10 Great Restaurants in Brighton

Step into elegance at The Salt Room located on the seafront of Brighton's old pier. You'll be enchanted by the pretty dining room with tiny strings of lights lining the walls and flowers hanging overhead. Reserve a table on the terrace to enjoy your seafood or grilled meat in the fresh air.

The Salt Room offers modern British cuisine of rich taste combinations and a great selection of wine, all served by genuinely friendly staff. Start with their homemade sourdough bread and seaweed butter then choose charred scallops with mushroom miso, pea shoots and coriander, or crab curry with ginger, kimchi and cashews. Indulge in their cute dessert tray of fudge squares, biscuits and standing ice cream cones.

The Coal Shed Restaurant Brighton is chic with a spacious dining room and industrial-style décor. The bar is well-stocked with bottles lining the back wall and shelves overhead. The servers are friendly and attentive, while the bartenders are busy making delicious peach and basil cocktails.

Expect freshness at The Coal Shed Restaurant Brighton as it sources its meat and fish locally. Try the wood-fired spring chicken or oysters baked in hollandaise. On Sundays, tuck into a classic roast served in a cast iron pan with Yorkshire puddings, honey-glazed carrots, roasted potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower and pots of gravy. Spoil yourself with truffles for dessert, like sea salt and caramel or bittersweet orange cacao.

Wild Flor is a contemporary bistro with a relaxed vibe. The dining area is intimate and cosy, with bare brick walls, wood accents and blue leather seating. The servers are knowledgeable and the chefs are dedicated to using the freshest ingredients for their clever flavour pairings. You'll appreciate the thought put into the carefully stacked presentation.

Taste something new to start like veal sweetbread, sweet malted oat biscuit or beef carpaccio. Then choose a main like partridge, cornish crab, or rack of lamb in peppercorn sauce. For dessert try a homemade speciality like rhubarb frangipane cake or chocolate pave raspberry sorbet with caramelised white chocolate. Wild Flor is happy to take reservations for larger groups celebrating an occasion.

Isaac At is an intimate, unique and exclusive 20-seat restaurant. Book in advance to reserve your cutting-edge food experience. Watch the chefs at work on the television screen or at the counter to see how local seasonal produce is used to create intense natural flavours. Your eyes will widen at the brilliant presentation using huge plates and wooden boards with sauces smeared and drizzled artfully.

Foodies will love the delightfully unusual flavour combinations like the raw scallop with pickled cucumber carpaccio and coriander oil or the pulled pork with stout soy sauce with celeriac apple slaw. Save room for dessert and try pear, cobnut and brown butter or malted milk biscuits with Earl Grey cream and oat crumb.

The Little Fish Market is perfectly located in a former fish market transformed into a fine-dining restaurant with a crisp, clean look and a relaxed vibe. The 6-course set menu is updated monthly and encompasses creative fish and seafood dishes using local produce. Your mouth will water with the explanation of each dish given by the friendly staff.

At The Little Fish Market, the visual presentation is a part of the experience. You'll enjoy the volume created by layered colourful ingredients sprinkled with complimentary seasonings and herbs. Savour cod, mussels, ocean trout and sea vegetables. Sample oyster puree and seaweed wafer. Satiate your sweet tooth with pineapple mint gingerbread.

64 Degrees is an innovative and eclectic restaurant serving a tasting menu of 10 plates with wine and cocktails. You'll love the view of the open kitchen and the stripped-back décor with distressed wood tables, large bronze light fixtures and thick, bold plating. You can expect knowledgeable service and great wine pairings.

64 Degrees offers surprising delicacies with unique flavours and textures. Choose the set menu or order à la carte. Try scallops with carrot, marigold and fennel or sesame pumpkin steamed bao buns and eel. For dessert try apples and dates with brandy and almonds, or a grape olive oil meringue. The intimate environment is perfect for a date night or meeting with friends.

Kindling is a bright, fresh-looking restaurant with equally fresh ideas surrounding sustainability. The spacious dining area is inviting with wicker chairs and greenery spilling out of shelves overhead. The chefs are dedicated to healthy food that is also environmentally conscious, so local produce is used as well as mature meats. Everything on the menu is gluten-free and there are choices for vegans and vegetarians.

Kindling showcases inspired food and cocktail menus. Sample treats like broccoli with blood orange and elderflower or charcoal grilled beef with blackened aubergine and potato gnocchi, and wash it down with a perfectly blended espresso martini. You'll relish desserts like blackcurrant leaf ice cream with chocolate cake or bergamot cake with dark chocolate sorbet.

etch. is posh fine dining in an exclusive setting. Located in an impressive space with high ceilings, huge windows and dark leather benches, you'll love the rich feel of this restaurant. There are 12 tables from which you can enjoy watching the action of the open kitchen preparing intricate dishes for their 5, 7 or 9-course weekly tasting menu.

Head downstairs to the basement bar where you can sip local vodkas and gins mixed with homemade vermouth. Take a table upstairs and sample unique inventions like crispy truffle and cream cheese sweet roll or marmite brioche with seaweed butter. You'll appreciate the delightful tarte tatin, or upside-down tart, with chicory, walnut, aubergine, blue cheese and lovage oil.

Roundhill Restaurant is an elegant, fully plant-based bistro with a relaxed, inviting vibe. The stylish dining room features large wicker lighting, heavy wood tables and shrubs placed all around. Fresh ingredients are used in an innovative way to create unexpected and flavourful daily dishes that vegans and non-vegans alike will enjoy.

You'll love the combination of small tasty dishes at Roundhill Restaurant, coupled with natural wines and delicious cocktails prepared by their award-winning mixologist. Try scrumptious combinations like Panisse, or chickpea flour fries, with carrot and vadouvan mayonnaise or satay oyster mushrooms with cherry puree. Savour sweet treats like grilled peaches with pistachio and mango sorbet or tahini ice cream with rum caramel, raisins and gingerbread.

The Gingerman is a longstanding intimate and modern restaurant serving uncomplicated dishes made from fresh seasonal ingredients. Located close to the seafront in Brighton's Norfolk Square, the modest space has a homey vibe with bare brick walls, dark wood tables and black leather bench seating. You'll enjoy the clever and pretty layered presentation of the dishes that are served on large plates and wood and slate boards.

You'll savour expertly prepared dishes that include lamb loin and tuna ceviche, along with thoughtful wine pairings. Try the caramelised onion ravioli with a homemade salsa verde of hazelnut and mustard. Save room for their famous soufflé, an egg-based sweet dessert with apricot, banana or apple. Vegetarian options are also available upon request.