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Victoria Hotel, Eastbourne
Eastbourne
BN22 7BU
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Reviews of Victoria Hotel (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Victoria Hotel
Victorian corner local located in a residential area, but still close to the seafront and the busy Seaside road (A259). My Monday afternoon visit was shortly after 3pm, with the pub not long having opened. Two other customers were present, along with the young barman who was sporting a black eye from a rugby match. The card machine had been left off charge overnight. So, I'd almost finished by the beer by the time I paid for it. By this point, a few other locals (all still blokes) had arrived, in addition to a dog.
Whilst I didn't venture to the room at the rear, the one at the front was very impressively decorated. TVs for live sport didn't spoil the decor particularly, and they were switched off in any case for my visit.
Being a tied Harvey's house, the Sussex Best Bitter is their regular ale. In addition, they also had Wild Hop & Old Ale. I can't say that I was too enamoured with my Wild Hop and a quick look around confirmed that I was the only one drinking the ale. Perhaps this is the reason why the pub has been missing from the last 4 editions of the Good Beer Guide. Weston's Old Rosie was promoted above the bar, but I couldn't see any evidence of it actually being available.
Nevertheless, I found this to be a fairly friendly neighbourhood local that is certainly worth a look inside, if only for its impressive front bar.
On 10th October 2023
- rating: 6
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Steve of N21 left this review about Victoria Hotel
This was the closest pub to our B&B during our recent visit to Eastbourne and we utilised it for an early evening beer on a couple of evenings before moving off into town.
A good traditional interior which is unchanged from previous reviews and is as described below, it was a bit quiet on our mid week visit, with just a couple of old boys in but not so on the early Friday evening when we popped in when it was standing room only and quite an eclectic mix of locals including what I took to be quite a mature hen party group.
This is a Harvey’s house and the same three Harvey’s beers as per the previous reviews were on and the Armada was a very well kept pint.
On 14th July 2019
- rating: 7
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John Bonser left this review about Victoria Hotel
Occupying a street corner position in a residential side street a block or so inland from the sea front is The Victoria Hotel, a fine, welcoming, traditional, community orientated, local.
It’s a Victorian era pub with a door on each street, indicating a former multi bar pub. We now have a comfortable, carpeted single bar pub with a semi circular central bar servery. The interior features gold, floral wallpaper, a number of old pictures of Queen Victoria, a high burgundy coloured ceiling and the trademark large arched windows. Hanging from the ceiling is a collection of jugs and these extend to the shelves round the perimeter of the room. The seating area is divided into small semi circular seating areas with padded seats. High up on the bar back is a collection of beer bottles. Old small circular photos of former kings and queens etched into the windows add to the traditional feel, although these are obviously not original. Reminiscent of Eastenders, a bust of Queen Victoria occupies a prominent position on the bar counter. Overall, the pub still retains something of a feel of a pub from an earlier, maybe better, era of pub going.
A separate room at the back of the pub – probably the former official public bar – is more basic and contains a pool table and a Toad in the Hole game. On the walls here are the usual photos of a selection of other Harvey’s pubs. A door here leads out to a pleasant outside seating courtyard area.
The Victoria Hotel is a Harvey’s tied outlet which, on my visit, was serving Best, Old and Armada. Beers sampled were in good form, as befits a CAMRA Good Beer Guide regular.
A page in the pub menu exhorts me to “why not visit our other pubs in the area – The Heath, Haywards Heath and The Alma, Uckfield” which, noting that no reference is made to Harvey’s other Eastbourne pubs, suggests to me that the two named pubs are under the same individual tenancy.
Accommodation is offered, but, despite the name, this is first and foremost a fine, traditional pub.
This pub was specifically recommended to me as one to prioritise when in Eastbourne. I’m well glad that I made the effort to seek it out and I’d be looking to return when the opportunity presents itself.
On 1st January 2014
- rating: 7
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- Official site of Victoria Hotel - www.thevictoriaeastbourne.co.uk
- CAMRA WhatPub :: Victoria Hotel - whatpub.com
- Historic Pub Interiors - pubheritage.camra.org.uk
Hampden Park (Sussex), 2.6 miles, 50 min walk (show)
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 13 September 2013 by David McNally
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 04 January 2014 by Steve C
- Beer Festivals : Yes - April - last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 04 January 2014 by Steve C
- Car Park : No last updated 04 January 2014 by Steve C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 04 January 2014 by Steve C
- Darts : Yes last updated 13 September 2013 by David McNally
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 10 March 2011 by hondo .
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 13 September 2013 by David McNally
- Micropub : No last updated 16 August 2022 by paulof horsham
- Pinball : No last updated 04 January 2014 by Steve C
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 13 September 2013 by David McNally
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 13 September 2013 by David McNally
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
