The Quadrant, Brighton

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A pub on two levels, with a couple of steps between the two; taps are shared between them as well. The sole handpump is on the upper part but is now used as a towel holder, so it's mainstream lager, Guinness or craft keg for the beer drinker. £7 (yes, really) got me an Unbarred Joosy, featuring plenty of head. Service is friendly and its dead central, but I'm not sure there's much more to commend it these days unless you're attending an event upstairs.

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Another decent little pub. I can't really add to Pubsignman's description so I won't try to! There were 3 beers on when I called. We tried 2 from the Hepworth brewery - Prospect and Pullman. Both were good but nothing special. I would happily call in again.

Another pub on the road running from the train station to the beach, this is a smart venue with plenty of interesting Victorian features, despite the pub having been opened out a fair bit over the years. Entering into the lower bar, you find a room with scuffed floorboards, banquette and low stool seating to the left under an enormous mirror and a lovely curved, dark wood bar counter to the right. The bar has decorative brass lamps on the counter top and an impressive, elaborately detailed bar back arch with some nice old lights above the serving area. A staircase to the rear of the room leads up past a nice series of etched glass panes to a first-floor room that occasionally plays host to live music, as was the case when I visited during the Washout Festival. The upper bar is a small, wedge-shaped space with a deceptive amount of room for small tables served by a mix of chairs and low stools. Some nice lamps act as feature decorations in the front windows and there is a grand mural of the back wall depicting a somewhat cliched Victorian-era scene, whilst a few old black and white photos of local landmarks round out the room’s décor. There was a nice relaxed vibe in here on a Saturday evening accompanied by solid soundtrack of rock songs which played quietly enough in the background. The bar supports five handpulls which were dispensing Black Sheep Holy Grail, Robinsons Trooper, Dorking Red India and a cider, with one pump unused. The Red India was a rather steep £4.55 for a pint, but it was in good nick and went down nicely. The barman here was highly efficient and very friendly, dealing well with some younger customers who turned up for the festival but had no ID on them. I missed out on this pub during the Pubs Galore Brighton crawl the previous year, so was keen to check it out when I was next in town. It was definitely worth the wait, as I really enjoyed the fine Victorian features and the well-kept ale. Like many Brighton pubs, this place does a fine job without really standing out from the crowd, thus becoming another to add to the long list of pubs worth checking out or adding to a crawl around the city.