New restaurant opens in The Beacon

Venture creates 25 new jobs and offers speciality chicken dish as well as options for vegetarian and vegan diners.

A new culinary experience has landed in Eastbourne.

The new restaurant, Bird Haus, located on the first floor of The Beacon shopping centre, is creating 25 local jobs, with the search still on for a good front of house team to meet and greet diners, a number of management roles, and bar staff to mix a selection of drinks and cocktails. 

Bird Haus offers a range of tasty delights, including its speciality dish of buttermilk-fried chicken. Vegetarian and vegan options are covered, and there’s a Something Different menu of adventurous dishes such as Cajun shrimp Po-Boys and quesadillas. 

For Bird Haus, this is the first venture into a restaurant format after the menu has been available through Deliveroo in in the Cambridge and Norwich areas. 

Owner Lamen Reddy said: “The feedback has been great and it has prompted us to take the next big 

step and open a restaurant. The Beacon was an easy choice for us. Not only do we love the coastal location and the bustling streets of Eastbourne, it’s also a fun cultural hub of the south coast, which is seeing a lot of exciting development.” 

“We think our plucky easy-going concept fits in perfectly with the local culture and we look forward to getting involved with the local community.” 

Centre Director James Roberts welcomed the arrival of Bird Haus. He said: “This is another great food and leisure attraction for The Beacon. Their exciting range of dishes offers a new taste experience for our visitors and I am confident it will be a great success.” 

Eastbourne has been getting rave reviews in the iconic Time Out guide, which puts the town at No. 1 in its best places to visit chart in 2023, and in The Sun newspaper, which earlier this month called Eastbourne the “hottest spot in the south.”