Browns Brasserie & Bar Brighton

Browns is as usual a strange experience, sure of what it is and unsure of who I am while there. I ordered food which was both edible and eaten. The mango and champagne sorbet dessert was good so that ended my meal nicely. Unfortunately the food is mostly British style which leaves the restaurant struggling for qualities such as flavour and contrasting texture. The server was great and very helpful, the spider was also very friendly.

Had a lovely brunch today at Browns. It never disappoints and we’ve been there quite a few times. I wish I’d got the name of the man serving us, tall, older bloke (well probably age), he was great and made us laugh. Also, the man who greeted us with the green hair - super lovely. Our receipt said ‘Maz’ so that’s what one of them was called I assume. My partner had the traditional breakfast, ‘oh I won’t finish all of that’, he said: polished off the lot. I had the avocado and feta on sourdough with an extra poached egg; yolk was cooked to perfection. We started with a Bloody Mary each, but I didn’t fancy finishing mine, but as I have mine spicy, our lovely waiter offered to top it up with tomato juice as my partner can’t handle things too spicy or hot. Most places wouldn’t even think to offer to do that. My partner also had a Long Island Ice Tea, he’s very fussy with these (most places can’t actually do them right or have a policy not to make them) and I only drank Bucks Fizz, but somehow Browns make them taste amazing. Cocktails at Browns never disappoint though.

We came in after a bit of a chaotic morning and asked for an open spacious table and we where seated in almost a greenhouse, with plants and a high ceiling with sky lights it was beautiful. We had a starter of Courgette Fritters, which where great but I think the yogurt could have had mint it it rather than just scattered on top. For our mains we had the mango and feta salad which was such good value for money, we also had the fennel and orange salad which I cannot recommend enough! If your an adventurous eater please please try it! It’s maybe one of the tastiest most interesting things I’ve ever tasted! And the duck and watermelon salad which was tasty but the duck was hard. We love this place ended up staying most of the afternoon as the atmosphere was lovely! Our waiter was fantastic too, a lovely gentleman. Thank you!