The best restaurants in Central Hove Brighton and Hove South East

Amazing coffee! Beautiful cosy cafe, clean and welcoming. Lovely, friendly guy owns this place and cooks from fresh the most sensational food that is reasonably priced. This place is an absolute hidden gem. This is the second time I’ve been here and the food and service are second to none. Treated like royalty yet again…I will definitely be back again and again. Highly recommend 🥰

This little place serves the most amazing tasty food accompanied By personable staff run by Giuseppe and Fabio. Customers are made to feel like family and you are welcomed personally my. I will never stop eating here. It’s simply the jewel of Hove.

My wife and I have been fans of Stephen Edward’s food for many years. We have eaten his food previously at Cromwells in Small Dole, Whites in Steyning and the Camelia at South Lodge. I was therefore happy to book a table at Etch to celebrate our Wedding Anniversary. I did this via The Fork app and it was clearly stated that we wanted the ‘Michelin tasting menu’ in the restaurant. We paid the deposit and received confirmation. However, late morning on the day of the reservation, I was contacted by a restaurant employee to ‘confirm our booking in the cocktail bar’. I explained that we had booked the restaurant, but was told that they didn’t have that information and had no availability. The lady said that she would be contacting all diners to confirm their tables and would call me back if anybody cancelled, however I received a deposit refund as soon as I put the phone down and a message from ‘The Fork’ saying the restaurant couldn’t accommodate us! I’m sure the food is as great as ever, but it is the dismissive attitude of the staff over their mistake that leaves a bad taste in the mouth

Gran sensación al restaurante y el personal era amable y encantador con los clientes. Visité antes de ver un espectáculo en el Brighton Centre y la comida salió rápido y caliente. Tuve bruschetta y fuera de Italia, fue lo mejor que he tenido. Fresco, sabroso y muy bien cocinado. Seguido de esto con pollo Al Fungi y esto también fue excepcional. Mi pareja tenía gnocchi y eso también fue perfecto. Volvería a visitar la próxima vez que visitemos Brighton.

Lovely Coffee shop, came after a long walk, had a Latte and a piece of cake both very tasty, great service and good value

Been with friends here at this Amazing cocktail bar in Hove center ,very warm atmosphere and delicious food,amazing cocktail best gin tonic ever had! staff really polite and helpful ,nice music .very professional bartenders and especially the manger always taking care about costumers. I definitely recommend this place will be back soon💯💯💯

I wanted to treat my Vegan Daughter for a light lunch and she suggested we try this little place tucked away in a side street in Hove. I'm not a vegan but definitely a Thai and can only say what delicious food we had. The taste is 101 % Thai home-cooked with a special mention to the Papaya Salad ( Som Tam ). So good, so moreish. Give me more !! Won't be long before I'm back there again to try the rest of the menu and the Special dishes of the day.

Lovely little cafe. Great atmosphere and brilliant service. Highly recommend the breakfast. Fresh ingredients, made on site and perfectly cooked. Couldn't fault our experience!

Soooo goood! Jerk chicken and ‘doubles’ were amazing. Love all the dips, polenta chips and spring greens were bangin. Rly good value for money and easy collection. Can’t wait to try the rest of the menu!

Good morning to everyone this place is nice small Nice English people s. Running the place good breakfast and nice coffe clean

Fantastic food, beautifully presented - can't wait to try some of the Persian and Mediterranean dishes!

Bought a cake for work colleagues, we could not believe how light and amazing it tasted. It was not sickly sweet, just a lovely taste and texture with fresh cream. We all agreed that we could not remember tasting a better cake. Will definitely in future get birthday and special occasion cakes here rather than supermarkets.

The Best Cocktail Bar in Brighton & Hobe. Very friendly and Family run business. Great selection of cocktails and food to choose from.

The runaway success Lickle More in Hove now has an outlet in Brighton. Same menu, tastes almost exactly the same. Their Curry Goat tastes great and it is obviously home cooked with real ingredients (no bad food reaction whatsoever and I'm very sensitive to processed food and junk ingredients.). They are located on the first floor inside Castle Street Snooker & Sports Bar. Ask the friendly guys at the front desk if you can't find your way. Primarily a takeaway place but you can eat on site as well (at a higher price).

We had a wonderful meal here from Nick who runs Kab, a Thai supper club inspired by Northern Thai cuisine and his experiences in the area. As someone who has grown up in Southeast Asia the flavours on show I feel were highly authentic, punchy and most importantly, absolutely delicious. The wines and drinks available were ample and paired well. Another highlight was eating at the communal dining table and ultimately making friends with everyone over delicious food and drink. Overall a very fairly priced, authentic, unique and delicious dining experience. Definitely a hidden gem in the Brighton and Hove dining scene and well worth a detour!