Tonkotsu Brighton in Brighton and Hove

No puedo elogiar nuestra experiencia Tonkotsu lo suficientemente alto, tuvimos 4 líneas principales diferentes, y 5 lados diferentes, todos absolutamente excelentes. Gracias a Georgia, después de haber mencionado lo encantador que era el sabor en el plato de coliflor me dio un frasco de la salsa de chile y un frasco de salsa de chile para llevar a casa. Fantástico servicio al cliente. Sin duda volveré cuando vuelva en Brighton.

Warm and Pleasant service, spacious atmosphere with good food, and interesting specials menu on the chalkboard!

The staff were really friendly and attentive. The chilli chicken ramen was great, I'll certainly be back.

Had a great meal here. Totally recommend

Tonkotsu is a great spot in central Brighton for some delicious ramen. It was well flavoured and was a generous portion, and came out quickly. The restaurant has a nice vibe, and the staff were friendly.

Very friendly service and excellent food. The Japanese gin cocktail is to die for. If I had to nitpick, I would say that the Chocolate and Miso Salted Ice Cream sandwich, despite how delicious it was, was a bit jarring as it came served in the wrapper. Nonetheless, this is very minor. Highly recommend for some tasty, Japanese food.

Realmente sabroso ramen. Tengo el pollo crujiente especial. Excelente servicio. Precioso ambiente y gran relación calidad-precio. Sin duda recomendaría. ¡Regresando!

Staff were really polite and helpful. The food was amazing. We had the tonkotsu ramen with pork belly. The broth and noodles were phenomenal

Had the tonkotsu ramen it was great, shall return again

I’ve been here often and have also ordered delivery frequently, but when I came today, the servers were just sitting around chatting or looking at their phones in the kitchen. No matter how much I tried to get their attention, they wouldn’t even look toward the dining area. I had to wait 30 minutes just to pay. Please manage your staff properly. I won’t be coming back.

Gran lugar gran personal primera vez me sentí bienvenido en un establecimiento en meses absolutamente me encanta el ambiente y lo hermosamente servicial que son... ... . también la comida es 11 / 10 no podría haber pedido una mejor experiencia el día antes de cumplir 27 años

best ramen in brighton, it’s my go-to place always

We ordered a kimchi side, tonokotsu and chilli prawn ramen. All arrived really quickly. The dishes are lovely. I'd say the chilli prawn won as the flavour profile was more varied. However, overall the broths of both dishes were not too salty, a plus for me.

Good solid broth and noodles from this seemingly inescapable chain of restaurants popping up everywhere. Not the best in Brighton but worth a visit in a fix

Love tonkotsu. Delicious as always

Consistently great food, good service and atmosphere.

It is a great place. The attention and the food was amazing. I really recommend it! And the Enoki Kaarage was delicious. Thanks to the chef Josh 😊

W in chat sigma broth it was so nice 10/10 would skibidi recommend

Love this restaurant, foods 10/10, staff are attentive and the service is always quick!

Ordered a takeaway through deliveroo. Order came wrong, cold. Noodles where dried and sticky, broth smelly and over salted. I don't know if it's a delivery thing, because we ate here in the restaurant and it was nice.

Fantastic friendly staff and tasty katsu curry

Average at best. For some reason they put too little soup in the ramen.

Delicious place, go regularly to tonkotsu and would always recommend as the food is always good. Enjoyed some side dishes. Had a nice table at the font. Lovely customer service from the friendly staff.

Pasé por delante y me apetecía un poco de Ramen para almorzar y no me decepcionó. Personal acogedor y servicial, buena selección en el menú. un vegano y un comedor de carne y ambos disfrutamos mucho de los tazones Ramen. gran banquete de coberturas en ellos. tienen la opción de más caldo / fideos y podría agregar fácilmente más, ya que ambos se hicieron muy bien. Recomiendo encarecidamente si busca un buen caldo de ramen + Fideos cocinados enterrados bajo una gama de coberturas.

We waited for over 15 minutes without being served or acknowledged. Despite sitting patiently, no one attended to us, so we decided to leave after 15 minutes.

Was served by Georgia and Sam. Their service was amazing. I went on Friday and while there was a misunderstanding on my order, it was more than made up for by the food and the lovely staff. I went there again I had an amazing evening and served the most impeccable service and food.

Very average on all counts. I've been to Tonkotsu in London and found it a bit better than this Brighton outpost. Drinks came well after food had been served. Food was average. Felt like we were left unattended, which is great if you don't want to feel pressured to give up your table, but it's not a restaurant you would linger at either. Needs a little sharpening up but good for a quick bite.

The place is nice and the service is very good. I ordered a Geki Kara ramen which had so much scotch bonnet that the broth had no flavour. We also ordered a set menu which included a drink, starter, main and dessert for £33, good value for money, the dessert had a salted caramel ice cream sandwich which was a bit over salted. I liked their chilli oil so much that I bought one. The bathroom is so narrow that if you go into the toilet the air diffuser comes on. (Nov 2024)

We tried the place for the first time last night. The place was nice and the food was tasty and came promptly. The contrast, however, was a bit stark when it came to the service and the overall value for money. Though everyone we spoke to was perfectly nice, we had to wait for menus, drinks and the bill for a long while. They apologised for the drinks, said they had to change a keg. That's fair enough, but even then, the drinks took quite quite long (came about a third into our meals). On our way out, we saw three members of staff possibly on their break chatting and eating with the restaurant full of people. I think that might explain the waiting times (there can't have been more than 5 servers there). The bill came to about £60 for 2 mains, 2 beers, a shared gyoza, and a 12% service fee. For a chain, and with most of the time spent waiting, it felt a bit steep. Considering the general offer in Brighton, I don't think I'll be going back.

The waiters seem inexperienced at serving people, they forgot my order twice but were very friendly. Other than that atmosphere is great and food was good although not worth the wait. I won’t be going back :(

Let's start with the good part the food was good. Service however not so great, our server was pleasant but we had to ask twice for water for the table and for the bill. Also realised after we'd left we'd been charged full price for cocktails which should have been in the Happy Hour deal.

Great meal at Tonkotsu Brighton last night... in between trying to eat and hold my baby daughter at the same time, I ended up knocking my entire ramen into my lap. The staff were so kind and attentive and immediately replaced my food and cleaned the table. I was taken back by how good the service was. Excellent quality food as always.

Quite nice. Neither bad nor amazing, but a good chain, so it's good to know that it can be relied on in various parts of the country. Service good also. atmosphere nothing special.

The starters were great. But I ordered the chilli chicken ramen and it was very stingy in terms of the chicken portion. I have to say the broth was great but it is ruined by a mountain of noodles.

Tokyo ramen absolutely delicious 10/10. Pork gyoza also spot on. The Tonkotsu chilli oil on the tables is absolutely incredible 10/10.

I have consistently been coming to Tonkotsu for the past two years, and I'm so glad I have been. It is my favourite restaurant ever and I can not recommend it enough, I think I must have brought around 30-40 people here throughout the last 2 years because it is THAT good. The Tonkotsu ramen is incredible, it is creamy, full of flavour, and so comforting. The 'Eat-The-Bits' Chicken Wings are some of the tastiest wings I have eaten, the cauliflower wings are just as good. Their soy sauce based ramen is also delicious, their Tokyo and the Kakugiri are both really amazing, the Chilli Tofu is slightly creamy and nutty, and just amazing. Additionally, you can buy thier chilli oil and chilli ketchup marinade and they are genuinely both amazing, I buy them regularly. 10/10 restaurant with absolutely amazing staff, Johnny and Sam are super lovely, and it's always a great vibe when you go in there.

not really warm, not really spicy. Chli chicken ramen just so-so. Kimchi was great. 12.5% ​​forced service charge a bit irritating.

The tonkotsu was great and the enoki karaage was amazing and If this ever gets put on to deliveroo menu I will happily order ever time on there

Georgia was incredible - she was really communicative and efficient. She was managing practically the whole restaurant on her own and doing so well. Sam was also super friendly. Great service from both of them - thank you.

Went with a friend today and was hands down THE BEST damn ramen we have ever had holy shit I love it give me 14 of them. Genuinely couldn’t recommend this place enough. So pretty and friendly and food is insane!! Looooove!

I've been coming to Tonkotsu for some years now, both London and Brighton. The quality and flavours have never changed, love them completely. My main problem is with the ramen portions, they used to be HUGE. And yes, it was difficult to finish them and yei for no more food waste, but the prices didn't go down with the portions. That has bugged me ever since. Even so, love the food, nice atmosphere and always great service. I still go there so, yeah, love them.

Really good ramen and Kara age! Lots of options and add ons with rotating specials. Great sodas too. Would recommend the chili tofu ramen!

Really disappointed. We've ordered from Tonkotsu before, and eaten in and it's been really good. Today we ordered and what arrived was totally flavourless and thin. The meat was old and dry. Everything was wrong.

Dog friendly with free Dog biscuits.

Food and everything was so lovely 😻🫶🏻🖤

my husband and I were throwing up all night after your ramen yesterday… wish I hadn’t eaten here…

Stumbled across Tonkotsu on a Monday evening, it wasn’t too busy at the time I went. Chilled out good atmosphere and friendly service! The food came almost as soon as I ordered and it tasted perfect, definitely a great choice if you want some tasty hearty ramen!

I have ordered from this Brighton Tonkotsu countless times, and the food has always been amazing, will keep ordering for as long as I’ll live, good job everyone who works there 🥳

Good food, nice personnel, very mice athmosphere

Had ramen for the first time and it was delicious

The chilli has 0 spiciness. Apart from that, all great!

El último tazón de ramen que comí aquí fue sobre todo un montón de masa robusta, no comestible. Mencioné esto a mi servidor y se disculparon, pero no ofrecieron reemplazo o reembolso, lo que fue una pena. Pero está bien, hay mejores bares Ramen en Brighton que son más baratos y sabrosos.

Lovely meal here near the Brighton dome. I got the vegan chilli tofu ramen. Silken ramen with soya mince too. Loads of protein. Not too spicy I added some extra chilli oil from the table. I prefer extra broth (you can add more) but plenty of noodles. My pal had the vegan mushroom ramen.

What a lovely place to eat, wonderful food and such lovely staff, Jonny made me a great chill nori margarita thanks for a fab time

Wonderful experience Sam Johnny and Lucy were a wonderful team, i felt welcomed and cared for! Thank you tonkotsu! You've made my day!

Very good vegetarian mushroom ramen as well as Tokyo ramen. Pleasant, smiling atmosphere. To try with your eyes closed 🤩

Dissatisfied by the “spiciest” soup on the menu being not spicy at all.

Had a lovely ramen dinner but the real star was Sam who was kind, friendly and very helpful. Would definitely dine here again.

Must say our server (Jonathan) was “A” class. He took the time to help us understand the make up of our meal and even how to create a tasty, signature sauce from our table condiments. The ambience and cleanliness was lovely too. Thank you Jonathan, you made our ramen experience all worthwhile!!

Such a great find for us. We love this restaurant for its authentic food and unbelievably great staff. Doggie friendly with such wonderful service ( Georgia ) than you so much , see you very soon ! 😀

Had the tonkotsu ramen, pork gyoza, chicken kaarage and the honey and miso chicken. It was spectacular and we will most definitely return to try the rest of the menu

Amazingggg food! We all had the spicy tofu ramen and it was absolutely delicious!!! The staff were very friendly :)

Absolutely gorgeous place, kind and welcoming staff with some delicious Ramen, definitely worth checking out!

Lots of reinventions of Japanese cuisine, with a lot of originality. It's even frustrating not to have been able to taste everything.

Food is delicious and the staff are the friendliest people. I always have such a lovely time!

the staff are always absolutely incredible and the food is never disappointing! favourite usual spot for ramen 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️

The food was good and there were vegetarian options, but the waiting time for the meal was quite long (about half an hour), and the waiter was asked to provide boiled water, but it was not served in the end.

Absolutely great, Georgia our server was fantastic Definitely recommend

Super friendly people, detailed advice, great location

Lovely food and atmosphere. Staff was super nice, always friendly and smiling, really good options and vegan alternatives, definitely worth trying. Only thing is the wait time to get served and even getting a drink was a looot, we could clearly see how overworked the staff was and the fact that apps were obviously a priority, as there were so many bags of food getting delivered to drivers while we were waiting 20 minutes for a drink, so that was definitely not ideal, hopefully it is not always the case though. Would definitely go back for the amazing customer service they provided as everyone was so friendly and the food was incredible.

Very snobbish service. Nobody gave us a menu. We were waiting for 15 minutes. She was just going back and forth and serving other ppl. So we just left. And then I saw her wry smile ! Never will come back to that place. Awful service ! Racists.

Best Ramen I ever had. Even the children loved it 👌🏻

The servers were very patient and really nice, the food and drink choices were amazing and it’s such a chill spot close to the beach

We were a large group (12), but it took them 1.5h to serve us while most tables around us had multiple guests coming and going. For some, the food arrived cold or not cooked properly, which made things even worse.

i like the generous amount of pork in this ramen, egg is cooked to perfection, and the black wood ear is very crunchy so gives a new texture to the bowl. i would like it better if the broth is richer but it’s just down to personal preference. as an asian i wouldn’t say this is the best ramen i’ve ever had but it’s definitely up there if you’re counting those in the uk :)

Fui aquí a comer algo y estaba encantado. El servicio era muy bueno, la comida era deliciosa, el hambre estaba limpia y linda y en general muy bueno. El precio es bastante bueno para los platos que sirven. Cinco estrellas, en mi opinión.

Amazing place to eat, the vibe is always great and the service is even better! Loved the mushroom Enoki!!! Out of this world!

One of the best places to eat in Brighton, even when incredibly understaffed during a lunch rush they still got all the food to us on time, it was all so delicious and well presented. The small ramen was still quite large and filling so be aware when ordering that the small is like a standard Ikea bowl size. I also ordered 2 portions of their crispy enoki mushrooms (not pictured I ate them too fast) because they were so good. Amazing place, really bubbly friendly staff and they also do a student discount!

First came here for an off-the-cuff lunch with my 14-year-old daughter while wandering The Lanes. I was very happy with my Kakugiri Ramen, while she was over the moon with her kids’ chicken katsu bento and a side of katsu prawns. So happy was she, that it became our primary reason to come back to Brighton for dinner at the weekend. If you’ve got fussy kids, you know what a gem this is to find. We were warmly greeted by every member of staff, Jonny took our order and eagerly shared recommendations. My daughter stuck to the same order while I switched it up to a Tokyo Ramen. Which, with a soy base, was delicious and offers that bit more of an umami kick than the Kakugiri (sea salt base). Luckily I wasn’t too full to eat it despite a side of flavourful, filling-packed Pork & Ginger Gyoza. But, the star of the show was the Chef’s Special side of Enoki Karaage. This deep-fried cluster of slender mushrooms should come with an instruction manual on how to eat it with any manners. But the sticky fingers and mickey-taking from my teenage counterpart was worth every bite. A perfect balance of crunch and chew with a delicate flavour that needed no accompaniment. Georgia looked after us in a friendly and attentive way throughout our meal, adding to the experience. The 4 stars, rather than 5, for atmosphere is purely subjective because the family that were seated next to us were…a lot. Love this place, will be back repeatedly through summer with the intention of trying the whole menu (and more karaage) while my daughter eats all the panko-breadcrumbed meats.

Truly charming. There is no other word to define it. The waiters treated me very well, I felt at home. Delicious food and very calm atmosphere. If I return to Brighton I will definitely return.

Absolutely LOVE this restaurant. Every single time we visit the food is incredible and the staff are extremely lovely. Our favourite restaurant in Brighton!

Lovely place, great staff, tasty food. Highly recommend the Shitake Gyoza. Very glad they do small bowls.

Best food ever, Sam particularly good host for the afternoon! Would recommend

The food was absolutely delicious and Sam was great serving us!

Very tasty. Sam was a legend :)))

Definitely my fav Japanese restaurant in Brighton. Tasty food, great service and a nice vibe, everything is perrrrrfect!

The food is amazing and the staff is really friendly. Totally recommend

So glad we found this place. We had the Enoki kaarage, veggie gyozas and kimchi to start. All great flavours, tasty and fresh. Then we had the star of the show- vegan tofu chilli ramen and an egg. Which packed an incredible flavour, best ramen I've ever had!! We will be back for sure!

Was recommended this restaurant while I was away on a family holiday and it didn’t disappoint. The food was delicious and the staff were lovely. Special mention to Jonathan who made sure we had the best dining experience as possible. Would recommend here if you’re in Brighton.

Love this place. Come all the time with my friends and the staff recognise us every time which makes the experience. The food is always top tier and the new enoki Kara-age was actually amazing.

Hi, I am not one to leave reviews despite the level of service I have received however my time at Tonkotsu in Brighton stood out massively. The food and atmosphere was great but I particularly found the service outstanding. I think his name was Jonathan and he was a perfect mix of professional and friendly and answered any questions I had. Thank you Jonathan, if I’m back in Brighton I will be back because of this positive experience.

Visited recently on holidays, food was delicious and a special shout out to our server Jonathan, very attentive, would recommend if you are in Brighton!

The setting is clean and pretty. We took a Miso ramen & a chili chicken ramen and they were very tasteless, even if I emptied half of the chili oil in mine. If you've never eaten ramen before and if you don't like spicy food it can be a good first experience for you.

Food was great, lovely service one of my favourite ramen restaurants from my holiday in Brighton. Shoutout to Jonathan, he was lovely and very accommodating to us.

The food is simply amazing. It was really delicious

Came in for the first time on Friday. Excellent food and fantastic service. Special mention has to go to Georgia. So friendly, accommodating and myself and my partner were made to feel very welcome. Will definitely me back.

Very authentic Japanese dishes, recommend if you like that sorta stuff!

Loved eating here! Their chicken kara-age was the best crispy chicken I've had in Brighton! Tokyo ramen was a bit too salty for my taste but chilli chicken one is amazing. Prices are also very reasonable. Definitely will be coming back!

Had a quiet business lunch here mod week. Staff were very friendly and brought little bits of starters for us to try before actually ordering. The Chicken Katsu curry was very good, with a bit of tempura style courgette. Plenty of food as well.

A nice ramen restaurant, but the food is a bit hit-or-miss. Last time the Tokyo ramen was quite good, just a bit too salty. But this time, the Tiger prawn ramen was way too salty and lacked variety. There were just 4 tiger prawns (which were the only very good part of the dish), a bit of greens and a heap of noodles. They could have at least put 2 halves of an egg. Given this is one of their most expensive dishes, I was expecting more variety. Plus, we had to ask the staff three times before they remembered to bring us tap water, which was dearly needed given the amount of salt.