The Chilli Pickle

the chilli pickle is great! If you've never had one try the dosa's they are the real deal, all the food is incredibly tasty and very authentic. i am so pleased to have found somewhere that I am proud to take visiting friends and relis. what i will say though is this place is quite hidden and i just hope that people pick up on how good it is before it gets taken over by yet another chain!
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sarah
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Stumbled across this new place in the Laines (where wai kika moo cow used to be), and decided to go on the spur with my wife and a couple of friends. We're all pretty fussy about our food and know whats good and whats not. Suffice to say we all left saying it was the best food we had eaten in Brighton for many months.

I was actually interested in the "Street food" menu they do for their daytime menu, having enjoyed Mumbai street food for real last year, but its not on in the evenings so you have to settle for big dishes.

The whole baby Chicken Tikka Masala looked tantalising, but my wife and I shared the Tandoor Lamb Shoulder for 2 (delicously tender and VERY tasty), and we all dipped into each others starters, the best being the Banana Bhaji. Everything we all tasted had authentic indian flavour and style (i dont mean like a curry house - i mean like you are in india), although there are some nice fusion twists here and there.

Portion control was generous.. more than enough food - we were all stuffed!

Great service and good wine topped it all off.

I'll say it again, easily the best food we've had in Brighton for a long time. Knocks the socks off Indian Summer's fusion-offering (sorry to say). Check it out now!

I'd give it all 10/10 but I dont think you can ever have the perfect meal :)
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timwills - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

My wife and I visited The Chilli Pickle restaurant a couple of weeks ago. Having arrived with no particular expectations, we left having eaten the most delicious and fulfilling meal we have tasted in Brighton (we've been here 5 years). Enough said.
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Monday, September 29, 2008

Very different and very well presented. This "Indian" is something special, from the menu through to the service, I have now been during the evening and for lunch and the menu changes considerably between the two. The evening menu offers about eight starters and eight mains including a mussell pot as a starter and an oxtail madras in the mains. You actually feel that a good deal of thought has gone into all aspects of design, preperation and service, with good advise on what to try as side dishes with each choice. What also made a big difference were the authentic Indian desserts, instead of the mass produced plastic card ice cream offered by many others. For mains try the poussin whole tandoori massala, starters the lamb and clove kebab. Lunchtimes try the crispy pork wrapped vindaloo, the meat thali and the kegeree
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Enjoyed authentic Indian cuisine here, very tasty! The organic ginger beer had a good hit, and the popadoms came with unusual spicy dips. Discreet service, a good place to relax. It's not fast food though. We were not under time constraints so it was good for us.
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Mr Christopher J. McCanna
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Monday, August 18, 2008