Curry Leaf Cafe

Award-winning, independent Brighton restaurant serving South Indian street food & Sussex craft beers. A full takeaway service is also available.

Since opening its Brighton Lanes restaurant in April 2014, Curry Leaf Cafe has garnered national attention from newspapers such as the Guardian and Telegraph, and has been listed as a 'Local Gem' in the Waitrose Good Food Guide every year since 2015. The menus at both sites change according to season, featuring high-quality locally sourced meats & vegetables combined with the finest imported India

18/07/2024

Congrats to all students graduating from Sussex & Brighton Universities this month 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓🎉 Come celebrate with us this week & we'll treat you to a free bottle of sparkling wine* on arrival 🍾 Just quote GRADUATION when booking (*minimum 4 diners).

16/07/2024

Today's veggie star from our Summer menu: Sweet Potato & Pea Tikki. 🌱 Mashed sweet potato and garden peas jazzed up with ginger, garlic and a sprinkle of toasted cumin seeds. They're then shaped into patties and fried to golden perfection - crispy on the outside, oh-so-soft on the inside. 😋

Street food restaurant celebrates 10 years in The Lanes with new menu 15/07/2024

This year is our 10th birthday 🎉 so as a little present to ourselves, we decided to have a bit of fun. Have you tried the Twisted Indian Burgers by our sister-brand Bombay Burger Club yet? 🍔

Street food restaurant celebrates 10 years in The Lanes with new menu An independent South Indian restaurant is celebrating ten years in the Lanes with a new menu.

Photos from Curry Leaf Cafe's post 10/07/2024

Come on England! ⚽ To celebrate our boys reaching the semis (and hopefully beyond!) our new sister brand, Bombay Burger Club, is dishing out a smashing 40% off burgers until the final whistle on Sunday. 😮‍💨

Exclusively on Deliveroo. 🚴‍♀ Order here: https://deliveroo.co.uk/menu/Brighton/brighton-centre/bombay-burger-club

06/07/2024

Post match curry anyone? 🍛 Give us a bell to see if you can bag a table for tonight or order from Deliveroo. What a game ⚽🫣

05/07/2024

🍔 40% off Twisted Indian Burgers until Sunday 7th July 🍔 Only on Deliveroo - just search Bombay Burger Club 🚴‍♂️ Go on, you know you want to. 😋

Link to order in the comments.

02/07/2024

is here 🍔 twisted Indian burgers by Curry Leaf Cafe. Available exclusively on Deliveroo.

Get 40% off until 7th July on Deliveroo only. No code needed.

01/07/2024

Big news, spice-lovers! Say hello to our new sister brand, Bombay Burger Club.

Initially available exclusively on Deliveroo, Bombay Burger Club is a playful mash-up between the traditional Vada Pavs (stuffed buns) of old Bombay and that all-American institution, the burger.

These aren’t your average burgers; filled to bursting with crisp-fried Indian street food, fiery chilli chicken, spiced lamb patties, chargrilled paneer tikka, and even slow-cooked tamarind pork belly – topped with all the Indian fixings and, of course, our award-winning range of chutneys. 😋

We think our twisted Indian burgers are pretty great, and want as many of you as possible to give them a go. So we’ve teamed up with Deliveroo to offer a whopping 40% off burgers* until Sunday 7th July.

View the menu and order for home delivery here: https://deliveroo.co.uk/menu/Brighton/brighton-centre/bombay-burger-club?geohash=gcpchs7xz6bf

28/06/2024

Now there's a lineup to take you through the weekend. 😋 Sizzling platter of chargrilled chicken tikka hariyali, tandoori lamb seekh kebab and slow-cooked tamarind pork belly 🔥 Flanked by some of our favourite street food: punchy chilli paneer, crisp-fried Mushroom 65, and sweet potato & pea patties.

Who's hungry? 🙋‍♂️

Photos from Curry Leaf Cafe's post 24/06/2024

❤ Love is in the air ❤ We recently hosted a beautiful wedding reception for Jack & Ash at our restaurant here in Brighton Lanes 💍

If, like Jack & Ash, you’re looking for a unique space to host a private event for up to 64 people, send us a DM or pop down to the restaurant for a chat and some masala chai.

📸 by .mag

Photos from Curry Leaf Cafe's post 16/06/2024

Cheers to Sussex! 🍻 This Sussex Day, we're raising a glass to our hardworking local brewers, distillers and wine suppliers.

Almost all the beers on our extensive menu hail from Sussex, including our Curry Leaf Cafe NEIPA (which is a collab with Silver Rocket Brewing). 🧡

We also stock a beautiful line-up of local gins to make sure those cheeky G&T’s keep flowing. 🍸

Even our international line-up of vegan wines come from a Brighton-based supplier, On The Source.

What this means is that pretty much every penny you spend with us (bar the tax) stays in the local community, supporting Sussex businesses and livelihoods. We’ll drink to that!

Photos from Curry Leaf Cafe's post 14/06/2024

Supporting Sussex is a core value here at Curry Leaf Cafe 🙌 All our food and drink is sourced locally whenever possible. When you choose to dine with us, you're not just enjoying a scrumptious meal, you're also making a difference in the local community.

👉 Our meat comes from Bodium Meat & Pie. They’re based on Ockham Farm in Bodiam, East Sussex. 🥩

👉 All our seafood comes from 🐠 They’re a family-run business in Newhaven, which takes fish straight off the boats daily

👉 The buns for our twisted Indian burgers / pavs are baked by Brighton legends 🥖

Our partnership with Sussex farmers and producers ensures the freshness and quality of the ingredients we use. And every penny you spend with us - or as close to it as possible - stays within the local community, supporting Sussex businesses and livelihoods.🧡

Photos from Curry Leaf Cafe's post 12/06/2024

Top 5 reasons why your Dad will love a Father's Day feast at Curry Leaf Cafe:
1.⁠ ⁠Delicious food for everyone in the family (vegan & GF folk, we’ve got you well and truly covered!)
2.⁠ ⁠Free craft beer flight / pint for all dads in the group 🍻
3.⁠ ⁠Meditative activities to calm Dad’s nerves before the England game ⚽
4.⁠ ⁠Dad jokes encouraged (but not mandatory)
5.⁠ ⁠No present? No worries! Digital gift cards to the rescue! 💝

*please mention FATHERSDAY when booking. Dads accompanied by their family.

08/06/2024

Happy World Gin Day! 🍸 Why not pop in for a glass of gin & tonic - all distilled in Sussex ❤️

06/06/2024

Meet the team 👋 Chef Ranjeet doesn't only whip up a mean curry 🍛 (his top pick is the lamb, especially the Rajasthani Laal Maas. "I could eat that dish every day, for all three meals!"), but get this – he used to shred the slopes as a professional snowboarder! 🏂

He also used to work as a mountain guide; taking people rock climbing, cycling and on motorcycling tours – and, of course, snowboarding adventures. 🏔

If you'd like to try Ranjeet's favourite curry or swap some snowboarding stories, be sure to swing by! 🧡

01/06/2024

The arrival of our new spring/summer menu means new curries for our great-value Thali Platters.😋 Priced from £15.95, they feature your choice of curry served with rice, naan, cumin potatoes, veg pakora, aubergine bhaji, daal, poppadums & dips - all arranged on a big metal tray (aka thali). Served 12-3pm daily and all day on Sundays. 🙌

Photos from Curry Leaf Cafe's post 29/05/2024

Free drink for dads this Father's Day 🍺 Treat your Dad or the father figure in your life to an incredible feast of Indian street food, plus a complimentary craft beer flight / pint / glass of wine to make him feel extra special. 🧡

Our beer flights are ideal for craft beer lovers: three of our carefully selected Sussex draft beers (including our very own NEIPA) served in 1/3 pint measures, providing the perfect chance to find your new favourite brew. 🍻

The beer menu is designed to pair perfectly with our menu of casual street food, flavourful curries, tender tandoor-grilled meats and decadent desserts.

Link in the comments to book!
* Dads accompanied by their family.

26/05/2024

Happy half-term lil' foodies 🥳

Our two-course kids' menu includes a main and dessert for just £6.50. 😋

Kids can choose from Aubergine bhajis, Poached chicken thigh, Tadka daal, and Chicken or Paneer Makhani curry 🍛 all served with rice, naan or (you guessed it) chips. 🍟 All light on spice but full on flavour. 🧡

25/05/2024

⏰ Extended bank holiday opening hours⏰

We're open from 12-10pm today and tomorrow. The weekend is looking busy but there are a few tables available for you hungry bank holiday folk! 🍛

22/05/2024

Who doesn't love a good burger? 🍔 Ours, of course, come with an Indian twist 🧡

The Mushroom 65 burger features a brioche bun – or ‘pav’, as we call them in India – stuffed to bursting with crisp-fried mushrooms in a spicy batter, topped with red chilli jam, beetroot raita and sliced spring onion.

For an extra umami kick, trying adding some Kolkata kimchi. Sweet, sour, spicy and seriously moreish 🌶️

Our twisted Indian burgers are proving so popular that we’ve now expanded the range to five options, including two vegan burgers. Great for a quick lunch, indulgent dinner and – of course – best served with Masala Fries 🍟

Photos from Curry Leaf Cafe's post 20/05/2024

"At dinner time, we recommend Curry Leaf Cafe if you like the sound of sensational South Indian cuisine."

Thanks Glamour magazine for the shout out (link in the comments)❤️

20/05/2024

£7 off your Curry Leaf Cafe order on Deliveroo 🙌 Why not take a day off cooking and order in! Use code 👉 7OFFMAY 👈 to get £7 off your next home delivery. 🚴‍♂️

(Minimum order £20, must be an existing Deliveroo customer. Limited number of codes available)

16/05/2024

Calling all hungry festival folk! ✨ Come and fuel your fun with our early bird festival offer & pick any curry (excluding lamb), any rice + a veggie pakora for £15.50. 🙌

Here are the T&Cs:
⏰ Available Sunday-Friday, 5:30pm-7pm, to anyone attending Brighton-based festivals until June 2nd
☎ Dine-in or take-away (phone orders & collections only)
🎟 Flash your festival lanyard or ticket when you order to redeem

15/05/2024

Our new Tamarind Pork Belly has been proving a major hit with diners since we launched the Spring / Summer menu – think low 'n slow BBQ kissed with South Indian spices 😋

We use British free-range pork belly, first marinated overnight in tamarind, garlic & Kashmiri chilli, then slow-cooked until meltingly soft and cut into thick slices. Served on a skillet with charred onions, peppers and chillies plus a side of beetroot raita.

10/05/2024

✨ Festival season lunch offer ✨
Get a free Masala Chai / Iced Chai / Nimbu Paani with any Loaded Lunch or Thali Platter. 🙌

Valid Sunday-Friday, 12-3pm until 2nd June.

Just show us your Festival/Fringe ticket or The Great Escape lanyard when ordering ❤️

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The Cafe Lifestyle

Curry Leaf Cafe serves South Indian street food & craft beer from two colourful and unique dining spots in Brighton: the original Brighton Lanes Cafe and its Kemptown Kitchen in the eastern part of the city.
Since opening its doors in April 2014, featuring in BBC Good Food Magazine’s ‘12 Best Indian Restaurants in Britain’ article, being listed as a 'Local Gem' in the Waitrose Good Food Guide every year since 2015 and more recently being named the ‘UK’s Best Craft Beer Restaurant’ at the SIBA Awards for the second year running.
The menus at both sites change according to season, featuring high-quality locally sourced meats & vegetables combined with the finest imported Indian spices for maximum flavour. Around half the menu is vegetarian, and a wide selection of vegan, gluten- and dairy-free dishes is offered throughout the day.
As well as offering hot takeaway food for home delivery via the Deliveroo app/website, the brand also delivers chilled, reheatable versions of its award-winning restaurant dishes to homes in Brighton, Hove, Lewes, Worthing, Shoreham, Haywards Heath, Hassocks and many other areas through its new ‘Curry Leaf Cafe at Home’ online ordering service.

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Telephone

Address

60 Ship Street
Brighton And Hove
BN11AE

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 3pm
5pm - 10pm
Tuesday 12pm - 3pm
5pm - 10pm
Wednesday 12pm - 3pm
5pm - 10pm
Thursday 12pm - 3pm
5pm - 10pm
Friday 12pm - 3pm
5pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 10pm
Sunday 1pm - 8pm

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