Lovely little dumpling/pierogi type cafe. We had a plate of potato dumplings, obviously carefully made, and extremely delicious. As a bonus, very reasonable for what you get!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 8 Preston Road
Category: Cafe
Curio
A fairly tiny but cute cafe; only had a takeaway honey toast thing. But moved to write a post about it as it was frankly incredible, so I expect the rest will be grand too!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 1 Clyde Road
The Canopy Cafe
This is a lovely, spacious cafe with a cracking garden, the latest to take on what I think is a fairly cursed location on the edge of Seven Dials. I had a really delicious nduja hash. The issue is I can’t see myself going back, because a) it’s probably the most expensive place for lunch in Seven Dials (£17 for a steak sandwich, and another £5 if you’re wanting chips) and b) the menu’s a bit too fancy for a place which is lunch focused. As I say, I really enjoyed my meal, but really it was actually too much, I’d have loved eggs on toast, or a sandwich, and they simply don’t have much like that for me to go with any regularity.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 87-93 Dyke Road
Donut Club
There’s no shortage of mad donut places around, and they’re often some combination of a) too mad (and often as a result sickly sweet) and b) mad expensive. Donut Club I really liked, 3 for £10, some madness with choc or biscuit on top, but manageable, and really tasty core donuts.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 27 Duke Street
Vero Gusto
Bills itself as an “Italian Bakery and More…” and it’s – it’s ok. Pizza slices are a bit strange, half of them seem to be focaccia based which I was fine with but not what you’d expect, and they heat up – ok. Sweet treats that drew us there in the first place – similarly. Would probably get a worse grade but it’s pretty reasonably priced especially for the pizza, and they’re very nice!
Verdict: Ok
Location: 2 St James’s Street
Oeuf
Huge airy cafe in an otherwise largely residential street – big points for space. Food delicious too – French toast crumpet stack with cheese, chilli jam and bacon, lemon cheesecake pancakes both excellent. Only complaint really is the portions are just too much!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 8 Third Ave
Metrodeco
As the name suggests, art deco inspired cafe in Kemp Town. Nice people, pleasant interior, and I quite enjoyed my pancakes with bacon, egg and chorizo crumb. Falls under the category of “perfectly fine but won’t seek it out again”.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 38 Upper St James’ St
T @ The Dials
Tiny little cafe with some nice outdoor seating, have been meaning to go into it for ages. All vegetarian menu with plant based options – I had a massive breakfast sandwich with hash browns, my companion had a Korean oyster mushroom pitta. All awesome, just make sure you’re hungry as they’re huge!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 109c Dyke Road
Port Kitchen
This was a close one, because Port Kitchen is rather unique, right in Shoreham Port. It’s a lovely spacious place with tons of great outdoor seating. But, while reasonably priced, the menu’s a bit odd and food is nothing special in a town full of great cafes.
Verdict: Ok
Location: Adur Dock, 104 Albion Street
North Laine Cafe
I liked this place in its previous incarnation as the Laine Deli, but to be honest the North Laine Cafe blows it out of the water. Easily one of the best breakfasts I’ve had in Brighton – benedict came with tons of thick cut bacon, and the “stack” with homemade pork pattie, homemade hashbrown, bacon, egg…amazing.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 31 Trafalgar Street