Guidebook for Camden Terrace
Food Scene
Super-friendly, French cafe/bar/restaurant and home-away-from-home. Tell them I sent you. Good for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, coffees/tea, and drinks. Bit of an all-rounder!
Grow 40
40 Kensington GardensSuper-friendly, French cafe/bar/restaurant and home-away-from-home. Tell them I sent you. Good for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, coffees/tea, and drinks. Bit of an all-rounder!
The best local coffee place; they serve Monmouth Coffee and have an excellent range of cakes and sandwiches, too.
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Coffee At 33 Brighton
33 Trafalgar StThe best local coffee place; they serve Monmouth Coffee and have an excellent range of cakes and sandwiches, too.
Superb ice creams, including an unsurpassable vegan section (which are genuinely tasty for non-vegans, too). Can have long queues in nice weather. You can sit in or take out.
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Gelato Gusto
2 Gardner StSuperb ice creams, including an unsurpassable vegan section (which are genuinely tasty for non-vegans, too). Can have long queues in nice weather. You can sit in or take out.
Excellent, rustic French/continental restaurant. A solid neighbourhood favourite.
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Mange Tout
81 Trafalgar StExcellent, rustic French/continental restaurant. A solid neighbourhood favourite.
Our favourite for fine flavours - British tapas menu based on local produce. Stunning flavours. It is recommended to take a bar seat by the kitchen, if available. A selection of meat, fish and vegetable dishes that have never disappointed. They do magical things with local produce. Advance booking (up to a week in advance) is a must.
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64 Degrees
53 Meeting House LnOur favourite for fine flavours - British tapas menu based on local produce. Stunning flavours. It is recommended to take a bar seat by the kitchen, if available. A selection of meat, fish and vegetable dishes that have never disappointed. They do magical things with local produce. Advance booking (up to a week in advance) is a must.
The quintessential Brighton restaurant. Entirely unique and quite wonderful Indian home-cooked vegetarian food. The Dhai Bhel Puri is fantastic, the curries and dhals are all great - and you can ask for a half portion of two, to make up for a full portion. Advance booking recommended, as it is normally busy throughout the week (even though they will always do their best to squeeze you in). See also: Planet India in Hove.
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Planet India Brighton
4 Richmond ParadeThe quintessential Brighton restaurant. Entirely unique and quite wonderful Indian home-cooked vegetarian food. The Dhai Bhel Puri is fantastic, the curries and dhals are all great - and you can ask for a half portion of two, to make up for a full portion. Advance booking recommended, as it is normally busy throughout the week (even though they will always do their best to squeeze you in). See also: Planet India in Hove.
Great local gastro pub, friendly neighbours, warm and cosy. Advance booking recommended, especially in the weekend.
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The Sussex Yeoman Brighton
7 Guildford RdGreat local gastro pub, friendly neighbours, warm and cosy. Advance booking recommended, especially in the weekend.
Vibrant Indian food in the heart of the North Laine. Great place for families and groups, with atmosphere and spirit. The Chilli Pickle is one of those really solid options for lovely food, right in the centre, that can often fit you in at relatively short or immediate notice, thanks to being relatively spacious.
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The Chilli Pickle
17 Jubilee StVibrant Indian food in the heart of the North Laine. Great place for families and groups, with atmosphere and spirit. The Chilli Pickle is one of those really solid options for lovely food, right in the centre, that can often fit you in at relatively short or immediate notice, thanks to being relatively spacious.
Great continental menu for good-to-fine dining, excellent attention to produce. Family-run restaurant, so like all other recommendations in my guidebook, a mile away from franchises and chains. Advance booking recommended.
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Semolina
15 Baker StGreat continental menu for good-to-fine dining, excellent attention to produce. Family-run restaurant, so like all other recommendations in my guidebook, a mile away from franchises and chains. Advance booking recommended.
Fabulous Polish food, the best atmosphere you could wish for, quirky and unique. They also serve a choice range of really yummy schnapps-style tipples.
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THEWITCHEZ Photo Design Cafe Restaurant
3 Marine ParadeFabulous Polish food, the best atmosphere you could wish for, quirky and unique. They also serve a choice range of really yummy schnapps-style tipples.
Food as art, exquisitely prepared. Advance booking a must. Clean, modern, stylish, impeccable. The taster menu is fantastic.
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Isaac At
2 Gloucester StFood as art, exquisitely prepared. Advance booking a must. Clean, modern, stylish, impeccable. The taster menu is fantastic.
The ultimate quirky Brighton restaurant experience. Indescribable. There could be a mini-musical or sing-a-long screening, a musical performance, or simply the unique ambience. Good food (not fine dining as such, but solid) and lovely beverages like Belgian beers. Absolutely tiny, so it best to book.
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Bom-Bane's
24 George StThe ultimate quirky Brighton restaurant experience. Indescribable. There could be a mini-musical or sing-a-long screening, a musical performance, or simply the unique ambience. Good food (not fine dining as such, but solid) and lovely beverages like Belgian beers. Absolutely tiny, so it best to book.
The best pancake breakfast; great options and good for both grownups and families. Advance booking is absolutely essential. Excellent atmosphere, and quite a unique eatery. Just be aware that you will need to stick to your booking - on the dot - as it is fiercely popular for weekend pancake breakfasts.
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Compass Point Eatery
7 Montpelier PlThe best pancake breakfast; great options and good for both grownups and families. Advance booking is absolutely essential. Excellent atmosphere, and quite a unique eatery. Just be aware that you will need to stick to your booking - on the dot - as it is fiercely popular for weekend pancake breakfasts.
The best fresh artisan bread, the best patisserie, minutes down the road. This branch mainly do take-away, and also sell fresh bread and pastry on the station forecourt. I truly don't know why anyone else in town bothers baking.
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Real Patisserie Trafalgar Street
43 Trafalgar StThe best fresh artisan bread, the best patisserie, minutes down the road. This branch mainly do take-away, and also sell fresh bread and pastry on the station forecourt. I truly don't know why anyone else in town bothers baking.
Excellent, unpretentious, generous English breakfast. Just near Roedean School for Girls, with fabulous views over the sea and good parking. Another great food destination for families who don't want to go to 'family restaurants' but need everyone fed and happy. They also have highchairs.
Roedean Cafe
Marine DriveExcellent, unpretentious, generous English breakfast. Just near Roedean School for Girls, with fabulous views over the sea and good parking. Another great food destination for families who don't want to go to 'family restaurants' but need everyone fed and happy. They also have highchairs.
Great coffees, teas, cakes and sandwiches. Also good wifi. Perfect for meetings near the station; always populated by people minding their own business with laptops.
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Cafe Coho
53 Ship StGreat coffees, teas, cakes and sandwiches. Also good wifi. Perfect for meetings near the station; always populated by people minding their own business with laptops.
The ultimate family-friendly restaurant - Tom & Jerry cartoons on tap, giant milkshakes, quirky interior, generous American diner menu that will not leave anyone hungry. If you travel with kids, and need a bullet-proof option that will ensure everyone is fed and entertained so that you can sit and stare into the void in peace for a while, this is your place. Accommodating and fast service.
JBs American Diner
31 Kings RdThe ultimate family-friendly restaurant - Tom & Jerry cartoons on tap, giant milkshakes, quirky interior, generous American diner menu that will not leave anyone hungry. If you travel with kids, and need a bullet-proof option that will ensure everyone is fed and entertained so that you can sit and stare into the void in peace for a while, this is your place. Accommodating and fast service.
Unbeatable chips - double-fried, and always perfect. Family-run specialists in Belgian fries, with a huge range of delicious and innovative sauces.
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BeFries
Unbeatable chips - double-fried, and always perfect. Family-run specialists in Belgian fries, with a huge range of delicious and innovative sauces.
Minute restaurant on the Brighton/Hove boundary for fine dining (if walking there along the beach, go inlands at 90 degrees when you get to the Peace Angel). Classic British and continental food; always flawless. Advance booking essential.
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The Gingerman
21A Norfolk SquareMinute restaurant on the Brighton/Hove boundary for fine dining (if walking there along the beach, go inlands at 90 degrees when you get to the Peace Angel). Classic British and continental food; always flawless. Advance booking essential.
The best burgers in town, simple as that. Take-away only, and be prepared to queue (yes, that good).
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Burger Brothers
97 North RdThe best burgers in town, simple as that. Take-away only, and be prepared to queue (yes, that good).
Chinese hot pot; delicious, extremely generous, the friendliest service you could ask for. The Lucky Star doesn't look like much from the outside (or inside, if I'm honest), but it's a great place in the happening and ever so slightly seedy North Laine/London Road zone. Very good value - bring huge appetite and good company.
The Lucky Star
101 Trafalgar StChinese hot pot; delicious, extremely generous, the friendliest service you could ask for. The Lucky Star doesn't look like much from the outside (or inside, if I'm honest), but it's a great place in the happening and ever so slightly seedy North Laine/London Road zone. Very good value - bring huge appetite and good company.
Superb mediterranean/Turkish restaurant. Beautiful, spacious interior, and the fish cakes are just great. This really is Turkish food at its best.
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Fishmekan
andSuperb mediterranean/Turkish restaurant. Beautiful, spacious interior, and the fish cakes are just great. This really is Turkish food at its best.
Metrodeco have an amazing selection and range of teas of all kinds, from herbal tisanes through white and green teas to a great range of black teas, in a quirky and off-beam-glamorous setting in Kemptown village. There is also very good - and enormous - cake, on a daily range basis. Nice destination if you are going for a wander on a sunny day and want to stroll eastward. The interior is off-beat vintage mismatched glamour; very Brightonian.
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Metrodeco
38 Upper St James's StMetrodeco have an amazing selection and range of teas of all kinds, from herbal tisanes through white and green teas to a great range of black teas, in a quirky and off-beam-glamorous setting in Kemptown village. There is also very good - and enormous - cake, on a daily range basis. Nice destination if you are going for a wander on a sunny day and want to stroll eastward. The interior is off-beat vintage mismatched glamour; very Brightonian.
Planet India in Hove is well worth a visit even if you've been to the Brighton 'mothership' - perhaps especially so, if you love (as we do) the uniquely Brightonian, warm and welcoming, quirky and strangely glamorous, super-friendly atmosphere and home-cooked Indian food served there.
Planet India in Hove has its own vibe, and comes with marble pillars, a glorious mix of raj and contemporary Indian fusion decor, disco cherubs in the ceiling, a bar that is promising to be a, if not the, new and uniquely hidden gem, and a *great* thali Tuesdays through to Thursdays that leaves no tastebud unexplored and is very good value. A la carte otherwise. All vegetarian. Yum!
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Planet India Hove
8 Third AvenuePlanet India in Hove is well worth a visit even if you've been to the Brighton 'mothership' - perhaps especially so, if you love (as we do) the uniquely Brightonian, warm and welcoming, quirky and strangely glamorous, super-friendly atmosphere and home-cooked Indian food served there.
Planet India in Hove has its own vibe, and comes with marble pillars, a glorious mix of raj and contemporary Indian fusion decor, disco cherubs in the ceiling, a bar that is promising to be a, if not the, new and uniquely hidden gem, and a *great* thali Tuesdays through to Thursdays that leaves no tastebud unexplored and is very good value. A la carte otherwise. All vegetarian. Yum!
Drinks & Nightlife
Cocktail bar with a fab view, upstairs and next door to the Theatre Royal. A classic.
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Bar Valentino
7A New RdCocktail bar with a fab view, upstairs and next door to the Theatre Royal. A classic.
The Battle of Trafalgar
77 Trafalgar RdA proper pub. Super local.
Perfect period pub, adjacent to the Theatre Royal. Lovely staff. All good.
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The Aquarium Theatre Bar
Perfect period pub, adjacent to the Theatre Royal. Lovely staff. All good.
Speakeasy-style wine and cocktail bar with an enormous, and select, wine list.
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L'Atelier Du Vin Wine and Cocktail Bar
10 St George's PlSpeakeasy-style wine and cocktail bar with an enormous, and select, wine list.
Excellent wine bar and a nice place to meet.
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Ten Green Bottles
9 Jubilee StExcellent wine bar and a nice place to meet.
Dark wood and a speakeasy atmosphere, always lively, and a great place to stop for drinks in Hove. Try the back rooms - quite louche.
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The Bee's Mouth
10 Western RoadDark wood and a speakeasy atmosphere, always lively, and a great place to stop for drinks in Hove. Try the back rooms - quite louche.
Sightseeing
One of our tiny twittens in the Lanes - well worth a meander.
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Black Lion Street
Black Lion StreetOne of our tiny twittens in the Lanes - well worth a meander.
Another iconic twitten. It's perfectly possible to get from East Street to West Street and only use alleyways no wider than 6 feet.
Ship Street Gardens
Ship Street GardensAnother iconic twitten. It's perfectly possible to get from East Street to West Street and only use alleyways no wider than 6 feet.
Brighton beach - stay between the Palace Pier and the old West Pier, if you like it busy. Continue further west, if you want peace and quiet. If you wander towards Hove, you are likely to come across music and performance in the summer.
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Brighton Beach
off Kings RdBrighton beach - stay between the Palace Pier and the old West Pier, if you like it busy. Continue further west, if you want peace and quiet. If you wander towards Hove, you are likely to come across music and performance in the summer.
Kensington Gardens is the centre of the North Laine, and is a pedestrian street with cafes, boutique shops, restaurants, and general Brighton life. It gets busy at times, so if you're in a hurry, you're better off taking one of the parallel streets.
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Kensington Gardens
Kensington GardensKensington Gardens is the centre of the North Laine, and is a pedestrian street with cafes, boutique shops, restaurants, and general Brighton life. It gets busy at times, so if you're in a hurry, you're better off taking one of the parallel streets.
Parks & Nature
Lovely rose garden, tennis courts, hidden spots, and generally a gorgeous oasis in the summer. Quite a passable cafe, too.
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Saint Ann's Well Gardens
Somerhill RoadLovely rose garden, tennis courts, hidden spots, and generally a gorgeous oasis in the summer. Quite a passable cafe, too.
Brighton's largest park, with walking, tennis courts, rose gardens, live events, and the Rotunda Cafe for shade and ice creams.
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Preston Park station
Brighton's largest park, with walking, tennis courts, rose gardens, live events, and the Rotunda Cafe for shade and ice creams.
Gorgeous gardens, friendly outdoors cafe, lots of atmosphere and excellent people watching. Often buskers - normally very good. A great place to while away the afternoon.
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Pavilion Gardens
Gorgeous gardens, friendly outdoors cafe, lots of atmosphere and excellent people watching. Often buskers - normally very good. A great place to while away the afternoon.
For your longer walks, Stanmer Park is beautiful. Also check Stanmer House out - log fire in the winter, nice cafe and restaurant.
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Stanmer Park station
For your longer walks, Stanmer Park is beautiful. Also check Stanmer House out - log fire in the winter, nice cafe and restaurant.
Arts & Culture
The Old Market has theatre, music gigs, club nights, and a bar. Close to the excellent restaurant selection of Hove, too.
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The Old Market
11A Upper Market StThe Old Market has theatre, music gigs, club nights, and a bar. Close to the excellent restaurant selection of Hove, too.
Theatre, dance, music - Brighton Dome is the central venue for Brighton's annual arts festival in May, and has a broad and well-curated programme throughout the year.
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Cúpula de Brighton
Church StreetTheatre, dance, music - Brighton Dome is the central venue for Brighton's annual arts festival in May, and has a broad and well-curated programme throughout the year.
Brighton's main old-school theatre, showing everything from pre-West End shows to avant-garde circus and performance.
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Teatro Real de Brighton
New RoadBrighton's main old-school theatre, showing everything from pre-West End shows to avant-garde circus and performance.
Brighton Museum has a good exhibition of 20th century furniture and glassware, locally themed exhibits from 18th through to 20th centuries, a 19th-20th century fashion exhibition, and temporary shows. It is situated in the lovely Pavilion Gardens.
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Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Brighton Museum has a good exhibition of 20th century furniture and glassware, locally themed exhibits from 18th through to 20th centuries, a 19th-20th century fashion exhibition, and temporary shows. It is situated in the lovely Pavilion Gardens.
The wonderful, crazy, beautiful Brighton Pavilion. A must-see.
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Brighton Pavilion
The wonderful, crazy, beautiful Brighton Pavilion. A must-see.
Essentials
Grocer & Grain, at the other end of our twitten, is a great local, family-run convenience store, with quality meats, vegetables, eggs, and any milks or health-food groceries you'd want. It has very good value take-away coffees, and a small bench outside, if you'd rather enjoy your coffee in the sun.
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Grocer & Grain
1 Surrey StGrocer & Grain, at the other end of our twitten, is a great local, family-run convenience store, with quality meats, vegetables, eggs, and any milks or health-food groceries you'd want. It has very good value take-away coffees, and a small bench outside, if you'd rather enjoy your coffee in the sun.
Budgens caters for your 24/7 shopping, and is just on the other side of the bus stops outside the station - it has most things you need (including a reasonable off-licence selection), especially considering their opening hours.
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Budgens
1-4 Orion ParadeBudgens caters for your 24/7 shopping, and is just on the other side of the bus stops outside the station - it has most things you need (including a reasonable off-licence selection), especially considering their opening hours.
For a larger shop, this is the local supermarket, 5-10 mins if you walk through the station, out the other side, and down the nature path (or the stairs by the cycle gym).
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Sainsbury's
27 New England StFor a larger shop, this is the local supermarket, 5-10 mins if you walk through the station, out the other side, and down the nature path (or the stairs by the cycle gym).
Shopping
Snoopers Paradise, on Kensington Gardens, is Brighton's ultimate bric-a-brac/antique/second hand 'mall'. In the heart of the North Laine, you will also find all manners of unique little boutiques and gift shops in the area. You can easily spend half a day to a day, just pottering around the North Laine.
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Snoopers Paradise
7/8 Kensington GardensSnoopers Paradise, on Kensington Gardens, is Brighton's ultimate bric-a-brac/antique/second hand 'mall'. In the heart of the North Laine, you will also find all manners of unique little boutiques and gift shops in the area. You can easily spend half a day to a day, just pottering around the North Laine.
The Lanes has a multitude of jewellery shops, cafes, restaurants, boutiques and oodles of atmosphere. There is even a bona fide speakeasy there, but it's impossible to explain how to get there - I'd have to show you.
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The Lanes
The Lanes has a multitude of jewellery shops, cafes, restaurants, boutiques and oodles of atmosphere. There is even a bona fide speakeasy there, but it's impossible to explain how to get there - I'd have to show you.
Kemptown Village has many charming boutiques and good cafes. It's a nice area for a stroll, especially as you walk beyond the first part (St James).
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Kemptown
Kemptown Village has many charming boutiques and good cafes. It's a nice area for a stroll, especially as you walk beyond the first part (St James).