Pub Review Guide
Welcome to the Pub Review Guide
A comprehensive evaluation of watering holes across Sussex and further afield by Ian Fry and Ellie Clayson.
85+
Visits to the pub
86
Highest score awarded
13
Pubs rated 'Platinum'
2017
When it all started
The pubs we have visited, sorted A-Z
All pubs are sorted A-Z by their official name minus any prefix words, including A and The. Any omitted prefixes are included in (brackets) after the name.
- Abergavenny Arms, Rodmell
- Anchor Inn, Barcombe Mills
- Argyle Arms, Oxford Circus
- Ash Tree Inn, Ashburnham
- Beachy Head, Eastbourne
- Berwick Inn, Berwick
- Black Horse, Telham
- Blacksmiths Inn, Ninfield
- Bo Peep, St Leonards
- Bohemian, Eastbourne
- Browns, Soho, London
- Bull Inn, Battle
- Bull Inn, Bulverhythe
- Bull (The), Newick
- Bulls Head (The), Boreham Street
- Castle Inn, Pevensey Bay
- Coal Hole, London
- Cock Inn, Lewes
- Counting House, City, London
- Counting House, Eastbourne
- Cricketers Arms, Berwick
- Crown, Hastings
- Crown, Wells
- Cuckmere Inn, Exceat
- Dickens Inn, London
- Dolphin, Eastbourne
- Eight Bells, Jevington
- Friday Street Farm, Eastbourne
- George, Nunny Catch
- Giants Rest, Wilmington
- Gun, Gun Hill
- Gypsy Moth, Greenwich
- Half Moon, Plumpton
- Harrow Inn, Hastings
- Hollington Oak, St Leonards
- Juggs, Kingston
- Lamb Inn, Hooe
- Lazy Fox, Mark Cross
- Marina Fountain, Hastings
- Merrie Harriers, Cowbeech
- New Inn, Westfield
- New Inn, Winchelsea
- Old Oak Inn, Caneheath
- Picture Playhouse, Bexhill
- Pilot Inn, Eastbourne
- Plough and Harrow, Litlington
- Plough, Upper Dicker
- Porcupine, London
- Princess of Wales, Blackheath
- Queens Head, Sedlescombe
- Rainbow (re:23), Eastbourne*
- Ram Inn, Firle
- Red Lion, Hooe
- Red Lion, Stone Cross
- Red Lion, Willingdon
- Robin Hood Inn, Icklesham
- Roebuck Inn, Laughton
- Rose & Crown, Cuckfield
- Royal Oak & Castle, Pevensey
- Saleshurst Halt, Robertsbridge
- Ship Inn, Eastbourne
- Six Bells, Chiddingly
- Smugglers Inn, Pevensey
- Squirrel Inn, Battle
- Stage Door, Eastbourne
- Star Inn, Old Heathfield
- Star, Alfriston
- Sussex Ox, Milton Street
- Swan Inn, Dallington
- Three Oaks, Hastings
- Tiger Inn, East Dean
- Two Sawyers, Pett
- Wheatsheaf Inn, Bexhill
- Wheatsheaf Inn, Willingdon
- Wheel Inn, Burwash
- White Dog, Robertsbridge
- White Hart, Netherfield
- Ye Olde Pumphouse, Hastings
- Ye Olde Smugglers Inn, Alfriston
- Yew Tree Inn, Arlington
- Yew Tree, Chalvington
Our-top rated pub
The Gun in Gun Hill is our top rated pub. We visited in September 2018 and it scored an impressive 86 out of a possible 100.
It has remained in first place since then despite having some very close calls. The crown was almost taken by The Plough and Harrow, Litlington when that scored 85 in February 2019 and then again at 85 with the The White Hart, Netherfield in October 2025.