THE BRAVO AWARDS
Behind the Glory: What It’s Like to Win a BRAVO Award
The impact of winning a bRaVO
Winning a BRAVO Award is a game-changer for any hospitality business. It’s more than just a trophy—it’s proof that your venue is loved and celebrated by the paying public. This recognition elevates your profile, showcasing your business to potential customers and gaining respect among industry peers.
The impact on your team is just as powerful; winning brings your staff together, boosts morale, and inspires pride in their hard work. Plus, with heightened visibility, your business can expect increased footfall and enhanced marketing opportunities. A BRAVO Award doesn’t just acknowledge excellence—it helps your business thrive and grow. 🌟
Enjoy these quotes from the BRAVO 2024 winners, sharing what the awards mean to them.
Best Brunch – Oeuf
Wow, what an egg-citing honor to win Best Brunch in 2024 and Best Café in 2023 at the Brighton BRAVO Awards! A huge thank you to our amazing customers and the Brighton community for loving what we do—whether it’s enjoying Frumpets™ in our cosy corners, sipping juicy Bloody Marys in the Secret Garden, or soaking up those comforting Oeuf vibes with friends.
These awards have truly been a game-changer, boosting our online visibility, helping us rank higher on Google, and bringing even more foodies and coffee lovers through our doors. We’re so grateful for the support that’s made Oeuf Café a must-visit spot in Brighton. Here’s to brunching big in Brighton and Hove!
Amber and the Oeuf Café Team
Best International Restaurant – Nostos
We are absolutely thrilled to have received this award for best international cuisine – it’s a true testament to the hard work and passion of our entire Nostos team.
This recognition not only boosts our brand visibility but also strengthens the trust our customers place in us. It’s incredibly rewarding to see the impact it has already had on our business, with new customers discovering us and loyal ones celebrating alongside us.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who voted and to the BRAVO team for shining a spotlight on the vibrant, innovative community we’re proud to be part of. Here’s to an even brighter 2025!
Kyriakos Baxevanis – Nostos
Best Sunday Roast – Ladies Mile Pub
Being the winner of the Bravo Award 2024 for the best Sunday roast was one of our biggest achievements yet after 21 years in hospitality!!!! Sunday’s has always been buzzing here but since winning theres not a Sunday that goes past where we don’t hear….. ‘now I know why they won the bravo award!!!’
Business has definitely improved thanks to Bravo!!! Potential customers go online to do their research before going out and seeing award winning…. They come to us!!
Myself, Paul, Jamie & all the staff feel incredibly proud!!! And grateful for all the votes from loyal customers & our community without them we wouldn’t be where we are today.
Gayle Newman – The Ladies Mile
Best Sussex Restaurant – Crabshack
We are delighted to have won best Sussex restaurant for the second year running.
It means so much to us all, especially as it is a completely public vote.
We are nothing without our wonderful regulars and thank them all so much for voting for us ! Can’t wait to see the award!
Sarah Tinker-Taylor, Crabshack in Worthing
Best Brighton Restaurant – terre a terre
We are staggered and delighted to have won this award for best Brighton restaurant, and beyond grateful to everyone who voted for us. Terre à Terre is the product of an incredible team, wonderful customers and a thriving restaurant community.
We’d be nothing without all these elements. Brighton and Hove is teeming with amazing independent hospitality venues, we’re so proud to be just one of them, and we all need the lovely people of the City to keep supporting us all as they’ve done so amazingly throughout these difficult times.
We feel very humbled to receive this award and look forward to feeding you all for a long time to come! And thank you to the Restaurants Brighton team!
Amanda Powley – Terre à Terre
Best Cocktail – The permit Room
Winning the 2024 Best Cocktails was an incredible feeling. Our team poured endless effort into crafting a cocktail menu that’s fresh and exciting for the Brighton bar scene.
We can’t thank you enough for voting and supporting us – it’s truly been a game-changer, boosting our visibility as a leading name in cocktails in the city.
Looking forward to another fantastic year ahead.
Minnie & Hayley – Dishoom Permit Room Brighton
Best Coffee – Komodo
What an amazing surprise to receive the Bravo award for best coffee almost one year to the day since we opened! We are truly humbled.
The coffee we are lucky enough to brew has come on a long journey by the time we receive it, so thank you to all the awesome producers, and to our partners Kofra Coffee who source and roast to perfection.
Much love to everyone that voted, and to all the wonderful people that make Komodo such a lovely place to hang out and drink coffee. Thank you! Komodo x
James Cowan- Komodo Coffee
Best Lunch – Lost in the lanes
I am so thrilled to have won best lunch in Brighton in this year’s Bravo awards.
I am especially happy for my incredibly hard working, talented team, lead by head chef Sophie and manager Zoe.
We would love to say thank you to all our loyal customers by raising a glass of fizz together, just pop by one day and say ‘bravo’ and one of the team will pour you a complimentary glass!’
Natalie Demetriou – Lost in the Lanes
BEST SUSSEX PUB – THE EIGHT BELLS JEVINGTON
Thank you to everyone who voted for us!
We’ve worked hard to make our gem of a village pub a real destination and are over the moon to be your Sussex pub of the year!
The Eight Bells, Jevington
best takeaway – Social board
Thank you to all our customers who voted for us in the BRAVO awards. We have worked so hard since 2018 to have the sexiest sandwiches in Brighton and are looking forward to making many more for all of you!
Big thanks to our fantastic staff for putting so much effort into taking part in the BRAVO awards. We are so happy!”
Tomasz Kowalski – Social Board
BEST team – il bistro
We are so delighted to win the best team award as this is the award that means the most to us.
Every one of us dedicates our lives into what we do to provide the best experience possible for our guests. Our ethos at IL Bistro is the customer isn’t a king or queen and that’s because they’re a friend. I believe our attitude towards what we do is the reason we have been trading for nearly 50 years.”
Abe – Il Bistro
best for vegans – bonsai plant kitchen
My team at Bonsai were over the moon to have received the “Best Vegan Restaurant“ award two years running.
To see what started as a small pop-up during Covid grow into a real restaurant concept three years on still feels somewhat surreal.
BRAVO was one of our first awards that we won and has always been a big supporter. Working with them over the past few years has been massively beneficial for us. Thank you to everyone who voted last year, and a big thank you to the Restaurants Brighton team!
Dominic Sherriff – Bonsai Plant Kitchen
BEST wine list – fourth & church
Paul Morgan – Fourth and Church
eat well for less – halisco
Both me and Mo are humbled to win the award, we really felt like we were strong contenders and it paid off nicely!
And a massive shout out to all of our customers who voted!
Ali – Halisco
BEST for the family – moksha
We’re delighted to win another BRAVO!
The team tries to make everyone feel welcome and being a family business it’s great to win the family-friendly category this year.
Oli Trafford – Moksha Caffe
most sustainable – majahma
Woooooowwwweeeee!!! Thank you Brighton! Sustainability is at the core of how we set Majahma up, so you can imagine being voted most sustainable really means the world to us.
We’re so lucky to be making food we love, in a way we love for a town we love. Thank you all so much for voting for us. Nish, Roo and Team Majahma xxx
Nish Fatania – Majahma
BEST brighton PUB – The eddy
As a small family run pub, we feel totally honoured to have won first place in the category “Best Brighton Pub” as absolutely we weren’t expecting it!
After having won “Best Local Pub” last year, it just goes to show that size isn’t everything and we must be doing something right!
Thank you to Bravo for this inspiring competition and to all our locals who voted and love the pub as much as we do.
Hatt Eaton – The Eddy
best cafe – starfish and coffee
To have won a fifth BRAVO just blows my mind.
We have always aimed to be the best in every department of what we do, so to have won the Best Cafe award, which recognises not just our food & drink, but also the environment, the team and our place in the local community means so much to us.
We’re just absolutely thrilled and can’t thank everyone who voted for us enough!
Tony Marks – Starfish and Coffee
Get Ready: bravo 2025 launches 4th february!
The 9th Brighton Restaurant Awards kick off on 4th February, running for six exciting weeks of online voting via the BRAVO website.
Voting closes on 14th March, and the winners of all 18 categories will be revealed on 3rd April.
Let the countdown begin! Wishing all venues across Brighton, Hove, and Sussex an incredible BRAVO 2025! 🎉
