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Nice lively pub with good beer from Hepworth Brewery.Worth a look before going to the Lord Nelson down the road.
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1/10! Not the most gay-friendly of places.
This is a vibrant and lively pub. It has lots of 'texture' and is only a stone's throw from the station. I've been a few times and arranged a birthday do there. The staff courteously took a few hundred quid off us during the evening but then had the most ridiculous drinking-up-time policy that had a bouncer removing drinks from our hands in a pub that was still half full. One of my gay friends was also jibed by one of the staff who asked if he'd 'got his handbag'. It was an embarrassing and scruffy end to what would otherwise have been a nice evening.
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Easily the best pub in brighton. Have to agree about the decor, but lets face it thats not the reason you go in a pub is it. Best priced food in Brighton. Friendly (+fit) staff. Need to get normal Guinness back and sort out the smoking area.
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Could well be the best pub in Brighton. despite previous poster's comment the decor is lovely (modern patterned wallpapers, signed original posters but local and famous bands that have played the space upstairs, wood floors and roaring fires in the bar room. The layout is much like a house, with seperate rooms which makes for intimate evenings or rowdy parties dependant on the crowd. The food is almost second to none - bar The George, which ia veggie only - on this road - try the homemade burger and chips!
Brilliant live music - especially Club Kovak which is always good for a laugh.
I wish this was my local but at least it's close to where I work.
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It takes a town like Brighton to pull of a pub like this - not enough seating, an apparent disregard for interior design of any discription and the facade of a south coast B & B (that last observation is in no way perjorative). But it all works and does so in spades. I don't why or how but it just does.
Good for: I've drunk here in Winter and Spring but I imagine it is summer where the place really comes into its own - 7/10.
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Huge mural of the legendary John Peel visible as you approach from stn end of Traf St., but the condition of the beer was poor on my single visit a few months ago. Didn't strike me as the sort of place that would have the necessary through-pull to keep the cask ale in top shape but would be on my Brighton crawl if they could get that (rather important) element right.
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Called in here as it had been recomended before I came for the Hepworth beer. Intersting rooms to look round. Unspoilt.
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Great old pub - plenty of great lagers, another one up for the Brighton pub scene.
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Lovely. Unspoilt. Rough round the edges. A fine Pub.
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I love this place! Great music, GREAT kopperberg cider (7% and it tastes like squash) Get yourself down there, not just the haunt for students anymore.
anonymous - 19 Oct 2006 20:59 |
Love It. Old converted 3 storey house will the shell remaining mostly untouched. Staff are wicked, locals are great, beer is reasonable and the entertainment is alternative and non intrusive. They often have bands on the top floor with DJ's downstairs on some nights or a Juke Box going with a great selection of alternative music. There is a night every second sat of the month called Fresh Sounds with amazing DJ's and cool new bands for free.. def worth checking out.
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Bohemian and eclectic, several bars, as many styles as you can shake a stick at and a good atmosphere. Good range of people, ages but mostly students.
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As well as being a boho/muso establishment, this pub
is also a rpetty decent real ale house, serving two guests
(one usually from Dark Star) at low prices. Most real-ale types seem to give it a wide berth.
Makes a strong contrast with the distinctly boourgeois Nelson
just down the road!
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Years ago this pub used to have a wonderful reputation of alternative clientele, and live bands of the rock, punk and goth variety. Unfortunately after a take-over this is no longer so. It looks a bit unatmospheric but my other half says it's not too bad inside.
Lucy Pointycat - 20 Oct 2004 13:55 |
Good sized pub with a great mix of people, leaning towards the alternative. The bar staff are friendly and the jukebox has a great mix of tunes. Its by the station but hidden so rarely attracts idiots. For big international football matches they open upstairs (with big screen and its own bar) which gets packed but has a great atmosphere, though get there early. The upstairs is also used for a club or bands.
Paddy - 4 Feb 2004 04:23 |
