I been to Barneys Deli couple of times and they always provided the best cheese's in town. Also…read moreordering my Christmas Cheese from their website was so easy! Always friendly service, thank you!

From the owner: Situated in the bustling North Laine community of independent retailers in Brighton, we stock over…read more40 different Sussex cheeses as well as your usual cheese shop favourites, vegan dairy-free alternatives, local award-winning charcuterie and small batch chutneys and preserves, hand-made chocolate and butter, and a wide range of olive and truffle oils and condiments.

If your having lunch at home, Le Gourmet in Seven Dials is a fantastic place to head to. Located on…read moreDyke Road, just opposite the local Co-op, its a shop that excels in deli produce and take-away sandwiches/wraps that are made on the premises. The baguettes are big and filled well for a lot less than you'd expect. I prefer to buy a selection of cold meats, anti-pasti and a nice fresh loaf of foccacia bread to let everyone dig in. Try a lump of gorgonzola with a few slices of parma ham on a big chunk of olive oil drenched bread followed by one of their very sweet but tasty chocolate caramel shortbreads. Decadent but lovely!

There's no shortage of deli/sandwich shops in Seven Dials, each with their own character, but Le…read moreGourmet is probably my favourite. It's a very good sized shop for a deli, with a range to match. On the counter are big jars full of olives, tasty looking meats and cheeses, and different breads. Sandwiches, salads and cakes are always good - I love the meatball wrap! They also sell a good range of goods to take home - including a very impressive range of unusual looking pastas.

Really really tastey this place... I went in not knowing if I wanted a drink or a snack or a full…read moreblown lunch, and the friendly gentlemen stepped in with a smile and an earnest tone of passion to guide me through the options open to me. For just £1.80 I picked up a freshly made that day ball of fluffy rice cooked in breadcrumbs with a mozzarella and spinach centre that was about the size of both my fists together (without thumbs). Bringing it over to me, he offered a knife and fork, but said he personally like to "snatch it up in a napkin", With my cutlery poised, I suddenly deviated and went down the napkin route, which proved an incredibly satisfying, clean and spillage free way of munching through my meal... Random details aside, there was a host of food on offer here, which I fully intend to explore further down the line, with iconic Mediterranean dishes like lasagne sitting alongside equally intriguing unknown delights. Its a little small inside, so I was pleased to get a seat out of the cold. But for something to bring home with you, or for a sit down and nibble outside, this place is unparalleled.

I pass this tiny Sicilian deli everyday and after much admiring, I finally decided to try it out…read more With the likes of 'Poppy's' and 'Pause' nearby, Mediterrane faces tough competition in what is a small area. Having tasted the food though, this is perhaps the best of the local lunchtime eateries. The menu is based on traditional Sicilian dishes, and delivers superbly on the famous Italian brand. You'll also find that it's a lot cheaper than other deli's, certainly those further in to town. My baguette came in at £2.90, very reasonable. Space is a bit limited, but there is seating inside and out (weather permitting). Perhaps the strongest reason for going here would be the delightfully friendly owner, I can't explain just how sweet he was.

Yummmmmmm!…read more Everything in this little Hanover deli/cafe looks mouth-wateringly delicious. I find it a real challenge to walk past without popping in for a treat. The idea behind Fanny's is to provide the local community with local produce, so you'll find there's lots of Sussex cheeses and local meat, as well as local organic milk and eggs. With freshly baked bread and pastries from the Real Patisserie this really is the perfect little shop to have on your doorstep! No longer must you buy yucky over-priced bread from the newsagent if you run out- hooray! The assortment of bread is great and the baguettes are especially good. If you fancy a sandwich they do filled ones too. With yummy home-made cakes, jars of pickles and preserves, antipasti, cheeses and meats of all varieties, I really could spend hours browsing and sampling in this lovely little deli. Alas I don't have that much time or money on my hands. But I will continue to support this fantastic little local business whenever I can!

What a gem of a place Fanny's is, this is the type of delicatessen that your stomach dreams of,…read morewhere you could spend far too much money without even knowing it. Selling homemade cakes, bread, sandwiches and fresh coffees, this is one of the nicest places for quite a distance. Everything here is so very Brighton; the produce is continental, yet local and organic (sounds contradictory, but it really is true). I would recommend coming here to anybody, although I would warn you that it is a bit pricey, and the selection is a bit limited if you're thinking about coming here instead of a green grocers or Co-Op.

This is a great place for picking up a gift for a friend or relative. The hampers are really good…read morequality and packed with interesting ingredients. There's plenty of different ones to choose from but I ordered the Italian one last time. It comes with breadsticks, olive oil, olives etc and really is a good idea for anyone interested in cooking or pic-nicks. They also have some fantastic food to take away. Try the Baguettes of the day. Last time I had the Minted Lamb, with mayo and chilli jam and it was fantastic! They also have some great soups always bubbling away here. A small shop that really cares about serving it's community.

We had such a wonderful time learning all about the wine. Our wine guide was a delightful chap…read morecalled Will. Will is incredibly knowledgeable about the wines he introduced us to, taking us through the history of the grape / vineyard through to the flavours we should expect. We got to try six delectable wines, paired with the perfect cheese for the tasting. Oh yes! Now, don't think you're going to get enough nibbles to constitute a full meal... Also, I would suggest a late lunch if possible as you will end up fairly jolly as they have generous pours... We were trashed by the end of it bantering with Will and cracking jokes left right and centre (or at least we were in our minds). Will was happy to join in, and we hoped we left more of a good impression rather than a "thank god they're gone!" sigh of relief. The venue itself is a great size with small tables scattered around the centre table (where we were sat as a larger group of six). The decor is light, modern and filled with the chatter of happy drinkers. I also took home a bottle of my fave wine of the night. Offering 10% off purchases that evening sealed the deal for me (and the fact I needed to pack the bottle in my suitcase as I dreaded my hangover the next day before my 12 hour flight back to Hong Kong!).

Brilliant selection of wines, it's so nice to go beyond the basic supermarket offerings…read more I did a tasting here and it was wonderful. The host was so knowledgeable, welcoming and not at all pretentious or intimidating if you're a beginner wine fan! I ended up buying a couple of bottles to take home :) Have come here several times and would definitely recommend for a pleasant and relaxed evening.

This excellent little local deli is located right near the new South Downs National Park which has…read morecone of the most amazing walks on offer for miles around. My advice is to get to this deli as early as humanly possible and stock up your rucksack with as many goodies you can fit in. The bread is home made and really good, rustic stuff. Grab a loaf of that, some of their local Sussex cheese (most of which isn't available in the supermarkets) and a hefty selection of cold meats and then head off into the countryside. If you're too lazy to do this, they do sell ready prepared sandwiches but I prefer a good picking lunch personally. Don't forget the wine!!

This is the place to buy your meat if you want to impress your dinner guests. On my first encounter…read morewith Bramptons I needed to procure some mince meat to cook meatballs. When the mince was handed over, the butcher warned me, 'make sure you eat that in the next day or so or it'll go off - it aint got any preservatives in it'. We ate the meatballs that night and were pretty impressed. Following my initial success, I splashed out on some lamb chops. These, I was told, were reared on the Sussex Downs which can only add to the enjoyment of the food knowing the meat hasn't been festering in a lorry freezer for 24 hours. If your on a tight budget to feed a large household then you may find it difficult to buy here but if you have the money and love your local produce, I don't think you'll find a better butchers in the area.

Bramptons is a fantastic traditional butchers and cheese shop in Kemptown…read more The full array of meat products is available here - beef, lamb, pork - in various cuts, including their own sausages. It's a real pleasure to watch the butchers here at work - they clearly have a great pride and skill in their work. So different to picking up some pre-packaged factory farmed stuff from the supermarket shelf. The prices aren't cheap, but you know you are getting well sourced, humanely reared produce. The cheese shop also has a good range, including lots of local cheeses you won't find anywhere else.

Too often you'll find that delicatessens are nothing more than glorified cafes, selling very…read moreaverage sandwiches and produce. Unsurprisingly in an affluent and middle class place like Lewes, Beckworths is able to offer a very good quality selection. If in Lewes, I tend to pick a coffee from here, rather than going to the nearby Caffe Nero. The coffee is about £1.70, which is cheaper, but it is also a darn site better than Nero. As for the sandwiches, you get a good range, with a lot of room for the more fussy eaters out there. I regularly buy the beef and horse radish, which I certainly would recommend.

This is an odd little shop- when you first walk in to the small space it looks like a…read morestraightforward sandwich shop with a glass fronted counter, a chalkboard on the wall with sandwich options, a coffee machine and a few shelves selling other goodies. When you get closer to the counter however you realise that it's filled with European cheeses, delicious looking different types of ham and various top quality ingredients like artichoke hearts and olives in olive oil. This is no ordinary sandwich shop- it serves elaborate sandwiches on artisan bread, and acts as a small but premium delicatessen. The shelves on the right are also stocked with local jams, condiments, lovely oil and De Cecco pasta.

I don't know what they do to the coffee here, maybe it's powered by voodoo or something, but if you…read morecan get better in Brighton, or elsewhere, you're a better person than me. Just superb. And it's got wifi and powerpoints, and great food and cheery staff. Thumbs up all round from this coffee drinker.

Ground is a groovy-looking, little corner coffee shop up in Kemptown. This place gets packed on a…read moreSunday afternoon even when the weather outside isn't frightful, so it was a bit tough to find a place to sit. After ordering, the bf and I wound up parking our big, bulky selves along a narrow, back counter space in an adjacent, quite small, rectangular room that I'd quickly coined the "laptop library". I think my po-po was almost accidentally backin' up against someone's MacBook Pro. At some point during our stay, I noticed this. So, Mac-dude was either too polite, or too English to tell me to move my goods away from his. Hehe. My perch was directly in front of an open window-ahhhh-so I was able to gaze out at the nearby street and buildings while gulls were crying somewhere off in the distance. The gulls were a very nice touch. What to say about the flat whites? Oh, I don't know. I hate to sound like a "hater", but the bevvies were quite milky with only the slightest hint of espresso to them. Resplendent with fab-o foam art, they looked every bit the part flat white, but didn't really taste like them. What's great about Ground is that the service was spot-on friendly and efficient. I'd be keen on going back and ordering a drip coffee and a snack, and, hopefully, snagging a seat by the window, or, if it's nice out, a seat on the bench out front.