Brighton Smokehouse

Perfect for a late lunch sat outside in Spring sunshine. Greedy, I had both mackerel and the crab ciabattas. Both good but mackerel came out the easy winner. £8. What price a peaceful half hour eating beautiful food outside?

Great spot by the sea. Delicious food (potato puffs, fried white fish and crab roll) and very friendly staff. Definitely worth a stop!

Love it! The take away shop is right at the seafront. I ordered special mackerel sandwich and white bait box. So tasty, so fresh and full of flavour. Will be back

Loved the white bait here! Done properly (not breaded thankfully) so fresh and tasty! Would definitely go back again. Friendly and quick service and very reasonable prices!

Was recommended this spot by a friend and it did not disappoint! Highly recommend for some awesome fish sandwiches. My pick would be the special they have that day - so fresh!!!

Spicy kipper roll on a beautiful sunny day in Brighton. So tasty! Lots of other fresh fish options too

If you like fish, there's nowhere to go wrong with visiting this place. A nice little shop on the beach walk with good, decent portions of fresh fish and a welcoming staff.

Excellent local business serving high quality food at fair prices. I chose the smoked mackerel roll with horseradish and beetroot. Wow - a brilliant combo of flavours and texture, perfectly executed. Also, service with a smile. Highly recommended.

Considering that the Brighton Smokehouse has featured on Nigel Slater's cooking show and has won Radio 4's best take away award, I don't know how I managed to miss this place for so long! I must have walked passed it hundreds of times as it is nestled under the arches on Brighton seafront right in the middle of the historic fishing quarter, and for some reason I have never ventured in. Anyway, I broke my smokehouse virginity a few weeks ago when me and the boyf popped in after work on a sunny Friday evening and got a bite to eat on the beach. I went for a crab sandwich and he went for a kipper roll. Today I popped back to try their smoked mackerel pate on toast. All the fish is caught locally in Brighton and is smoked by Jack in a small shed opposite the shop. The food is by no means gastronomic but it is hearty, honest food. Yes, the bread could be better, but the fish is the key ingredient and you can't beat eating a fresh meal on the beach just meters from where it was caught. The crab sandwich features entirely brown meat, the most flavoursome in my opinion, and is a steal at £3.50 - I paid three times this for a crab sandwich on a recent trip to Cornwall. The mackerel pate is really delicious - creamy with a hint of warmth from the pepper. On top of this, they sell fish to take home if you are not hungry at the time of your visit. Jack and Linda have been running this smokehouse for what seems like an eternity. They are always happy to chat and obviously love what they do. This place should be top of the list for locals and tourists alike.

Fish and the seaside go hand in hand together. Jack and Linda Mills understand this. It's one of the reasons they opened the Brighton Smokehouse on the sea-front. A tiny shop nestled in Brighton's fishing quarter, they offer fresh fish to take away and cook at home and daily specials to eat outside on the beach. There's crab sandwiches, grilled kippers, smoked mackerel pate, deep fried white bait and plaice goujons to choose from. I've sampled a few and they've all been lip-smackingly good. Endearingly, you can eat your lunch on the sea-front, in front of the little black smokehouse they built when they moved in. If they're smoking something that day, you might even smell the oak and applewood drifting out of the hut.

If you can't be bothered to walk all the way down to the Shoreham docks to pick up some nice fresh fish, then I suggest popping along to these guys. They don't have a huge selection but there's enough to keep you happy and the mackerel is always top of my list. As is their mackerel pate, it is so un-believably good on some nice crusty bread with a nice glass of white wine. They are increadibly friendly here too and will always give you the heads up on when to turn up for the best catches.

Brighton Smokehouse is an unassuming delight. We went there based on the reviews here and a Frommer's description, and the place was exactly as billed: small, staffed by the friendly and helpful Jack and Linda Mills, and located right on the beachfront, just to the west of Brighton Pier. It offers a pleasant contrast to the garishness of the pier and many of the other businesses nearby. The food is simple, excellent, and a good value. We especially enjoyed the smoked mackerel pate.

If you walk past the Smokehouse and see a sign for hot grilled kipper sandwich then I would encourage you to try it. We did on a cold and windy day down the sea-front of Brighton and it was some tasty business. Jack and Linda were very friendly too so I will be coming back to try something else from their menu very soon. Cant believe I have lived in Brighton for three years to only discover the Smokehouse just now.