Tonka
Best for: Flavour-bomb Mauritian-inspired dishes
Dish to order: Prawn and cheddar crispy roll with pineapple chilli
Kimberley Duke is the girl behind this common restaurant on Hastings seafront. Partly impressed by her Mauritian in-laws and partly by time spent cooking at Bao in Borough Market, Tonka brings collectively Indian, Chinese, African and French flavours – all made with Sussex components. Open Thursday to Saturday, the restaurant serves flavour-packed dishes akin to deep-fried spiced paneer with toasted cashew, sticky pink pepper sauce and inexperienced chilli; tamarind pork ribs with peanut candy chilli; and tapioca fried hen with daikon pickles. Cool every little thing down with a facet order of candy soy cucumber crunch salad, and preserve a watch out for its seashore feasts, the place £45 will get you seven or so dishes packed up to eat by the sea.
Address: 3 Marine Parade, Hastings TN34 3AG
Website: tonkahastings.co.uk
Remy’s
Best for: Breakfast with a distinction
Dish to order: Sinigang soup
In a ravishing, glass-fronted art-deco constructing on Kings Road, Remy’s specialises in what it calls ‘Anglo-Asian comfort food’. The café’s menu runs from east to west, incorporating Thai and Filipino dishes with English classics (akin to fish pie, toasties and sausage and mash), however most individuals head right here for the curries and all-day Filipino breakfasts. Of the latter, the lugraw congee is a rice bowl with hen garlic and ginger, whereas the corn silog incorporates sautéed corn beef with onion and garlic, topped with a fried egg and served with buttered toast. If you’re there at lunch, be certain that to order the sinigang soup, a conventional Filipino dish of hen, tamarind, jasmine rice and do-it-yourself chilli sauce.
Address: 21 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-Sea TN37 6DU
Website: cafekulinarya.co.uk
The Seadog
Best for: Pints in Hastings
Dish to order: The Seadog spice bag
Moments from Hastings prepare station, indie pub The Seadog gives a heat welcome. Family owned with a contact of Irish flare, it’s nearly as good for nipping in to watch the soccer as it’s for its roasts. As of May 2026, the kitchen has been taken over by Kismet – run by the Tonka staff – who prepare dinner up the likes of tandoori fried hen with butter hen sauce, jewelled biriyani rice and cucumber raita; pineapple and chilli crunch salad; and Keralan mac and cheese. On Sunday lunchtimes, anticipate creative twists on the classics – assume miso and mustard-cured roast beef or stuffed courgette flowers with black garlic chickpeas and black beans, served with all the trimmings, plus enjoyable puddings akin to salted chai peanut ice-cream sandwiches and miso caramel banana roti.
Address: 32 Station Road, Hastings TN34 1NJ
Website: theseadogpub.com
