The collection / Sussex

Restaurants in Sussex

Explore independently recognised Sussex dining by cuisine, experience and guide recognition. Guide inclusion is distinct from a Michelin Star.

45 businesses

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Restaurants / Brighton

Amari

A Spanish-influenced restaurant on Baker Street, with dishes such as croquetas and crudo alongside Spanish wines and sherries.

  • Spanish
  • Small plates
  • Wine and sherry
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Worthing

BAUJI

Chef Dayashankar Sharma’s Indian restaurant on Rowlands Road, with dishes inspired by family cooking and his Rajasthani background.

  • Indian
  • Neighbourhood dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Lower Beeding

Ben Wilkinson at The Pass

A destination restaurant inside South Lodge, where diners can watch the kitchen team prepare a seasonal tasting menu.

  • Modern British
  • Tasting menu
  • Open kitchen
  • One MICHELIN Star
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Restaurants / Brighton

Bincho Yakitori

A Japanese restaurant on Preston Street focused on charcoal-grilled skewers and small dishes.

  • Japanese
  • Charcoal grill
  • Small plates
  • The Good Food Guide
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Restaurants / Brighton

Burnt Orange

A Lanes restaurant and bar serving wood-fired sharing dishes, with Middle Eastern and North African influences.

  • Mediterranean
  • Wood-fired cooking
  • Sharing plates
  • MICHELIN Bib Gourmand
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Restaurants / Tangmere

Cassons

A restaurant in a period building near Chichester, serving classically based dishes with modern and international influences.

  • Modern Cuisine
  • Country restaurant
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Washington

Chalk at Wiston Estate

A converted-barn restaurant at Wiston Estate’s winery, pairing seasonal dishes with the estate’s sparkling wines.

  • Modern Cuisine
  • Estate dining
  • Seasonal menu
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Hove

Cin Cin Hove

An Italian restaurant on Western Road with an open kitchen, counter seating and a menu featuring homemade pasta.

  • Italian
  • Counter dining
  • Open kitchen
  • MICHELIN Bib Gourmand
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Restaurants / Brighton

Dilsk

An intimate tasting-menu restaurant within Drakes Hotel on Brighton seafront, led by Tom Stephens and Madeleine Riches.

  • Modern British
  • Tasting menu
  • Hotel restaurant
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Brighton

Embers

A restaurant in Brighton’s Lanes built around wood-fired cooking, with small plates and larger dishes designed to share.

  • Modern Cuisine
  • Wood-fired cooking
  • Sharing plates
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Hove

etch. by Steven Edwards

Steven Edwards's tasting-menu restaurant in a former bank on Church Road, with an open kitchen and a seasonal British produce focus.

  • Modern British
  • Tasting menu
  • Open kitchen
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Hove

Fourth and Church

A Hove wine shop and restaurant serving small plates and a changing menu, with a strong focus on wine.

  • Modern cuisine
  • Wine bar
  • Small plates
  • The Good Food Guide
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Restaurants / Brighton

Furna

Dave Mothersill's Brighton restaurant, offering seasonal dining with tasting, à la carte and set-lunch options. Counter seats overlook the open kitchen.

  • Modern European
  • Tasting menu
  • À la carte
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Albourne

Ginger Fox

A thatched country pub from the Gingerman group, offering British dishes and a rural setting on Muddleswood Road.

  • Modern British
  • Pub dining
  • Outdoor dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / West Hoathly

Gravetye Manor Restaurant

Destination dining at Gravetye Manor, with dishes informed by its kitchen garden. The restaurant retained one Michelin Star in 2026. This dining profile is separate from the hotel's accommodation listing.

  • Modern British
  • Fine dining
  • Garden setting
  • One MICHELIN Star
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Restaurants / Camber

Harry's at The Gallivant

A French restaurant inside The Gallivant near Camber Sands, serving classic dishes in a coastal hotel setting.

  • French
  • Hotel restaurant
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Lower Beeding

Interlude

An intimate restaurant at Leonardslee Gardens, with a multi-course menu drawing on the estate and chef Jean Delport’s South African background.

  • Creative
  • Tasting menu
  • Estate dining
  • One MICHELIN Star
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Restaurants / Brighton

Kindling

A steak-focused restaurant in Brighton's Lanes using charcoal cooking. Winner of Best Lunch in the public-voted BRAVO Awards 2026.

  • Steakhouse
  • Charcoal grill
  • Lunch
  • BRAVO Awards
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Restaurants / Dial Post

Knepp Wilding Kitchen

A barn restaurant on the Knepp Estate near Horsham, with seasonal cooking connected to the estate’s rewilding approach.

  • Traditional British
  • Estate dining
  • Seasonal menu
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Hastings

Lury

A small chef-led restaurant on Cambridge Road, offering a tasting menu influenced by British, European and Sri Lankan cooking.

  • Modern Cuisine
  • Sri Lankan
  • Tasting menu
  • Intimate dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Hove

Maré by Rafael Cagali

A Church Road restaurant serving seasonal dishes influenced by Rafael Cagali’s Brazilian heritage and international cooking.

  • Modern Cuisine
  • Sharing plates
  • One MICHELIN Star
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Restaurants / Lindfield

Orla Restaurant & Rooms

A neighbourhood restaurant on Lindfield High Street serving modern British food, with set lunches, tasting menus and rooms above. Included in the MICHELIN Guide; this listing does not denote a Michelin Star.

  • Modern British
  • Set lunch
  • Tasting menu
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Hove

Palmito

A compact Western Road restaurant focused on spice-led small plates, drawing on several international cuisines.

  • Asian
  • South American
  • Small plates
  • Cocktails
  • MICHELIN Bib Gourmand
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Restaurants / Brighton

Petit Pois

A French restaurant on Ship Street in Brighton's Lanes, offering French cooking in an intimate setting.

  • French
  • Bistro dining
  • Harden's guide
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Restaurants / Haywards Heath

Restaurant Isca

A restaurant in a modern orangery at Borde Hill, serving seasonal cooking that draws on estate produce. Included in the MICHELIN Guide; guide inclusion is distinct from a Michelin Star.

  • Modern cuisine
  • Garden setting
  • Seasonal dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Brighton

Riddle & Finns — The Lanes

A seafood, champagne and oyster restaurant in Brighton's Lanes. This profile covers the original Lanes venue; check its booking arrangements directly.

  • Seafood
  • Oysters
  • Champagne bar
  • Local guide coverage
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Restaurants / Hove

Stem

A Church Road bistro and bar, with small and larger plates, blackboard fish and steaks, and a natural-wine selection.

  • Modern British
  • Bistro dining
  • Cocktail bar
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Worthing

Tern

A seasonal tasting-menu restaurant in central Worthing, with an open kitchen and a basement cocktail bar. Now on Warwick Street, having moved from Worthing Pier.

  • Modern British
  • Tasting menu
  • Open kitchen
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Ticehurst

The Bell in Ticehurst

A historic coaching inn with distinctive interiors, British pub cooking and seasonal outdoor dining.

  • Traditional British
  • Pub dining
  • Outdoor dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Amberley

The Black Horse, Amberley

A village pub with rooms and a garden terrace, with food drawing on produce from the Gladwin family’s Sussex farm.

  • Traditional British
  • Pub dining
  • Outdoor dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / West Hoathly

The Cat Inn

A village inn with beamed interiors, fires and four guest bedrooms, serving a menu centred on British pub dishes.

  • Traditional British
  • Pub dining
  • Rooms available
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Brighton

The Coal Shed Brighton

A restaurant on North Street specialising in live-fire cooking, steaks and seafood, with a cocktail bar and private dining spaces.

  • Steakhouse
  • Live-fire cooking
  • Private dining
  • Local guide coverage
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Restaurants / Brighton

The Flint House

A restaurant in Hanningtons Lane with an open kitchen, globally influenced small plates and a first-floor cocktail bar and terrace.

  • Modern Cuisine
  • Small plates
  • Cocktail bar
  • MICHELIN Bib Gourmand
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Restaurants / Hove

The Ginger Pig

A restaurant with rooms near Hove seafront, offering British and Mediterranean dishes alongside a cocktail list.

  • Modern British
  • Pub dining
  • Rooms available
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Hove

The Little Fish Market

Duncan Ray's small seafood-focused restaurant in Hove, offering a set lunch and tasting-menu dinner in a former fishmonger's.

  • Fish and seafood
  • Tasting menu
  • Set lunch
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Arundel

The Parsons Table

A small, independently run restaurant tucked into Castle Mews, offering contemporary British cooking in the centre of Arundel.

  • Modern British
  • Bistro dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / St Leonards-on-Sea

The Royal, St Leonards

A dining pub in a Victorian building, serving a changing British menu with Mediterranean influences.

  • Modern British
  • Pub dining
  • Seasonal menu
  • MICHELIN Bib Gourmand
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Restaurants / Brighton

The Salt Room

A seafront restaurant on Kings Road serving seafood and dishes cooked over coals, with sea-facing dining and a terrace.

  • Seafood
  • Sea views
  • Charcoal grill
  • Harden's guide
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Restaurants / Brighton

The Set

A chef-led tasting-menu restaurant at 9 Preston Road following its 2026 move, with counter seating and Japanese influences.

  • Modern Cuisine
  • Tasting menu
  • Counter dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Rye

The Union Rye

A restaurant in a converted historic pub on East Street, with a menu drawing on several international cooking traditions.

  • Modern Cuisine
  • Historic setting
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Peasmarsh

Tillingham Restaurant

A restaurant in converted farm buildings on the Tillingham wine estate, serving seasonal dishes with views over the vines.

  • Modern British
  • Estate dining
  • Vineyard setting
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Brighton

Tutto

An Italian brasserie inside a former bank on Marlborough Place, with pasta dishes and an Italian wine list.

  • Italian
  • Brasserie dining
  • Outdoor dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Hove

Wild Flor

A neighbourhood restaurant on Church Road with seasonally changing British dishes and a relaxed bistro setting.

  • Modern British
  • Bistro dining
  • Seasonal menu
  • MICHELIN Selected
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Restaurants / Hastings

Winifred's

A small courtyard bistro beside Source Park, serving British dishes and a wine selection that highlights English producers.

  • Modern British
  • Bistro dining
  • MICHELIN Selected
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