The Lion & Lobster Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Brighton

Address: 24 Sillwood St, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 2PS, United Kingdom

Phone: +441273327299

Rating: 4.4
based on 262 reviews.

Ambience & Decor

Pros:

  • "It is a warm, fun, wonky pub with great ambience, decor, music and a fabulous roof deck for smokers or nons to enjoy year round."
  • "Stunningly atmospheric pub which manages to be both a living piece of history and a bang up to date venue for drinks."
  • "Wonderful pub over three floors, widely considered one of the best pubs in Brighton for its charm."
  • "This Tardis like pub has room after room and rambles over several floors including at least 2 outside terraces and a restaurant area."
  • "Cool pub! Don’t be disheartened if you need to consult a series of ancient maps and commission an expeditionary force to find the upstairs beer garden, it’s worth it."
  • "Great pub, full of character, lots of nooks and crannies, and a cleverly designed outdoor area upstairs at the back."
  • "Quirky pub with plenty of nooks and crannies, spread over three floors and with a rooftop outside space."

Cons:

  • "The beautiful roof terrace is so shabby and unloved with broken chairs and creaking tables."
  • "Quirky pub currently mid renovation outside (June 2022) so it kinda looks closed."
  • "The pub itself is fairly dark and musty."
  • "Small dark dingy not very clean no soap in gents toilet too many tables too close I would consider the place a fire hazard not clear what way to go in the event of fire."
  • "Made the mistake of sitting in the back room, which is a bit dingy and smells of the gents."
  • "The whole building & furnishings did feel as though they needed a thoroughly deep cleaning after years of beer & god only knows what else being sprayed across the walls."
  • "The large table was not attached to the legs so kept tipping quite alarmingly for the sake of a few screws!"

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food is good and varied and served until late."
  • "The food is excellent and well presented."
  • "Food is delicious and they do offer vegan and vegetarian options too so everyone is happy."
  • "Fresh and tasty food. Nice Sunday roast."
  • "The food was very tasty as was the service."
  • "The food is well priced and really excellent with a great specials board for something different each day."
  • "The food is amazing, such a great friendly pub."

Cons:

  • "The food is absolutely horrendous."
  • "Oh my goodness, the food was quite appalling."
  • "Steer clear of the food here, we had to return most of our food because it was so under/over cooked."
  • "The food was flavourless and dry."
  • "Don't believe the hype about the food, it's pretty mediocre these days."
  • "The food that did arrive was just ok, the potatoes tasted like they'd been reheated."
  • "The food was bland and tasteless."

Service

Pros:

  • "Very friendly staff and good value."
  • "Bar staff were lovely and accommodating."
  • "The staff were very friendly and helpful (they helped me carry drinks from the bar up to the roof)."
  • "We had a party of 15, all our meals came out at once, all options were catered for, the food was delicious, and the friendly staff couldn't have been any more helpful - 5 star!!"
  • "Staff is great in this place."
  • "Bar staff are always spot on, service is excellent."
  • "Great service."

Cons:

  • "Very disappointing."
  • "The service was also terribly slow and overall a disappointing experience."
  • "Very poor service."
  • "From the very beginning we found the service lacking."
  • "The waiting staff was a little disappointing."
  • "We've enjoyed several really nice meals here, however they have a serious problem with customer service."
  • "Shocking how this chef won’t get fired/check what kind of plates they give out."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Best pub in Brighton in my humble opinion."
  • "Prices are about average as well, so won't break the bank drinking here."
  • "I thought the prices were reasonable."
  • "Food and drink prices appear to be comparable to those in the UK."
  • "Lovely place, lots of history and not overly expensive."

Cons:

  • "Certainly this old reputation is still reflected in the price-definitely the most expensive roast in the city."
  • "The reason for two stars is the extremely small portion size for the price when eating in the upstairs restaurant."
  • "Average Food for a quite high price."
  • "At £18.50, this was simultaneously the most expensive Sunday Roast I've ever had and also the worst."
  • "Used to have the best nachos in Brighton - unfortunately not anymore. They've almost doubled the price (from £7 to £11) and made them half of the size."

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