The Brewers Arms in Lewes

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

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.

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

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

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

Lovely local pub with excellent, good value food.

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.

Great pub, great beer, and great food. I’ve been going to this pub with my parents for over 20 years and it hasn’t lost any of its charm. It’s the benchmark by which I judge any other pub. Today was different however, I witnessed the staff in their element. A very difficult customer came into the front bar with an absolutely unjustified, unwarranted, and false complaint. The staff handled the situation beautifully against what was an appalling tirade of abuse. The best pub in Lewes has just galvanised its position as the best pub in Lewes. Well done!

Large pub good selection of excellent beers service very good. Another excellent pub to visit if you are in Lewes

Great old style pub with saloon at the front and bar at the rear with. A broad range of ages frequent and the food and beer are good.

I've been a regular at The Brewers for many years & highly recommend a visit. Located in Lewes High Street (where the road narrows to 1-way operation controlled by traffic lights) the front bar is a cosy smallish room. Head to the right & through a door to a much larger room at the back. Tends to be quieter here & little bit soulless. Fantastic changing range of real cask ales. Mostly local brews but will also source from around UK. Food is recommended; nothing pretentious, but delicious & hearty. Lewes is blessed with many superb pubs & pub crawls around Lewes town centre can be very rewarding🍺👍 Include The Brewers Arms as a quench stop.

Excellent beer, friendly staff, nice lunch in pleasant surroundings. What's not to like?

In this traditional pub with really good value-for-money menu options, the wine is supplied by high-quality local wine merchant Symposium. On a recent visit, the pub was perfectly clean, and bar staff clearly knew much about the drinks for sale. The soft carpets and seating allow for a quiet atmosphere. Update: as of December 2022, the astonishingly reasonable menu prices remain. A genuine welcome here.

Excellent classic English pub good food and drink and great atmosphere and service

We went there on a Friday night. The pub was busy, friendly and the food was great. We were served by Ella who did an amazing job.

Great range of ales, welcoming staff and a lovely log fire.

Great pub serving excellent real ales. Beer festival was wonderful.

Called in for a pint or two and something to eat. It was a friendly place, the Harvey's Old Ale was delicious, and the fish and chips certainly filled me up

Wonderful place with a great Porter on cask and no stupid music played too loud. As they weren't super busy they didn't mind that we hung out for the next train. Lovely place and will return when next in Lewes.

A real gem and proper family run pub, now with third generation staffing the bar. It is clean, professional, pleasant, loved by locals and nothing at all pretentious - very little has changed in the 15 years I've known it. Best Harvey's in town as well as a good selection of other ales and craft beers.

Met two friends for drinks, lunch and a long-awaited catch up. It was quite busy but we had a table booked. Great, friendly service. An extensive menu with loads of choices. My friends had scampi & chips and the chips were delicious!! I could have made a better choice this time. I had the satay chicken & rice with prawn crackers which was very tasty with loads of chicken. However, I had thought it would have a satay sauce so was rather dry for my liking. My fault for not checking beforehand. I would definitely go again and just have something different. The burgers looked really good.

The pub is straight out of bygone age, which is nice but unfortunately the quality of the food is from a bygone age as well. I had the buttered chicken and rice. The chicken was tough and dry, there wasn't enough sauce, although what was there was quite nice. It came with prawn crackers ? Indian food has poppadoms, Chinese has prawn crackers. My wife's fish and chips had burnt batter and peas that were rock hard. I should have complained at the time but didn't want it to mar our day out in Lewes.

Good selection of real ale. Good locals pub

Pleasant staff, good food and local beers 🍻, decent price

All visits great. Friendly welcome and good fair thoroughly recommend

Great pub, can tell is a loved local. Food was amazing too and the staff were lovely, went in for lunch and it had a great buzzing atmosphere to it as well as being clean and tidy, a proper pub!

Great pub, good staff and beers, and friendly atmosphere, even had a jukebox👍

Lovely staff, excellent food, would highly recommend 👌 😀

Friendly atmosphere, pool and darts in the back room!

Staff are friendly and quick. The roast was large, tasty and generous, at a reasonable price. We will definitely come back.

I went to this pub to escape from a heavy rain. The staff was friendly and the the atmosphere good. I got a tea and fish and chips. The food was the worst part of my experience... I paid for it 13£ and the fish was very small and had a funny part which was inedible, the "mushy" peas looked like just defrost green peas. The chips were surely defrost too. I guess the pub might be fine for a beer but I wouldn't go back for fish and chips for sure.

Really nice atmosphere, good food, good drinks. What more can you ask for?

Lovely traditional pub. My burger and fries were perfectly cooked and landlady was friendly and attentive. Wish it was my local and not miles away!

Very poor food. Steak and ale pie was mushrooms with gristly meat. More expensive than a town centre pub.

Great local pub with good selection of drinks and friendly staff

Great selection of real ales and ciders, reasonable prices for the south of England

We had lunch at the Brewers Arms. The staff were very helpful friendly and the service was spot on. Good pub food cooked very well. The home made pudding's were exceptional, can highly recommend the apple and blackberry crumble. We will definitely be returning.

Great food at a reasonable price pleasant locale

Our go to Friday evening pub - great beers and a kaleidoscope of clientèle!

Nice pub in the picturesque town of Lewes. Some amazing old buildings surround it. Good selection of real ales and friendly staff.

Nice pub with a patio beer garden. Great pub grub

A real locals' Pub that welcomes newcomers! Friendly, smart team looking after the clientele on first name terms. Inquisitive locals made me feel welcome, chatting about making homemade cider...would have stayed longer if not for the car! Will revisit soon and sample their range of amazing beers, cider and food - with a designated driver!

Soup and cheese scone was absolutely amazing pub lunch food. Good range ofcask and keg beer

I go for the beer (so many options that they change regularly) and the fact it's close. Probably could do with a bit of TLC/investment (decor), but very friendly and you know what you're going to get!

Best food and beer I have ever taste in the UK. I highly recommend it.

Dog friendly pub. Would recommend.

Proper Pub, good service and good beer.

Traditional pub and good food at reasonable prices. Two of us shared 3 starters for lunch, a bit of variety and more than enough.

Proper pub, decent cask, friendly staff, dog friendly.

My go-to Lewes pub for reliably perfectly cooked pub classics. More adventurous choices will almost certainly be worth a try, but I can't get past the scampi and chips. Crunchier and more satisfying than any across the land. Leave some for me though. Actually don't choose scampi... It's... erm... rubbish. You wouldn't like it at all 😉

Went to The Brewers Arms with friends after another Lewes pub, The Rights of Man, told us that their rules prevented us from standing and drinking in their pub, thus we had to leave. The Brewers Arms was busy and welcoming with a really warm ambience and terrifically friendly staff. We enjoyed some exceptionally well-kept Harvey’s and thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Can highly recommend The Brewers Arms.

Since becoming a neighbour of the Brewers 3 years ago, we have visited many times. Most frequent visits were during our house renovations when we had no kitchen or bathroom. The staff are always welcoming and Cathy in particular is a friendly and warm landlady. We had a good meal tonight as always. Good old fashioned pub grub. Pip, our little dog, was treated like the princess she is. I love this place. An excellent neighbourhood pub, always warm and welcoming. Thank you Brewers.

Spending the day in Lewes, we popped in for lunch. In a word: terrific. Great, very friendly service. Burger and BLT ordered were excellent (the burger esp). Great location on High Street by the castle. Friendly regular customers too. Highly recommended.

After a long three hour coach trip from North Essex several people suggested the Brewers Arms for a lunch before the match. When we walked in the front room was packed with people having lunch but the back room was fairly empty and has screen showing both the BT Sport and Sky matches side by side. We ordered the pies and sausage & mash of the Specials Board and both were excellent. The suet pastry on the steak and kidney pie was delicious. and the sausages were proper sausages. The beer might be a bit pricey but it's Harvey's so it was worth the trip let alone the price. The service was excellent. Hopefully we'll both stay up and we can go there again next season.

By chance we ended in this nice pub in the middle of Lewes today and I must say we had a very nice lunch at a reasonable price and welcomed by some very nice and helpful staff .See you next time we are in Lewes for sure .

Could not fault the Sunday lunch and service at the Brewers Arms. We had a few requests which were accommodated by the young man who served us with a smile. The food was excellent and the service was friendly.

have been here a few times recently, with my family, the burgers are sourced localy from Richards the Lewes butcher so are high quality without being expensive. My mum had the chicken curry and my sister had the fish finger sandwich with a side salad. All good.

A very friendly pub with excellent range of ales. A good range of food available. I had the pie of the day which was venison; fantastic food and a huge portion too! The pub is not trendy or hipster but a great quality traditional pub in the town centre. Highly recommended and great value too.

Visited for a booked roast lamb lunch. Staff very friendly and helpful. Plenty of lamb, 5 types of veg beautifully cooked, still with a little bite. Roast potatoes,very tasty. Home made Yorkshire and best of all, plenty of gravy that tasted delicious. You cant fault this little gem of a pub and roast was only £10 fantastic value.

The Brewers is a very well kept pub - its beer prices are probably the highest in Lewes which is totally unjustifiable.The bar staff generally are all very polite and professional - except for one, a woman called Cathy.It turned out she is the owner / landlady.She is unnecessarily abrupt with clients, short-tempered and generally looks as though she hates being the owner / landlady.Compared to 2 or 3 years ago the Brewers seems far emptier - perhaps a more friendly owner / landlady would not go amiss.She is surly with clients, short-tempered and generally looks as though she hates being the owner / landlady.Compared to 2 or 3 years ago the Brewers seems far emptier now - perhaps a more friendly owner / landlady could improve things?On the plus side, the pub has a very large back bar - the sports bar - very full and lively on big televised sports nights.

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. Great to see a proper pub menu - good choice from sandwiches to burgers, chilli, sausage and mash etc. We both chose ham, egg and chips. Generous, piping hot, delicious. Local ale and decent wines by the glass. Recommended.