After passing this place many times (usually when I wasn't hungry) and reading all the glowing…read morereviews I finally got the chance to try this place. The interior is very nice and as I had arrived just after noon I had my choice of tables. I sat by the window for a nice view out onto the street. While I was waiting for my meal I was served a bowl of warm flatbreads (apparently made in-house) and a little bowl of olives. The main course I opted for was adana kofte served with rice and salad. The lamb was cooked on skewers which are then removed before serving leaving two perfect pooh-shaped sausages on the plate. And very tasty it was too despite the slightly off-putting appearance. The salad was very nice and a generous portion too. I just about managed to finish my meal (washed down with a glass of tango) despite the flatbreads almost having filled me up. The bill arrived along with a small, but greatly appreciated, cube of turkish delight. Service and ambiance was excellent, I look forward to returning and trying something a little less pooh-shaped.

A brilliant place that Hove has to offer. If you like meat, you cannot go wrong…read more The place has an indoor barbecue!! All the meat is cooked right in front of you. Turkish food, mainly kebabs. A great array of starters too. We went for the Special Mixed Grill for two. All meals come with complimentary bread and olives. Service is friendly enough and the decor of the place is great. Great value, quality food. A great place for lunch or dinner

Great decor. Kind and attentive staff. The smell of charcoal grilled meats fills the air and tempts…read moreyou. I had the Lamb Shish and it was delicious. If I'd been with friends I would have chosen one of each of the appetizers. Being alone, I had to pick one. I did stuffed grape leaves and they were superior! I highly recommend this place for the waiters, the ambiance, and the treasure chest thing the bill comes in. And the food of course.

Had a lovely server who chatted to us all evening and advised us on what food we might like. Didn't…read morecatch her name but she was super helpful and made the experience even nicer. We got the collection of starters between two of us (the fattoush is so good, would for sure recommend), and were very pleased with the price and quality. My only reservation is that the main dishes were a bit small and plain for the price. If I went again I would probably just get more starters to try and forego a main.

I'm going to agree bang-on with the first reviewer…read more I had a "rich tomato sauce with lamb and okra cooked in it". It was nice. Fine. A little on the greasy side. The rice was pretty fabulous. It's an OK-- if expensiveish-- place for a lunch if you're working on a client site, but it fits in with Brighton's trend of uninspiring and somewhat blah lunch places. Which isn't the worst thing. I'd just like to have something nice besides a sandwich every now and then. This is nice, in the "yes, auntie, your Sunday roast was quite nice" sense. On the upside, the waitrons were attentive and pleasant.

Our server was excellent! The food delicious and the drinks strong. Exactly what you need at a…read morerestaurant.

OUTSTANDING!! Delicious meat platter for two! came back next day for plate of lamb ribs!! yum!!…read moreGreat ambiance, tradition Turkish music, and friendly staff. highly recommend!!!

The flavours of the lamb chops were amazing. Beautiful ambience in the restaurant. It is annoying…read morethat I have to keep writing.

Coming back to the Lewes Road, to take a look around and gather my pictures for Yelp, I was happy…read moreto see on the door of AA Charcoal Grill, a license from the Council which granted them to stay open until 4 in the morning. This made me happy for the people at the shop, who will now surely have a huge surge in business, and it also made me happy for all the students who can now enjoy a kebab after coming out of a club. AA Charcoal grill is not the best Kebab place in Brighton, but it's O.K. The meat is alright, but it doesn't have a really juicy and fresh taste to it, which Flame on the London Road does, but by no means is a Kebab here bad. I mean I bought many kebabs here last year when I lived pretty much right next to it, and I went back. My advice would be to go for a mixed Kebab, of Chicken and Lamb, which will set you back about £5.80 and cram it full of all the salads, as well as extra jalapenos, which is sure to not leave you hungry.

Damn you alcohol! Having heard that AA Charcoal Grill did the best burgers in all of Lewes Road and…read morehaving left Concorde 2 with a particular hankering for some kind of foodie goodness, I decided to save my bus fare and walk home via AA. I soon grew impatient though, and ran most of the way there, picking up a couple of other late night stragglers who also said they were headed to the Holy Grail that is AA. Invigorated further, I quickened my step and left them whooping over my shoulder. Bursting through the door, my eyes whipped up to the price board, past the kebabs and to the burgers, and down to the mushroom and cheese burger which sounded just original enough to warrant the £3 I whipped out for it. As it landed on the grill and I dropped my change into my pockets, I lowered my gaze and saw that AA does something a little special with its kebabs... Anyone familiar with souvlaki will know what I'm talking about... Basically, rather than having a hunk of meat rotating over a heat and having chunks lopped off of it every once in a while, fresh meat, peppers, onions and the like are skewered on a metal... er... skewer and cooked over a charcoal grill. The results, are sublime... And although I resisted the urge to buy one to accompany my burger, it was only because I'd have had to find a cash point first. Next time I'm out late at night and on the prowl for munch, this'll be my port of call, and if it lives up to my expectations, a 5th* will be on the cards....

Service was excellent, wine selection had delightful surprises, food was very authentic and good…read more Excellent value and quality. We enjoyed our evening.

INCREDIBLE! I usually like to try a variety of restaurants while traveling but Anatolia was so…read moredelicious we had dinner here 2 nights in a row. I loved the open kitchen where you can watch the grill master fire up your meats right before your eyes. Service was friendly overall, and the restaurant had a clean, modern, and middle eastern decor to add extra flair...the food is delicious! Highly recommend! £22 Grilled Sea Bream...Marinated sea bream fillets grilled on an open charcoal. Came with a nice mixed salad with pickled cabbage and nice dressing, rice, and flatbread. The fish fillets were crisp on the outside skin and moist and tender meat inside, so good! £20 Kurtalan Express...delicious juicy succulent skewers of tender lamb, and chicken, and chargrilled vegetables. Served with rice and salad. Delicious!!! £20 Lamb Beyti fresh ground minced lamb, grilled on a skewer and wrapped in lavash and topped with tomato sauce. Served with yogurt, salad, rice. £17 Stuffed aubergine with combination of mushrooms, onions peppers, and tomatoes...roasted and delightful, great for vegetarians.

A fine little Kebab place this one, that a native Brighton-er I know has frequented for the best…read morepart of a decade. I'm not a fan of take out food, so it would be harsh for me to judge anywhere like this on my personal reaction, but those around me were in love with the place. It wasn't even that craving that you only get after substantial amounts of alcohol either, as the lot of us had only had a few sups at the not too far away Sir Charles Napier. Being a little bigger than most off the beaten track take out stores, there was plenty of space to accommodate us and their large kitchen, and all the food was whipped up at a decent pace, and looked a damned sight fresher than standard... It was a little more expensive than I was expecting when I saw the charge come up on the card machine, but I think that's more my friends expensive taste than anything.

Funny name, eh? Is the implication that I'll be sobbing with pleasure, after my first bite of tasty…read morekebab or hamburger? Is it even possible to *sob* with pleasure? Well either way, my reaction was not quite that extreme. On a semi-drunken walk home recently, my friends and I decided to stop in here for sustenance before embarking upon the long old walk up the hill. I'm always a bit scared of takeaways that serve kebabs, pizzas, hamburgers and more...how can they possibly all be made to edible, (never mind top notch), standard?! Maybe I don't have enough faith in the culinary expertise of Brighton's teenage takeaway employees? Anyway, the point is, I was happily surprised by my kebab. True, I am not exactly a kebab veteran and I wasn't exactly 100% sober, but I thought it was pretty damn tasty! Fresh salad, tender meat and a nice warm pitta with chilies and some special sauce. Pretty good. I left wondering whether it was possible that kebabs hav been getting an unnecessarily bad rap....but that may have been the cider talking!

This is going purely on the delivery I got from there last night…read more It was just rubbish basically, the meat was as tough as old boots and minging. Served in a tiny pitta bread that was soggy and coming apart and quite frankly starting to resemble mush because there was more sauce than food. Nothing wrong with a decent amount of sauce but this was a joke. And the sauce was moody. Bad sauce = wronguns.

Kebabs! Gloriously misrepresented and fat ridden Kebabs!…read more They actually quite nice from Delights, here and AA Charcoal seem to have them down to an art. Nice big portions and never swamped in grease, they have cornered the market for the fresher, tasty side of Helal. Lamb, chicken, shish and doner-all served with pitta and salad. Personally I like the lamb shish, as you get cubes rather than slices and the fact that the are marinated on skewers seems to give it more of an edge.

I was attracted by the bright color of Leon's sign so I went and checked the menu: there were a lot…read moreof vegan/vegetarian options but also many traditional chicken and fish burgers (I got the chipotle and avocado burger... highly recommend!!). The staff was very nice and I had overall a very nice experience. 100% would go there again

When I started working in London I finally had a chance to try Leon. Billed as "naturally fast…read morefood" I was still shocked to find how much of their menu is gluten free. Including the desserts. I loved it so much that I excitedly tweeted to them that I would singlehandedly keep a restaurant open in Brighton. And they replied to me telling me to wait. Well... the wait is over! Today I was invited to the opening of the new Leon Restaurant in Brighton which replaces Eat. I think this is a brilliant swap as Eat was far too similar to its neighbour Pret. But Leon is quite different in that it offers warm, hearty food. Setting up just before winter is also probably a good move. The decor is really nice and chilled out. They make good use of the space which I've previously found a bit dark and claustrophobic. Katy and I were greeted by some of the nice workers at Leon and told we could each choose a meal and drink to have on the house. We both went for the Moroccan Meatballs (on my recommendation). I had a lemonade to drink and Katy went for a green smoothie. We also picked up a few sweet treats: my favourite lemon and ginger slice and a billionaire shortbread for Katy. The meatballs are my favourite so I knew I would like them, but Katy had never been to a Leon and she loved it as well. She began talking about how close it is to her work and how she will be able to pop in on breaks for a relatively healthy and warm meal. We also tried searching for the menu online and a sneaky link to Deliveroo popped up. So we're hoping they're going to be one of our delivery options soon.