3 of the best new restaurants in Brighton

Planning a trip to Brighton? Here are three restaurants near the beach not to miss, says Kate Lough
The Salt Room dining room
Kate Lough19 May 2016

Beach, vintage shopping and a food scene that's hotting up - Brighton holds great potential for London daytrippers and weekenders.

Here are three restaurants to add to your list, whether you're after local fish cooked over charcoal or a post-pier Aperol Spritz.

The Salt Room

It only opened a year ago, but The Salt Rooms is already always packed with trendy locals who come in for great sea views and charcoal-grilled local fish and zingy flavours. Choose from dishes like monkfish with seaweed butter, bacon and clams or hake with white asparagus, crab and citrus. Our tip is to try something from the Josper grill – the day’s catch or you can’t go wrong with lobster, garlic butter and chips.The Taste of the Pier takes is a shostopping nod to Brighton with doughnuts, candyfloss and lemon meringue fudge all incorporated into this sharing dessert platter.

Find it: 106 King’s Road, saltroom-restaurant.co.uk

Taste of the Pier at Salt Room

Polpo

For Londoners who like a taste of the familiar, Russell Norman opened a seaside outpost of his Polpo empire last December. You'll be able to get your hands on his trademark Venetian small plates and Aperol Spritzes five minutes from the seafront and a handy 10 minute walk from the station. Décor-wise the apple doesn’t far from the tree with white and black tiled floors, blood red bar seats and lots of exposed brick walls and industrial pendant lighting. The menu sticks to the favourite too, so order a couple each and share with the table: arancini, lamb and pistachio meatballs and chilli and garlic prawns are sure hitters.

Find it: 20 New Rd, Brighton BN1 1UF; polpo.co.uk

Anyone for an Aperol Spritz at Polpo?

Riddle and Fins on the Beach

The original has long been a favourite of the Lanes, but now you can get your Riddle & Finns fix with a sea view under the arches of the main promenade – if you can get a table of course. Stop by for oysters and champagne or go for the full works with platetters of calamari, ceviche, pan-fried scallops and platters of fresh crab and lobster. Unlike the original, you can book tables – hurrah - but not for the terrace which is always packed on sunny days. The windows of the first floor dining room do claw back though to reveal a prime view of the beach and sea, so inside's not all bad. There’s also a private dining room if you’re marking a special occasion.

Find it: 139 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, BN1 2FN; riddleandfinns.co.uk

The sea view at Riddle & Finns

Follow Kate on Twitter @kate_lough and Instagram @kateloughtravel

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