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The Guardian - UK
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Grace Dent

Shelter Hall, Brighton: ‘Far better than a food hall ever tends to be’ – restaurant review

Shelter Hall, Brighton: 'far better than a food hall tends to be.'
Shelter Hall, Brighton: 'far better than a food hall tends to be.' Photograph: Simon J Evans/The Guardian

Shelter Hall in Brighton feels like an entirely new concept in dining: a pleasurable food-hall experience.

No, come back; I’m not making it up. Shelter Hall operates out of a rather beautiful seafront building, built in 1888, to allow promenaders to shelter from the rain. After years of neglect, then some serious restoration, it is now a well-administered home to seven kitchens and two bars, brimming with helpful, smiling staff who will bring plates of Neapolitan pizza and Vietnamese-inspired bao to your seaview table.

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