The Romans, Brighton

The Romans is a large pub located a short walk from both Southwick and Fishersgate railway stations. There are a few picnic tables outside the front of the pub on some tarmac, but there is a much more comfortable beer garden at the rear. Inside the pub there is an over eighteens area to the right of the entrance where bar billiards and a quiz machine can be played. The main bar area is to the left of the entrance and the large public bar is at the rear of the pub where there is a dartboard and pool table. Plasma screens are located throughout for showing Sky Sports and there was a decent crowd in attendance when I visit early on a recent Saturday afternoon when Man U(re) were playing their last game of the season. There are function rooms for hire and there is live music and karaoke at the weekends. Standard draught products are available from the bar and only Hobgoblin was available from hand pump as the Harveys Best and Doom Bar were both off. I’m not a big fan of Hobgoblin, but it was well served. Advertisements outside the pub state that food is served all day, but this is not the case as the kitchen is only open during lunch and dinner periods. I did see some food being delivered and it looked like normal pub grub and it was reasonably priced. This is not a pub that I would go out of my way to visit, but if I lived locally I’m sure that I would be seen in here quite often.