A recent forum thread on LinkedIn titled 'Restaurant Suggestions Anyone?" elicited over 65 responses from local business professionals in Brighton & Hove.

The comments were interesting both in content and in that they covered a variety of cuisines so we thought that we would summarise them here for a wider audience.

LinkedIn is the social network for businesses and professionals and you can read the full thread here (registration may be required).

See if you agree or disagree with the choices listed below...

We have also created a *Wiki Survey with all the entries listed to experiment with a better way of presenting this information. We need your help to make it work though... Please click here to vote for and see results for 'First Choice Restaurants in Brighton and Hove'. You can add your own resraurant suggestions too in this 'real time' survey.

American - Smokey's - "If you like meat, I'd highly recommend Smokey's on the seafront. Absolutely superb food, good portions too. The staff were lovely." - Sophie Paul

British - 64 Degrees - "Try for something different. It's been getting rave reviews and I had a great night there." - Neil Constantine

British - Coal Shed - "Not the cheapest by a way but excellent food if you like meat in proper size porttions." - Douglas Hedger

British - The Courtyard Restaurant - "The Courtyard Restaurant is very good. Their head chef, Jason, used to be Prince Charles's personal chef. I kid you not. And they are part of a superb digital loyalty scheme called Bounti, which is slowly getting popular in Brighton." - Paz Chauhan

British and French - Busby & Wilds - "Discreet, quiet, informal, food well worth eating and prices are very reasonable for the quality." - Emma Drew

Chinese  - Good Friends - "No dim sum but excellent dishes to share." - Chris Ko

European - 24 St Georges - "Absolute outstanding in every way. Very nice and good service and really delicious food, beautifully presented. Was without a doubt one of my best dinners in Brighton!" - Henning Schmitz

European - Havana - "Excellent meal. Great cocktails too!" - Tacina Smith

European and British - Bom-Banes - "Bom-Banes is always mine and my girlfriend's first choice for a special night out - very Brighton-quirky and proprieter Jane always goes the extra mile to make you feel welcome and looked-after. Especially recommended for those who favour beer over wine as they stock a small but excellent range of premium/craft beers." - Andy Morton

French - Cotes - "Great food, atmosphere and service!" - Victoria King

Fish - Riddle & Finns - "A great fish restauraunt" - Tony Whitman

Fish - Fishy Fishy - "Tried Fishy Fishy 2 weeks ago - It gets a lot of good press and good reviews and I thought these were well deserved. Great food and excellent service and the cost was not too bad either." - David Crosby

Japanese - E-Kagen - "An awesome family-run Japanese cafe. Good food and value." - Jonathon Lind

Click the link below to take part on our "First Choice Restaurants in Brighton & Hove" Wiki Survey and to see the results so far:

http://www.allourideas.org/localsrecommendrestaurantsinbrightonandhove

* A Wiki Survey works in a similar way to Wikipedia in that it uses 'collective intelligence' techniques to derive emergent meaning from the simple interactions of many people. Our use of it here is an experiment to see if this kind of information can be presented in a way that is useful. Any ideas on how to use this tool is welcome...