Olive Grove in Brighton and Hove

Just what the doctor ordered, chilled vibe with great fresh food. Staff super attentive and polite, a hidden gem in The Lanes. The wine exceptional especially the Pinot Noir.

I can’t believe I’ve never been here before. Nice place, friendly staff and great food. We had a great evening chatting, drinking and eating.

Was left disappointed, wasn't what we were expecting as a restaurant, its more tapas style, restaurant could do with a bit of tlc especially the toilets, £60 on what was 4 starters. Food was good but very little of it. Some chips or potatos with it would have been a little more filling at no added cost. Smaller bowls would be better on such small tables, it was slightly congested. Can't help but think if we went round the corner to The House and spent £60 on food we would have eaten like Kings.

Fantastic Greek tapas food - best moussaka ever! - in a cosy setting with very friendly, competent service. Celebrated a special birthday there and was so impressed. Thank you!

Great food! This is why I only managed to photograph two of our five dishes. 🫶🏼

Arrived for a late supper. Friendly staff and a wonderful meal. Will return as delightful when next in Brighton. Freshly cooked and served in lovely dishes.

Lovely restaurant, tucked away in the Laines. Great tapas style food and impressive cocktails. Staff are so friendly. Great place for friends to catch up.

Thank you to the team at Olive Grove! The plan was to have lunch and then go to a cocktail bar but the cocktails (passion fruit martini in particular 👌) and tapas ( special mention to the mushrooms, chicken croquettes and prawns) were so delicious there was no need to go anywhere else! . Service was brilliant and we had the best afternoon! Thank you

We had a fabulous meal here. We had a variety of very delicious tapas. There was a good selection of vegetarian options and it was lovely to share the tapas between the four of us. The highlight was the Vegetarian Papoutsaki The service was excellent and there is a lovely ambience with Greek Music. It was not too noisy so we could chat easily. It is in a very characteristic part of Brighton, down the Lanes, so it made a nice walk to get there. Highly recommended.

Enjoyed an afternoon lunch on the patio after a long day of hiking. I had a few tapas: the Risotto Fingers and Ham Croquettes. The Risotto Fingers were absolutely amazing, and the Ham Croquettes were nice and filling. The atmosphere was very relaxing, and the service was wonderful. My sever, Sam, was very nice, attentive, and offered to turn the heater on for me above my table. Very much recommend this little cove in the lanes!

5 of us enjoyed wonderful evening here. Staff so very friendly, accommodating and attentive. Food excellent, we shared small plates and enjoyed each and every one of them. Highly recommend and will return when next in Brighton.

Brilliant menu to suit vegetarian and non vegetarians, sharing tapas with decent portion sizes. Freshly prepared to order and beautifully presented. Value for money too. Moreover , very friendly and attentive staff.Will highly recommend to everyone.

Incredibly tasty Mediterranean food! All the dishes are amazing and the staff is really nice. 100% recommended!

Wonderful post theatre supper. Fast service and great food. We were the only table and the staff could not have been helpful.

Visited as fancied tapas. Between us both we had the olives whilst we chose our dishes. We then had Moussaka, Greek salad and Vegetarian Patpousaki. Really tasty food, good service. We would certainly visit there again.

Great restaurant tucked away in the lanes. Fabulous service and delicious food. Looking forward to returning!

Great service and tasty food but poor value. Ordered the lamb chops and mousakka but was told we’d need to order something else as it was “tapas “ style which surprised me at around £18 a dish , ordered a veg dish to go with it which turned out to be just a slice of aubergine with sauce and cheese . Really disappointed for £75 including two drinks . Also TURN DOWN the radio !

Small portions & very expensive for what you get but! Nice food, loud music to loud like i say nice food to ecpensive wont be returning

Lovely food but so pricey! Small tapas portions for £15. We had octopus for £14.90 and the portion size was about the size of a round drinks coaster. Delicious though, but tiny. V expensive lunch for us. We knew it was tapas but I hoped for reasonable portions.

We had a lovely late lunch here, it wasn't crowded so the service was very prompt. The olives and bread were wonderful, we had the vegetarian papoutsaki and the wild mushrooms for main, small portions as others have pointed out but it was fine for us with the bread and olives. I had a glass of Pino Grigio and my husband had cider, both very nice. The waitress was very friendly and checked with us regularly that everything was okay. Will definitely come here again.

Loved it, great food and nice staff! Amazing food even!

Fabulous food and great service. Definitely going back here!

Lovely tapas restaurant with a big and quiet outdoor area with both sun and shade (at lunch). Great food good service and fair prices

We enjoyed a great lunch here. Shared a few plates of Prawns, Fish of the day, Salmon salad, and wild mushrooms. Everything was perfectly made.

Amazing food, such friendly staff, reasonably priced.

Really, really enjoyed a leisurely lunch with friends here. A lovely Greek menu, designed for sharing, with great guidance from an attentive team. Some decent cocktails and Greek wines to match the food. Can thoroughly recommend you give it a try and trust the team to deliver a treat for your taste buds!

Superb food, friendly service, can't wait to return.

Came for lunch today and sat in the garden. We had the Pitta bread, Papas Bravas, Halloumi and Grilled Cauliflower. All delicious, nice wine and great service

More like medium sized tapas dishes so prices seem high but the quality is very good indeed. Go with friends and share some dishes. Good cocktail too. Service decent. Lovely setting in the courtyard when weather is good.

Day trip to Brighton and we ended up here for dinner. Lovely setting and meze selection nice. Octopus and ox cheek a must, would probably not go for the calamari

really good sized portions of tapas beautifully cooked and tasted delicious, will definitely be returning

The Olive Grove is not a bad restaurant, far from it. It is in a good location, it has a super little outside eating area and two floors inside. The menu has plenty of choice and the food was enjoyable. However we did feel that the food was overpriced for what you receive. We are in agreement with others that have pointed this out. We went as a couple and looking at the menu as a regular dining experience the prices seemed reasonable. However, this isn't a regular dining experience, it is tapas. Not that there's anything wrong with tapas, we both love to eat this way. It just wasn't what we thought we were going to get when we sat down and ordered a drink. Because it was tapas we ordered three dishes. One of those dishes at £18 was the priciest of the main dishes and consisted of four lamb chops, with some tsatziki. We also ordered a vegetarian pie in puff pastry (two slices basically) and some calamari. Don't get me wrong, the food was OK. We enjoyed the meal. But for the size of plate you are served the food is overpriced. I understand that this restaurant is right in the middle of the Laines and that it is a big restaurant and that rent and council tax and other overheads must be astronomical. I also get that the footfall in that part of town is probably not as high as it could be. I am guessing (but I don't know) that the restaurant used to serve regular meals in regular portions for the same price but what with rising prices maybe they converted to tapas style and didn't alter the prices. Nevertheless, our bill for two people came to £59 and whilst we did choose the food and the cost was displayed I still felt a bit cheated. That said, if you enjoy tapas and you don't mind paying the money the the restaurant is a cool place to dine of an afternoon when the sun is out. I would hope that in order to offset the high cost that in the evening they hire Manitas de Plata to play acoustic guitar and Carmen Amaya to dance flamenco at NO extra charge, but I doubt it. All in all though the service was OK, the food was OK and I would not discount returning as I am sure they ha e a great atmosphere when full. Just bear in mind though that food does tend to come when it comes and you may not get all your dishes served together. This is probably a great pla e for groups of diners as opposed to couples, but that's just my opinion.

One of the rare occasions where I can order a fully vegetarian menu and be delighted! Absolutely delicious take on greek food - would recommend to anyone 10/10!

I recently had the pleasure of dining at this wonderful restaurant and I must say, it has quickly climbed to the top of my list of favorite dining spots in Brighton. The outdoor seating area is delightfully pleasant, providing a relaxed and comfortable ambiance. The menu, although simple, offers a variety of options that are perfect for sharing, making it an ideal choice for group outings or intimate gatherings. Everything we tried was nothing short of amazing, including the Greek wine, which was a delightful surprise! The service was top-notch as well, with the staff being attentive and friendly throughout our meal. Overall, we had an incredible dinner experience and I am truly grateful to the team for making it so memorable. Thank you! :)

A large restaurant in the south lanes and clearly geared up for serving lots of people. Unfortunately the food is generic pap. Most of it appears to be deep fried out of the freezer or microwaved out of a jar. The food we ordered was...

Food was delicious. We loved it all.

Amazing restaurant! We did get a bit lost trying to find it (inexperienced with navigating the Lanes), but are so glad we persevered. Everything was delicious - we especially loved the papas bravas and baklava! Friendly service and lovely atmosphere.

Very nice place, made a feeling of Greet

Nice place. You can sit in or outside

מנות קטנות במחיר גבוהה. המקום לא הכי נקי כולל שירותים מלוכלכים ומוזנחים. 3 כוכבים כי האוכל היה טעים (מקווה שהמטבח כראוי).

Visited yesterday with two friends. Wine and tapas (calamari in particular) very nice. The young lady who served us was very pleasant and helpful and the outside area not too noisy, unlike the other on-street place we visited where the noise played merry hell with my hearing aids!

We went for a family birthday party. Good 'tapas' style dishes with a predominantly Greek menu. Good flavours, good portion sizes, best shared between people. I reckon one to two dishes per person plus bread and olives is about right. Lots of vegetarian options. A very enjoyable and sociable meal!

Food lovely,staff pleasant but overall somewhat pretentious expensive. We had completed our meal and bottle of wine in one hour. £30 for a bottle of Retsina seems expensive. Would not go again.

It was a grey and very windy evening. The rain was threatening. We were looking for somewhere we could eat with the dog that wasn't burgers... we thought we'd have to sit outside but when we arrived we (meaning the two adults and the dog)...

We found this little hub of heavenliness bang in the middle of Brighton…an oasis of calm with a Green radio station-seriously!-added to the vibe. So. People looking after us. Fabulous. Olives. Gorgeous. Mains of sea bass on a butter bean mash & mushrooms sitting in...

We ate here prior to going to a concert, nice atmosphere in the restaurant, the food is well presented. Bare in mind the menu is a Greek take on tapas so the dishes come out when they are ready. The crab and pawns were very good, it's pricey here but it's a nice chilled dining experience a good place to take your better half.

The food was lovely. Good for sharing otherwise not enough for a main meal. We were offered Banoffee Pie which straight away we ordered 2 for dessert. How about 2 slices of banana bread was delivered...instantly I wasn't impressed. Anyway, the Banana Bread was nice but 2 slices with one ropey ball of vanilla for £13.90 was not acceptable. When the waitress returned she somehow had no idea and I expressed my disbelief that one dessert can be passed off as the other. Management didn't look very happy but our waitress was lovely. Will not go back nut nice food aside from the odd 'Banoffee Pie'

Une excellent moment, la nourriture était très bonne et l’ambiance est calme et méditerranéenne.

Good location. Food was ok but overpriced & small portions. Not aware it was tapas style. Didn’t see this on the menu (apologies if this was my oversight but not informed by the staff). Wrongly assumed mains would come with some sides but didn’t ....

The only downside is the size of the portions, non adequate to their prices sometime...

Mixture of tasty dishes, Good portions. Shared 3 portions between 4. Wine . Staff very welcoming. Pity it was too cold to sit in the courtyard for our evening meal.

Lovely spot, especially qhen the sun is shining! But also plenty of space inside too. Just the right level of attentivrness and staff very polite and helpful.

Relaxed and welcoming. Tasty tapas and lots of choices. We’ll worth a visit. The feta fries were my favourite and the vegetarians among us had plenty of options.

We visted the Olive Grove on a overnight stay in Brighton, the weather was less than perfect but we found this hidden gem in the lanes. The sirlion was amazing and the lamb chops were delightful they were both cooked to perfection, the guest dessert...

We visted the Olive Grove on a overnight stay in Brighton, the weather was less than perfect but we found this hidden gem in the lanes. The sirlion was amazing and the lamb chops were delightful they were both cooked to perfection, the guest dessert was beautiful. Staff were warm and friendly and were attentive without being too much. Would most definitely recommend and will most definitelybe back if we are this way again.

I thought it was rather overpriced. It was our first visit with friends who've been before. They advised us to order no more than 2 tapas plates each. I had the feta and spinach filo pastry dish which I'd been warned by my friends that they'd found it a bit tasteless. I've eaten it in Greece and loved it, but this was definitely tasteless. I also had a dumpling dish which had very little in the way of filling. Each of the dishes were £11.90, not big enough to just have one, so £24 for a mediocre main course. My husband had 2 plates and 1 of them was £14.90. They brought a hot dinner plate to decant food onto, but that cooled very quickly, as did the dishes the food was served in. It was basically a plate of tasteless tepid stodge. The drinks were overpriced and the bill for 4 of us which was effectively a main course and a beer came to £158.😬 For a Saturday night it wasn't very full but it's not really surprising. The staff were friendly and polite. I certainly won't be returning anytime soon.

Excellente nourriture. J’ai gouté à tout et tout était bon. Très bon houmous. Très bonne croquette de poulet fromage (un peu plus de poulet ??). La moussaka était très bien. Mention spéciale pour les choux fleurs! Pareil pour la tarte feuilletée épinard. Pas un légume facile mais cuisiné de cette façon c’était excellent. Service efficace.

The roasted goats cheese and carmelised onions was like having a dessert as a main. Delicious.

A lovely restaurant in the middle of the Lanes. The food was beautiful, service was nice. We ordered the equivalent of 2 items each as well as pitta bread and houmous and it was more than enough food. Nice mix of all Mediterranean cuisines. It was a Saturday eve and downstairs but a bit loud but we were nice and quiet upstairs. Definitely recommend!

We went as a group of friends and had a really enjoyable evening. Would definitely recommend Generous portions and very tasty food

After a run of bad luck and stress we finally had a full day to ourselves, with a comedy gig in the afternoon. I wanted to look at Tutti but examining the price we thought we’d save it for a special occasion. When we saw...

Lovely restaurant in the heart of Brighton, secluded and nice quiet calm bubble in the centre, very Mediterranean style and food which is nice, service was really good and staff were friendly however had to wait a while at the start before someone came over, you can eat inside and outside, really nice atmosphere

A nice restaurant serving small plates divided by vegetarian, meat and fish. Food and service was lovely.

Lovely food and good drinks, just a little expensive for what it is

Very tasty food and a good atmosphere. Visited this place during a visit to Brighton and ordered fish of the day which was basa and pitta bread. Taste was really good. Would be even nicer experience if they could have a bit of more staff as we waited around 25 mins just to get the cheque and to pay.

Portions are too small for the price .

Nice place to sit and eat outside in the sun. Delicious olives.

Nice restaurant the food is very good, unfortunately it's a bit pricey, like most places since brexit they are facing huge inflation.

Lovely staff! Fresh food tasking delicious!

Lovely staff great food reasonable prices

Some of the food was great, other a bit bland. The dishes were not served at the same time and the papas bravas came at the very end and were dry to eat with nothing else on the side left. Prices were very high and portions small. Service was friendly.

Great place place nice manger and staff. They very helpful and food is fresh.

Stopped off for Lunch, warm welcome from all the staff. The food was fantastic and the Spanish Cider superb. Highly recommend.

Tranquil and sheltered yet in the heart of The Lanes.

Very good food, good service and worth trying! They have an outdoor area if the weather is good. I would recommend going with multiple people and sharing all the dishes. Potentially having a main each if you are hungry Highly recommend getting the zucchini fritters and the lamb moussaka.

Great Mediterranean food, a little bit of Turkey and Greece, but the portion is a bit small. Otherwise it's wonderful to visit.

Wonderful hidden gem in the heart of The Lanes with a fantastic terrace. Food is delicious and good value, providing options for all diets and preferences. What really stands out is the warm and friendly service. I had wanted to order the Rhoscento (Greek sparking wine) but they were out due to a large party the night before. So I ordered the Prosecco Casa Canevel Rose instead. To my surprise and delight, I was only charged for the (lower priced) Rhoscento. Thank you for a wonderful experience.

Tucked away in the cul-de-sac of Meeting House Lane is this charming Greek restaurant. We had the Vegetarian Papoutsaki, Gigandes, Fish of the Day and Pork Cheeks and all of the dishes were exquisite. The restaurant took ordinary Greek food to a high level. The...

Loved the service and the food. It was very quiet so I can't offer a real opinion on the atmosphere. Well worth a visit, vegans, vegetarian and omnivores alike.

Excellent food! Hearty portions for tapas. The octopus was exquisite!

Nice restaurant in the centre of Brighton with Mediterranean cuisines. In my case, I opted for some greek dishes. They were probably not the best I had compared with other greek restaurants, but I liked it and I can recommend to give it a try!

Great food and service, will definitely be back.

I love this restaurant, the food is delicious & menu varied. I have been eating here regularly for several years; the owner & serving staff are always accommodating & deliver excellent service. Last night the food & service exceeded expectation, nothing was too much trouble, thank you all so much.

Came as a large group in April (around 18 of us) and was really impressed with how they managed the food coming out of the kitchen. Service was really fast and everyone left happy. Slightly marked down as the building could probably do with a little freshening up. However, staff and food was great!

Delicious food and lovey helpful staff! So far visited 3 times and never disappointed!

We'd reserved a dinner here as we'd seen many reviews and unfortunately did not have a similar experience, largely let down by the service to be honest. We ordered two glasses of red wine (£14.70 for both), the garlic bread which was honestly too salty...

We'd reserved a dinner here as we'd seen many reviews and unfortunately did not have a similar experience, largely let down by the service to be honest. We ordered two glasses of red wine (£14.70 for both), the garlic bread which was honestly too salty but still quite nice, and the greek salad that for £10.90 was a really small portion. There were the grand sum of 6 olives in the portion and it was loaded with so many large chunks of really strong brown onion that we left because it really off putting. We were surprised it wasn't red onions to start but fair enough, we still ate around the onions and were having a nice time. An hour went by and we asked where the lamb moussaka (£14.90) was that we had ordered at the start with the rest of our food, and the waiter simply replied "oh I'm sure it's coming by let me check" and he just never returned. About 10 minutes later another member of staff came asking if we were done so OK to clean the table up, so we mentioned to him again that we were still waiting so again he said he was surprised it hadn't come and would check. We then saw him just tending to other tables not giving us any update. At this point we then found another member of staff and asked and she came and apologies and said our order ticket got lost and so they never made it and would make it ASAP. At this point it's worth noting that we booked a table for dinner at 6pm as we have an 8m old baby and dog so like to beat the rush, and also have an earlier dinner so that we could put our son to bed at a reasonable time. The waitress offered us another glass of wine each as compensation however as my wife is still breastfeeding she didn't want another glass of wine, and I didn't really want another either by myself. I'd much rather just eat as we were starving at this point and so told her no thanks but we would let her know later if we wanted something. The lamb moussaka finally came at 7.40pm (so 1hr 40mins after we arrived) and it was nice, but lacked a bit of taste. Perhaps a bit more salt needed but we still ate it obviously as our son was now screaming and ready to get out of there. We asked for the bill and asked the waitress to just amend the bill accordingly so that we can pack up and go. She came back and knocked off supposedly 50% off the moussaka and removed the service charge, but to be honest we felt with the general experience the moussaka should have been removed entirely. I brought this to the attention of the waitress who I found out to be the manager (Haley / Kaley?) and she said she didn't think she could remove anymore as we ate it. I explained all the above and how it now being 8pm for us meant we were massively behind on sleep time for the little one so of course we were going to eat it and not now go somewhere else. Adding on the bad communication from the previous waiters, it just ruined the meal for us but she didn't really care. To close the case we just paid and left, but on getting home noted she deducted £6.52 from the moussaka, i.e. 43% rather than the apparent 50%, and service charge is optional anyway so is an empty gesture. Offering the two wines would have been £14.70 off so surely just removing the moussaka would have been fine. Either way, Haley / Kaley dealt with the situation really poorly in my opinion and being such a touristy spot in Brighton you can tell they couldn't care less about service as they know they'll get people coming in no matter what. In my honest opinion, the food is overpriced and quite bland so I would not recommend them to others.

Excellent! Love the veggies you could find in the dishes.

Friendly staff, sat outside, terrible, extremely loud Radio blasting out made us leave quickly. We were told "that's just what we do" when we asked if it could be turned down.

This place is a great little hidden gem, super food at reasonable prices and lovely staff. cant recomend highly enough. we will be back.

Very solid experience, good food. Thoroughly enjoyed an early dinner.

For me, the best place in Brighton. I'd like to return very soon to have some delicious Mediterranean tapas with a glass of cold white wine, enjoying the rays of the sun on its terrace, among Mediterranean olive trees and good people.

What a lovely meal. We have been here before and never disappointed. Great food, good service , lovely staff, what more can you ask for.

High quality food and was very delicious. The service was fantastic and plus brother liked it as well (he told me to put it in)

Fantastic food , service was great , drinks are a little expensive £30 for 3 brandies 😳 £2.50 for a small bottle of lemonade ! Treat night for sure

Had a great lunch here the food was excellent ,three dishes just right for my wife and I. But best of all was the service both attentive and informative the owner make our visit a pleasure.

The food here is something special.

We managed to grab a table as a walk in customer on a Friday night. Excellent service and a great selection of sharing plates. We ordered five between us, plus a dessert, and everything we had was amazing. Highly recommended.

Big family reunion. We got the big table in the bay window of the first floor restaurant, and it’s a good table. We’re there for Sunday lunch, so standard roast dinner. Well cooked. Huge quantities, which left nobody hungry. An enjoyable lunch

We were in Brighton on Sunday,after hitting the shops we fancied a Sunday Roast, Googled 'best roast in Brighton' The Walrus, Ship St came back, so we decided to give it a go. The Pub is amazing, with loads of different levels and interesting decor, a far cry from when it used to be Smugglers Bar. We sat in the Restaurant, very nice indeed. The food portions are massive, I couldn't finish mine (a rare occurrence), I had the Sirloin of Beef, good taste 3 thick slices, a huge Yorkshire pudding and loads of well cooked Veg, the Gravy although plentiful, lacked flavour. My wifes Pork Belly was very nice but the crackling was weird, deep fried and tasted artificial. Our children's food, again, excellent portions and very tasty according to the kids. The bill was very reasonable £70 for five Sunday Roasts and a round of drinks. I would have given five stars but for the Gravy and Crackling. Service was relaxed and efficient,we will definitely return.