The Plotting Parlour
Cocktail bar
A cocktail bar on Steine Street with food, cocktails and drag shows. Closed on Mondays.
📍 6 Steine St, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1TE
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Bohemia
Cocktail bar and restaurant
Three floors and two terraces on Meeting House Lane in the Lanes, with a private cocktail bar upstairs. Open until 3am at the weekend.
📍 54-55 Meeting House Ln, Brighton BN1 1HB
The Mesmerist
Lounge bar
A dapper lounge bar on Prince Albert Street in the Lanes, open until 1am or later.
📍 1-3 Prince Albert St, Brighton BN1 1HE
Alcotraz
Immersive prison cocktail bar
An immersive night in a mock prison on Kings Road. You bring a spirit and the bartenders make you three cocktails from it.
📍 13 Kings Rd, Brighton BN1 1NE
Shuffle Bar & Jukebox
Jukebox cocktail bar
A cocktail bar on York Place where you choose the music on the jukebox.
📍 27 York Pl, Brighton BN1 4GU
The Birdcage
Cocktail and entertainment bar
A cocktail bar on Marine Parade with live entertainment.
📍 11-12 Marine Parade, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1TL
Fallen Angel
Quirky bar
A relaxed, quirky bar on Grafton Street with cocktails, gin, beer and wine.
📍 24 Grafton St, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1AQ
Madam Lola's
Cabaret bar
An artist-run cabaret and vaudeville venue in a Grade II listed building with a copper dome on St George's Road.
📍 83 St George's Rd, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1EF
Shelter Hall
Food and drinks hall
A seafront food hall in the Kings Road Arches with seven kitchens, two bars, a sea-view terrace and balconies.
📍 152-154 Kings Road Arches, Brighton BN1 1NB
Bar Medusa
Cocktail bar
A Preston Street bar focused on service and beautifully presented cocktails.
📍 20 Preston St, Brighton BN1 2HN
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This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run cocktail events in more than 20 towns and cities across the UK and Ireland and have worked with hundreds of bars since 2022. We love Brighton's bars, so we put this guide together from our own research and trusted local press.
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