Galleria Seafood Bar — Restaurant in Hastings

A delicious experience! The service is warm welcoming and knowledgeable. The Chef has a great palette! Fresh quality produce and a good wine list. A must go Restaurant for lunch or dinner. Book in advance for this Gem In Hastings

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Galleria opened in August 2020. It was the dream of owners Gianluca Tozzi & Jack Booth to create a small local restaurant and bar for seafood enthusiasts.

Chef Gianluca has brought all his skills from the coast in Puglia, Italy, to the local seaside where he has for a number of years built personal relationships with the fishermen and women of Hastings.

The menu at Galleria frequently changes to reflect the seasonality of the local catch. We believe this is incredibly important, not only as Galleria is based a stones throw from the oldest beach- launched fishing fleet in Europe, but also to sustainably support the local industry.

Our wines are carefully selected to compliment our fish and seafood menu. They are all European and the list changes in line with the seasons.

Galleria is a small, intimate space, designed in a simple contemporary style allowing the food and wine to take centre stage.

Galleria was listed in “The Good Food Guides Platinum List 2021” - Best Newcomers…one of 18 restaurants in the UK to...

Galleria is still our absolute favourite in a town where we are spoilt with the quality and choice of great places to eat. Several of our visiting friends and family have commented that Gianluca's cuisine is the best food they've ever eaten – a definite trend – so it's not just us! For a very special celebration, we took over the restaurant, the food was wonderful and a year later, friends and family still talk about that memorable night. We visited recently to celebrate another special landmark and the evening couldn't have been lovelier. The menu is small, presenting sustainably sourced, seasonal dishes, which changes frequently. There is always choice for vegetarians, alongside excellent fish and seafood. We don't have oysters locally but they are sourced from the finest providers and always deliciously fresh. A range of European and English wines complement the dishes, Jack always gives informed advice when we want a change from our favourites. Whatever is on the menu, Galleria will not disappoint. Just phone to book or follow on Instagram for available tables, it's tiny, intimate with a convivial buzz and genuinely...

It takes confidence to present food with a backdrop quite as stripped back as Galleria. But with the dishes these boys create, it’s not surprising where their confidence comes from. Beautiful creations are allowed to shine next to the plain, deep green walls. With food this good, who needs distractions! Dishes from a perfectly short daily menu take fresh fresh ingredients and do just sufficient to bring out their signature flavours. A smoked mackerel pâté, a carpaccio of sea bass with a clever contrast of diced and crisped skin, a superb linguine and a dozen utterly perfect Colchester oysters come with one of three condiments - and not a sharp shallot mignonette in sight. If distractions form part of a meal for you, there is the single white chrysanthemum, the Arthur Price cutlery ( Sophie Conran’s Rivelin) and the little tea light holders from across the road in Shop and the one framed masterpiece on the wall - any more distraction would be to miss the masterpiece right in...