Prompt Corner Restaurant

Had quite a dreadful meal at this restaurant for my mother in law's birthday in June 2008. The starters were OK, but overpriced, and more in line with a small cafe in standard. My steak (ordered rare) was well done. I sent it back and received a blue one! I sent it back again. When I finally ate it, the taste wasn't good - it tasted like the griddle hadn't been cleaned for a long time. Other steaks were tough and of poor quality with variable degrees of cooking. The beef wellington was poor. The only good reports were of the lamb shank special. The sweets were OK, but I suspect not home prepared. The wine and other drinks were fine. The staff were friendly if a little strange. I understand that this restaurant has been excellent in the past, but I think it is struggling now.
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Andy, Brighton
Friday, July 04, 2008

I went on a Friday with some colleagues and overall we had mixed feelings. Some liked the cramped maze like space and others found it a little claustrophobic. The food also had a mixed reception. My tomato and herb soup was watery and not enjoyable, however, my steak and kidney pudding was very nice with plenty of kidney in it, my dessert which was hot summer fruit and ice-cream was very poor and must have been left standing or something because most of the ice-cream had melted and it was just a tepid mixture of fruit swimming in melted ice-cream. A colleague had a good steak which she was pleased with but another collegaue had fish which she described as just like 'boil in the bag'. The vegetables that came with the main course were very tasty and well cooked especially the carrots and garlic potatoes. The pistachio ice-cream dessert was described as horrible almost uneateable. Those that visited the loo said that it was quite offputting. The service was good and so was the house wine. The bill was not particularly expensive. I would not go there again though.
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Tim
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Found this restaurant via SMS 63336, when I asked for a recommendation in Brighton. Arrived to find an intimate, campy, Hollywood idolizing environment. Greeted at the door warmly and offered a drink at the cozy bar. G&T did the trick. Several specials for the day and I selected the Smoked Haddock Fish Cakes, which were very crunchy, fresh and tasty . Main course was Sole Florintine, which I found a bit bland compared to the fish cakes, but the sole was clearly fresh. My companions had the Beef Wellington, which I am told was superb. The meat was cooked just right, the pate perfect, and the pastry just right. We also ordered a portion of Garlic Potatoes and Veggies, which was more then enough for 4 people. Dessert was Chocholat Pudding with Pure White Ice Cream. The cake was warm with a great sauce, and the ice cream went exrtemely well. We also had the Shiraz wine on special for £15. Service was very good, although it was not very busy. The boss does the cooking and you get a home style feel to the place - one where you want to return because you feel you have a new friend. Meal for 4 with drinks, wine, starters, main and dessert was £81.00
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Steve Glagow
Friday, September 14, 2007

Absolutely Wonderful, the garlic potatoes and beef wellington are to die for, the portion sizes are perfect you go away feeling you have eaten unlike a lot of places in the town, the service is great, the prices about right,I love this place, the staff are great, the retro decor is great, whilst waiting for my meal I had plenty to look at with regards famous film stars etc on the walls, I even spotted a celebrity in the restaurant whilst there. I truly love this place and hope to return again and again and again.
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John Paul
Friday, June 29, 2007

A charming Brighton institution all the better for its 'prawn cocktail years' style menu. I've had some lovely and charming meals here - its a great place for family gatherings and celebrations.
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Lolo Pawson
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

couldn't disagree more with the latest review. Menu may not be nouvelle cuisine enough for some people but its honest and very very tasty. The staff are helpful and attentive. The atmosphere is super quirky and intimate. One of my favourite restaurants. But if you are a chain fiend then yes, you probably should stick to the high street!
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laura charlton
Saturday, May 26, 2007

Do not even think about going here for a 'romantic dinner'. The last time the menus were changed, miners still had jobs. If you're going to do camp or retro you have to do it with some panache, but this place simply serves mediocre food in a very dated setting. It is exactly why continental cusiniers laugh at British food (scampi, steak, chicken kiev etc). The staff are nice and attentive, but I suspect its been a long time since the restaurant was genuinely busy, and the claims on their website re originality are just plain misleading- adding a bit of physallis to a coffee dish does not a great restaurant make. I'd like to like this place, with its bizarre Hollywood stylings and long history, but unless you enjoyed dinner at your nan's circa 1975, I wouldn't recommend it. On a positive note, it was very clean and the staff were very attentive, but with only two customers until 9.00pm on a summer bank holiday, I would expect this to be the case.
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susan
Sunday, August 27, 2006

"This restaurant has been owned by Alan and Ken since 1978"...I don't think they've changed the menu since then! If you're looking for a restaurant that harks back to standards of the late seventies in terms of menu and food quality then Prompt Corner is for you. The menu is 'simple'. I think 10 different kinds of steak, or scampi and chips says it all really.

The atmosphere was non existant. At 8 pm on a bank holiday weekend, mid summer, we were the only people in the restaurant apart from staff. 2 more arrived just after 9. If you're looking for romantic, fish and chips and a walk along the front would be better than this place.

In contrast I cannot fault the service but then I would expect nothing less with so few people to take care of.

Quite honestly you can better food, at a much better price and more atmos at your local pub than at Prompt Corner. This restaurant is highly over-rated.
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jay.staines - View all reviews by this user
Sunday, August 27, 2006

This is fantastic place frequented by well mannered and pleasant people. The service is he best I have had in Brighton. Beef Welly and Garlic Pots are superb. Not cheap but an experience
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Footy
Thursday, June 08, 2006

Fantastic, old-fashioned, quirky place, very small and intimate, possessing a straightforward retro menu with such things as snails, prawn cocktail or steak. The gret thing is that it doesn't pretend to be the best in Brighton, but the food and service is efficient, honest and good value. A favourite with luvvies, the atmosphere is wonderfully camp.
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Foz
Sunday, February 19, 2006