La Capannina Ristorante

Eat here for the third time on Saturday and it was the best yet. The food was superb - the best italian I've ever had.

Ordered raviolli with clams and lobster (£11.95) expecting the seafood to be chopped as raviolli filling but out comes pasta with garlic basic white white, half a small lobster and a few chopped clams - was amazing!!! The tiramisu was amazing too.

Sat downstairs as we didn't book and loved it - great atmoshere - staff and service dispite a very busy service.

For £7/8 you can get a dish for and the meatballs are amazing - shame to order a pizza here but the real pizza ovens upstairs make me think that it would be a good choice.

No nonsense Itallian perfection - best enjoyed with friends and family.
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Steve Green
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

My friend and I have been eating at this restaurant for many years. We have never been disappointed. The food, the service, the atmosphere is always excellent. The wine also. When we eat elsewhere we say 'doesnt come close to La Capanina.' Our latest visit a few evenings ago, as usual, was very good. The staff were rushed off their feet but were still courteous and friendly. Prices are mid range and worth every penny. I can recommend this restaurent to any one. Pays to book. Especially toward the end of the week. I congratualte Alessandro the proprietor on his excellent establishment.

Try it, I am sure you will enjoy and return time and time again.
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H. M. Franks
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Just returned to this restaurant yet again, with many visits over the past few years. Yes, non pizza/pasta dishes/starters are a little on the expensive side, and yes, the downstairs eating area is a little lacking in atmosphere, but apart from that, this is a really lovely restaurant with great food. The pizzas are always top notch, from a proper pizza oven, bursting with flavour, and the service (despite being a little tiddly on several visits) is always very curteous and friendly. The St. James pub opposite is great for a few pre-meal drinks. Hell, you could spend £7 on a take-away pizza from many of Brightons non-too-good delivery places. If you don't want to sit downstairs...ermm...book ahead ?
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Andycee
Saturday, January 12, 2008

A party of 12 of us were there last nite (11/12/07) and we all agreed the food was excellent as was the service, the staff were friendly and attentive. Although not cheap VERY good value for money.
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Bob Turner
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Well this resturant is FABOULOUS

great food, great survice and overall fantastic atmosphere. it is an a very special jem of Brighton and will with out a shadow of a doubt i be returning.
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Rob
Friday, November 23, 2007

Delicious food and good service - I highly reccommend the Linguini with Lobster and Scallops. The starters were a little over-priced, but the main courses reasonable. Will definately be going back!
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Jess
Friday, October 05, 2007

What can I say. My Partner and I stayed in the Kelvin a few doors down the street and decided to eat here one eveing.

The service and food were really very good, with an excellent starter and main topped by a slice of fresh tiramisu the size of a house brick (yum) and the best Irish coffee I've had out side of Dublin.

Highly recommended.
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Craig
Monday, October 01, 2007

We booked at this place for my husband's birthday, which got us a table in their mostly empty and hot basement. Food was sub-par and way over-priced. Service was laughably bad: At one point, the food almost bounced from our plates as they were slammed on the table. I had hoped give my husband a nice birthday dinner, and was very disappointed with our experience here.
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Christina Bosco
Sunday, September 30, 2007

I treated my boyfriend to a birthday meal at the La Capannina and we were not disappointed. The restaurant had a lovely atmosphere and the food and service were outstanding and fabulous value for money. Would definitely go back again and would recommend people to visit.
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Debs
Friday, July 20, 2007

Well what can I say? Although we knew that it was a little overpriced, the previous visits were worth it. My starter of smoked salmon and goats cheese with rocket was poor. A handful of rocket was shoved on top covered in oil. The pathetic garnish of an iceberg lettuce leaf with grated carrot (which frankly I'd expect to see in a greasy spoon)did not deserve the £8.20 they were asking for it.

Main course even worse. I chose Veal scallops with cheese and Parma Ham £14.95. I could have been eating dog meat and I wouldn't have known. There was so much cheese (which I think was cheddar) that I could taste nothing else. The real shock came when my boyfreinds Fillet Steak was put in front of him. Now, I don't really know much about food, just that I like to eat it, and even I could tell instantly that that was NOT a fillet of beef. The chef tried hard to hide it with the litre of sauce that was poured over it, but there was no mistaking. It was an overcooked, shrunken piece of possibly sirloin (i'm not sure) with the big strip of fat to prove it. The vegetables, an even bigger laugh. Dry sliced carrots, Broccoli that fell apart when you put your fok in it, and saute potatoes, possibly cooked last week. Complaining proved difficult. When we questioned the waiter, he suddenly lost the ability to understand english, we gave up. A staggering £17.50 for non-fillet steak.

Even the wine was rubbish. My boyfriend was on beer and I wanted wine. My only choice, unless I wanted a whole bottle, was the house wine. I ordered half a caraff, which after one glass was sent back and probably poured back into the 3 litre bottle it came from.

We left very dissapointed, a little hungry, and I was contstantly reminded of the place all evening with the heartburn I got from the wine. They are now just like every other bog standard Italian in Brighton!
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Sunday, July 01, 2007