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items: Best restaurants in Hastings: where to eat and drink
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Best restaurants in Hastings: where to eat and drink
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date: 2025-06-24T14:57:20.000Z
creator: Andy Lynes – Food writer
subject: South East
subject: UK
subject: Restaurants
subject: Travel
subject: Local city guides
description: The spacious, modern pier at Hastings is definitely worth a visit but, for us, the main attraction is the town’s thriving food scene – especially if you like fish. Read on for our recommended restaurants, cafes, ice cream parlours and places to stay
encoded: Looking for the best restaurants in Hastings? We've found the top places to eat in Hastings, a coastal town in East Sussex, for fish and chips, Italian gelato and plenty of artisan food and drink shops... For more food and drinks guides, check out the best restaurants in Cornwall, and best restaurants in Margate. Best places to eat and drink in Hastings coquina Venture up the stairs of the Hastings Contemporary art gallery and you’ll find coquina, a restaurant, café and wine bar with views out to sea. Sister restaurant to BAYTE in St Leonards, coqunia makes use of seasonality in a menu formulated with produce at the forefront. Use a sunny day to make use of the balcony’s sparkling coastal view, while sipping a glass of crisp Provençal rosé and sharing some of the best small plates we’ve ever had. Highlights included lightly smoked mackerel pâté on buttered sourdough, and perfectly fried ham hock croquettes topped with a slice of pickled walnut. coquinarestaurant.co.uk The Thai Café at Boulevard Books No trip to Hastings is complete without an amble down George Street. It links the Old Town to the seafront and is lined with independent coffee bars, sweet shops, vintage emporiums and quirky little restaurants including the Thai café at Boulevard Books, owned by husband-and-wife team Graham and Natthawan (aka June) Frost. During the day it’s a higgledy-piggledy secondhand bookshop, with creaking floorboards and a maze of narrow corridors. But come 6:30pm and those same corridors are crammed with tiny tables (the cosiest of which is in the ‘political books’ section), laden with Thai food cooked by June. Ingredients are imported from Thailand to create as genuine a menu as possible, and it’s great for vegetarians – you can substitute the meat for tofu in almost every dish. Plus they’ll even provide a cooler for your wine (it’s bring your own). thaicafeandbookshop.com Di Pola's Also on George Street is Hastings’ iconic ice cream parlour – Di Pola's. The Italian owners mak…

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Best restaurants in Brighton: where locals eat and drink
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date: 2025-04-22T13:01:22.000Z
creator: Andy Lynes – Food writer
subject: Drink
subject: South East
subject: UK
subject: Restaurants
subject: Travel
subject: Local city guides
description: Discover where to eat in Brighton, from buzzy food halls to unique cocktail bars and special occasion fine dining restaurants, as chosen by a local expert
encoded: Looking for restaurants in Brighton? Want to know where to eat in the popular south coast town? Local expert Andy Lynes, a Brighton resident, shares his insider tips for the best restaurants, from the best seafood restaurants to fresh pasta, Japanese small plates, fine dining and much more. Plus, where to find the best brunches, bakeries and foodie markets. For more exciting restaurants and weekend ideas for food lovers, check out our best UK city breaks, best pubs with rooms and foodie day trips from London by train. Also discover more of the best restaurants in Cornwall, best restaurants in Bristol, best restaurants in Cambridge and best restaurants in Bournemouth. Jump to: Foodie neighbourhood spotlight: Kemptown Where to stay in Brighton Foodie day trips from Brighton Best restaurants in Brighton Maré – for modern fine dining Brazilian-Italian chef Rafael Cagali (owner of London’s two Michelin starred Da Terra) and his partner Charlie Lee have opened this ambitious high-end restaurant in Hove led by Rafael’s protégé, head chef Ewan Waller. With such credentials, expectations are high, and Ewan and his young team rise to meet them with an à la carte menu of masterfully balanced dishes, highlights of which include sharing mains of umami-rich, meltingly soft Freedown Hills wagyu picanha with chimichurri, and smoky lobster rice infused with ox tongue. Beautifully presented small plates and one-bites are exceptional, miniature crumpets with Dorset crab, lovage, radish and dill, and delicate yellowtail crudo with tomato, ajo blanco and cobnuts the standouts. Desserts are luxurious – we enjoyed the baba soaked with a hefty kick of cachaça and topped with silky chantilly cream – and the well-considered wine list is strong on small producers and English sparkling wines. Maré’s décor is warm yet refined, with an emphasis on natural shades and textures, and there’s attention to detail from the covetable tableware to the subtly sound-dampened walls taking the edge off the r…

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