Petit Pois Brighton is a French restaurant at 70 Ship Street in Brighton’s Lanes. Its intimate, rustic dining room provides a warm setting for traditional French cooking, whether diners are stopping for a relaxed lunch, an evening meal or a Sunday roast.
Small plates and starters draw on familiar French flavours, with charcuterie, cheeses, Bayonne ham, snails, rillettes, salt cod fritters and oysters among the kinds of dishes represented. Bread with Guérande butter offers a simple beginning, while the range encourages sharing across the table.
Main courses balance meat, fish and vegetables through dishes such as duck breast, bouillabaisse, pork loin, sea bass and grilled aubergine. The kitchen’s approach is rooted in recognisable combinations and careful ingredients, giving diners several ways to build a classic bistro style meal.
Crème brûlée, sorbet, tartlet and macaron provide a suitably French conclusion. A wine list spanning regions including Burgundy, Alsace, Languedoc and Bordeaux supports the food, and the restaurant’s compact scale helps retain the personal character of an independent neighbourhood bistro.
Address: 70 Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AE, England
Petit Pois Restaurant Menu
A Partager..Ou Pas
Bread Basket, Guérande Sea Salt Butter
(v)
Olives de Méditerranée
(vg)
Les Assiettes
20-month dry cured bayonne Ham Don Iban
Charcuterie
vegetable crisps, cornichons (n)
Fromages
crackers, chutney, fig & almond cake, celery, grapes (n, gf crackers on request)
Gourmet
a selection of charcuterie and fromages (n)
Entrées
Snails with garlic & parsley butter
(6pcs /12pcs)
Pork rillettes
crackling, toasted bread, cornichons
Salt cod fritters
spicy sauce chien, lime
Whistable rock oysters
shallot vinaigrette, lemon (each / 3/ 6)
Chicory & Roquefort salad
candied walnuts (n)
Plats Principaux
Duck breast
celeriac dauphinois, beetroot purée, kale, blood orange sauce
Bouillabaisse of local fish & shellfish
samphire, rouille, croutons
Grilled pork loin
roast garlic mashed potato, tenderstem broccoli, wholegrain mustard sauce
Grilled aubergine
tomato pesto, giant couscous tabouleh, pomegranate, almonds (vg,n)
Fillet of seabass
red pepper & onion stew, courgette ribbons, chorizo crumble (n)
Accompaniment
£5.00
Frites maison
Béarnaise Sauce (contains traces of gluten)
Mixed greens, shallots, garlic & parsley butter
(vg on request)
Roast garlic mashed potato
Desserts
Trio of Crèmes brûlées
madeleines (v)
Selection of 3 homemade sorbets
candied pistachio, nougatine (vg, n)
Strawberry tartlet
yoghurt ice cream (v)
Macaron of the day
(each) (v,n)
Chocolate & Baileys truffle
(each) (v)
Menu Enfant
£13.50. Includes one scoop of ice cream or sorbet
Toulouse sausage
mashed potato, mixed greens, gravy
Fillet of fish
new potatoes, mixed greens, lemon wedge
Menu Rapide
Excluding Sundays. 2 COURSES £23.00, 3 COURSES £29.00
Smoked mackerel pâté
pickled cucumber, toasted bread
Assiette de charcuterie
(n)
Chilled pea soup
pine nuts, garden peas, herb oil (vg, n)
Crispy squid
garlic mayo, lemon
Toulouse sausage
roast garlic mashed potato, mixed greens, mustard sauce
Skate wing
new potatoes, peas à la Française, red pesto (n)
Crêpe roulée
mushrooms, leeks, crème fraîche, mixed leaves (v)
Minute steak & frites maison
served pink, choice of Béarnaise sauce or jus
Trio of Crèmes brûlées
(v)
Selection of 2 homemade sorbets
nougatine (vg, n)
Assiette de fromages
chutney, grapes, celery, crackers (n, gf crackers on request)
Petits fours
madeleines, chocolate & baileys truffle, fruit tartlet, macaron (n)
Sunday Roast Set Menu
available on Sunday only, served until it’s gone! 1 COURSE £23.00, 2 COURSES £29.50, 3 COURSES £37.00
3 oysters
shallot vinaigrette, lemon
Salt cod fritters
spicy sauce chien, lime
6 snails in garlic and parsley butter
Chilled pea soup
pine nuts, garden peas (vg, n)
Pork belly
slow cooked, crackling. All served with duck fat roast potatoes, honey roasted carrots with sesame seeds, mixed greens, celeriac purée, Yorkshire pudding and gravy
Leg of lamb
braised at low temperature, melt-in-the-mouth. All served with duck fat roast potatoes, honey roasted carrots with sesame seeds, mixed greens, celeriac purée, Yorkshire pudding and gravy
Beef sirloin
matured Scottish premium, served medium rare. All served with duck fat roast potatoes, honey roasted carrots with sesame seeds, mixed greens, celeriac purée, Yorkshire pudding and gravy
3 meats combo
a selection of the above. All served with duck fat roast potatoes, honey roasted carrots with sesame seeds, mixed greens, celeriac purée, Yorkshire pudding and gravy
Summer vegetables & chickpea pastilla
(vg) – north African spices, plant based goodness. All served with duck fat roast potatoes, honey roasted carrots with sesame seeds, mixed greens, celeriac purée, Yorkshire pudding and gravy
Side of cauliflower cheese
(vg on request)
Jug of gravy
Trio of Cremes brûlées
madeleines (v)
Selection of 2 homemade sorbets
nougatine, candied pistachio (vg, n)
Assiette de fromages
chutney, grapes, celery, crackers (n, gf crackers on request)
Petits fours
madeleines, chocolate & baileys truffle, fruit tartlet, macaron (n)
Kids Sunday roast
(includes one scoop of ice cream or sorbet of your choice)