The Temple Bar

The temple bar was always very dark and drab, but since they’ve redone it, I just think its fab! Very trendy looking with a great selection of beers!
Staff are all very helpful and great at explaining all the different beers they have on offer.
If its busy, like it was when we went in, there is an upstairs with lots of booths you can take a seat in.
My one qualm was the smell. They have curry leaf café serving the food, now I LOVE curry leaf café and it always smells great when you go to the restaurant, but the whole bar smelt of curry. We’d just had a huge meal beforehand else where and when we walked in we were hit by a wall of curry, not really what we wanted! We sat upstairs and could no longer smell so all good in the end!

Great craft beers, absolutely delicious. But the smell of Indian food is somewhat overpowering, and the reggae music made me want to cry. Or die.

Popped in for a late night drink on Saturday and was really impressed with the refit. Friendly staff, plenty of space and cosy booths upstairs. Crazy good selection of beer on draft and by the bottle. I will be heading back soon to try the food — provided by the Curry Leaf Café no less.

Good beer, good staff.
But unfortunately they couldn’t try any harder, wanna be hobgoblin.
If your a parent on a night out…

Venture inside the Temple bar to discover a wonderfully plush interior and a fine selection of ales, lagers and ciders. Huge windows opening onto the street add to the spacious, airy feel.
In addition to a good selection of lager, the Temple Bar also offers a particularly fine selection of local ales. While Dark Star’s Festival should be recognisable to all, I was surprised to discover White’s selection of Ale. White’s is a small family brewery based in Bexhill and an introduction to its refreshing range of beer was long overdue.
The staff here deserve particular mention. They’re without exception a brilliant bunch. Friendly, attentive and patient they embody proper pub workers. Hats off to them, I say!
The only downside to this bar (for me) is the music. ²⁄₄ dance is not my cup of tea, but with several tables on Western Road it is easy to escape. However, even with this minor gripe the ambience of the Temple easily makes a trip here worth your time. More bars like this would be a very good thing along Western Road!

Formerly the ‘Star and Sailor’, Temple Bar is a good addition to the already vibrant Western Road scene.
They offer a very interesting selection of drinks, including a number of ales and European lagers. The food menu is good, while nothing different from many of the other Brighton pubs, it’s all cooked well and is certainly better than a number of their rivals.
Temple Bar tends to get pretty busy on the weekends, but the atmosphere is definitely lively and enjoyable. You’ll find the best of Brighton crowds; vibrant but still relaxed.
I’ve definitely seen a night or two pass me by at Temple Bar, probably not for the last time either.

I used to drink in the Temple many years ago and must have missed it being re-​named as the Star and Sailor? Very odd. I was always a fan and when I mooched in today I couldn’t believe my eyes.
Completely gutting a pub and re-​furnishing/​fitting it is a really expensive process and is usually done really badly by owners trying to save money or appeal to a new group of people. When you have the guts to fit a beautiful hardwood panoramic bar and install comfortable, tasteful furniture, to me it says you care about your pub and the way its run.
There was a fantastic choice of bitters, lagers and ciders. They weren’t serving food yet but are starting this Sunday (17^th Jan) and I can pretty much guess it’ll be really good quality.

Recently known as The Star and Sailor, The Temple Bar has gone back to it’s original name after what looks to have been a massive re-​branding effort. What strikes you immediately is the new décor. What once was a gaudy, purple, Vince Ray-​style exterior is now more classically finished in a British racing green, framed with flowers and general greenery. The bar itself has been extended to be accessible from almost 360 degrees and all the pumps glisten in the way newly installed brass features tend to. To be honest the staff seem all the more chirpy for it. Prices are on average the same as they were under the pub’s previous guise so, with real ales and organic ciders aplenty, it’s the kind of place I could see becoming a very popular haunt for many of Brighton’s older elite.