BRAVO award winners 2025-26
Best Lunch Brighton
Best Lunches in Brighton and Hove – Top 20
Where to find the best lunch Brighton can deliver is the question on everybody’s lips. Far from being dinner’s straight little sister, lunch brings bang for your buck.
From grab-and-go bites to great value deals, leisurely family roasts to exclusive set menus, Brighton has it all. Whatever you’re craving, our BRAVO winners list ensures you’ll choose wisely.
Congratulations to this year’s BRAVO winner – Fourth and Church – and to all the fantastic venues shortlisted in 2025. Here’s to making lunch the highlight of the day!
First place - Best lunch in brighton
Those in the know go to Fourth and Church for the Best Lunch. With one foot firmly planted in continental restaurant culture, the team here loves great food, exceptional wine and warm hospitality – and it shows. The fresh, seasonal à la carte lunch menu is bursting with flavours from around the world, as is the excellent-value lunchtime set. Plus, if you fancy a glass of wine, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better selection anywhere in town. Uncomplicatedly fabulous.
Fourth and Church also won #2 Best Wine List #9 Plant Champion #13 Best Cocktails
Second place - Best lunch in brighton
Who’s surprised that BRAVOS Best Brighton Restaurant Burnt Orange also delivers a knockout lunch? Well, nobody really! From its historic home in the heart of The Lanes, Burnt Orange excels at everything it does. Expect Mediterranean-inspired dishes cooked over open flames in a bustling, theatrical kitchen while you enjoy the sumptuous interiors, and casual yet refined atmosphere. Don’t miss the excellent cocktails – and when the weather’s fine, the gorgeous terrace is absolutely the place to be.
Burnt Orange also won #1 Best Restaurant #2 Best Cocktails #4 Best Team #11 Sustainability Champion
Third place
When you find yourself Lost In The Lanes, you’ll feel instantly at home. This ultra-warm, stylish restaurant-café-bar proudly boasts BRAVOS Best Team, and their excellence doesn’t stop there. The seasonal menu is packed with European-inspired crowd-pleasers, think focaccia served fresh from the oven and plates of plump green olives, mouthwatering sharing plates and generous, indulgent mains. Relax in the stunning dining room – stay as long as you can – and savour all that Lost In The Lanes lunchtime has to offer.
Lost In The Lanes also won #1 Best Team #4 Best Restaurant #4 Best Brunch #4 Sustainability Champion
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