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The Westbourne, Aldrington, Hove
Hove
BN3 5DN
Served areas

Reviews of The Westbourne (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Real Ale Ray left this review about The Westbourne
This pub felt more of a food led pub on our Thursday afternoon visit. The bar area was completely deserted of staff as they were concentrating on serving the food out from the kitchen hatch down at the far right hand side. We waited patiently and didn't get any apology, plus I found for all the free space in the pub, that the seating was very limited, however the exterior was excellent. Four handpumps Vibrant Forest PUPA and Black Forest Porter, Gun Brewery Zamzama IPA and Dorking Brewery DB ONE Best. There was also a choice of ten craft beers along the bar front.
On 14th April 2025
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3644 recommendations about 3644 pubs]
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Westbourne
As Paul says below, the Westbourne is a trendy local on the Portland Road. The brightly painted blue exterior has "Westbourne" painted in large yellow letters, just in case you're struggling to locate it.
The bar is on the right-hand side as you enter from the corner. There are 4 handpulls, which were dispensing Dorking Vestri, Only With Love Dodger, Burning Sky Export Stout & Sunken Knave Firebreak. Craft beers were Bristol Beer Factory Black Gates, Burning Sky Vatted Porter & Arise, Wiper & True Third Time's A Charm, Hand Mono, Hammerton Quaff & Only With Love Bantam. Keg ciders were Little Pomona Little Miracle, Sandford Orchards Devon Red & Umbrella Cider.
This is a pub which has dropped out of this year's Good Beer Guide. But I thought the beer selection was very good and my Sunken Knave Firebreak was in a reasonable condition. Defnitely one to include on any Hove crawl.
On 6th February 2025
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3040 recommendations about 3038 pubs]
paulof horsham left this review about The Westbourne
The Westbourne is a trendy neighbourhood local at the Hove end of lengthy Portland Road. A large bar supports plenty of empty space, but also 4 handpumps serving quality ales from Long Man, Thornbridge & Brew York plus an exceptional New Zealand Pale from Burning Sky. There's considerably more keg but, again, these are well chosen, featuring Burning Sky, Unbarred, Iron Pier and more, with a solitary Guinness badge catering for the mainstream.
The menu fits easily onto a single sheet of A4, divided pretty much equally between Light Bites, Mains and Burgers.
The pub's popular late on a Saturday afternoon, both inside and out, and it's easy to see why.
On 2nd September 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 554 recommendations about 516 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 25 September 2023 by paulof horsham
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 25 September 2023 by paulof horsham
- Car Park : No last updated 25 September 2023 by paulof horsham
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 25 September 2023 by paulof horsham
- Micropub : No last updated 25 September 2023 by paulof horsham
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 02 September 2024 by paulof horsham
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 11 June 2011 by Alan Hurdle
- Real Cider : No last updated 06 February 2025 by Blue Scrumpy
- WiFi : Yes last updated 02 September 2024 by paulof horsham