With its beautiful roof of Norfolk reeds and oak beams, this pub really is a charming place to head…read morefor a nice long lunch on a warm day. There's a huge garden to accommodate large groups and there's plenty of room inside the place too. The staff and owners are really friendly and can't do enough to make you feel welcome. Food wise, I can't recommend the steaks enough here. They source the meat locally and you can tell the difference in the flavour. The Sirloins are fantastic and the chef really knows how to cook it to order (you'd be surprised how many don't. Perfect place to head to on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

The Thatched Inn will always hold a little place in my heart. Aside from the great impression it…read moremakes on pulling into the car park, due to the exceptionally maintained thatched roof, it is the 'pubiness' that makes it a winner. Located on the fringes of Hassocks and overlooking a beautiful stretch of Sussex countryside (great for a post Sunday roast walk to preserve the waistline!), the pub has the advantage of space that Brighton establishments sometimes lack. You would be hard pressed not to find a parking space and the same applies to seating within. The pub provides a cozy bar including a pool table if you fancy stopping by for a swift pint, the 'Keymer' bar for a more relaxed beverage and a large, yet homely dining area if you have come to eat. I will come back to the food in a minute. In the summer, the expansive secluded garden is perfect for children to bomb about, or for those summer nights when the weather is pleasant (of course, a bit hit and miss in this country!). The menu is wide ranging (check the website for a current list of dishes) and offers traditional, quality pub food. A lot of the produce is locally sourced and cooked to order. Sometimes this does mean that you wait a little longer for your meal, but the wait is worth it in such a nice environment. This is a great pub to consider for a Sunday roast, especially if you live in Brighton and have access to a car. They will happily take bookings and also cater for private parties in the dining area. I would have liked to see a wider range of ales on tap, but they do try and keep a local brew or two in rotation. Aside from that, expect your regular range of alcoholic tipples on offer. Many moons ago, in my youth we used to walk to the Thatched from Burgess Hill for our Friday drinking sessions and I would still make that walk! I guess the one negative is the location if you are without transport, but if you do make the pilgrimage from the station, I believe you will be glad that you did.

I spent about a week in Brighton/London area visiting my daughter as she was going to school at the…read moreuniversity of Brighton. While, I have a lot of highlights of my trip in the UK, one of the best was going to The Basketmakers Pub for drinks and dinner. It is interesting how many people asked me when I got back to the states if I'd gone to a pub and they wanted me to share the experience with them. It was a joy to be able to tell them about my time at The Basketmakers.

I loved my visit to this pub. The bartender was very friendly in helping me choose a beer and an…read moreorder of food to eat. I ended up with the HSC beer and Sausage & Mash with the leek and chive mash on her recommendation. The food was very good and the beer selection was good as well! They have multiple food & drink specials in addition to the regular menu items. I will be back next Thursday for the surf & turf special. Can't wait!

Nice enough pub close to Preston Park, with a few TV screens showing Sky Sports. It's on the edge…read moreof 'Preston Village', a small settlement of a few flint-walled cottages now completely engulfed by suburbia, and on the main A23 road into Brighton. The pub itself is spacious, and decorated in that modern style which is fast becoming ubiquitous, of flecked carpet, dark wooden furniture and maroon walls: so not especially atmospheric or interesting, but comfortable enough (and, to be fair, all spotlessly clean - including the Gents' loos). The high point was the real ale selection: Harvey's Sussex Bitter, Hop Back's Summer Lightning, and King & Barnes Sussex Bitter, all well kept. It's quiet at week-ends, but gets busier in the evenings (and very busy for key sporting events, especially if Brighton and Hove Albion FC are playing at home, as the stadium is not far away). Service is friendly and efficient, and prices are pretty reasonable for Brighton. So, not a pub you'd go out of the way for, but fine to pop in, if you are in the area.

The Crown and Anchor is located right at the bottom of Preston Drove on the main A23 road in. Its a…read morereal down to earth pub with staff of equal qualities. It does get extremely busy on football match days (I'm assuming this will change when Falmer is built) but otherwise its a very tranquil place to enjoy a well poured pint and some nice pub grub. There's a car park around the back which a lot of people don't notice, just turn immediately right past the pub and its tucked around the corner. The pub has plenty of space and large TVs for watching sport and also a nice new pool table that you can play during half time. There's a fantastic selection of real ales on the bar and one of my favourite ciders - Weston's Traditional Scrumpy. Enjoy it with their lovely bangers and mash! The Pub also offers B&B rooms above but prices vary due to the time of year and amount of people etc. I'm sure its a lot cheaper and more relaxing than staying in the center of town though. The number 5 bus goes just over the road and can drop you directly into the middle of town in no time.

Don't you just love a Sunday roast? I do, so off to the award winning Sunday Roasts, family run…read morepub, that is the Cleveland Arms. ⁣ Homemade and locally sourced, the Sunday roast beef accompanied with pumpkin, parsnips, potatoes, carrots and sprouts covered in a cheese sauce, was topped with a massive Yorkshire pudding, all tasting totally divine! ⁣ ⁣ We followed this with a Boozy Sticky Toffee Pudding with salted caramel and vanilla ice cream. I have never tasted a sticky toffee pudding so light. It was definitely extremely more-ish.⁣ ⁣ All enjoyed by the roaring real log fire!⁣ ⁣

The Cleveland is a great little local pub that, despite its relatively posh neighbourhood, has a…read morenice working class feel with none of the gastropub makeover that alot of pubs in this area have undergone. It has one main room with about twenty tables and benches so it has a little bit of fishbowl atmosphere-everyone looking at everyone and eavesdropping- but that's quite nice and neighbourly! The bar staff are very friendly and the prices are reasonable. In the winter they have a small wood fire in one corner that makes a certain table the best spot in the house! They serve really decent pub meals that actually do have a touch of the gastropub- fresh pasta, homemade pie, fresh fish... but at very good prices. There is a back room that you can sit and eat it and that has a tv although it is not really a sport pub. On sunny days there is a terrace overlooking Blaker's Park- very lovely on a warm day with a pint!

Amazing food and service. Charming grounds and location. Staff and management are warm and…read moreaccommodating.

1/2 Moon is a foody pub - you can sit at the bar but any more than 3 people and you're blocking the…read moreroute from front to back. Food is OK but expensive compared to other similar venues locally - the food is the same as the other pubs in this small, local chain. Not sure this is a good thing as, surely, most people choose a venue on it's food and this takes away that choice... They do offer a Dining Club discount on food (must include a main course) of 10% - this is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and 'a steak for a tenner' deal on Thursdays. The whole pub is undergoing refurbishment in early 2024 inside and out which is great news as it was looking a bit tired when we last visited. Better weather sees the use of the large field for parking and al-fresco dining which proves very popular, especially at weekends as the pub is located in the South Downs National Park and is just a (steep) walk from the South Downs Way.

The Saint Georges Inn is a cozy, friendly bar set a stones throw from Brighton hospital…read more Staff are great, beer is great, food is great and the pub quiz on a Thursday is... a hoot and a half. Large sized beer garden with regular BBQ's and live music add to the reasons to pop in. Strong recommend.

This is my after-work local, so normally tends to serve as an oasis in the middle of the desert…read more Bad day at the office? - lets all pile down to the George for a pint or two of Arundel Gold and a packet of crisps! The bar has two main drinking areas, plus a fairly large beer garden with heaters if the Brighton sun isn't shining. The food is pretty generic pub grub but I generally don't come here to eat. Last time I popped in they had just undergone a change of management and were not serving food for the week, it will be interesting to try it again soon. The bar staff are quirky, as are the majority of clientele ranging from hosital staff to punks and hippies (sometimes a combination of all three!) Don't sit at the table next to the boys loo - it doesn't smell pretty. Most importantly, there is an NHS staff discount, just show your ID badge.

The Longman is situated a bit out of town in Patcham, its a proper family pub offering pub grub,…read moreSky Sports and a friendly atmosphere. The interior walls are adorned with lots of lion memorabilia as the Longman is a Golden Lion establishment, the group have about 10 pubs in around Brighton. Because of its location the majority of its clientele are local regulars which give the bar a real community vibe. They have some outside seating which is great in the summer months, They also have regular quiz night and food evenings which are very popular.

One review? Ha! Well here is two. I get why there is only one. This is a hidden gem. You have to be…read morewith locals to find it. But, if you are lucky enough to find this charming country pub, you are in store for the perfect English pub experience. This centuries old homestead still oozes that ancient feel. The dishes are not only classic English but also have exciting takes on Korean and Indian fare. I say stick with the local drafts on tap and the classic English dishes. My favorites were the pea and ham soup (If you add a dash of Worcestershire sauce to put it over the top) and the local sausage and mash is on another level. The gravy is to die for!

Set in a beautiful village, this lovely old 16th Century pub has quite a substantial following and…read morewas Lord Oliviers' sort of local. As an Art club, we used it when out painting in the area. With friends and family, it offers the that lovely warm, cosy feeling on Winter days/nights. The Christmas Day menu/price works out at £60.00, could be seen as pricey but I've seen some at £85.00. Lunch and Dinner prices are around £11 £16 for Mains. Plenty of parking. If you coming from the West via A24, there is a lovely drive from The Old Barn nursery which brings you out nearly opposite The Fountain. Bit of winding lane though, so Vorsicht!!

Pyecombe itself is a very attractive village, and as other reviewers have said, when you see a sign…read moreto the 'Plough Inn', expectations run high. I stopped off recently on a walk across the Downs. Unfortunately, close up it's a little less attractive: the frontage is completely taken up by car parking, and the view from the front is dominated by the BP Service Station and the noise of the motorway-like A23. The interior has also been thoroughly modernised so that, while there is still lots of wood, it's clean and tidy rather than atmospheric. Better are the large modern conservatory at the back and the beer garden, although the traffic noise is still clearly audible outside. It's also more of a restaurant with pub frontage than a pub: there's an Italian restaurant and most of the staff are Italian. Granted, they are cheerful and helpful, but it doesn't feel much like a pub. They have three real ales on tap, including Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter, but the pint of 'Brighton Rock' I had was cloudy and on the turn. Worst for me - though I realise this is rather specific - I was hoping to catch a bus into Brighton. After a long conversation with the barman, I was confidently directed to the wrong bus stop, and had to watch the last bus of the day sail past on the main road...

We'd driven past the Plough millions of times and always said 'we must pop in there some time' and…read moretwo weeks ago we did. Its a really lovely, friendly place to eat and drink. The staff can't do enough to help you and the locals add to the ambiance too (there's not that many of them in there though). We sat in the conservatory area which was fantastic as you get a wonderful view of the South Downs. We both had pizzas which were huge and were really nice. I went for the classic pepperoni and it was a bit more spicy than your average one from Dominos. The roads into Brighton can get quite blocked up in the summer weekends so I'd advise you to pull off at Pycombe, have some nice food and a few beers and wait until the traffic dies down.

The Ginger Fox is the third of the Gingerman establishments and in my opinion the best by far. Its…read morelocated not far from Brighton in a beautiful old thatch roofed pub. The food is out of this world as you can expect from any of the Ginger places but when enjoyed in surroundings like this, it really is hard to beat. I took my wife there for dinner recently and ate probably the best steak in my life - ribeye with dripping chips. I'd expect to pay a lot more for food this good.

Had Sunday roast here yesterday. Not worth the £15 charged…read more One slice of beef, cold old burnt yourshire pudding and some veg with a tiny amount of gravy. You'd think at these prices they would at least make fresh yourshire puds. James must have got lucky or I must have been unlucky, either way, it's not worth more than they charge. The Gingerman in Norfolk Sqare is outstanding, no complaints there, Gingerman at Drakes is a little more expensive and not as good quality, Ginger Pig isn't bad but they use a microwave for some dishes, I've yet to try the newest establishment 'The Ginger Dog'