Caffe Aldo in Brighton and Hove

Wasn’t sure if I wanted anything on their menu. After visiting the toilets whilst trying to decide if I wanted a drink or some cake, I decided that I didn’t want anything. Whilst leaving I was asked if I wanted anything - I replied no thank you. Then, a lady working behind the counter gave me the middle finger; this is absolutely unprofessional and a joke to even the idea of good customer service. I would give 0 stars if possible. Their staff are a joke.

Nice, clean and well located cafe to have breakfast. Me and my friend were greeted and approached by a nice dark hair lady who allowed us to choose any table right away and provided us with a good service. Plenty of seats and tables by the window and outside seats too. Theres vegetarian and non vegetarian options. The portions were fair and the price too, cheaper than i thought. The food was really good and filling, my bacon although was little overcooked for me but not a major issue. I recommend this place for an early breakfast :)

We went for breakfast here today it was freshly cooked tasted lovely , friendly chilled atmosphere. We left something in the cafe and the staff ran down the road to return it to us . Great place will come back soon

This is a very nice café. Rather noisy coffee machine! 😄

We came here on Easter Sunday morning for breakfast, it wasn't busy so we were quickly seated and given menus. A waitress gave us a few minutes to look before coming to take our orders. We both ordered the Aldo's English breakfast and a latte. The drinks and food arrived in a reasonable amount of time considering how many customers were inside and the fact that the food is clearly freshly cooked to order. The only two reasons I don't give full stars (and this might sound petty!) is firstly, the amount of chips given with the large breakfast.... Check my photos. What a ridiculous amount of chips. Honestly, there is plenty of food on the plate but the portion of chips is quite frankly stingy. My second reason is the sausage, it's not a good quality sausage. Everything else is great quality, and the eggs were perfectly cooked. One other thing is the beans, they're.... Sour? I don't know how to explain them. My partner loved them but I'm unsure about them.

Delicious food & excellent service, all for a very affordable price. They offer a wide range of brunch food and lunches. And delicious coffee. I strongly recommend !

Amazing food, service was incredible, lovely server, gave a free cake to out friend for birthday! Would highly recommend:)))

Excellent food, freshly prepared, good value with great service.

Tasty, quick service and reasonable prices!

Italian.... I did not see that small word... The type of food that they now serve..

Came here the other day with the intention of just getting hot chocolate but loved this place so much we ended up staying for tea and getting chips and sharing a brownie as well ! (picture shows half the brownie on each plate) Staff were lovely, everything was perfect and definitely recommend !

Great find on the way back to the station. Great polite owners made you feel welcome, will be back soon

Lovely little Mediterranean cafe. Super value, good range of food and friendly service.

Really good cafe with an excellent range of food available at all times. Staff are really friendly and eager to help. The omelettes are to to die for - especially the one with sausages added. This is one of the best cafes I've been to in Brighton and we only look elsewhere if this is full. I would highly recommend that you try it.

Been in for coffee a couple of times, excellent, friendly service, relaxed atmosphere and lovely Chai latte.

Great tasting food, wide selection of goods and lovely friendly service. Would recommend.

Excellent authentic little Italian restaurant

Had breakfast here on Friday. I had the eggs royal and my husband had eggs benidict. Fabulous in every sense of the word, even the spinach garnish was cooked to perfection. Clean, well spaced tables and fast service. I'm already planning my next visit for when we are next in Brighton!

Breakfast was very very nice, coffee was also very nice. We visited on Sunday and Monday morning. I do have 1 gripe. 1st day I was overcharged by only £1 but the 2nd day as I realised through my banking app that I had been overcharged by £5. Please address this as your place and food is fantastic. Maybe give a homeless person a sandwich with the overcharged amount.

I ordered a detox smoothie, which includes banana, oat and more ingredients like berries. I saw as they prepared it, using only box apple juice, frozen berries and ice. I was asked to repeat my order too, so i’m not sure what went wrong.

Lovely place to drop in for a quick coffee, friendly service, nice music playing in the background

Top of the top food, with an amazing view & polite staff. Pricing is a bonus

Called in for brunch & had the breakfast & also salad, which was huge, so that was great. However the breakfast looked good, but as expected the baked beans needed to be eaten quickly, but no problems there. My issue was with the fried eggs which weren't very warm & actually almost cold & I am not a slow eater. The staff were all nice & helpful, but I didn't draw there attention to my personal egg problem. We may call in again, but unsure at this time.

Staff couldn’t have been more welcoming and helpful. Food was excellent and great value for money. Highly recommend! Picture is of the “healthy brunch”. Had a couple of bites before taking the photo.

We had a simple drink. Asked for the Tonic water. Got only a small 175ml bottle. I complained about is. But apparently it is normal….

A late lunch in this lovely cafe. It was empty when we came in and we were treated very well. I had the chicken and avocado sandwich with a fresh smoothie. Highly recommended.

Been here a couple of times, first time had breakfast and it was excellently cooked. My boyfriend had the tower burger which I tried and tasted amazing! I will definitely have that next time I go but I also need to make my way through the menu as everything looks lovely! It’s a brilliant price and the staff are really friendly.

Beautiful place to stop for lunch, really kind servers and lush food

Called in for brunch & had the breakfast & also salad, which was huge, so that was great. However the breakfast looked good, but as expected the baked beans needed to be eaten quickly, but no problems there. My issue was with the fried eggs which weren't very warm & actually almost cold & I am not a slow eater. The staff were all nice & helpful, but I didn't draw there attention to my personal egg problem. We may call in again, but unsure at this time.

Went to Brighton for the day, wanted a quick snack and drink ideal place to go very friendly staff,

Perfect! The breakfast was amazing and the owner very kind and welcoming

Very nice place and good service 👍

Called in for brunch & had the breakfast & also salad, which was huge, so that was great. However the breakfast looked good, but as expected the baked beans needed to be eaten quickly, but no problems there. My issue was with the fried eggs which weren't very warm & actually almost cold & I am not a slow eater. The staff were all nice & helpful, but I didn't draw there attention to my personal egg problem. We may call in again, but unsure at this time.

We dropped in to Cafe Aldo on a busy bank holiday weekend. The vegetarian breakfast that we had was excellent and the portion size generous. The service was very friendly even though they were clearly busy. We will definitely be returning.

A Beautiful little cafe 😍 with delicious variety of food, great value. The staff were so welcoming and it made the atmosphere even better. Great service 👏 From Sunny Denise and Maria

lovely service and kind owner! reasonable prices for portion sizes also!

The best meal we've had in our two-week holiday in the UK!

Surprisingly good cafe And there's not many left in Brighton

Went here for some lunch, good food reasonably priced and very friendly staff. Service was pretty quick, would definitely return.

Amazing and quick service, host very accommodating to our needs, heavenly omelette and orange cake

Just had lunch and oh my god we will not be returning, waited 30 minutes for a wrap and a sandwich despite being the only ones in the caffe. The food wasn’t very nice nor was the service the lady took about 15 minutes to serve us. Sort it out

We visited the cafe for breakfast during our mini break and it was amazing. We are often picky with what we like in our breakfasts but we were able to swap what we wanted. The food was great, good value, and great service. Would recommend going here for a good full english breakfast!

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We called in for lunch with a friend who had just arrived by train. The sandwiches and coffees were all excellent. The staff overheard my friend wishing me a happy birthday and turned up with a scrumptious piece of lemon cake with a candle! Definitely somewhere I will go again soon.

The staff were very friendly to our group, especially my infant nephew for whom they made toast. I had eggs Benedict and it tasted brilliant.

Nice lil'coffee shop in the Lanes

I visit Caffe Aldo regularly with friends and I have never been disappointed with the food. Variety of dishes, salmon linguine is one of my favourites. Have to say the new gourmet burgers on an adjacent table last night looked very tasty. The chocolate cheesecake was delicious. To top it all off, you can bring your own alcohol for a £2.50 corkage fee per person.

Their mediterranean breakfast is the best brunch dish in Brighton! 100% recommend

Pretty good for Brighton Italians recommended

We were in Brighton for a couple of days as it was my son's birthday, we stumbled across Cafe Aldo as we had 2 children with us and needed to get some breakfast. The breakfast was delicious and a good portion size. The service was excellent and the even put our buggy away for us, so we had more room. Upon asking for the bill the owner who was lovely worked out it was my son's birthday, without asking they bought a complimentary slice of chocolate cake with 2 scoops of ice cream. The whole cafe then sung happy birthday for him!! Thank you for making his day and for making him feel so special. Will definitely be visiting next time and with plenty of Cafe's to choose from I would definitely recommend this one for a lovely family run place!!

Had a lovely meal delivered by Deliveroo This was an absolute treat food was hot delicious and made with care Thank you so much 😊

Excellent food , great service, value for money

We stumbled on aldos just by chance and what a little gem we had a breakfast the first time and it was lovely and that goes for the staff and the very next time we went to Brighton we headed aldos way for another breakfast but when we got there we see another couple eating something that wasn't off the breakfast menu and asked the waitress if we could have something else as it looked propa nice and she said no problem and gave us a evening menu I had pizza and my wife had lasagne and yet again lovely when we next head to Brighton you can rest assured we will be heading aldos way

Had a nice breakfast here. Nice atmosphere and the best latte I have had in Brighton.

After visiting a few other cafes in the north Laines and waiting for service (we left 3) we came across Caffe Aldo. Immediately a member of staff greeted us and sat us down. There were plenty of staff, service was swift and efficient and the hot chocolate was hot (instead of wishy washy and cool). We had a fab cooked breakfast, enjoying the non fancy, try hard menus that are so abundant these days. Staff were absolutely lovely. Highly Recommended, we will definitely be returning.

Caffe Aldo is our favourite restaurant in Brighton, the food is amazing and the staff are wonderful. We have celebrated many birthdays at Caffe Aldo and we are always made to feel very special. We have worked our way through a lot of the menu and every dish we have tried has been delicious! Warm and friendly atmosphere. Would highly recommend!

Went here, last Saturday. Outstanding!

we asked if they did soup , it wasn’t on the menu but the chef made us some on the spot and it was delicious !!! best soup we’ve ever had. and the breakfast was delicious too thank you x x 💖

Great service, great food Highly recommended

All the cafes along the way were full, then saw this cozy one and decided to go in. Great choice! The breakfast was one of the best I had in a while, surprsingly quick, yet they don't rush you. The owners are friendly and bubbly and the servers constantly checking up on you 🤗 All desserts come with a scoop of ice cream - it's a generous portion too. Can't wait to be back in Brighton!

What a delight. This is a family run restaurant, it's got a lovely cosy atmosphere and delicious freshly prepared food. The BYO wine makes it really affordable. Staff are super friendly and accommodating.

Thought we’d try this place having read the reviews. Great service shame the food and drinks were a let down. Ordered orange juice which was undrinkable and tea which you could go with wrong with. Our food came out. No butter for our toasts. Food was very bland and poached egg was the worse I’ve had.

Open till late. Family run. Great service. Good choice of drinks and some nice food too.

Just a fabulous little place. Eclectic menu with tasty top notch food to back it up. Friendly, accommodating staff (including the chef, who was lovely). And even the toilet was nice. Came for a weekend away in Brighton and will definitely pay this awesome little cafe another visit when i return!!

Great cafe. Flat white was amazing and the staff was wonderful. Good price and portions.

Wonderful food and such a lovely atmosphere. It’s like home from home! I recommend the risotto!

Great price for amazing food in the centre of Brighton with the most lovely staff. I was really made to feel at ease here. We only came in for a coffee but we saw the food and decided to stay. I'll be returned son. A big thank you to all the staff and the chef. See you soon

Wholesome Italian food, variety of choices on the daytime and evening menu. Would recommend to family and friends. 10/10

Friendly staff, great atmosphere, the shakshuka was to die for. Will come back in the future. Perfect place to meet with mates

Great place for a quick lunch, vfm.

Lovely experience, I recommend the Nutella Mocha 👍🏻

Simply Great food, perfect portions and totally unpretentious! If Heineken done omelettes!!

Is Aldo's open or closed? Great restaurant but never appears to be open, despite opening times being posted to the contrary.

Absolutely delicious!! Lovely atmosphere, wonderful food. Went for lunch with a newborn baby & the staff were so accommodating and there’s baby changing facilities too! Really lovely place to eat.

Literally best breakfast in Brighton, quality ingredients, fantastic service, absolute hidden gem!!!

So glad to have Aldos’s open again after lockdown. We have missed their pizzas, the best in town. Add to that a real local neighbourhood feel, personal service and being valued as a customer and this is simply one of our favourite places to go...

The best pizza in Brighton, without a doubt. Avoid the chains: Aldo's is a great, family run restaurant with real Italian food, a great menu, friendly staff. One minute walk from the station. Thoroughly recommended.

Nice and cosy place but the menu needs improvement as everything has to much oil or to much sauce

Pasta and chicken was good. Garlic bread had NO garlic. £5.80 and no garlic 😡

Pasta and chicken was good. Garlic bread had NO garlic. £5.80 and no garlic 😡

Good Authentic Italian food, bring Your own bottle. Still great food after all these years.

A real gem in Brighton . Great Italian food .BYO... friendly professional service. Had forgotten how good this is ... .. put it on your list to get to, as soon as lockdown is over ..and if you want take away ... give them a call ..

Went for lunch and asked if we could order off the dinner menu/ which was not a problem / Took our own bottle of wine and paid the small corkage charge. Lovely food as always ... Aldo and Paula looked after us very well indeed...

amazing food cooked to your order before your eyes!! very friendly, welcoming staff, very fast service!! Pavla is a fantastic personality, have not seen a waitress like this for a long time! excellent job! please give her payrise!

A perfect end to a bank holiday Monday. Excellent Calzone Alla Bomba, a smoothie made to order, and Affogato. All served by the wonderful Izzie (sorry if wrong spelling). A little gem in Brighton

I saw them one morning when I popped in, (they were just setting up) defrosting sausages using the milk steamer... the raw meat was balanced on a tray under the spout. Surely that's breaking hygiene protocols?! Raw meat directly on a coffee machine... did they wash it down after? Is that even safe defrosting food like that?

Really really tasty breakfasts. Very good and personable service too

Incredible service from the staff, and the food was not only great value for money, but it was extremely tasty.

I was walking to the beach and took a different route. I was feeling hungry and saw the support government sticker on a few cafes. I saw this had tables outside and one I could sit at. The order was pleasantly taken. The food came...

Amazing friendly staff and delicious sandwiches (I had the salmon and prawns one)! The coffee is very since as well. Totally recommend it Will be back for sure

Well impressed with the restaurant

Delicious food at a good price! The service from Paula was first class too to make sure we were looked after, especially given the circumstances we find ourselves in with Covid. thank you! 👍🏽

Well impressed with the restaurant

Yummy food for decent prices and wonderful customer services! Shame they don't do delivery, nor do they invest in a handyman to sort out their entrance step I almost tripped on

Worst meal ever!! Wasn’t edible - so greasy! Really disappointed. Even worse the description of two meals did not include mushrooms - they arrived full of mushrooms and as one family member is allergic we had to swap meals. Cheesy garlic bread was rock hard, chips were stone cold! Never again! I would like a refund of some of this meal as it’s beyond a joke to spend so much on such a awful meal.

Worst meal ever!! Wasn’t edible - so greasy! Really disappointed. Even worse the description of two meals did not include mushrooms - they arrived full of mushrooms and as one family member is allergic we had to swap meals. Cheesy garlic bread was rock hard, chips were stone cold! Never again! I would like a refund of some of this meal as it’s beyond a joke to spend so much on such a awful meal.

Always a great meal from Cafe Aldo

Always a great meal from Cafe Aldo

Wow not only do they do amazing Italian food like their very delicious pene and meatballs or their spaghetti Bolognese which is out of this world too but they also have the fattest biggest gourmet style burgers too ! Big fan !

We have a few complaints. The burger was very greasy and pink. 2 of the pasta dishes were very dry, the other very oily. Disappointed as we order from here all of the time.