A cafe bar and restaurant has won its stand-up fight with licensing magistrates.

Two Tin Drum restaurants in Brighton had been told customers could not stand and drink at their bars while waiting for tables.

But a judge at Lewes Crown Court has overturned the decision for the Tin Drum in Dyke Road, Seven Dials.

David Radtke, managing director of the cafe bars and restaurants, applied for a licence in December with the condition 30 people would be allowed to stand at the bar.

Brighton licensing magistrates threw out the application, saying they feared the premises would become more like a pub and the limit would be difficult to enforce.

Judge Anthony Scott Gall allowed the appeal on Friday but warned Mr Radtke he should not run his premises as a pub and said the licence would be at risk if there were problems.

It means 110 people can now sit and stand in the Seven Dials cafe, about 30 of them in the foyer.

Mr Radtke said: "I am delighted.

"We are a bar, restaurant and cafe and will continue to provide table service to our customers. We now have the facility to offer our customers standing room and have a drink while waiting for tables, which will improve the quality of our operation."

The restaurant had been forced to turn away customers during busy periods instead of serving them drinks as they waited for a table.

Mr Radtke said he would monitor the situation at the Dyke Road restaurant before deciding what to do about the Kemp Town Tin Drum.