The Bok Shop - Brighton

The Gladstone is okay for a beer with friends. It has ample seating outside and they have made this area quite comfortable. They often have bands on and play music regularly. However when the music is on, via the jukebox or by the bands, its not loud in there that frankly you find yourself shouting at your friends just to have a conversation. In my opinion, its a good stop off on a bar crawl, but I wouldn't like to stay there all night drinking with friends.

When I heard we will be going for lunch I was immediately excited and when I saw the little shop I could already see how disgusting and awful this cafe was. But the presentation of the shop wasn’t even nearly as revolting compared to food. I was so looking forward to the taste of CRANBERRY, CHICKEN AND MAYONAISE!!! Who picks these disgusting combinations? The shop was a mess and anyone who is claustrophobic who probably have a panic attack in that shop, it was the size of a old persons shed. The chairs were like leaning on a brick and don’t even get me started on the kitchen. It was dirty, the food was all over the place, the chef was not properly dressed for the job and the sight of the kitchen would have made anyone throw up. The prices was like you were the cost of a diamond for such a dirty and vile sandwich. Anyone that goes here please think twice and look somewhere else if you want to have a satisfactory lunch and to not bring back up what you have just eaten by throwing this up.

!!WE WAITED AN HOUR FOR TWO SANDWICHES!! Me and my girlfriend wanted somewhere nice and cosy to eat for breakfast. And that’s just what we thought this place would be when pondering where to go. Sadly, this quaint looking cafe, RUINED OUR DAY!! The horrid experience started when my girlfriend ordered a glass of water, only to find things floating around in it... It was also murky and cloudy. The same goes for me, I ordered a cup of tea and there was fresh lime scale floating at the top of it. (When I asked the rude, dead eyed waiter for a teaspoon to remove the detritus in my mug, he seemed almost disgusting by my request). We then ordered two breakfast sandwiches. After being ignored and neglected by the manager/waitress for about 10 minutes. We genuinely waited over 45 minutes before I even started asking the manager what was going on. While we were waiting in this time, loads of other customers WHO SAT DOWN AFTER US got their food BEFORE US!! What an absolute joke. The waitress then said we had to wait for the table next to us to get their food before they can prepare our sandwiches, because there was only one chef... It had been 50 minutes by this point. During this time, I caught a glimpse of the kitchen when the door swung open... And I was disgusted with what I saw.. A grubby, dirty kitchen with one female chef with her hair down, and wearing a dress. She wasn’t even wearing any protective chef clothing Or hair net. By 60 mins, our easy to make bacon sandwiches still hadn’t arrived .. So we decided to leave in frustration and disappointment. As we walked out, the manager chased us down the path claiming I hadn’t paid for my tea. Hahaha. How charming. You really think I should pay for your limescale filled, Luke warm tea after waiting for an hour? I still reluctantly handed over some pound coins and walked off. After this, me and my girlfriend went hungry and just decided to go about our day without breakfast. It completely ruined our morning/day and just put a downer on everything. Please. Don’t. Go. Here. Absolutely joke of a cafe.

Stopped at the best sandwich shop in Brighton today for a sandwich, only to be told I don 't think we 're doing sandwiches today. After going to check we were then told that in fact there were sandwiches available! Only now I wish there hadn 't been! We ordered 2 sandwiches and a jacket potato that all arrived at different times! The bread on my sandwich was very greasy ?? . Staff seemed very uninterested and were in no hurry to do anything. Would not visit again!!

Stopped off at the Little Shop for a light lunch today, unfortunately the staff were not really interested if we were there or not, we waited 10 minutes to have our order taken, it was not busy, and then they popped out to the shop and we waited another 30 minutes for the sandwiches, which were not even good enough for us to eat. No apologies for the lateness or the fact the food was unsatisfactory. I’m not sure how this was voted the best sandwich shop in Brighton, I would never return and certainly advise others not too as well.