Seven Stars Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Nice pub with friendly barman and excellent range of beers in this hot weather."
• "Although our initial greeting was a bit surly, the staff actually turned out to be very friendly."
• "The service was also excellent: I ordered a half pint but the waiter misunderstood and gave me a pint and he just charged a half pint."
• "Tonight (27.05.21) you had amazing staff, that I don't know their names, but they were the best so far, very attentive and helpful."
• "They were short staffed and busy but the staff were lovely especially a young girl with brown hair in buns."
• "The staff are friendly and they had a trio playing in the window who were very refreshing."
• "The staff were really friendly and one even got me a stool to sit on without asking."

Cons:

• "This year no live music and the staff were rude."
• "Good selection of beer and plenty of seating, however, staff seemed to be more concerned with refilling tiny bottles of tonic water than serving the waiting customers."
• "Absolutely terrible service."
• "Just the vibe of the place wasn't great, suspiciously dead during a busy Saturday when we visited."
• "Food took a while and despite checking our friends order would arrive with ours, it did not."
• "Unfortunately we recently received unprofessional rude service on the bar."
• "Staff was unbelievably rude! One server snapped at us for politely asking for a glass of water."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "We ordered Sunday roasts which were very tasty, but the roast potatoes weren't quite up to scratch."
• "The food is awesome, super tasty Street food."
• "Food was fantastic, great portions, good price."
• "The food is amazing here! We got the fish n chips and some cheesy fries with crispy bacon 🤌"
• "Interesting pub, loads of good craft beers and exciting and unusual food. I had a 'Pigchickenpigchickenpig', which was incredible."
• "The roasts here are insanely good. Best roast I have had out."
• "Really yummy Sunday roast and the children's half portion of roast was even big enough for me!"

Cons:

• "A draughty hall where drinks are served."
• "The sausage and mash I had was so overpowered by the gravy that it was not pleasant to eat."
• "The vegetarian and vegan options that were had on a recent visit were bland."
• "Mulled wine tasted like syrup and cloves and severely lacking in wine - had to buy a glass of wine to make it taste better."
• "Horrendously overpriced beers (£7 for a pint) and the food was mediocre for what we paid."
• "Disappointingly bland food; from what appeared to be an interesting American inspired menu."
• "Had a meal of beautifully presented food but it was a weird concoction of smoked salmon greens squash and pumpkin seeds."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "Nice place, gorgeous decoration, reasonably priced."
• "Oh and the decor is amazing plus they have live jazz every Sunday from 4.30pm."
• "Wonderfully redesigned in the format of it's 1960s style with the bar back in the centre of the pub as was back then."
• "The interior decoration of the pub is great too, there is a nice 1920' vibe to it."
• "Came to Brighton for a long weekend from London, and was pleasantly surprised when coming into this pub, the interior is beautiful, they've kept the personality of the building whilst keeping it up to date and fitting to Brighton."
• "Lovely redesign means this historic building has now got a worthy pub!"
• "The place had a cool look, mixing old school pub with modern touches."

Cons:

• "Small pub, bit tired looking."
• "Now it's been redecorated in a repellant, stereotypically 'posh'/'right-wing', fashion."
• "What have they done to it? Used to be a great place, lively, a bit eclectic, nice and open, (though the cages at the back were novel). Now they've moved the bar and genericised the decor, there's no class."
• "Just the vibe of the place wasn't great, suspiciously dead during a busy Saturday when we visited."
• "Decor and atmosphere is nice inside - quite dark with soft lighting."
• "Nice ambience though a bit loud."
• "Okay but apart from hand gel there was no cleaning of areas that had previously had people in and no screens up other than the bar."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "Nice place, gorgeous decoration, reasonably priced."
• "Food was fantastic, great portions, good price."
• "Food is really good and competitively priced for its location."
• "Great food and a nice ale."
• "Food is great, gin is great."
• "Would give this place 7 Stars if I could!"
• "An incredible experience all round for a bank holiday lunchtime - excellent service, wonderful ale, super food and a cracking selection of tunes on the stereo! *****"

Cons:

• "£16 for the beef roast, which was very stingy."
• "Beer is very expensive, otherwise I would have given it 5 stars."
• "Horrendously overpriced beers (£7 for a pint) and the food was mediocre for what we paid."
• "Too expensive, this was the most expensive pub I went in at a weeks holiday in Brighton."
• "The beef was cold and there really wasn't much of it for cost of the dish."
• "The drinks were overpriced, staff were rude, dismissive and arrogant."
• "It’s embarrassing when trying to buy a round of drinks for my friends."

Entertainment and Music

Pros:

• "Amazing vibe in this place on a Sunday afternoon. A live band was on with plenty of enthusiastic people Lindy hopping in front of them."
• "Oh and the decor is amazing plus they have live jazz every Sunday from 4.30pm."
• "Wandered down into Brighton South Lanes looking for a fun, relaxed venue with a broad age range, music and room to dance a little bit on a Saturday night.. thought Seven Stars might be a good 'launch point' expecting to try a few places tbh... stayed there the whole evening and Seven Stars ticked all the boxes! Great night!!"
• "The staff are friendly and they had a trio playing in the window who were very refreshing."
• "This place is awesome! Good drinks on tap, and the live jazz music was brilliant when we dropped in on Saturday night."
• "Place to go if you like live music, good food, good gin cocktails I love the place."
• "A lovely little pub with a good atmosphere - the live jazz band was a nice touch."

Cons:

• "Excruciatingly loud but it's a pub and a Saturday night."
• "The music is played so loudly that the only conversation possible is shouted."
• "Not great for a chat with a pal when it's like that to be fair."
• "Nice spot to have drinks. We liked the live music but it was too loud so we couldn’t talk."
• "Would have stayed longer for drinks but DJ came on at 9:15 and we could no longer talk."
• "Situated in the Lanes the rooms are cool and was able to watch Germany get knocked out of the World Cup."
• "Okay but apart from hand gel there was no cleaning of areas that had previously had people in and no screens up other than the bar."