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Comments by baldfatandugly
One of the few friendly pubs in Brighton. After reading someone else�s comments I can say I've got talking to a bin man, teachers, IT gurus, musicians, stylists, shop workers, people with learning difficulties, people who may be geniuses, architects, lawyers, rail workers , care assistants and many more entirely wonderful people. Most evenings if you stay there for a while someone will chat or at least say hello.
7 Jan 2007 01:40
Think we agree then:
1. The Evening Star is an entirely wonderful pub serving a huge range of excellent beers. It deserves a 10.
2. Lager may or may not be beer.
3 Nov 2006 18:38
Undoubtedly the best pub on the south coast. Don't go there. It isn't a lads' pub. They don't even do a good pint of lager. They just do beer and have friendly happy people of all ages and types. My son and I both go there and some women pop in too. Don't spoil it by crowding it, leave it for us. Avoid it. It is far too erm... untrendy and full of fat happy people. Don't go there. Go to the Polar Bar which is full of exciting fashionable people like you and it doesn't sell any beer at all. Drink lager elsewhere...
2 Nov 2006 23:35
Cheap
Staff are quite friendly and polite. Beer cheap. Lots of slightly mad people. Limited choice; lots of beers have always just run out. No atmosphere. Friends eat food there which is also cheap. Gents need attention.
19 Aug 2006 23:40
Wonderful pint of Dark Star Original as well as good food. Cricket team slightly noisy but staff very friendly and efficient. Shame it is a little far away from where I live.
19 Aug 2006 23:28
Very pleasant polite staff went out of their way to be helpful.
Beer garden very lovely but a bit close to the railway line for an entirely peaceful drink. Good place to wait for the train after a short amble round the wonderful countryside there. Guest beer excellent. Food looked and smelt delicious although I didn't have any.
Pub gets an extra rating point for being so easy to get to by rail and is much better than its rating suggests.
It isn't your typical larger louts pub, more a good place to meet friends for a quiet drink if you want to get out of town.
24 Jun 2006 13:54
Don't go to this pub. Please leave all the beer for me. It is easily the best pub in Brighton and area if you like large choice of very good beer or cider. Is rather crowded, can be friendly. Often end up having to share a table. Has a wide mix of people of all ages. Best on nights when there is no live music. Not much good if you like larger or posh surroundings. Gets a 10 because of the beer and the friendly atmosphere.
22 Apr 2006 02:19
The Crystal Palace Tavern, Bath
Large dry conservatory/covered rear area. Pleasant pub.
Staff and food were absolutely brilliant and beautifully presented. Man who served food went out of his way to be helpful. Beer pretty good. Happy, welcoming people in there mostly but not exclusively 25-35. People of all ages welcome.
Gets a 10 because the staff and food made me want to go back. Sadly I was only there for a flying visit. Would be my local if I lived anywhere near.
22 Apr 2006 02:07
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The Evening Star, Brighton
This pub still has the best beer for many, many miles. They have cleaned the floor and fixed the loo (kind of) but my friends and I are slowly stopping going there. It is no longer our automatic first choice as a pub.
We go to the pub to chat and to drink good beer. The chat bit is now difficult. The loud music they have started to play in recent months means we all have to shout so, not for the first time, last night we walked out.
Maybe they are aiming to get a different type of person visiting or drive some of their regular customers away.
They have a huge and diverse clientele so I'm not sure who they want to attract. The background music is aimed at my age group (early middle aged) so it won�t attract many young people.
Maybe they want to discourage some of the young women who used to come to talk and have a couple of halves, because this is what they are now doing quite successfully along with any males who primarily want to chat. Maybe they want to involve the smokers outside in the pub atmosphere with sound or just sound lively from the street.
Whatever they are trying to do, the overwhelming background noise means we at least, regretfully, won�t be visiting again in a hurry.
1 Sep 2008 08:42