Royal Pavilion Tavern

good value menu

Went here for food attracted by the low prices. Took away a feeling of being cheated and exasperated by bad serviced.
Let downs:
I wasn’t able to get a vegetarian burger on the «2 meals for £6»
I told the barmaid that I would instead have the «burger and drink for £4.89» deal and could I please have the veggie burger. She ran through the order without telling me that the veggie burger cost extra and I did not realise this until checking my change later.
When we asked for ketchup the staff member delivered an empty bottle.
Suggestions:
If someone asks for the 4.89 veggie burger, but the veggie burger isn’t part of this deal say something, don’t just run the higher price through the till without confirming the order.
Make the menu pricing clearer, specifically if your deal is «burger and drink from 4.89» do not hide the word from with an obscure typeface and tiny sized letters. In addition do place it next to a similar deal that uses the word «for» e.g. «any pizza for £5.00». Customers don’t like feeling as if they have been tricked, just be upfront, clear and honest about your pricing.
The table next to us, served by the same staff member, also had service problems, they had to wait a very long time for their food. The excuse: «sorry, but our chef burnt the pizza» (paraphrased). How bad a chef must you be to burn a pizza?
Both myself and my friend will not be paying another visit

I’ve got to be honest, I love this place. Sure, it’s a little weathered and the tables have that permanent sticky feel, and the toilets have seen better days! but that never stops me when I’m down south visiting friends from London at least once a month. With the constant drink deals and promo’s its value for money as well as a chilled atmosphere, This place gets a lot busier in the late evening when the students come crawling out.
They have a pair of the most professional doorman I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting,
The bar staff are super nice although occasionally you see the newer staff bumming around talking to their friends instead of working, and serving them first when you have been waiting sucks, but you will find that in most places and service is usually pretty good. Easy parking nearby makes it a better choice than all the other tucked away drinking holes,

Too loud. Too little pool tables. Small selection of drinks. Lots of times I’ve waited outside having a cigarette, only to have smelly people walk past. The bouncers are far too polite and smile at the smelly people. A flock of seagulls passes by in the sky, there is a taxi rank. Why? There is a shop called Well Done. Why? Its a sarcastic comment, to the seagulls, to me, to the Pav Pub, to the cigarette butt I’ve left discarded on the floor.
When taking a shot at the pool table I feel under intense scrutiny. I’m not sure if all places are like this, but its like a pressure constantly builds up. I’m not very good and I don’t want to embarrass myself… I’ve seen others make shots. Why not me? Poor service clearly. I shouldn’t have to think about the drinks! Its about the long shaft and the balls and i can’t concentrate on them, especially if there’s a bit of alright on the side!
I asked the staff if an oxygen bar could be fitted at the back and we laughed together, I have frequently thought about this and it always makes me chuckle. Recently I have been back and was distraught to realise an oxygen bar had not been fitted. I was most displeased.
There are several steps at the entrance. I’d complain about disabled access but I’m not disabled, and I’m sure they have a way of dealing with that.
People wear too many clothes made of cotton. I’d like to see more wool. Maybe polyester. I’m not really sure anymore, I’m quite apathetic about my life these days. 20 is a big number.
I have a sneaking suspicion that pavi tavi is the reason you burn your toast sometimes. It happened to me a few weeks back and I had passed the place a mere month before that.
On another leg, now the boot is on the other shoe! The noise levels are so loud me and my two friends could all hear the music while we were buying a drink at the bar. I would understand if a two of us could but all three did!
Anyway — next time I go I may use a friend or two. I find nights out more enjoyable that way. Maybe it’ll be pav tav or another pub — that’s the beauty of a nation!
Reg,
Monty

Poor communication from the proprietors gives the Pavilion Tavern, a.k.a the Pav Tav, the thumbs down from me.
I’ve heard this place compared to Yates and Wetherspoons and in terms of prices would have to agree. Very youngish crowd the times I’ve been. Cheap meal deals to satisfy the peckish; you get what you pay for. Haven’t checked out the club upstairs (which host a variety of nights catered to different musical tastes) and it’s very doubtful I will be anytime soon.
This is due to the discrimination by the bouncers against friends of mine, which I have addressed to the managers via their facebook wall. Apparently a bouncer aggressively asked the bar staff for a beverage, I believe the charming line he used was «get me an effing drink or you’re effing dead». My boyfriend objected to the language and treatment of the bar staff and the bouncer immediately told him he was barred because of this. The bar staff did nothing to stand up for themselves.
Upon returning the following weekend my boyfriend was refused entry, the bouncer claiming the reasoning behind it being his facial piercing. From a place that has never said anything about my piercings when I’ve taken friends for meals there, from a place which hosts indie/​rock nights which are bound to attract alternative types who decorate themselves accordingly, from a place that had no answer when his female friend stepped in with, «but I’ve got loads of piercings and you’re letting me in?». Something doesn’t quite wash with the internal politics of this place.
Being a newcomer in Brighton I thought this may’ve been an unlucky one-​off experience but having spoken to some locals I hear the bouncers at the Pav Tav are notorious for this kind of behaviour.
So be warned: if you’re a female teenager in possession of pneumatic breasts looking for cheap alcopop thrills before hitting the clubs expect to be cheerfully waved through by the doorkeepers. If you’re in possession of morals and of body modification other than plastic surgery, expect to have your morals jeered at before leaving them at the door (should the bouncer feel like granting you entry of course).
N.B: I will be happy to amend this review should the proprietors wish to contact me with an explanation of this behaviour and perhaps offer an apology. As I said, I’ve already brought it up with them on the very public domain of facebook and any other business who wishes to continue doing business would have at least have had the courtesy to reply by now.

I hated this place for years. The bar staff particulary one fellow were, for want of a better word, utter bastards. They also play awful music very loud half the time, the seats and tables if you are lucky enough to find one are always dirty, and it takes at leat 15 minutes to get served. It is cheap however, which at I guess means it get another star. I mean, it it was expensive on top of this, that would be far far worse.

Oh dear God.
While there is fierce competition for the title of «Brighton’s Worst Pub», the Pav Tav really tries it’s hardest.
I am going to stick with writing about the bar itself. The club upstairs can be okay if you like poorly mixed metal… but the character of downstairs is enough for me to avoid any aural delights upstairs.
This place is a truly horrible dive — and I *like* dives — with almost nothing to redeem it. When you realise that the seats are probably the only good thing about a pub, you really are scraping the bottom.
The «clientele» are a mix of lecherous alcoholics, 18 year old p*ss heads and occasionally poor, lost souls who evidently don’t know Brighton well enough to find another bar. An unfriendly cross-​section of the worst of British bar life.
The music is terrible, the toilets (male) foul, the beer expensive and of poor quality… but I think what really sets it off is the lack of a smoking area. Popping out for a cigarette to be surrounded by patrons of the bar vomiting and squaring up to each other is not my idea of a relaxing smoke.
To be honest, if you end up here on a Friday night you really need to rethink whether Brighton is the place for you. This is a genuinely horrible place…

I can only assume that the ‘Pav Tav’, as I heard it being called, is a student bar. It was full of young looking people, was very cheap and was a little on the grimey side (in a ‘this place is cheap so it’s allowed to be a bit of a dive’ kind of way).
We intended to stay for one drink but ended up staying for 4 because it was such good value. Plus we had doubles… needless to say we were RATHER hungover the following day.
In addition to this we had a laugh with the bar staff who were very friendly and full of banter.

Student favorite the Pav Tav is just about as cheap as it gets in Brighton. A double spirit and a pint for under a fiver cant be bad, the low cost also continuous to the food menu, you can get a ploughman’s for around £2?! The budget nature of the venue means it of course popular with student and a few old man all day drinker types, but atmosphere is far for dire and its worth putting up with the lack of natural light for the cheapness. They also have a club upstairs that hosts live music as well as rock and indie nights, it’s a proper dingey rock club but its refreshingly unpretentious for Brighton.

The Pav Tav… Brighton’s alternative to the Wetherspoons on West St, for the slightly more upmarket chav or indie kid. This is a poor attempt at good nightlife: a rowdy, busy, and generally dull drinking establishment. There are so many better places in Brighton, with better prices, service and customers… Give it a miss.
I don’t really have much to commend here: the crowd of people in various states of vomit that seem to hang around the beginning of North Street like a bad smell are only an indicator of what can be found inside. As well as that, the selection here is a little pathetic: unless you like lager or plonk, you’ll go wanting. The prices are cheap, but here that just feels like a reflection of the dirty scuff marks on the bottom of your glass. Yes, there is a cheap club upstairs, and it’s not bad in terms of music and DJing: it is, however, a little grubby and rough around the edges.
Pav Tav seems to have this amazing reputation, and I can’t for the life of me work out why. It’s just a grubby little hole with delusions of grandeur: find your kicks elsewhere.

Ahhhh the Pav Tav. I’ve spent many and hour and many a brain cell pogoing to some excellent music played here. We generally go to the pub first and then pop into the club. Its not at all expensive and depending what night is on, the DJ will always get the crowd jumping.
Its a very down to earth place and you won’t find any posers in there at all, just a large gang of people all up for a laugh and a dance.
Wine in here is extremely cheap! Its worth chipping in and sharing a few bottles.
I’ve never had a bad night in here, even when we ended up in there on a heavy metal night, we still had a good old mosh!

When visiting Brighton, if in doubt about where to go, pop into the Royal Pavilion Tavern (also known as the ‘Pav Tav’). If you live in Brighton the Pav Tav is a place you will end up going to at some point during the evening. It’s simply a friendly, lively and laid back bar. At a first impression, some may say it is Brighton’s version of Weatherspoons, but I’d say it has a lot more character than that. Drinks are cheap so it’s very popular with students and has a buzzing atmosphere throughout the week as well as at weekends.
The premises itself is laid out well with plenty of tables and sofas to sit on, the bar staff are always very friendly and don’t mind partaking in a bit of light hearted banter with you. They regularly have live music playing as well as having an upstairs area which is used as a venue for gigs and functions, usually local bands or fundraising concerts with cakes and music. The upstairs venue isn’t especially pleasant looking, and it can get a bit cold, but it’s usually pretty fun if it’s busy. If you’re looking for somewhere classy and quiet, the Pav Tav isn’t for you, but if you want to go to a low key, fun and friendly bar for a few cheap drinks and a laugh then the Pav Tav is your perfect local.

The Pavillion Tavern, or ‘Pav Tav’ as we like to call it, is a spit-​and-​sawdust kind of pub with Wetherspoons prices.
As a result of the cheap prices, the food isn’t spectacular and a lot of the time comes out late and cold, but still edible enough not to complain.
We discovered Guinness Red in here (having never heard of or seen it before despite the multi-​million pound advertising campaign a couple of years ago). For those of you who’ve also been living under a rock it’s a lighter, sweeter version of the Irish favourite, and does wonders for hangovers.
There’s a range of nights on at the Pav Tav to suit various musical tastes, and it’s a cheap starting point for a night in town.
Apparently there’s a club upstairs but I only just realised that from reading the previous review.
This rock I’m still living under provides great shelter, you know.

The Pav Tav is situated in a great spot right near all the clubs, including my regular haunt Audio, so it’s a great place for drinks beforehand. The décor isn’t great and it’s pretty dated but the cheap drink deals make up for it. This means most of the crowds in there are young drinkers. There is a club upstairs which is always cheap entry and has further alcohol deals. It attracts an array of people as each night is pretty different. On Tuesdays it’s Guerilla Rocks, a punk, rock and metal night. Wednesdays it’s a live music night featuring up-​and-​coming Brighton bands. Fridays it’s indie night and on Saturdays it’s a mix of pop, rock and dance. If you’re looking for a place to get merry before hitting the clubs (or going upstairs) then you should definitely try out this pub.

To my knowledge this is the cheapest place to drink in Brighton, well perhaps the fancy and alluring Weatherspoons could be in the running but I choose The Pav Tav over that. This place is always full of old boys who only seem to spend their day drinking (heroes) and with the prices I’m not surprised. Having had a recent refurbishment, that didn’t seem to change it at all, The Pav Tav has been a favourite of mine for some time. They don’t seemed to have too much live music on in there anymore but I remember catching The Maccabees and other bands before they had made their names and it was always a lively show match by the punters. In an age full of leather couches, LCD TV’s and pristine bars, it’s nice to have somewhere to really feel relaxed.

On arriving to Brighton around dinner time, I was absolutely starving and needed to find a bite sharpish. My companion suggested that we go to The ‘Pav Tav’ as it was ridiculously cheap, and she was not wrong. I had a chicken burger and chips with a large glass of wine for £4.49 all together. The food was reasonable, the chicken burger was real breast meat and not processed rubbish and it successfully satisfied my grumbling tummy. The pub itself was a tacky version of a traditional English pub with drunk girls falling out of their tops and being generally gobby (one of these so called ladies asked me for a kiss and when I said no thankyou she shouted in my face «Give me a f***ing kiss!» Charming.
It was nice to get a decent meal and a tipple for under a fiver but I doubt I’ll be going back any time soon.

As much a student venue as an old man’s pub the Pav Tav is the cheapest pint in the centre of Brighton. The pub is aways heaving with students because of the prices but its nice to wonder in to a bustling pub on a Wednesday evening. The bar has a very traditional pub décor, but is seriously lacking in natural light, the only window is the small one at the front. The pub has a pool table and tournaments are regularly held. The food is worryingly cheap, I;m talking less than £3 for a Ploughmans, hmmm,
Up stairs is a rock club and music venue, its a little bit grotty but always absolute carnage on at the \weekend. The music they play is varied and includes everything from Oasis to Limp Bizkit. Its a great place to drink cheap shots and dance your arse off to old classics but maybe don’t take your gran.

Although I do like the Pav Tav I always find it impossible to get drinks here. Seriously. It’s not simply that there are queues — though queues do happen -, even during less busy hours I’ve found trying to intoxicate myself at the Tav an arduous process. The fault lies with the service. I’ve come here some days only to find myself standing around waiting half an hour for a barmen to show up so I can actually order something to drink. This is obviously a huge flaw, and seriously detracts from an evenings enjoyment. Fortunately though, once one has eventually managed to purchase alcoholic beverages, the Tavern is a fun place to be. There’s a good friendly spirit here, cool music and a nice vibe. The food also isn’t bad.
Regards events, on Mondays there’s live acoustic music, Tuesday is Rock/​Indie and Alternative night, Wednesday there’s live bands, Friday Indie and Rock, Saturday Rock anthems, Brit Pop and Classics, and on Sundays there’s a free pub quiz.

This is one of the cheapest bars I’ve ever been to. You can get a hamburger meal with a lager for just under £6.00, and that’s one of the most expensive options. You can get a decent meal for £3.00. It’s not the cleanest place in the world (our table had the stickiness that’s associated with unwiped beer), but it’s cheap and it’s a cozy place to have a conversation. A friend and I went here on a Sunday night, which I believe is their quiz night. It’s a simple place, but the simplicity displayed here works in its favor.