Brighton Restaurant Award Winners 2026
The Best Restaurants in Brighton and Hove
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BEST RESTAURANTS IN BRIGHTON – Voted for by the brighton public
Among all the best restaurants Brighton and Hove has to offer, standing out is a real achievement. Voted for by you, this fiercely contested category celebrates the complete dining experience – exceptional food, warm hospitality and memorable atmosphere. Congratulations to this year’s BRAVO winner, terre à terre, and to all the outstanding restaurants shortlisted in 2026. Happy feasting!
Brighton's Best Restaurant
Trailblazing Brighton institution terre à terre takes the top spot for a second time in three years. Serving elegant, inventive vegetarian cuisine inspired by harmonious global flavours and seasonal local ingredients, it continues to set the standard for plant-led dining – always served with a generous side of joy.
Also placed 3rd in Best Team, Plant Champions and Best Sweets and Treats.
Runner up - Best Brighton Restaurant
Kindling’s popularity comes from its seamless blend of chef-led dining and a stylish modern restaurant aesthetic that simply works. Seasonal, ingredient-led specials sit alongside perennial favourites and top-quality cuts of meat, while cooking over fire brings the bold, smoky flavours that define the menu.
Winner of Brighton’s Best Lunch this year too!
Third Best restaurant in Brighton
With a menu designed for sharing, Embers chefs work their magic in a theatrical fire-led open kitchen. Mouthwatering smaller dishes sit alongside seasonal showstoppers, served in a lively dining space tucked away in the Lanes. Award-winning cocktails complete the experience – smoky, sultry, savoury and fun.
Winner of Brighton’s Best Sunday Roast for the second year running.
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A born winner, Burnt Orange has been a BRAVO Best Restaurant favourite since opening five years ago, taking the top spot twice already. With bright Mediterranean flavours, a sumptuously designed dining room and a fabulously striking bar, it’s easy to see why. Passionate chefs and an inspired menu keep diners coming back time and again.
Placed 7th for the Best Cocktails in Brighton, 10th among Brighton’s Best Lunches in 2026 and 16th in Sustainability Champions.
FIFTH
Brighton’s only truly plant-based, nut-free restaurant, Bonsai Plant Kitchen is brilliantly ahead of the game. Using unique techniques and ingredients to create a deliciously fresh South-East Asian-inspired menu, you won’t find anywhere else. Elevated, innovative and effortlessly cool.
Also placed 2nd in Plant Champions, 6th in Brighton’s Best Cocktails, 3rd in Sustainability Champions.
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The restaurant that helped bring modern Indian cuisine to the city, Indian Summer holds ‘local legend’ status while still appealing to a new generation of diners. Its menu is both approachable and accomplished. An irresistible mix of traditional spice, urban style and a genuinely friendly team.
Also placed 3rd in International Cuisine, 6th in Best Takeaway, 8th in Plant Champions.
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The seafront restaurant at Brighton’s iconic Grand Hotel, Cyan, is a top-tier treat. With its gloriously sophisticated setting and beautifully crafted modern British cooking, it’s easy to see the appeal. Fresh local seafood, seasonal ingredients and signature dishes from the grill lead the menu. The perfect choice for an elegant celebration.
Winner of Brighton’s Best Cocktails, 2nd in Best Sunday Roast, 5th in Best Team.
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Brighton’s longest-standing restaurant is still at the top of its game. A historic treasure, English’s of Brighton takes its reputation as a fine-dining seafood restaurant with the sleekest service in town very seriously. Come for the famous oyster bar, stay for the outstanding wine list and more than a touch of old-school glamour.
10th in Best Wine List.
Ninth
Built on passion and precision, chef-led Furna delivers consistently excellent contemporary tasting menus in a beautiful city-centre dining room. Every detail has been carefully considered and it shows in every dish. Pair your menu with fine and rare wines from the outstanding cellar for something extra special.
20th in Best Wine List.
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This family-run neighbourhood restaurant has been a local favourite for half a century. Rustic Italian and Mediterranean classics are served alongside its speciality – steaks. Housed in a historic fisherman’s cottage in the heart of The Lanes, diners are treated to relaxed dining, bold flavours and a personal welcome.
Placed 3rd in Best Wine List, 2nd in Best International Cuisine, 5th in Sustainability Champions, 13th Best Team.
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The Best Restaurants in Brighton and Hove 2026 are voted for by locals in the Brighton Restaurant Awards each year. This year’s top 20 includes terre á terre, Kindling, Burnt Orange, Embers, The Coal Shed, Kindling, and LOST in the Lanes – all celebrated for outstanding food, atmosphere, and service. Results for The Best restaurant in Brighton are always announced in the end of March, start of April. These awaards are also referred to as the BRAVOs.
The best restaurant in Brighton at the BRAVOS is decided via a locals public vote. This means over a 6 week voting period from January to March the public can decide what they think is their best restaurant in Brighton or Hove. Votes in 2026 amounted to 71,285 votes and 724 venues were nominated in the awards. 190 venues were placed in the BRAVO Awards, the placed venues and winners can be seen in the Brighton Restaurant Awards results 2026.
There are an increasing number of vegan restaurants in the Brighton top 20 best restaurants year on year. This year terre à terre won the top spot. They have won Brighton’s Best restaurant twice in 3 years. Bonsai Plant Kitchen (vegan) also finished in the top 10 and many of Brighton’s best restaurants offer plenty of strong vegan options.
According to the Brighton Restaurant Awards 2026 where there were 71,285 public votes, the most popular restaurant in Brighton right now is terre à terre. They have been voted the public favourite in 2026 having also won the accolade of Brighton’s Best Restaurant in previous years. The top 20 best restaurants in Brighton can be seen here.
Brighton has a number of chefs who have appeared on Masterchef the Professionals and the Great British Menu they include Steven Edwards from etch. Jean Delport from restaurant Interlude. Duncan Ray from The Little Fish Market is always highly regarded in the National Restaurant Awards. A round up of the best quality restaurants voted by the public can be discovered here. You may also wish to have a look at the Michelin rated restaurants in Brighton 2026 and the AA Rosettes page for Brighton and Sussex.
The top twenty Brighton best restaurant list represents the results of a public vote from 2026 where the general public vote for their favourite places to eat in the BRAVO awards.
Locals love neighbourhood gems like Kindling for its sustainability focus, Burnt Orange for social dining, and Terre à Terre for inventive vegetarian menus. Explore the full Best Restaurants Brighton guide to see all 20 winners in 2026.
Brighton’s fine dining highlights include Etch. by Steven Edwards in Hove, Dilsk, and Furna – all combining creative menus with exceptional presentation. Many feature in the Best Restaurants Brighton list.
Yes – award-winners like Terre à Terre and Bonsai Plant Kitchen, which is vegan, showcase imaginative plant-based dining. For more options, see our Vegan Restaurants Brighton guide.
Yes – etch. Fourth & Church, Cin Cin, Little Fish Market and Wabi Sabi in Hove all feature. To explore more, see our Best Restaurants in Brighton and Hove winners list – these are voted for by local people, winners for 2026 were announced in April 2026.
For date night, locals recommend etch. for Masterchef quality dining, English’s for seafood, and Cin Cin in Hove for intimate Italian dining. All have earned spots in the Best Restaurants Brighton guide.
