Category: Restaurant

Burnt Orange

A really good small plate resto from the Salt Room team. Fantastic calamari, delicious burrata with fig jam…actually the thing that impressed me the most was the skillet fried potatoes, which came in said skillet with a delicious sauce and sheep’s cheese grated over the top; a dish easy to phone in done deliciously. It was all good. Only thing I could say against it was that the space is pretty small; was quite glad being at the counter where more room to breathe.

Verdict: Awesome

Location: 59 Middle Street

https://burnt-orange.co.uk/

Aji Sushi

Gosh, what a revelation! Can’t recommend highly enough – easily the best tempura I’ve had, beautiful sushi made in front of you, with some great creative options; and lovely cocktails and sake. And at much cheaper prices than you’ll see anywhere for Japanese!

Verdict: Awesome

Location: Unit 1, 1 The Drive

https://www.ajisushi.co.uk/

Ivy Asia

I like the regular Ivy well enough, but it’s classic style over substance. Ivy Asia asks: what if you took the same stylish idea, amped it up with an Asia theme, and extended it to the food presentation – and also the food was really, really good? It’s amazing. We had sushi rolls with dry ice pouring out of a bowl below, and an amazing “Samurai” chocolate dessert that was done up to look like a samurai’s face. Totally worth it.

Verdict: Awesome

Location: 51 Ship Street

https://theivyasia.com/restaurants/the-ivy-asia-brighton/

Big Slice Pizza Co at Fika

Found these guys looking for garlic pizza on Deliveroo. I actually want to try their normal pizzas, because they’re obviously very good at it – really great light dough, pecorino cheese in my case, totally smashed it. Points down only because I could hardly taste the garlic in my garlic pizza despite ordering extra!

Verdict: Ok

Location: 1 Norton Road

bigslicepizzaco.com

Kitgum

East African/Gujarati small plates, very nice food and nice service. So why just “ok”? I enjoyed it, but it’s a pretty cramped and plain space, and for what they’re charging I wouldn’t hurry to go back, is all; it’s a crowded space down here!

Verdict: Ok

Location: 9 Preston Street

https://kitgumkitchen.com/

Paris Wine Bar

As the name suggests, focused on wine, but went there with some friends and started with a cocktail, moved onto wine. A spacious read “outside” area is not really outside, but it is very pleasant, and the few tapas plates we tried were very nice – although fairly spendy. Overall, very nice.

Verdict: Awesome

Location: 119 Church Road

https://www.pariswine.bar/

Easy Tiger

Surprisingly small little pub offering Indian street food. It’s very tasty, although don’t make the mistake of trying to eat just small plates. You really want to have one of their mains and maybe a couple of small plates. But delicious, and lovely people.

Verdict: Awesome

Location: 57 Upper N Street

https://www.easytigerbrighton.com/