Hello friends,
As the very wise Winnie the Pooh once said: “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like ‘What about lunch?’” So, without unnecessary verbosity we’re dishing up some of our favourite lunch deals to satiate and titillate (oops, sorry Pooh!) without parting with too much honey.
Join us in wishing a happy birthday to Winnie the Pooh, who turns 100 this year. The great folk at Trigger have created The Big One Hundred, with performances, events and workshops to help protect the OG Hundred Acre Wood, Ashdown Forest, for the next hundred years. And they’re touring Sussex!
Talking of honey, we indulge in the best sweet treats in town, celebrate the return of Furna, and don some blue jeans for a spot of Country music in the country. Cos mama didn’t raise no fool now did she.
Lunch deals
Purezza Brighton – £10 lunch 7-inch pizza Monday – Friday before 5pm – plus under-10s can eat free with a paying adult.
Bonsai Plant Kitchen – £15 student deal Bento Box and drink anytime during opening hours with valid student ID – great-value plant-based eating.
The Canopy – £5 kids’ menu with choices including chicken and chips, scrambled eggs, cheese toasties and bacon sandwiches.
Maré – £45pp Set Lunch Sharing Menu offers a taste of the best! Think small plates of duck pastrami, pulled lamb shoulder, heirloom tomatoes… salivating is optional.
Kernel Canteen – Great value GLO Bowls are fresh, colourful combinations packed with flavour. Think wholesome grains, seasonal vegetables, punchy dressings.
Check out more deals here > https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/restaurant-offers-brighton/
Mowgli: New look, New Menu, Amazing Offers
Everyone’s favourite spicy, swing-seat establishment Mowgli Brighton relaunches on 28 August, following a stunning refurbishment. There’s a brighter daytime feel that shifts into the restaurant’s familiar warm, twinkly evening atmosphere, with new upholstered booths and a more prominent bar. To celebrate, Mowgli has created a Brighton-exclusive Fish and Chips, while the first 100 guests from midday on relaunch day get their meal for free. And if that wasn’t cool (hot?) enough, launch week offers 50% off dishes including Gunpowder Chicken, Yoghurt Chat Bombs, Aunty Geeta’s Prawn Curry and Mother Butter Chicken. Swing by!
Treats for the kids (and grown-ups, too)
We get it: a sugar rush might not be top of your wishlist four weeks into their summer holidays, but you never know, it might entertain them for a while. We’re lucky to have something of a grotto of sweet treat creators in the city because, let’s face it, we’re worth it. Here are a few of our favourites, and check out the full BRAVO Awards winners here!
DRAFT – The Best Sweets and Treats in Brighton & Hove : BRAVO Winners 2026
LATE PLATES: 1/3 off Cooking Classes in September
Dreaming of mastering Sri Lankan dishes? Keen to impress friends at your next dinner do? Brighton & Hove Food Partnership is offering discounted classes during September – use code LATEPLATES33 and get 1/3 off. Here’s the full list of chef-run courses!
Collaboration Station
Whether it’s Kylie & Madonna, bangers & mash, or Heinz & Absolut Vodka tomato sauce (yes, it happened) we all love a good collab. Our city’s food scene is forging bonds faster than you can say “peanut butter and jam”. So, which two are becoming one this week?
The legend that is Momma Cherri is teaming up with Kemptown’s seafood boil supremo The Velvet Crab on Sunday 30 August for a very special dining event! Solo diners can even sit at the chef’s table where Momma herself promises to ‘spill the tea’. Get in. https://www.instagram.com/p/DcOUg4xIgC1/
Also on Sunday, Bonsai Plant Kitchen is back at Vine Street Tap. Expect a brand-new, bespoke Bonsai menu, plus the return of their famous ice cream sandwiches!
Grazing Kitchen takes over The Greenhouse from today until 16 September. Get in quick to sample dishes such as Argentinian prawns, ham hock croquettes, crispy squid tacos, oysters and chilli feta hash. All the good stuff.
And melding Peruvian and Japanese cuisine? That’s Kemptown restaurant Lima Nikkei’s superpower. Read what our Brittany thought of her visit!
WIN at Fourth and Church
On our radar: Editor’s Picks
Tonight! Lost in the Lanes’s Lost in Music Summer Edition brings the Brazilian sounds of Samba and ukulele strums courtesy of Sabrina Mogentale.
The fabulous Furna is open again after its little summer break – and ready to welcome everyone! They’re dishing up deals to delight, with the tagline, ‘Seasonal Cooking, Exceptional Value’. Check out Furna’s Table 35 offering and thank us later.
Pop over to The New Inn, Hurstpierpoint this Sunday for a garden party afternoon of llive country music with Jenna Oxbury. Yee-haw from 2-4pm.
The late August Bank holiday is 29 – 31August weekend. How about some Reggae Reggae BBQ beats and meats with Moyos at The Islingword? Get tickets here.
RB Diary
Jude and Emma are visiting Alfriston to capture the best of Poco. Torsten will be sampling ‘wines from across the Med’ at the Kemptown Klub and with rain forecast, sheltering in the delights of Shelter Hall. And our Steffan is getting fired up at Embers, the lucky so-and-so.
Yours, with lunch invitations firmly in mind,
Torsten and Team RB x