The Royal George, Hove

The Cliftonville Inn is a large single room and open plan Wetherspoons pub that was a quarter full with older gentlemen and students when I visited on Tuesday evening. The right hand side is taken up by lots of seating and the bar is found on the left hand wall. The usual draught suspects are all found here and the twelve hand pumps were drawing a mix of JDW stalwarts and beers from local breweries. The drinks are cheap, as is the food even before certain promotions are taken into account. I found the staff to be efficient and the manager seemed like he was very popular with the locals. I wasn’t surprised that there was no back music playing, but I was surprised to see the Arsenal v AC Milan Champions League game being shown on the two plasma screens. Obviously the sound was muted, but it’s a step in the right direction. ;) I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit any Spoons pub, but I’d have no problem returning here if passing.

Fair sized Wetherspoon's with (usually)a good range of guest beers.