Guidebook for Hastings
Food Scene
Rock a Nore Kitchen
23 Rock-a-Nore RdGreat sea-food right by the fishing beach
Graze on Grand
16 Grand ParadeReally good wine selection (also do take out) and Restaurant.
Gastropub that was voted best pub in the UK in 2018. Good food and great beer and wine!
100 locals recommend
The Crown
Ashford RoadGastropub that was voted best pub in the UK in 2018. Good food and great beer and wine!
The Land Of Green Ginger
45 High StGood local place for breakfast and lunch
The Old Custom House
19 E ParadeOysters , seafood and wine!
Hybrid Thai restaurant and bookshop. June cooks real Thai food in a very cosy setting.
30 locals recommend
Boulevard bookshop and Thai Cafe
32 George StHybrid Thai restaurant and bookshop. June cooks real Thai food in a very cosy setting.
Award winning organic bakery; bread, cakes plus wines, local produce and a coffee shop!
36 locals recommend
Judges Bakery Tenterden
51 High StAward winning organic bakery; bread, cakes plus wines, local produce and a coffee shop!
Penbuckles Delicatessen
50 High StDelicatessen and cafe
Petit Fi
17 George StGood for lunch and breakfast
Drinks & Nightlife
Hastings Old Town has plenty of pubs, cafes an restaurants. here are some of my favourites:
Local pub with brewery attached. Also do good food on specific nights. Check their menu and website for details.
30 locals recommend
First In Last Out
14-15 High StreetLocal pub with brewery attached. Also do good food on specific nights. Check their menu and website for details.
Popular local pub with a good selection of food. No food but live music; Sea Shanty sessions on Thursday nights!
33 locals recommend
The Jenny Lind Inn
69 High StPopular local pub with a good selection of food. No food but live music; Sea Shanty sessions on Thursday nights!
Popular local pub. Good selection of ales and local ciders. Also do hearty English food and live music most nights.
35 locals recommend
Albion Hastings
33 George StPopular local pub. Good selection of ales and local ciders. Also do hearty English food and live music most nights.
Our favourite place: A small and welcoming micropub with an amazing selection of beers, ciders and wines. They also serve very good food and tapas!
7 locals recommend
The Jolly Fisherman
3 E Beach StOur favourite place: A small and welcoming micropub with an amazing selection of beers, ciders and wines. They also serve very good food and tapas!
Not in the Old Town(!) but a great spot for Italian food and supplies plus apparently, the best coffee in Hastings!
Queens Deli and Shop
196 Queens RdNot in the Old Town(!) but a great spot for Italian food and supplies plus apparently, the best coffee in Hastings!
Marina Fountain
26 Caves RdLovely pub and restaurant on the sea front in St Leonards.
The Fountain
93 Queens RdNewly restored pub on the 'up and coming' Queens road in Hastings.
Lovely pub with (Brewing Brothers ) beer brewed on the premises, plus pizza made to order in their own wood fired oven on the bar!
22 locals recommend
Brewing Brothers The Imperial
119 Queens RdLovely pub with (Brewing Brothers ) beer brewed on the premises, plus pizza made to order in their own wood fired oven on the bar!
Arts & Culture
Hastings Contemporary
Rock-a-Nore RoadHastings own Modern Art Gallery! (and cafe)
Kino-Teatr
43-49 Norman RdGallery, Cinema and Lebanese restaurant
Tiny local art-house style cinema. Cosy seats and wine. and films.
38 locals recommend
Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings
39A High StTiny local art-house style cinema. Cosy seats and wine. and films.
Parks & Nature
Hastings Country Park station
Great cliff walks over to Fairlight and Rye
Beach, sunken forest and the location of David Bowie's 'Ashes to Ashes' video...
19 locals recommend
Pett Level Beach
5 Pett Level RdBeach, sunken forest and the location of David Bowie's 'Ashes to Ashes' video...
Camber Sands
Huge sandy beach and dunes
Guestling Wood
2 Watermill Ln, Pett Watermill LnBattle Great Woods
Marley LaneAlexandra Park
Saint Helen's RoadVictorian park; cafe, playgrounds and miniature railway.
Everything Else
Burtons’ St Leonards Society
Elva WayVictorian St Leonards; parks, architecture, trendy boutique shopping...
Essentials
Select Convenience
61 High StCorner shop and off license
Premier Old Town Stores
21-22 George StEssentials and Post office
Morrisons
Supermarket.
Marks & Spencer Hastings
Queens RoadSupermarket located in New Town Shopping Centre
Great supermarket for everything asian: Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Korean. Fresh vegetables and fruit plus meat and fish.
Oriental Supermarket
44-45 Queens RdGreat supermarket for everything asian: Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Korean. Fresh vegetables and fruit plus meat and fish.
Hill and Coulter
52 High StFresh fruit and vegetables right on your doorstep.
Around this area are several Fresh fish shops with fish landed from the Hastings fleet. Make sure you have a look at the fish huts on winch rd (behind Jerwood Gallery) where the fishermen sell their own catch of the day in small wooden huts – really good value.
7 locals recommend
Rock-A-Nore Road
Rock-a-Nore RoadAround this area are several Fresh fish shops with fish landed from the Hastings fleet. Make sure you have a look at the fish huts on winch rd (behind Jerwood Gallery) where the fishermen sell their own catch of the day in small wooden huts – really good value.