The Sudeley Arms, Brighton - pub details
Address: Sudeley Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1HE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 23560) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Brighton (1.3 miles), London Road - Brighton (1.6 miles), Moulsecoomb (2.1 miles)
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> Current user rating: 5.2/10 (rated by 6 users)
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user reviews of the Sudeley Arms, Brighton
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| Quick update - still has name St George's Inn (not Sudeley Arms). Last time they had Arundel Sussex Gold, Black Sheep and a.n.other bitter (can't remember the name). Pub quiz stopped for summer (lack of students apparently) but they're planning a monthly 'something' that may or may not involve charades. Who knows. Elsewise still the good ole local. Spratticus - 20 Apr 2010 15:35 |
| Now called the Saint George's Inn. As previous reviewer guessed, part of the same group that own half of Brighton pubs including Sidewinder, Open House, Earth & Stars, Fishbowl, Fountain Head and Mash Tun to name just a few (but I don't mind as they leave them 'character intact' rather than formulise them). I would say things have improved greatly since Jan 08 (although prices still a little steep!). Good local atmosphere with strong showing of afterwork crowd from the hospital close by and no doubt encouraged by the discount prices for NHS workers. Very noticeable on the last two Thursdays and Fridays in the month (something to do with pay day I guess). Food is much improved since they gave the kitchen over to a local chef (who also cooks in another pub as well but can't remember the name). He rents the kitchen from them. I have found it one of the few Brighton pubs where you can go to solo for a pint and have a chat at the bar. Harveys Bitter is well kept and they also have London Pride. There are the usual fizzy lager and Guinness drinks but I don't drink them so who knows what they are like (and how hard can they be to get right). A few different seating areas and styles from trad stools and tables to slouchy couch cranny. Large (for Kemptown) outdoor seating area at the back with heaters for the leaf fiends. Pub quiz every other Wednesday I think (...that wasn't that good when I went to be honest but hey - there's the Barley Mow and Hanover Arms for quizzes if you want). One thing is that they have a 'Happy (5) hours' between 4pm and 9pm where a selection of lagers are discounted and there's a deal on a bottle of wine. I asked the bar manager why bitter wasn't included in the offer and was told because they lose money on bitter due to the wastage. We had a discussion and I suggested that not every pub serving real ale was losing money on it. They were adamant that bitter = loss of money and that they only serve it to keep the regulars happy. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I doubt that's true and they're doing something wrong. Anyway, a fine local boozer for a friendly pint in my opinion. Perhaps someone can help them out and show them how not to waste so much bitter and thereby make a little money on a barrel and discount the price of a pint of bitter during 'Happy Hour'. Spratticus - 21 Oct 2009 18:55 |
| visited pub recently. nice tidy pub with extencive menu. 2 ales on , pride which was passable and harveys. good corner boozer. i liked it. ginthedog - 23 Jan 2008 17:39 |
| I stumbled upon this pub years ago when it was still known as the Sudeley Arms and although a bit down at heel (the pub, not me - well alright me too) the assembled clientelle were quite cheerful and we sat around one late morning swapping idle pleasantries Now working in this area myself, I was determined to find it again to see if anything had changed. It had. The name for a start: it's now been rechristened the "Saint George's". A lot of presumably corporate money has obviously been spent on a new coat of paint and some expensive looking bottles of wine (unopened) on ascending black shelves.. But the initial ambience is hostile, insular and threatening. Around 5.30 on a Tuesday evening I was greeted with silence, blank stares, and dark uncomprehending looks by barstaff and customers alike. Rather like when someone asks in the inn where Dracula's castle is. When asked what I wanted I ventured if they had any Draught Guinness. "Only extra cold" snapped back the reply. "Yes, that will be fine" said I and repaired to a corner seat reeling from the �3.10 bill (the most I've ever paid for a pint of G in Brighton, Hove, Kemptown or anywhere else. Why??) Insult was added to injury when the pint was sloppily delivered to my table (normally table delivery would've been a kindness), the bobhaired barmaid sans eye-contact coughed noisily into the empty ashtray; and the object of the exercise, the pint itself, turned out to be LUKEWARM!!! And noticably so. Normally I'd take it back to the counter to complain, but the extras in this particular film were obviously hand-picked by David Lynch - and I easily envisaged a public lynching taking place if I even dared as much to utter a word in protest. Exit your friendly reviewer, disconsolate and baffled in the falling dusk... misterboozy - 9 Mar 2007 07:51 |
