Tiny reviews of Brighton food and drink
Had Deliveroo of this Lebanese restaurant, and it was really great. The mezze platter was massive and came on a proper separated tray, and my grilled chicken was fresh and flavourful. Not the cheapest for this sort of cuisine but worth it.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 107 Western Road
Tricky, as I didn’t have much standard Chinese stuff. I had chips, which were excellent actually, and wontons, which had way too much pastry to filling. Then I had a combination salt and pepper – chicken, squid, king prawn & ribs. The chicken was amazing, the squid and ribs chewy and boring, and there was one thing I’m not sure what it was. So on balance not a great choice.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 184 Sackville Road
Can’t find a website
Italian that came to my attention for hot stone steak which you cook at your table. That was actually pretty fun, although it really wanted some proper sauces instead of BBQ, mayo and mustard. But the food otherwise was pretty hit and miss; tasty pasta sauce, but tough calamari, flaming creme brulee but average zucchini fries. I was leaning a little more positively but then pricewise it’s way high for what it is!
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: 47 Ladies’ Mile Road
Delivery only place, I tried pancetta mac with a free cheesy garlic bread. And I enjoyed it, I guess, the garlic bread was cheesy but not very garlicy, the mac I feel would be pretty great fresh in a restaurant but it was kind of half and half delicious and just ok, hence the verdict.
Verdict: Ok
Location:
https://deliveroo.co.uk/menu/brighton/hove/1951-mac-and-wings-hove
Delivery only place specialising in mac and cheese and hot dogs; I have zero interest in the latter but the former was pretty tasty. But very disappointed by garlic dough balls which were just dough with, like, melted garlic butter in a pot.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 24 Market Street
Can’t find a website
Struggled with this one. Brighton outpost of a Vietnamese chain, reasonably priced stuff. Pork spring rolls amazing (because stuffed with pork!) and summer rolls and noodles nice. But my spicy brisket pho was pretty poor – just like spicy oil and little flavour. Probably worth another go.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 12 Black Lion St
Excellent Thai takeaway, coming in Chinese takeout style boxes with plenty of meat, and well priced.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 40 St George’s Road
Deliveroo Editions of what is a chain of gyros/souvlaki places. Interestingly their own locations seem to charge quite a bit less, but for me these were just fine – a little dry – and way too expensive for the size.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: Unit 1, Saxon Works, Olive Road
Tough one this. Pros: the space is light and airy, the food was generally very tasty (especially calamari). Cons: kitchen screwed up the order so there was a big delay (always hard to decide how to rate that!) and more importantly, it’s like they don’t know what they want to be. Meaning there’s a trendy cocktail bar thing in the middle and they play loud music; not cool enough to be a bar and not relaxed enough to be a restaurant.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 124 Church Road
Highly rated London outfit, and maybe it loses something in the delivery but I thought it was just ok really. Had two lots of wingz, sticky BBQ and buffalo, BBQ pretty nice but buffalo underwhelming; they have a sugarcane “bone” which is like the dumbest thing I ever heard of – why would you add that?!?! Dirty fries were cinnamony but light on everything else. Would be “ok” but seriously expensive, two wingz are £6, double that and another £6 for a meal, it’s crazy.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: 52-54 Grand Parade