Great pub with a huge outdoor space, rotating wide selection of craft beers, and two music venues. Food looked amazing – only had sweet potato fries but they were exceptional!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 1 Holland Road
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Il Bistro
Cosy little space in the Lanes, but good service doesn’t make up for what could be called at best workmanlike food; calamari fried to death and average steak cooked averagely.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: 6 Market Street
Cafe Rust
Really solid cafe with a rustic interior and an excellent menu; eggs benedict in particular generous with bacon and happy hen eggs. Lots of nice space!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 50 Preston Road
Preston Park Tavern
Surprisingly large pub inside (and with a pile of picnic tables which will make summer excellent), nothing crazy but a nice pub done well. Food in particularly excellent, especially the bacon jam on my burger!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 88 Havelock Road
Oriental Kitchen
Chinese takeaway; prompt, reasonably priced, and delicious. Particularly enjoyed the spicy chilli beef.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 210a Dyke Road
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The Big Bowl
Promising authentic Vietnamese food, this is a cheap and cheerful cash-only affair – perfectly nice inside but pretty basic. Really great chilli squid, but otherwise I found my food pretty disappointing, the meat especially pretty lacklustre. Not cheap enough for the quality.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: 54 Preston Street
The Fix
The Set took over the Cocktail Shack in Regency Square and this is the result. While the Cocktail Shack was amazing and unique, The Fix is just a generic bar, with a decent menu but just not exciting in any way.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 33 Regency Square
The Better Half
Fantastic gastropub, cosy with a lot of personality. Lovely service and great food, all for a reasonable price. Bookings strongly advised!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 1 Hove Place
JB’s American Diner
Like the name says, it’s a diner, and they’re not joking on that front. Huge space with classic red upholstery, booths and miscellaneous Americana. Also huge menu with loads of burgers, hot dogs, the works. And it was really tasty – we’ll be back! Word of warning: the shakes are HUGE (ie a glass, but then another glass and a half in the mixing cup) but they are delicious.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 31 Kings Road
The Eagle
Surprisingly spacious pub tucked away at the far east of North Laine. Not dramatically characterful but lots of seating and nice people, so that’ll do me.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 125 Gloucester Road