You could check out The Grape as well. It's tapas with an excellent selection of wine.
We like to have dinner there before popping down to the Dome to see a film.
I also grew up in Worthing and moved back here from Brighton after the lockdowns.
It's alright. It's not Brighton so no pub is going to be a den of activity on a Tuesday night.
It feels nicer than it did when I was growing up in the 90s. Still a bit grubby in places but that's true of most...