Chilli in Brighton and Hove

Hands down, the best thai I have ever had. The owner Seb has really cultivated an amazing experience, full of authentic flavors, a cozy atmosphere, and the kindest staff. It was a first time for me and my family and we all left with full bellies and a sense of comfort that I'm not sure we would have found anywhere else in Brighton. Thank you chille for an amazing meal and experience! We will all most certainly be back! :)

Really nice relaxed dining in Central Hove. Good menu, very tasty. I had 2 course lunch menu, great value too. Friendly staff. Take note the spicy drunken noodles are indeed spicy! Will go again, impressed. Update : have been many times, still impressed. Love it. Awesome lunch special belly pork today :)

Lovely staff serving fantastic food. What's not to like?

Lovely food, nice ambience and reasonable prices. The chicken massaman and paneng curries were delicious!

Excellent food, super friendly service. Have been going for years and years and it’s always consistent.. best Penang in town

One of the best restaurants in Brighton & Hove hands down. Amazing food, really authentic, flavourful and super filling. The menu is really interesting and not like every other Thai restaurant. The owners are absolutely lovely and the atmosphere of the restaurant is both modern and cosy. I’ve been here so many times and won’t ever stop coming back, it never disappoints.

I came here today to celebrate my sister's birthday with family. Food was delicious and reasonably priced. I look forward to visiting again.

Lovely little restaurant. Probably the nicest prawn crackers I've had too. All dishes were delicious. We'll definitely be back for another visit!

This place really took us by surprise! The flavours were so good and both dishes were very tasty, and we eat a lot of Thai food! This was definitely above par! We sat in for the lunch offer, and very much enjoyed our meal. The service was quick and the place had a nice atmosphere despite being pretty quiet. The decor is traditional, fun, and the tables are comfortable. We ordered the Tom Yum Soup, which outdid our expectations, being so well balanced, full of umami and perfectly spicy and sweet. The chicken pad see ewe was also great, not too salty and tasted fresh. If you’re after Thai food, this is a great place to go, and there’s some dishes that are great value too!

Chilli is a *phenomenal* Thai restaurant which not only offers a strong variety of flavours and dishes, but a more authentic taste of Thailand than *any* other restaurant in the area. I’ve been back multiple times to explore more and more of their menu, and have been consistently impressed with every dish I’ve tried. The pricing is reasonable for the quality of food and the service is ALWAYS on-point. All in all, I’d HIGHLY recommend you not only check out Chilli, but give it a few visits to try new dishes and get a full taste of what they have to offer! ▬▬▬ RECOMMENDATIONS ▬▬▬ Here’s a few recommendations APPETISERS: ► CRISPY CHILLI SQUID — They do it right, with light breading around squid properly cooked to avoid being chewy. ► THAI FISH CAKES — They do their fish cakes right, with a good blend of flavours and sweet chili sauce on the side. MAINS: ► PHAD THAI — For your baseline Thai experience, their phad thai gets the job done just right! ► CRISPY PORK BELLY — Very much a favourite. The pork is wonderfully crispy and mixed in with some amazing sauces. Get it with rice and enjoy! ► SPICY DRUNKEN NOODLES — if you’re looking for a little heat, this was recommended by the owner and did not disappoint. ► ANGRY DUCK — Very, very good if you’re looking for a richer poultry option! DRINKS: ► THAI ICED COFFEE/TEA — One of my favourite drinks from the region and one of the only places where I can find it!

We can't recommend this amazing restaurant highly enough. The food is just divine. And the owner is really accommodating.. and extremely polite. It is by far the best Thai restaurant I have ever been to. Each dish is a work of art. ❤️

Tasty & full of flavour Thai food. We loved every dish. The platters are a highlight as one can try different items instead of buying each one separately. They also have a specials board which contains a special menu of the day. The waiting time between starters and main is very long because they are more focused on the take away deliveries rather than sitting customers. The owner is a bit rude and made us feel uncomfortable. Be prepared to be asked to leave. Great place to eat but not a place to chill. The owner needs to work on his attitude.

Great atmosphere, amazing food, staff are lovley, if you want a good Thai go here you won't be dissapointed.

I like everything else about this place, food and atmosphere are great, I can even understand the regular rises in price to some degree (though it makes this place more of a rare treat), but one thing that leaves a slightly bad taste in my mouth is the cheaping out on rice. The cup of rice which is £4 but costs pennies to the restaurant is teeny tiny, clearly a strategy to get people to order more and spend £8 per person on rice alone, which is frankly outrageous. A serving of rice should be enough for a serving of curry, but instead you are left with half a bowl of curry to finish like soup at the end. I would also mention that the owner seems to regularly get defensive and argue with the customers if they give any constructive or slightly negative feedback, which personally seems a little strange as someone who has worked in customer service. I can see that in past reviews and I also remember the response being similar if someone in our party ever had friendly comments or suggestions. You don’t have to agree but as a customer it is nice to feel heard regardless.

Last minute walk into this restaurant, the atmosphere was lively and the service was polite and friendly. Lovely food and did not expect the nice surprises I had in my dish. May was the one who served us and was so lovely and friendly. All the staff were polite and friendly!

Very tasty excellent food, great atmosphere, first time for our 2 friends who really enjoyed.

First time but not the last. Loved it here! 😍 Thai food is my fav. I've tried many places and by far, this is the best restaurant that I've been to. Staff is super friendly and welcoming. Super cute and very well decorated place. The food was unreal! Great menu, all was very tasty with good portions and a lovely presentation. Thanks ladies! 🙏🏼

Excellent restaurant! The dishes are delicious and the welcome is perfect!

We often get a takeaway from here which is always good but last night visited the restaurant and we were so impressed. We dine out a lot at some of the best restaurants in Brighton, but this was the best meal we'd had in a while. The food was so fresh, it was different and original. The man serving us who I think was the owner was also lovely and welcoming, also getting our dog a bowl of water. We'll be back again a lot!

Gorgeous little Thai venue! Lovely, fresh seaside style decor.. Makes you feel happy the minute you sit down! Super cold beer and delicious starters. Next level Sesame Prawn Toast! Perfect level of spice in my drunken noodles. There’s always a queue outside the door so go early if you can, makes all the difference. Run by a lovely friendly couple! They made our little boy a special rice dish too as he’s super picky. Hove delight, thanks for looking after us guys! 10% off when you pick up too x

Perfectly balanced flavours and generous portion size. Top-end of prices for us but worth every penny

Delicious food full of flavour and lovely fresh ingredients in a low key setting. Recommend going and I'll be back to try out the other dishes on the menu!

Best authentic Thai food in Brighton/Hove! Prices are super reasonable and the guys are always super friendly in there! Absolute gem!

Stopped by for lunch on a recommendation. Really happy I did! Fabulous service and excellent freshly prepared and wonderfully tasty food. Excellent vegan and gluten free choices. Bonus is that it’s also dog friendly. The hostess/owner is absolutely delightful and so are the cocktails! Should not be missed!

Not the authentic Thai food. I ordered royal ice tea 👎, crying tiger (it's me crying instead lol) and prawn pad Thai... Which is sweet and not using the correct sauce base. Massaman .... Not quite there...

Food was good but the person who seemed like the owner was unbelievably rude. Not sure if I’ll revisit.

Amazing food but long waiting time although I have been on a busy Friday

Amazing duck panaeng and crispy pork! Big portions and lovely wine, great service from the staff! Probs now the most authentic and my fave Thai in hove!

Fantastic food Very noisy. Acoustics are bad.

Beef Massaman was excellent. The service was very good from friendly staff.

Delicious food that arrived hot.

Went for a mid week meal with my dad. Food was good value for money. I had the duck pad Thai which was amazing.

I have been going to Chilli since they opened. Oh man how have they changed!. The portions are now smaller and the prices have rocketed. It used to be very good value for money competing with the likes around them. Not anymore. Such a shame that they always do this. Bump the prices up and reduce the portions. My rice and red curry came in 2 minimalist bowls which at the joint price of £20 you cannot justify it. Staff stood by our table constantly overlooking as to trying to hurry us up and the bill came to the table without us asking for it while we were enjoying our wine. They won’t be my first choice for a Thai anymore.

Very tasty food and large portions.

More focus on take away customers than the ones at the restaurant. We waited nearly 40min between starter and main. Owner was very rude and arrogant, made us feel uncomfortable. Still charged £9.75 service charge.

Me and my girlfriend have been eating at Chilli for about 6 years - by far the best Thai we’ve had. Not only is the food exceptional, the staff and owner are incredibly attentive and friendly. Even when it’s really busy you never feel rushed. Always a pleasurable experience. 10/10

Cute, characterful restaurant with good selection of classic and nuevo Thai cuisine. Well priced and good service.

Best restaurant in Brighton. Will come every week if i can, food always amazing. Staff amazing people.

Fantastic flavours! Very yummy food. Filled me up

Really good choice for Thai in Hove. Really excellent fish and lots of veggie choice

Chilli and the team never disappoint - love the family-run feel this place gives. The food is authentic and delicious, great service too. Thank you Chilli ❤️

Excellent food and service and great sized portions. We would recommend to anyone looking for a casual bite to eat in Hove

We had to go and collect it. Very unhappy

Wow! Amazing meal here last night. Everything I tasted was exceptional. Fabulous service and reasonable bill. Five stars all round

Very disappointed with service this evening. It was very condescending. I ordered beef which was stone cold, it wasn’t clear when ordering from their menu that it was a salad. I was approached by a member of staff asking how my meal was, I explained to them I didn’t expect my dish to be cold. They didn’t offer me an option to change, only after ordering they explained there is another beef dish which is served hot. Overall an experience I would not like a repeat, which is a shame as I was expecting a great meal and service from the other reviews.

Really good food and nice service. We did have to wait about 15 minutes past our reservation time to get a table but the manager was really nice about it and offered us free drinks for the trouble. Definitely recommend the place and would go back again.

Food was delish and staff were very nice and welcoming. Been twice already. We would've given food a 5 star rating but we were quite disappointed with the mango sticky rice. I ordered the black sticky rice the first time and the white sticky rice the 2nd time. We expected the mango to be fully ripe and sweet for the 2nd try but it was the same. The sauce was not as creamy and sweet as we hoped. Also, the rice was a bit salty for my liking. It would've been balanced out with the thick, sweet and creamy coconut sauce. The Thai pancakes were very nice though. Overall, a good experience and we will definitely go back there. :)

Loved it here. Really delicious food with brilliant service and a relaxed atmosphere in a lovely setting. Couldn't ask for more.

‘Warm’ reception and equally warm food. Topped off with being told ‘we are closed, you need to leave now’ Could have cooked better at home

Lovely place. This was our first visit but we definitely plan to go again. My wife had chicken satay and the Angry Duck. I had Tom Yum soup and a special - spicy pad Thai with fried pork belly. The waitress was very helpful in picking the dishes. Dogs are always welcome.

Great food. I had the Tom Yum Soup which had a delicious hot and sour lemongrassy taste. Then followed with the Five Spice Pork Belly with Sticky Rice. Very very tasty and a good portion.

Great service, great host...great food!

A lovely restaurant and nice staff but they gave my mum a chicken pad Thai when she ordered a vegetarian one (as she is vegetarian) she ate some in error before realising and was mortified. Servers were kind and apologetic and food was good - but this oversight wasn't ideal!

Fantastic Thai good, often get takeaway from here. We did Have an unfortunate incident where our large takeaway order was accidentally given to a different customer, the owner was very apologetic and dealt with the problem straight away once he realised and sorted things out. I was obviously quite frustrated at the time but these things happen! Staff are always really friendly and helpful.

Fantastic food and very friendly service

Walked in tonight without booking. Luckily they had a table. Book as it’s popular and now know why! Amazing food, service and interior. All three of us said it’s going to be our new regular Thai restaurant. Highly Recommended!

Good quality, tasty food in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Can't recommend this place highly enough!

Nice and busy, great tasting food! Great menu range.

Superb food, lovely staff and so tasty and good. The simple prawn on toast is the best, crispy pork belly, fish curry and pad Thai dishes. All great!

Really tasty, chicken quite stringy and dry though

Best Thai food I tried in ages ! Duck spring rolls and prawn crackers on point! Pad Thai straight from Thailand ! Delish!

We don’t get to eat out as much anymore, so a takeaway is sometimes the perfect option. Our takeaway last night was just so so good. Whole deep fried fish, with the most delicious, fresh, zingy, spicy sauce.. a veg massaman was full of creamy spice, the crispy squid was so perfectly crispy and well cooked. Loved it. Would like to eat it all again tonight!

Possibly the best thai food in Brighton & Hove!

Inviting atmosphere, delicious food and friendly service! We had the veggie spring rolls, massaman curry, crab fried rice and holy basil stir fry - all were perfectly cooked and delicious. Will definitely be coming back!

Enviting environment, excellent service and delicious food. We ordered spring rolls, crab fried rice, chicken massaman curry and holy basil stir fry - everything on the table was cooked perfectly. Will definitely be coming back. My partner thinks the crab fried rice was the best thing on the table, while I recommend the massaman curry! Happy diners all around :)

Fabulous independent restaurant serving some old favourites and some new Thai dishes.

We've been here twice now, and every dish we've ordered has been 10/10. Highly recommend the Country Chicken and prawns wrapped in crispy noodles.

Food is just fine! Delivery folk was rather sweet to wait for me at the reception of my hotel! Thanks

We asked the owner for some recommendations and they did not disappoint. Delicious food, generous portions and very friendly staff. Highly recommend the crispy squid and I love salmon dishes. We will be back for sure!

Absolutely loved our visit to Chilli. Fantastic service and out of this world food. So delicious! Love the decor too. Will be visiting again soon

Had a meal here tonight, the staff were amazing. Very friendly and accommodating, will definitely be back. The owners are fabulous. Food was 10/10.

We had a prawn pad Thai and a vegetable pad Thai. Both were good and the people working there very friendly and hospitable.

Great food. Amazing flavours. At a good price

Amazing food(original ,not fake thai),amazing service,amazing ambient.

After wandering around looking for somewhere to eat, we just opted for this place, not knowing anything about it. Eternally grateful that we did though. Food was absolutely 100%, atmosphere was relaxed and comfortable and the service was excellent. Being here on holiday, I so wish this restaurant was closer to home.

Ordered via Uber Eats and 5 minutes before order was due to be delivered we received a cancellation. Upon contacting Chilli all they wanted to do was blame Uber and offer no solutions, and were actually completely dismissive of the situation - even when the ‘owner’ contacted us. They took no ownership of the situation and besides the food having been pretty good when we ordered from here in the past, we won’t be returning. Having read through the other reviews it seems to me that the proprietor seems to blame anybody else for any problems and accept no responsibility for any negative feedback offered by the customer. Others seem to have had a similar experience irrespective of where the fault lies I see that the ‘owner’ has now responded suggesting that I was rude. To be clear I was not at all rude but merely exasperated that an order can be cancelled 5 minutes before delivery and yet Chilli accept no responsibility. There is a pattern here where Chilli blame anything less than 5 star on delivery companies, consumers and anyone else, as I said previously we will avoid them in future

We visited this restaurant for my mother's birthday and it was such a nice decision. Its a very cozy restaurant with scrumptious thai food and some unique dishes. Everything was super tasty and had different flavors. The floating market fish and the prawn wrapped in crispy noodles won our hearts. What made our experience memorable are the super warm servers. We were greeted and taken care by three of them and they all are super friendly and managing the entire place responsibly 😀. If u r looking for any place for celebration, then hands down would recommend this restaurant as it ticks off all the boxes 😊. I would love to give one extra star for the service 😉

Wonderful authentic Thai food. Great experience. Would definitely return.

Excellent staff, great food. We never reserved a table and on arrival the staff were great and managed to sort us out. Lovely place.

Very friendly and attentive staff as well as a delicious menu

We live locally and finally got around to trying out this place, and we shouldn’t have waited so long. What an amazing experience. Food was fantastic, generous portions, extremely tasty and arrived in good time. Our server Mei was excellent, funny and attentive. Will certainly be back!

Wonderful food and service again.

Great flavours but terrible quality meat

The place is always buzzing and the staff know there stuff. The dishes we had were amazing we will be visiting again very soon

Fab! So delicious and stayed hot for ages! Thanks Chili!

Superb meal in this great restaurant, with particularly sweet staff. We will be back soon!

Cafe Chilli in Hove is, without a doubt, the best Thai restaurant in Brighton. Whenever you arrive, you're greeted with the friendliest staff, and the owners, Seb and Fon, are the heart and soul of this wonderful place. One thing that really sets Chilli apart is the portion sizes – they are incredibly generous. Seb and Fon go above and beyond to make sure their customers feel welcome and appreciated. It's not just about the food; it's the whole experience that keeps us coming back. As we're always about to leave, Seb always surprise us with a complimentary shot, a sweet gesture that makes us feel like part of their extended family. Their kindness and genuine care for their customers make each visit memorable.🌶️🍛😊

The food was very disappointing. This restaurant was MUCH better. The Tom yum was tasteless and lacked the most important ingredient which is lemongrass!, the squid was not served in an optimal quality and the chicken green curry was over cooked and the curry itself was watery in consistency (not creamy and rich).

Busy, very nice host, lovely service, waited a while for each course tbh. Small portions, there was no guide on the menu as to ow hot the dish might be, which would have been really helpful, they used to according to my friend who comes regularly, why did you stop? I always resent paying for rice as its obvious you need that.... Very small portion of prawn crackers, mean. Expensive for each tbh. Disappointed. Tasty enough, Desserts were very few, I was lucky going for the crispy pancakes and ice cream but banana spring rolls were not to any of our taste. I felt meh about the whole thing, I get that it's hard for restaurants now and they are obviously making portions smaller in a bid to make profit, but sorry I wouldn't return, it was just too much for too little for my taste. Be generous with cheap items like rice and prawn crackers, , we are spending our money with you, you want us back no? Sorry it a red buzzer from me...

Very delicious and authentic Chinese food.

Seriously poor. Nearly two hours from order, food cold and very watery. Shocking.

Le top du top, exellents et super acceuil 👌

Massuman was delicious and delivery was quick. My only complaint is £4.50 each for rice and prawn crackers and £7.95 for 3 vegetable spring rolls!! Over priced

Great food and pleasant atmosphere. Friendly service. Good value.

High quality food, cosy atmosphere and nice background music. The staff are friendly, if not necessarily the most attentive. Not particularly cheap, but worth the price

Came here on a Monday evening plesent staff, portions are small but very tasty. Would come back

Excellent food. Especially like sarong prawns. Meat eater guests loved duck pad Thai - best one they've eaten apparently. Lots of good vegetarian options. Fantastic service, nice decor inside.

Very poor service and cheap quality food, won't be rushing back...

Surprisingly impressive. Our new favorite thai place

Love it here! Great food, great service, great music, great atmosphere! Can't wait for my next visit!