I echo the first two reviews of this restuarant. It is disgusting, horrendous and outragously rude people that run Alfresco. The staff snatched my 2 year old sons fork from his hand when he was being so quiet and well behaved eating his dinner with it. They gave him a plastic drinks decoration and a tea spoon to eat his dinner with. They didn't talk to us about what they were doing at all. They showed us a tea spoon they had one side of the table and when I turned around another waiter was snatching my sons fork out of his hand. My little boy was in total shock as he was just happily sitting there tucking into his pasta with it completely content and happy. My husband and I were in total shock too as we had no idea what was going on and why our little boy had just had his fork snatched from him. So my husband got up to get him another one to eat with. With that a very rude, what I can only think was the manager, came over with a disgusted look on his face and said the noise he was making was not nice for other people. My little boy had made maybe 3 chinks on his bowl with his fork. He was sitting extremely quietly in his highchair eating. We could not believe what we were hearing. We were so angry that they felt they had the right to treat our little boy so badly that we left without paying saying they should not welcome children to there restaurant if they felt that way about them. This is the rudest restuarant I have ever been too in all my adult life and we eat out a lot. Since our little boy was born 2 years ago we have taken him into many a restuarant every weekend and he has never been treated in such a rude unwelcoming way. We were appalled by the service we received here and outraged at the way they treated out little boy. Do not go to Alfresco unless you wanted to be treated a disgusting way by the staff and owners. Our little boy was treated like a piece of dirt. Not at all child freindly, the worst restuarant we have ever entered. Horrendous!

I have lived in Brighton for nearly 20 years, and Alfresco's is probably one of the worst choices of Restaurants you can make in Brighton. It has a great view, but just about average food which is very expensive for what you get. Also they have really realy bad customer service. Olives are served with pips. Last time I had a pizza there I cracked my tooth on such a pip and had to pay £80 for an emergency treatment and £350 for a crown. The waiter (and owner) did not even apologise or offered me a glass of water to wash my mouth or considered some sort of compensation. I was told that I have to live with the fact that Olives have pips. Well fish has bones, but I assume they are removed before serving.

Anyway there are many good restaurants in Brighton, so don’t do the same mistake I did, and go to this tourist trap because of the view and it is getting cold. You will be disappointed! For food, go up Preston Street (just opposite up the hill) and there are many more restaurants to chose from, including Italian. For a drink and a view carry on towards hove until the Bandstand and go to the café below. Both options are less then 5 mins away. Do not go to Alfresco’s!

wow i have never dined at such a poor disgusting place

the staff here are the rudest i have come across they lied about my booking and we were celebrating a friends birthday and they told us they would order a cake with his name and happy birthday on

yet despite 3 weeks otice they did not do this they then sat us inside despite asking for a table outside and there staff all stood around the door with there coats on waiting to leave for the night

even though we had not finished they were unwilling to help with the complaint and despite spending nearly 400.00

they say its upto them were people sit I have rang to talk to them but they are so so so rude and are unwilling to talk to me

i would not recommend this place at all its awful overly priced and full of appalling people i will be posting this on as many forums as i can as do not want anyone else to waist money here

Location, location, location.

What a brilliant idea it was for Giuseppe to open this restaurant about fifteen years ago, having built a decent reputation at the now defunct Mama Mia of Preston Street.

Everybody has a superb view of Brighton and the ocean from the glass pavilion; the sort of experience you should get on the pier, but don't.

Service is always very professional and attentive, and the food is certainly above average and reasonably-priced.

The pizzas and pasta are popular, and range from the standard family Italian dishes one would expect to a few slightly more ambitious items (the single enormous prawn is something of an oddity, but worth a look).

All-in-all a deservedly popular restaurant, astutely run, well-patronised despite being a little way off the regular tourist track.

Sitting outside overlooking the sea was so relaxing! Great food and friendly service too, will definitely return.