Pretty small but lovely cafe with a very cosy friendly vibe. Totally amazing breakfast hashes – crispy potatoes and loads of cheese on top whatever you’ve ordered. Huge too!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 34 Hampton Place
Tutti Frutti
A pretty standard caff type place, but decent seating, clean and with friendly staff. Some very cheap options (eg egg on toast for £2), ok but not the best.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 92 Dyke Road
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The Office
One of the few booze places right in North Laine, and it’s…fine. Very friendly, but pokey outside bit at the back with crappy tables and pretty small all round. Better probably to go to a proper pub.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 8-9 Sydney Street
Pizza Knight
Classic pizza/chicken takeaway. Prompt, and the cheesy garlic bread was everything I hoped for (and the reason I made my order), but all the fired stuff was really pants. The chicken wings and nuggets tasted really weird like they were using really old oil or something.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: 14 Lewes Road
The Mesmerist
Surprisingly huge pub with great interesting art deco type decor, a roof terrace and lots of nice seating. Really pleasant place!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 1-3 Prince Albert Street
The George Payne
Great community pub in Hove; lots of outside space including a pretty great play area for kids (fenced off!). Everyone there just great, and the food was smashing too. Will be going back.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 18 Payne Ave
Lucky Khao
The Red Roaster cafe turns into Northern Thai barbecue at night, and it’s a great place for a restaurant – spacious, high ceilings, things you don’t typically get in a Brighton cafe! Lucky Khao does small (ish) plate sharing and it was really top stuff. From spicy papaya salad to amazing goat ribs to curries, great thing is a lot of variety for one restaurant (lots of spiciness!). Charcoal stuff the best. Great service and very reasonably priced!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 1d St James’s Street
The Brunswick
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
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