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The Volunteer, Lewes

Eastgate Street
Lewes
BN7 2LP

Phone: 01273476357

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Punch Taverns

Served areas

Lewes Town

Reviews of The Volunteer (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

Real Ale Ray left this review about The Volunteer

We popped in here on a Friday afternoon and the pub was very quiet, maybe it gets busy in the evening. The interior is very spacious and had some nicely patterned floor tiles around the bar area and beyond, the ceilings were white with the beams painted in black. It looked a well run pub, was very clean and tidy and the staff were welcoming. We even got a thanks for calling on our way out. Four handpumps with two ales on, Harveys Sussex Best and St Austell Proper Job. We went for the Proper Job which was in excellent shape. The pub also has darts, pool table and sport on large screens, toad in the hole and is a music venue.

On 17^th April 2025 - rating: 6
[User has posted 3644 recommendations about 3644 pubs]

David Walton left this review about The Volunteer

Visited 16/01/25. Visited previously 11/05/19.

Four hand pumps, three on stream providing Harvey's Sussex Best, Proper Job and Old Rosie cider. Keg offering was Red Stripe, Inch's, Neck Oil, Guinness, Amstel, K1664, Cruz and SB dark fruits.

Sport orientated pub in Lewes town centre. Bar counter is along the left-hand wall in the front part of the venue. Tiled on this side of the pub with a few stools at the front edge of the bar counter. Right hand side is bare boarded and regular tables and chairs in the front area with a couple of dark leather sofas around the non-operational fire grate. The back part of the pub is just bare boarded and has a pool table and dart board and the few in here late'ish Thursday evening we're watching the footy with commentary. Similarly served by regular tables and chairs. This is one of the more basic pubs in Lewes town centre but is generally a pretty busy venue at the weekend.

On 7^th April 2025 - rating: 5
[User has posted 631 recommendations about 631 pubs]

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Moby Duck left this review about The Volunteer

The pub has a shabby looking exterior,a smarter open plan layout inside inside but all rather uninspiring, entertainment wise there's a pool table, fruit machines and TV screens. Three of the four handpumps were in use with the expected Harveys and increasingly common Proper Job along with Old Rosie Cider. Nothing ultimately wrong with the pub but not my style.

On 8^th September 2022 - rating: 5
[User has posted 2151 recommendations about 2118 pubs]

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