BRAVO award winners 2026
Plant Champions
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Brighton’s 20 Best Plant-Based Dining Spots You Need to Try
Brighton continues to lead the way when it comes to brilliant plant-based dining. Voted for by you, this category celebrates the venues serving the best vegan and plant-forward food Brighton has to offer – from stylish Brighton cafés and creative restaurants to fast-food favourites and welcoming Brighton pubs. Congratulations to this year’s BRAVO winner, Earth & Stars.
First place
One of the city’s best – and most historic – North Laine pubs, Earth & Stars tops this year’s Plant Champions. With a fully plant-based menu geared towards the pub crowd, it serves seasonal dishes and a terrific vegan roast. There’s a cosy community feel that everyone, vegan or not, will want to come back for.
Finished runner up in best Brighton and Hove pub and 5th in Brighton’s Best Sunday Roast.
Second place
Bonsai Plant Kitchen is the city’s only 100% plant-based, nut-free restaurant, which would be a shame if it wasn’t so darn good. The South-East Asian menu features dishes cooked over a traditional binchotan grill, giving mouthwatering, smoky flavours you might find addictive. Edgy Tokyo design, cool tunes and hot cocktails meet a bona fide champion of plant-based dining.
5th in Brighton’s Best Restaurants, 6th in Brighton’s Best Cocktails, 3rd in Sustainability Champions.
Third place
Brighton & Hove’s Best Restaurant is undeniably a local Plant Champion, offering an unbeatable fully vegetarian, seasonal, plant-led contemporary fine-dining experience. Taking flavour inspiration from across the globe, diners will be thrilled by the elegance and complexity of the trendsetting menu. Local, seasonal, simply delicious.
Winner of the 2026 Best Restaurant in Brighton, 3rd in Best Team and 3rd in Sustainability Champions.
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