Constantinople Restaurant — Restaurant in Great Britain

Ok.. hands down the best food I have had in Brighton!!!! Wow!! Still am under the influence of the smell, the taste, the beauty of what I had there. We do not even have such great food in Athens! And even though I know in Istanbul you have 20.000.000 people am sure that such great quality of food would be hard to find there.. The place is run by a brother and a sister of Kurdish descent. Brother, his name is Medo, is cooking in the kitchen. And Ozzie (the sister) is helping the customers to choose their food. Because I am Greek the dishes were familiar so it was easy enough to choose.. We ordered about 5-6 meze and two mains.. Some things I had never had before like the roasted pumpkin or the Celeriac cooked in orange juice.. They were just out of this world.. Another favorite was the super tiny meatballs in tomato sauce.. in general I was just blown away by the quality of the fresh products that they were using.. also the spices they were using were sooo to the point and the balance of the flavors was just there! Kudos to Medo for his work!!! The mains as well were stunning!! We had the lamb meatballs with aubergine and potatoes served with tomato sauce and thick Greek yogurt and also we had a simple chicken skewer that was served with salad and rice.. how on earth they managed to have such a tasty chicken, soft and juicy was beyond me, really it was.. anyway... I have to thank Ozzie as well for taking such good care of us.. she is the sweetest and so knowledgeable about the area and her people! She is doing a lot of research in 5 different EU countries about Kurdish women there as well and so she travels a lot so maybe you will not catch her there in the restaurant at all times. Am just talking too much I know but this place is really a find.. a wonderful gem and I feel so blessed I was able to savor the wondrous tastes it had to offer. NOT TO...

I really like this place. There's So many over priced or similar places around, but this one is different and isn't extortionate.

The service was quick and very friendly. The vegan choice was good, though it could have been a little clearer what was vegan or veggie.

We chose the option to share four starters, which was a good move. And then to share a main course, the Imam bayildi, which is roasted aubergine. I'd got the impression it was 2 halves of aubergine. That would have been plenty. But it was only a half - which left us a bit short. We topped it up with some bread and humus.. to be honest, I never know why humus is treated as being a slightly expensive dish in its own right in Mediterranean restaurants.. doesn't fit well with knowing it's so cheap and easy to make.

So - for 2 of you, 1 main after 4 starter dishes probably isn't enough.

All of that aside, it's a brilliant place and I'll definitely go again and just order a bit more.. some people seemed to have ordered enough for loads more people but I hate waste.

The complementary pudding was delicious and very welcome - and at least we had...

One of the best restaurants in Brighton! I've had lunch there yesterday with my partner and his mum. The service was absolutely impeccable, the brother and sister (I think?) who helped us where really lovely and they never pressured us, even if we stayed there until almost 5pm. The food was absolutely amazing, every single plate was filled with colours, paired with tasty flavours and beautiful textures. Every single plate, from starters to the mains, were absolutely delicious. I highly recommend the fired halloumi with sesame seeds. The bread and the water with mint leafs were an amazing touch too. Lastly, the atmosphere (incredibly important for me) was impeccable, the music was lovely, the light was right and the place smelled amazingly. The owners were so lovely to write down the name of a song after I tried to Shazam it and couldn't find it.

At the end, one of the owners was so incredibly kind to offer us some small desserts on the house, these as well were absolutely brilliant.

Honestly one of the best food experiences I've had in Brighton, highly recommended and I will...