A pub, but only just pubby enough! Clearly very food-biased (“please wait here to be seated”), this was already filling up as we arrived just after midday on a Sunday, and was chaotically busy by 1pm. It’s rated for its carvery, but I can’t comment; we had sandwiches and beer in the garden while the chaos of families with children continued inside. The garden was lovely though, as was the beer, food, and staff.
[edit] A later visit (in the week) saw it a lot calmer, and the carvery was excellent.
Micropub in a back street close to the seafront. We should have really liked this: the staff were really friendly, and the beer (straight from a cask by gravity) was in great nick, I got asked what glass I wanted (perverts can have a dimpled mug) and there was no loud music, but…
The beer we picked wasn’t great (just poor choice on our part). All the seating is those awful tall chairs, and the place rapidy filled with gobshites.
Pretty standard Marstons seafront feedbag in the Carlton Hotel, with the oddity being the aeroplane parts (including a cockpit in the bar). Other than that, unexceptional, but pleasant enough. Food and beer both great, staff very friendly, good outside seafront terrace.
Drinker’s pub just off the seafront on one side of Waterloo Square. No cask ale, but decent lager. Really friendly staff and locals, benches out front on a lovely sunny day. Nice enough that we came back later in the day.
One of three locals for our week’s holiday, and the first we visited,as there was food and a shop next door. It’s an actual hotel, but feels pubby: there’s 3 distinct zones- very pubby at the front, mixed pub/lounge in the middle, restaurant at the back. Good beer (2 Fullers, 1 guest) in good condition, decent wine, and fair prices for the south-east, for both the drink and the (excellent) food. Really, really friendly staff too.