Cut Your Wolf Loose
Whisky bar and bottle shop
A modern whisky bar on Trafalgar Street with hundreds of whiskies by the glass and single-cask bottles to take home.
📍 23 Trafalgar St, Brighton BN1 4EQ
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Italian aperitivo bar
Italian aperitivo from Emilia Romagna on St George's Place, with classic cocktails, a signature 50ml Martini and Lambrusco. Opened in 2025.
📍 10 St George's Pl, Brighton BN1 4GB
Brighton Rocks
New Orleans-style bar
An intimate Kemptown bar on Rock Place with cocktails, organic wine and more than 120 whiskies, with a focus on bourbon.
📍 6 Rock Pl, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1PF
Plateau
Natural wine and cocktail bar
A natural wine bar on Bartholomews with sharing plates, cocktails and vinyl.
📍 1 Bartholomews, Brighton BN1 1HG
Rumour Has It
Aperitivo bar
An aperitivo bar and cafe on Dukes Lane, opened in December 2025, with cocktails and wine.
📍 10 Dukes Ln, Brighton BN1 1BG
Fallen Angel
Quirky bar
A relaxed, quirky bar on Grafton Street with cocktails, gin, beer and wine.
📍 24 Grafton St, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1AQ
Stargazer
Bar with a garden
A bar on High Street with an all-weather garden, sofas and a gallery, open daily from 3pm.
📍 2-3 High St, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1RP
Tipsy Mares
Wine and cocktail bar
A Church Road wine bar with self-pour wine machines and cocktails made with Sussex spirits.
📍 34 Church Rd, Hove BN3 2FN
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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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