What's the seriously bestest and smartest place to lunch midweek in B&H?

[dragonred]

Pascal's in Hove. Best place to eat in town.

That's the best call in Hove for a business lunch in Hove. Staff are discrete and can have a discussion. Havana Spoon is far too blingy and too full of local 'faces' that if you are doing proper business, you just look out of place a bit and feel other diners listening in a bit too closely. In Brighton, as much as I don't like chains, Hotel Du Vin is the number 1 for business in my experience. Unless into media/advertising industry, avoid places like the Seattle and Myhotel as nothing professional about either the locations or the staff...

 

[Bigtomfu]

Havana Spoon on Church Road does look the business, very elegant and classy interior.

http://www.havanaspoon.com/#

Good grief. One look at the menu and that place seems to be under the impression that it sits just off Park Lane in the back streets of Mayfair.

 

[Nibble]

The Meadow in Hove is what you're looking for.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Good grief. One look at the menu and that place seems to be under the impression that it sits just off Park Lane in the back streets of Mayfair.

Without any of the quality or class.

 

[4-p]

I believe that the weekday lunchtime deal at the East Stand Brasserie is food prepared and served by catering students from City College. By all accounts ... excellent food and very good value.

Fair enough, I thought that was only one day a week, rather than consistently.

I that case, match day = well over priced for the food served.


I've friends who ate where the students cooked before the Amex and reviews were always glowing even if the venue was not very shiny.

Very glad they're at the Amex then.

can anyone supply a url to the page with more details and a menu pls

 

[Biffer]

Pascal's in Hove. Best place to eat in town.

Pascals may have changed recently. The chefs have very recently left there to work with the head chef from Havanna Spoon at Lion & Lobster.
I'll wait to hear reports from the new team before venturing in.

 

[Notters]

The Meadow in Hove is what you're looking for.

closed down about six months ago.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Can't beat Spoons gourmet burger and beer deal

 

[sparkie]

closed down about six months ago.

Now a steak restaurant.

 

[LadySeagull]

Tripadvisor can be a useful place to start:

Hove:

Hove Restaurants: See 90 restaurants with 1,712 reviews - TripAdvisor

Brighton:

Brighton Restaurants: See 459 restaurants with 12,189 reviews - TripAdvisor

Just be aware that some reviews could be biased and some could be old so check the dates and look for a general agreement among lots of posters, with very good ratings recently.

 

[Weretheweststand]

Amex

 

[Eddiespearritt]

Not exactly a flood of great restaurant recommendations in B+H are there ? Our city could do better. Agree that Havana Spoon is pretentious and over-priced - while Pascal's is reasonable and more stylish. Havana in Brighton always feels like a good option though.

 

[JCL666]

Moshi moshi. Sign up as a member and it's 50% off on Tuesdays (which is useless if by midweek you mean Wednesday)

 

[Colossal Squid]

Any of the "Ginger" restaurants are a safe bet. The Gingerman is in Brighton and rather excellent The Ginger Pig is in Hove.

The Ginger Dog is also in Brighton, Kemptown way. And very fine it is too

 

[The Modfather]

Depends on your budget but try Havana

 

[Stoo82]

Harrys by Palmeria Square.

 

[martyn20]

Harrys by Palmeria Square.

Bravo, good choice

 

[sparkie]

Harrys by Palmeria Square.

Shutdown as well

 

[martyn20]

Shutdown as well

Really, shite

 

[Bold Seagull]

Good grief. One look at the menu and that place seems to be under the impression that it sits just off Park Lane in the back streets of Mayfair.

Which appeared to be pretty much the OP's brief!