Iydea in Brighton and Hove

Really nice food and the atmosphere perfect. I had the masala and my gf had the soup both 10/10. Will visit again - only neg is they are not vegan so half a job but I suppose that’s what pays the bills :/

1st time visited this restaurant, for a quick coffee as have 20 mins before appointment. Staff were super nice, friendly and professional. Fresh homemade smoothie was very tasty and full of natural flavours. This place is super clean and tidy, and done up beautifully with lots of attention to details. A great experience with huge confidence in the management. They specialise in vegetarian food, i am not a vegetarian, but highly recommended.

Lovely Veggie café in the heart of the Laines

A great selection of dishes. Even though they are on the counter, the food is fresh and hot. The roti wraps and potato wedges were really flavourful. Very clean seating area. I really like that I could see leftover food at the end of the day was being boxed up and not thrown away.

Kind and nice stuff, interesting options to pick from, you get a good meal with variety of nutrients, would recommend for vegetarians for sure! :)

Wholesome and delicious at a v reasonsble price.

Loads of vegan options, all really colourful and tasty. Staff really lovely, music not too loud. Would definitely visit again next time I'm in Brighton.

Everything was very good! The concept of choosing one dish, 2 sides and 2 toppings (sauce) is really great!

Lovely and great value restaurant. The staff are wonderful. Thoroughly recommend.

Absolutely delicious vegetarian food. I don’t think I have ever had anything but a brilliant taste experience. And I’m not even a veggie!

I loved the selection of options- very fresh and healthy. Veggie stifado and tirokauteri were amazing and super authentic- like eating in Greece (apparently the chef is Greek!). The environment is also very friendly as I shared a table and conversation with a lovely gentleman. Please note that normally you would have more food on the plate but I chose to have less.

We visited Iydea twice on our recent trip to Brighton. Had we discovered it earlier in our trip we would have been even more. The food was varied and delicious - gorgeous salads and tasty veggie and vegan mains. The service was also excellent and the staff very friendly and very helpful. Thank you. Next time we come to Brighton we WILL be back :)

Obsessed with this place, such a good concept! Was healthy, well priced and lots of variation. Staff were super friendly. Loved that the food is locally sourced

Such a lovely little place with friendly and welcoming staff, we had the elderflower fizz drink which was absolutely delicious and so refreshing. All the food looked sooo nice but we’d not long had a massive breakfast at our hotel, so sadly we didn’t get to try it. We will definitely return to try the food soon.

Love Iydea. Brilliant spot for a filling veggie or vegan lunch. So many options

Really delicious at incredibly affordable prices. Can't believe I've not found this place until now!

I can always guarantee that my friends and I will enjoy a wholesome, delicious and reasonably priced lunch!! I love this place!!

One of our favourite places! The food is amazing, and there’s loads of choice. We always take friends here when they visit - even our vegan friends love it! It can get very busy so sometimes it’s hard to find a seat, but if you wait it’s well worth it .

Great choice of Veg and Vegan dishes with choice of sides and toppings.

Very good “brrakfast” breakfast, neat presentation! We who eat sweets, a great discovery!

Delicious lunch at reasonable price. Super fresh with lots of different options. Very well located in Brighton. We loved it and we will return again!

One of the best restaurants in Brighton. Great healthy food, well priced, lovely atmosphere and location. I take many friends here on their first trip to Brighton

Delicious food, a wide choice for a super reasonable price.

Incredible food and super-friendly staff!

This is a hidden gem in the heart of Brighton's North Laines. The food is incredibly good, it's nutritious, freshly made, and really quite affordable. The ethos of the place is really good too - using renewable electricity, paying their staff a fair wage etc. I can't recommend it enough.

Great for a veggie lunch. Always visit when I am on Brighton

Everything vegan seemed to contain soya which I can’t eat!

We we're looking for another Café to have breakfast this morning and then found this gem. Very friendly staff, good quality breakfast and superb Smoothie as well as Coffee. Will come again when next time in Brighton. Thank you Guys 🙏🏻

First visit today, it won't be the last! Lovely food and drink, fab choice, fresh and well presented. Portions are great and service too. Dog friendly is a huge bonus! See you guys again soon!

Great place to chill. Had Alright Ginger fresh juice. Really nice and all fresh. Great staff and friendly.

It was very tasty. I loved it. Prices really nice as well. Was first time there. The stuff is polite and friendly.

Excellent, very vegan friendly place for lunch. Delicious food and super helpful Team. Another visit today May 31st and still all good. The small vegan breakfast was ample for me and delicious

Good beetroot and or lentil burgers. Excellent beetroot relish. Poor overcooked potatoes.

Very tasty and healthy. Good variety. Loved it!

Food absolutely amazing and staff welcoming and friendly. I had a large Vegetarian breakfast that kept me full all day. My partner hand a vegan breakfast of Avocado, Mushrooms and a few other bits and she enjoyed that too. Highly recommend this place and prices fair.

Wow what a find! Food tasted super fresh. Definitely coming back ☺️

Amazing food, large variety to choose from, passionate staff. Pro Tip - As the weather was nice, sitting outside enhanced the experience. :)

Great place for some wholesome food

Stopped in here for some drinks when shopping in the lanes. Friendly staff and brilliant drinks selection. Especially the juices, which were so yummy and refreshing. The chalkboard for the little one to draw on was a nice touch and kept her entertained. The food smelled incredible, too. I'm definitely going to try a bite to eat here next time.

You don't need to be a vegetarian to absolutely love the food at this restaurant. Long counter - select the visible items ( as the price is based on a set selection price) the lovely counter staff serve ample portions on a plate and you pay when your plate is fully loaded. And then sit down and enjoy a hearty meal. Just eat here, you won't regret it

The food in here is so fresh and nicely prepared. The menu system allows you to pick different items from their selection so you have your own preferred combination. Everything we tried was lovely. Lots of options for vegans and gluten free too.

We often visit this place when we are visiting Brighton. The reason we like this place is first the staff are always so friendly. Secondly there is always a bustling atmosphere. Finally the food is delicious! The food is always vegetarian, or vegan, and the food is always full of flavours! My wife is dairy gluten, and egg free, and its never an issue here. Thank you another successful food experience!

Finally, a genuine healthy, genuinely tasty, genuinely fun and creative place to grab something to eat, it’s great! All veggie but you don’t miss anything, with the options being filling, extremely flavourful and numerous, there’s something for everyone. It’s colourful and so friendly. The fresh pressed juices are gorgeous as well, highly recommend getting one of those! Will very much be back :)

Really good range of food, decent prices, very filling and the food was delish. Would recommend and deffo come again! Really appreciated all the allergen information as well as a vegan with a nut allergy, makes all the difference to me. Friendly staff, good vibes.

What a friendly welcome! My first visit here, and they patiently explained that I could get one main, two side dishes and two toppings. All the food was very tasty. The toppings I chose were seeds with tamari, also beetroot hummus. My main dish was (I think) rice/kidney beans/cheese with chili (though I'm not really a spicy chili fan, but it was very nice). I also had cooked courgettes with peppers and a red cabbage dish (salad. I think). Delicious. I asked for tap water, and also had a perfect chai latte with oat milk. Acccording to a sign, you can also get soup here. There's a relaxed atmosphere here and you will probably be sharing a table. The road itself is very boho, with lots of little shops. It's good to note they give away excess food at the end of the day. And they told me that if I don't have a big appetite, I could take away the rest of the food on my plate. But I ate every last morsel! After such a lovely visit here, I went away with a smile on my face. It's that sort of place.

Stumbled up on this great place. Delicious food. Lovely staff. We struggled to make our choices and the staff were so patient and helpful. We will be coming back asap.

Very tasty and healthy fresh lunch with a choice of a main, 2 sides and 2 toppings for £11.50. All vegetarian and delicious!

Excellent range of very fresh homemade vegetarian meals. You wont find any highly processed mock meat here

Well this was a curveball. On a trip back to Brighton and just could not make up our minds what to eat. We are not veggie or vegan but simply eat what we want, and this includes anything! This place was packed, the food looked delicious and the staff friendly. We ordered beautiful food, so clean, healthy and tasty. This is a magnificent ambassador of on meat, doing things properly. Wonderful use of fresh ingredients and flavours and left feeling amazing, and full. One suggestion, get a website perhaps? I think the facebook thing is now old hat and so many of us have left social media now. This place is way too professional to just have a pop up style presence on social media. Thank you for a wonderful lunch and we wish you all the best for 2024 and beyond.

Always a nourishing experience dining here. Will return as often as time allows.

Fabulous, fresh, colourful and delicious lunch served by cheerful staff. Great variety and plenty on offer for vegetarians.

Lovely fresh food! Perfect place to eat healthy vegan food

Wholesome, flavoursome vegetarian food in generous portions :) great for lunch

We had breakfast here on a rainy day. It was warm and cosy. Their avocado toast was very nice. My partner thought the vegan English breakfast was good. The smoothies were alright.

So good! Delicious, fresh, wholesome vegetarian food and great value for money that you'd have a hard time finding elsewhere in central Brighton

No matter how you feel, after lunch at Iydea you'll feel 100x better. I just wished they'd produce a Iydea cook book (please, please)

Love love love the variety of food on offer here, a lovely atmosphere down the north laine along with kind chatty staff!

Very tasty veggie/vegan food. I chose a main, 2 sides and 2 toppings for £10.50 and a flat white for £2.95 Good selection of smoothies as well. Cheery and helpful staff. Nice vibe. Dog friendly.

You fill a plate with a main, sides and sauces. The price is great given the high quality of this vegetarian food. Seating functional rather than comfortable. Lovely staff.

My favourite place to pick up a good, healthy vegetarian or vegan meal.

Wonderful place to eat. Really healthy, fresh, delicious food. Thank you so much! My blueberry smoothie was the best!!!

I had seen online they were serving several glutenfree option (I'm vegan and have coeliac disease so this was very exciting). When I arrived they told me they no longer do glutenfree bread etc because it's not profitable enough. The only glutenfree option for me was the granola, which they assured me was definitely vegan and glutenfree. After I had eaten a few mouth fulls I started to feel a bit sick so I approached them again to check if it really was glutenfree. They went to the back room to check the ingredients list and turns out there was actually some gluten in it!! Disgraceful! They should've checked in the first place and not assure me it was glutenfree if they didn't lnow for sure. Some people just don't understand what effect it has on people with food allergies. Anyone working in the food industry should know about this responsibility. Any way this ruined my day in Brighton as I felt very ill. I should've gotten a refund but I was so upset that I just left.

This place always delivers! The food is always different on a daily basis and the quality for the price is outstanding. It’s the perfect spot for amazing hot and cold veggie food! I think the juices are fantastic also the beet one in particular was perfect I always come here and will carry on forever

Afraid to say this was probably the worst (vegan) breakfast I’ve ever had. Had to pay on ordering which seems unusual for restaurant, or perhaps it is just a mediocre cafe?! It came out a bit too quickly. All seemed tepid, beans rock hard, sausage was just terrible and the Mushrooms greasy. Coffee wasn’t up to much either. Smoothie well over priced for what you get too. One plus; Warm-ish welcome and goodbye from a lady sitting at a table. Woman behind counter didn’t seem to want to be there, I guess a Saturday?! Then had to put up with noisy visitors (not customers) who seemed to think we all needed to know their business and singing tones. Plenty of choices in Brighton so very easy not to come here again.

We went to this lively and busy restaurant for lunch and had a fantastic meal with a great pint of helles lager 🍺. The staff were very friendly, the overall atmosphere was great too. As my colleague said: wow, that meal really made my day.

What a gem in the North Laines. So much choice of delicious vegetarian food, I was really impressed.

The food in Iydea is well-presented, really fresh and above all tasty. Served with a smile by the staff and very good value-for-money. We will definitely return!

It's been a few years since I visited Brighton but this is the first place I wanted to return to. The food is simply out of this world. Wonderful choices, wonderful flavours. All at a really fantastic price

Highly recommended for great, fresh, vegan and gluten free food. We were even more impressed this time than we were before as it is almost entirely vegan now, freshly decorated, great choice of food, super coffee, and so, so tasty! Brighton offers a great range of vegetarian and vegan cafes and restaurants, and we have been fortunate enough to have tried several of them. Without a doubt though, this is our favourite. The range of food, the friendly atmosphere, the great location, it can't be beaten. Don't miss the opportunity of trying the food here, it is outstanding!

We've been here before so we kinda knew what we were getting. And this restaurant delivered again. Food is so good and wholesome and filling. You get lots of salad and what ever your choose. I chose the spicy sauce and the end and it really made the other veggies/salad really delicious.

Very basic breakfast (had spinach and egg), nothing on the side except this poor quality spinach and dry scrambled eggs with nothing else in the plate, not even basic decor preparation. Juices really good though and place looks really nice and cozy

Great quality and good portions! My new favourite place in Brighton

Wholesome home-cooked style, mostly vegan food (some veggie options) served up in a positive and welcoming environment for the most reasonable prices!! Can't say how much I enjoy this gem of a restaurant for breakfast, lunch or dinner--the options are endless, and you can choose your main, sides and toppings for your perfect meal! Iydea is possibly my favourite place to eat in Brighton.

Went back…again. And sat outside in the sun once more, in the vibrant Kensington Gardens. Food brilliant…again (and I’m not a vegetarian). Two massive plates of super-tasty food, a pint of good lager and a soft drink, £26. Met the owner…delightful man. They have had a tough winter, maintaining their standards throughout, and need a good Spring. Just go, it can be a bit chaotic finding your place in the queue and working your way down choosing the food (only hard as it’s all so lush). Find a place to sit and enjoy some of the best cafe food you’ll find anywhere.

The drinks were a bit too sweet for my taste.

Came here with my daughter for some lunch on our visit to Brighton. I am not vegetarian, but my daughter is and I am more than happy to go veggie when we are out. I had the sweet potato enchilada, with potatoes and a mozzarella salad with an aioli sauce and sweet chilli sauce. My daughter had the aubergine curry, with potatoes. Both our plates were empty when we finished which is all the recommendation I need to give. Need to mention the sweet chilli sauce again….quite possibly the best sweet chilli sauce I have ever tasted. The staff were cheerful and friendly. Highly recommend, whether you are vegetarian or not.

One of Brighton's finest veggie and vegan eatery 👍

I ate far more food than intended, because it was just so delicious! The staff were friendly and cheerful, and it was a great place to have lunch. The salads were fresh & tasty, the cajun wedges were just yummy. Thank you Iydea

Food was jank as hell. It was like sand had blown in from the sea to our plates. And our smoothies. Why was there so much grit. Why did we pay £30 for this. The dal was lovely though and the servers were absolutely great. Just wish the food had lived up to the reputation.

Delicious food, great value. We popped in late afternoon for a drink and saw they had End of Day food boxes at £4.95. The staff were super helpful, explaining the different box contents. We chose the aubergine pizza with an enchilada and potato wedges, we were able to eat in with our refreshing fruit fizzes (loved the fresh fruit garnish too). Excellent flavours in the food, great portion size and amazing value (also reducing food waste too). Would definitely eat here again, the staff are really friendly and helpful, the seating areas are comfortable and clean.

If you’re vegetarian/vegan looking for a casual place to eat this is great for lunch. There’s always a selection of different mains and sides to choose from and the food is always so tasty and fresh. Always feel comfortable coming and sitting in here alone and the staff are very friendly :)

Food was perfect for the hot weather!

lydea is brilliantly situated in the middle of the bustling North Laine area. It offers an excellent range of tasty food. The servings are generous, affordable and the staff are friendly and enthusiastic.

Lovely breakfast lunch spot. Very friendly staff and a great range of food. Portions are really generous and such good value for money. Across our visits we had avocado on toast with seeds, mushroom and spinach and banana and peanut butter with maple syrup. Recommend...

Lovely cafe with really friendly, helpful staff. Fresh, tasty food at a very reasonable price. Ingredients clearly listed so allergies easy to avoid.

Staff are very cheerful, food is decent. Good place if you want a hot meal that's healthy and customisable. Lots of gluten free and vegan options as well!

I discovered Iydea on Tripadvisor.com a month before my trip to Brighton and the photos of the food looked yummy and I'm not even a vegetarian! I asked my sister who lives in Brighton if she'd heard of it and she said she'd eaten there...

Every dish is amazing and the variety is fantastic. The produce they use is also always fresh. One of our favourite places to eat in Brighton

One of my favourite places to go for lunch in Brighton. There's plenty of choice and they serve different dishes daily. The place was packed, but we were served quickly and only had to wait a few minutes to find a table. I also found the staff very friendly and helpful dispite them being so busy.

Amazing food. The hollandaise Tofu scramble is to die for it’s the closest tasting tofu scramble to scramble eggs. And vegan. Staff are amazing please tip they are worth it

Excellent home cooked healthy food. We had a delicious early lunch , very tasty, fresh food. Friendly staff, recommended 👍

Very very busy restaurant, I managed to share a table with a couple. The food was amazing. The juice was lovely and refreshing. I will definitely come back. Highly recommend this place.

Visited with our son on a recent trip to Brighton. Staff were really friendly and helpful, very flexible around meal combos for our son as well. Food was delicious, freshly cooked with loads of vibrant vegetables. Meals were a great size and excellent value for...

Nice vegetarian canteen-style cafe, with a good variety of dishes - when we went they had things like enchiladas, caribbean bean stew, green curry and more. It was £8 for a main, rice, two sides and one topping, so it's a big plate of food for a reasonable price. Good if you fancy a healthy lunch.

Popped in for lunch today as hubby and i agreed to go vegetarian for February and thought this would be a good start. Very impressed with the choice and quality of food, lovely girls serving and altogether a nice place..Will certainly be returning.

The plate was cold so the meal went cold in minutes. The potato wedges were mostly burnt. I'm sure they could have managed a vegan gravy to wet the dry meals. Pity.

Iydea is an absolutely lovely café, all of the staff (India Nick & Cat) were really friendly and more than happy to help, there were lots of vegetarian options and the food we had was really tasty, there were also some food options that were...

We come here regularly, despite living over an hour away. It's become a family joke, as I will visit Brighton with the smallest excuse, just to have lunch at Iydea. My husband is actually the only veggie in the family but the rest of us...

Lovely selection of food and sides, all very tasty with plenty of flavour.

Just lovely, you walk up the Lanes and this little place just draws you in with vibrant, spicy, comfort aromas, it got us! We popped in here and had the soup with bread and a sprinkling of seeds......my it was good, warming, filling and packed...