OK. I love real ale, so to me the place is paradise. 12 hand pumps of quality ale served bright and in excellent condition. So for me every visit is a mini beer festival. To cap off the experience, they have loyalty cards so every tenth pint you get one free!
They also have a number of ciders served by hand pump and for the craft beer enthusiast there's a large range on offer. I also spied a good selection of craft bottle beers.
There's also a comprehensive food menu. I can personally vouch for the Sunday roast, along with their pies being a little bit special.
As for ambiance, it's a classic traditional pub strongly supporting rugby. Harlequins home games and Internationals can be very busy, but in a good way! On normal days there is background music, and I mean background, which is provided by a record player and regulars who have donated their vinyl collections. Bar staff will take requests.
In the Summer there's an expansive garden, ideal for family occasions and the pub is very dog friendly. In the Winter there can be a heated marquee in the garden.
Lastly, there's the staff, who are very customer focussed, friendly, efficient and effective.
Pre rugby lunch, the place was packed and yet the service was excellent and the food (burger, fries) was first class. If craft beer is your thing then this is the place for you, incredible choice and a few ciders as well. We will return when there’s not a game on, this is somewhere to dwell over a pint...
Steak Night on Thursdays is a regular night out for me. I always get the fillet steak, which I prefer blue, and it's always great quality meat cooked exactly to my liking. At £13.50 for the fillet with all the trimmings and a glass of wine or pint included it's excellent value for money! The Sussex Arms is a cosy, traditional pub with a great atmosphere and friendly, helpful staff. I highly recommend it.
Went down for steak and a pint night last night. To say it is £13.50 for that is an absolute bargain. The steak was some of the best quality! Staff are brilliant, service was quick and cooked exactly to order.
I’ve paid double the price for just a steak in some places and it just doesn’t compare to the Sussex arms steak!!
A perfect pub. A wide variety of excellent beer, great food (I’ve just had one of their steak and ale pies), friendly staff, good music (from a few hundred lps stashed by a turntable), cosy interior and a lovely big garden.
Lively pub great food and welcoming bar staff music like you will remember a place to visit more often
Me and my 19 friends went to steak night for my birthday last week. The steaks were amazing and perfectly cooked complements to the chef. The staff and manager were fantastic. The drinks are always good and what great value for money at only £13.50. Thank you for making my birthday an amazing fun and tasty night!!!
Piers Christian Driver
+5
Fantastic decor, great outside space, generous tasty portions of innovative food and a very good pint of guiness. 10/10
Visited the pub for the first time for the beer and cider festival. A company summer Jaunt. The atmosphere was terrific, very friendly with more kegs than you could shake a stick at set up in the garden. Hog roast, an excellent enertainer (sorry didn't get his name, copious amounts if cider can do that) and very friendly bar staff. I'll certainly be making the effort to visit again
Great Christmas work meal!!! Thank you Rob and the rest of the staff for great service, great food and a great evening. Thank you again from the Perform team!
Sunday lunch to die for ! Perfectly cooked, huge portions, great value. Unhesitatingly recommended.
If you like traditionally brewed ales beer and cider then it’s an excellent place, but if it’s the Fosters / Carling / Stella / Cidre / Magners or Strongbox type of drink your going to be very disappointed as it’s only Guinness that will be familiar to you as I found out.
I got there solo a little late on a day Harlequins were playing. Easily found a table (bench) for myself and ordered a Roast Lamb Dinner and a pint. Service was quick and the food was nice but a bit on the cool side. Not liking nuked food I did not request reheating and enjoyed the dinner
All in all, a good place for lunch. The Sunday roasts looked amazing, but this burger knocked it out of the park full of flavour and deliciousness.
The Sussex Arms is a pub near the Twickenham Green. It is well known for it's large and pleasant back garden. It has a large selection of beers, ciders and wines. It has a good kitchen and an extensive menu. Sunday roasts are especially well done. We returned this Sunday to enjoy the leg of lamb with fresh vegetables, topped off with custard covered apple pie. It was great.
The best place to eat steak or pork ribs. Bar tenders too are very polite and very helpful. I am looking forward to coming back to this place soon.
Booked table on line for match day, outstanding selection of Ales, Beers and Cider both on tap, cask, and cans/bottles.
Food was a touch expensive but good quality, nice atmosphere and highly recommended.
More cask ale than you could ever need, all kept in good condition. Selection of Big Smoke Brewery beers alongside guests from far and wide. Heritage interior, garden to front and rear. Full food menu available - the Sunday roasts looked huge, and were hugely popular!
Proper pub, great atmosphere as there was Six Nations on in the pub. Food was excellent, I had steak pie and I'd definitely recommend it washed down with Harvey's Sussex Bitter that to was a cracking pint.
Had a really enjoy evening here. Amazing rang of ale and guys behind the bar were helpful with their suggestions on what to try. The food was good, I had their big burger with bacon and it was very tasty.
Hug out door dining area with a playground to to keep the kids entertained.
I will be back next time I'm in the area.
This pub had alluded me for no reason other than I've just not been arsed to walk to Twickenham. It's an area I'd typically try and avoid any given weekend due to the outpouring of Jean and Sheux, Land Rovers and gilet wearing family entourages spoiling any opportunity for a quiet pint.
So, hit it when there's no rugby on, and when it's forecasted to be a torrential downpour. Prime Twickenham stomping weather. I'd walked over from Surbiton, and at the other end was this pub. Originally an 1837 beer house, significantly renovated in 2011 but kept the *good bones* you can slap once you walk in. Lovely layout, spacious, accommodating and a large garden too.
Loosely affiliated to Big Smoke I believe, sort of like how Bricklayers, The Lyric and Express Tavern are(?) - but unlike those, the beer selection here is *vast*, and specifically the cask selection. I counted 18 maybe? Could've been more. Opted for a pint of the Windsor and Eton pale ale which flew down. It's no easy task to maintain that much cask, but the local plaudits seem to keep pouring in for them, regularly in the GBG and voted best pub by the exact-pint chaser CAMRA crew (no foam plz).
Can't wait to come back here tbf. If the food is as good as the other loosely related pubs I'm sure a Sunday Roast session here would be unstoppable. Anyway, if you plan on coming, Strawberry Hill probably the best station, it's sort of equidistant between that, Whitton and Twickenham. Whatever's easiest. Or you can walk...
Excellent traditional Sunday roast at a lovely traditional pub. The Scotch egg starter made with haggis was exquisite. The mains of beef and lamb were cooked to tender perfection along with fresh crisp veg. The best parsnips & Yorkshire pudding I have ever tasted! Best customer service I have come across in this part of London for a long time. Nothing was too much trouble; they were attentive without being intrusive. And the bill topped off a great meal as it was a lot smaller than you'd expect for the quality of the food. Will be back!
We went here for lunch on a Saturday.
The staff were all young girls who seemed grumpy and unhelpful.
I got fish, chips, and mushy peas.
The fish had bones in it, which made it unpleasant to eat. I was constantly picking bones out of my mouth.
My wife enjoyed her burger and chips.
I liked the outdoor area with the tarps. It was raining when we were there, and it was a pleasant experience having a beer and some moderately good food out back during the rain.
I will go back, but I think I'll stay clear of the fish.
Popped in to meet a friend. We had some snacks and 3 pints. Food was ok, although I've never had deep fried Gyoza before. Atmosphere is always nice and the service was excellent
Best beer pub in the borough and a wonderful place for a session. Not a fan of their garden however as it attracts over indulgent young parents and their totally out of control children.
Best pub in Twickenham
Huge range of bitters and ciders with good food. The pies are the best I have ever eaten. There's a huge garden with a cover over it.
My only criticism is that the ordering app was not up to date and my first beer took 20 minutes to arrive.
The staff are very busy but very good
Enormous beer garden out back, and their play area caters for families with small kids. Went on a Sunday and had their 2 person roast to share. Enjoyed this immensely
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