Village — Restaurant in Great Britain

The Village is a pleasant little cafe cum bar part of the way up Hanover Hill in Brighton. Despite the signage from a previous existence it is not a pub although it does have a selection of drinks to go with its decent food.

From the outside The Village looks the part of an old school pub. It is not. It is a trendy cafe with a large range of meals on offer. Inside it has the homely and lived-in feel of a community cafe. The decor includes various art pieces and curios as well as a slightly mis-matching chic.

There are a good few tables. Of a weekday lunchtime most were taken but not all. The atmosphere was friendly and conversation generally family-orientated.

The drinks on offer include a couple at the pump but most are bottles and need to be spotted in one of the fridges to be identifiable as available. The range is decent but buying bottles from a fridge does not make the place feel particularly high quality.

However, the food is excellent. Breakfast is served all-day and there are lots of other options as well. Vegetarians are well catered for

The shashuka was an excellent choice. A great combination of nicely cooked egg, an appetising tomato sauce, some vegetables, small pittas, and a chili pepper. The combination was fantastic and a great, refreshing meal. Never heavy and with the pepper always tasty. Adding a couple of veggie sausages was a solid choice. Well worth the visit for a meal like that.

WiFi is available which is handy as coverage seems poor inside so tapping into the WiFi is a necessity.

Seating is pretty basic but does the job. This is not a hugely comfortable cafe but as a place to stop off and grab a delightful bite to eat the Hanover community is...

History: The former Horse and Groom pub, Islingword Road.

A street-corner pub in the densely populated terraced streets of Hanover. It closed and was sold in February 2015.

The building is on the Brighton and Hove City Council register of locally listed buildings.

The building itself was a pub for over a hundred years, having originally been called the Horse & Groom.

In 2014 the owners decided to sell it, with the plan being to turn it into offices. Luckily, a local group campaigned to instead make the pub into an asset of community value, and so Village Café Bar was born.

It’s now a space that’s open all day and night for both the community and visitors to the area to enjoy.

Village Café Bar in Brighton is a venue of two halves. In the morning and early afternoon, the in-house team churns out hot drinks and a tempting brunch menu. Brunch is served every day from opening until 4 pm. If you stop in later in the evening it serves a delicious variety of dishes to tempt your taste buds.

Dog-friendly... 🐕

The staff are friendly and welcoming as soon as you walk through the door.

The brunch was sumptuous & the coffee was on point.

Definitely will return & thoroughly...

We visited the Walrus for a Christmas Day Lunch.

Booking online was £75 per head which we paid online. The reservation was seamless and on arrival we were shown our table.

The tables although busy were laid out to be Covid Safe and all the staff serving were polite and helpful.

We pre ordered our menu choices and just needed to order our drinks, the drinks prices were reasonable.

There was a perfect pause between each course and the food was well prepared, unfortunately there was way too much food.....sometimes less is more.

My amuse bouche was a chestnut hummus which was amazing followed by a butternut soup for starters, turkey dinner main and Christmas pudding for dessert followed by coffee and petit fours (which we had to take away).

The Walrus is a nice relaxing pub and had a good environment.

Well done to one staff member who paid particular attention to one couple having an argument I feel she went above and beyond to help diffuse a potentially embarrassing situation.

Would definitely...