The Dyke

Visited on a Sunday for lunch, the Dyke Tavern is a very welcoming pub with a large well stocked bar. The pub is very family friendly with activities to help keep children entertained whilst parents can enjoy a drink and good food.
The Dyke tavern is decorated to a high standard inside and it looks like it has been quite well maintained since being refurbished back in 2010.
The food menu was fairly extensive with roasts taking centre stage on the day I visited. In addition to the normal beef, chicken or lamb you can opt for a combination of the three which sounded very yummy. I opted for the beef which was well presented and tasted very nice. Interestingly I noticed somebody who had ordered sea bass had it served with a Yorkshire pudding which was a nice twist.

Had a wedding reception here and the staff were brilliant. Catering for a large amount of people and children alike.
Great selection of drinks, particularly the ales. Loved the Long Man Brewery selection, with Sharp’s Doombar.
Lovely garden and patio.

Mmmm. We live round the corner and have been here quite a few times as have our friends. Some have had dreadful experiences. The staff can be a bit to cool for school. Prices are woefully overpriced. Portions are small. And there is always a dog chained up in the restaurant near the kitchen which all the waitresses stroke. I bet they don’t wash there hands! It’s all a bit pretentious. There’s a recession on.

Terrible Food is awful chip shop would at least be edible Typical middling provincial approach. I suppose ok for a beer but the food is grim Burger was dry and partners dish was badly presented and grim] Avoid ! Walk to dials 10 minutes away instead.

Would really recommend The Dyke pub since it has been taken over by the owners of the Connaught, a real transformation from a very grotty boozer into a funky gastropub.
The interior has been done in a very beautiful manner with roaring open fires in the winter (if anything providing a little too much heat in October!).
The menu looks fantastic and changes regularly providing local, organic and seasonal food. I went for Sunday lunch and had a lovely roast beef, cooked rare, with seven different fresh veg as well as two types of potatoes. I even managed to squeeze in a pud — who could resist sticky toffee pudding with homemade vanilla custard!
The place is very child friendly, currently providing free meals for children. I have to say, this may have been a small negative for us being the only adult only group in the whole bar area, I did feel slightly like we were in the middle of a crèche at times!
Slightly more expensive than other pubs maybe, but the quality of the food makes the experience well worthy of the price.
A little way out of town but well worth a visit.

Qype reviewer Samantha said this place could do with a spruce up and boy has it got one!
Out go the old regulars no doubt drowning their sorrows over a shared tin of Special Brew on a park bench in nearby Dyke Road Park; out go the billiard table and sports TV; out go the dreary furnishings. In come soft leather upholstery, trendy lighting and smart décor.
The menu features, among other things, Tuscan layered bean and bread soup (£4.95), braised shoulder of rabbit with confit fennel and soft-​herbed polenta (£12.50), and Sussex rib-​eye steak with garlic butter and hand-​cut chips (£18.00). At lunchtime you can choose from Italian deli sandwiches (£4.95), Ploughman’s with Torta Gorgonzola £8.95), and pea and courgette pappardelle (£9.50 — the old crowd thought pappardelle was a striker for Torino, but we know better, don’t we? Don’t we?)
The wine list meanders from Navarra to Napa County by way of Piedmont and Provence. Real ale buffs will enjoy the Harvey’s and Doombar. Some may find it all a bit ‘Preston Park pretentious’ but judging by the packed bar over the recent sunny weekend, most will find it a welcome improvement to the area.

The Dyke Tavern is one of those large out of town pubs that show sports. For me its not worth missioning out of town but it must great for local middle aged men, as it seems to be full of them. It does have a beer garden which is never a bad thing, but it a bit grotty inside and could do with a spruce up.

The Dyke Tavern a very traditional pub that can be found slightly out of town at the top of Dyke Road. Its slightly run down and due to its location is often very quiet. They have pool tables and show major sport events on the teles. Its a little bit grotty general and needs a good spruce up.
The menu offers Thai food and the bar stock local ales like Harvey. It not worth popping out of town for and to be honest its low standard stands out against the other venues Brighton has to offer.

I’d describe this as a mans pub ! Always full of, err, men (if you are a single girl don’t take this as a recommendation to go there ! It really wasn’t !)
Has a large screen so gets busy when there is a match on with lots of err men ! To be more specific usually drunk and usually loud men. There is a snooker table (usually being played by men !) and also a darts board (again, usually being played by men !) So if you like hearing 180 being called out as you sip on a delicate glass of wine get there now. !
I’m being a bit mean. The pub is actually very friendly and welcoming (just possibly not my ideal night out !)