The Evening Star in Brighton and Hove

Great range of beers. Always very happy with the service. Bar staff chatty and great knowledge of what they sell. Very close to the station. Beer prices can be a little on the high side, even when compared to other craft beer places.

Wonderful little pub does a great selection of beers and cider. Always seem busy but great atmosphere. One for people who appreciate a great pint!

Lots of good beer and nice people

Was waiting for the tumbleweed to come bowlo g through

The Evening Star is both the starting point and the ending point of the most brilliant street in Brighton. That street would be Surrey Street, and I love it. I'm coming back for it. There are pubs, shops, and houses for the living along its full extent: starting or ending up at the station with the Grand Central (4.2 stars), the Railway' Bell (4 stars), Rock It Hair Artists (5 stars), across the street Brighton Eco Centre| Ethical Property (5 stars), Brighton & Hove Green Party 🥳(2.8 stars - whoops), University of Sussex (?), and The Evening Star (4.6 stars, "Ales and Stouts"), back across the street LTD, then WM (or MW) temporarily closed, next TABOO in red (4.1 stars), and Grocer and Grain health foods (a well-earned 4.8 stars). But, and but it is, we have completely forgotten to announce the colourful houses located two-thirds of the way down the street on the west side. Of these, the blue house required serious restoration work, finished to great success (see in the photos the screen capture of the same place in the Google archive). Put together all of the above, why wouldn't you want to come back, again and again.

Very nice cosy pub with a top notch beer selection at reasonable prices.

Fantastic beer selection and the music always kicks!

Brighton has a lot of pubs, this for me is the best of these we visited. Brilliant line of well-kept beers and no annoying machines or music..... Just good atmosphere and people just talking and drinking. If I lived in Brighton this would be my local.

Great place to go for traditional beer/Ales & Stout.

Love this pub. This is a pub for those who appreciate good beers and the opportunity to sample a wide variety of craft ales. Nice and relaxed atmosphere with friendly and helpful staff. Close to the train station, there is always a good risk of not venturing any further into Brighton and spending your day here.

Excellent pub this one of the go to pubs for cask and kegs ales great selection and good price for central Brighton. Just down from the main train Station . The home of Dark Star ales .

A great grass roots pub with lots of beer choices.

Great find near the station. Good selection of cider and ales. Friendly staff too.

Basic pub with wooden tables and flooring, great range of real ales in keg & cask. Very handy for the station. Benches at the front if you like sitting outside. Very good. Thank you.

Close to the railway station, friendly staff.

Incredible little pub with great selection of ales and friendly service.

The Evening Star is easily the best pub in Brighton. I have been going for years and it has remained a fantastic establishment. It serves a wide range of delicious beers from traditional nut brown ale and bitter (at very good prices for Brighton) to expensive cloudy numbers for people who listen to podcasts. Excellent range of snacks on offer including my favourite, Monster Munch. Friendly, hardworking and knowledgeable staff who are also a who's who of the local punk and hardcore scene. I usually go for the early doors "Gabber and Hophead" session of a Wednesday where I swallow three half glasses of delicious Dark Star beer and listen to hard European dance music of the early 1990s blasting through their enormous soundsystem. The Evening Star is a pub like no other. Serving up real ale, craft beer and the best in extreme music.

Great pub. Great assortment of Ale's and friendly staff that knows their beers. Visited by a lot of locals. No food seved here.

Great choice of beer. Friendly crowd - mix of locals and tourists. Busy for the football.

Great pub with a fab selection of real ciders & ales. Nice atmosphere and decor but mismatched staff - one staff member with a great energy, really informative and welcoming, while the other very cold.

Really good selection of beer, pity they haven't got a similar selection of whiskeys.

Really good selection of beer, pity they haven't got a similar selection of whiskeys.

Great pub. Fantastic beer selection & good atmosphere. Go there now. And drink Burning Skies Aurora - superb beer at a bargain price. Constantly great pub.

Been here many times, it's always a pleasure. Good choice of Ales, and nice staff.

Brilliant place, great location. Fish and chips were nice! They do have an outdoor place to view matches, in indoor TVs as well. We really loved the vibe all around! The coastal view on the other side is all very worth it! Unfortunately for the pier you now have to pay £1 for the entry which is outrageous 🤮

Been going for nearly 25 years and you are guaranteed brilliant beer at very good prices.

The reason to turn right when leaving the station. A little piece of heaven on earth

A great pub for great beer, one of my favourites in Brighton. Wooden panelled and easy atmosphere with friendly bar staff. As far as I know, they do nor do food, just lots of lovely cask and keg beers.

Lovely selection of craft beer and Ale

Excellent selection of craft beers

Great Real Ales & Will Use a Sparkler by Request...If you know, you know!!

The best pub in Brighton? For sure! Loads of real ales & craft ales for a chatty crowd of real people. No loud music or silly gimmicks. Very good prices for Brighton and very handy for the station 2 minutes away. Heaven!

Excellent old man boozer with good choices for the craft enthusiast.

About 15 different IPA’s on tap but not one bitter available so very disappointed The beers they have though a reasonably priced for central Brighton

Grear beer at a very good pub. Perfect place for a good quality pint. Some very good beers on draft

A proper pub. Like pubs used to be. Just right.

Great pub for beer. Good location but slightly off the busy routes to avoid the stags and hens. Good place for locals. Also some great tables for cards and dominoes. Very clean.

Great pub with lovely selection of ales Close to rail station.

Fantastic pub always. Had some great beers.

The original micro pub on the Eastern South coast. Was lucky enough to sample the smoked lager on tap....from the brewery I was at a few weeks back in Bamberg. Enough said.

Ticks all the boxes but stupidly they dont accept cash. So I wont be patronising this business anymore. I wonder if they'd accept cash when their wifi connection fails? I'd wager they would 🤣

Lovely little off the beaten track pub! Great selection of beers on tap, great crisp selection (no other food options) & a little suntrap of Limited seating out the front. Had a lovely afternoon here.

Lovely beer, really nice pub, friendly staff. Loved it thanks 😊

Beer and conversation pub - Hard to get a table - say no mre

Small pub with a large selection of bets, ales and ciders and nice atmosphere

Brilliant beer selection and very friendly bustling atmosphere. In the middle of town but slightly tucked away.

We visited on the way back to the Railway Station in January 2024. The pub was very busy on a weekday evening, no seating available whatsoever and extremely hot inside. The selection of real ales was excellent and well kept. Interior is furnished in a very bare wooden style, not the most comfortable of surroundings unfortunately. Worth a visit for the beer selection.

Probably the best pub in Brighton. So friendly and relaxed. Great beer.

Best beer selection in Brighton, overwhelming amount of choice. Nice, cosy atmosphere & the food is also very good. One negative is that the seating is very uncomfortable, like sitting in a church pew which has put us off from going here more frequently. Cushions would definitely help

Been using the Evening Star for 26 years, ordered a meal today that took 35 minutes to arrive - just got a shrug and 'we're busy', but no apology, though the couple who'd just sat down got theirs in 5-10 minutes. Maybe I'll think more than twice about going back.

Love this little pub. Went there on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Was treated to two delicious stouts. Service was excellent and the atmosphere was gentle and calm.

Great quality cask ale served in a lovely pub … staff always on top form even when very busy

Great selection of beer at reasonable prices. Small inside and good atmosphere.

The lager that I had was flat and had a very bad taste ( Not cleaning the lines maybe ) Made me feel a little sick.Full of middle aged men with dogs !!! But everyone to their own !!

Lovely little local ! Proper little gem & not a TV in sight!

Great little pub with a heated outdoor area. Stunning beer selection given the size

Nice, very cosy and authentic pub close to Brighton station. Visited pre-Christmas time and they had some special edition brews for the holidays

This place was an absolute gem. Awesome beers, great staff

Great pub. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Great beers on tap. Definitely worth a visit

One of the best selection of beers in Brighton

Brilliant Atmosphere & welcoming staff👏

Straight outside the station and a must go to pub whenever you're visiting Brighton

Brilliant, characterful old pub tucked away near Brighton Station. Card only payment. This pub offers a vast array of unique cask and keg ales. Very knowledgeable staff correctly identified an absolutely delicious IPA for me of the right ABV and taste. Go here if you likes your ales.

Get rid of the arrogant suit dudes working for their underachieving small to medium sized start-ups, that will go under when their one client changes their mind, because a degree doesn't get you everything. Ban anyone who wears a blue suit because M&S told them it would make them different to everyone else, but wears a free software branded backpack like they're going to school. Remove those people from this pub, and it would be quite a nice place to go. Maybe visit during the day whilst these people watch their youtube marketing videos, and tell everyone, they disliked PowerPoint before it was cool. Service is good. I didn't eat so can't judge.

This venue is still my favourite pub in Brighton. Superb beer and cider selection and wonderful service.

Superb venue for a prematch pint with well behaved, beer-loving supporters of Fulham and the Albion.

Great pub with many craft and session beers and ales available and some at under £5! I really like that the chalkboards show the prices and strengths of the beer so you know what you're buying and not stung with any ridiculous priced craft beers like in other pubs. I always enjoy popping in here after getting a train while waiting for my bus. It is a popular meeting point for Brighton football fans on match days due to it's close proximity to the train station. On match days it's standing room only and can take a while to get served sometimes. Staff usually seem a bit glum and rarely smile but they're not rude. Seating can be a bit limited and you might have to share a table but that's all part of the experience!

Great pub selling real/cask ale & 3 draught ciders. Music dominant: Metal, Rock, 70s. Beards & bikers etc

Great little legend. I don't live in Brighton but have been an occasional drinker here for many years. Since my last visit, it's had a really good clean with refurbished bar and tables and new taps by the looks of things. The main draw is of course an excellent selection of some really special beers. Well worth seeking out as if you're a hop head, and that's appropriate as it was apparently the birthplace of Dark Star Hophead.

Still one of Brighton s best pubs

If you enjoy high quality ale then this is one of the best pubs in the UK at which to drink it. The building is a little scruffy, ignore that and enjoy the ale and the great service from the bar staff. It's a pity they now only serve a small range of Dark Star beers (11 Mar 2023). An increasing range of keg ales at the bar, still a good selection of cask ales (27 Sep 2023).

Excellent range of Ales. Relaxed and comfortable interior. We met for drinks for a friend's birthday. We really liked the pub, the friendly, knowledgeable barstaff, and we shall return!

The chocolate orange stout was delicious. I've been back a few times since and top quality ales and service aplenty.

An excellent selection of real ales always available at keen prices. This is one of my favourite station taps - worth missing a train.

Great traditional pub with a good range of cask beers including a most welcome dark ale.

What an awesome pub, with just the most amazing rotating beer selection. Loads of well kept cask beer, lots of stunning keg options and a well stocked fridge of special beers for sharing. Will most definitely be heading back here again, in fact its given me a reason to want to go to Brighton more often to have the chance to drink here again.

Great pub for craft ale. Wide variety and not your usual beers in here. They cook Thai food here but I haven't tried so I can't rate.

Best beer pub in the South. The mothership!

Wonderful selection of ales & beers, superb Sri Lankan street food, enthusiastic staff & proper pub atmosphere. Definitely a discovery Update: Just a couple of drinks this time but great place & nice staff

good beer served with a smile. ta!

Excellent range of real ales and ciders

still the best pub in Brighton, but unfortunately the music is quite often too loud these days. not fitting for the venue.

A great little pub with some fine craft beers of various types. Spoiled sadly by being a card payment/no cash only place, so I won't be going back.

Super impressed with the beer and prices here. Great range of quality real ales at “ northern prices “ so we happily stayed for a few👍

Fella is really into the real ales and he loved it here. Two out of the three staff members had a great attitude and offered advice and recommendations on all things.

By far the best pub near Brighton station with a great selection of keg, cask and ciders at very reasonable prices. It’s fairly small so can get crowded at times, but that’s testament to this pub’s popularity. I tried a Schneider Weisse beer which was great. It’s always worth popping in here if you’re near the station.

Popped in here a couple of times on a recent two day break as it is in the Camra 2019 recommended pub guide. Small traditional and friendly boozer with a good selection of ales notably from the Dark Star brewery. Unlike most of the rest of Brighton the price of beer was acceptable with a pint and a half of ale for just over a fiver. Would be on our list if and when we return.

What a little Gem!! It's so rare to find a good pub nowadays with a wide variation of fresh beer on the go but still with the atmosphere of an old English pub. Great beer, helpful and friendly staff... Will 100% be back

I used to holiday in Brighton regularly in 1980s, last visit 2002, and I have happy memories of the Evening Star. So sorry to have to give it 2 but I can only speak as I find. As a real cider ticker I tried two, one of them being Ascension Sonic Titan at 8.2%. This was the most turbid cider I've ever had, it looked like undiluted pineapple juice, and barely drinkable. As it was unfamiliar to me I was in no position to query it, but I subsequently checked a cider reviewing website and found it should be only slightly hazy. Also, I discovered I had in fact tried it four years previously, at the excellent Stumble Inn (Scarborough), where it was as clear as a bell. Pubs wouldn't serve real ale in this condition, so why should cider drinkers be given cloudy muck? Secondly, as a free market libertarian I strongly object to pubs that won't accept cash, and refuse to use any pub in my home town that insists on this authoritarian stipulation. I could understand if I'd tried to pay with foreign coins but sterling cash is our legal tender. When I mentioned this to the barmaid she gave me a condescending smirk as though I were still living in the 19th century.

A wonderful pub with a great selection of beer and cider. Awesome Toads table too.

Good ales, friendly staff and lovely atmosphere. I haven't eaten here but I've seen a few people eating and I have to say the food looks and smells good.

This pub is always a favourite of mine to visit wherever I'm in Brighton. The staff are great and let you try anything you fancy. They also know what they are talking about!! Unfortunately, it is no longer a Dark Star pub, but it is definitely worth a visit. They had 3 Burning Sky ales on and the Plateau went down very well!!

Great bar, nice to sit outside on the benches having a drink in the sun with friends.

Didn't try the food so no rating for that but what an amazing selection of beers and ciders they truly have a drink for every taste.

Small but well established pub, with a great beer selection, and a wonderful Sri Lankan food menu. Highly recommended.

Amazing selection of craft Ales. Really nice staff as well. A lovely suntrap for a beer after work.

Some seriously well conditioned cask beer

Great local pub only a stones throw from Brighton train station. Always a good stop with lots of real ale to choose from. Didn't have any food so no rating on that.

Walked in expecting a nice pint & glass of wine when I saw they only took card payments. NO CASH. Turned around & walked straight back out. Cash is legal tender. It’s what we’ve used for hundreds of years & now these pubs are refusing it. I will never go back to the Evening Star. Bye bye.

I've been to my share of pubs throughout my life and the world. But the Evening Star is a pub that was my home away from home. Always a great selection of ales, great prices and any friend I've introduced to the pub was always impressed. You can have a quite pint in peace on a slow afternoon or spend a great evening there with friends.