Little Italy

You'll find yourself on a quiet stretch of Carlisle Road heading towards the seafront, but step inside Little Italy and you're transported somewhere altogether warmer. The room fills with the smell of good tomato sauce and garlic—the kind that tells you someone actually knows what they're doing in the kitchen. It's unpretentious in the best way: locals tucking into homemade pasta, families spreading across tables, couples leaning in over wine. The place has been keeping Eastbourne fed on proper Italian food long enough to have built a genuinely loyal following, and those 651 reviews aren't just polite—they're from people who keep coming back.