There are more than 400 restaurants in Brighton, making it the second city in the UK after London with the highest number of restaurants relative to the size of its population. So to say that there is plenty of choice is an understatement.
The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over £50)
$$$ (£35 to £50)
$$ (£25 to £35)
$ (up to £25)
These prices are based on a three course meal for one with wine and service included.
One Paston Place
One Paston Place is among Brighton’s
most elegant restaurants, and the food is of the highest quality, with every dish cooked and composed to express the full flavor of the ingredients and delight the palate. It offers classic European cooking, but often with a creative twist.
1 Paston Place
Tel: (01273) 606 933.
Website:
www.onepastonplace.co.uk Price: $$$$
Pintxo People
This sleek restaurant puts a refreshingly modern spin on traditional Spanish dining, incorporating authentic Basque and Catalan cuisine to great effect and is a firm favorite. There is a deli and cafe downstairs, but for more formal dining head upstairs, where excellent tapas-sized dishes are served by professional and friendly waiters. Booking recommended.
95-99 Western Road
Tel: (01273) 732 323.
Website:
www.pintxopeople.co.uk Price: $$$-$$$$
Due South
Regarded by many as the best restaurant in Brighton. The cuisine is modern European, and the food is absolutely delicious, made from fresh, seasonal ingredients. The location is not bad either - on the seafront at beach level in an old fisherman’s arch to the west of Brighton Pier.
139 Kings Road Arches
Tel: (01273) 821 218.
Website:
www.duesouth.co.uk Price: $$$
Terre à Terre
Terre à Terre has set new standards for vegetarian food and is popular as well with non-vegetarians. It offers top-notch cuisine and a wealth of creative and exotic combinations of various flavors and textures, making for an interesting culinary experience.
71 East Street
Tel: (01273) 729 051.
Website:
www.terreaterre.co.uk Price: $$$
English’s Oyster Bar
English’s Oyster Bar is a Brighton institution and one of the most famous seafood restaurants in the south of England. Over the years it has served delicious and fresh seafood to celebrities like Charlie Chaplin, Dame Judy Dench, Tony Blair, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
29-31 East Street
Tel: (01273) 327 980.
Website:
www.englishs.co.uk Price: $$-$$$
Momma Cherri’s Soul Food Shack
This is a vibrant place with great atmosphere and generous helpings of American ’soul food’, dishes inspired by the tradition of cooking developed originally by African-American slaves in America’s Deep South.
11 Little East Street
Tel: (01273) 325 305.
Website:
www.mommacherri.co.uk Price: $-$$
Nightlife:Brighton’s nightlife can very roughly be divided into three geographical areas; the seafront, which is conveniently removed from any close neighbors and has several clubs in the old arches; the Lanes and North Laine areas, where there is more variety and most clubs and bars appeal to a larger audience; and Kemp Town, which is also very diverse but with a stronger fringe touch and sense of bohemian abandon.
There are plenty of good bars and pubs in Brighton.
Koba Bar, 135 Western Road;
The Dorset, 28 North Road; and
Brighton Rocks, 6 Rock Place, in Kemp Town are all recommended.
Of Brighton’s clubs,
Concorde 2, Madeira Drive (website:
www.concorde2.co.uk), is a famous music and dance club;
Ocean Rooms, 1 Morley Street (website:
www.oceanrooms.co.uk), is a stylish nightclub with action on three floors; and
Audio, 10 Marine Parade (website:
www.audiobrighton.com), is a trendy, sophisticated club with regular gigs in an intimate environment.
The live music scene in Brighton is also very good with many excellent venues.
Concorde 2 (see above) is very popular as a rock venue.
The Old Market, Upper Market Street (website:
www.theoldmarket.co.uk), in Hove is good for folk music. Both
Komedia, 44 Gardner Street (website:
www.komedia.co.uk) and the
Brighton Dome, Church Street (website:
www.brighton-dome.org.uk) are great venues for a wide range of musical styles and genres.
For listings of what’s on in Brighton, check out the official online guide (website:
www.visitbrighton.com). There are several good local magazines that include listings of events.
The Insight is a monthly publication and is available from newsagents all over Brighton and Hove.
This is Brighton comes free with the local newspaper
The Argus.
The Brighton Source is a free paper distributed to nearly 400 venues (clubs, pubs, shops and cafes) on the first day of every month.
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