Four Sussex restaurants have earned a top spot in a shortlist of the ten best in the South East.

Uber Eats has announced the shortlist for its Restaurant of the Year awards.

The South East list features three Brighton venues and a burger place in St Leonards.

Social Board, a sandwich shop in St James’s Street, Kemp Town, is on the list alongside popular Mexican restaurant Carlito Burrito in Brighton’s York Place.

Cutie Pies and Fries, the pizza offering from The Star and Garter pub in King's Road, Brighton, has also made the cut.

The final Sussex restaurant in the South East shortlist is Half Man! Half Burger! in Marine Court, St Leonards.

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The shortlists for each region are now open for public vote before finalists are decided.

They are then invited to create their hero dish for the panel of expert judges who will decide who walks away with the £100,000 for Restaurant of the Year.

Uber Eats said there are 40 different cuisines in the shortlist of 130 restaurants in UK and Ireland.

As well as the grand prize, Uber Eats is offering all regional winners a £5,000 prize.

The finalists from the regional voting will be judged by a panel including chef and TV personality Andi Oliver, alongside Uber Eats general manager Matthew Price.

Andi said: “I am honoured to work with Uber Eats for their prestigious Restaurant of the Year Awards. As we embark on this journey of discovery with some of the UK and Ireland’s top chefs, let us celebrate the passion, skill and dedication that make each independent restaurant a culinary haven."

Matthew said: “We created the Restaurant of the Year Awards to spotlight the very best independent restaurants across the UK and Ireland. Small businesses like these make up a huge part of Uber Eats and we want to help every one of them thrive because Uber Eats only succeeds when our restaurant partners succeed.”

The full South East shortlist is:

  1. Half Man! Half Burger!
  2. Social Board
  3. Carlito Burrito
  4. Cutie Pies and Fries - Detroit Pizza
  5. Natty's Jerk Shack, Portsmouth
  6. Fuego's Street Food, Southsea
  7. Mexifun, Southampton
  8. Mango Thai, Southampton
  9. Baffi, Poole
  10. The Boring Burger, Guildford