Fish & chipsStation Road
Athena B
Portslade chippy famous for proper thick chip-shop gravy
7.1/10
Local score
No. 75 of 300 places to eat on r/brighton, from 15 locals across 10 threads.
100% would send a mate.
Consistently named Brighton's best chippy on r/brighton, especially by transplanted northerners missing proper gravy - Athena B is one of the few places that does it thick rather than thin and watery. Regulars also rate the loaded chips, chips+cheese+aioli combo and vegan options like the battered sausage. One recent visitor waited 45 minutes without being warned after the shop took on a big phone/Deliveroo order without separating staff to cope.
- Go for
- Proper northern-style chip shop gravy
- Heads up
- Can have long unannounced waits when phone/delivery orders pile up
What locals say
Another northerner here. Best chips and gravy I've had in the city so far is from Athena B in Portslade. They also do a chips + cheese + aioli combo, and I wasn't sure it would work but I'll dump the gravy on that and it makes me very happy. Beige food is the best food.
Athena B Also, don't dismiss this until you've given it a try... No Catch. It's a vegan chippy. I am a hardcore omnivore. I am not by any stretch of the imagination vegetarian or vegan. But No Catch is one of my favourote chippies in Brighton. First off, chips are vegan anyway and they cook amazing chips. The…
Yes! This! Used to live above Bankers on western road- was not a fan (mainly of their chips). Moved to Portslade and discovered the Athena B- huge fan!
Athena B is great but they need to sort out their order of service, I went in the other evening and waited 45 mins, they didn’t warn me about the time before I ordered. It turned out they had a huge phone pick up they decided to start whilst still accepting Deliveroo etc. They need to separate the staff out and not…
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