The Railway Bell, Brighton

The Railway Bell is a very basic pub with décor and atmosphere that is more suited for the waiting room over the road on platform three than a town centre boozer. I had to wait for the barman to finish chatting to a couple of munters at the bar before he would grace me with some service and my half of Guinness, whilst good, was a very short measure. The bar supports two hand pumps which were drawing Harveys Best and Spitfire and a standard draught selection was also available. To the right of the entrance there is a dartboard and a pool table can be found in a back room also to the right of the pub. There is a plasma screen and two portable sets that are used to show football on Sky Sports when it is on. A match had just finished before my visit and the screens were muted and some dance music had been selected off the jukebox by some of the locals. This place is very forgettable and I will certainly walk past when next in the area. I would give a rating of 4/10, but it gets an extra point for having some pub darts laid out by the board for general use.