Rumor has it the pub is haunted by a grey lady—a ghost who apparently can’t stand bad karaoke. She’s been seen floating near the stairs, probably looking for a less rowdy afterlife. True story: a barman once quit because his pint glass moved by itself. Or he was just pants at pulling pints. We’ll never know.
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The Lion and Unicorn also hosted suffragette meetings in the early 1900s. Imagine these fierce women arguing over voting rights while a drunken lion and unicorn mural glared at them. “Ladies, please! We’re trying to establish patriarchy here!”
Why You Should Visit Today
If you ever find yourself in Waterloo, go. The pub is a two-minute walk from the London Eye, but that’s tourist trap nonsense. This is the real deal—a place where you can drink a pint of London Pride and pretend you’re a Viking who’s just discovered toast.
Order a scotch egg (a boiled egg wrapped in sausage—yes, it’s as insane as it sounds). Then stare at the unicorn horn and whisper, “You tried, buddy. You tried.” Because that’s the spirit of London: gloriously weird, historically confused, and always up for a laugh.
So cheers to the lion, the unicorn, and the pub that refuses to pick a side. Drink like a royal, act like a peasant. That’s the Waterloo way.
