The Laughing Onion

[London Irish]

Sorry to read in the Argus that this Kemp Town restaurant is closing.

Don't know if the food was the best you'd ever find in Brighton but it was always a great place to take people who wanted a slightly different atmosphere.

Happy retirement to Jean-Jacques, the crooning cook

 

[pishhead]

The food was borderline attrocious but I don't think people went there for that, deffinately will be missed.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Went there once, when my dad booked the place out for his birthday. Jean-Jacques was, and probably still is, an utter fruitloop.

It'll be a shame to see another bit of Kemptown individuality lost (probably) to something corporate and expensive. At least we can still drink in the Bristol

 

[Dennis and Lois]

the food was as good as his singing...

 

[aftershavedave]

terrible terrible food ( a cassoulet with baked beans and frankfurters!) a choice of red or white wine (yes a choice of two wines) but great to see the old fella singing.

i reckon he's made the right choice in retiring now, thanks jean-jacques...the memory of you singing les feuilles mortes while letching at our friends tits will not be forgotten!

 

[Man of Harveys]

WAVE if you can be seen in a picture in the window!

A BRILLIANT singer, seriously - Frank Sinatra wouldn't sound great in that environment but Jean-Jacques really, really knew what he was doing. As for the food, well, it was better the last time I went, about six months ago (I suspect the pianist may have been getting more involved with it), but that was hardly the point of the place.

If I've ever had a more mental, unforgettable night than my mates' birthday about two years ago in there, I can't remember. Bravo, JJ!

 

[Gritt23]

I used to live in Kemptown and went there once. I remember the food being ok, certainly no worse than that, but it was a cracking little atmosphere.