Wabi Sabi

Fantastic Japanese, lovingly fitted out, great service and very reasonable prices – I thought gosh, £9/£10 for sushi rolls was a lot but then that’s 8 pieces, so very good value. Had great pumpkin korokke and chicken katsu rolls, fantastic tempura and really interesting chilli salmon sashimi.

Verdict: Awesome

Location: 121 Church Road

https://www.wabisabihove.com/

The King & Queen

Seen it so many times and finally went in for a drink and a meal. It is HUGE and easily the largest pub I’ve ever been in (I think?), and that extends to a large outdoor area. Furnishing is pretty basic, small plates pretty decent for the price (very good chorizo and surprisingly good tempura cauliflower). It’s only not Awesome because I think for the money they want the ambience and quality’s not quite there.

Verdict: Ok

Location: 13-17 Marlborough Place

https://thekingandqueen.co.uk/

Goemon Ramen Bar

Been meaning to go for an age to the one in Preston Street but just had lunch here. Assuming you like ramen it’s very good although not cheap; wouldn’t recommend the seaweed chips unless you really like seaweed (dumb as that sounds). Nice people and a cute little space.

Verdict: Awesome

Location: 50 Gardner Street

Can’t find a website

Namo Eat @ The Eagle

I’d been into The Eagle a couple of times but this came to my attention food wise when it started winning awards (most recently 2024 best pub food apparently). The pub itself is perfectly nice but nothing dramatically special, but the Thai food from Namo does really deserve the awards, and at a great price. Spicy pork rice was amazing and everything was top notch.

Verdict: Awesome

Location: 125 Gloucester Road

https://www.namoeat.co.uk/

Mogumogu

New little Japanese cafe in the ashes of Tiger Eats Carrot. When we entered, they said that everything is prepared fresh that day, and you could really notice it. Beautiful avocado tempura with home made chilli mayo, great katsu donburi bowl with home made sauce again…really good quality, takes a while as a result but worth it. Only open for lunch or very early tea (closes 5:30).

Verdict: Awesome

Location: 81 London Road

Can’t find a website

Food For Friends

One of the well known vegetarian and vegan restos of Brighton and surprised it’s taken me this long to get there. Big event with family so tried many dishes; lots of really cool stuff like crispy tofu and celeriac Wellington. Unfortunately my main was probably the weakest, hasselback roast squash which was…just some squash, with too much roasted red pepper. Still, I rate the place overall.

Verdict: Awesome

Location: 17-18 Prince Albert Street

https://www.foodforfriends.com/