Pelicano in Brighton and Hove

My friend attended this cafe on the 4th of June in the Lanes in Brighton, she was served by a vile woman who made it clear she was opposed to serving black women. She was rude from the get go, even though my friend was perfectly polite and only wanted a vegan cake. When she was served she slammed the cake on the table with complete disregard of customer service, and apologised to the white woman who was being served next in the line, implying that my friend had done something wrong, when all she had done was attempt to study in a cafe as a person of colour. This behaviour should be regarded as unacceptable and hope the staff will find a way to correct this issue.

12 de 10! Café maravillosamente tostado, café expreso perfectamente extraído, interior fresco! Gracias por los encantadores chicos del café.

¡Uno de los mejores cafés de calidad en Brighton! ¡La comida también es muy sabrosa y de buena calidad! ¡Personal amigable!

Ambiente realmente encantador para este nuevo café. Como siempre con otras cafeterías Pelicano, esto no decepcionó. Gran servicio, café y flapjack! Un gran lugar para trabajar o simplemente para sentarse y ver pasar el mundo. ¡Volveré!

This new branch of Pelicano (the other is in Sydney Street in the north laine) is in the location previously occupied by the much-missed Taylor Street Baristas. Taylor Street was a tough act to follow, but Pelicano is doing pretty well. The coffee is very good, as is the hot chocolate, and to accompany your drink they do some seriously nice cakes, which come in large slices, great for sharing. The interior is fairly similar to back in the Taylor Street days, basically standard Brighton coffee shop, but with fewer tables than before - it's less crowded than the Sydney Street shop, which is nice. A welcome addition to the growing collection of good cafés on Queens Road. One bit of advice for the staff - while I don't know the details of their predecessor's demise, it was one of those places that always had the single person with the laptop occupying the four-seat table for hours on end with one coffee. Discouraging this kind of behaviour will be good for business, and this place deserves to do well.