Reading Room Brighton

Reading Room Brighton The Reading Room is a beautiful refectory with stunning sea views. Known for exceptional bakes, top-notch coffee, and high-quality dishes.

The Reading Room blends regency elegance with a neighbourhood vibe.

A Taste of NostalgiaThe incredible Pantry Girls, Carla and Karen, are back at on Wednesday 14 October for the first of o...
24/09/2026

A Taste of Nostalgia

The incredible Pantry Girls, Carla and Karen, are back at on Wednesday 14 October for the first of our new supper club season.

This one takes us back to the school-dinner years, with familiar dishes reworked in true Pantry Girls style.

We’ll start with a Babycham 75 and savoury snacks for the table, followed by cheese flan, slow-cooked oxtail and beef stew with dumplings, and jam and coconut sponge with pink custard.

There’ll also be a little surprise at the end of the meal.

Vegetarian versions of the starter and main course are available. Some guests may be seated together at shared tables, which is all part of the supper club experience.

Wednesday 14 October at 7pm
Reading Room at Black Rock
£45 per person

Pre-booking is essential via the events page on our website:
www.readingroombrighton.co.uk

All dogs welcome. Water bowls at the ready, plenty of fuss from the team, and snacks available for all the good ones.Whi...
18/09/2026

All dogs welcome.

Water bowls at the ready, plenty of fuss from the team, and snacks available for all the good ones.

Which is obviously all of them.

Something sparkling, minus the alcohol.Wild Idol is made for those moments when you fancy a proper glass of fizz, but no...
14/09/2026

Something sparkling, minus the alcohol.

Wild Idol is made for those moments when you fancy a proper glass of fizz, but not the booze. Naturally alcohol-free from the start, it is made from a carefully chosen blend of grapes, with fine bubbles and a crisp, fresh finish.

All the ceremony of popping a bottle, with a clearer head tomorrow. 🥂

Wild Idol

06/09/2026

There’s always an abundance of freshly made dishes coming out of our Pantry, all created by the brilliant Carla.

She has a real knack for taking fresh ingredients and turning them into generous, colourful food packed with big flavours. No two days are quite the same, just plenty of lovely things to choose from.

White chocolate délice, charred clementines and lemon thyme syrup. Rich, silky and just sharp enough to balance all that...
29/08/2026

White chocolate délice, charred clementines and lemon thyme syrup. Rich, silky and just sharp enough to balance all that white chocolate. Made fresh in-house by our talented team.

Very much a save-room-for-pudding situation.

Freshly baked croissants, crisp and golden on the outside, soft and buttery in the middle. Best enjoyed warm, with a pro...
29/08/2026

Freshly baked croissants, crisp and golden on the outside, soft and buttery in the middle. Best enjoyed warm, with a proper coffee and absolutely no plans to share

We’re proud to serve Skylark Coffee at Reading Room. Roasted here in Brighton, it’s excellent coffee made by people who ...
28/08/2026

We’re proud to serve Skylark Coffee at Reading Room. Roasted here in Brighton, it’s excellent coffee made by people who really care about it. Best enjoyed by the sea, preferably with cake coffee

Hopefully you will indulge myself & my wonderful sons a moment to express our gratitude - towards our wonderful Kemptown...
27/08/2026

Hopefully you will indulge myself & my wonderful sons a moment to express our gratitude - towards our wonderful Kemptown neighbours and our Brighton and Hove neighbours - plus our fellow business folks down this magical enclave of ours.

The outpouring of support around our retrospective planning applications was breathtaking - I promise we have read every single message and email - apologies for not having got back to everyone - we took a stance around waiting for it all to be over with.

Thank you 🙏 the lovely folks who took to the ‘battle’ on our behalf - we have been left feeling a little shocked by the unnecessary and at times nefarious attacks on our little refrectory business - we don’t expect everyone to like our canopies - why would we - but what a sad state of affairs if this now reborn and glorious building,to which we have put such good use,showered with such tender care,was allowed once again to sit as suggested in ruins - just as it had been for over 70 years!

The canopies have offered much needed shade this year - yes an umbrella can offer some shade to the person sat static whilst enjoying our menu offerings - but what about the person serving - they deserve shade too!

Huge thanks to the guys behind Lewis and Co Planning who put in the remarkable work on our application - Bravo

We aim to move forward - onwards and upwards as they say - but our Thanks is heartfelt - our amazing team have had some brilliant chats with you all - if nothing else - the whole gang understand chapter and verse what retrospective planning means - we’ve all been around a learning curve - Karl Ashley Sebastian 🙏

A little appreciation for our brilliant team, they are incredible. From the first coffee of the morning to the last tabl...
24/08/2026

A little appreciation for our brilliant team, they are incredible.

From the first coffee of the morning to the last table of the evening, they put so much into Reading Room. Early starts, busy services and a lot of hard work behind the scenes. They make this place what it is, and we’re very lucky to have every single one of them.

Address

Black Rock Madeira Drive
Brighton And Hove
BN21FY

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 10pm
Friday 8:30am - 10pm
Saturday 8:30am - 10pm
Sunday 8:30am - 5:30pm

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