Cafe in Brighton

“Good coffee and tasty food at reasonable prices.”

“Great service, amazing food, strongly recommend.”

“Jude the Nurse at the Brighton Western Road travel clinic was extremely knowledgeable. She advised me which were the necessary vaccinations for my trip and was really reassuring. I felt very well looked after. Highly recommended. Julia - Costa Rica to volunteer in Animal Sanctuary.”

“Nice little coffee shop in a decent location (my mum couldn't get to it because of the stairs). Really good mochas.”

“The people there are lovely, very patient, clear and kind. The coffee is absolutely wonderful, I strongly recommend the cappuccino, it's really really good”

“I was fortunate to get the opportunity to experience the coffee at basement central and feel compelled to speak as to my experience. I would consider myself rather barista-cly naïve and a novice in matters of coffee, however I’d say my experience at Basement Central has done something to alter that – alter me. I would dare to say that this café, rightly situated in a learning establishment, has made me more learned and edified me in a way that I struggle to express. I would credit the service of staff member Ellie for the profundity of what has become the epoch of my coffee journey. She honoured my order with grace and gusto, I found myself enthralled by what I could see of the alchemical process (in itself a wonderful and delicate conduction that Petrenko could only wish to achieve). Her manner was astounding, she provided a pleasant and yet almost philosophical exchange - indeed I was putting one foot in front of the other - what one could hope for from a Michelin level server. Then of course, the coffee – The taste was divine; rich with notes of caramel – ambrosia in a cardboard cup. Perfection brewed and then placed before me in a university café. My only criticism is I fear I may never be able to experience such a thing from any other establishment or home brewed beverage, not only was I caffeinated but I was healed of fatigue, of worldly stresses. I cannot emphasise enough, the excellency of the culinary happening that Ellie provided to me; I am a heretic having tasted the divine in that drink, a tear may have rolled down my cheek. It is much to my sorrow that I have to disrespect the empyrean nature of this brew by confining its description to a paltry and, certainly for this, lacking system of rating, but I shall say that Ellie has cemented Basement Central as a place for my repeated patronage.”

“Just used Gates and Moloney again. This time to buy my house. It was a time sensitive sale with a lot of last minute legal complications which Helen Norton guided us through. What should have been a stressful 3 months was all tied up in 6 weeks. Could not be happier with their service.”