Redroaster in Brighton and Hove

Went in at about 3pm, it was cold in there, with a few other customers. It took ages to have our orders taken. Then there was no communication between the cook & the serving staff and so our food sat on the counter while the staff chatted and showed each other stuff on their phones. Even after they realised it was there, they continued with their own stuff. The food was served on very cold plates in a cold room so it wasn’t at its best. This place is too pricy to get away with poor service.

Will never be getting a coffee here again. On Remembrance Sunday, have just witnessed the staff turn away a soldier in uniform, claiming the tills are down. They are most definitely not, as they have just served me. How dare they treat serving members of the armed forces this way. Avoid.

This company exercised the freedoms given to them by the people who gave their lives that we remember today. Unfortunately they did this by refusing a soldier in uniform. Their prerogative, but I don't like it

Very nice place for a hearty or sweet tooth breakfast, good coffee, fresh juices, and a nicely decorated space with friendly staff!

Leurs énormes macarons fourrés du moment étaient très bons, le café demandé de même et était bien celui demandé (ils ont tendance à faire des Americano bien que je demande un cappuccino, un expresso ou autre 😄), avec un petit cœur en surface. J'ai pu avoir une place sur leur petite terrasse, bien sympa. À l'intérieur il y a pas mal de places. Il y a des WC à l'étage. À noter que le café est à 5-10 minutes à pied du Brighton Pier. Ambiance top grâce à la playlist choisie (Take a Walk on the Wild Side de Lou Reed, Valerie d'Amy Winehouse...) et serveuse adorable avec laquelle on s'est mises à chantonner spontanément le " tu tulu tu tulu tu tulu..." de Walk on the Wild Side quand je suis entrée. Juste après le bonjour, commande du café et déplacement vers le coin des cookies et macarons. Ce genre de choses arrivent peu souvent et cela marque émotionnellement. 💙 Elle était efficace, gentille, dynamique et souriante. L'autre serveur semblait professionnel, efficace et cordial, sans plus. On y mange aussi du salé (sandwichs, salades, etc.). On y mange à midi également mais je ne sais plus s'il s'agit de petite restauration ou de "vrais repas" - à vérifier sur internet. J'y suis venue vers 10h le mercredi 4 septembre de cette année 2024 ; un jour de semaine, hors vacances et probablement fin de saison estivale pour les cafés et restaurants ceci pouvant expliquer la disponibilité de la table extérieure et l'efficacité de la serveuse. Si vous venez fin juillet-début août ce sera probablement différent de mon expérience mais très bien à coup sûr !

"Appalling service and dishonest handling of payments" Our group had an extremely disappointing experience. Not only were we overcharged initially, but we were also forced to pay the full amount again with the assurance that the initial charge would be refunded. Over a week later, seven of us are still waiting for this promised refund, leaving all of us significantly out of pocket. Attempts to resolve this with management were met with indifference—they've done nothing to expedite the refund or address the issue. This feels less like an error and more like money has been taken from us with no urgency or accountability. A thoroughly unpleasant experience. Avoid if you value transparent service.

Great experience. Very tasty food and friendly service.

I love this place! Constantly tasty and always lush to sit in. The team are completely lovely 11/10 recommend

Amazing food, beautiful atmosphere and most importantly this branch serves brunch after 12!

Great service and food, quiet morning.

The food and coffee was good, but the taro bubble tea was quite bad. The boba was way too mushy and kept getting stuck on the straw.

Love this place, cool interiors, great coffee, delicious food. One of my favourite brunch places in Brighton

The Eggs Benedict is to die for!!!

Absolutely delicious brunch, one of the best breakfasts I’ve ever had. The service was also brilliant, thank you very much!

Delicious food and friendly service.

Stopped for breakfast. Berlin eggs were yummy. Staff were lovely. Great atmosphere.

we booked bottomless brunch here for 9 people on a saturday afternoon having heard great reviews from people and we were so excited! unfortunately, our experience left much to be desired. when we arrived they had not prepared for the fact we were doing bottomless brunch and it took circa 25 mins for our first drinks to arrive (and when they did, we were still without glasses)! we were told we could order more drinks once the jugs of alcohol had been emptied, but once we did that, our waitress sarcastically told us that we needed to have majority of our drinks emptied on our table to order any more drinks (for 9 people this is a ridiculous requirement). our waitress was unfriendly and did not offer any more drinks at any point and seemed bothered every time we put an order in. luckily later on we swapped waitresses to someone who was much friendlier! when the food arrived it was stone cold for 6 members of the party. when we informed the waitress, she was not apologetic at all and seemed agitated to have to sort our food out. in the end, it was so much faff that we requested some fresh chips were delivered to the table to avoid 6/9 people having to have their food warmed up again. the fresh chips were piping hot so that helped to partially rectify the cold meal! overall, i would not recommend this as a bottomless brunch location for large groups and needless to say we requested the service charge was removed from the bill.

Great breakfast, friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere

Went here on the 1st of September for brunch as they have a garden area out back that was great for dogs. The garden area was a little dirty but overall was fine. The cushions provided smelt a little mouldy so I moved it. I would recommend a big clean up outside and new or washed cushions and throws. For context, we came here for dinner a year ago and we found the food to be ok but service slow. But wanted to try it again as it was a nice day and perfect for brunch. We were sat down just before a large group of hens of 40 strong but this was fine and they took our orders. We ordered two iced coffees and the Berlin eggs and avocado on toast with two poached eggs. We then awaited half an hour for anything to arrive and I could see the larger table that sat down after us already had their first round of drinks. We didn’t have any explanation for the wait, despite me putting the dots together. Our food arrived before our drinks which we then asked for our drinks again and received them shortly after. We also asked for water which didn’t arrive The ice in my iced coffee had melted making it watery and warm so it must of sat there for some time. The poached eggs were cold on my avocado toast plate and on the Berlin eggs, one of the eggs were still partly raw. I’m baffled by how they managed to make both Cooked cold eggs, and raw eggs all at the same time. We awaited a further 15 mins to get our bill and was told to pay at front to ‘save time’ as their QR codes are not working on the tables. Still no apology yet. I decided to feed this back to the lady at the front counter. She was in her mid twenties and with mid length blonde hair. Let’s call her Becky for this review. Becky was lovely until we said we wanted to feedback and her mood quickly Changed and was very defensive saying how the table of 40 mucked up their service. Which is said was fine but she shouldn’t have agreed to take such a large table at an already very full brunch service if it was going to muck up their whole system. Or at least let us know there would be a delay as we most likely wouldn’t stay for food if they couldn’t cope. It’s clear the front of house and kitchen weren’t communicating as there was a lot of food waiting and everyone focusing on the large table. Becky quickly was sour and said she can try and feed it back but it was the large tables fault plus, it’s not her issue the drinks arrived after the food and still- no apology for any of this. Or any real Explanation for the about the poor food quality. Would not recommend going there unless you want to come away feeling out of pocket and stressed. I would really recommend some service training for the front of house staff.

Pancakes were amazing! Just what needed to start the day.

For the price I’d expect better tasting food and better service. I had the avocado on toast, it was brown with half a forest loaded on top to try and cover it up. Was in a group of 3 with about 4 other tables seated. The staff were just hanging out talking about their weekend (I wouldn’t normally care but I had to gain their attention every time and was made to feel I was being inconvenient by ordering food)

Extremely friendly service and delicious food

We discovered Red Roasters during a hen party in Brighton, and we ended up having breakfast there three days in a row! It’s safe to say we were hooked. The food was incredible, with a great variety of options to suit everyone’s taste. But what really made our experience special was the fantastic service. Arlo, in particular, was super helpful and incredibly accommodating, making sure our group was well taken care of each time. The atmosphere is stylish yet relaxed, perfect for starting the day right. If you're in Brighton, I highly recommend stopping by Red Roasters – whether it’s for one morning or, like us, three in a row! We’ll definitely be back next time we’re in town. Thank you, Arlo and the Red Roasters team!

Just go if you're on a hen weekend. A bottomless prosecco offer lead to some tipsy ladies and a who could speak the loudest contest. Service quite slow. Go elsewhere if you want to have a civilised conversation with your colleagues

Fantastic food. Superb service. Lovely staff. Great coffee. All round fabulous!

Our first time here - but walked past many times. Just amazing. One of the best breakfasts I’ve had. Can’t recommend enough.

This is one of the best breakfasts I have ever had in my life, and I’ve eaten all over the world ! The three of us all had crab, avocado and eggs Benedict. Delicious and so well presented ( I even took a photo before I ate it !

The service was outstanding they were so helpful with our little one and made everything so special

Beautiful spot for brunch, managed a big group really smoothly, food and drinks all amazing across the board, will definitely be back!

Love it. As always. Berlin eggs never fail. Ambience is 👌🏻 Staff are the perfect balance of friendly and cool.

We went here on our last day in Brighton and wished that we came sooner! We ordered coffee (delicious), juice (so fresh), cheesy parmesan hashbrowns (loaded with cheese) and the Crab Eggs Benedict (outstanding). Everything tasted fresh and made with care. The staff were so lovely and the service was prompt. Thank you Redroaster St James St team!

Amazing brunch and the staff were so friendly and kind!

Loved it here!!! What a beautiful sustainable cafe brings my architecture dreams to life. Food was delicious and staff where lovely

What an amazing all day Brunch spot. Incredible portions and fresh flavours. Staff were so lovely and friendly. Defiantly add on the hash browns.

I had breakfast before going back to London and this place, existing since 2000, apart from serving the best coffee in Brighton, also serves a very good breakfast. I had the crab cake, and it was delicious! I also had the salt caramel pancakes, as a dessert, and this was also extremely good. I also had freshly squeezed orange juice, delicious as well. The staff is really nice, smiley and friendly, and the place is beautiful. Highly recommended!

Service good also food. Reasonable clean and friendly service

Incredible food, only marked down on atmosphere because smoking is allowed on the enclosed terrace which is pretty rank when we're trying to eat

Super delicious breakfast, great friendly service. 👍👍👍

A very lovely cafe / restaurant with awesome great atmosphere and lovely staff; one criticism is that as it’s so busy the staff don’t have much time for table service, stand up to go to the counter and risk losing your seat if you’re alone. Food was nice, but I’d probably go elsewhere for a traditional full-English. Price wise, this place is a little over average, but is justified by the quality and location.

My first time at Redroaster I had Eggs Benedict for breakfast and they were D E L I C I O U S. They were served on a potato slices bed, a bit caramelised, a wonderful combination of flavours there. All the food looked really good, my friend had Shakshouka with poached eggs and it was very tasty as well. We had cappuccinos for drinks which I can say it was one of the best I had. The place looks nice and comfy, they have outdoor terrace where smoking is allowed, the service was good as well. I really recommend this place! We’ll definitely return when we’ll be again in Brighton.

Loved it, our tag rugby team just needed a healthy breakfast before the day!

Luna looked after us so well for bottomless brunch, the food was gorgeous, such good quality and drinks we’re constantly flowing! We got recommended this place and it definitely lived up to expectations!

Nice fresh vibe with a menu to please 👍

Best breakfast in town ! Not gonna lie, special mention to the crab/avocado toast !

Our waitress Ellie was amazing, the food was unreal and the atmosphere was just a vibe. I had the crab and avocado and it was truly the best brunch dish I have ever had 🧡

Stunning venue, staff are lovely and the food was amazing. 10/10

We enjoyed the interesting menu with plenty of options for all diets and taste. The service was attentive and friendly. One of our group uses a wheelchair and we found the access very good and the accessible toilet was very well equipped.

Without a shadow of a doubt the best breakfast I've ever had. I rarely go for a cooked breakfast as there's usually too much on a full English I wouldn't eat but the menu is varied, but not fussy and the food was of excellent quality, beautifully presented and tasted amazing. Can't recommend enough. The staff were also fantastic. Beautiful venue, and a great, chilled atmosphere. Only slight thing was that the door was fully open so it was a bit cold. But in fairness to them it's meant alot colder, and wetter in July than it should be.

Just ate here for lunch, the chicken bahn mi wrap was out of this world good. Highly recommend. Also cute garden area out the back

Wonderful food and drinks, this is now my favourite place to eat in Brighton

Lucky Khao is one of the best restaurants in brighton! Such delicious food! Great and pleasant staff!

Perfect atmosphere. Staff are respectful and strategic. The workflow is brilliant. Interior design is topnotch and there are lots of options when it comes to seating. Comfy indoor chair; provides outdoor blankets as needed. Wheelchair accessible toilets. There are sockets for phone/laptop/powerbank charging; supports sustainability; in house choice of coffee; creative and delicious food menu. Hanging plants and overall therapeutic environment. Makes you want to live here.

Fabulous from Start to finish. Emily was so helpful with the menu and the flavours were incredible. Thank you for a lovely evening ☺️

Very friendly staff, tasty food, surprisingly tasty gluten free bread option! Also try the coffee with coconut milk ☕

filthy and disgusting, plates were dirty

Card only no cash got shirty avoid like plague bullied young woman very threatening and embarrassing to watch in so called chilled out place like Brighton

Excellent knowledge of gluten free as I’m coeliac Food was delicious

Food was delicious and my flat white was perfect!

We loved our brunch here today. First time. We will be back. Bella was a total ray of sunshine. Great food amazing service.

Very nice restaurant with super good food and very friendly staff, the prices are also great! Recommended!

Lovely decor and the staff were friendly. The food was delicious too. The only issue - which we were forewarned about because of the other reviews - was the extremely slow service. About 35 minutes to get our coffees after ordering. Food nearly an hour. We lost too much time out of our day being there.

I had a chicken wrap but it was not very nice.Staff were all quite amused and laughed like a bunch of little girls. I couldn't help wondering if they'd smoked a bit of the magic tobacco. Not a very pleasant experience.

Great customer service, nice atmosphere. Quick service. Food was delicious probably the best breakfast I've ever had. Would definitely come back and recommend. Shared with my partner so got the best of both worlds.

One of, if not THE best breakfast I've ever had. Gorgeous restaurant, super friendly and helpful staff. Great recommendations speedy service and the food was sublime. I can highly recommend the pulled pork eggs benedict and the Berlin eggs. We couldn't choose so we shared. A fantastic experience, you won't be disappointed!!

Only came in for a couple of drip coffees which were room temperature - ended up throwing them out and grabbing some fresh ones from Komodo

I've been here a few times. Service and food today was really great. Very friendly. Would recommend.

Amazing food, best breakfast I’ve ever had! And service was great, really lovely staff

Very long, very expensive, to serve bad industrial orange juice

Great brunch! Eggs Benedict and Parma dan hash brown were incredible! Staff very friendly and understanding of food allergies and requirements. Would highly recommend!!

I was so hopeful about this place. The brunch menu, and the northern Thai dishes, betel miang is a big favorite treat of mine that's hard to find.... this looked like such a gem. Greeted warmly by the front of house staff, grabbed a seat in the garden, and then it started to fall off pretty quickly. Our male server took our order, 2 people, 2 beverages, 2 meals, 1 side. Not a whole lot to remember, but somehow my wife's beverage and my side were completely forgotten, but we weren't checked on in order to mention this. In fact, he seemed to ignore us intentionally. When he came to clear our plates, I did bring up what was missing, and he took it off the bill. Although, once I mentioned this, he was so short with us, as if we'd offended him by simply mentioning forgotten items. Word to the server, and the house manager, from a fellow restaurantuer, I would have much preferred an attentive service than to have items comped. Had one of my servers behaved like this to a queer female couple in a predominantly queer town, I would surely want to know. Had the service been even mediocre instead of offensive, we would have surely returned for multiple meals during our stay in Brighton.

Amazing food and first class customer service!

Gorgeous brunch place with lovely staff and good food.

Delicious, nice atmosphere, great service

Fantastic place for brunch - a wonderful range of dishes slightly more sophisticated than your typical brunch fare. Would like to give a special shout out to our server Abby who was an absolute star during our recent bottomless brunch! Wonderfully friendly, attentive and made sure our glasses didn’t go empty… she made our experience especially wonderful!

What an amazing experience. Our server was kind, generous and gave us lots of time to look at the menu. The coffee was fantastic as well!

Furchtbar!, Eine Servicekraft für das ganze Lokal. Mussten 30 Minuten auf die Getränke warten. Wollten etwas essen, sind dann aber wo anders hingegangen. Trinkgeld wird automatisch verrechnet👎🏻👎🏻😡 Kommen nicht wieder.

Amazing breakfast with fresh crab

I loved the taste of my meal and also the design of my meal. It is an awesome place. Definitely recommend it.

An absolutely stunning place to eat, full roaster and cappuccino is recommended. Staff really pleasant, recommend 100 per cent.

I came here for my Birthday with friends and we opted in for the bottomless brunch, we feel completely ripped off.. the drinks are pre mixed with your choice of mixer which is very sugary and very watered down, you cannot taste the prosecco and the drink isn’t even fizzy because of how much of the mixer you put in! Would not recommend to anyone, have been to your other venue which felt like a better experience but this was years ago, very disappointed.

Great food, amazing service. Highly recommend.

Quickly seated and ordered some drinks, was ignored by the staff for 20minutes by which time are drinks still hadn't come so left. Seemed like plenty of staff and they were giving other tables tap water but they couldn't get one can of coke and bottle of beer to us within 20 minutes of ordering and it wasn't busy.

Amazing! The food was out of this world, the team were really accommodating for our large group and dog:) Would definitely recommend 😊

Great food, lovely location, & lovely service!

a unique independent Brighton venue. The food is top notch, prepared in an open kitchen along with possibly the best coffee in town (and there’s a lot of competition). Great variety of delicious cakes. The staff are also friendly and professional.

Absolutely unbelievable service and lovely food. Food was excellent.

March fest is absolutely amazing

Absolutely delicious food, great menu. Thoroughly enjoyed my first visit and will be back. Recommend taking out the popcorn from chocolate pudding and replacing with pistachio and ginger. Couldn't eat it. But loved my visit, the atmramd staff were fantastic!

Had a wonderful time. Excellent venue for a bunch of weary teachers to enjoy great food, superb cocktails, wine and beer! I have a nut allergy and the chef went out of his way to look after me, despite being extremely busy. Would highly recommend. Thanks guys x

We tried this restaurant because we were attending a performance at the adjacent music venue. While the decor was OK the service was very slow, the steak I had was far too salty and the chicken schnitzel that my wife had was not tasty. Very disappointng !

Nicest service, so helpful, such a great place

Amazing food and incredible service!

Delicious classy brunch breakfast- pulled pork eggs Benedict with hollandaise on a rosti all beautifully prepared. Excellent.

This is my son’s favourite place to take people visiting from home in Cornwall. We both opted for the Crab Benedict as this is his favourite. It came with avocado as standard but as I don’t like it, they offered mushrooms. Oh wow! The dish was not only delicious, but so beautifully presented; adorned with flowers, radish & micro greens. We had a side dish of Parmesan hash browns & fabulous coffee. Friendly staff, great service, fabulous breakfast!

Absolutely incredible! Bren & Bella have been fantastic hosts and the food was exceptional, wonderful flavours!

Fantastic food and staff. Very busy as it was mother's day but all was excellent

Stopped here for a cheeky Paloma cocktail Mmmmmmm so much nicer then one I had somewhere else the night before.really tasty

I went yesterday for a meal, 3 of us. I ordered the Hake Rosti and not sauce with it. The plate turned out to be a brick of overcooked potatoes rosti, one lovely cooked poached egg and The smallest piece of fish I have seen in my whole life. Less than a half fish finger. £16.9 for potatoes and an egg basically. The plate should be renamed. My partner had a gluten free burger - as no gf bun was available she had 2 pieces of slider bread, quite small beef burger, bacon and gherkins in a plate. No even a couple of salad leaves to make the plate more appetising…. My friend had salmon avocado & poached eggs and it looked and was delicious. Disappointed to be honest. Around £118 bill with drinks and we have to buy more food when we left the restaurant. Now a days is a bit poor to be honest. Shame I forgotten to take pictures…. We were too hungry for that ;) Tables around us ordered breakfast and chicken snizzel and looked good and good portion. Just unlucky I guess….

CARD ONLY Payment Friendly staff, great coffee

Food is the best though the price is a bit high. Will definitely recommend