Revive Emmaus Brighton in Brighton and Hove

excellent cafe, great staff , friendly helpful, very good to acknowledge my visual impairment with my guide dog , friendly community experience highly recommended

Said I would leave a review and then totally forgot! Absolutely fantastic place. Staff are really friendly and helpful. Something for everyone, especially if you have dietary requirements. They also have high chairs which was really useful. Thank you for a lovely day out.

Lovely fresh Christmas trees here at a great price. So, you pop in and spend 5 minutes looking at all the wonderful things for sale. there's so much good quality and variety that you will still be there an hour later. Then you think café, cake ,soup, breakfast, sandwiches, welsh rarebit the list goes on and all made and served by staff who love their work are happy and very friendly. in a lovely bright clean café. We are all asked so often to help others and all sorts of charity. what you do when you visit here is you help others and you can see that help in front of your eyes. Please go and visit, if you don't have transport the number 1 buses stop just on the corner so easy to get there. Once you have been you will go back time and again. And always remember them if you are disposing of anything. their very helpful staff will come and collect or you can drop it off. The thing about the place is it doesn't matter about the past, everything is looking to the future, a better life for everyone and even the planet by recycling. Not open Sunday or Monday.

Fantastic place , clean and friendly everywhere,clothes shop, bric,brac,greenhouse ,pictures ,antiques , very polite and helpful people ,cafe is brilliant ,food came out piping hot and very good price ,we will be back very soon ,keep up the good work .

All the staff here were helpful and friendly. Good variety of stock in all the shopping areas. The all day breakfast was particularly good. Highly recommended.

I love visiting the Revive Cafe at Emmaus as it is really welcoming and the staff are lovely. This week I visited with a friend and we started with coffee and a tea cake which was delicious. The really nice lady who usually mans the till was not there, on holiday we were told. However the lady who was on the till was reallly very smiley and chatty and friendly, perfect for the job. We browsed Emmaus then returned to the cafe for a cup of tea and a bowl of chips which were perfect. Thank you all for your welcoming friendliness during our visit.

I was not sure what to expect as I had never heard of emmaus before but I am really pleased I came. The service in the cafe was exceptional, particularly the three gentlemen bringing out the food! They were friendly, funny and pleasantly chatty! I will definitely come here again! Thank you!

Was our first time coming here and we ordered the all day breakfast, it was absolutely gorgeous. Lovely staff in there too, very helpful and friendly. Will come back again :)

A great community cafe with the best cheesy chips. Highly recommend. A bonus is the second hand furniture on same site.

Me and my friends came for tea and cake after doing some shopping. Our cakes were delicious (we had some freshly made bread pudding). The staff were lovely and the atmosphere is very nice too lots of interesting vintage stuff on display.

Emmaus is a fabulous place to visit. We had the all day breakfast , the food and staff were very good . The staff very helpful . Lots to look at hopefully you might find a bargain

First class big boys breakfast First class service from all staff And a First class "shout out" to Mary taking the orders...well done you , a credit to Emmaus.

Wonderful place for lunch and a bit of vintage shopping. Staff are always friendly and helpful. The food in the cafe is excellent. Lovely to go somewhere different too.

My human friends have always used this cafe but only used to take me in the summer to sit outside - however found out recently that I am allowed to join them inside. Great news as means I can enjoy a sausage whilst one of them has breakfast (which he says is excellent - and he's as fussy about his food as I am) whilst the other (a very picky eater) goes bargain hunting, returning for coffee and yummy teacakes. The staff treat me like royalty - greeting me and ensuring my sausage is cooked to my liking. They seem to be pretty welcoming to the humans too - always finding time to make sure they're happy with the food and putting up with their strange requests (extra mushrooms- well done bacon etc etc) and sometimes get involved in the sort of stuff that humans chat about. Not sure I understand but they always seem to leave very happy with the experience. Keep up the good work Rubydog.

Came in with a group of about 14 people. We were greeted with a warm welcome before two tables were put together by request for us. There was a very dapper looking lovely gentleman playing on the piano who played happy birthday for our friend amongst other tunes. I think the longest part was choosing what we wanted to eat, I was torn between a breakfast (£7) and cheesy chips! Once we had ordered the food came out quickly, which surprised us as so many of us had ordered at once. I had a wrapped brownie off the counter where you order and pay and it it didn’t disappoint. When my cheesy chips (£2.50) came to the table they were piping hot and very cheesy, absolutely delicious, the portion was just right. Everyone else was happy with their food and drinks, we all left full and happy. I would definitely recommend a visit.

Amazing staff, best cheesy chips and Welsh rarebit. Staff are so kind and hard working - always enjoy our visit. Quick service and great food.

Stopped off at the Revive @emmaus cafe and tearoom and their Welsh Rarebit was outstanding as well as the friendly service. I would fully recommend and I'll definitely return . Great job from the initial greeting from the blonde lady on the counter to her...

Best Chips Ever. No contest, game over, that's all folks, no prizes for second place. Best chips ever.

So lovely to come back to Emmaus and Cafe Revive. Great food and lovely, friendly staff. So peaceful and quiet. I so enjoy coming to Emmaus to donate items and buy bargains. Great tuna and cucumber sandwich in Cafe Revive.

Went to the cafe with a friend and my son and as we are still coming out of lockdown the sandwich was already made and I would like to say a big well done to all the staff that work there it was so lovely...

What can I say, we were made welcome from the start to finish of our visit. Dropping in for lunch having driven down from Norfolk we were treated as V.I.P.s from the begining. The menu was varied and catered for all tastes. Simply the best...

Regularly stop here for a brew whilst having a look around Emmaus. Nice cakes too. The only annoying thing is you have to spend £5 if you use a card. I do understand it though as the company that provide the card facility do charge...

My husband and I are regulars here in the cafe to share the Welsh rarebit and a portion of cheesy chips One portion of each is more than enough for the two of us ,especially with an egg on top It’s a nice friendly place...

I don’t think there are any negatives for me when visiting Emmaus. Friendly staff, positive atmosphere, good people, doing good things, take a trip there and have a cuppa in the cafe.

My partner and I go to Revive every first Saturday of the month. The service is very casual. But hands down the best breakfast in the area (that I have tried). The eggs are cooked to perfection. The Sausages are great. And all so so...

We love Revive. We come most Tuesdays after school. The staff are very sweet & helpful. The all day breakfast is delicious & very good value. The cafe itself is lovely & bright & comfy. A delightful cafe stop. Thank you. 🙏

Approximately 20 of us gathered to hear the history of this huge second-hand store, which used to be a convent, together with a great cafe Revive. The staff were very friendly and the food extremely well priced and very tasty. It has a very comfortable...

Lovely food, very reasonably priced, plus picked up a bargain or two. Staff very friendly, nothing too much trouble for them. Excellent.

Couldn’t recommend this enough for a breakfast!! Everything was cooked perfectly and really really friendly staff!

Love Emmaus and it's cafe. Nothing pretentious, basic home cooking at really decent prices. Get a good day And there's plenty of space to sit outside.

Benn here for lunch a few times before writing this review. Love the look of the café, very quirky and retro. Varied menu, breakfast, sandwiches etc. I tried the omelette, very good and the Welsh Rarebit also very good. Several people with me chose a sandwich, and that was what they got, a sandwich! no garnish ( leaves, few crisps etc). Rather boring. The few cakes they had when we visited looked tired so we didn't bother. A mooch around Emmaus is brilliant I always buy something and the general staff are so helpful. However I do feel the staff in the cafe could be more warm & friendly, this is not based on one visit but over several. A few smiles would be nice.

I came here with my friend to have a browse and it was absolutely fantastic, the place is so relaxed and stocked full of amazing bits! It’s like going down memory lane...highly worth a visit!!

I often drop into Emmaus, there's always something interesting to look at to rekindle old memories in the Emporium. The restaurant is well run and efficient with a warm and friendly atmosphere, excellent value all round. I recommend the omelettes, cooked to perfection. Can pick up a bargain or two, and park for free.

I don't really know how we've managed to live in Brighton for years and not know about Emmaus. It was only a recent news article about a social enterprise to skill ex-prisoners through re-fitting their new clothes shop that we heard about it. Then found it was one of those "in the know" places. Anyway, we had a great time mooching around the different shops on site and picked up a couple of items. We finished with a sandwich lunch and coffee. Good simple and substantial food, served professionally and with a friendly smile. Dogs are welcome throughout the site indoors and out, though only on the terrace of the cafe (not inside). So a fair weather venue for dog guardians if you are eating or drinking there with the pooch. What a great place!

Such a chilled out place and such lovely food served by lovely people. Been coming here for over twenty years and given the chance would visit every week.

A must visit, great food, fabulous Welsh rarebit and cheese and ham omelette, great coffee.

Pleasant cafe with nice vibe. Food is fairly traditional and unpretentious cafe fare such but is good value and hits the mark.

Wonderful place! I've been coming here for years, and would definitely recommend it to other families. Thoughtfully and beautifully decorated to compliment the secondhand Emmaus shops that surround it (eg: vintage tins on the wall, a variety of different tables and chairs, recycled wood, etc), with lots of space between tables, making it easier for wheelchairs and pushchairs to get around it than in most other cafes/restaurants I've been to. Service was fast and friendly, food was tasty, good value, and a perfect warm bite to eat for my toddler and teen, I'm SO glad Emmaus have this place on the grounds. Top marks to all the Companions, other staff, and volunteers that put so much into making this place so great!

Love the food in this place, simple but tasty, and most importantly, cheap. You can enjoy it while sitting in one of the furniture taken from the charity shop, giving the place a really homely atmosphere. Afterwards you can enjoy some bargain hunting in the Emmaus charity shop.

I really don’t want to write this review, but one member of staff ruined it. Food not bad at all, but the lady at the till was actually quite rude and made me feel uncomfortable. I wanted to explain something to her and she just looked at me as if I was something on the bottom her shoe. She didn’t even acknowledge that I had spoken to her - she just stared at me! The other lady at the till was very nice (the blonde lady) and all other staff were polite - just that one, unfortunately. It’s put me off going back to be honest.

Went there with my mum today for a walk about and some breakfast, the cafe is clean and the staff friendly and efficient, ordered a very reasonably priced breakfast which arrived quickly and piping hot, you could tell it was freshly cooked and it was absolutely amazing will Defenately be going back.

Absolutely lovely place with good food for a good price, a calm atmosphere and great friendly staff.

I love the cafe at emmaus. The food is great value and always well cooked. Their cooked breakfast is really good value and very filling. The service is always really friendly and quick. It's an amazing charity and everyone should support it.

Visit often for coffee/snack - staff friendly & make best cheese on toast of all cafes in Brighton/Hove area. Combine with a look round the store for bargains (always find something I want!) Also good to help a charity rather than a coffee chain!

Staff are very attentive, food good and excellent value. Beautiful setting and good for a mooch around the charity shop, wood and bedding stores. Win win really.

Huge place but everything is curated so you can spend time looking for what you want. It’s like a department store set over several buildings. Everything is sort d and reasonably priced.

In Emmaus you can find really good bargains and after all the tressure hunting you will deserve a break to recover energy by eating one of their good breakfast, in a cafe decorated with pieces of furniture from their shop. Great atmosphere.

Great coffee in this fantastic place which is run by an organisation which helps homeless people. Interesting charecters serving at the front sometimes, never unfriendly. Quirky dining room full of odd second hab=nd tables and chairs. Recommended

I work in supported housing, helping homeless people get back their independence. I went to the café to purchase furniture for one of my clients and was amazed on so many levels. 1. Great Coffee that's the most important thing. 2. Great service and a great space to drink coffee in. The garden's are stunningly well kept, the staff professional and friendly. Every person I walked passed was encouraging and happy to see us. My client who suffers with major anxiety felt at home and comfortable.

Cafe Revive is staffed by the lovely people who live in the Emmaus Community.They are always so happy, friendly and welcoming.Best Welsh Rarebit/Cheese on toast!

Love the whole place and the atmosphere here and enjoy the cafe! We go here quite regularly and always enjoy eating and drinking in the cafe.

Emmaus has always been very family friendly as far as I’m concerned and the cafe is roomy with great food and friendly staff. Grab some new new books for yourself and put your feet up in or outside the cafe.

I love this place. You feel great for supporting a very important community project but it’s genuinely just a very inviting place. The coffee is amazing and the quality and value of food is great. Can’t recommend enough!!

Cafe is part of the Emmaus project, helping disadvantaged back into society, lovely, caring atmosphere. Basic healthy food and drink for the hungry after a walk on the Downs. Allow plenty of time to explore the areas of donated goods for sale which are beautifully sorted and displayed.

Very pleased they now a vegan choice of sausage. Huge plate full of chips, vegan sausages and beans. Cooked fresh. Well done. Reasonably priced too.

We often go here for breakfast and it is always good ! Today we had the special spicy lamb flatbread and chips - it’s new to the menu so they asked for our feedback - we had no problem telling them how delicious this was - easily on a par with Trendy Camden or Borough Market but just around the corner ! I really believe in everything that Emmaus sets out to do and the cafe is a really good way to start seeing it in action ! Hope today’s special is repeated soon ! Thanks guys

An excellent charity that deserves our full support.

We went the Emmaus after being recommended here by a friend. We were pleasantly surprised by what we found and ended up spending a good 2-3hours here. It has two sites full of bric-a-brac. One of the sites (the old chapel) predominantly sells vintage furniture, crockery etc. Whereas the other site (an old warehouse/workshop) houses more contemporary things. If you enjoy car boots you’ll love this place, especially on a rainy day. There’s also a lovely cafe on site with very reasonably priced breakfast and lunches, which can be eaten inside or in the gardens of the old convent walls. The lawn to the south of the building is ideal for picnics.

Large sunny cafe. Good food large portions. Good range of toasties and jacket potatoes. Reasonable prices.

The full English breakfast I had is not going to win Best in UK anytime soon, but with everything combined it is well worthy of my full 5 stars. However, it was very tasty, the service was great and the staff were friendly.

Friends took me here for lunch today and I loved it. I would highly recommend this place for an all day breakfast!

Went there for lunch last month and it was lovely. It has been redecorated and you get a good lunch/brunch served by lovely staff at cheap cost

Great venue, attentive staff, interesting location, good food at a fair price. What more can I say! Or what?

I can’t praise this cafe enough, I’ve been going to Emmaus and the cafe for a long time and have never had any complaints. The cafe is huge and plenty of room for family’s. They have soya milk and plenty of vegetarian options.

Great food, cooked well, served in a pleasant professional manner by people who really care because they are being given a break after extreme hardship. And while you're here, you can pop into the best charity shop in the Brighton Area.

Had a wonderful breakfast - great atmosphere and service. Everything well cooked and the sausage and bacon were of an exceptional quality- brilliant and a good cause too

Took my grandson (2yrs) and daughter for visit lunch and a mooch around. Everyone so helpful and friendly. The lunch was amazing and very generous. Lovely walk around garden and showed grandson all the veggies growing. Felt so relaxed when we left.

This is not first visit to this very fabulous restaurant. A very vintage setting, love all the mismatched tables and chairs. A good selection of food is served. Service is good and fast I had the bake potato with prawn maria rosa. Cooked well and stuffed with a ton of prawns and light fresh salad. Everyone in our group enjoyed their food. Highly recommend the cheesy chips! You won't come away hungry.

Always a good selection of food, I love their quiche but today decided to go for one of the specials jerk chicken burger, not being a fan of spicy food was a bit doubtful if I would like it, but it was delicious came with a beautifully presented salad and lovely chunky chips, the sauce with the burger was too hot for me but I am now a fan of jerk chicken!

Fish and chips for £5.50 and a prawn sandwich for £4. For these prices I thought it would be ok at best. I was wrong. The sandwich was loaded with prawns and the fish was better than I've had in most pubs. Great food at a great price.

We had lunch at the Revive Cafe today and it was an excellent meal. There was a wide selection of different meals on their menu and a daily specials board. I chose the Ultimate Fish Finger sandwich meal and was shocked when it came out! It was a piece of battered cod mixed with a delicious mayo and lime sauce on a massive bed of lettuce in a sandwich! And it came with chips! It was extremely yummy. Far too much for me but for £6 it was a great price! I have eaten many different things on my visits and they have all been of an excellent quality and great value. The chefs do an amazing job.

The cafe restaurant at emmaus in portslade hove, is one of the best! It's decor is vintage and lovely and spacious. The food is second to none and the service is brilliant. All food is presented beautifully and artistically when served at the table. The staff are friendly and efficient and always have a smile. Along with the cafe restaurant is a fabulous outside patio area with plenty of seating to sit and enjoy ones meal. menu prices are very fair and reasonable and you would pay much mor elsewhere for not half as good a meal. Not only is there the cafe and patio area but when one is finished eating, there is plenty of time to go and look around the shops in the grounds and see what bargains are to be had! Each shop is so interesting and if you are into vintage then you will have a field day! There is also a lovely pine furniture shop there too. I recommend emmaus as one of the absolute excellent best places to visit, eat and have a lovely relaxing day!

Visit here every now and then on the off chance of finding something interesting.. in recent times I've bought a fantastic G-Plan sideboard and table and retro lamp.

Emmaus is a fantastic place. We often go for lunch or late breakfast and also look around for bargains, there's everything from books, china and plants to beds, furniture and clothes. The cafe is great, the prices are very reasonable and the food is always good. We've never had bad meal and the staff are friendly.

First visit, dropped off items for charity shop. Lovely cafe, very popular and good value. Fascinating "centre" with lots to browse around. And the whole centre provides employment and training opportunities. Will definitely return.

Breakfast courtesy of the super staff at Emmaus. Clean, well-cooked simple bangers, bacon, beans, eggs, toast and butter and tea.

I've had lunch & breakfast on several occasions and have always had good food which is excellent value for money. Was there last Saturday fro breakfast, it "hit the spot" (mind you request the eggs are flipped over) Full English plus a mug of tea £5.50 no complaints. Also recommend the Fish & chips, one of the best I've had in a while. Also Emmaus great for picking up bargains, of which I have had a few.

It was very good for money and we all enjoyed it I will be going back this week with my family as the staff were very good to thanks

Ordered cheesey chips. Chased order three times. After an hour food still had not arrived. Have up.

You can have a mooch around the numerous rooms and admire the handy work of the people who restore the various items, then have a great meal in the cafe. Well worth a visit.

I like Emmaus because of their values - they help the community. I like popping in to have a mooch at the second hand furniture etc, and the garden centre - it's really friendly and really cheap!

Revive at Emmaus is an absolute joy to visit. The staff are really friendly and the cakes and drinks are delicious. Such an unusual place. There is the charity shop, the vintage area, the plants, creative stuff. Really interesting and always something new to find.

I love Emmaus. I love what it stands for. I love the enthusiasm, friendliness and creativity of the community, and I love the cafe. Seek out this gem, fairly well hidden around the back of Portslade, go to its cafe and order yourself a Welsh Rarebit. You won't be disappointed. Come to that, anything on the menu is a joy, cooked up by a very capable kitchen team. Then go and see what they're doing in the workshops and treat yourself to something completely original, recycled and captivating, like the garden bench we bought, handmade by Lee(?) out of an old pine bed frame.

Nice clean and great food even had two high chairs for the twins . Prices are good and would recommend to anyone

Visit the cafe with friends, family & the children. Reasonably priced tea & coffee. Was impressed that they could full fill my request for peppermint tea.

Absolutely amazing place - everyone should visit! Gorgeous grounds, huge shopping hall, garden centre, plants, furniture.... everything you could ever want at a decent price. Super cute restaurant & all staff are lovely & helpful. Also by purchasing anything here you are helping the community & benefiting people in need.

We always look forward to visiting Emmaus where there are always great bargains to be had in their two second hand/vintage shops and of course their fabulous garden shop. The all day breakfast in the cafe is great value and very well cooked. The cheesy chips are very popular as are their jacket potatoes.

A great place; service, food, prices, environment and all in a good cause. I am a regular visitor to the site for a wander around the two shops on site and the excellent garden area. A visit to Revive is an absolute must whether it be a hearty meal, snack or coffee and cake.

Love Emmaus for a fry up. Good quality food & good selection on menu. Full Emmaus Breakfast - its a real good hangover cure. Then a wee nosey around the shop!

The Revive cafe at Emmaus Brighton is only one of the reasons to visit. The cafe itself is great for snacks and light meals - with friendly staff and quirky furniture.The food is good value as well. Go at late lunchtime and you might get to hear the eccentric piano player!

If nearby it is well worth a visit! An unusual community bonded from disavantage into cohesion, to be applauded. Great value and the shops are good too - visiting is the only way to understand it.

We absolutely love Emmaus! It's got a great cafe with good choice of food, fab gardens, lovely little garden centre & friendly staff. It's also for all for a very worthwhile cause. We go to Emmaus loads and I really would recommend it to anyone who hasn't been there before.

A gem hidden away. Good food. Good place. Good people. We will be returning. We took my ageing mother who had been there before and "insisted" we take her there again. We were glad we did.