Tonight's tables.
At the kitchens worth going to.
Brighton's rooms release the seats they couldn't fill. £5 to claim one. Half off the food bill, no notice required.
Tonight's picks.
Each room is held to the same bar: we'd eat there at full price. The seats below they couldn't fill tonight.
Welsh rarebit, French wine, dogs welcome
Order as you go. Natural wine. Volume just right.
Wood-fire cooking in a converted coal merchant's yard
Hand-rolled pasta, Italian wines you haven't heard of
Wood-fire cooking in a converted coal merchant's yard
Hand-rolled pasta, Italian wines you haven't heard of
Seven courses, Sussex produce, sauna garden
Order as you go. Natural wine. Volume just right.
From the room
"We don't put a table on Halfseat unless it would have walked out empty.That's the deal. No gimmicks, no minimum-spends, no walk-in pressure. Just a quiet table that found someone to eat at it."
— Maya Doulton, head chef, The Coal Yard
A short list, updated daily.
Around 4pm, the kitchens release the seats they expect to leave empty. No more than 4–8 listings a night — quality over volume.
£5 to hold the table.
A flat fee. £3 of it goes straight to the venue. Cancel an hour out, full refund to your card — not store credit.
Half off the food bill.
The kitchen halves their food charge. Drinks at full price — the venue keeps the margin where it lives. You eat for less, the room stays profitable.