The Exchange, Hove

The exterior is hideously painted all black, the interior is decidedly more of a bohemian nature which I quite like in a quirky pub with some modern artwork adorning the walls, some decent music was being played at a sensible volume, there are four handpumps with a couple of beers, 360 Bluebell and Gun Scaramanga along with Rosies Pig Cider, on tap was a mid range craft selection. It's certainly worth the look so don't be put off by the exterior.

Official site of The Exchange - www.exchangehove.pub

Official site of The Exchange - www.exchangehove.pub

I visited the Exchange on Tuesday evening and found a quiet pub with a projector screen to the right of the entrance and plasma screens throughout. The football on Sky Sports was a Championship game which probably explains the lack of custom. It was much busier in here with a large student contingent when I first visited last year on the Saturday evening after Manchester City won the FA Cup. That was my first and last dabble in the Jaeger Bomb phenomenon that has swept the country as it took me half an hour to find Hove Railway Station that is less than a two minute walk away. The interior is made up by seating to the right of the entrance that faces the projector screen and more raised seating to the right and opposite the bar. There is a room behind the bar to the left that houses a pool table and dartboard. Along with a mix of standard and premium draught products on the bar there are four hand pumps. Two of these were unused leaving Laines Best and Prospect as the ale options. Happy hour(s) are between 16:00 and 20:00 during the week and whenever Spurs are televised and winning, which explains the football shirts that hang from the walls. Food is served, but I didn’t notice any times or prices. I didn’t visit the advertised heated beer garden at the rear, but I did note the picnics tables that line the front path of the pub. I like it in here and would choose this pub over the others in the area if there was a match on that took my fancy. The extension until midnight every night is an added bonus.