The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers
English's of Brighton
We assessed English's of Brighton in October 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess
English's is a classic Brighton seafood restaurant and oyster bar, cooking oysters, shellfish and fish from the grill in the heart of the city. Its long list is built for seafood, with outstanding Champagne and English sparkling wine, deep white Burgundy, carafes for every still wine by the glass and a real Sussex thread. It suits seafood lovers who want a classic wine to match, from a glass of English fizz at the bar to a fine white Burgundy for a long lunch.
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etch. by Steven Edwards
Hove, Brighton and Hove
Modern British tasting menu
Steven Edwards's seasonal tasting menu restaurant in Hove is built around Sussex and British produce. Its long, adventurous list puts English sparkling wine at its centre, pours 36 wines by the glass and offers a flight for every course. It suits curious drinkers who want a guided pairing or a cellar to explore.
Read the assessmentThe Salt Room
Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Seafood and grill
The Salt Room is a seafront seafood restaurant in Brighton that cooks fish, shellfish and steaks over charcoal. Its wine list, built around Spain and the Mediterranean, pours more than half its wines by the glass, including fine wines through Coravin, with strong sparkling and sweet ranges, though the margins are high on the cheaper bottles. It will suit seafood lovers who enjoy exploring coastal whites and dry rosés with friends, and anyone who wants a good glass of something serious without buying the bottle.
Read the assessmentPlateau
Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Natural wine bar and small plates
Plateau is a natural wine bar in Brighton's South Lanes serving seasonal sharing plates made from Sussex produce. Its list of natural wines from across Europe is well chosen, clearly set out and fairly priced, with orange wines, chilled reds and a cellar of rare bottles. It suits curious drinkers who want to explore with plates built for wine.
Read the assessmentWild Flor
Hove, Brighton and Hove
Classic seasonal British and European
Wild Flor is a small, wine-led Hove restaurant cooking precise, seasonal British and European food. Its short, biodynamic-leaning list achieves genuine mutual elevation. It serves authentically difficult dishes and holds the high-acid, savoury and by-the-glass answers to meet them, mature Burgundy and all. Anyone who cares as much about the glass as the plate will be happy here, and a single diner can drink unusually well without committing to a bottle.
Read the assessmentThe Coal Shed
Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Steak and seafood
The Coal Shed is a Brighton steak and seafood restaurant that cooks over charcoal and wood. Its wine list of nearly ninety wines is sorted by style for food cooked over fire, with fine wines poured by the glass through Coravin. It suits diners who want a serious steak and the chance to drink something special by the glass.
Read the assessmentFurna
Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Modern British and European
Furna is an ambitious modern European restaurant in central Brighton, cooking seasonal British produce with real confidence. Its short, carefully chosen list pours most wines by the glass, champions English sparkling wine and finishes with good sweet wine, Sherry and Port, though prices are high. It suits diners who want a special meal with a wine pairing or a glass chosen for each course, and who are happy to pay for it.
Read the assessmentTutto
Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Italian
Tutto is the Black Rock group's Italian restaurant in central Brighton, cooking plates to share from across Italy. Its Italian list of about sixty wines is grouped by style and poured generously by the glass and the carafe, with Barolo and Barbaresco by the glass through a Coravin. It will suit a table that wants to try several Italian wines by the glass over one meal.
Read the assessmentThe Chilli Pickle
Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Regional Indian
The Chilli Pickle is Brighton's long-standing regional-Indian restaurant, now back in The Lanes, cooking street food, kebabs and regional curries with real fire. Its wine programme tackles the curry-and-wine question head-on (a style-ordered, pairing-annotated list with every wine by the glass, built around high-acid, aromatic and chilled styles that flatter spice rather than fight it) wanting only a sweeter, lower-alcohol wine for the very hottest plates. It will most reward the curious drinker who wants to explore wine with Indian food by the glass, guided every step of the way.
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