Rock a Nore Kitchen in Good Food Guide's best coastal restaurants

Rock a Nore Kitchen in Hastings has been included in The Good Food Guide’s top 23 coastal cafes and restaurants by the beach.

The guide described the seafood restaurant, in Rock a Nore Road, as “incredibly atmospheric”.

“You can’t get much closer to the sea than this tiny, unassuming dining room housed in one of the tall, black, centuries-old fishermen’s sheds on the front in Hastings Old Town,” it said.

“The ‘refreshingly succinct’ menu is chalked up on a board – all it tells you is what’s going to be on your plate and the price.

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“For starters, that could mean scallops, whitebait or chicken livers; for mains, perhaps whole sea bass with clams, scallop risotto or guinea fowl (there are a couple of meat options, plus something for vegetarians, say lentils with squash and goat’s cheese).

“At a June meal, potted shrimps were served in a kilner jar with toast fingers, calamari came in feather-light tempura, while a hunk of 'beautifully cooked' roast cod arrived in a classic parsley sauce.

“Elsewhere, a dish described tersely as ‘Dover sole, shrimps’ was exactly that, nothing more – and 'faultlessly executed'. Desserts are limited to the likes of summer fruits and cream and a homemade Eccles cake with a hunk of cheese.

“Service is ‘swift and friendly’ and the sunsets are stunning.”