BRAVO for achieving Top 20!
Robert Ellwood • November 11, 2020
The Brighton Restaurant Awards (BRAVO’s)
is an annual awards event that is voted for by the public recognising and celebrating the best bars, restaurants, pubs and cafés in Brighton and Sussex. The winners are usually notified in the first quarter of the year, but the 2020 results were unfortunately put on hold due to the COVID pandemic.
This year, the BRAVO’s saw more than 470 venues across Sussex compete in 16 categories including Best Restaurant, Best Brunch and Best Team. More than 30,500 votes were cast by the general public in a bid to see their favourite venues recognised for their contribution to the local food and drink scene.
The waiting is finally over and we are thrilled to announce that two of our venues were both awarded a Top 20 spot in their categories!
The Back Lion pub was awarded 13th place for Best Sunday Roast category while The Flipside, our 70’s inspired cocktail lounge, came 12th in the category of Best Cocktail.
We would like to thank everyone that voted for them! This recognition means so much to all of the hard-working staff and management in the venues, especially during these difficult and very challenging times!
We hope to be open again soon and doing what we love – creating expertly mixed cocktails and awesome food including our epic Sunday Roasts!
In the meantime, if you are missing a bit of Black Lion charm or Mesmerist and The Flipside magic, why not buy a gift voucher for these venues for loved ones to use once lockdown is over! You could also buy these as Christmas presents to give the awesome gift of a dine-in or drink-in experience at these legendary Brighton venues!
For a full list of all the categories and the winners, please visit the Restaurants Brighton BRAVO page.
Thank you for all your continued support!
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We returned to The Spire a few weeks after another wedding we catered there, this time for the lovely Bryan and Mark, who first got in touch with us in 2020 about catering their big day.
Although this lovely couple are based in Brighton, the location for Sally and Joe’s wedding was a bit further away in the picturesque riverside setting of Twickenham, West London. And taking their swap of the seaside for riverside to the next level, the venues for their wedding ceremony and receptions both shared some of the most beautiful views of the Thames you could imagine.
After what has been a pretty terrible few years for so many, Lauren and Andrew wanted the guests at their wedding to have the best time ever! And so, after our team spent an afternoon laying out and dressing all the tables as well as getting our kitchen set up, The Spire was ready for 100 of their family and closest friends to reconnect and share this special occasion together.
After Joe and Sophie tied the knot in St Margaret’s Church in Ditchling, their reception spilled out onto Ditchling Green turning it into a festive and colourful celebration that felt more like a joyous festival or village fete complete with big top tents!
Daisy and Brian are two of the nicest and most laid back clients we have worked with! The catering brief for their civil partnership reception was simple… delicious quality food, served informal buffet style so their guests could enjoy a fun-filled day of relaxed celebrations. After spending the morning setting up the dining tables and place settings in the main hall of the beautiful One Church on Gloucester Place , guests slowly started to trickle in full of craic and laughter! But all eyes were on Daisy and Brian when they entered the venue, not least because of their brilliantly colourful outfits, especially Daisy’s gorgeous embroidered coat dress!
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Now in its 5 th year, the BRAVOs (Brighton Restaurant Awards Vote Online organised and run by Restaurants Brighton ) are a celebration of the independent food and drink scene that gives Brighton, Hove and Sussex so much of its character. Voting is free, open to everyone and runs for six weeks until 24 th March 2022. This year, our venues are entered in the following categories:
Post House is a new cafe, bar and restaurant in The Lanes. Open 7 days a week for breakfast, brunch, coffee, lunch and dinner as well as roasts every Sunday.
