Fantastic place, great landlord and lovely local ales, beers and gins. Well worth a visit, get comfortable in the chair your in, you can buy it and take it home!
Excellent, a great new place to imbibe fine ale in good company, knowledgable & freindly staff, one can even puchase the furnature! 🍺🍺🍺🍷😊
At last, a decent pub in the town. In fact, a good pub. Good luck to the friendly boss. Great selection of ales and ciders.
Great selection of beer, loved the fact all sourced within 20 miles of Rye. Very friendly bar tender. Loved the quirkiness of the place.
Nice to find a micro pub away from home. Great building, great beers, great staff. Definitely come back here next time we're down this way.
Friendly, great pub, definitely worth a visit.
Fabulous, original, friendly , quality ales, passionate about his work owner! Simply , GO , enjoy, relax, drink, eat, soak up the atmosphere. A rare Jem , not to be missed when visiting old Rye �
This is a great addition to the Rye pub scene. Best wishes to you all! �
Fab new Micropub! Great selection! Lovely atmosphere with friendly staff and locals.
Will definitely return soon.
Cosy little bar with great beers and friendly staff, will def do again
Absolutely love this place. Very friendly staff. Hugh selection of beer . Personally I don't drink beer but my husband does he loved it. I had gin and tonic a good selection of different flavours .
Went for a pint and stayed for four. Local ale and homemade pork pie and scotch egg were exceptional. Staff were amazing. Close quarters seating arrangement was a positive as we met some lovely people.
I was walking through Rye on my day-trip, hoping to try a few of the pubs. I was actually on my way to a different pub when I was lured into the Waterworks, initially because of the long list of real ales on a chalkboard out front, and then by the charming exterior, and once I stepped inside, I was sold.... and I hadn't even had a sip of the ale yet! I tried one of the home brewed ales and was over the moon. I regret not trying the scotch eggs, now that I've read some of the other reviews. If I ever return to Rye, this place is reason enough!
The Waterworks is a micropub in Rye, East Sussex. It is a small, cozy pub with a friendly atmosphere. The pub has a wide selection of craft beers and ciders, as well as a small menu of light snacks.
I visited the Waterworks on a Saturday afternoon. The pub was busy, but there was still plenty of space to sit and enjoy a drink. The staff were friendly and welcoming, and they were happy to chat about the different beers and ciders on offer. Although there was a slight hint of sarcasm from the barmaid when I didn't know what the difference between ales vs larger...
I tried a few different beers, and I was impressed with the quality of the selection. The food was also delicious, and I enjoyed the cheese and pickle sandwich.
Oct 23
Never disappoints - highly recommended - quirk at its best. Selection of ales, ciders, gins hit the spot.
Selection of bar snacks very good.
Staff friendly and helpful: welcoming locals and strangers alike.
DON'T WALK PAST WALK IN.
COME AS A STRANGER LEAVE AS A FRIEND.
A really popular micropub, with a great array of beers and ciders. If you like beer and visit Rye, go there, some outside seating, but really it's all about the the brews. A first class establishment.
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While visiting friends in East Grinstead I was taken for a day out to Rye. We visited The Water Works Micropub on the junction of Tower Street and Rope Walk. I have to admit that this was the most fascinating micropub I have ever been to. Not massively big inside but building has an interesting history. In 1620 it was a Horse Powered Waterhouse, 1907 a Soup Kitchen, 1976 a Public Toilet and in 2018 became a Micopub. It also is a bit of an Antique Shop as nearly everything inside is for sale. The table we sat at was for sale for £45 and one of the chairs £15. There are a few tabkes outside as well.
Importantly it had an excellent choice of beer straight from the barrel, cider etc. They also served locally produced Pork Pies and Scotch Eggs for £4.00 each plus a selection of cobs.
Much to my amusement the toilet chain in the gents was a beer hand pull with Doombar on it. Brilliant.
The staff and owners were very friendly and chatty. Would love to go back but would definitely recommend a visit.
Quirky micro brew pub we visited on Sunday afternoon. After a sortee to the nearby deli we joined the locals cheese club . Everyone's encouraged to socialise the ales included 2 from their own Waterworks brewery. Local beers gins and ciders showcased East Sussex and Kent small batch products
A great little pub. Good service, snacks. Location and full of semi antique bric o bac for sale . A wide selection of local Real ales and ciders.
What a great pub. Went on a boiling day. It was rammed inside, but really cool. Selection of beer was excellent and well kept. The exuberant host is fantastic, disarming and may/will encourage you to sit with others. It clearly says that you should be willing to sit with and mix with your fellow drinkers. Not for introverts or dog loathers. Being neither, I loved it. Next time I'm in Rye, I'm taking the train so I can have a proper session in here.
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