Review – Kindlewood Pizza
Commuter, day-tripper, Brighton local or tourist: we’ve all been to Brighton Station and fancied something quick and easy to eat in order to see us through the rest of our onward journey. This is where...
View ArticleEvent – Launch night at The Cyclist Refreshment Room
Brighton Station is now a destination for two reasons! On Monday night The Cyclist Refreshment Room, newly opened and looking spick and span, had its grand opening on the station concourse. The mayor...
View ArticleFeature – Street Food Spotlight – Olly’s Fish Shack
This week we chatted to top bloke Olly Dawson from Olly’s Fish Shack. 1. How did the idea for Olly’s Fish Shack come about? When I was a kid I was obsessed with all things beach and surf. I’ve done a...
View ArticleFeature – Street Food Spotlight – The Little Blue Smokehouse
The latest in our Street Food Spotlight series focuses on The Little Blue Smokehouse, winners of the south-east regional heats in the UK’s Street Food Awards. Gary and Martyn have been drawing crowds...
View ArticleReview – The Cocktail Shack
Fancy a cheap and cheerful cocktail? Then you’re in luck – countless Brighton bars serve them up by the gallon. But a small handful of truly exciting, original establishments are really shaking and...
View ArticleReview – The New Club’s weekend menu
The New Club has been receiving unfailingly positive reviews – including ours here – since it first opened in March 2013, and with good reason. Its laidback, American coffee-house feel coupled with...
View ArticleReview – Craft Beer Co
Craft Beer Co. is already one of Brighton and Hove’s most popular pubs, drawing in punters with its eclectic and substantial range of beers and ales. Situated in the heart of the town centre on Upper...
View ArticleReview – Itsu
Popular London chain Itsu – the brainchild of Julian Metcalfe, the man behind Pret a Manger – opened its first Brighton branch this week on North Street. Broadly based around an Asian theme with a...
View ArticleReview – The Cyclist
Unless you’re quite partial to an M&S meal deal or other convenience foods, Brighton Station as a food destination is usually hugely over-looked. But luckily, after a long remodel, this general...
View ArticleReview – Charm Thai at The Marlborough
The Marlborough on Princes Street has one of the most eclectic clientele in Brighton and Hove. A host of the city’s demographic can be found here on a Friday night: theatre goers, performers, DJs,...
View ArticleReview – The Hampton
I have always had a very on-off love affair with The Hampton on Upper North Street. For now, though, the romance is firmly back on, thanks in part to a revamped menu and kitchen from The Heart &...
View ArticleReview – Yo Sushi
Yo Sushi is essentially the McDonalds of Japanese cuisine here in the UK. It is loud, garish and even has a tie in with Disney’s Big Hero 6. If done well, none of the above should be that much of a...
View ArticleReview – The Black Lion
I’ve visited the Black Lion on numerous occasions, be it for a quiet afternoon pint in their sunny beer garden, or several slightly louder ones during an impromptu night out. The problem with such...
View ArticleReview – Western Front
If you’ve visited Churchill Square you will know of the Western Front. It’s the boxy, cream coloured pub on the East side sporting a giant owl mural. So far, so Brighton. Perhaps, like me, you had...
View ArticleREVIEW – The Gingerman
“Glass of fizz?” This question, put to my friend and me the moment we sat down for lunch, was music to our ears. Not only would we most definitely love a glass of fizz (Ridgeview, produced up the road...
View ArticleReview – My Slice
After working in a pizza joint for years as a teen you’d think that I would have developed a healthy disdain for our flat friends. Not so. In fact, I developed a love equalled only by ninja reptiles...
View ArticleReview – Bincho Yakitori
Tourist fodder, fast food and bad hygiene ratings combine to make Preston Street generally a bit of a no-go area for foodies, but now you have very good reason to get down there. Bincho Yakitori, based...
View ArticleReview – Set of Scales
I’m not the most fashion conscious person and I would like to think I don’t particularly follow the crowd. Just because someone somewhere is doing something “cool”, that doesn’t mean I have to do it...
View ArticleReview – Rootcandi
What connotations has the word “vegan” for you? The people behind Rootcandi, an intimate, cosy restaurant above Iydea on Western Road, prefer to not use it at all. Nowhere on their menu or website does...
View ArticleReview – Fiddlers Elbow
Fiddlers Elbow is a long standing Irish themed pub on Boyces Street. The Drink In Brighton boozer recently reinvigorated fiddlers elbow menu and I was invited down to sample some classic Irish grub....
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