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Beer of the Week (w/e 16th June 2024) with Wittenden
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The Hole in the Wall, Brighton
Brighton
BN1 2FE
Served areas
The Hole In The Wall
Not sure where to find us?
Look for the massive Google Maps pin, we’re just round the corner.
4:11 PM Jul 4th 2021 from Twitter for iPhone
Reviews of The Hole in the Wall (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Hole in the Wall
By miles the best venue visited in this 2-day in the day visit to Brighton. Clearly the other venues I have ticked off were very different to this traditional pub so no surprises by my accolade for the venue and its lofty heights. As noted below, two room venue with a small walk through on the side of the bar area that divides both rooms with service from both sides of the bar. Very well worn red fabric banquettes with small white topped round tables in front thereof that I occupied on my sole punter at the venue visit around 1.30pm today. Plenty of high stools with similar fabric covering at the ledge along left hand side of front room and at the bar in the front room. A great soundtrack during my visit also.
I too was caught out by the 5 hand pumps staring at me on walking through the front door but I did see the chalk board through the bar on the wall in the back bar still not spying the much larger board on the left hand wall inside the front door. Panic over was quickly reassured this place deserves all the lofty ratings it has achieved on PG! Rather than replicate the beers (there were 4 cask offerings and I took a flawless pint of the Kazbek pale ale from Redemption) have posted a picture of the board as it was today on the date of my visit.
I hadn’t noticed this pub in the over 10 years I have been regularly popping into Brighton from weekend place nearby. It instantly will become of one of my go to venues in Brighton, space permitting of course as it is quite a small venue but no doubt has overspill onto the quiet area out the front in a pretty sheltered spot. It has a number of CAMRA awards above the beer board in the front bar and very well deserved I must say. Top notch venue.
On 10th June 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 269 recommendations about 269 pubs]
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Hole in the Wall
Small, two-room side-street pub located very close to (but hidden from) the beach. Limited seating and decoration in both parts, but it retains a very traditional feel. Four cask beers available from the bank of five handpumps on the front counter of the central servery, so you have to locate the chalkboard to see what's actually on. Anyway, I found Brew York's Maris the Otter (£4.50) plus a Session IPA from London Beer Lab, Bristol Beer Factory Wild West and Siren's Recurring Dream.
On 21st April 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 8164 recommendations about 8164 pubs]
Will Larter left this review about The Hole in the Wall
I hole-heartedly (sorry) agree with the two previous reviewers. I did a momentary double-take on entering and finding four empty hand pumps; then I saw how sparklingly clean and polished they were, and turned to see four cask beers listed on the blackboard, along with 10 keg beers and three ciders. A slight disappointment in seeing that three out of four cask were from northern breweries whose reputations, in my opinion, are better than their beers. I went for Burning Sky Aurora which was NBSS 4 and almost had me thinking of staying for another. Definitely one that I'll return to, though. If not this trip then next time.
On 6th February 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3834 recommendations about 3558 pubs]
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