Plateau - Brighton

I can’t believe it’s taken us seven years-having had a beautiful cocktail here-to come back to Plateau. This really is a fabulous place, full of gorgeous attentive staff an amazing menu…small plates of locally sourced heavenly food. Everything was wonderfully presented tasted absolutely glorious. The atmosphere was buzzy warm the music being played was spot on. We had a superb evening can’t wait to return!

Despite being Brighton residents, we’d never been here before. But took a punt and it was amazing! Really cool place. Small and intimate but a great relaxed vibe. I tend to be critical of restaurants but couldn’t fault this place in terms of food, drink and service. Everything was balanced and lovely, even the loos were cool,lol. Out waiter, Georgia, was completely fabulous. Professional, informative, efficient and genuine. Highly recommend.

Lovely food. Great atmosphere. Great service. Rally made my Wife's day. Thank you, Patti for your amazing service! Amazing food

Chose to eat here with my husband on a Saturday evening after reading reviews on Tripadvisor and we went in with high expectations. The menu sounded very interesting and the place seemed very buzzy. We were seated upstairs and our orders taken quickly, which was good. Whilst we were way for our drinks though we noticed that, as some other reviewers have mentioned, the music was very loud and we were having to shout to communicate. This ended up being quite tiring by the end of the meal! When I went to toilet downstairs, I noticed that the music was just as loud (maybe even louder) downstairs. When you have a busy restaurant anyway, loud music just make the atmosphere quite stressful! The waiters were very nice and attentive, but the food was slow to come…I had a beetroot sort of dip, which was delicious, but it was nearly an hour after we sat down before I got any of my other courses. The food, when it came, was absolutely delicious smokey, unusual flavours and reasonably priced. There was a good balance of meat, fish and vegetable options on the menu, which was good to see. If this review was solely based on the quality of the food, I’d give it 5/5. Neither of us enjoyed the wine (Riesling) and don’t end up finishing the bottle. We often order a Riesling as we enjoy it with food, but this one wasn’t pleasant at all. I understand that everyone has different tastes, but it’s the first time we have ever left any wine!! Seeing as the food was so good we would return, but only in the summer when we were not in a rush and could sit at the tables outside, away from the music!

We had booked a table for lunch at Plateau. It was kind of quiet when we arrived and we were welcomed friendly. A nice cosy location. Kind of private, with some people reading a book, with a glass of wine. A great place for a great bite, a nice wine and a chat with locals and Nick, who was serving us. He was even able to share a location in Clairemont Ferrand worth visiting for a dinner. We were passing by there the following day. So, Plateau, many wines , cocktails and much more. We ordered a Franchement, for myself. A nice Cabernet with a woody taste. And an OP Sepp Muster. A nice fresh tasting wine, produced with a few different grapes For food we ordered several plates, of eich my favourite was the Tartare with raw Egg. But every dish was nice; the pâté, the cheeses, the mussels, the schnitzels, the fried vegetables and more. Thank you for the pleasant experience. I liked the decorations on the wall.