17GRAMS Brighton | Coffee & Brunch
Plant-forward specialty-coffee brunch cafe in the Lanes — most dishes vegetarian and over half made-vegan-able, but meat and egg are served, so a mixed kitchen with a genuine vegan-brunch reputation.
Why it's listed: Vegan+veg types; noted 'favourite place in the lanes for a vegan breakfast' — genuine vegan-brunch reputation though also serves meat
Profile last updated 16 July 2026.
The business claims it
Structured facts from the listing and website.
- Cuisine style
- Hip, plant-filled specialty-coffee and brunch cafe with vegan/vegetarian leanings.“Hip, plant-filled setting for espresso drinks with vegan-vegetarian cafe eats & courtyard seating.”
— editorialSummary - Kitchen-wide dietary regime
- Mixed kitchen: most dishes are vegetarian and more than half can be made vegan and/or gluten-free, but meat (bacon, chorizo) and egg are served.“Most dishes on the menu are vegetarian, and more than half can be made vegan and/or gluten free”
— reviews - Service modes offered
- dine in · takeaway“outside tables were great on a sunny day”
— reviews - Price band
- Midrange brunch pricing.“PRICE_LEVEL_MODERATE”
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Customers reveal it
Recurring signal mined from real reviews — with receipts.
- Atmosphere as customers describe it
- Small plant-filled Lanes cafe with huge windows and courtyard seating; busy and buzzy.“The windows are huge, so while the space is small it doesn't really feel it”
— reviews - Occasions customers use it for
- brunch · breakfast · coffee“First time having brunch at 17Grams”
— reviews - Dishes customers name repeatedly
- Mushrooms (miso mushrooms on toast) · Breakfast burrito · Full English / plant-house breakfast · Apple crumble pancakes“Either the burrito or the full English... I've never had a mushroom like it”
— reviews - Recurring caveats in reviews
- Kitchen quality can dip when busy (burnt/lukewarm food) · Veggie version priced same as the meat version“the temperature of the food was lukewarm, and the toast was burnt”
— reviews - Mock-meat / meat-substitute dishes
- Coconut bacon used in the veggie version of otherwise-meat dishes.“the veggie version, which is served with coconut bacon instead of meat”
— reviews - Service character as customers describe it
- Warm, friendly and welcoming — often cited as among the friendliest in Brighton, though the kitchen can slip when busy.“if there's a friendliest service in Brighton award 17g would get it”
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Only the owner knows it
Questions we hold for the kitchen itself. Unanswered until they answer.
We're holding 9 questions for the owner — families & kids, best occasions & the vibe, vegan, coeliac & allergy options, why choose you, groups, private hire & catering, booking or walk-in?, good to know before you visit, must-order dishes, made in-house & sourcing — and will publish the answers here once confirmed.