Mediterranean Tapas Grill & Wine in Brighton and Hove

My food was ok. My friends was cold and had a very strong aftertaste of what we think was olive oil. The music was very loud so it was not a relaxing atmosphere. The waiter took my friends dishes away before I had finished and then we realised he had taken our pot of tea as well. Won’t return.

We booked the upstairs room. 26 people. All pre-ordered a week in advance. As a retired chef that has run restaurants around the world I feel I have to draw attention to our dreadful experience of this establishment. I honestly dont know where to start. I sampled 5 different peoples pizzas sat on my table. Flaccid and flavourless with a very odd texture. Lifeless quaggy food. I have never seen so much food left on plates with such confused faces. One of the 1st pizzas to leave the kitchen was inedible. So undercooked you could barely slice it. It took a lot of convincing to have it removed from the final bill. It was awful. My Carbonara dish was dire. Whatever cheese you are using in this kitchen to flavour your dishes, please stop. The Whitebait was inedible. The Calamari rings undercooked and again flaccid. Sadly the food ordered for the "birthday boy" was a disaster. Perhaps some education on Dairy-free options will fix this. The upstairs space is lovely; light and airy with plenty of room to accommodate a large group. But, upon arrival to set up at the time booked, the place was filthy. Knowing we were coming the venue was disorganised, drinks fridges turned off, counter tops filthy. WE had to clean it up, NOT the two members of staff. Both of whom had zero training in hospitality or attention to detail. The young girl was clueless on how to correctly serve tables and follow up simple requests. The young man assigned to the upstairs room for our evening of celebration was one of the rudest I have ever seen. Calling a Mother in her 50's who booked the space "darling" well over half a dozen times even after being asked not to do it, an extremely patronising and condescending way to treat a paying female customer. This was in response to errors in both the running of our night and the final, very confusing, billing. There was zero consistancy with what we ordered and what was on the bill. I hate to be the person that writes this, it has to be really bad for me to voice my disgust but I witnessed so much love and thought go into the organisation of this important birthday celebration. Sadly the venue, the kitchen and the staff failed miserably on all levels. I hope things improve for this restaurant. As a group of 26 adults there was a lot of dissapointment. Not a night to remember.

Always really great in here! Me and partner always get the double hot honey with burrata and its brilliant. If you like garlic get the garlic sauce, perfect but strong. Lovely staff

Really enjoyed food and service. I had the carbonara and it knocked mine into a cocked hat! Friend has Calzone which I tried and we both loved.

Very welcoming; nice space; gorgeous pizzas with a simple selection of top wines.