I spent about a week in Brighton/London area visiting my daughter as she was going to school at the…read moreuniversity of Brighton. While, I have a lot of highlights of my trip in the UK, one of the best was going to The Basketmakers Pub for drinks and dinner. It is interesting how many people asked me when I got back to the states if I'd gone to a pub and they wanted me to share the experience with them. It was a joy to be able to tell them about my time at The Basketmakers.

I loved my visit to this pub. The bartender was very friendly in helping me choose a beer and an…read moreorder of food to eat. I ended up with the HSC beer and Sausage & Mash with the leek and chive mash on her recommendation. The food was very good and the beer selection was good as well! They have multiple food & drink specials in addition to the regular menu items. I will be back next Thursday for the surf & turf special. Can't wait!

This is a top quality, nicely designed chip shop located centrally within Brighton's prominent Kemp…read moreTown area. This is a clean and modern take on what is a most unclean of British traditions, gone are the newspapers wrapped around soggy and cold chips, The Daily Catch brings you a good meal for a good price. I bought regular chips and battered cod, which cost me just over £4. That is pretty good, especially considering how much an alternative takeaway would cost elsewhere. The staff are also pretty friendly, which makes me a bigger fan once more.

So it's Brighton on a sunny day and I couldn't avoid the cliche of eating fish and chips on the…read morebeach. As a person who doesn't go to Brighton often I had a quick look on Yelp and zillions of fish places came up. Eventually someone in the group suggested this place as we were only looking for somewhere to take our food with us. We turned up and ordered a lot of fish. I was surprised that they actually cooked the fish that time and it wasn't already cooked and placed under heaters as in London. Eventually this resulted in crispy batter that didn't separate much from the fish and nice, flaky cod that kept its texture throughout. The squid was brilliant, I could eat a ton of that. It felt like it was deep fried in butter and it wasn't elastic or chewy at all. Chips were typical chip shop fare. Pretty good.

Oh my cod, the best name for a fish & chip shop that I have ever heard! The fish and chips are…read morepretty good as well. I agree that the chips are spot on and I can put a shout out for the battered sausages. They also have a Chinese menu which from what I saw was quite a large menu with plenty to choose from although I didn't opt for the Chinese so I couldn't comment on the quality. They sell their empty pickled onion containers for 50p a tub which I thought was quite funny. I asked if they actually sold any and they said that they sell them frequently! Like the godfather they too are shrewd businessmen. Like Sophie if I am in the Hannover area I would go here first.

Fish and Chips is a seaside staple, as we all know I'm sure. And being a seaside town, Brighton…read morehas hundreds of places to choose from. However, proximity to the sea, my friend, does not a yummy fish supper guarantee! Therefore, choose wisely friends. If you live near the London Rd, choose Bardsley's. If you live in Hanover, choose the Cod Father. The name alone is enough, surely? So wonderfully cheesy. It's simple wit was enough to draw me in regularly when I lived in the area. And they are more than just a great name too...the chips are really good, which is very important. They are crispy- none of this soggy malarkey you find in other places. The fish tastes fresh and the batter is not ridiculously heavy or overly greasy (don't get me wrong, there is grease, batter is never going to be the healthy option!). They also do great fish cakes and have all the usual picked extras: gherkins, onion and eggs. You can even catch up on current affairs whilst you wait, as they provide papers! Honestly, what more could you want rom your local fish and chip shop? Bravo! 5 stars.

Such a lovely fish and chips restaurant. Friendly service and the fish is so delicious. I was…read moresuggested to have my fish lightly battered so it's not so crispy and it was perfect. The chips were so good I had to have more. I'll definitely go back again.

Fantastic fish and chips, my daughter and I enjoyed them very much. Even though it was late at…read morenight, they were very kind and the food was excellent.

You can't walk more than a few feet in Brighton without seeing a seafood restaurant. And in our…read morecase this was the second choice as the first restaurant we wanted was fully booked, but honestly, I don't mind and I am glad the first place was book as this restaurant was excellent. The layout is a bit dated but don't let that fool you, with a view of the beach across the street this is a lovely place to have dinner. My girlfriend and I both had grilled fish options. I went with the Salmon and she had the Sea Bass. Both were delicious, although hers was looking up at her with sad dead eyes. We also had some shrimp as an appetizer that was excellent. The only reason I'm giving them 4 stars instead of 5 is that we went in August of 2020 (the era of COVID) and the waitress and others working at the restaurant were not properly wearing masks. The waitress had one on, that she would pull down when talking to us so as to be heard better. Making the mask pointless

Well you have to say this is a bizarre little place. Its a step back in time for sure...look a the…read morephotos...but... ...the staff are great, the service is great, the food is superb and apparently the Irish coffee was also really good...don't go there for the house wine though but its OK So why go, the food yes but the prices....its absolutely amazing...2 good sized lemon sole off the bone with potatoes were the same price as I can buy just 1 in the market, but of course its cooked too. We had a little bottle of fizz each, while we were waiting, 200cl like you used to get on airplanes...drinkable, fun experience..£5 each....seriously there is nothing not to like! And nearly everyone in there was a regular or returned every year when on holiday...everyone seemed to know everyone..and you will understand why they comeback...we will Great (unusual) place, run I think by Greek Cypriots...a lot of Greek stuff on the menu too Check it out!

All right, it's not a fine dining restaurant but a chippy underneath the arches by the beach. I…read morehave to say this is as fine a British fish and chip experience as you will get anywhere with top quality fish, perfect batter and chunky, crispy, clean-tasting chips all served at outside tables right on the beach. Coupled with a friendly welcome and excellent service Grand Junction brought joy to this expat's heart. Fish and chips just as they should be.

Superb fish and chips all cooked fresh with a great view of both Brighton Pier and the sea shore,…read moreexcellent friendly staff who are only too pleased to cater for your every need, my Grandchildren love the ice cream selection, and we love the very reasonable prices, so I would highly recommend this to every visitor to Brighton 5 star rating from a lover of fish and chips....

For a seaside eatery in the thick of touristy madness, Lucky Beach is surprisingly quaint,…read moreaffordable, and high quality. The beer, cocktail, soft drink, and coffee offerings are excellent and the food is globally inspired and locally sourced. Though the Brits aren't exactly good exciting tacos or anything labeled "spicy", Lucky Beach gets an A for effort. The emphasis on quality ingredients make each dish superb and despite the lack of authenticity, delicious nonetheless. A great choice for a drink, cup of coffee, a quick bite, or a relaxed meal with friends by the beach.

Many years ago, I had relocated to Brighton…read more At that time, the craziest thing you could find on a menu was stroganoff. Here it is 10 years later and things have changed. Came here and we were pleasantly surprised at the menu. We started with the avocado toast which was delicious. We both ended with the fish and chips. Chips were excellent. Fish - his was great. Mine had a bit of skin and bones fried with it. Still good, I just avoided those few pieces. Great oceanfront place

The restaurant has been renamed to Bad Boys so if you're looking for Buddies and see Bad Boys it's…read morethe same restaurant! I am currently sitting in the restaurant eating Fish and Chips as a I write this. The fish is so crispy but so fresh on the inside and the french fries are perfect. I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a great spot to just grab some quick food. We were the only Americans in the restaurant, the rest of the guests seemed to be locals so that must be a good sign. Waitstaff was incredibly nice and the food came out very fast. Would come again!

Buddies is open all night. I'll just let that sink in: all night. You cannot review Buddies like…read moreother restaurants: it is literally open all night. You can walk in off the street at 3 in the morning, order mussels in a garlic and cream sauce, and finish that bottle of Pinot as the sun comes up: a unforgettable experience for so many reasons. The chief reason to go to Buddies is the fabled Buddies all-nighter: grab some friends, head to Buddies at a reasonable hour, and don't leave until the morning traffic has subsided. This is bloody marvellous, for easedropping potential if nothing else: the people who frequent are an eclectic and wonderful bunch. Last time I did this, a man punched a woman over a dog, some drunk students threw up on each other, and a man proposed only to be unsurprisingly turned down. What do you expect? It's on the seafront, it's open all night: who are they gonna attract? Drunk people and insomniacs, and neither really wants to be there. The menu is huge: most of it is awful. Stick to chips and well-cooked to avoid a premature end to your all-nighter. And if you've been clubbing, and want to stay up, pop in here to end the night with a more sanitary alternative to the kebab dripping down your shirt on the long, meandering walk home.

Not a bad "Plaice" this (I crack me up...), offering very good prices for a chippy, and serving…read moreuntil very late indeed. Its not in the best position to visit on the way home from a night out, and being on Lewes Road, it is a little fiddly to get to however you plan to travel. But if your looking for budget grub, you could do a lot worse. I first tasted the wares of this place when my incredibly hyper mate came back from a house party a little earlier in the evening than I was expecting, brandishing a sausage and bag of prawn crackers. Impressed at the prawn crackers/ sausage combo, I enquired to where he had been. He told me "So So", which I believed was the name of the place until I came to reviewing it! I also thought that the food must be filled with some crazy amounts of sugar or something due to my friends excitable state, but I soon realised it was just the alcohol/ caffeine combo he'd been experimenting with.

Sa sa was my staple 'go to' chippy when I lived on Newmarket Road. They offer all you would expect…read morefrom a chippy and have a fair range of Chinese food on the menu also. Generally, you will be served by a late middle aged Chinese woman, whilst her husband attends to the frying and preparation of the Chinese dishes out back. Her command of the English language is somewhat limited, but thankfully her command of manners, plus good humour are certainly not lacking! I have only ventured onto the Chinese menu once and must admit that this is certainly a chippy offering Chinese food opposed to a Chinese with a few English dishes tacked on. The prawns and rice were simply that and although adequate, were a little bland. This being said, if you want Chinese then go to a Chinese takeaway. The fish and chip menu is both reasonable and mostly cooked to order. The chips weren't too greasy (mark of infrequent oil changing) and the batter is crispy, as well as tasty. You will buy a meal to satisfy the heartiest of appetites for under a £5 (or about £2 if you go for a sausage etc) I would recommend the prawn crackers that they are happy to serve you whilst you wait for your food to be cooked. It's just a shame that it's a bit out of the way and only likely to be frequented by Lewis road residents.

Filth, in the best of ways…read more Situated across the way from the Brighton Rail Station, Friends, whose name has no association to the food serves up late night snacks for a late night budget. The atmosphere is ho hum, but that's all part of the charm. You are not eating at Friends for the ambiance... no, you are going for £1.30 chips doused in salt & vinegar. The menu is a pretty standard for a Fast Food/Takeaway joint, Kebabs, Fish & Chips, and something called a Mexican Burger?? This is a stop over after the train or a late night wander through. I just enjoyed a steaming hot serving of chips for the long cold walk up the hill to Seven Dials. Students receive a %10 discount. Perfect for a student budget.

Overpriced and their fish and chips were a bit disappointing. Sing Li (30 seconds walk away -…read moreGuildford road) is much tastier and cheaper too. Note that Friends do kebabs (Sing Li doesn't).