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Temple Bar, Brighton
Brighton
BN1 2AD
Reviews of Temple Bar (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Pub SignMan left this review about Temple Bar
This is a fancy looking craft beer bar on the busy main road between Brighton and Hove. You enter into a bare boarded room with an island servery directly opposite the front door. Beer taps can be found around three sides of the servery, and with no beer board in sight, you'll need to go on a bit of a wander to figure out exactly what you want to order. Low stools have been arranged under the front windows, with high stools down the right side of the room and some uncomfortable low benches along the back wall with more low stools in support. The bar has an excellent dark wood counter that boasts some smart, detailed woodworking, but sadly there is no bar back to speak of. Bare brick walls have been enlivened by colourful paintings of local landmarks, sparkling bunting, rainbow flags and glitter balls, which sounds a bit overbearing, but actually works quite well. Steps to the rear lead to an additional seating space with lots of mixed options in a brick and tiled wall area that lacks the vibrancy of the main bar space. Some of the lights illuminating the bar area were hung in old beer kegs, which looked pretty cool and helped to keep the lighting nicely muted. Upbeat tunes were playing in the background throughout my stay and there was a slow but steady stream of customers, without the place ever feeling remotely busy on a Saturday evening.
There's no cask ale to be found here, but a reasonable range of craft and mainstream keg beer offers some degree of consolation. I opted for a pint of Tiny Rebel Clwb Tropicana, which a cheery barman sold to me for an eye watering £7.75. Its a decent enough beer, but I have no idea what justifies such an insane price tag.
I thought this was a pretty good craft beer bar, that has a good location, making it easy to add to a varied crawl of pubs on this side of the city. However, the extortionate prices mean that there's little gain to be found here and punters would be better off getting their craft beer kicks from the likes of Bison Beer instead.
Date of visit - 24th September 2023
On 1st January 2024
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3114 recommendations about 3114 pubs]
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Temple Bar
Craft beer bar located in a corner plot on the busy Western Road.
The friendly barmaid didn't get too flustered when a large group of us arrived and were struggling to decide what to order. The bar is close to the front entrance with seating either side of it and a slightly raised area with further seating to the rear right.
Amongst the crafty beers on offer were Beavertown Gamma Ray, By The Horns Squeezer & Cosmic Warrior, UnBarred Casual Pale & Franciscan Well Chieftain. No real ales, but my Squeezer was refreshing.
Not my usual sort of pub, but we were doing a crawl of a few Brighton pubs we hadn't been to before. Not too bad overall.
On 10th May 2023
- rating: 5
[User has posted 2452 recommendations about 2451 pubs]
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paulof horsham left this review about Temple Bar
Another Indigo managed pub. This one seemingly trying to get the student pound, if the music and large-screen TVs are anything to go by. Succeeding in that aim, too, if the crowds at the bar are anything to go by. We were visiting in connection with the Festival Fringe: there's an upstairs room which was booked for comedy but would presumably see a few live music evenings from time to time.
On the bar, you get a good half-dozen or so local ales: Bill King's new Firebird brewery had a solid presence when we popped in. The keg range extends sightly beyond the usual suspects.
If you can deal with the aural & visual intrusions, this one's worth a look-in if you've overshot Brighton's shops and you find yourself heading into Hove.
On 1st June 2014
- rating: 7
[User has posted 453 recommendations about 425 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 29 November 2022 by paulof horsham
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Beer Garden : No last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Car Park : No last updated 29 November 2022 by paulof horsham
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Darts : No last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 29 November 2022 by paulof horsham
- Function Room : Yes last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 November 2022 by paulof horsham
- Jukebox : No last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Karaoke : No last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Micropub : No last updated 29 November 2022 by paulof horsham
- Pinball : No last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : No last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
- Real Ale : No last updated 10 May 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
- Real Cider : No last updated 10 May 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
- WiFi : Yes last updated 01 January 2024 by Pub SignMan
