The Urchin in Brighton and Hove

Turned up at 7.30pm with no booking but were shown to lovely table outside with a heater (it was a chilly evening but we were toasty). We had the muscles and the scallops, both of which were really fresh absolutely delicious. We also had copious amounts of wine, again lovely. The cheeseboard was a bit on the small side which is why this review only gets four stars. Overall a great experience. Will certainly return and highly recommend.

Food great, but have never had worse service in my life.Firstly, when ordering we were asked if we wanted food altogether or as mains and starters. We asked for altogether, and were then told that mains and starters would be better. Fine - but don’t ask the customer what they want then say you know better?Felt the need to tell us that somebody had over ordered, but made no attempt to explain that the prawns ordered as a main were literally only two prawns.Told to wait to order wine as couldn’t do this with our food order. Then never came back to take a wine order.Had to ask for cutlery and plates. Rather than saying yes of course, felt the need to tell us there was cutlery in the pot right in front of us…when there wasn’t.Spent over £200 here. And then after all this felt the need to passive aggressively point out we hadn’t left a tip. There was nothing to tip.Such a shame, have enjoyed eating here multiple times before.

First waitress was not able to explain the ‘specials menu’ to us, and did not understand the wine we had asked for.However luckily, another waitress had come to serve us, and everything ran beautifully and smoothly.We both had oysters, scallops, squid, chips and lobster. All cooked to perfection! Will definitely come again.

Great home brewed craft beer selection and lush seafood. The staff is incredibly friendly and accommodating too!

Lovely pub, great staff and delicious shellfish. Brilliant cooking and some delights like mussel nduja live, lobster Mac and cheese

Amazing food and really nice ambience. The owners are friendly and offer great service. Memorable for the positive feelings that it leaves you with. The customers it attracts are also a sound bunch. Nice family environment. Fantastic quality of seafood. I only wish the restaurant area was open longer as would love to come for lunch and dinner. Would 100% recommend this hidden Brighton gem 💎

We've been here twice now wile visiting Brighton and it's one of the highlights of our gastronomical year. The staff are excellent and attentive, the food is always fresh and sublime. We've taken friends and recommend it to other and received nothing but positive feedbackAn absolute gem for seafood and drinks

We turned up with no booking on a winter Saturday afternoon, which of course meant we only had the outside garden to sit in. Which was alright with their outdoor heaters 🔥.Food was pretty delicious 👌🏽The Crayfish & Crab Cocktail 🦀 🦐 had nicely balanced flavours and was fresh but perhaps a tad small on the portion size for the price we paid. But I suppose you trade off portion size for higher quality and higher prices. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯The XL Tiger Prawns was super delicious, the prawn peals off super easily. Definitely recommend getting your fingers stuck in for this one 🏽We also ordered a platter of oysters, real bright with fresh flavours, very quaffable!

Delicious seafood. Crab was delicious, even if a messy nightmare to eat. The Malaysian prawns were in a curry sauce-spicy but not hot. A relaxing venue, with a good drink selection. Best of all, we were accommodated on a Saturday afternoon without reservations!

The Urchin is a lovely, unassuming pub serving great shellfish in a very pretty garden. Welcoming staff, delicious dishes without the pompous presentation. Would love to go again for octopus and prawns, unfortunately they didn’t have them on the menu the day I ate there.