The best restaurants in Brighton and Hove South East

Can't fault this cafe, staff were really friendly. The huge cods didn't go unnoticed, not only huge but tasty.If your visiting Brighton! You must visit grand junction.

I loved it here for my mums birthday all the staff were so friendly welcoming and professional its a chilled out vibe very clean, great music, amazing cocktails and mocktails, gorgeous food. I will definitely be back!!!

Decidimos pedir algunos platos clásicos de este lugar anoche para probarlos a pesar de algunas de las críticas negativas y quedé asombrado por la calidad y la cantidad de nuestra comida para llevar sin duda volveremos a utilizar

Always good 10 out of ten and very good portion sizes and always friendly staff

We were on a short vacation and staying in a hotel. After a long, energy-draining day at the beach, we were starving! I opened the Uber app to look for vegetarian options and came across Shanghai Garden. I ordered the Vegetable Set and, thinking it might not be enough, added a portion of Vegetable Fried Rice too. To my surprise, they called me just a minute later to confirm whether we were okay with eggs, since I had requested only vegetables. That level of care and attention really stood out—amazing customer service! The food arrived even before the estimated delivery time, hot and fresh. And guess what? I totally overestimated our appetite—we couldn’t finish it all! I’m used to small takeaway portions from other places, but this was generous. The taste? Incredible. The Mushroom Fried Rice and the Veggie “Chicken” Curry absolutely knocked out our taste buds. Thank you for a wonderful meal. We’re definitely ordering again, or better yet, we’d love to dine in next time!

Fantastic burger. The guy behind the counter was very helpful and friendly. Recommend

I ordered boneless but got with bone, and the fries were too old instead of 4 fries, just got one big bag of fries

It was shut when it said it was open

nice guy bless him but food was cold sorry.

Order was extremely late , food was cold , very disappointed

Place has gone seriously down hill and tonight I downloaded their app in the hope of getting a hot meal delivered! Not the case, took over an hour and a half to deliver cold food. No apology and disgustingly rude driver. NEVER EVER AGAIN!!

Greeted and taken to our table, waited 15 minutes and no service whatsoever. Within this time, I noticed that none of the cooks in the open plan kitchen were wearing gloves. One of the lads then blew his nose and what the napkin didn't capture was then wiped down his apron before returning to his station to prepare the dough. Needless to say, we didn't stay and made a swift exit. Not for me thanks.

Absolutely filthy. Everywhere, upstairs and down. Nobody clearing plates yet more and more food coming out to re occupied tables. Nobody clearing glasses either. Wine served in gin and tonic globes. In front of us the dirty plates were actually stuck to the wooden tabletop. DO NOT GO HERE. There is a much nicer Wetherspoons not that far from there in Brighton.

Just plain awful. Deep fried scrambled eggs which was a first and last. Avoid at all costs. It's changed name but same awful food and service.

The burger was burnt, as shown in the attached photo, and it arrived at our table quite cold. I took the time to express my concerns through a Google Review and providing a photo, but the response from the owner lacked ANY apology for such awful food! So I decided to best post a review on TripAdvisor too. I'm often in the area, but the food (& attitude) mean that I will not eat at Rockwater ever again.