The Madeira in Brighton and Hove

Trish was the nicest server I’ve ever had. she was incredibly attentive, sweet and fixed the meal when we got it wrong. The meal was delicious and we had the best experience. It was the first trip to this harvester, and it was the cleanest salad bar I’ve ever seen.

Rachel was super helpful and a great waitress all night. Would definitely recommend to everyone for a nice meal and great atmosphere

We were very well looked after by Christina and enjoyed our visit very much!! The whole family had a great time and we'll certainly come back.

Friendly efficient service . Food hot Served by Trish , fantastic server , thank you Warm and engaging, nothing too much trouble .

Great service from Trish who was extremely friendly and helpful. Lovely food and nice atmosphere, would highly recommend.

Very helpful and professional staff (James). Ensure you visit the well stocked salad bar, great accompaniment to a lovely meal.

Waited for an hour for 2 side dishes. Only popped in for a quick bite for lunch. Ordered: loaded fries and a loaded Mac & Cheese Waitress friendly. The food took an hour to arrive and the loaded fries were cold. Certainly won't be coming back. On a side note mens toilets were very dirty and poorly maintained.

Food was cold and tasted like it was under a hot lamp for ages. We waited an hour for our 2 small plates, one of them looked like half the food was missing. The pub also felt really cold. Waitress was wonderful and couldn’t fault her, but unfortunately won’t be returning.

First time here! .Food is great! Loved Trish our server, she was amazing and didn't mind our baby's mess on the floor🤣🤣. Food came on time as well

The service was excellent and the steak was cooked perfectly and the chicken was moist. I had the wave and wing combo we also had the scampi

Food was good, service could have been a bit quicker but everyone was polite and good over all. Our server was Rachel. Good value for money for the kids meals

Poor cleanses! On the inside and the outside.. we popped in for breakfast, but after seeing the state of this place, we ordered drinks and sat outside. The outside is just as bad, unkempt, dirty tables, broken tables taped up thrown in the corner. The outside, windows, and doors are dirty and in need of a clean. The restaurant looks tired and dirty, uncleaned tables. The toilets were disgusting..in every area possible. Honestly, this place needs an overall such as a good clean. We visited at 11 am and again at 3.30 out of curiosity to see if there was a difference. Unfortunately, the toilets were worse.. obviously, no toilet checks are carried out during the day! Dirty tables food all over the floor, staff didn't seem to bother about the state of this place. Absolutely awful experience.

Very friendly staff, nice relaxed atmosphere. Great access to the restaurant, we were with a family member with limited mobility and Rachel couldn’t do any more to help us. Food was lovely and we were checked on a nice amount to times to ensure everything was ok. Would definitely come back especially as the staff made us feel so welcome

Must say Ayla the waitress was absolutely fabulous 10/10. On the other hand the manager mincing around in dungaree shorts Nike trainers not really what I call an on duty manager looked more like the window cleaner needs addressing by head office. Also the ladies toilet reported twice no toilet paper rubbish everywhere but the managers answer was " well you didn't tell me babe". Really NOT mangement material.

We had Christina as our server. Very helpful & attentive - we went for breakfast and found the prices really reasonable.

I like all Harvesters because of their salad bar concept but this one I found particularly good because of its staff, who were all very friendly! Came for dinner and breakfast on separate days, very reasonable prices, nice food, and a great central location, can't...

Excellent value for money ,the service from Serena was excellent .Took a family of 5 food all arrived at the same time .would recommend the salad bare

Amazing breakfast, harvester never disappoints with their pancakes 🥞. Luigi was great and provided good service, breakfast was amazing and my girlfriend enjoyed her Create your own breakfast

Sadly not sure I'd go back salad bar OK but , the chips were not freshly cooked but semi hard also the mushy peas had watery discharge and ice-cream not great as also runny kept running down our hands, fish was holding alot of greese,...

I went here with my children and my friends for lunch and while the food was nice, the service was appalling. It wasn’t particularly busy but everything was so slow we were there for nearly two hours. We had to go and find members of...

I made the booking for our family meal about three weeks in advance. When we arrived there was no trace of it. The reason that my overall opinion was truly excellent is because the staff quickly arranged a large table and went on to provide...

I had a terrible experience at Harvester ion Brighton, due to poor management. We waited over 20 minutes to be served, and even after being seated, we waited another 25 minutes without anyone approaching us or offering us a drink. When I complained to the...

I had an extremely negative experience at Harvester due to their poor management and unacceptable service. Today, my friends and I decided to visit the restaurant around 1:30 p.m. We were already off to a bad start when we had to wait for 10 minutes...

Although they were busy we were seated quickly and served quickly too, the food was lovely and Luigi was a very attentive waiter :)

Quick friendly service by Caitlin, tasty food and handy location. Salad bar is fresh and great for children

Seated very quickly, great service and food arrived promptly, great service from Gina. Would definitely recommend as right on the pier

Not great. We chose the special 2 course menu. My chicken was very dry and my husband couldn’t eat the gammon (most unusual for him) as he said it was like shoe leather. The waitress offered us a free dessert but as this was part...

Went here on a busy sunday afternoon for lunch with a friend, was seated fairly quickly considering how busy it was, our waitress Caitlin was excellent, went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of, Food was excellent, our food was delicious,...

Choose to go to harvester for lunch as we use the one in polegate regularly. Was a tad worried when we arrived as the outside looks in need of a great deal of TLC, a paint job and outside tables rough looking and ground needed...

Great service , Gina looked after us superbly highly recommended . Food was good value pub food, salad was fresh and tasty

Catlin was so polite professional and went above and beyond . Exceeds expectation. Fantastic customer service approach. Very delightful lady well done The food was delicious 5 stars to the chef excellent value for money .

One star is very generous. Table server was fine looked embarrassed but answered when I questioned what something was meant to be on plate, as jkt potato. Tried to put cutlery knife into it, but it was not a jkt pot more of a flat...

Yeah, what can I say, harvester is not what it's adverts represent. Haven't been to a harvester for a while and won't be coming back any time soon at least to this one. Waitress was so disinterested in serving, every question was responded back in...

I walked in around 8:30 on a Friday night to be told that they are closed and are not doing walk ins. The 2 female members of staff were rude and started laughing at me for no reason at all than I get told I...

Service was good, all food good but some could be hotter and steak was not medium rare. Gina was friendly.

Dirty, rubbish e erywhere. Bar full of dirty glasses. Outside not been cleaned forever judging by the looks if things. Give it a big miss

My partner and I chose to eat here after arriving in Brighton for a 3 day break. It was obvious we are a couple but we were placed on a table between 2 tables with children. , That's fine but these children were not well...

Decided to come for a family meal. Upon arrival… there was only 2 staff around that didn’t even acknowledge us so my dad had to get their attention! The lady that seated us seemed Nice enough.. the waitress was polite we ordered.. When the food...

Visited here on a Monday late afternoon with my partner. Seated straight away and we were surprised at how empty it was. Food was good, cannot really go wrong with Harvester. Cheap and cheerful and the same across the board. Service was pretty slow. We...

Had a pleasant meal here and kudos to Nolan who was very hospitable even though a staff shortage we were never left waiting

Good food and great service from Rhianna Reliable place to eat when visiting Brighton Would recommend

wouldn't go back to be honest......the food passed as OK...but no better than that,,,,the service was well..appalling....so slow and almost non existent.....to a point where drinks never even arrived....coffee was cold.....a right let down for harvester.....and probably the worst one I've ever used......

Meg, our server was brilliant! We had a difficult booking of 8 (4 being young children) and she made sure we were all served in good time and made alterations where needed and provided colouring for the little ones. She was absolutely amazing.

Good food, averagely priced, clean venue, yet GREAT staff - Finn in particular cant say their praises enough, happy, warm natured & friendly, even helped me sort my app out when it came to paying. Please pass on our compliments a true credit to your...

Finn was an amazing host, very caring and attentive, made are dinning experiences amazing. Belly full and ready for bed. Thank you Finn from Verity and Shane

When the food did arrive it was ok. The issue being the wait. Waited for a waitress to take our order, there seemed to be only one for one half of the restaurant and she disappeared for long periods of time. Heard her telling one...

We went for dinner and booked for 5:15pm on a Saturday evening. We were ignored at the entrance for 5 minutes. Then taken to our table. It took over 10 minutes until anyone introduced themselves or welcomed us. We ordered ouot drinks and food at...

This was our first visit to this Harvester. The food was lovely and the staff were friendly. Our server, Gina, was nice. My mum’s allergies were catered for well. 50% off was great too!

I was visiting Sea Life and the pier with my daughter and two grandchildren, aged 4 and 1. We decided to stop for lunch at the Harvester above Sea Life. We were there for opening at 11.30 and the staff where so welcoming, asked if...

When we arrived we were made very welcome , nice waitress also. Rice was like clogged rubber , cold and tasteless. My baked potato was rock solid , inedible, and they had no chicken other than southern chicken, tenders or chicken breast, the ribs were...

It was a day trip out for myself, my partner and 2 kids, we arrived at the Madeira and received a warm welcome and were seated quickly and were informed of where the toilets and salad bar were located. Our server came to us promptly...

The month was December, there was a cold breeze cutting through our bones as we walked up to the eatery. Walking in you could see all the staff had given up, I’m not sure they were ever trying. The restaurant had a dirty vibe. Harvester?...

I visited on the 28th December, with my family, we had previously booked. I don’t know where to start, we waited an hour from arriving for our first drink. My daughter then asked if they were accepting the kids eat for £1 they said they...

lovely food and our server, tadhg, was super kind and attentive!! one of the best servers, thanks :))

Visited today and had a very enjoyable time with great service from the staff. Meals were good although the scampi was rather sloppy in texture.

Still here, absolute joke. Waited to be served ages, got wrong food, bill was incorrect. Freezing cold in restaurant, only cold water to wash your hands with in toilet.

Food: ok although brought out the wrong dish. Service: left us stood in the doorway for ages. Eventually shown to seats . Abandoned for ages before being asked if we wanted drinks. Drinks took forever to come. Ordered food. Brought wrong food out. Food itself...

Arrived on christmas day to be seated at the smallest table ever,only 2 of us but couldn't fit ur drinks, side plate & dinner late as was so small! starter was ok nothing special, then dinner arrived ,well turkey dinner was mostly frozen food,veg was...

I'm honestly surprised about the reviews for the place - made me concerned about booking in for a Harvester meal for Christmas Day But then again usually negative reviews outweigh the bad, so proceeded with caution! I can say that it was a really solid...

Appalling from the moment we arrived. Had to wait to be seated. Staff were disinterested and rushed us to take the order. There were virtually no staff around and they required continual prompting. Food quality was very poor and my partner could not eat the...

First of all I would like to say it wasn’t busy at all, just two tables were occupied and they had finished their breakfast. One other family came in while we were waiting for our breakfast. There was plenty of staff around. Our order was...

Excellent dinner at Harvester on 10th December. Served by a great host Tadhg and amazing service. Great food too!

We arrived having booked a table. There was no Chicken of any kind available so I had the belly pork and my wife ordered fish and chips with mushy peas. My food was ok but the wife’s meal was cold when it arrived also it...

We were a party of 12 who went for our Xmas work Christmas meal, It was 5,30 on a Friday evening. It all started fine, the mains were served and everybody enjoyed them. We ordered our puddings. The first two arrived, 20 minutes later the...

To get started with this horrible experience, we were turned away as we didn’t have a booking however it looked very empty, so we checked online and all booking times were available, so we booked a table however manager turned us away with Attitude and...

Really good place, nice food and friendly staff. We were served by Tadhg. Recommended:) Already having x mas menu:)

Great experience, Tadhg was great. Nice to see the salad bar back up and running. The steak was well cooked. Will definitely be back

Great service fro Tadhg. looked after us well and made sure our little girl was happy! service was quick.

Me and my partner went out for a meal together and visited the harvester. The service was great, we where seated quickly and our waitress was very attentive. Food arrived quickly which was also good. The issues however was with the quality of the food....

Have always enjoyed my visit to Harvester, but the server ( Tadhg) today was lovely and nothing was too much trouble.

A catalogue of failings, concerning staff attitude, edibility of food, quality of drinks. Will think twice before re-visiting.

Kate served our drinks, she was very helpful and friendly! Beth also gave us great service and Chloe checked our food was okay. Great staff, very friendly and hospitable will definitely come again.

Tadhg is a great asset to the team and was brilliant and very friendly, we had a lovely lunch. Thank you!

Popped into this harvester to have a quick lunch on a recent trip to Brighton. Was served by Melissa C who was amazing. It was a busy service and she was awesome. A+ food and service and an awesome view of the sea and pier.

Went in on my own on a quiet Tuesday afternoon. Got a nice seat by the window and the food was very good. I had the orifinal combo. The ribs were very tender and the chicken, while a little dry, was soft. Chips were tasty...

We came in for a small bite after a trip to Sea Life Centre. Cosy atmosphere, Food was ok. The server Mel was very friendly and overall a much more pleasant waitress compared to the last one we had.

I booked on line for breakfast at 10.30 had it confirmed by email. Even had a email the day before to say, we are looking forward to seeing you. We arrived at 10.20am to find the place closed and a sign on the door saying...

Where to begin. As a family of 6 adults and 4 children we were told we could not be seated. Looking round the place was half empty yet all tables were full of previous diners mess. We asked a gentleman who was sat alone with...

I came here on 25 October cane here with family for my birthday food was good but when we went to pay the waitress got the bill wrong so she had to get a manager to try and sort it and he was rude did...

Very poor service Too much wait time for small children Ran out of most things Won't be returning Especially with small children

I've always loved the Harvester, my family have been going for years so we thought this branch would be the same. It was disappointing. When we arrived, we waited about 15 minutes at the front desk for someone to come over and seat us. It...

Madi our waitress was really polite & smiled all the way thru our service. Food was hot & delicious. Would recommend.

First visit to a harvester in years so thought I’d try a festive fayre as it was close to my hotel. I was quickly seated at a tiny corner table and seemed to be promptly forgotten about. I had to find someone to get a...

Absolutely filthy dirty tables outside food left out service terrible food average will not be returning and would not recommend , in such a prime place but let down by all of these things

Try to enter the accessible entrance, waited about 15 minutes with no one opening the door until another customer let us in and helped with the wheelchair. The manager couldn’t have cared less. Refused to sit us in the restaurant so had a bar table....

How could they get it SO wrong ... after waiting for about 7 minutes after being seated , I called over to one of the FOUR members of staff gossiping by the till if I could place a food order , I was acknowledged by...

Nothing.. the floors were filthy, there was no air con (even after we was told it was on), we was seated quick I then asked if we could move to seats next to us away from The window and door and was told no, there’s...

Arrived at the harvester to be told 10 minute wait. Waited 30 minutes when there was empty tables with 2 hot sweaty hungry children. Once seated there was no service for a further 25 minutes while numerous staff wandered around looking bored. Children got very...

Lovely waitress and comfortable environment. Ordered steak and peppercorn sauce with jacket potato-very tasty. We were given bowls for salad but was disappointed that the salad was limited and the usual bacon bits and dried onions which I normally sprinkle on top were not there....

Never before have we been into a restaurant and heard, three times, of people being sick through eating here, inside of 30 minutes. I assume they have hygiene issues so would avoid like the plague. The bar service was a complete shambles too. Absolute joke.

Came here on Saturday afternoon and was able to get a table relatively quickly considering how busy it was! 👏 Our waitress was a lovely girl called Caitlin who couldn’t do enough for us! She even gave us advice on how to use the buses...

First off the waitress got the drinks order completely wrong, then one of us ordered fish n chips but the fryer was off so had to choose something else. Complementary salad bar was very poorly stocked and when our main course eventually arrived the chip's...

Great services from Melissa very polite and noted down everything we asked for! Great place very clean great food would recommend this place

We visited on Thursday, I don’t tend to write reviews but this visit changed my mind and speared me on to leave a review. Right from the outset entering the door I knew it wasn’t going to be a smooth sailing evening. It was around...

Really bad quality food for a 50 pounds bill. Dry ribs, dry chicken, bad quality salad (not much of a choice to be honest). All meat seemed old and sometimes overcooked. The window was covered in seagull poo ( while eating a huge pop splashed...

My daughter & I wanted to have a nice lunch & have a bit of mother daughter time Ordered our food .My food arrived so did my daughters but she ordered sweet potato fries not plain chips we had been waiting for our food for...

From arrival onwards we didn’t get much customer service, there were 4 members of staff stood chatting around a till point and it took one of the more senior members of staff to greet us and take us to a table. Took a long time...

I love a good Harvester but this one was not good. Staff were rude, too busy standing around talking to each other. Twice i had to go to the bar and ask if they could take my order. When the waitress finally came, she was...

Friday tea time meal. Was busy but was organised. Salad bar fresh and plentiful. Chicken skewers were delicious. Thank you Chef and kitchen staff. But highly disappointing that the young couple on the next table was being allowed to Vape! Clouds of sickly smell whilst...

Dreadful place. I always wish these places were spot checked by CEOs or equivalent to see how badly they are run. Arrived to empty foyer. Staff congregating at the bar but assistant who did approach me was polite and courteous. Sanitiser on desk empty and...