BRAVO award winners 2025-26
Best Value in Brighton and Hove
Cheap eats Brighton – Top 20 budget venues
If you’re looking for great value, cheap restaurants in Brighton, the city truly delivers. Being on a budget doesn’t mean settling for poor-quality ingredients, skimpy portions, or junk food – and there’s no need to compromise on taste either!
Best Value venues keep costs low and pass the savings on to you.
Congratulations to this year’s BRAVO winner – Nanima Asian Kitchen and Cafe – and to all the Top 20 venues shortlisted in 2025. Find all the big flavours without the big price tag right here!
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First place
Kemptown locals might prefer to keep Nanima Asian Kitchen & Cafe their little secret. But the word is out: Nanima offers the #1 Best Value in the city and is a must-visit for Asian food lovers. Its daily-changing menu spans dishes like curries, stir-fries, dhals, laksas, and banh mi. Served canteen-style by a friendly team, it’s homemade food at refreshingly reasonable prices.
Nanima Asian Kitchen & Café also won #4 Best Lunch #4 Best International #9 Sustainability Champion #15 Best Team
Second place
Fatto a Mano is a go-to for Brightonians looking for hand-stretched pizza topped with one of the warmest welcomes around. Complete with a traditional woodfired oven, this pizzeria stays true to its Italian roots: a great value neighbourhood spot serving excellent pizza, well-placed sides, and ooh, that tiramisu… Delicioso!
Fatto a Mano also won #5 Most Family Friendly #11 Best Lunch
Third place
Pompoko
A Brighton institution for over 15 years, this relaxed, city-centre cafe serves up a crowd-pleasing Japanese menu. Perfect for pre-gig or theatre, the service is reliably efficient, while the donburi is always on point, the gyoza succulent, and the pumpkin katsu a plant-based highlight. Pompoko offers something for everyone, with Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) for £2.50, and really tasty, great value food!
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