I'm taking the wife and daughter there this weekend, any tips on places to see, good cafes and restaurants, nothing too fancy just good food done well etc?
We're there Sat /Sunday drive back up to the north west Monday, staying at Jurys inn right on the front, so well placed for most things hopefully. Wife wants to see the pavilion and my thirteen ( fourteen on Monday hence the trip ) year old is obsessed with Zoella ( u tube Vlogger who lives in Brighton apparently.)
A decent pub to watch Utd on the Saturday would be good too.
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But yes, I agree for food wander into the North Laine area (which we always used to call the "North Laines" but this means nothing!). GAK is here as well. :-)
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Be aware that none of the pubs in Brighton let kids in after 8pm..... we got booted out The Black Lion, despite neither of my boys being annoying or toddlers, they were 12 and 16 at the time.
If if you go on the pier, the chirros are really good and don't go on the crazy mouse ride - if ever there is an accident waiting to happen, it's that.
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Things to see: The i360 I suppose. The pier. The Pavilion/Museum. The beach. Just the city, really - The Lanes (jewellery shops, Choccywoccydoodah, pubs, restaurants) and North Laine (GAK, Pavilion Gardens, pubs, restaurants) as people have mentioned. The Marina is OK for a quick shop/lunch/bowl/cinema/casino but the mini railway (Volks) isn't running this time of year so you'll have to drive/bus. The Ghost Walk is apparently quite fun (http://ghostwalkbrighton.co.uk/).
Football pubs: King and Queen (big and iconic and novel and cheap and vaguely child friendly...but can be noisy when sport is on), Walkabout (on "The Strip" - West Street - best avoided after dark for drunken young people) umm...most of the pubs I like don't have tellies. Throw a stone and you'll hit five pubs, two of which will have a TV. If you were just out for a drink I could go on for hours.
For cafes and restaurants you have an absolute embarrassment of riches. The Hop Poles is a good food pub and kid friendly. Donatello's is good, cheap Italian. My favourite curry place is a bit out of town near Preston Circus but Chaula's is very good and central (people seem to like Curry Leaf but I prefer Chaula's). Sushi Mania (Japanese...not just sushi) and Day's (pan-Asian buffet) and Touro (Brazilian meat) will sort you out for massive eat-as-much-as-you-can meals. Preston Street near the Hove border is good for grub. Casa Don Carlos is a very good little tapas place but it can be extremely popular so book if you intend to go there.
Zoella and Alfie don't come out on order unfortunately but you do often see celebs around.
I can make a few reccs.
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GAK to drool at guitary things.
The pier.
Someone's already mentioned the Laines. Bear in mind that there are North Laines and South Laines and that the character of each is quite different. The South Laines seem to be mostly jewellery (new and second hand), while the North Laines have more quirky shops.
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