Tiny reviews of Brighton food and drink
Really nice new cafe in the Lanes with a lovely interior. Only had takeaway though – amazing bacon and egg pastry thing, incredible chocolate twist, freshly made. Only points off for being pretty expensive, but then, it’s the Lanes.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 10 Nile Street
Lovely little cafe right by the playground by the sea. Had a bang tidy breakfast – one cooked, one granola – with drinks for like £16, so a bargain in a great place with lovely service.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 26-28 Kings Road Arches
Not really a cafe but a deli, and it’s full of amazing things. I had a bacon and cheese wrap and an intense peanut butter brownie which I would highly recommend. But they have all sorts of olives and such and will be coming back!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 157 Dyke Road
Fairly large Italian, one of three in a very close vicinity. Clearly a proper authentic Italian place run by Italians, which is great; service however wasn’t great, things being forgotten and apologies not forthcoming. However, outweighed by exceptional food – amazing meatballs, gnocchi and one of the best chocolate mousses I’ve ever had. Just don’t be in a hurry – will be interesting to see the other Italians in the area.
Massive cheery cafe attached to the Emmaus Emporium which is awesome itself. Super cheap food and happy staff, might not be the absolute best eggs ever but with a full English for £5.75 you can’t go wrong.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: Drove Road, Portslade
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Great chippy with loads of waiting room. Spot on stuff.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 23 Montefiore Road
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Maybe a bad experience but the pizza we ordered was 15 minutes late on pickup with no apology, they refused to add a meat to a pizza as it would “ruin it”, and while one pizza was delicious, the other’s meat was full of fatty bits.
Verdict: Ok
Location: 83 Preston Road
Our final stop through the Gingerman Group was sadly disappointing. Pros are a very nice setting, and some excellent main courses – steak especially good. Let down by £8.50 desserts which were deeply average (would have been fine for £5.95 but at that price you expect more) and a £7 petit fours that looked like five things out of a box. Most of all, deeply uninterested service; there weren’t many diners to staff but they were hard to get and food all took ages. Hilariously, three normal desserts came and had to wait for petit fours, which, as noted, clearly came out of a container somewhere.
Verdict: Don’t go
Location: 12 College Place
Lovely charcoal grill Turkish place, really juicy meat and a nice interior. Just a quality Turkish. Extra points for free baklava at the end.
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 28 Church Road
Friendly, actually quite spacious cafe with quite honestly incredible food at very reasonable prices. Went twice in one day for breakfast and lunch; scrambled eggs delicious, waffles with bacon and maple syrup hands down the best ever. I keep thinking about them!
Verdict: Awesome
Location: 107-108 St George’s Road