The Golden Cannon

Head down to Kemptown and you'll find The Golden Cannon doing what proper pubs do best: existing without needing an Instagram moment. St George's Road's got that lived-in charm, and this place fits right in—the kind of spot where the bartender knows your name by drink two and you'll recognise half the room. It's got the bones of a proper local, the sort that's actually survived the gentrification wave still battering through Brighton's side streets. You'll get decent pints, the chat flows naturally, and there's zero pretension about it.