Brunch & breakfastArundel Road

Mac's Café

Reddit's favourite greasy spoon caff near Whitehawk

5.7/10

Local score

No. 50 of 141 cafés on r/brighton, from 9 locals across 2 threads.

88% would send a mate.

Repeatedly voted Brighton's best 'workman's caff', with fans praising crispy bacon, bubble and squeak, and even kippers, opposite Aldi on Arundel Road. But recent reviews warn it's gone downhill since Covid, with smaller portions, cheaper ingredients and higher prices than before.

Go for
A proper cheap fry-up, crispy bacon guaranteed
Heads up
Recent reports say quality and portions dropped post-Covid

What locals say

I can pay for breakfast for you and your son at Mac's cafe (opposite Aldi) on Arundel road?
u/Not_LRG, 202659 upvotes“Is there anywhere near the Whitehawk area as a man with my son that we can go today for some food and be warm for a while?”
1. Mac’s Cafe 2. Patcham Cafe 3. Kitchen Cafe Those three are the very best imo. Pick whichever you’re closest to and you’re laughin.
u/Level_Cartoonist_106, 20255 upvotes“Looking for the best “workman’s caff” in Brighton”
Absolutely macs cafe. Crispy bacon and tasty bubble and squeak. Even do kippers!
u/Lower-Mushroom2662, 20251 upvotes“Looking for the best “workman’s caff” in Brighton”
I know it’s not the place for it but I doubt I’ll ever see Mac’s cafe get mentioned on Reddit again. It’s amazing how that place has plummeted since Covid, used to be a good, typical greasy spoon. Now they use the cheapest possible ingredients, give you the smallest portions possible and charge you the most they could possibly get away…
u/GaryPartsUnknown, 20261 upvotes“Is there anywhere near the Whitehawk area as a man with my son that we can go today for some food and be warm for a while?”

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