The Hole In The Wall in Brighton and Hove

The pub offers a great selection of beers and is a hidden gem in Brighton. I recommend the London Black. Similar to Guinness but much better IMO.

Fantastic cooperative pub with amazing beers, a real find, friendly staff. A great stop just off the beaten track

Great selection of beer, great atmosphere and great service. What a place! Probably the best pub in Brighton, in my humble opinion. Toad as well.

Fantastic place, lady on the bar (Sunday 2nd March) absolutely fantastic

Great atmosphere & fabulous beer. Red Willow Feckless. Top real ale. Will come back next time I visit Brighton.

Great little pub. Good selection of beers. Toad in the hole was a fun and frustrating game

Great little pub, so much fun, staff were amazing 👏

Lovely little old pub tucked away a short walk from the beach.. No food or hot drinks served here so children are not allowed.

Cracking little pub with a great selection of craft beers,ales & bottled beers

Perfect snug pub. Not sure how they fit so many taps in and always too selection of beers wines and cocktails

Very cozy pub with great service and a wide range of IPAs etc. The barkeeper was really friendly. Must visit if in Brighton!

Love this pub! Probably my favourite in Brighton.

A bit cramped on Xmas day but a fantastic atmosphere and great ales .

Best pub in town. You. Have to attempt the toad in the hole traditional pub game!

Impressive selection of beers, must be over 10 available. Not expensive and a huge range of crisps etc. Nice staff and all in all a great place to try some different beers and have a chat. 😊

Fantastic choice of Ale if that's your thing.

A small place packed with big personalities and an amazing choice of real ales.

Si eres un verdadero fan de la cerveza, necesitas encontrar este pub. Es un fantástico abrevadero tradicional. Hay una selección masiva de cerveza real de calidad de micro cervecerías que se venden en un pub tradicional.

A great pub, hidden in a back street, you go there because you want to and it doesn't disappoint.

We cannot believe we've lived in Brighton for years and hadn't found this amazing little gem until recently! Gorgeous little pub with a great choice of cask and keg beers, ales and wines, plus a few cocktails. Really reasonable prices, too. Knowledgeable and friendly staff make The Hole in The Wall one of our new favourite pubs in Brighton!

Best bar snacks and best selection of ales in Brighton.

Great pub with toad in the hole game! 🕳 Worth a go if you've never tried the traditional game. Lovely bar staff and proper pub atmosphere 🍺👍🏻

We always make sure there is time for a trip here when we're in Brighton. It's such a lovely little pub with friendly staff and an always excellent beer selection. Highly recommend visiting.

This is a hidden gem. A great local pub and fabulous beer. I took my Australian friend who couldn't believe it!!!

Great pub often with an excellent beer selection. Cosy atmosphere.

Friendly and excellent beers, ciders and the like.

Lovely pub, great drinks and really lovely staff 🙂

Great little pub. Good selection of ales and ciders

Friendly staff with a good selection of cider and ale.

Manager was a fantastic host, her knowledge of wine really really brought my wife on-board. The beer was in excellent nick and we had to go back the following night with friends from overseas so they could experience an English pub experience!

This little pub is exactly what I look for when on business trips. It’s small enough to be quaint and friendly, but large enough to have an interesting mix of local folks to strike up a conversation with. The staff is great as well! I look forward to my next pint at this gem of a pub!

Accidentalmente descubrimos este lugar después de usar el aparcamiento de enfrente. Es como retroceder en el tiempo con una maravillosa selección de bebidas. Es una verdadera joya escondida con personal bien informado y amable que son apasionados por las bebidas que sirven. A pesar de permanecer mucho más hacia los carriles, nos hicimos un punto de parada para un par todos los días de nuestra estancia.

What a delightful cosy little pub, located just by the Hilton hotel. A cracking selection of ales, and ciders. The welcoming friendly staff really made the visit.

A decent range of beers. No food but I'll be back here again.

Great little gem of a place. Brilliant selection of international beers and a toad table in the back. Love it.

No big stouts at the moments at The Hole so my mate Mark bought me 1/2 of Overtone's Lost in the Dream. Different kettle all together but big in flavor and at 7.8 on the ABV its not shy. £5.50 all in. Cheers Mark.

Really cool pub with a great beer selection and toad in the hole game to play. Bar staff were super friendly, will definitely come back again.

Great small pub, off the beaten track with a great selection of beers. Highly recommended.

Wow. From a closed pub to a decent craft oriented friendly place. Impressive and liked it. Should be included in any Brighton crafty beer crawl imho.

Absolutely fantastic. Gorgeous craft beer and cider with amazing staff who know a lot about what they do. Fantastic customer service. Brilliant vibe and atmosphere in the pub, from patrons and bartenders alike. Couldn’t recommend more!

Fantastic beers and wonderful staff

What is there left to say about the mystical Beer Palace that is The Hole In The Wall? Loads. If you can find this Brigadoon of a Bar in the first place proceed to pick a beer off the board and park your bum for a low stakes, high quality beverage experience. A full spectrum of pints across keg, cask, stout and fruit based drinks ensure no one goes underserved. Should you be with a useless friend who does not pint then break glass for an Emergency Buckfast Negroni and make them hate themselves. Well done The Hole. Keep on Holing On.

There is not a better pub in Brighton.

Great pub friendly and good beer,good atmosphere and mix of people

Tiny little place, proper lovely vibes, staff are great and the selection of drinks are incredible. One of my favourite boozers in Brighton now!

One of the best craft beer spots in this part of town. Local selections and a cosy little spot for a quiet ale and a game of toads.

A genuinely brilliant pub. My friend and I were visiting from London (I went to uni at Sussex, so Brighton feels like a second home) and we chanced upon this place. What a find. Cosy, friendly, jovial, happy. We spent hours there - and time seemed to fly by. The white wines were great, and the bloody maries were amazing.

Great pub tucked away, but definitely worth a visit, interesting selection of beers served by knowledgeable staff, we loved it!

This is a nice little place right off the Brighton sea front promenade and a short step from the Hilton Doubletree. There is an excellent selection of craft draft beers and the staff are very knowledgable about each one. The site is small ‘apparently formerly Brighton’s smallest pub’ but it’s cost and fun with limited seating. The back room is popular with dog owners. The toilets are tiny and dated.

Great real ale pub, just off the main front but a real gem. Worth a visit for a pint.

Nice little quaint pub. Had a Buckfast Negroni, I liked it!

Wonderfully polite staff, great beer at an even greater price. A proper hidden gem. Also Dog friendly which is always a bonus for us, our little Boy made friends during our visit, so did we. I definitely recommend visiting this little pub.

Everything is freshly cooked and you have to wait. There are vegetarian pizzas, fish and chips, which are traditional recipes. They are a big portion.

Always a warm and welcoming gem of a pub. Friendly and knowledgeable bar staff, superb and ever changing beer selection. A game of Toads is a winner too. No food apart from bar snacks so I only put two stars on ‘food’. Make sense?

Great little quaint hidden bar!

Easily one the best pubs in the city - the carefully curated selection make it a must visit for any beer and cider enthusiast

Should have come here first for a good craft ale instead of walking around most of Brighton searching for just this vibe

A hidden gem of Brighton. Very first time here and didn't disappoint for choosing this place. Love craft beer and they are the best one for serving craft. Such nice selection of beers from IPA, stout, Sour, neipa etc. Good choice for cask and keg. I like the atmosphere. Not very big place but have plenty of seats. Bar guy was cool. There were board games and such nice green house plants.

Brighton’s best little secret. The best beer selection in town

Traditional pub with not so traditional craft beer of the highest quality

If you like a vast selection of beers, pale ales, dark beer, and largers with varying alcohol strenths, then this friendly bar is the place to be. Be amazed at the sheer choice available to the connoisseur....

Needed a place to settle in with some lads and this place found me as much as I found it. Got buried in a bench and met some absolute crackers. Thank you very much

One of the best craft beer spots in Brighton! Lots of taps of local brews. They even bring in some excellent craft beer from the US. Good prices, great location, friendly staff. Recommended.

Proper boozer! What an amazing array off ale's, cider, and bourbons. Needless to say, had a great time. Discovered a new pub game, hole in the wall. Well worth a visit or two!

Since opening in 2021 The Hole In The Wall Brighton has quickly become a Mecca for beer lovers. The story goes that it got the nick-name because in times past they served Brighton’s fisherman through a hatch rather than let them in the pub to stink it up. My visits to The Hole in the Wall Brighton have always been to a pub that’s felt warm, welcoming, and passionate about beer. They are traditional and committed to cask on the one hand, yet totally clued into the new world brewer scene on the other. For anyone lucky enough to live nearby, it feels like the perfect local.

Proper pub, nice vibe and great selection of beers for all the craft beer lovers out there. Small although visited midweek and so not so busy. Barmaid was friendly and welcoming. Would visit again.

Cracking little pub with some very well cared for beers. 10 keg and 3 cask beers

Great little pub, plentiful selection of cask and keg beers, friendly staff and cosy atmosphere.

A great find this! Tucked away, this pub is a hidden gem with many different interesting beers and ciders to try. Although I'd heard it was small, there were seats available when I went on a Thursday evening. Another venue with the Sussex classic pub game of Toads. I'll definitely return.

A cosy gem hidden up a back street with a great range of beers - one of those little charmers you'd like to keep a secret. A great place to hide from the loud hordes of boorish weekenders that can make drinking in Brighton a pain on a Saturday

Bloody love it here. Great still cider, brilliant beer selection and toad! They do serve tattys!

I like this pub and it's great to have it in Brighton. It's a bit of a secret, its tiny frontage hidden down an unpromising street behind the hotels on the strip. Once inside it's clear this is a pub for people who care about their beer. A chalkboard lists the selection, which is always interesting and often local and always features a stout and a bitter. Plus, in the fridge, a good selection of Continental beers in bottles. The interior is tiny, basically the front and back room of a house, with a bar inbetween. Benches and surprisingly heavy stools with cast iron legs. A little like a traditional pub or even a working man's club. Notably absent: loud music, pub carpet, thai food, endless rows of popular IPAs and lagers. Best on busier nights when the small space pushes the crowd out onto the street. At quieter times, a good place for a chat or a beer at the bar.

Well worth a visit, especially at quieter times

Incredible little pub, staff incredibly friendly. Would definitely go again!

Great little pub great beer ,loved it.

Very good pub close to Brighton's West Pier. Formerly called the Queensbury Arms. Three cask beers on handpump when I visited. A sign on the outside wall suggests it is the smallest pub in Brighton!

A must go boozer for me whenever I'm in town. Authentic, friendly and incredible beer selection. Very welcoming for me and my family and friends. Keep doing what you're doing! Cheers

Cozy and warm atmosphere. Good place for cheerful with friends.

Great find but hard to find so glad we followed our google map. You won’t be disappointed great selection of craft ales. Only small place but well worth a visit when in Brighton great vibe

One of the taprooms in town. An easy recommend

Due to the rubbish weather found this pub near our hotel. Friendly staff member. Interesting cocktail menu, we tried a few and they were lovely. The Bloody Mary was very spicy. The Buckfast Negroni was interesting. Loads of craft beers to try as well.

Buckfast negroni oh my days what a drink

If you like real beer this is the place for you. If you like a no frills, traditional pub feel, this is the place for you. It's my favourite. The bar snacks are great too. It would be fab if scotch eggs, sausage rolls and the like were also available but at least the lack of these at the moment gives me an excuse to leave and go home when I'm hungry!

What's not to adore about this little Brighton pub. Knowledgeable staff (on the 20 odd available drinks on tap). Great range of crisps and packet snacks. No other intrusive frills.... Just like a pub should be!

Local pub with good selection of beers

Great place for a few pints. Extremely good selection of beers, and an especially nice non-alcoholic (bottled) pilsner.

Stopped in for a couple of beers on a rainy day. The barman was warm and welcoming, broad selection of good beer, well kept and served. Very impressed, will return here if I'm ever back in town. Learned about Toad in the Hole too, looks like fun!

Absolutely lovely little public house, loads of choice of real ales friendly staff and great atmosphere, my only regret was not asking if I could buy one of their branded glasses

A hidden gem just off the seafront. Good selection of cask ales, even wider selection of keg ales. Cosy feel inside and nice a clean. Definitely a pub I shall visit next time I take a trip to Brighton.

A fantastic pub in Brighton! Greatest selection of beers I've ever seen, staff are amazing and it's a true gem in the heart of Brighton!

Great little pub, fantastic atmosphere, friendly staff

Proper pub with a great selection of kegs, casks ale, cider, soft drinks and cocktails. Great friendly atmosphere and lovely pint of London black

Fantastic ale house hidden just off the front. Great dark beer too.

Lovely old fashioned real ale pub with good beer and great service

Lovely, friendly pub with well kept cask ales

Fantastic pub, ever-changing beer choices, friendly staff and even a Toad table for some pub games. Excellent craft beer establishment.

Brighton's Best Pub! I absolutely love this pub; super friendly staff and a wicked selection of beers and ales. However, I dream about the nitro porter! You can't beat it with a game of toads and a few bar snacks.

It’s classic but modern. Located at the seaside but around the corner. Right in the center yet quiet.

Could be the frendliest pub I've visited. And a great selection of craft beer on tap

Superb. This is an atmospheric little place in the back streets off from the main seafront, very close to several hotels, with an incredible selection of beers on draught and cask. A photo of Des O’Connor adorns the Gents loo door. I have never been close enough to discern who is on the Ladies door (UPDATE: I think it’s Victoria Wood). Toad in the Hole - a pub game involving throwing coins at a chair, supposedly played only in Sussex - is a popular game here. The bar is Dog friendly too. Staff are friendly and knowledgable. The atmosphere is relaxed. It’s also very inclusive. There were lots of groups when I was there on a summer Thursday night, including several all female groups enjoying the beer - it’s clearly a place where people typically feel comfortable to come and enjoy drinking what they want on their own terms. Which brings me back to the quality of the selection - there are occasional tap takeovers, but the variety (usually 3 or 4 cask supplemented by an array of keg styles) from some of the country’s top breweries is what brings people here. Servings are in typically half, 2/3rds and pint depending on strength. Definitely a must visit if you are a beer lover and ever you are in Brighton.