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The Royal Sovereign, Shoreham-By-Sea

6 Middle Street
Shoreham-By-Sea
BN43 5DP

Phone: 01273453518

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Shoreham-By-Sea Central

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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Royal Sovereign

A good old school back street boozer with polished timber and cream painted panels, topped off with an ornate shelf, throughout the pub. The bar area faces you and is finished in a rich chestnut coloured timber. The interior is carpeted throughout with a floral patterned old style carpet. Five pumps with four on, London Pride, Harveys Bitter, Longham Blonde and Doombore. Very busy on our visit and the Thai food seems popular with the locals.

On 22^nd April 2025 - rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Royal Sovereign

With an impressive green United Brewery tiled exterior and United Brewery windows, this is a cosy backstreet pub with a bar area at the front and a small dining area to the rear, where Thai food is served in the evenings. Tables were booked throughout the pub for the evening session.

Plenty of photographs of Shoreham from years gone by adorn the walls and whilst the real ale selection is limited to Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter, Sharp's Doom Bar & Fuller's London Pride, the Sussex Best was actually quite enjoyable. With a few more real ales, this could be a real gem of a pub.

On 19^th October 2023 - rating: 6
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Strongers . left this review about The Royal Sovereign

The Royal Sovereign is located up a little side road just off the high street which meant that it wasn’t packed like the other pubs I visited along this stretch on a recent Saturday night. The interior is made up by a square front seating area that is faced by the bar and some seating to the left rear. Standard draught was available and I counted six hand pumps. One of these was unused leaving Dark Star’s APA, Sharp’s Doom Bar, Fullers London Pride, Harvey’s Best and Wadworth’s 6X as the ale options. There was some English food advertised, but this is a pub with a Thai kitchen.
There was no background music and I didn’t see any televisions. I did spot a sign by the front door stating that there is no entrance after midnight so there is obviously a late license.

I liked it in here as the service was very friendly so I certainly would pop back in if passing.

On 23^rd November 2012 - rating: 7
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