The Brewers Arms in Lewes

Very pleased with our dinner, steak and mushroom pie was delicious as was the roast. Great value food and good choice of local beer

A first visit by Casta and Madge. I think I have been before. A CAMRA Good Beer Guide regular. Up to 8 real ales, six on my visit. Had the awful Kent brewery Pale.( Kent being toxic to a Sussex born Prince like me!) Actually very good. The front room was busy, the rear pool room quiet. Apparently been a pub from at leadt 1744.

Always love the Brewers Arms, traditional English pub, good selection of real ales and ciders and great food. Steak Pie, first class, fish & chips very good, washed down with Harveys, Orkney Stout, Thistly Cross Cider and Biddenden Cider. Bread & Butter Pudding needs a little longer to re-heat the centre if not probed. Staff lovely.

Relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff, tasty affordable Sunday roast. Pleasantly surprised when we accidentally went here for something to eat.

Very tasty beer, good food, and very friendly service. The ambiance isn't particularly charming. Popular with football fans, as it's well-suited to larger groups.

Fantastic steak and ale pie and vegetables. Decent generous portions. We enjoyed it so much we came back for another 2 weeks later 😋 Nice friendly staff and atmosphere, good old style pub. A great find.

A cosy old English pub in the heart of Lewes with delicious food and a warming atmosphere. It's staff are most fiendly and welcoming to all. Fantastic experience. I look forward to my next visit for another scrumptious pint of Burning Sky Out of the Picture!

Visited the Brewers Arms on Friday for dinner. Had the delicious steak and ale pie which was a slice of a larger pie, my favourite! I.e. not a casserole with a lid which you get in many pubs these days. Highly recommended.

Had a good lunch here. Food was fine, reasonable priced and service quick. Unfortunately the experience was marred by the occupants of a nearby table eavesdropping on our conversation. They made some fatuous comments and moved to other seating. Eventually they left, but not before one of their number came over and unleashed a torrent of abuse related to our private conversation. The same individual mouthed further abuse through the window at us before departing. And there was I thinking it was a free country with free speech. JD Vance, how right you are ! We won't be going back there again.

First visit ever this week after hearing talk from friends about it over time. Great selection of craft beers, prices are a bargain and the food was lovely. Will definitely go back whenever I'm in Lewes!

We’ve just returned from a fantastic Sunday roast lunch at The Brewers Arms in Lewes to celebrate my wife’s birthday. A proper old school boozer done really well. Staff couldn’t have done enough for us and the tween age kids were made to feel welcome. The lunch was all great and a roast at £12 is fantastic value. We’ll certainly be back for more food, more sampling of the fantastic range of beers and more pub games. Thank you for making our day!

Nice trad boozer. Decent selection of beers. Excellent carpet. Met a nice spotty dog.

We enjoyed a vegetarian Sunday lunch here. Very good price and I appreciated the fact that they did a smaller plate as I can’t eat the usual huge portions that pubs serve. Also good for kids. Traditional interior pub decor and ambiance. Great service. Would definitely go again.

What a welcome from the staff and all so presentable, White shirts, well groomed and well mannered. Great credit to management. The beer was great the Harveys mother-in-law (old -bitter) is a must try when you visit this friendly pub. As for the food all I can say is, you'll never leave feeling peckish. Well done all.

Great sausage and mash with a variety of different vegetables.

The Steak and Ale Pie was the best I've had. Good beers and ciders on and the staff were great

Stayed in lewes for the weekend called in for lunch best scampi I've had returned on Sunday had a gorgeous lasagne the Mrs had the lamb roast and loved it absolutely brilliant

Great family run pub, can't recommend it enough 👏👏

Called in for a drink in a walk. Lovely cosy pub with a rotary wood burner on a cold Jan day. V friendly and clean. Will definitely be back to eat as the food sounds delicious

Arise on tap. What's not to love?

A few drinks in Lewes, as a Christmas celebration, with my usual Friday drinking companions. We ended up at The Brewers Arms for supper. The food was excellent, very jolly Christmas atmosphere and superb Harvey’s. First rate pub.

Went for sunday roast. Great food lots of veg. Staff very helpful

Roasts were fabulous, very convivial atmosphere

Excellent old school pub. Fantastic home cooked food, we had the pie over the weekend - Delicious, huge serving and great value for money. Highly recommend.

What a gem of a place, a very tidy traditional pub with excellent staff and food. A bit of a tardis as the pub extends way back and also has a small private dining room on the ground floor along with a beer garden. Well recommended

Don’t ever try to eat here you may just die before the food comes. Just spent 50 minutes waiting for a ploughman’s that never appeared. Had to ask for a refund.

Absolute top class BOOZER! Good food and great bar team. Excellent selection of cask beers. Boozer!

Trying to find somewhere selling food late afternoon in Lewes wasn't easy, so we entered this pub without high expectations but we had a warm welcome and a very good late lunch. I would recommend the fish finger sandwich and fries and a pint of Harvey's.

What a delight to find a traditional pub serving good beer and honest fare. Felt like stepping back 20 years in a really positive way.

Friendly, welcoming, safe. Won't go anywhere else.

Excellent home made food and good beer. Really friendly and helpful staff.

Was okay for £12. The pork tasted like boiled, just like the other veggies. Staffs were friendly. Good range of pints.

Fantastic pub with great food, superb beer and lovely, friendly staff.

Good food, drink . Lovely and friendly staff. Perfect for lunch if you are nearby to visit Lewes Castle and the Anne of Cleeves house ☺️👍

Great food, great staff, great pub! Been here loads and will come back again. Has fabulous drink selection, pool and darts. The food is brilliant and the staff are so lovely. What more could you want?!

We stopped here on Saturday lunchtime ( bank holiday weekend) and the welcoming staff showed us to the much bigger room at the back, offered us menus, helped us choose our beers( small tasters) and efficiently took orders . The food was served freshly prepared and all delicious. Local beers and apparently the meat is all sourced locally too. The portions of chips really big!

We ate here 3 times over the week we were in Lewes. The food was excellent- sausage and mash and steak and ale pie, very traditional and tasty. Sunday roast garlic herby chicken followed by jam sponge extremely tasty. The staff all very welcoming and friendly.

Another welcoming Lewes pub serving excellent, well kept cask ales.

Nice local pub with friendly people and staff. Sandwich was very lacking only a small bit of brie. Cheap bead. Also i think i had the last slice as one slice was a lot smaller than the other. The hot food looked a lot better though.

Had dinner and drinks on a Friday night, loved the food and drinks selection. Great location on the main street through lovely Lewes.

An authentic place with very delicious traditional food. The beer they make is delicious.

Great pub. Friendly service. Great buffet food. Excellent for private parties in the back bar

By far and away, and without a shadow of a doubt the WORST pub food I’ve had for many years! I ordered a lasagna, it was a tiny slice, dry as a bone, and molten hot as I suspect it was a left over from the day before that had been microwaved to blistering heat. Disappointing is a generous understatement! I will now have to go to the chippy across the road as I’m nowhere near full. It is worth noting that I payed £16 for the disgusting lasagna and a mediocre drink. A rip off! Could not recommend less! There are so many wonderful pubs in Lewes, so many better options. Don’t waste your money!

Love it love it......food excellent, staff friendly, quick service, comfortable traditional pub. Two rooms out back for pool, front of house for quiet public drinking. Love the carpets, curtains the real ales which includes Harvey's Best Bitter which is well kept. A time capsual.of how pubs should be. Chilli and rice home made, roast of pork and chicken was amazing. No need to book a table even on Sundays, serving food until 8pm. Sit and have a pint hearing church bells nearby is quintessential England. Locals chatty...check this out.

A must if you’re on the High Street.

Lovely pub always visit when in Lewes, great ale and the best steak pie I know.

Loved this place. Had dinner which was delicious and a quick game of Toad in the Hole. This is how pubs are supposed to be.

My wife and I went here with my wife's sister and her boyfriend as part of a Lewes pub crawl. This was our food stop. We bought a sharing platter and a portion of fries. Great food served here, the portions are huge and the service is always great. Food was out within ten minutes and really hot and tasty. Can't fault this pub in any respect.

It was quiet when my daughter and I visited. We had lunch and a drink each for 22 quid. Definitely worth a visit

Always clean with very friendly staff. Good pub food

Very good food. You were greeted in a very friendly manner when you walked in and the hospitality was accordingly. It is cozy and well maintained.

Amazing sausage and mash tonight, piping hot and delicious. Guy who served us very friendly and professional. A winner !!

A very friendly pub, with loyal regulars at the bar, and plenty of diners. I always have a pint of Harvey's and a sausage sarni, the sausages from Frank Richards the butchers, the best in Lewes

good burgers, nice atmosphere and vibes.

We were only in Lewes for a a few days but appreciated this pub as being a genuine free house serving a wide range of excellent beers plus a wide range of excellent food - all supplemented wit excellent friendly staff.

Great service very informative bartender Comfy seats, cosy warm place Great selection of proper beers We didn't eat but the food smells amazing

This is a pub I regularly visit. The beer & cider is on a good rotation, so often something new to try. The food is good, the staff are friendly & overall worth a visit. The pool table & toads set out the back are good bonuses as is the small outside area. Overall would recommend

The current licensees at The Brewers are just about to celebrate 30 years in charge. When discussing this with a friend of mine recently he commented “well it has to be the best family-run Free House in the country doesn’t it?” My friend is a knowledgeable, well-travelled frequenter of UK pubs (which I like to think applies equally to me) who is not prone to hyperbole, but at the time I did think this sounded a bit OTT. However, the more I think about it, the more I think he may well be right. The range and quality of real ales and ciders is consistently superb (long-term Good Beer Guide entrant) and the new wave of craft beers (draught and canned) has been fully embraced. The food is the best value in Lewes, there’s two separate - and distinctly different - bars, one with a pool table, dart board and juke box, the other bar a fair bit quieter… An annual Beer Festival and a quiz most Bank Holiday weekends add something different and special. But most special of all are the people at the helm. Kathy and Liam, supported by their team of kitchen and bar staff, work tirelessly to provide an environment that is consistently warm and welcoming. You are made to feel part of the Brewers family, and that is a great honour. Happy 30th, Brewers.

A great pub in Lewes with a decent beer selection from local breweries.

Proper old fashioned family run pub with good value food.

Afternoon beer when we visited. Real ale was kept in great condition. Pleasant bar staff who knew there beers.

Great range of drinks on tap - Burning Sky, Harvey's, Murphy's stout. Free pool table, at least on the day I was there.

Le bosh great pub pool table one quid I beat chaz he sucks. Coincidentally chaz is written on the corner table perchance you get to view it and peruse in all its glory

Genuine old school freehouse. Food was simple and hearty. Very friendly locals and excellent service. Good beer selection.

This was my favourite pub out of the ones I've visited in Lewes so far. The prices were very reasonable and the atmosphere was warm and friendly, a good and proper pub

On a visit to Lewes we chose The Brewers Arms for lunch and we were not disappointed. A traditional bar - cosy furnishings, busy but not manic and a friendly ambience. Dogs warmly welcomed. Great to see a proper pub menu - good choice from sandwiches to burgers, chilli, sausage and mash, pie, fish etc. Generous portions. Local ale and decent wines by the glass. Recommended.

Highly recommend, friendly staff, good food

A very nice old fashioned dog friendly pub. Its not a gastro pub but serves large portions of good old pub grub with a decent selection of drinks

Nice pub good beer and good food

A proper old fashioned pub with decent pub grub. Just what we needed

Quality old school boozer. Staff were very chatty and let me try a few beers and ciders

Lovely old pub, went in for some lunch on a wet and windy day. Felt immediate relief from the weather with the atmosphere and the fire going. Good unfussy food

Chose this pub as it was an independent, family run pub, and I want to support pubs like this. Booked for lunch. Friendly service in the pub. Had a pint of Harvey's which was excellent. Lunch was 1/2lb cheeseburger with chunky chips. My wife had soup of the day (pumpkin and butternut squash) with a roll. Both were really good. Chips were proper chunky chips, served piping hot. Card payments accepted. I have a friend called Harvey, so landlord let me buy a glass for him (contribution to Hospice charity). Gave me a few beer mats as well. Support this pub. Too many like this are closing.

Good crowd and selection of beers, delicious food (sausages from local butchers), with charming, old school/‘working men’s club’ kind of vibes, I’ve already planned my next visit.

My type of pub. Traditional, friendly watering hole with a good selection of local ales. Central high street location in historic town of Lewes. I had Sussex Best. I didn't eat but the fish and chips on the table next to me looked super.

EXCELLENT pub fine choice of real ales which move very quickly and are replaced by more fine ales.Both cask and Keg . Very friendly staff ..highly recommend a visit best pub in Lewes imo ... reasonably priced food .

It's hard to know if they've nailed it with the old school beer stained carpet, or just failed to keep up with the times. Lovely folk in an externally picturesque place. Didn't eat so can't comment on the food,

It's a really nice place, they have a beer garden in the back which is a nice surprise. Good selection of beers and decent food.

Nice friendly atmosphere and very reasonable prices.

This pub is a real find; not to be missed. The staff were friendly and welcoming. There is a good selection of ales; all kept excellently. I had a lovely porter! There is a very nice garden. The pub is huge with two bars and a pool table! We didn’t try the food this time but will be back to sample very soon.

Popped in for a pint, will pop again next time I'm in lewes

Always a fantastic pint. Always well kept and a very interesting selection. Quite often fill up with a portion of cheesy chips whilst on a drinking session. Proper pub. Love it.

Had a lovely Sunday roast. Very friendly and helpful staff. Brought out a bowl of water and some treats for our dog.

Staff were really rude when I went in with a group of 8. All my friends bought a drink but as I was the driver I asked for some tap water in which they proceeded to say “no you have to buy a drink” in an extremely rude manner. Never coming again as I felt completely unwelcomed and uncomfortable. Left early because of it all.

Proper old school boozer. Great beers on keg and cask. Great food as well and a hidden beer garden out the back. This would be my local if I lived on Lewes.

Nice place on the main street. Bit of a climb from the railway station but it's worth it. Only 4 beers available at the time but that was because of a Brewery Tap Takeover the next day so understandable. The selection was still good though.

The Sunday roast was one of the best pub roasts I've had. Soft potatoes, lots of veg, big yorkshire. The staff were really polite and friendly which made the experience better.

Lovely pub , great food and drinks and very helpful staff

Great pub, nice selection of drinks and a pool table. Also has a back outside area. Overall good experience.

A friendly, quite old-fashioned Lewes pub. One of the few Lewes pubs to show football.

Nice friendly pub, good food, pool table & darts, also reasonablely priced

Average mediocre food with high price. Service slightly lacking, had to ask waitress multiple times for more sauce, made to feel awkward. Shame because we used to visit this pub a lot, disappointed, we won’t be returning.

Lovely Traditional pub , warm friendly and nice atmosphere , staff chilled and so helpful , the Sunday roast was one of the nicest I’ve had , home cooked for sure ! Amazing value , even chatted with some locals who were just as friendly , will be back , Thankyou 😀

Propper pub, selling good beer and cider. Food was also great. The staff very friendly. If lived in the area it would be my local

The food is very good the staff are very friendly

Very good food and pleasant staff

Nice pub. Food ok nothing specisl.

Private function here, nice service unobtrusive, good food, drinks as you would expect in Lewes. No parking but a nice old pub to pass some time in

Lovely pub, friendly with good food and a range of ales

Relaxed atmosphere, TV at back, log fire at front. Good beer. Not keen on the games evening and too many tables are reserved so not always possible to drop in for a quiet pint. Sadly. This trend of "booking" a pub table is silly, in my humble opinion.