Pubs in Brighton
There are 5 traditional and modern pubs in Brighton worth knowing about. The Post & Telegraph does solid Wetherspoon classics, whilst The Lion & Lobster pulls off that rare trick of feeling both proper local and welcoming to newcomers. Ye Olde King & Queen Brighton, tucked away on Marlborough Street, keeps the old-school pub spirit alive with real ales and a crowd that actually talks to each other.
1The Post & Telegraph - JD Wetherspoon
★4.0(4,174 reviews)
2The West Quay - JD Wetherspoon
★3.9(3,479 reviews)
3The Walrus
★4.4(2,996 reviews)
The Lion & Lobster
★4.4(2,557 reviews)
Ye Olde King & Queen Brighton
★4.3(2,502 reviews)
Mesmerist
★4.1(2,464 reviews)
Black Lion
★4.3(2,450 reviews)
The Font
★4.4(2,260 reviews)
The Cricketers
★4.4(2,105 reviews)
The Station
★4.7(2,070 reviews)
The Hope & Ruin
★4.6(1,897 reviews)
The Basketmakers Arms
★4.6(1,580 reviews)
Fortune Of War
★4.4(1,534 reviews)
Worlds End
★4.3(1,478 reviews)
The Joker - Brighton
★4.4(1,423 reviews)
The Prince Albert
★4.5(1,407 reviews)
Molly Malones - Indigo Pub Company
★3.9(1,394 reviews)
The Pump House
★4.3(1,358 reviews)
Druids Head
★4.2(1,330 reviews)
Seven Stars
★4.3(1,316 reviews)
The Dorset
★4.1(1,253 reviews)
Hove Place
★4.3(1,248 reviews)
Mash Tun
★4.1(1,223 reviews)
East Street Tap
★4.2(1,205 reviews)
Sidewinder
★4.3(1,203 reviews)
The Park View
★4.3(1,193 reviews)
The Hare and Hounds
★4.2(1,185 reviews)
Bath Arms
★4.4(1,177 reviews)
Fiddlers Elbow
★4.4(1,175 reviews)
William the Fourth
★4.3(1,160 reviews)
The Evening Star
★4.6(1,159 reviews)
The Wick Inn
★4.3(1,148 reviews)
Victory
★4.4(1,138 reviews)
The Ginger Pig - Restaurant & Rooms
★4.5(1,125 reviews)
White Rabbit
★4.3(1,118 reviews)
The Pond
★4.6(1,116 reviews)
Camelford Arms
★4.5(1,075 reviews)
Sussex
★4.4(1,075 reviews)
Royal Sovereign
★4.3(1,033 reviews)
The Urchin Brewery & Shellfish Pub
★4.6(1,024 reviews)
Blind Busker
★4.2(1,006 reviews)
The Kemp
★4.4(976 reviews)
The Prince George
★4.4(974 reviews)
The Grand Central, Brighton
★4.2(969 reviews)
Black Dove
★4.6(957 reviews)
The Eagle (Thai food)
★4.4(946 reviews)
The Inn On The Square
★4.3(926 reviews)
Great Eastern Brighton
★4.7(925 reviews)
The Better Half Pub
★4.6(907 reviews)
The Earth & Stars
★4.5(905 reviews)
Fitz Regent
★4.3(901 reviews)
Open House
★4.4(891 reviews)
The Connaught Pub & Kitchen
★4.4(886 reviews)
The Hop Poles
★4.4(872 reviews)
The Waggon & Horses
★4.2(814 reviews)
Ladies Mile
★4.5(797 reviews)
The Mucky Duck
★4.5(792 reviews)
Signalman
★4.4(777 reviews)
The Geese
★4.6(776 reviews)
The Stirling Arms Pub & Rooms
★4.5(770 reviews)
Shakespeare's Head
★4.6(768 reviews)
Palmeira
★4.3(756 reviews)
The Sussex
★4.3(746 reviews)
Brighton Bierhaus
★4.6(741 reviews)
The Poets Ale and Smokehouse
★4.5(737 reviews)
The Market Inn
★4.3(736 reviews)
Caxton Arms
★4.5(734 reviews)
Le Pub (The Paris House)
★4.3(711 reviews)
Fountainhead
★4.3(699 reviews)
The Actors
★4.5(694 reviews)
Ancient Mariner
★4.4(694 reviews)
Exchange
★4.4(694 reviews)
Freemasons
★4.2(691 reviews)
The Stoneham
★4.1(690 reviews)
Lord Nelson Inn
★4.3(685 reviews)
Old Albion
★4.3(685 reviews)
The Westbourne
★4.4(665 reviews)
Caroline of Brunswick
★4.3(665 reviews)
The George Payne Pub
★4.4(664 reviews)
Regency Tavern
★4.4(654 reviews)
The Bee's Mouth
★4.5(650 reviews)
The Cow
★4.3(638 reviews)
The Garden Bar Hove
★4.4(633 reviews)
The Robin Hood
★4.6(624 reviews)
The Quadrant
★4.3(621 reviews)
The Crescent
★4.4(619 reviews)
Easy Tiger @ The Hampton
★4.5(611 reviews)
The Windmill Brighton
★4.4(611 reviews)
The Queens Head
★4.1(586 reviews)
North Laine Brewhouse
★4.1(568 reviews)
Bulldog
★4.1(563 reviews)
George Street Tap
★4.2(558 reviews)
The Battle Of Trafalgar
★4.4(550 reviews)
The Barley Mow
★4.5(543 reviews)
Preston Park Tavern
★4.4(534 reviews)
The Hole in The Wall
★4.8(511 reviews)
The Watchmaker's Arms
★4.8(500 reviews)
The Cleveland Arms
★4.6(492 reviews)
Haus On The Hill
★4.5(487 reviews)
Crowns Brighton
★4.5(471 reviews)
The Farm Tavern
★4.6(452 reviews)
New Unity
★4.5(449 reviews)
The Railway Bell
★4.0(448 reviews)
The Pull & Pump
★4.3(442 reviews)
The Marine Tavern
★4.5(436 reviews)
The Foghorn
★4.7(418 reviews)
Saint George's Inn
★4.5(413 reviews)
The Black Horse
★4.3(413 reviews)
The Lewes Road Inn
★4.5(412 reviews)
Bottom's Rest
★4.6(404 reviews)
The Duke Of Wellington
★4.4(398 reviews)
The Hartington
★4.3(393 reviews)
Brighton Tavern
★4.6(392 reviews)
The Foundry
★4.5(389 reviews)
The Park Crescent
★4.6(381 reviews)
The Sussex Yeoman Brighton
★4.5(381 reviews)
The Heart & Hand
★4.3(372 reviews)
The Argyle Arms Brighton
★4.6(367 reviews)
3 Jolly Butchers
★4.2(355 reviews)
The Chimney House
★4.4(355 reviews)
Busby and Wilds
★4.5(348 reviews)
The Colonnade Bar
★4.4(337 reviews)
The Druids
★4.1(331 reviews)
The Dover Castle
★4.5(330 reviews)
The Neptune Inn
★4.6(330 reviews)
The West Hill Tavern
★4.5(328 reviews)
The Nevill
★4.1(328 reviews)
The "Eddy" Edinburgh
★4.4(319 reviews)
Fallen Angel
★4.7(312 reviews)
The Station Hotel Pub and Kitchen
★4.6(309 reviews)
Hove Park Tavern
★4.1(298 reviews)
The Greys Freehouse
★4.5(288 reviews)
The French Horn
★4.5(287 reviews)
The Round Georges
★4.5(285 reviews)
Coopers Cask
★4.5(260 reviews)
Mrs Fitzherbert's
★4.0(255 reviews)
The Sussex Cricketer
★4.3(249 reviews)
The Howard
★4.6(223 reviews)
The Guinea Pig at the Dyke
★4.5(207 reviews)
Maris & Otter
★4.4(200 reviews)
Oculist
★4.5(188 reviews)
The Rook Taproom
★4.9(179 reviews)
The Royal George
★4.2(170 reviews)
The Brick
★4.8(167 reviews)
The Star & Garter
★4.5(158 reviews)
The Golden Cannon
★4.2(145 reviews)
Rock Inn
★4.8(125 reviews)
The Bell Tower
★4.7(106 reviews)
The Crazy Goose
★4.7(66 reviews)
Tiki Hut
★4.8(49 reviews)
Hector's Pub Brighton
★4.7(43 reviews)
The Oak
★4.3(43 reviews)
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