You see I genuinely like those pubs as the clientele are ordinary, down-to-earth people of the sort I grew up with. It's like being in the old public bars of the Britannia, Crabtree, or Balltree (RIP) in Lancing back in the 1970s.
Mind you I like the London Road area in general for the same...
The Bugle is my favourite Brighton pub closely followed by The Cleveland. Used to be the PPT in the days before it became a poncy wine bar.
Outside of Brighton centre I still really love The Swan at Falmer, although it's less of a secret now The Amex is open