Tiny reviews of Brighton food and drink
Award-winning vege resto; was recommended to have the Terre a Verre menu, where you get a taste of lots of dishes, chips, and a carafe of wine per two for £23. All these things are delivered but truth be told I wasn’t that into a lot of the pieces; felt more like raw food, and I normally like vege food. I feel like I need to go and just have the main I want!
Verdict: Ok
Location: 71 East Street
Funky little bar with loads of craft beer on tap; check upstairs which has loads of space which wasn’t being used on the Friday we were there. Menu looks great but we just had beer and cocktails.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 74 East Street
Nice little Japanese place with the usual suspects of sushi, udon, bento and katsu. Pretty average food though, and won’t bother going back.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: 32A Preston Street
Squirrelled away behind an unassuming frontage, the Cocktail Shack is surprisingly roomy and has a bit of a Java type theme. Most importantly its staff are great (table service!) and the cocktails are wonderful and mental and delicious – we’re talking Cast a-Wray (wray rum) done up like a grass mug with a toffee bon bon Wilson. Also tasty snacks from the cafe-type place attached.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 34 Regency Square
Nice Indian takeaway, I didn’t particularly enjoy mine but I think that was more the dish, I did however enjoy my garlic pizza naan and a biryani also enjoyed. Was “Ok”, now updated to “Don’t go” as had a deeply average korma and the mutter paneer had chickpeas instead of real peas.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: 25 Upper Hamilton Road
https://kamal-brighton.co.uk/
French cafe, went here for breakfast. Eggs benedict had piles of bacon on big chunks of sourdough and was extremely delicious; salmon omelette also good. They do dinner too. Internally points off for not selling Coke, though.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 81 Trafalgar Street
Just near Hove Lagoon is this pub with attached B&B, which I obviously can’t speak to. We went in for a couple of pints and dinner – one of us had a fish cake starter and the other burger and chips. Fish cakes pretty small even for a starter, burger ok but not going to win awards. True of the whole place really, nothing wrong with it, but nothing dramatically right with it either. Just a very basic pub.
Verdict: Ok
Location 330 Kingsway
A solid example of a Brighton pub. A bit quirky in the decor, chilled out staff. I’m docking them though for only having fancy schmancy lagers.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 16 Madeira Place
Couldn’t find a website
This was recommended by Time Out as a cool place with a mix of weird antiques and good cocktails. We headed in on a Sunday afternoon and the music was too loud to talk, so stuff that.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location 74 St James’s Street
American-style food in a chilled out cafe type space by the sea; went here for an excellent full English, and a smashed avocado toast. Great food, really nice staff, although they are very busy! Dinner uses small plate concept and really keen to try it.
Verdict: Awesome
Location 133-134 King’s Road