J W Lennon's in Brighton and Hove

Can't believe I've not been here sooner... from the outside you may not be drawn in but the stories of its greatness are filtering across the city. £3 a pint for some good hand pull ales. A fine selection of hot dogs, beautifully prepared and brimming with taste and all for a super value price. Nice surroundings, great music, chatty bar staff, live bluegrass on Monday evenings. What's not to like...?! You must try this place, it deserves to be busier that's all that let's it down.

My partner and I visited this pub for a quick drink before heading into the town centre. We did arrive early in the evening so it was very quiet as In not busy with just a few people inside. The bar lady was very welcoming. There was some Irish music playing so as to add to the ambience of the place. I got a pint of ale and my partner a rose wine. The prices were very reasonable . Would probably have been better if we had visited later in the evening in all honesty.

This is a lovely little pub if you want a few beers in a friendly genuine atmosphere. Eclectic decor, lots of framed photos and prints , old church pews for benches , excellent real ales , at £3 a pint , decent snack food and friendly staff. Worth looking out for especially of the pubs in St James street are packed .

Can't believe I've not been here sooner... from the outside you may not be drawn in but the stories of its greatness are filtering across the city. £3 a pint for some good hand pull ales. A fine selection of hot dogs, beautifully prepared and brimming with taste and all for a super value price. Nice surroundings, great music, chatty bar staff, live bluegrass on Monday evenings. What's not to like...?! You must try this place, it deserves to be busier that's all that let's it down.

My partner and I visited this pub for a quick drink before heading into the town centre. We did arrive early in the evening so it was very quiet as In not busy with just a few people inside. The bar lady was very welcoming. There was some Irish music playing so as to add to the ambience of the place. I got a pint of ale and my partner a rose wine. The prices were very reasonable . Would probably have been better if we had visited later in the evening in all honesty.

Popped into the Walrus for a last minute Sunday Lunch and was not disappointed. The food is really tasty and well prepared - I opted for the chicken and my partner had the lamb. My only downside was the staff and atmosphere was a bit flat, It almost felt we were an inconvenience and when I asked if the table could be wiped down (it was messy from the previous diner) I got a big sigh.. Overall the food and value is great but felt disappointed by the staffs attitude.

Easy parking, newly refurbished and looks fab. As we were in a group of 12 the meal was pre-ordered. Once seated it took 30 minutes for the starter to arrive. I had a crab and prawn salad served with a virgin bloody Mary. It was lovely. The main course was more timely, the lamb shank was perfect. Cheesecake dessert was good, the people who had ordered champagne sorbet were asked to reorder as they hadn't been delivered. I guess they buy them in which is disapointing. Serving staff were great. Prosecco was on offer, two bottles for £14 which went down well!! Would definately go back with a smaller group.

Unique pub, great characteristics, and decor, you don't see many pubs like this no more. Best pint of Guinness in all of Brighton, believe me I have done the rounds . Friendly staff , good prices . Sadly this great bar has now closed like many others in the Brighton area

Lovely pub with your typical friendly landlord

Great local pub .a through boozer .not many like this about anymore

Lots of easy riders there. Music and criac was mighty

Brilliant pub and excellent Guinness.

Came over from the US. Met a local who brought us here and it was one of the best and most cultural nights of my life. Great service and great people. I would tell anyone this is the only Pub in Brighton to go to.

friendly staff good atmosphere lovely pint of Guinness.

Amazing Irish establishment staff are just what you want.

Friendly pub, lovely atmosphere, a great pint of Guinness, can’t wait til we can return

Awesome, will return after lockdown

Love this typically Irish old skool pub - yay

No beers of worth on tap. Longman APA on bottle is the redeemer. Kind of a decent looking venue of not for the poor choice of beer

nice place for a relaxing drinks and a friendly barmaid

Use to be fantastic pub on a Friday night now very boring and empty

Ordered a apple juice which obviously was off as had clumps in it he offered orange juice which I took, £1.20 for a orange juice with no flavour and could see on the big carton he poured it from it cost them £1.29. Filthy toilets looked unwashed . I won’t be back

Fairly small, friendly spit and sawdust lrish pub. Local regular clientele. No ale on draught but acceptable bottles

Still the best pint of guinness in Brighton, at £ 3:80 as well.

Wonderful staff. Great, homely space. Love it 💜

Whether travelling from 上海市, 广州市, 北京市, 深圳市, 武汉市, 成都市, 重庆市 Or 天津市, you will be welcomed warmley. A 30 minute stroll along the seafront, past the pier, past the Grand Hotel, towards to i360 will see you arrive at the Regency Restaurant. Coaches or Trains trains direct from London Gatwick to Brighton will get you within a low cost taxi ride to this outstanding, original Irish Pub. Simply the *best* Guinness I have sampled in England.

A really lovely Irish pub 10 min walk from the centre of Brighton. Friendly and welcoming. Serves the best pint of Guiness on the South Coast. Highly recommended. Whether travelling from 上海市, 广州市, 北京市, 深圳市, 武汉市, 成都市, 重庆市 Or 天津市, you will be welcomed warmly. A 30 minute stroll along the seafront, past the pier, past the Grand Hotel, towards to i360 will see you arrive for dinner at the Regency Restaurant. Coaches or Trains trains direct from London Gatwick to Brighton will get you within a low cost taxi ride to this outstanding, original Irish Pub. Simply the *best* Guinness I have sampled in England

Came in on crutches as suffering serious injury. To get to the toilet was quite a long staircase. Though said absolutely nothing about this and just drank my drink in the corner one local lightly joked when I came to the bar to the staff about my disability. Barman just spoke over me and made a remark that I did not have to come in! No provocation by me whatsoever. So if you are disabled in some way expect little respect or courtesy!

Great atmosphere Sean is fantastic slainte!ill be back again. Great stout ale whisky and the rest. See you soon x

A lovely genuine Irish bar 5-7 mins from the Pavilion. No airs or graces. Fantastic Guinness served without a rush. This is a time-wasting experience. Fantastic pub.

Sean is the best landlord in Brighton. This bar is my home from home.xxxx

Nice little old style pub, friendly staff. Always has a nice cider on.

Friendly Bar with a mixed Local crowd with a touch of Irish ...

we were recommended this pub by a hotel staff member, we popped in for a couple and stayed until closing. all pubs should be like this, we had a brilliant night.

Friendly, service 100%... Love the owners! Will always go back, so long as it's being run by these beautiful people 😊🍺

My partner and I visited this pub for a quick drink before heading into the town centre. We did arrive early in the evening so it was very quiet as In not busy with just a few people inside. The bar lady was very welcoming. There was some Irish music playing so as to add to the ambience of the place. I got a pint of ale and my partner a rose wine. The prices were very reasonable . Would probably have been better if we had visited later in the evening in all honesty.

This pub is now run by two old friends who used to run a pub in Camden, London right next to my old office so it was a very pleasant surprise to run into Sean and Bronagh in Brighton! This is a proper local boozer, no tourists or stag nights here. Expect a warm welcome, friendly punters, decent drinks, good music and if you're lucky enough you will hear Bronagh's amazing voice singing to some very subtle karaoke.

Fantastic and friendly little boozer, landlords tourettes seems to be getting a lot worse but him and his colourful partner are fab.

Think most of these reviews are out of date. Sawdust long Gone along with Hotdogs. NEW ( well fairly ) unabashed Landlord with his Lady wife make you feel Welcome. Excellent service and very reasonable prices. Old time Disco/ karaoke on Friday Nights not to be missed if you're middle aged and feel compromised by teeny-boppers.

Fantastic. Landlord great. group eat crowd of people. . Irish pub and everyone treated same. Been in for two weeks each day and everyone like family. Brilliant. Different but can't go wrong xxxxx .

Friendly Pub and Great Staff and Customers

Great Irish hospitality, not many wine selection

Great prices but an otherwise distinctly average pub

Decent Local Pub, with friendly staff.

Excellent hospitality and bargain beer

Firstly, I have to say...I live near this pub and If I have one Regret in life recently in that I had not gone into it...SOONER...... Sean and Bronagh are lovely hosts and a Pleasure to be with... bar has Sky sports (but its not in your face or overbearing....) some locals and others visitors all enjoy and have fun here also some interesting pictures on the walls and items of interest to the Curious.......! Finally, for those who like a cig or even a cigar...there is lovely little outside space out the back of the pub..... So to all the locals and visitors....see you there sometime.... Cheers Patrick J Lynch

Great traditional pub, landlord and landlady very friendly. Best Guinness I've had in a long time. Will visit again when in Brighton.

Best pub in the area, nicest staff ever, Irish culture, live music...

This pub has gotten tired in the last 18 months. It had mixed clientele, saw dust on the floor and the small back room could be sat in. Now it's catering to local elderly Irish men, no saw dust and the back room is used for storage

Popped in for one drink and ended up staying all night. Great atmosphere friendly environment and excellent bar staff

Great locals pub and fantastic Owner's.

Small local drinkers boozer that's has been given a bit of cash for a refurb that to be fair is pretty cool it is what it is locals who know everyone and are wary of new faces and barmen/women who always server those locals first standard really

Lovely beer. Lovely atmos. Stinky bogs.

This is a lovely little pub if you want a few beers in a friendly genuine atmosphere. Eclectic decor, lots of framed photos and prints , old church pews for benches , excellent real ales , at £3 a pint , decent snack food and friendly staff. Worth looking out for especially of the pubs in St James street are packed .

A lovely Irish couple running this quirky pub and bringing to it a wonderfully warm welcome. We will be going back for more malt and hops :)

I loved this place. If I win the lottery i'm buying a house close and spend a lot of time here. Great quality beer served in old fashioned pint glasses, friendly bar staff and the hotdogs were delicious. Well worth a look.

Can't believe I've not been here sooner... from the outside you may not be drawn in but the stories of its greatness are filtering across the city. £3 a pint for some good hand pull ales. A fine selection of hot dogs, beautifully prepared and brimming with taste and all for a super value price. Nice surroundings, great music, chatty bar staff, live bluegrass on Monday evenings. What's not to like...?! You must try this place, it deserves to be busier that's all that let's it down.

Loud music which the barman wouldn't turn down even when asked; dirty glasses; filthy sawdust on the floor (I think this is meant to make the place look 'authentic' - it makes it look grubby).and rude staff. The barman claimed to have called last orders when we asked for a drink: I don't think he did but if he had we wouldn't have heard it over the noise. Not sure which client group the place is aimed at, as far as I could tell it's run for the enjoyment and convenience of the staff alone. I live locally but won't be going back.

We first fell into this pub by accident to escape the rain but were impressed enough to reserve an area for 15 people the next week for a leaving do. The manager Glenn couldn't have been more friendly and helpful throughout the night. It was the first visit there for a lot of our group but we all loved it and had a great night. Good atmosphere, good music, but still able to chat on a Friday night, drinks £3! We will definitely be going back when I'm in the area.

Tried this as it sells real ale and has a smoking area. The beer was ok if a little flat and the smoking area is nothing more than an 8ft by 8ft ex-barrel storage area which is quite shaded by a makeshift roof. Can't imagine getting more than 7 or 8 people in this on a Saturday night. They have live music a couple of nights a week (Jazz/blues etc). It's pretty basic (sawdust on the floor, dodgy toilets) and even the barman described the locals as "colourful". If you want a truly traditional "old man's" pub this is fine but definitely not for the trendy crowd

Fantastic non-touristy characterful pub with a terrace. Great value drinks. Landlord / lady both super friendly... well worth a visit!

This is a wonderful new pub i found in kemp town, brighton. It's decorated in the style of an old irish american bar, lots of old pictures slung up on the walls, old fashioned barrels outside and on walls, and also a large canoe nailed to the wall, but probably the biggest and nicest surprise on walking into the building is all the sawdust and monkey nut shells strewn all over the floor, spit and sawdust style. At the rear of the building you will also find a quaint outside patio. Despite being small, it has a beautiful mosaic styled painting on the back wall and chandelier providing light and heat, all of which makes it very easy to spend hours out there (talking from experience).The staff behind the bar are very accommodating and friendly. They model their waistcoats with pride, giving the visage that it's their uniform, when it seems quite clear that they just enjoy wearing them. Regardless they are a huge benefit to the pub and help produce a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Should you find yourself hungry, the chaps behind the bar will prepare you a sandwich to die for, I don't say this lightly but it was probably one the best sandwiches iv'e ever had. Should you take my advice, it was called 'The Noble Pig'.They can also brag of two live music nights a week. I am yet to attend one of these, but if they live up to my first impression of the pub, you are almost certain to read another review on here regarding the said performance. All in all i would highly recommend this establishment, it is another beautifully hidden gem Brighton has to offer and i shall be returning!

This is much more of a pub than a place to eat so I am reviewing it as such. You can get a fine cheese or meat platter with some rather fine looking artisan bread. There is usually a proper pork pie on offer and other bits and bobs. Pickled onions in a huge jar, bar snacks, tankards of monkey nuts on the bar.Great staff and atmosphere are the main requirements for a truly good pub and this place has both in shovel-loads. From the drifts of sawdust covering the floor, the truly eclectic selections of pictures, artifacts, posters and other objects, and some really interesting music, and of course a couple of the usual lagers (but a few barrels of interesting real ales and a cider with a bit of poke), it all hangs together in a very Brighton way. And all pints are £3 which is not a Brighton-wide luxury. I recently paid nearly £5 for a pint in Hove.Keep an eye out for live music nights. We are not normally night people but when we did venture up with our Trades Union friends from the PCS during their conference last month, it was one of those 'I will always remember this' moments and all for the right reasons. The atmosphere on these nights really takes off and goes places.I like to recommend good venues for our guesthouse visitors. This is definitely one of them. As I said at the start, if you want a full meal, there are a dozen choices within 3 or 4 walk from here.

J.W Lennon's is a great pub. Very cozy atmosphere and has a lot of features that you won't find in any other pub, and that's saying something when you consider all the wild and wonderful things you can find in Brighton.The first thing you'll notice when you walk in here is the sawdust that covers the floor - a bit odd, but it really suits the feel of this Irish-American themed ale house. All of the drinks cost £3 and they have a good selection of ales, a dry cider, two lagers and Guinness draught as well as wines and all the typical spirits. As far as food goes, they do a cold meats board and a cheese board that are both good value and a small selection of bar snacks included some amazing spicy pork scratchings that I think are the same ones you get from Brighton Sausage Co. (also a great establishment that is worth checking out). There is some outdoor seating, essentially just a small smoking area out the back so probably doesn't get too much sun but it is heated in the evenings and looks nice nonetheless. Although I have not managed to make it down on any of these nights, they have live music twice a week that fits their Irish-American theme - folk, bluegrass, Southern rock and country. Apparently there's plenty of banjo, knees-up and grab-a-pardner dancing round the pub on these nights. The music the rest of the time mostly consists of those styles aforementioned as well as modern rock music. Most interestingly of all though are the playlists of folk and bluegrass cover songs, where bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Offspring and Linkin Park have all been given the dixie treatment.Considering how much of a dive this place used to be (it was previously The Leconfield for anybody familiar with the area), this is a really welcoming and comfortable pub with young, friendly staff. Definitely worth making the ten minute walk out of central Brighton for, or as a nice break from the busy nearby bars of St. James Street.