Mark Christopher Brogan
+5
I've been going to the Thomas Kemp for many years. I remember the place when it was the Polar Bear.
I often go for Sunday Lunch which has become a bit of a Sunday normality for me. We take friends and family there whenever they stay with us in Brighton.
Like most pubs in Brighton it is completely dog friendly, they'll always bring over a water bowl etc if you need one.
Food is always great, they've been recognised as having one of the best burgers in the whole of Brighton.
Their traditional Sunday lunch is delicious. Whether you have beef, pork, lamb, chicken or the veggie option, they are all great with a fabulous selection of vegetables and all the usual accompaying condiments and sauces.
Service is great, friendly and attentive. The place can get really busy on a Sunday for lunch but they take reservations which is good if you want to take a larger group.
They give a discount to pensioners and to certain groups like NHS staff which is an added bonus.
It's a place where you can just relax and have a drink and food, in the midst of lovely Kemp Town and a block back from Marine Parade if you fancy a walk on the seafront after filling your belly.
Love it.
Mx
Wow what a super Sunday roast
The beef was to die for. And excellent service to go with it.
Relaxed atmosphere friendly and helpful staff. Perfect place for a drink. Summer time when the doors are open at the front it’s lush �
Thomas Kemp has the best Sunday roast in Brighton. I have eaten here so many times and every meal has been beautiful!!!
Totally scrummy Sunday roasts!!big portions too. I ordered a child's roasts plus a side order of honey roast parsnips and cauliflower cheese and couldn't manage it all. Meat (pork) delicious and crackling beautifully crispy. Veg really tasty. Loved the red cabbage especially! Couldn't fault it. Really relaxing atmosphere and friendly staff too.
Caroline Cazza Bradley
+5
Lovely dog friendly pub. Burgers were amazing and staff are great
The food is amazing here - good portions and all so beautifully fresh and flavoursome! Excellent service too!
Best roast in Brighton! Absolutely love this pub, the staff are friendly and hospitable. The pub is dog and child friendly. There's a great selection of drinks and the Sunday roasts are amazing. I walked past someone with nachos and they looked fantastic, I look forward to sampling them!
Went for afternoon tea on Friday, what can I say apart from wow, food was amazing and what a lovely pub
The staff are all very friendly and the food is very good
Fabulous food & staff are so friendly & welcoming , not been in a while but will definitely be back soon
Nice atmosphere and very friendly. Would recommend a visit.
The food is fantastic. Don't be put off by the price! You get what you pay for, you definitely do. I've lived around the area for about five years now and this is the place to go if I want to treat myself-LARGE.
The atmosphere is also fantastic. I've had plenty of nights out with colleagues for a morale boost and the occassional leaving do. It seems to be the hub for hospital staff to socialise. The staff are friendly and pleasant altogether. One thing I haven't experienced is their live music events and open mic on weekends. I look forward to it one day!
The Thomas Kemp is a pub that I have frequented often over the years. It has a very nice vibe to it and the food is extremely decent. The drinks are a little pricey but then that is standard for central Brighton. The location is decent as it is in central Kemptown and therefore easy to access.
A nice pub with a friendly traditional interior and a nice patio area too. The restaurant part of their business is obviously. I had the opportunity to try one of their Sunday roasts. A generous amount of meat and it was pretty tasty too. If you have visited this pub on a Sunday you might have found out that they only serve roasts on a Sunday. Apparently the kitchen is being reorganised and you'll be able to order from a larger menu on Sundays, so it might be worth a revisit. This isn't a part of town I normally frequent, but I would certainly come back if I had the chance.
Lovely little bar in kemptown, and right by the sea and pubs. Excellent service, although you have to order at the bar, which doesn't really fit in with the lovely ambiance of the pub, as it seems as though it would be a lot fancier.
The food is very reasonably priced, and you get HUGE portions... so share and get a dessert! I don't recommend the king prawn stir fry though... it is a strange mix of different tastes, with root veggies that shouldn't be in a stir fry, really. But the more "local", pub style dishes looked yummy!!
The atmosphere is great, and the pub is really big! If you are a small group, you need to not mind sharing a table though, as they are all joined in pairs.
I will certainly become a regular here!
In the heart of Kemptown, a lovely pub with lovely staff and an open fire. 3 for 2 on Sambuca and Brightons favourite spirit Tuaca and they always rustle up a mean Bloody Mary. They have an extensive menu of locally sourced and homemade dishes, including soup of the day. Sunday roasts are quoted as the 'best in Kemptown', they plates come fully loaded with a mountain of nourishment. The Monday night quiz can attract quite a few people and the prize fund can be worth staying in the pub for. Once I received £28 for my time and even beat a team containing Danny from Withnail and I, who is a regular drinking the Kemp.
This is a really nice pub, located deep in a residential area of Kemp Town. I visited before going to a gig at the nearby Hanbury and found the Thomas Kemp to be the perfect warm up.
This is definitely a bit of a gastropub, combining exposed brickwork and varnish wooden furniture with deeply grey decor and eccentric statues in each corner.
There are normally a number of a offers available, ranging from beer to spirits, and occasionally including wine. You can also get food at The Thomas Kemp, I had a pizza that was nice, although it was certainly pre bought.
Probably one of the, if not nicest and definitely friendliest pubs in Kemp Town. Bright (not dark), dog friendly, couches for kicking back, tables for eating A typical 'Brighton' bar mixed ages, with Berlinesque overtones. Funky music. Gets busier and with DJs in the weekend evenings. The food is good and very tasty and good sized portions!!. A few of us went there for Sunday lunch. We all had lamb. It was a rack of lamb. I have to say that it was no less than exceptional! Extremely high quality that most restaurants would struggle at competing with! You have to try it. Really, great food!
All round a good little (or quite large actually), boozer. Well managed with friendly, polite staff. Go there!!!
Named after the mastermind behind Kemptown, Mr Thomas Reed Kemp himself, this pub is popular with many of Kemptown's locals and visitors alike.
With a tantalising pub grub menu with a sophisticated twist: jerk chicken, tofu satay, tuna steak, a range of ales, ciders and lagers on draught and a programme of live music and DJ sets on the weekends, including regular open mic nights, the Kemp is a bustling pub full of character.
The interior is mostly white and clean, with chalk boards and low lighting dotted around, and you can park your arse on an array of stools with cushions scattered about. There's a beer garden out the back to soak up the sun or have a smoke, and in the summer the front windows open from floor to ceiling, really bringing the light into the place.
A lovely little pub, even if the food is a little pretentiously presented.
My wife and I had our wedding at our local - The Thomas Kemp. We kept it small to around 40 people. The buffet was gone super quickly - it was so good - and the bar staff were unbelievably friendly and welcoming to us all night. It was just our local before, now it's a place we'll always remember fondly. Thank you so much to Dan and the Laine team. See you soon for another Sunday roast x
@arissykitchen at @kemppub
Seen great reviews about the Sunday Roast so had to check it out!
• Beef and Turkey roast
• Squash, cauliflower and almond filo
Roasts were delicious with the exception of the Yorkshire pudding.
Dessert
• sticky toffee pudding solid 10/10, not a fan of the hazelnut ice cream
•plum & blackberry crumble, custard. Could do with more crumble to fruit ratio but was yummy.
Total spend: £73 for 3 people
Great atmosphere, friendly and helpful staff and great food!
The atmosphere in the kemp was warm and inviting. The staff were fantastic and very kindly allowed me change the potatoes to chips for my meal. The fish and chips was the best I've ever eaten out in a pub. The fish was delicately cooked, a lovely crispy flavourful batter and a great portion size. The chips were crispy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside. The tartar sauce was also delicious, well balanced and a silky texture. The star of the show was the minty crushed peas, they were the best crushed/mushy peas I've ever tasted.
The pints were also reasonably priced for Brighton. A fantastic pub, with great food and a nice atmosphere. I will definitely be returning.
Great pub, very spacious and nice atmosphere. Really good service and friendly staff. My only gripe was only one beer (ale) on handpump, but other keg beers so that's okay. Food was very good and would recommend.
This is a must visit if you’re in Brighton! The food is absolutely delicious. Would highly recommend the small plates in the photos below but everything we’ve ordered from the menu has always been incredible - crispy potatoes, asparagus with whipped feta and chilli oil and manouri cheese with babaganush and candied walnuts. So yummy! The roasts are also incredible… would definitely recommend booking a table. It’s a lovely setting with a nice beer garden, great atmosphere, amazing service and the prices are very reasonable too! Without a doubt my favourite spot in Brighton.
Lovely pub with friendly staff.
Was there for a friends post wedding party. The catering was tasty with a wide variety of beers on tap too.
Nice covered outdoor space as well.
Amazing place to stumble upon, though they had a small(ish) menu, there’s definitely something to suite everybody’s tastes. I had fish and chips (it would have been rude not to!) and hats off to the chef for making such a beautiful dish and presenting it so nicely… just writing this review is making me salivate!
Great food, fantastic atmosphere and amazing service. Huge thank you to the team for making me feel welcome in Brighton!
Been here a few times over the years and always a good night! Great food and beer! Went for a wedding reception last week and it was such a lovely setting! Great outside space and a lovely atmosphere!
Come here often for a drink and a few snacky bits. Really enjoy the croquettes.
Service can be a bit up and down. Always better on their busier days (more staff on) but always friendly
Great lunchtime menu, choices of veg, vegan and meat starters and mains. Very relaxed friendly atmosphere. Well worth a visit if your in the area
Ths garlic greens are mouthwatering
Great bar in Kemptown. Didn’t eat here, but menu looks really good. Good choice of beers and good service.
Nice enough pub but was pretty cold and the front space seemed weirdly underutilised. We visited to watch the rugby but there was only a very small screen and not enough seats (despite there being a lot of space).
Great Sunday roast. Not as good as previous visits. But still very good, parsnips weren't properly cooked. But overall very good.
Still no English mustard available 🤔. Must for us on a roast lunch.
Food was great for our party of 8. Sadly one was overcharged by £20. It was sorted but took quite a while.
Spoilt the overall event
Just what we needed after a long hot day of toil! Good food and cheerful, efficient staff. We've just bought a flat nearby so we're really pleased to discover The Thomas Kemp :)
Been to the Kemp a few times, dog friendly, food good and atmosphere ideal for weddings, birthday parties, Sunday roasts etc. Staff are always friendly and polite even when they are extremely busy. 5 Stars all the way :)
Utterly delicious Sunday roast. Lovely atmosphere. Good presentation of your dish with Yorkshire pudding, gravy and herbs. And many little sauces to choose from recommended.
An excellent Laine pub with a marvellous covered and heated area outside. Also notably wonderful, friendly and helpful service from the bar person. Great stuff.
Sunday roast was tasty, served quickly, staff were very friendly and let us use reserved tables until the time that they were reserved. They also serve Strongbow Cloudy Cider!
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