Lion and Lobster Reviews

Nice staff good food...very busy but a good experience.

Seriously atmospheric comfortable enjoyable and good value.

Great pub - food not up to scratch. Have eaten here before and the food in the restaurant has usually been very good. This night we had seafood risotto and roast chicken. Risotto was poor, the seafood sauce was almost exclusively chopped mussels and mushrooms. The rice used was a long grain and tasted of nothing - no Parmigiano in the rice at all (the dish came in separate portions which was strange in itself) The sauce for the chicken tasted very acidic with no flavour. I'm hoping this was just a bad night from the chef but for the money we pay if we get this quality again we'd have to think twice about going again. Great, great pub though - one of the best in B&H.

Best pub in Brighton in my humble opinion. Lots going for it and it's worth the little walk from the centre of Brighton to get there. The Sunday roasts are out of this world, as are the staff too. I only wish it was still a B&B...

Gone down hill since I last visited. Food was poor.

i just moved around the corned and been meaning to have a roast here for ages! booking in advance is essential as they are always super busy & quite rightly so. we booked for 4pm and it was still rammed. Roast was delicious, loads of it and meat was cooked perfectly even thought we where a late roast.
i would of liked a starter and a pudding though (coz over eating is what sundays are for!) but the Sunday Menu is literally just a choice of roasts, with a Bloody Mary for starter, sadly neither myself or my boyfriend like bloody marys so we just shared the Capresse Salad as a starter (they didnt have any bread tho :( Staff where extremely helpfull even though they where very busy. Reasonably priced.

Lovely place to visit, sprawls over 3 floors. Despite being a bit cold we sat outside in front of the open fire.

Fab decor in all rooms with great atmosphere! Always a genuinely warm welcome with great service. Our Sunday roast was the best!

Definitely one of top 5 Brighton pubs. Great beer and great food.

Really busy and we did not book, so we were only had the option to sit outside and order from the bar. The dishes I got (pork) was so incredibly dry that it was hard to eat. The other dishes that we ordered were ok.

Delicious food but they forgot 1 of the meals ordered, they did generously did take it off the bill and rushed the order through.

Traditional old multi-level pub (with outdoor terrace). extremely cosy and very interesting. Good beer selection too.

Lots of space but gets busy cause it is tge place to be. Great ale selection and the food is on point! Definitely worth the journey.

One of the worst meals of my life, disappointed I have to give 1 star.....how is it even possible to get a burger, ribs and wings so wrong, I would rather drink water....sorry but honestly awful

It's a bit of a football watching sausage fest. But the food and drink is good and it's a nice place to warm up out of the winter weather.

What a great pub! A maze of rooms making up the bar downstairs, plus a restaurant upstairs. I wasn't lucky enough to partake of the delicious looking food but the menu was full of choices and reasonably priced too. Well worth a stop in if you are around.

Had heard great things about the Lion and Lobster but was disappointed. Ordered a pork belly roast - crackling was like rubber and the food tasted like it had lingered on a hot plate for far too long, the gravy especially was really stodgy. The service was ok but seemed a bit fire and forget with their customers. Finally my drink (a coke) was flat. The decor was nice and the rooms round the back seemed ideal for a cheap romantic dinner. I wanted to like the place and maybe I came on a bad day but I felt distinctly unimpressed.

Great food, lots of beer to choose from and a really quirky and unique atmosphere.

fantastic...although I must say I drunk tooooo much !

Nice old fashioned style pub. Good choice of beers.food served till late.upstairs roof terrace.

Such delicious homemade pizza! I had chilli con carne on a pizza with a bbq sauce base and it was delicious.

Great beers. Ask the bartender how you want: do you will taste some and then you will definitely find the one that suits you!

Fantastic experience at The Lion & Lobster, we had a party of 15, all our meals came out at once, all options were catered for, the food was delicious, and the friendly staff couldn't have been any more helpful - 5 star!!

Great pub great staff great beer great atmosphere just great.

Nice open fire going friendly & accomodating staff good selection of alcohol quiet surroundings no lager louts

This is a great place with plenty of atmosphere, if perhaps a little seedy. As a single unacompanied male I found the all female staff treated me with an air of disdain, clearly I wasn't one of their tribe. The beer however was excellent & the whole building had plenty of nooks & crannies to explore, especially upstairs where the outside balcony & fireplace was a joy to discover. The whole building & furnishings did feel as though they needed a thoroughly deep cleaning after years of beer & god only knows what else being sprayed across the walls.

I would love to rediscover this establishment on my next foray into Brighton, however I would feel more comfortable by being escorted by an attractive female or several. Perhaps then the bar staff would then treat me with more conviviality.

All in all, a worthwhile experience, definitely one for the ladies.

Lived up to the high rating given by the Sunday Mail

Friendly, eclectic mix of drinks, food & people!
Several floors, three bars & an internal smoking terrace (with an open fire, for those inclement British evenings!) & various books & crannies, means there's literally somewhere for everyone!

Brilliant pub, great atmosphere, great staff. Very good choice of beers, food looked nice but didn't try today.

Nice pub with a great, almost secret, rooftop seating area. Just keep looking for more stairs up!

Great food, choice of beers, a proper old fashioned pub great atmosphere.

Waited half an hour for our table to be ready even though we had booked days in advance but besides that everything was great. Staff were a bit frazzled and stressed out as it was busy but they still got the job done!

The Nachos were out of this world. I literally have never had a plate of food so big. Phenomenally delicious. Absolute priceless moment.

Excellent place with good seating and quality Beer and food.

Sardines not lobsters when packed in having Christmas dinner for a lot of us.

Love it, warren of hiddenness! Great terrace, food and sports

My daughter has taken me here a few times over the years when I have visited her. However this was my first time going solo and I was not disappointed at all. I had been advised to go on a Sunday evening, only to be delighted with the performance of a magical Jazz Trio. I discovered that they have been playing there for 20 years every Sunday. What a find and record. The place is cookie and cool all at the same time and the staff were great. I like real Ales and there were plenty to enjoy. Thanks guys. Great evening.

Food was great, staff were very friendly and attentive. Would 100% recommend

Always a fantastic welcome, great beer and food. Brilliant venue, what's more to say?

It was a Saturday night, lots of people as expected, rugby on TV, pretty busy but they have the restaurant upstairs nice and quiet. Staff were friendly even though they looked tired.

Great food. Great pub. Disorganised staff but we managed to get our table in the end.

Great Sunday roast! Book early or get there at 12. The half and half roast is a good option. Nice bar staff.

Good atmosphere and cool staff
Food ok

This place never disappoints. If you in Brighton please pop on an enjoy one of the best spots in Brighton.. .. this has become my local....

The most magnificent nachos a man could ever come across, the fish and chips were simply sublime. The playlist less so.

eaten here many times before. the standard and quality of food has massively reduced. we were a table of 4 with two of us going for the fish and chips and the other going for the venison. the venison came with cold roast potatoes instead of the dauphinoise on the menu. when we let the waitress know she said she would report it to the kitchen. When we came to pay the bill we asked to take the 10% service charge off, not noticed this before and when we explained what had been wrong with the food we got an insincere apology. The service was also terribly slow and overall a disappointing experience.

Great evening of food and wine. The staff were really friendly and welcoming. Cant wait to return

Any place that has Motorhead Ale on tap is a place worth visiting. But yeah, this pub is pretty fab too! Staff are fantastic and friendly as well. Have yet to try the menu but it looks good from what I've seen!

Lovely friendly family pub. The most amazing food . Will definitely go back again soon

It's a lovely building and the staff are great but the clientele on the half a dozen times I've been are almost insufferable, sometimes it's the oddly misplaced braying nouveau's, the cliquey hyper locals or maybe the Aperol spritz drinking pretty young things spending daddy's money and letting you know about oh so loudly from three tables away, or (and this is a real possibility) I'm a miserable swine who doesn't like busy pubs full of people enjoying themselves

Great pub for football and excellent smoking area late night menu a real plus

Traditional pub nice food if you want to eat staff friendly

Great steak dinner with a lovely aesthetic definitely recommend

Great atmosphere and beer selection. The food looks great can t wait to try.

Great local pub!! Always recommend it!!! Great food also!