great sitting here having a beer looking at old boozers I used to go to

  • @IntoTheWhite04
    @IntoTheWhite04 Pƙed 7 lety +2

    just been to this pub last week. hi me of my favourite in London. tip. sign up to their online mailing list and get a free pint

  • @flickr4jazz
    @flickr4jazz Pƙed 3 lety

    We don’t put ketchup on hotdogs in most places in New Jersey.

  • @BOORAGG
    @BOORAGG Pƙed 3 lety

    Really nice story. BUT the continued selfies distracted from the tour, a bit.

  • @trevellyanblack4101
    @trevellyanblack4101 Pƙed 6 lety +2

    Great video. As a bit of a history aficionado myself, I was wondering what the purpose of that obviously ancient bar was at the entrance to the alley when I visited Ye Olde Mitre Tavern last year. Now I know.

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 6 lety

      Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 Pƙed 4 lety

    And down the great dragon was hurled and he took a third of the angels with him !

  • @Kelly-tj8xv
    @Kelly-tj8xv Pƙed 4 lety +1

    So with the very old pubs existing in London, imagine the old ones we'd also be able to see if someone had killed Hitler early. He bombed A LOT of historic, very old pubs. :(

  • @edsoderlind7568
    @edsoderlind7568 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    daigon alleyy!!!

  • @LoneWolf-ck7pj
    @LoneWolf-ck7pj Pƙed 7 lety +2

    Please pronounce Ely correctly! Ely Place is the London residence of the Bishop of Ely and you are in fact in Cambridgeshire not London, there is a plaque to this effect and a gated entrance. This leads into Bleeding Heart Court named after the story of a woman murder victim found with her heart cut out that was left lying on the street and still beating... Also the name of the very good French restaurant found there.

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 6 lety

      Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video

    • @andrewmartin6445
      @andrewmartin6445 Pƙed 5 lety

      Actually, as people are correcting each other, I think it's called Bleeding Heart Yard

  • @gregedgerton3390
    @gregedgerton3390 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Were it not for that fire, we might have been able to leave London alone ! A 120 year old pub, just think of it 😉.

  • @stankormy5717
    @stankormy5717 Pƙed 7 lety

    Yo Roberts, Cheeeeeeeeeeers!
    đŸșđŸșđŸșđŸșđŸșđŸșđŸșđŸșđŸșđŸșđŸș

  • @thomasconboy4636
    @thomasconboy4636 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    London pride is it one wife your better beers

  • @juiceextractor2256
    @juiceextractor2256 Pƙed 6 lety

    ĐŸ Ń‡Đ”ĐŒ ĐŸĐœ ĐłĐŸĐČĐŸŃ€ĐžĐ», ĐșĐ°Đș Ń‚Đ°ĐŒ пОĐČĐŸ? ĐČОсĐșарь Ń…ĐŸŃ€ĐŸŃˆĐžĐč?

  • @domrice8628
    @domrice8628 Pƙed 6 lety

    Cannot get a good pint down south,lived there for years,come up to the north of England if want a real đŸș

  • @tjht671
    @tjht671 Pƙed 7 lety

    doug the head in snatch's local too

  • @simsalabimm100
    @simsalabimm100 Pƙed 4 lety

    Thx Rob, I'm drunk AF

  • @IwasBlueb4
    @IwasBlueb4 Pƙed 6 lety +7

    Mainly, all I'm seeing, are images of you...!

  • @MrChrissy1r
    @MrChrissy1r Pƙed 2 lety

    It's pronounced eely, not eli, other than that, are you so sure it's London's oldest pub ? There are "pubs" dating far further back in time, that also claim that title, but no one knows for definite if they were "pubs' " or Brewery Taverns!! And yes there is a difference , as these were the breweries for the actual brewing of ales, premises that occasionally would sell a pint to a member of the public, but they were not as such public houses, "pubs". More research needed methinks. And Gala pie is pork and veal pie with an egg in it lol.

  • @llwyde1104
    @llwyde1104 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Eelee...(phonetically) place...

  • @nigelmattravers5913
    @nigelmattravers5913 Pƙed 2 lety

    Elee not Eli!

  • @user-rk4mp5rd1z
    @user-rk4mp5rd1z Pƙed 7 lety

    런던? Am I only seen in Korean?

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT42 Pƙed 7 lety

    rent a crypt!! oh my goodness lol.

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety +2

      keeping bodies in them historically earned churches most of their income but was problematic and outlawed since 1857 in London - many are now coffee shops to pay for church upkeep

  • @Starlababy
    @Starlababy Pƙed 7 lety

    My mother's side of the family are Roberts. Just saying.

    • @RobertsLondon
      @RobertsLondon  Pƙed 7 lety

      Thanks for commenting! Glad you enjoyed the video

  • @Estenberg
    @Estenberg Pƙed 2 lety

    If you wear a wide-brimmed hat and set it a little back on your head that should solve your autofocus problem.

  • @deejackson9345
    @deejackson9345 Pƙed 3 lety

    His okay but weird something about him sorry what's all the looking a bout for
    You
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  • @tonyflanagan5682
    @tonyflanagan5682 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Dodgy pint me thinks 😂😂

  • @jonesjones7742
    @jonesjones7742 Pƙed 5 lety

    Great pubs....Great history....shit beer!..all mass produced Fullers shite....overpriced and bland. Needs some more small brewerys...

  • @darladoxstater8528
    @darladoxstater8528 Pƙed 5 lety

    I'd much rather see the sights than to see you.

  • @pim1234
    @pim1234 Pƙed 4 lety

    Harry Potter...eat your heart out...

  • @Sunny123816
    @Sunny123816 Pƙed 3 lety

    You will not believe it he was born in Pakistan and just came to england before 10 years

  • @bobpapp9538
    @bobpapp9538 Pƙed 2 lety

    I have ideal... show more of the pub and not not your face like it's some kinda selfie

  • @rodgerrabbit3132
    @rodgerrabbit3132 Pƙed 5 lety

    Radther go weather spoons