St Clement's Restaurant — Restaurant in Hastings

We were made to feel very unwelcome at this restaurant as we brought our baby in a buggy. We were booked in for Sunday lunch and I was rudely informed by their front of house staff member that I 'should have checked' they could accommodate a little one. I understand some restaurants do not like buggies but there is a way of dealing with customers - and this staff member was so rude to us and unwilling to help us in any way. They have one highchair between the whole restaurant which I think is unacceptable alongside their 'no pushchair' rule. We eat out a lot at some great places and have never encountered such an anti-children / family policy. The restaurant was soulless, half empty at 1pm on a Sunday (other nearby spots were fully booked) and the portions looked very small. We chose to give this place a miss after eyeing up the tiny portions, the tense atmosphere our entrance had created and because the staff member was so rude. We found a lovely gastro pub a few miles away in Netherfied - head there on a Sunday if you're looking for an enjoyable, relaxed, hearty lunch with great service and amazing views of the English countryside. St Clements seems over priced, stuffy, awkward and their staff need to re-think...

A local institution in St Leonard’s - Hastings.

We dined here on a bank holiday Saturday in May 2025. We came with our two children, something the restaurant isn’t used to accommodating as most of the customers are couples or older, more refined folks. The restaurant was perfectly welcoming of the little ones and even rolled out a high chair for our baby.

The ambience is lovely, a small intimate dining room with the glow of table lamps set against a dark shade of green on the walls.

Drinks were efficiently ordered - the house Cremant de Bourgogne, and an alcohol free German wheat beer.

Appetisers comprised of a tasty Thai fishcake, no breadcrumb filler and a delicious dipping sauce; and a chestnut, mushroom and Comte tart.

The mains came next - the hake with broad beans and pancetta was a smash hit. The turbot was tasty but this is my only criticism, the portion was far too small.

Sides of buttered greens and a tomato and shallot salad were, well, perfect.

Too stuffed for dessert, we chatted with two friendly ladies at the table next door, then paid and left.

About £114 for 2 appetisers, 2 mains, 2 sides and 3 drinks, a very good value....

St Clement's is my idea of the perfect restaurant. The focus is on genuinely excellent, delicious interesting food. You find yourself slowing down to savour every morsel, it's that good.

The space and ambience are simple, relaxing and unfrilly with tasteful, well judged touches like the use of proper crystal wine glasses. The wine we had was also excellent and since everything else was so good we decided on deserts which also turned out to be even better than they sounded on the menu. Three of us had three courses of dinner, none of us had the same thing, all of us were delighted inlcuding my brother who happened to be eating vegetarian that day in this restaurant which specialises in fish dishes. We found the hosts and the service friendly and highly accommodating and the food came out surprisingly fast. It almost seems indelicate to add that the costs were incredibly reasonable. Dine like a wealthy person at St Clements without...