Been there a few times and I've never been disappointed. It's pricier than it was when they first opened but the food is good and the portion sizes are generous.
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THE best restaurant in Brighton?
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Been there a few times and I've never been disappointed. It's pricier than it was when they first opened but the food is good and the portion sizes are generous.
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Nando does great chicken
fataddick
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Pretty poor that Brighton & Hove has reportedly the highest concentration of restaurants outside London's West End, yet not one single Michelin star to its name (one Brighton restaurant had one in the Seventies, but nothing before or since).
Three places in Hove and one in Brighton have Michelin bibs, though (the pikey equivalent of stars): Terre a Terre, Real Eating Company, The Meadow and Ginger Pig pub.
Three places in Hove and one in Brighton have Michelin bibs, though (the pikey equivalent of stars): Terre a Terre, Real Eating Company, The Meadow and Ginger Pig pub.
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The Trafalgar Cafe used to do great hot dogs!
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Divalls used to do great bacon rolls!
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..... I have to decide on a venue in hove in a couple of weeks and I dont really know any eateries there.
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You read the same as me presumably?
I was going to post about Brighton's lack of Michelin stars earlier as it really is quite curious given the number of eateries, the wealth in the area and the close proximity to London.
Not that Michelin stars necessarily mean 'best' of course, as best is highly subjective and can encompass both 'fun food' and 'fine dining'. I can enjoy a veggie pad thai in Bristol's cheap and cheerful Teohs as much as I can a 9 course tasting menu in the city's only Michelin starred restaurant Casamia. Different places for different occasions, but I couldn't describe either as being 'best'.
The Large One
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That's a bit shallow.
The size of dwelling has little to do with Michelin-star achievement. In fact, only five new Michelin stars were awarded in England in 2010. You'll find that most places (outside London) with Michelin stars are not even in large towns or cities.
ONE-MICHELIN-STAR RESTAURANTS IN ENGLAND OUTSIDE LONDON
The Samling – Ambleside, Cumbria (New 2010)
The Pipe Glass & Inn – Beverley/ South Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire (New 2010)
The Royal Oak – Bray-On-Thames, Windsor & Maidenhead (New 2010)
The Goose – Britwell Salone, Oxfordshire (New 2010)
Sienna – Dorchester, Dorset (New 2010)
Drakes on the Pond, Abinger Hammer, Surrey
Michael Wignall at The Latymer, Bagshot, Surrey
Fischer’s at Baslow Hall, Baslow, Derbyshire
The Park (at Lucknam Park), Bath/Colerne, Somerset
The Terrace (at Montagu Arms), Beaulieu, Hampshire
The West House, Biddenden, Kent
Fraiche, Birkenhead, Mersey
Simpsons, Birmingham
Purnell’s, Birmingham
Turners, Birmingham
Northcote, Lancashire
Morston Hall, Norfolk
The Burlington (at The DevonshireArms Country House), Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire
Lords of the Manor, Bourton-on-the-Water/Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire
Casamia, Bristol
Atlantic, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Bohemia, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Manor House hoteland Golf Club, Castle Combe, Wiltshire
Simon Radley at The Chester Grosvenor, Chester, Cheshire
West Stoke House, Chichester, West Sussex
Apicius, Cranbook, Kent
Ockenden Manor, Cuckfield, West Sussex
The New Angel, Dartmouth, Devon
36 on the Quay, Emsworth, Hampshire
Read’s, Faversham, Kent
L’Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria
Harry’s Place, Grantham, Lincolnshire
The Star Inn, Harome, North Yorkshire
The Neptune, Hunstanton, Norfolk
Box Tree, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
The Stagg Inn, Kington/Titley, Hereford
La Bécasse, Ludlow, Shropshire
Mr Underhill’s at Dinham Weir, Ludlow, Shropshire
The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, Marlborough, Wiltshire
The Hand & Flowers, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
The Nut Tree, Murcott, Oxon
Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
Hambleton Hall, Hambleton, Rutland
The Yorke Arms, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
JSW, Petersfield, Hampshire
L’Ortolan, Reading, Berkshire
Drakes, Ripley, Surrey
The Dining Room ( at Mallory Court), Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Old Vicarage, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The Masons Arms, Knowstone, Devon
The Olive Branch and Beech House, Clipsham, Lincolnshire
The Elephant , Torquay, Devon
Sharrow Bay Country House, Ullswater, Cumbria
Auberge du Lac, Welwyn Garden City, Herts
The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent
The Hambrough, Isle of Wight
5 North St, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
Holbeck Ghyll, Windermere, Cumbria
TWO-MICHELIN-STAR RESTAURANTS IN ENGLAND OUTSIDE LONDON
The Dining Room Whatley Manor, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Gidleigh Park, Chagford, Devon
Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
Midsummer House, Cambridge
The Vineyard at Stockcross, Newbury, Berkshire
THREE-MICHELIN-STAR RESTAURANTS IN ENGLAND
Alain Ducasse at The Dorcester, Mayfair (New 2010)
The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Royal Hospital Road, London
The Waterside Inn, Bray, Berkshire
Captain Haddock
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Oh yeah, what's that like (outta 10, sort of rating)? Been meaning to try it out when back in the neighbourhood for some time.....Japanese place, yeah?
The food is way tastier than Wagamama's, cheaper, and the cuisine is Japanese regardless of the nationality of the people working there.
Depends what you're looking for. Personally I would give it a 9. It's a cute little cafe with excellent prices to portions ratios, tasty food and very, very good service.
Mr Banana
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You can take your own alcohol and cake in there = birthday central
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Same here. Pub With No Name, The Hop Poles and The Greys are all outstanding boozers for food.
If we're going down the straightforward restaurant route though, then Riddle & Finn's, The Blue Man and Raj Pavilion all get the big
The Merry Prankster
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Drakes but I haven't been yet this year.
Fourteenth Eye
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Same here. Pub With No Name, The Hop Poles and The Greys are all outstanding boozers for food.
If we're going down the straightforward restaurant route though, then Riddle & Finn's, The Blue Man and Raj Pavilion all get the big
Ive not been to the blue man yet!! Whats it like price wise ??
Blue Man Restuarant - African Cuisine - Brighton
I thought the food was pretty good but wasn't impressed with how much of it there was. We had the banquet option though so that may have had summat to do with it.
Since1982
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Riddle and Finns for sure, Fishy Fishy worth a mention. Or make the trip to Cuckfield and Ockenden Manor having downloaded a voucher from their website first and enjoy lunch in a Michelin starred restuarant for £11.95 - bargain.