GastropubUpper Lewes Road
Martha Gunn
Pool table, quiz nights, and Brighton's best roast
6.1/10
Local score
No. 72 of 212 pubs & bars on r/brighton, from 31 locals across 28 threads.
97% would send a mate. Still recommended in 2026.
A well-liked traditional local on Upper Lewes Road with a pool table, board games and a piano in the back room. Regulars rate the Sunday roast (home-made Yorkshire puddings get a specific shout-out) and it's hosted swing nights and retro game nights, though one Redditor mourns a quiz night that seems to have ended.
- Go for
- Pool, quiz nights and a proper Sunday roast
- Heads up
- Long-running pub quiz reportedly ended
What locals say
Pubs around here have got way better in the 8 or 9 years I’ve been living round here. The Bear is the only one to avoid now really. The Martha Gunn is probably my favourite. (Was a proper EDL-types pub when I first moved here but drastically improved…)
The Martha Gunn has Swing out events monthly, cant remember which Saturday. Lindy Lounge has usually got the full updates of where and when every jazz band is in Brighton. Find the dancers - you'll always find the…
Martha Gunn. Good pub, pool table. Caroline of Brunswick. Alternative type pub, pool table. Druids Arms. Recently was quite shit pub, might be better now if reopened. Pool table.
Has the Martha Gunn improved? Last time I went, about 3 years ago, they were pulling really dirty pints.
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