Fourth and Church in Brighton and Hove

The food was absolutely amazing and the wine was lovely. However, I felt a bit uncomfortable by the staff asking me to move to a specific table and not let my dog go near the table next to us (even though I never do). Like you have genuinely good food, rather don’t allow dogs and own that, than being dog friendly t&c’s with annoyed staff

Superb intimate local place with an excellent wine list and lovely food. We were a part of two with some diary restrictions for gluten and dairy and their menu had some lovely plates and gf bread that met our needs, they were also delicious, especially the oyster mushrooms, sardines and divine olives! Highly recommend, the young Spanish lady who looked after us at the bar was clearly passionate and highly knowledgeable about the wine and pairing options and super welcoming. Great experience all round, thank you for a lovely Friday eve bite team!

Amazing Resturant and wine bar … you can not fault anything . Delicious food and wine , such knowledgable staff and a great atmosphere… it really is a perfect evening out .

What a fantastic place! The food was so so good, but add the very knowledgeable and attentive staff, and it makes for a great evening. The wine selection is the best around, and it's accompanied by extensive information from the staff. It's not a low-cost experience, but it's well worth it.

Great welcome and delicious food, can’t wait to visit again.

We had a table at the bar for dinner. Laura, Anna, Peter and Anton helped us with the menu by explaining the dishes and sharing their favourites. They also made sure we did not over-order so that there was space left for dessert. Laura and Anna recommended great wine pairings. The atmosphere was really relaxed, yet professional. We were really impressed by the fish dishes, concluding that the monkfish is the best we’ve ever eaten: it was so soft and almost flakey. The herring and potato dish was a wild surprise that we will order again. We had a fabulous night and can’t wait to book our next visit!

Top service, great food and wine list ok. Very lively atmosphere and seems to always be busy when we’ve walked past - we can see why. Thank you!

This was our second visit to Fourth and Church. The food was phenomenal, so delicious, and the staff are always really lovely. We felt very welcome and we really enjoyed our meal. The Indian-spiced butter chicken dish I had was amazing.

The food, service, and wine were excellent! We were so impressed with everything — this is the best OctoberBest menu we’ve had so far. Thank you for a wonderful night, I already want to book the next barstool session!

Fantastic ambience. Sensational flavours, both food and wine. Welcoming service. A wonderful, memorable evening. Thankyou!

A wonderful menu - our party of four ordered several smaller plate options - an excellent way to sample the dishes! Extensive wine list - just look at the wall! Great atmosphere and a great evening

Superb lunch at fourth and church on the 1st day of Octoberbest. Every dish looked and tasted fantastic. The wine selection goes without saying was excellent. Staff very attentive and friendly.

Really tasty food and great wine selection. Paul an excellent host and very passionate and knowledgeable about the wines with great recommendations. Nice friendly and relaxed atmosphere

Really nice food, great wine and nice relaxed atmosphere. Ben is really knowledgeable and passionate about his wine. We had a bar table and had really good time listening to his recommendations and experiences from travelling to the regions. Wines were always spot on for what we wanted. Will be back.

Fantastic Saturday lunch!! Totally delicious food and fabulous service. Thank you Paul. We'll be back!! 😃🍷

We had 4 small plates, starter, desert, wine, it was all fantastic as was the service. And the cost was very fair for the quality.

Super night with friends. Unfortunately the reason it didn't get 5Stars for food was that there was a lack of choice for meat and fish on the large plates.However the choice on the small plates was excellent. Well worth a visit.

The food was lovely and varied. The place clearly values texture with every plate having multiple very delicious layers. Food highlights include the fried oyster mushrooms, Char Sui (probably the best I’ve ever had - the fig is an amazing element) and the Malt ice cream - incredible! However, what stands out most of all was the wonderful service from the Northern Irish waiter (whose name has escaped us). Impeccable in all regards, the best service we have had in Brighton, perhaps even the UK! Top Tip: Fourth and Church have an online shop where many of the wines on the menu have full tasting notes/background, useful to check out before you order.

This place just keeps getting better and better. Last night we a dinner that was difficult to describe but fabulous. Full of flavours new to me. I especially enjoyed the fermented vegetables, Nduja patties and monkfish. I also appreciate the offer a great wine selection some at very reasonable prices.

Well what can I say. A brilliant restaurant and a delicious lunch. Our friends booked a table - they had heard great reports and decided to give it a go. We were not disappointed. There is a fixed price lunch menu for two or three courses and whilst choice not extensive there was something for everyone and everything was beautifully presented and truly delicious. It is a real find. Whilst we did not sample it, there is an extensive wine shop and the manager (I believe that was who we spoke to) has a vast knowledge of wines and indeed I understand that they have wine evenings which I hope to attend in the future. That said we did have two half carafes of wine with our meal which were very drinkable.

The food, wine and service were excellent, a lovely chilled afternoon with my wife, thank you!

Had the most amazing afternoon of overindulgence at Fourth & Church ( still recovering…thought I’d already posted review!!🤣. Food, wine ( & Bloody Mary’s) all outstanding. Thank you so much..we will return!. All the Best from Maggie & Yossie

Another fantastic evening at Fourth and Church. Delicious food & great service as always. Thank You for a wonderful evening celebrating our wedding anniversary ! We hope to be back soon, J&M

Do yourself a favour.......if you in the Brighton area get yourself along. Food is fabulous value and such a wonderfully balanced menu. I challenge you to find a wine menu so varied, so deep, so interesting . ..not cheap, but you're not getting cheap. By the glass then buy the bottle..... Looking for an opportunity to come back.....

We were fortunate to eat all over Brighton and the Food at Fourth and Church was the best food in Brighton. All the dishes were memorable. I dream of the Aubergine Dish So clever to add some Nuts. Positive viewpoint. Is there too much emphasis on the Wine and not enough how good the food is. Instagram shows more wine. Please offer a few 250 ML Glasses of wine. if you want to taste different Wines 125ml is sometimes not enough. Great Restaurant. We are lucky we have you as a Restaurant in this difficult Climate..."

Lovely restaurant/ wine bistro. My husband and I chose the tasting / set menu with wine pairing. Food was really delicious, well spaced out (with a nice break offered before the cheese course) and excellently pared wines. I loved one of the wine choices so much I bought a bottle to take home! Service was impeccable, our waiter/sommelier was very knowledgeable and friendly - attentive without being too much. Great atmosphere, helped by all varieties of wines and Sherries adorning the wall-to-ceiling shelves. Highly recommend this gem of a restaurant.

This place was excellent from start to finish. We couldn’t fault it. Looking forward to returning soon.

Excellent food - every dish! Wonderful diverse array of wines to choose from Exceptional and knowledgeable wine and food people who serve! Overall really love this place - this is the 2nd time we have eaten here in the last 2 months :) Well done to all the staff and Chefs!

Always a pleasure to eat/drink here. Superb food and wine selection. Great service and a buzzing atmosphere.

Great food and service, had food and drinks after my graduation here and Anton and the team looked after us brilliantly! Will definitely visit again.

Fantastic place, great food and excellent selection of wine by the glass. One of the greatest martinis (filthy gibson) we’ve ever had and which they very kindly gave us the recipe for the infused gin. Definitely highly recommended

Homemade lemoncello , great service and knowledge on their wines

Great wine bar/restaurant. Everything from the service, the food and the wine was exemplary. Not cheap, but certainly worth the money, highly recommended.

Had a wonderful 1 year wedding anniversary meal here on Saturday. Super cosy small restaurant which means you’re never left waiting for service and feel very well looked after. Our server was excellent and knew everything about the food and wine on offer. Everything we ordered was 10/10 can’t wait to come back!

Yet another fabulous experience at F&C. We managed to get bar seats by the window which was great. We were welcomed with friendliness & smiles. The staff are always lovely and very attentive too. The food was delicious especially the smoked cheese croquets & the aubergine dish and I was delighted to know the Greek Rose which I'd sampled before was back on the menu. A very relaxed evening with fabulous food & a great atmosphere. Thank you F&C from L&D

Had a wonderful 1 year wedding anniversary meal here on Saturday. Super cosy small restaurant which means you’re never left waiting for service and feel very well looked after. Our server was excellent and knew everything about the food and wine on offer. Everything we ordered was 10/10 can’t wait to come back!

Another fantastic evening at Fourth & Church; big thank you to all the team. No photos as we were too busy enjoying the food and wine!

Another fantastic evening at Fourth & Church; big thank you to all the team. No photos as we were too busy enjoying the food and wine!

Stunning main courses all 6 of us very happy

SUPERB IN EVERY WAY! We had the room downstairs as there were eight of us, and from the informative menu chats/emails from Anna prior to the night, to the very knowledgeable and helpful info on the night from the wine guy/front of house Jonathan, through to our incredible personal waitress Zoe, the service was second to none. We chose the pre ordered sharing menu so no decisions had to be made on the night and the food was outstanding. We were a mixed fussy group of well travelled cooks and wine drinkers who have been around the block a few times and everyone, to a man, was blown away by the seamless way the kitchen and Zoe produced the food and informed us about each dish, and although they were small sharing plates, there was a LOT of food to get through, and we did... The wine list is fabulous and we had great fun moving through it from the delicious light hearted English pink sparkling to start, right through to a sublime bottle of Australian Malbec at the end. We were made to feel so special and when we came to leave we couldn't believe how busy it was upstairs, very impressive, thank you all! 😊

Fantastic food. Great wines and knowledgeable staff

SUPERB IN EVERY WAY! We had the room downstairs as there were eight of us, and from the informative menu chats/emails from Anna prior to the night, to the very knowledgeable and helpful info on the night from the wine guy/sommelier/front of house Jonathan, through to our incredible personal waitress Zoe, the service was second to none. We chose the pre ordered sharing menu so no decisions had to be made on the night and the food was outstanding. We were a mixed fussy, critical group of well travelled cooks and wine drinkers who have been around the block a few times and we were all, to a man, blown away by the seamless way the kitchen and Zoe produced the food and informed us about each dish, and although they were small sharing plates, there was a LOT of food to get through, and even though there was one member of the party who said there was nothing he would have chosen for himself, he cleaned his plate every time! The wine list is fabulous and we had great fun moving through it from the delicious light hearted English pink sparkling to start, right through to a sublime bottle of Australian Malbec at the end. We were made to feel so special and when we came to leave we couldn't believe how busy it was upstairs, can't imagine what it's like in the kitchen, very impressive, thank you all! 😊

Beautiful little wine bar! My only regret is that I didn't have time to stay for more than one glass so I could try more wines with the food!

Forth & Church consistently deliver plate after plate of flavours that are delicious, inventive, and nourish the soul. It’s a great place to taste an amazingly broad range of wines, with new additions to keep things exciting. The service is easy going, friendly and they’ll recommend the perfect wine to surprise and delight. Is this the best restaurant in Brighton & Hove, I think it might be.

AmaIng service and glorious wine! What more do you need? Oh wait sexy small plates!! Yum yum yuuuum!

Great selection of wine, attentive staff and flavoursome food. We will definitely revisit. Only negative was no sides on the menu and felt the main course chicken could have done with some carbohydrates.

Best restaurant I have ever been at. The food was fabulous the service the wine everything was exceptional. Can't wait to go back. Next time I'm at Gatwick I will definitely take a detour to Hove.

The food is delicious and there’s so many great wine options. The staff are really attentive, friendly and knowledgeable about the menu and the wine list! We asked for help choosing and they recommended a bottle that we loved. I visited twice in a week because I couldn’t wait to show friends how great this place is!

What can we say other than it's the best place in town for the food, the service and the atmosphere. We have been going for years ..from big birthdays to small intimate meals it never fails to impress. A special mention to Anna who is truly wonderful. Paul and Jim

Very good place. The wine collection and the local sommelier were particularly great!

Had a fantastic meal here recently on a very sunny evening. Sat outside in the sunshine. Service was fantastic, knowledgable and friendly and the food and wine was great. Amazing wine list and LOVED the food. Really great, will be back.

I had the pleasure of having dinner at Fourth and Church around a month ago. Everything was absolutely delicious and really tasty. Clearly the best restaurant in town! I couldn't be happier. Strongly recommended!

Great evening for six of us on Friday. Our friends loved the atmosphere, service, food and wine recommendations. Thanks again Fourth & Church

Gorgeous food, great service and lovely atmosphere. Perfect for a special occasion

Superb food and wine. I had the sea bass with apple annd asparagus and my companion had the chicken breast. Both were ingeniously dressed with sauces and accompaniments. Excellent. And the wine recommended by our lovely server (an actual grown up lady who was so sensitive to timing and nuance, very careful not to interrupt conversations, mindful of giving space for dining, the experience really shone through) was an unusual Italian white which we both really enjoyed. The server was the star of the staff: spoke to both of us equally (sometimes older men in similar roles can defer too much to the man in a party of two…and to be honest, you don’t want to have to go to the effort of trying to smash the patriarchy every time you go out for a relaxing meal), was an excellent judge of people and situations.

Everything was excellent! Cannot wait to go there again. Thank you for the amazing service!

This is a fabulous wee restaurant. Highend quality. Delightful service too. We went for the 5 course with wine selection I think we had a drink to start and a not inexpensive double whisky or two at the end. The bill came to £140 each Inc service total £60. So top draw price. This being said you don't have to sat and drink every thing on the menu as we did ;-) In any other time I may have given it a 5 star for food too but we had only been to Etch in Hove the previous week which was stratusferricly good for food and is now my new 5 star barometer. I would recommend you go.

We had a private dining service for our small wedding reception. Absolutely stunning food. The service was fantastic and the overall ambience was on point. What the chef did with heritage carrots and cauliflower was pure wizardry! They catered to all of our dietary needs, gluten free, vegan, nut free, dairy free, meat eaters...the most fantastic food...every course was mouth wateringly good. Thank you for such a wonderful experience!

Hi just wanted to say thank you so much for the wonderful meal yesterday. We originally visited many moons ago and had charcuterie and caponata which was delicious but can I say WOW not a patch on what you're producing now. Food was AMAZING, negroni's delicious and rose hit the spot 😉😋 incredible service, attentive but not intrusive. Will definitely be back. Please say thank you to everyone for a FAB evening, from table 6 xx

My favourite restaurant in Hove , food is beautifully presented and always a taste sensation . Fabulous wine selection along with a warm welcoming team keeps me coming back again and again. Don't miss their Baked Alaska Rhubarb dessert :)

My favourite restaurant by far. Never fails!

Fourth and Church continues to be one of our favourite restaurants. Our meal was excellent, the service super friendly and the set lunch menu incredible value. Thanks for a lovely experience for my wife's birthday

We booked 11 of in the Private Dining Room for a special celebration. Everything was fantastic. We had the 5 course menu with paired wines chosen and guided by Anna, which were all fantastic. Service was great too.

My daughter and I had a wonderful experience at Fourth and Church. She's a dedicated foodie living in London; cooking is her primary hobby. I live in Calgary, Canada, and count on her to research and select restaurants for us to try when I'm in London. We always spend a couple of nights at the seaside, and Brighton and Hove was the perfect getaway. We chose the seasonal set menu and were not disappointed. All the dishes were delicious and beautifully presented. The staff were attentive and professional. We chose the smoked cod's roe pani puri to start and then had the porcini and madeira parfait and pickled mushrooms on toasted focaccia. Both were outstanding. The slow cooked pork with mussel escabeche, black garlic aioli and smoked almonds almost did us in. What incredible flavours. My daughter suspected the pork was cooked sous vide, and she was right. It was so soft and decadent you could bring your grandma and she wouldn't even need her dentures. Our only complaint was the amount – two pieces of pork was too much! It was so amazing we couldn't leave any behind and had to take the cheese course back to our B&B to leave room for dessert. The gubbeen was a real treat the next day. I was worried we'd be charged for a fridge clean because this is one stinky cheese. Seriously good. The dessert was divine and very pretty. Mont Blanc of chestnut, agen prune and pedro ximinez. Yummy! The cocktails and wine were also excellent. Very highly recommend.

We've eaten here a few times. I love the cosy, personal ambience. The food is spectacular, a delectable fusion of cuisines. The wine selection is exceptional. Staff friendly, one waitress was a little curt on one occasion. Overall one of my favorite dining experiences in B&H!

The best food in Brighton and Hove

All round top experience. Food was outstanding and the service was fantastic, we were talked through wine selections and advised on how many and what dishes to order and was very happy with the selection. It is a little bimore expensive a restaurant than I would go to but 100% worth every penny.

Best wine bar in Brighton, hands down!

Love it here, great customer service.

Really enjoyed the food and experience.

Great restaurant in Hove. Very creative and interesting menu. Service was great which always makes all the difference for us.

Went for lunch. Great food and service . Some lovely alternative dishes.

Located on the high street of Hove, Fourth and Church attracts passers with its charm and sophistication. We had been meaning to pay them a visit for a while and finally did last week for a date. From the moment you step in, you're greeted with an elegant but welcoming ambiance. The menu at Fourth and Church focuses on seasonal, locally sourced ingredients, each dish presents a unique blend of flavours. They offer snacks, small plates and hearty main courses. We went for a few of each as we were very excited to try everything. To snack on, we had Whipped Cod’s Roe with Old Bay Crisps (£6), Cornmeal Fried Oyster Mushrooms with Confit Garlic Cream drizzled on top (£7.5), and Iberico de Bellota (£10). The cod’s roe was creamy and paired well with the savoury crisps. The fried mushrooms were crispy and the cream was so garlicky, absolutely delicious. For our small plates, we opted for Porcini and Madeira Parfait with Pickled Mushrooms on Toasted Focaccia (£12). This was the highlight of our dinner. The parfait was creamy, the mushrooms were so flavourful and the dish was presented beautifully. We also had Hake Veronique with Fennel, Red Grape, Vermouth and Tarragon (£13). The hake was cooked perfectly and flaky. For our main course, we shared Slow Cooked Pork, Mussel Escabeche with Black Garlic Aioli and Smoked Almonds (£22). The pork was full of rich, aromatic flavors that melt in your mouth, while the mussels were slightly tangy and cut through the fattiness of the pork. Oh and I can’t go without mentioning the decadent whiskey truffles. Complementing the incredible food is an extensive wine list, carefully curated to pair seamlessly with the menu. No wonder they won “Best Wine List” in the BRAVO awards! Whether you're a wine connoisseur or a casual enjoyer (like me), the staff can help you through the selection. Thank you Peter for choosing our wines, they were delicious! Service at Fourth and Church is impeccable, with attentive staff who are passionate about providing a memorable dining experience. Peter kindly made sure that our food would come out slowly so that we could enjoy our wine with each dish and not feel rushed. We had a wonderful date at Fourth and Church. The food and wine is delicious. The service is top tier. I have no complaints at all, I’d definitely recommend it to everyone. Thanks for the invite, Anton!

Lovely wine bar and small plates. Fantastic selection of wines to suit all budgets. Delicious small plates and friendly service. What more could you ask for from a local independent place. Thanks!

Returned to this place after 5 years. Very pleased to see the food was as good as we remembered. Everything delicious including the red wine we chose from a impressive list. Thoroughly recommend the snacks and small plates selection from which we chose quite a few and shared between the four of us

Amazingly delicious food, beautifully cooked. The staff were so friendly and helpful, nothing was too much trouble. I am gluten free. It was great to be able to have so much choice. Well recommended.

Exceptional service. We sat at the bar and enjoyed a delicious array of sumptuous food and wine. The selection of cold cuts and Hake was especially good. We had a lot of different drinks hence cost per head, but it was good value!

Had lovely meal and drinks,the staff were very helpful as one of party is gluten free.

The food and service at Fourth and Church restaurant were exceptional. Opting for the set menu left us thoroughly satisfied; the dishes were rich, delicious, and beautifully presented.

For relaxed sophistication this place is superb, with elevated food and delicious carefully selected wines you really cannot go wrong. The staff are incredibly knowledgeable about their wines and will often challenge your thoughts on various regions or grapes, making a visit here both educational and enjoyable. It is clear they have a passion for the product they sell. The menu changes regularly and varies from lunch to evenings to weekends so there is never really a bad time to stop by. We used to visit most months for the evening tasting menu with wine pairing (definitely recommend this) which is exquisite but we have stopped going now owing to their awkwardness about whether they do or do not allow dogs and where and when they apply this policy. However, thats our own drama so if you’re dog free visit immediately!

This is more than just a restaurant to us, as we live locally. The staff are becoming friends and the small space dictates that there is intimacy between tables, allowing for spontaneous conversation with other diners, often to compare appreciative notes on what we are being given to eat. The occasional more engineered offering, e.g. a well-compèred exploration of sherries synchronised perfectly with a feast of compatible dishes, helps to reinforce the idea that this is indeed a local dive dependant on locals, as well as diners from London who have done their research properly. The welcome from Anna, Anton, Paul and the team is as warm as we have ever experienced and they never forget my wife's special requirements for easy-to-handle glasses and straws as she strives to enjoy everything from her wheelchair. We took my brother for dinner there as the weekend got underway and chose from the à la carte menu, essentially a shared feast: we amused our bouches initially with a croquette each as well as an oyster mushroom tempura. The croquette was in fact a fabulously spiced meaty, chewy assemblage with a remarkable tart-ish dip of something so exotic I can't remember its name. It was absolutely not the usual glutinous, potato-filled crisp-fried nothingness that the name conjures, and which I find on my plate in Belgium every time we travel there despite it apparently being some sort of national dish. The normally plastic-tasting and plastic-textured oyster mushrooms acquired true flavour and texture from the obviously special breadcrumbs and expert deep frying. The small plates which followed took us further up the ladder of quality: carefully selected Galician jamon (yes - Paul goes to check out the pigs first) with sumptuous accompaniments, a piece of perfectly cooked sweet hake with gentle sharp notes from the pickles on the side and magnificently smokey grilled hispi cabbage with spicy asides to boot. For the large plates, we chose a stone bass of substance and distinct flavour - not the same as the hake at all - and quite the most gorgeous chicken dish I think I have ever sampled. Give Fourth and Church something a bit mundane to cook and they will give it Michelin-stardom. You can't leave a meal like this, replete and half comatose from the shock of the various flavour bombs as you may already be, without a greedy curiosity about the deserts. So we chose the rhubarb and ginger Alaska and the chocolate, coffee and hazelnut tart. No contest between them - both scored round 10s in our collective assessment. Texture is so important in food these days, when you can get it (so many places pull their pork, slow-cook their lamb, or otherwise mush-ify what we eat that you might think we will be drinking all our food from straws in a few years' time): these deserts gave us crunch, creamy unctuousness and even a bit of chewiness to complement technicolour flavours. We all had something of everything: we were all bowled over by everything. A reasonably-priced and rare Grauburgunder to wash it all done following - of course - some hand chosen sherries to start. Hats off!

The venue hosted my birthday celebratory lunch in the private basement dining room. The chef’s six-course menu was a delicious fusion of ingredients, the wine selection was a mixture of well known and less known regions, great for exploring. Staff were super friendly and knowledgeable, guiding us through the dishes and offering extensive knowledge when questioning wines. I highly recommend a visit when travelling through East Sussex. Thank you so much for making my celebratory lunch so special and unforgettable. Best wishes Wayne.

The food at this restaurant stands out as being innovative and delicious. There is a passion and creativity in the kitchen that has never disappointed us. The front of house team have a genuine interest in the food and wine and a passion for it. I applaud the effort they put into the food, wine and experience as it is often hard to find even in considerably more expensive joints.

This is one of the best restaurants in Brighton and Hove and a personal favourite of a dedicated foodie. Creative cooking from a team passionate about food. Modern style of cooking mixing a wide variety of ingredients and techniques to produces dishes that you don't find elsewhere. Front of house share the passion and can guide round a diverse and selective value based wine list. Head and shoulders above the local competition.

Overall a good experience and a lovely ambience. Staff were friendly and knowledgeable but felt quite rushed in putting dishes down. Great wine selection and decent by-the-glass options. Some of the dishes sounded great on the menu but didn’t quite come together. Good but not great.

We had a really lovely lunch based on a set menu with a fabulous variety of choices. The food was great, the service also and we were helped selecting a very pleasant wine to accompany our cheese course

Undoubtedly the best place to eat & drink in Hove. We regularly try to find places to equal Fourth & Church, but never have found anywhere worthy.

Undoubtedly the best place to eat & drink in Hove.

Went for my Mum's Birthday and it was wonderful. The food was delicious and the recommended wines were perfectly matched. They made us feel welcome and special. Looking forward to going back.

We met with friends from out of town here last Saturday and had another fantastic meal with them and the excellent staff. As usual the food was excellent and service second to none. Our friends said that they would definitely go back when they next come to Hove.

Great atmosphere, Great food, Great choice of drinks, and Great service! What's not to like. Thank you, and see again very soon!

Had a wonderful time. Excellent food and attentive service.

Excellent Beautifully executed small plates

Bustling yet relaxed. Kind and enthusiastic people. Loved listening to Alexei's (sp?) super detailed explanations of the wine pairings. We'd both come off the back of a really stressful time and this was the perfect treat. Thank you so much.

This wasn’t our first visit to Fourth & Church, and there is a very good reason for this. On each occasion, the menu has been interesting (or as they say “reads well”) and the food spot on. We decided to have an aperitif ( a rather gorgeous Manhattan) while we looked at the menu. This worked a treat and got the taste buds going. After some deliberation, we were ready to order. At this point I think I should mention that the food arrived at a suitable pace. I do not eat meat, but have always found several items on the menu that I am more than happy to pick. On this occasion I had a small plate of Spiced Pineapple Glazed Chalkstream Trout and followed it with Roasted Hake. I could have a stab at describing the dishes in flowery foodie terms, but I am not that person. I will say, however, the food looked sensational and tasted fantastic. My wife’s meat dishes looked extremely appealing, but due to my dietary limitations, I will have to take her word for it that they also were delicious. We asked what would be a suitable wine and were steered in the right direction as it complemented our diverse choice of dishes. We weren’t in a rush and didn’t feel under any pressure to leave, so we decided to share a plate of cheese to round the meal off. We felt that we should have a glass of sherry, which in my opinion goes a lot better with most cheeses than port, and we asked for advice as to which sherry would be suitable. We were presented with three sherries than had been paired with the different cheeses. Some may think this sounds pretentious, but the gentleman who brought the sherry was very informed and talked us through what they were and why each should go well with its “nominated” cheese. He was bang on the money and both the drink and cheese got elevated to a higher level of deliciousness. The restaurant itself is informal, and the staff are a delight. We very much look forward to our next visit.

Lovely cozy atmosphere and the food was absolutely stunning. Laura gave us great service, definitely coming back here again soon.

Fabulous wine recommendation and the aperitivo was fabulous and great value

Excellent wine and port menu with expert advice available. Lovely atmosphere too.

There are only two words to describe our incredible experience. Taste attack. From start to finish everything was 100%. Service, presentation & food arrangement. We will return to your restaurant from Ireland to experience this again. The wine selection is totally incredible. Go raibh maith agat. Frank and Majella.

Spectacular food, fun wine list and amazing staff.