The Breakfast Club

You'll spot the queue before you see the sign – that's how you know you've found the right place on Market Street. This is where Brighton does American diner food with enough British sensibility to keep everyone happy, from the office workers grabbing avocado toast before 9am to the families demolishing stacks of pancakes on Saturday mornings. The menu swings between proper fry-ups and Instagram-worthy brunch plates, but everything's executed with the kind of consistency that keeps people coming back despite the inevitable weekend wait. Staff move with the efficiency of people who've seen every hangover cure request imaginable, and the coffee's strong enough to resurrect even the most battered post-night-out soul.