Maré in Hove has Brighton's only Michelin star and four more hold Bib Gourmands: 17 restaurants with prices, hours and hygiene ratings, checked October 2026.
If you want the restaurants with the strongest public record, start with Maré by Rafael Cagali on Church Road, Hove, the city’s only Michelin star. Then come the four Bib Gourmands: The Flint House and Burnt Orange in The Lanes, and Palmito and Cin Cin on Western Road. Every entry below was checked against the venue’s own website on 23 October 2026.
We have not eaten at these places for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry sets out what the restaurant says about itself and what it publishes about prices, hours and booking. It then adds what the public record shows: the Michelin Guide listing and the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating. Thirteen of the 17 hold the top hygiene rating of 5, three are rated 4 and one is rated 3.
1. etch. by Steven Edwards, Church Road, Hove
etch. is the flagship restaurant of Steven Edwards, winner of MasterChef: The Professionals, in a former bank on Church Road. Michelin recommends it and describes an open kitchen and bar at the centre of the room; the restaurant says guests can watch the chefs create and serve each dish.
It says it celebrates local and British produce through seasonal tasting menus that evolve through the year. Its menus page sets out the current one: the autumn and winter menu from 3 November.
Pescatarian and vegetarian versions are offered. The kitchen says it cannot cater for fully vegan or dairy-free diets.
Drinks are central to the experience too, the restaurant says: INK, a cocktail bar, is below the restaurant, and the wine list is curated by sommelier Sam Weatherill, who the restaurant says was recently named the best in the UK at the AA Hospitality Awards.
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Price tasting menus £55 for four courses; £80 for six
Booking online, by phone or at contact@etchfood.co.uk
Call 01273 227485
Address 214-216 Church Road, Hove BN3 2DJ
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 28 February 2025
Website etchfood.co.uk/menus
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Good for tasting menus, open kitchen, former bank, pescatarian and vegetarian versions, INK cocktail bar downstairs
The Michelin star and the Bib Gourmands
2. Maré by Rafael Cagali, Church Road, Hove
Maré is the Hove restaurant of Rafael Cagali, the chef behind Da Terra in London. It describes itself as “a new culinary venture” from Cagali and his partner Charlie Lee, with a menu “rooted in sustainability and crafted around local Sussex and British produce”.
The Michelin Guide gives it one star, the only one in Brighton and Hove. Its menu page sets out the Taste of Maré sharing menu, a set lunch and wine pairing.
Open Wed 6pm to 9pm; Thu to Sat 12pm to 2pm and 6pm to 9pm; Sun 12pm to 2.30pm
Price Taste of Maré sharing menu £95 a head; set lunch £45; wine pairing £65; 12.5% service added
Booking through SevenRooms
Address 60 Church Road, Hove BN3 2FP
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 5 March 2026
Website marehove.com
Good for Michelin star, sharing menu, set lunch, wine pairing
3. The Flint House, Hanningtons Lane
The Flint House is run by Ben and Pamela McKellar’s Gingerman group, which calls it “a modern restaurant and bar”. Michelin gives it a Bib Gourmand, its award for good cooking at good value.
The Michelin inspectors note the red-brick and flint house was once part of Hannington’s department store. Menus are on its website.
Open Tue to Sun 12pm to 10pm
Booking on its website or by phone
Call 01273 916333
Address 13 Hanningtons Lane, BN1 1GS
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 7 January 2026
Website flinthousebrighton.com
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Good for Bib Gourmand, restaurant and bar, former department store building
4. Burnt Orange, Middle Street
Burnt Orange describes itself as “a wood-fired Mediterranean restaurant and bar on Middle Street”. It holds a Bib Gourmand, and it belongs to the Black Rock group with The Coal Shed and The Salt Room.
Open Sun to Thu 12pm to 10.30pm; Fri and Sat 12pm to 1am
Food last food seating 10pm, or 9pm on Sun
Booking tables of one to six online through SevenRooms; groups of seven or more use the group booking page; walk-ins welcome
Address 59 Middle Street, BN1 1AL
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 15 November 2022
Website burnt-orange.co.uk
Good for Bib Gourmand, wood-fired cooking, terrace, dogs on the terrace only, cashless
5. Palmito, Western Road, Hove
Palmito calls itself “a tiny, informal 20-seater restaurant located in a former takeaway near the Brighton-Hove border on Western Road”. It holds a Bib Gourmand.
Michelin describes small plates in a style the kitchen calls “spice driven”.
Open dinner Tue to Sat 5pm to 11pm; lunch Fri 12.30pm to 2.30pm and Sat 12pm to 2.30pm
Food orders close an hour before closing
Booking online, by phone or at reservations@palmito.co.uk
Call 01273 777588
Address 16 Western Road, Hove BN3 1AE
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 28 October 2023
Website palmito.co.uk
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Good for Bib Gourmand, small plates, 20 seats
6. Cin Cin, Western Road, Hove
Cin Cin describes itself as an “acclaimed modern Italian neighbourhood restaurant in Hove where fresh pasta is made fresh by hand everyday”. It holds a Bib Gourmand.
The à la carte menu changes daily, and the restaurant says it offers non-gluten and non-dairy menus with notice.
Open Tue and Wed from 5pm; Thu to Sat 12.30pm to 11.30pm; closed Sun and Mon, apart from a few holiday Sundays
Booking à la carte for tables of up to six; groups of seven or more get a five-course Chef's Menu
Address 60 Western Road, Hove BN3 1JD
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 23 September 2026
Website cincin.co.uk
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Good for Bib Gourmand, fresh pasta made by hand, menu changes daily, non-gluten and non-dairy menus with notice
Tasting menus
7. The Little Fish Market, Upper Market Street, Hove
Duncan Ray owns and cooks at The Little Fish Market, which promises “simple, ingredient led, fish focused cuisine” for 22 diners. Michelin notes it sits in a converted fishmonger’s opposite the old Victorian fish market.
Lunch is a three-course set menu and dinner a six-course tasting menu, with sample menus on its food page. Dishes usually stay on for four to six weeks.
Open Fri and Sat only, lunch and dinner, with tables at 1pm and 7pm
Price sample menus £35 at lunch to £96 at dinner
Address 10 Upper Market Street, Hove BN3 1AS
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 27 March 2025
Website thelittlefishmarket.co.uk
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Good for fish, tasting menu, set lunch, 22 diners
8. The Set, Preston Road
The Set calls itself “the smallest restaurant in Brighton”: 12 covers, ten at the kitchen counter and two in the window. “There’s no menu,” it says. Michelin records a 2026 move to an open kitchen counter, with everyone served together, so arrive on time.
Wednesday is M.A.D, an eight-course “Midweek Affordable Dinner”. Thursday to Saturday evenings bring the full Set Menu of 15 to 20 servings over about two and a half hours.
Friday lunch is Ramen Friday: one flavour, 20 bowls.
Open Wed (M.A.D); Thu to Sat evenings (Set Menu); Fri lunch (Ramen Friday)
Address 9 Preston Road, BN1 4QE
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 16 July 2026
Website thesetrestaurant.com
Good for 12 covers, kitchen counter, no menu, Ramen Friday
9. Dilsk, Marine Parade
Dilsk is inside the Drakes Hotel on the seafront. It describes itself as “an elegant and relaxed fine dining restaurant”, with chef Tom Stephens and co-founder Maddy Riches.
It offers two tasting menus, a shorter and a fuller one, with optional wine and non-alcoholic pairings. A set menu runs at lunch and dinner Monday to Thursday.
Michelin explains the name: dulse, a red-brown seaweed. The menus are a PDF on its site.
Address 43-44 Marine Parade, BN2 1PE
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 22 October 2024
Website dilsk.co.uk
Good for seafront, tasting menus, set menu Mon to Thu, wine and non-alcoholic pairings
10. Furna, New Road
Furna describes itself as “a modern european restaurant based in the heart of Brighton”. Michelin notes it is the first solo venture of chef-owner Dave Mothersill.
It serves à la carte and tasting menus, plus a shorter set menu at Friday and Saturday lunch and until 6pm. A sharing menu, Table 35, runs on Wednesday and Thursday.
The kitchen says it cannot cater for coeliac, vegan or dairy-free diets.
Open Wed 5pm to 11pm; Thu to Sat 12.30pm to 4pm and 5pm to 11pm
Address 6 New Road, BN1 1UF
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 4 September 2025
Website furnarestaurant.co.uk
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Good for tasting menus, set lunch Fri and Sat, Table 35 sharing menu Wed and Thu
Bistros and neighbourhood places
11. Embers, Meeting House Lane
Embers says it cooks “absolutely everything over an open wood fire”, on what it calls a medieval-style fire cage in the middle of the room. Chefs Dave and Isaac opened it together; it calls the idea “Fire & Friendship”.
It is in the Michelin Guide.
Open Mon and Wed to Fri 5pm to 11pm; Sat 9am to 11pm; Sun from 9am; closed Tue
Booking tables of up to eight online; larger groups through the events page
Address 42 Meeting House Lane, BN1 1HB
Hygiene rating 4, Food Standards Agency, 24 September 2025
Website embersbrighton.co.uk
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Good for open wood fire cooking, Michelin Guide, groups
12. Wild Flor, Church Road, Hove
Wild Flor calls itself an “award-winning Brighton & Hove neighbourhood restaurant” serving “well-cellared, classic cookery”. Michelin says a group of lifelong friends own it.
A Sunday Lunch Club runs once a month; the next is on 25 October. A seasonal three-course set menu runs alongside.
Open dinner Tue to Thu 6pm to 9.15pm, Fri and Sat 5.30pm to 9.15pm; lunch Tue to Sat; Sunday Lunch Club once a month
Booking through SevenRooms
Address 42 Church Road, Hove BN3 2FN
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 4 December 2025
Website wildflor.com
Good for classic cookery, seasonal set menu, Sunday Lunch Club
13. Stem, Church Road, Hove
Stem is from the team behind Dilsk. It calls itself “a Michelin Guide recommended chef-led British bistro and wine bar in Hove”.
It serves seasonal British food with natural and classic wines, vinyl records and rotating art shows.
Open Mon to Wed 5pm to 11pm; Thu 12pm to 11pm; Fri and Sat 12pm to midnight; Sun 12pm to 9pm
Call 01273 435582 or info@stemhove.co.uk
Address 41 Church Road, Hove BN3 2BE
Hygiene rating 4, Food Standards Agency, 28 May 2026
Website stemhove.co.uk/stem
Good for wine bar, natural wines, vinyl records, rotating art shows
14. Tutto, Marlborough Place
Tutto is an Italian restaurant in a former banking hall opposite Victoria Gardens, and its motto is “bring everyone, eat everything”. It is in the Michelin Guide and belongs to the Black Rock group.
Its hygiene rating of 3, “generally satisfactory”, is the lowest on this list.
Open Mon to Thu 12pm to 10pm; Fri and Sat 12pm to 10.30pm; Sun 12pm to 9pm
Booking online for up to ten people; larger groups book separately
Address 20-22 Marlborough Place, BN1 1UB
Hygiene rating 3, Food Standards Agency, 6 August 2026
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Good for Italian, former banking hall, groups, card only
15. The Ginger Pig, Hove Street
The Ginger Pig is an early 20th-century inn at the bottom of Hove Street, a few minutes from the beach. It is Gingerman’s pub with rooms and is in the Michelin Guide.
It says GQ listed it among the top ten pubs in the UK, and that it “always welcome[s] families and children”.
Open breakfast 8am to 11am; Mon to Sat lunch noon to 3pm and dinner 6pm to 10pm; Sun lunch 12.30pm to 8pm
Booking tell them when you book if you bring a dog
Address 3 Hove Street, Hove BN3 2TR
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 13 July 2026
Website gingerpigbrighton.co.uk
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Good for rooms, families and children, dogs in the bar area only, near the beach
The long-standing names in The Lanes
16. English’s, East Street
English’s calls itself “Brighton’s oldest seafood restaurant”, with a restaurant, an oyster bar and an outside terrace. Its heritage page traces the site to a fishmonger and the Brazier brothers, 1880s oyster merchants.
Clifford Leigh-Jones bought it from the English family in 1945, and his family still runs it.
Open Mon to Thu 12pm to 9pm; Fri and Sat 12pm to 9.30pm; Sun 12pm to 8.30pm
Booking by phone or at book@englishs.co.uk
Call 01273 327980
Address 29-31 East Street, BN1 1HL
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 26 March 2026
Website englishs.co.uk
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Good for seafood, oyster bar, outside terrace, children's menu
17. Terre à Terre, East Street
Terre à Terre is the vegetarian and vegan restaurant that has served “organic, natural and English wines in the heart of Brighton’s Lanes since 1993”. Its homepage quotes the late AA Gill in the Sunday Times: “most probably the best vegetarian restaurant in Britain”.
Its menus page lists a Sunday sharing menu and a children’s menu, Little Terrors, every day.
Open every evening; lunch Wed to Sun
Price Sunday sharing menu £35 for two courses or £45 for three
Booking walk-ins welcome
Address 71 East Street, BN1 1HQ
Hygiene rating 4, Food Standards Agency, 12 February 2026
Website terreaterre.co.uk
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Good for vegetarian and vegan, children's menu daily, organic and English wines
How we chose
This is a list of the restaurants people search for. It is chosen on records anyone can check, not on taste. We started with every restaurant on the Michelin Guide’s Brighton and Hove page, then added the two longest-running names in The Lanes. We left out Amari on Baker Street, which is in the guide but publishes only an Instagram page, so we could not check its hours and prices. Nothing rated below 3 by the Food Standards Agency was considered.
We checked every restaurant’s own website on 23 October 2026 for hours, prices, booking rules and any closure notice. Hygiene ratings come from the FSA register on the same day. Prices and hours change, so check with the restaurant before you go.
For more ideas, see things to do in Brighton and what’s on in Brighton this month. You can also browse every restaurant in our Brighton business directory.
Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@brightontimes.co.uk.
Frequently asked questions
Which Brighton restaurants are in the Michelin Guide?
Michelin’s Brighton and Hove page lists 16. Maré by Rafael Cagali on Church Road, Hove, holds one Michelin star. The Flint House, Burnt Orange, Palmito and Cin Cin hold Bib Gourmands. Dilsk, Embers, Furna, Tutto, Amari, Little Fish Market, The Set, Stem, Wild Flor, etch. and The Ginger Pig are recommended without a star.
Which Brighton restaurants allow dogs?
The Ginger Pig in Hove allows dogs in its bar area only and asks you to say so when you book. Burnt Orange allows dogs outside on its terrace only.
What is the oldest restaurant in Brighton?
English’s on East Street calls itself Brighton’s oldest seafood restaurant. Its own history traces the site to a fishmonger and 1880s oyster merchants, and the Leigh-Jones family has owned it since 1945. Terre à Terre has served vegetarian food in The Lanes since 1993.
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