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East Street Tap, Brighton

74 East Street
Brighton
BN1 1HQ

Phone: 01273777505

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Brighton Central

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Moby Duck left this review about East Street Tap

Set in a basic downstairs space, there is plenty of bench seating along with a number of small tables, there is additional upstairs seating not open on my lunchtime visit. All keg with a few bona fide craft options alongside more standard stuff' I went for an Abyss Super Pale. The Wifi password was displayed on the wall in bold capital letters, it turned out of course to be all lower case, I worked it out.
I cant say it's a place I'll likely rush back to on my next Brighton trip.

On 2^nd August 2026 - rating: 5
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David Walton left this review about East Street Tap

I hadn’t read previous reviews of this place ahead of getting here and so there was an element of “I told you so” that enveloped me when I saw what was on offer and then read the previous reviews. I had expected the venue to offer a bit more variety. I don’t mind the somewhat more agricultural toilets and distressed feel of the place, it is the beer I am here for.

Beer wise it essentially offers a variety of the Laine beers (Sonar, Arf Arf, Source, Mangolicious if I have that right, Fader) plus some fairly bland other offerings on tap. No hand pumps on the bar these days. The bland other offerings were K1664, Orchard Thieves cider, Strongbow dark fruits, Moretti, Guinness, Red Stripe. Indeed the only things that rescued it to a 5 for me was a couple of taps for Orbit beers (Dead Wax and Nico).

Another thing that slightly elevated it was the grungy (what a surprise) soundtrack here and the very enthusiastic bar staff. To be fair there was little atmosphere inside other than the music as almost everyone else was sitting on the benches outside in the sunshine. Can imagine it would be more fun at a different time.

On 9^th June 2024 - rating: 5
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paulof horsham left this review about East Street Tap

Having gone through a few names over the years, the East Street Tap moniker has been in place for a few years now. It seems, on entering, that whatever fixtures and fittings applied previously were simply removed with a sledge hammer and that was that, given the tatty bare brickwork and exposed light bulbs. The toilets feature plenty of graffiti.

4 handpumps adorn the bar and, on a previous visit, served up a passable Gun Pale. This time, however, there was no cask ale to be had, so craft keg it was - there's a wide selection but only the Laine's Source Pale was hitting the low-ABV / no odd flavourings sweet-spot.

To be honest, we only use the place as a rendezvous before moving on to a gig at Chalk round the corner and I really couldn't envisage spending the entire evening in such a squalid environment.

On 1^st April 2022 - rating: 4
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