Almost certainly not as good. However, if you've got a Christmas bonus on the way and your idea of fun is watching someone try and sell "drinky-poos" to council estate alcoholics then the Whistle Stop as run by the George Payne should be an interesting night out. Yes they did really use that...
Did Dave Whelan ever pop in and order a pint before regaling you with stories of his broken leg over some casual racism?
Anyway, great OP for mentioning The Stanley. Utterly fantastic pub made all the better for the fact that it's a (very) straight pub in the city of Brighton and Hove that is...