North Laine Brewhouse Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The North Laine Brewery is like a cozy little haven, with exposed brick walls, wooden beams, and plenty of cozy seating."
• "Really good atmosphere."
• "Great for big groups and watching the World Cup."
• "Always fun and nice staff."
• "Warm and cozy on Sunday with candles and great music."
• "Superb atmosphere and a top-notch crew."
• "Nice place with a trendy atmosphere."

Cons:

• "So noisy you can't hear the people next to you and bar staff that are some of the slowest servers I've ever encountered."
• "The other major drawback to this pub is the noise."
• "Often find the music is too loud for easy conversation."
• "Everyone sitting outside because the music is so stupidly loud. This pub thinks it’s a club."
• "It can get very loud, though, and when it does, your chances of hearing the person sitting next to you go down to zero."
• "Next to no atmosphere on a Saturday afternoon and the toilets stank like a Council owned public convenience."
• "The north Laine promised to play World Cup games with sound but instead play the music loud as they possibly can."

Service

Pros:

• "Great service! We needed to charge a laptop and get some work done and were shown to a table with a convenient outlet."
• "Staff were friendly and attentive and Cherry Bomb was just FABULOUS!"
• "Visited with a group of friends for the first time yesterday and was served by Lisa at the bar who was really friendly and went above and beyond to make sure we had a great time, her customer service was 10/10, will definitely be returning!"
• "Young and intelligent staff who are obviously managed and developed so as to encourage ideas for the benefit of the North Laine and customers."
• "Staff worked very hard to keep bar queues short and were friendly and patient throughout the day."
• "Lovely helpful staff!"
• "The service from Willow and Lebby was great and the drinks were tasty and reasonable."

Cons:

• "Laughable service, lack of beers on tap, Toilet is terrible."
• "The female bartender was pretty rude."
• "So ashamed of this place it hurts."
• "Awful service. I won't make that mistake again."
• "Service has really gone downhill with unfriendly and rude staff, did not feel welcome whatsoever."
• "We experienced an extremely rude waitress, who when asked a question, replied with angry sarcasm."
• "Female waitress also had an attitude that she didn't want to be there the whole night."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "The house brewed beers were good, the burgers looked great."
• "First class beer and spirits."
• "Excellent pub, really good range of beers and a really good food menu."
• "Tucked into the Vegan Mushroom burger! Love how the menu includes lots of the tasty beers that they brew here!"
• "One of the best roasts around, the quality and portions were amazing for such good value!"
• "The food was exciting with a brilliant flair and brought me an overwhelming amount of joy."
• "They brew their own beer as well as serve excellent beers."

Cons:

• "An entrant in 2021 GBG, had no real ale when we visited this evening, with none in prospect for at least 2 weeks."
• "It's not Bottomless brunch if it's only for an hour."
• "The 'beer' brewed onsite is absolutely horrible and over-priced."
• "The food is overpriced & skank."
• "Worst experience ever 45 min wait for a drink after someone coming with the wrong drink 3 times and saying that they run out of passion fruit."
• "Highly disappointing Chicken Po' Boy - bone dry, stale baguette, a handful of over-spiced chicken chunks and a tiny smear of sauce."
• "Food was slow, cold & burnt. Manager was very rude - we were refused a refund because '4 tables have already asked for a refund today'."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Drinks are reasonably priced and the staff are nice plus it is clean."

Cons:

• "Floor and tables do have a tendency to get sticky."
• "The fact that the toilets are still disgusting shows how much you really care."
• "Finally the toilets were disgusting. When going down the stairs, it just STANK of urine and in the ladies it just stank of puke."
• "3 months of lockdown and you couldn't clean your toilets or make sure your hand dryer is working?"
• "Pub's OK, but the loo's stink. No, they literally stink."

Value

Pros:

• "Not a bad pub. Lots of tables and not too expensive for Brighton."
• "Had fab roast, waaaaay to big for me to demolish but delish, great value for money!!"
• "Nice pub to grab a few at, we ate the loaded fries (meat and veg option) - can only recommend."

Cons:

• "A pure Greedhead chain of pubs forcing their overpriced inferior brew on us."
• "The soft drinks are wayyy too overpriced as well, over £4 for a coke, ridiculous."
• "Incredible overpriced drinks, a shame because I was really hoping to like the place."
• "Serving and brewing the worse beer in Sussex."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "This place is very spacious and has loads of room for big groups."

Cons:

• "Only negative would be not a great outside space to drink."
• "No serious pub should have kids running around screaming when you want to enjoy food & a drink."

Entertainment

Pros:

• "Loads of things going on here too."
• "This is an awesome pub, you can play table tennis, it is great."
• "Great drinks and activities at the venue made for a great night out."

Cons:

• "The pub itself was absolutely fine... But there was some form of event involving idiots with UV body paint about to begin."