Sussex restaurant gets its first Michelin star – and the first for the city in 50 years!

Sussex restaurant gets its first Michelin star – and the first for the city in 50 years!

A restaurant in Hove has secured its first Michelin star – just six months after opening.

Hove Restaurant Wins Brighton and Hove's First Michelin Star in 50 Years

QUICK ANSWER What’s happened? Maré by Rafael Cagali, a Brazilian-Italian restaurant on Church Road in Hove, has been awarded one Michelin star in the 2026 Guide — just six months after opening. It is the first starred restaurant in Brighton and Hove since La Francais in Paston Place closed in the 1970s. Cagali also runs two-Michelin-starred Da Terra in London. A neighbourhood restaurant that opened last September has ended a half-century drought…