Truffles

Stone the crows! Am I the last person to have found this place? Probably. Our family was visiting Shoreham (revisiting in my case, since I grew up in Worthing and relocated to the U.S. many years ago....but I digress), and we were in search of lunch. We came across Truffles and, bingo! My first clue of how good a place is: do they have a whole bunch of customers in a queue? Yes. Second clue. There were a lot of customers in the cafe in the back. Third clue: the actual baked goods! Yum! It took me a while (i.e. decades) to find this place, but I'm glad we chose this vs. 'lunch' from the supermarkets.

This venue has transformed the feel of Brighton Square, making it somewhere you'd want to sit, eat and drink rather than walk through quickly. Sadly we didn't sit outside under the twinkly lights, but we were happy with out inside table and the equally gorgeous decor. Our server Yasmin was attentive, friendly and professional. The menu was just the right length, with something to please all three of us (a veggie, pescetarian and omnivore), including a few nice vegetarian dishes. The only blip - one of us ordered the caesar salad which we didn't realise had meat in it (so now we know what 'coppa' means!). We had to send it back and suggested they make it clearer on the menu or make sure people realise while ordering - we can't be the only ones who didn't know and we eat out a lot. The Manager changed the dish without any fuss though. Look forward to returning when the place is less busy (we went on a Friday night), including with my laptop to try out the comfy looking sofas. A refreshing addition to the Brighton restaurant scene.