The Office

With a gin selection like the office, this is a gin lovers dream!

The menu has a vast choice with a description of the flavour notes which can really help when deciding.

I opted for the King of soho gin which was full of grapefruit notes. The bottle was also amazing.

They have g&Tea's as well which I didn't have this time but I've had it over the summer. They infuse the tea ( earl grey or jasmine) and use that as the mixer.

I've never eaten there but they have a Thai kitchen and the menu looks tasty so I'd like to try at some point.

This is a must for any gin fanatic!

The office is one of my favourite spots in winter- come in and warm up under the fairy lights with a mulled cider before tucking into hearty and tasty penang curry- its the perfect cold weather cure.

The bar prides itself on selling many many different types of gin- I'm a rum girl myself but I can see the appeal.

It's also got a sneaky outdoors section at the back which I didnt discover for years! Good in the summer (but busy) you can catch the afternoon sun whilst nibbling on chicken satay, gin in hand. Whats not to love?

The North Laine area can often feel surprisingly quiet in the evenings, when contrasted to the bustle of the place during the day. One exception to this, is the Office. A small pub, it can be difficult to get a seat at times, although as many are moving on elsewhere after a couple of pints here, it's rarely a long wait.
At the back is a small garden area, which in summer is a godsend in this people-choked part of Brighton - a lovely place to just sit back and relax for a couple of hours, particularly if you are in the middle of a tiring shopping dash.
Last time I visited, they had temporarily stopped serving food. However, they generally serve some of the best Thai food in the city, with the massaman in particularly being highly recommended - just the right blend of spice and meaty creaminess.

I was really disappointed by this place. I thought the gin selection was mediocre and could do with more on the list.
The mixers are also limited. The outside garden is quite frankly disgusting.

I think that this place needs an adrenaline injection. I feel like its just coasting along and isn't trying to be the best. They need to do up the garden, get some decent tables and chairs, maybe some heat lamps and umbrellas, up their gin selection, up their staff, make gin tasting sessions a thing and generally class the place up.

Like the previous reviewer, I'm always forgetting about this place. It really is great, and always packed on Fri/Sat nights. It has a great atmosphere, good range of drinks, and even serves up yummy and fairly cheap Thai food. I haven't eaten there yet, but the friend I last went there with said it's the best Thai she's had in Brighton!

What impressed me most was the range of cider - hailing from the West Country, this always features quite high on my agenda. I had a nice pint of Stowford Press to start, followed by some festive Mulled Cider. Prices not too bad for Brighton either - £3.10 and £2.50.

I'd recommend this place during the daytime, because if it's your first visit you'll find it quite full up of locals and students on Fri/Sat evenings. It's location is perfect for a hearty pitstop in the midst of that North Laine Christmas shopping.

The Office is one of the nicer pubs in the North Laine area, a lovely place for a drink and a bite to eat, especially with their lovely Thai menu. Unlike some of the others pubs in town, the Thai menu is actually more than just a nice addition to an already great pub: it's a huge addition to an already amazing set-up. The pub is great, if often a little too busy, but everything here is great: good selection, not too expensive, great atmosphere and decor.

It's a very nice set-up in here: lots of light woods, a very nice quiet ambiance: all very relaxed, all very convivial. Drinks are not too expensive, and the choice of drinks is impressive: plenty of nice lagers and ciders, although there are no ales... Still, I can recognise a good set-up when I see one!

It's location is great, slap bang in the middle of the North Laine: an area in dire need of some nice drinking establishments. Choose here over Riki-Tik's: it's far nicer and less grotty.

I went to visit some friends in Brighton over the bank holiday and the first place they took me to was this little gem for a few welcoming drinks. The gin list is extensive and fabulous, so we had great fun trying about 9 of the 40 available, with an average price of one single being around £3.50 without tonic.

We squeezed through the bar, which looked lovely and cosy, outside to the terrace area with seats. This was the only down-side to the place as not a lot of work has been done to it so it's obvious the space is only used half of the year and clearly storage space for the other half. However, the staff were extremely friendly cracking jokes with the customers which was great.

Would happily go back - really good fun and a great drinks selection!

This isn't a bad place to have a bit of lunch and a few drinks. The Thai food is pretty good but the decor is a little sterile. It used to be a really cool hippy pub called the Green Dragon which had so much character so maybe I'm being a bit nostalgic.

Its got a great position in the North Lanes and there's a small garden outside to soak up some rays. The staff are all really friendly and in the evening you do get a bit of a mix of people at the bar.

Still not as good as the old Dragon though.

The winter is upon us people and now is the time to stop drinking ice cold beer, and start drinking mulled cider for £2.50, which is where The Office comes in handy. Although I personally prefer a mulled wine, the mulled cider is a tasty alternative and when you've had a hard days shopping in the ice cold, it's actually almost a necessity.

The office also stocks board games and has big windows to spy on friends you do/don't want to see shopping in the Laines.

The interior isn't as cosy and warming as smaller more independent pubs such as the Foundry or Great Eastern and it has a slightly generic gastro pub vibe about it in my opinion; A little bit trying to be upmarket with the sanded wood tables with flowers on each one and fancy light fittings. Though when it gets busy, the atmosphere is quite buzzy and fun, so a good pub to work into a pre-clubbing plan.

Located amid the consumer commotion of Brighton's Sydney Street, The Office is the perfect venue for a mid-shopping pit stop. The refreshingly large selection of ciders make it even more appealing during summer when all you want is to sit down with a cold beverage and enjoy the sun. The small outdoor area affords you this privilege but as it tends to get seriously busy on weekends, I would recommend visiting on a weekday.

There's not much more I can add to the other reviews, as they all seem to be pretty spot on. However, I have to say that when I ate there last I had to wait a while for my food, which was cold when it arrived. This put a small blemish on my opinions of the place but apart from that I've don't have anything bad to say about The Office.

Good atmosphere, good music and clean décor: always satisfactory.