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Compfy pub complete with carpet to make you feel at home. Decent folk and a range of Harvey's beers - the Mild was fine.
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Nice separated bit of seating around the other side from the bar which I've come to like as its one of the few pubs in Brighton where a quiet pint is possible on a Friday/Saturday night without getting blasted by music. Comfy and good beers, although the locals are a bit too loud and locally in the main bit of the pub for me, wouldn't feel relaxed sitting round there
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The archetypal corner boozer, a bit of E17-type character in Brighton. Essential stop, though the Mild was as weak as its ABV would suggest.
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A great place to spend a Saturday afternoon and early evening; and with a curry house nearly next door. Harveys was fantastic, welcome was warm, company fine. Sadly 20 miles from home :(
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The first time I went in here back in about 1977, I was asked to leave because I made the mynah bird talk.
I was a bit diappointed to leave, but have been back many times since and it hasn't changed at all. It is a very pleasant back street boozer, full of character and characters. A great pint of Harvey's and one for the list. Just round the corner from the Rose Hill,so you can fit two great pubs in one afternoon.
The mynah bird has since flown to that great brewery in the sky.
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Why not! Pop in for a.... Harvey's - just don't have the best, there's so much more to try (eg Old ale). Like I say, plenty of Harvey's to choose from.
Overall, Not the most welcoming of place's for the under 50. Ho hum, still worth a visit.
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Enjoyed my Harveys Knots in May in this delightful friendly pub. Some of the locals took photos of us as though beer tickers were a rarity.
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An unspoilt back street local serving excellent Harvey's beers. Everyone seemed friendly on my most recent visit. The pub has at long last made it onto the local CAMRA Ale Trail, so look to see if it makes the next Good Beer Guide. It will be none too soon if it does.
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The landlord used to be happy for you to buy one of the excellent pies from the shop next door and eat it it the pub.
Given the clientelle (mostly older), the fact that they don't do food and are too small really to start serving it, and the competition from nearby trendier places, I think this is one of the pubs that will go under when the smoking ban comes in.
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The Harveys is more consistent than it used to be but it still can't get into the GBG. Best thing about this pub is that you can take a pint down the road to the best fish and chip shop (Bardsleys) in Brighton. Some of the clientele are odd - they like to stare, pass comment and smoke too much!
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Nice little street corner local. Worth a visit.
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Still a street corner local and still selling excellent beer. The TV is usually only on for the racing and the occasional football match. The (unobtrusive) music is usually jazz or something from the Sixties.
Quite busy during the day/early evening but usually quiet after 8pm.
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It was in the back snug of this pub, in December 1986, that I tried my first half-dozen pints of Harveys XXXX (Old Ale). On Christmas Days during the early 1990s, it was a friendly place to go for a lunchtime pint of mild while the festive turkey was slow cooking in the oven at home. Today, the place is little changed, apart from a TV (showing the racing channel) and new wallpaper. The interior is L-shaped: a long main bar with the back snug entered through an arch on the right. Very much the traditional down-to-earth, street-corner local, with clientele to match, it can be found between Ditchling Road and the London Road shops. It has not been GBG listed since 1988, although it does carry a current Cask Marque certificate, valid to October. Harveys beers on sale today are Mild, Best Bitter and Copperwheat. After having filled only half of my pint glass with mild, the landlady noted it was not of serviceable quality and asked me to make another choice. I opted for the Copperwheat and found it a good quality pint. Photographs and information can be found on the pub’s page at <http://www.harveys.org.uk/t1mitre.htm> the Harveys official web site. (Spring 2004)
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Recently refurbished Harveys pub. Very much caters for local OAPs.
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