Oldest London pubs?

[Bucking Fastard]

A few sources seem to claim The Seven Stars as the oldest surviving London pub. Do we all agree or are there any other candidates?

If you go there watch out for the pub cat

[Mobyduck]

If you go there watch out for the pub cat

And the stairs back down from the toilet.

[Bucking Fastard]

And the stairs back down from the toilet.

Yes both the cat and stairs are lethal.

[Tris39]

Cheers. That list looks as good as any I've seen and it is a good starting point.
I've only done 2 - The Grapes and The George.

The White Hart claims to have the oldest continuous history, dating back to 1216 but was rebuilt - probably more than once - with the current building dating from only 1912. The Cittie of Yorke is a new build (around 1923) with an up-cycled name that had probably disappeared hundreds of years ago; this building was originally a branch of Henneky's.
The Seven Stars claims to have the oldest surviving structure, dating from shortly after the Great Fire, so it's probably mid-17th century.

This list gives up the usual suspects and the bulk of them are decent pubs as well, 11/13 for me ,just missing The Spaniards and Old Bell.

Yes. A full house for me and a very decent list for once.

Yes both the cat and stairs are lethal.

Indeed they are (see photo). I remember once around the late '90s when a customer pulled a funny face on eating a mouthful of the free dry bar snacks on the bar top, only to exhibit an even more pained expression when told that they were in fact the [former] cat's dinner. The landlady is quite a character too and a great cook, food coming from a tiny kitchenette on the first floor.

[Gann]

A good list and all 13 for me…

And if you are going to Holborn for the Cittie of York I would also recommend Princess Louise if you have not been before. It’s a relative youngster compared to the others , being built in 1872, but it is such a cracking interior…

[sheffield hatter]

I would also recommend Princess Louise if you have not been before. It’s a relative youngster compared to the others , being built in 1872, but it is such a cracking interior…

I second that emotion.

[Tris39]

A good list and all 13 for me…

And if you are going to Holborn for the Cittie of York I would also recommend Princess Louise if you have not been before. It’s a relative youngster compared to the others , being built in 1872, but it is such a cracking interior…

There are of course plenty of other pubs with cracking interiors and [relatively] central, though beauty doesn't guarantee a great pub experience. For example:

The Falcon
The Salisbury Hotel
The Prince Alfred
The Warrington Hotel
The Argyll Arms
The Black Lion
The Washington
The Black Friar
The Viaduct Tavern
The Queens
The Winchester
The Elgin
Windsor Castle
Half Moon
The Flying Horse
The Red Lion
The Salisbury
The Victoria

and the newly revamped (at a cost of £1.6m)
The Boleyn Tavern