Fika@44 in Hastings

Cute cafe and was nice to sit out in the sun at the front but found the smoked salmon bagels very average for nearly a tenner, and wasn’t sure about the balsamic glaze all over it? Staff were very friendly but we also received the wrong coffee order twice

Cute cafe and was nice to sit out in the sun at the front but found the smoked salmon bagels very average for nearly a tenner, and wasn’t sure about the balsamic glaze all over it? Staff were very friendly but we also received the wrong coffee order twice

We absolutely loved the food here today! The most delicious goats cheese tart with three very healthy, very delicious, perfectly balanced salads. To die for! I don't know how people can make a salad taste so good. Food felt special and yet you don't regret one bit eating it afterwards!! I cannot praise the food enough. The chai latte I had was also lovely, but my one comment would be, please don't put hot drinks in glasses, I just don't understand it and you can't hold it to drink out of. It wasn't a glass with a cork ring around it, just a normal glass. I've seen other coffee shops do this and it makes no sense.

We absolutely loved the food here today! The most delicious goats cheese tart with three very healthy, very delicious, perfectly balanced salads. To die for! I don't know how people can make a salad taste so good. Food felt special and yet you don't regret one bit eating it afterwards!! I cannot praise the food enough. The chai latte I had was also lovely, but my one comment would be, please don't put hot drinks in glasses, I just don't understand it and you can't hold it to drink out of. It wasn't a glass with a cork ring around it, just a normal glass. I've seen other coffee shops do this and it makes no sense.

Not how it used to be Unfriendly staff, unapologetic when my order was incorrect (meat in my wrap, I’m vegetarian!) still waiting to see the refund into my account Shame, as it’s a beautiful cafè. Also: balsamic glaze? Can that just be left in past now?

Very good arabica coffee. Not too expensive!

The vegetable was not fresh， and there was the dust on it. And the mocha was tasted a little bit strange.

A friendly cafe in a popular part of town. The seating is quite strange - my friend and I had to sit next to each other, rather than facing - but the service was good, and their hot banana bread is absolutely divine!

Nice place to come in out of the rain in a street of interesting shops. Does nice coffee and the most gorgeous toasted banana bread. Went back on a Sunday and was gutted to find it didn't open on Sundays!

A wonderful find nestled in the busy bohemian area of St Leonards. What a treat! I ventured up to St Leonards with an old friend and we were pleased to discover this quaint little coffee shop. Sat outdoors in the mild April warmth, we were served a wonderfully strong black coffee, as black as plimsolls and my friend, Ratchel had a luscious looking espresso banana smoothie. Watch out for the pumpkin seeds I would add, but these aside it looked great. I had a sausage roll which was served warm with a tangy tomato salsa, not something I expected however it was a pleasant surprise. The pastry was flakey and light and the sausage was as I like it, meaty with a firm bite. Next up were out bagels. Layers of salty prosciutto tucked in to the soft chewy warm bagel with peppery rocket, sun dried tomatoes which gave an occasional pop of sharp intensity and a thick sugary twang of balsamic glaze. Delightful! The staff were very friendly and I was more than impressed by this dainty little place. Check this establishment out, brilliant!

Great selection of interesting and healthy food on the menu. Our plates were colourful with quality ingredients. Coffee was also really nice. The staff were welcoming of our baby and had a highchair available. We really enjoyed our brunch, thanks!

Great coffee, a great place. 👍 loved the Chavo with extra halloumi, so so good!!

Im sorry to have to update my review. I used to love this place but I think it's changed hands recently. The prices have gone up, the portion sizes have gone down and the salad plate that I used to love for all of its delicate flavours (and I'm not a salad person) and being quite filling, has unfortunately become soggy and too small and doesn't taste anywhere near as good. I was still hungry after my last visit and had to get a second lunch 🥲

I had the most delicious caramelised onion and Goats cheese tart this lunchtime. Really enjoyed my visit .The new owners are delightful.

Food was creative, and very tasty A very good coffee. The look of the place is clean and homely , just a bit chilly Overall, a good experience and I will go back

Best almond croissant in my life!

Friendly coffee shop with cakes and light meals

The coffee here was very good 👍 I usually have to ask for an Americano with less water, only for them to fill the large cup to the top. It was nice to see long black on the menu, perfect coffee to water ratio 😋 the coffee was really good, I would have had a 2nd if we had the time. The chocolate orange cake was good and just the right size, any more would be too much. Carrot cake was good, too.

I'd honestly never heard of Fika@44, even though I'd been passed several times in the car, either driving or on lessons. A friend suggested meeting up here on Dec 14th for a coffee and chat, and I must say it was a good choice. It was a wet and miserable day outside, but the atmosphere, as soon as I walked in through the door, was warm and welcoming. I went through the front section and out to the covered garden area at the rear. It was lovely, bright, and spotless out here, and each of the chairs had a neatly folded rug draped over their back's for those who may feel the chill on a cold day. A lovely touch helping to make you, the customer, feel wanted. Our cappuccinos were brought out to us with a beautiful, friendly smile, and nothing appeared to be too much trouble for the staff. I'm more than happy to recommend Fika@44 and will certainly pop in for another cappuccino again. Cheers, and I hope this helps others looking for somewhere nice to have a coffee and a chat. Their food looked delicious too, and I may be tempted on my next visit. Keep safe.

Sadly they need to understand that coffee served at molten lava level temperature is both ruined in terms of flavour and impossible to drink. #basiccoffeemaking however it's a pleasant place to wait for the coffee to cool down!!

Amazing as per usual! We got the salmon bagel, salad with flatbread, and double chocolate cake. All tasted amazing, food was so fresh. Coffee was great too, especially the mocha! One of the best cafes in Hastings for sure, the staff are so welcoming and the outdoor seating area is very nice. Highly recommend!

Delicious flavourful food, lots of healthy choices to choose from, we had the East open toast, a piece of art to look at and a delight to eat. Yummy Chai Latte too, Very friendly staff and a gorgeous courtyard, definitely recommend.

Lovely place. Came here 5 years ago when it’s was new and quirky. Still fantastic with great food and excellent coffee

Got there for a late lunch. Me and my daughter had an open sandwich each: From the East (me) / Mediterranean (hers) and we were both delighted. I then had a raspberry/almond slice and a cortado and really good again. Very friendly and professional staff.

The Chavo with Halloumi egg and salmon was AMAZING!

Love this place beautiful place and fab food and drink

Went here for coffee with a friend. Lovely welcoming staff and very tasty food! The savoury tart was amazing. Will return in future for sure

Great oat fw Speedy service and friendly staff :)

Lovely cafe with friendly service. They offer a great selection for brunch and lunch and offer a lot of vegan options too. Thank you for supporting the vegan community!

Amazing ambience and really tasty Cheesecake (a real one) Been there few times and always a busy place.

The best coffee shop in St leonards it's enough to visit once to get addicted to beautifully crafted coffee cakes and food plus friendly service 😇🥰

First visit with my son for a birthday brunch. Can't wait to visit again.

Excellent brunch option soughdough toast with soft boiled egg humous and avocado and salad pretty dressed plates absolutely delicious food and coffees. Came by on the off chance and so glad we did

Excellent Middle Eastern inspired salads and coffee — I didn’t have any cakes but they looked awesome. Nice little conservatory area at the back too.

Delicious homemade soup, beautifully presented by friendly staff. Everything on the menu and on show looked very tempting.

Stopped for some cake and coffee this morning with the kids. Tasty cake,friendly staff,quickly served, happy days

Wonderful cafe, full of charm, delightful dishes and helpful staff...

We absolutely love Fika, the staff are great, the food is really tasty and good quality. The cafe is a nice, relaxed atmosphere. You do pay a bit more than you would expect, but we think it is worth it.

Nice atmosphere and the garden at the back looked lovely. Good coffee and croissant.

Fab place in St Leonards. Great fresh tasty salads

The wait time was very long but fair enough there were some power issues! The thing I really don’t understand how in UK places can still be so gendered!! I am a trans individual and I found it quite rude and un polite that the staff misgendered me multiple times and didn’t even apologise for it!! Some gender neutral and pronouns training from the company up to the team would be very good to have! Please get up to date with life - we are in 2022 and trans people have the same right as cisgender people!!

Nice atmosphere. Good food and coffee. Friendly service.

I love Fikka. The hot drinks are excellent. And cakes Devine. The coffee is wonderful as well as alternatives such as turmeric hot drinks. The hot chocolate is very delicious unlike many places. Staff are wonderful. And it’s very chilled out place to socialise or even works meets! Love it. Thank you for opening in St Leonards with all your hard work & surviving lockdowns. Hats off too you!

Quite nice soup was pretty good

Lovely coffee shop - great pastries, fantastic and friendly staff.

Wonderful first eat in garden back. Fresh and great food.

Great coffee, wonderful service

Lovely place, clean (even under the coffee machine is spotless), efficient, attention to details 10/10, food amazing, coffee great. I love the passion and care of what I assume is the owner when prepares coffees and even when she place them on a tray to be delivere it. If there would be a prize in Hastings for the top Coffee Shop of the year....FIKA it would be yours.

good place to go for a healthy lunch or breakfast, very much enjoyed by my partner and I

Fresh food, properly cooked from quality ingredients. Welcoming staff and attentive service. Highly recommended

Really enjoyed my iced dirty chai with oat, boyf had a flat white but he found the house coffee too fruity for his taste. Nice vegan treat options (cake and sos roll since we were too late for proper food). Lovely lil 'garden' at the back.

Wasn't feeling great after a visit to the hospital so treated myself to lunch and a coffee. Had The Garden Party open toast with a soft boiled egg and it was the tastiest thing I've had in a long time - the flavours worked perfectly, as well as the contrast of textures. It was also a work of art! The flat white was also spot on. I was sadly too late to sample a pastry so I'll just have to go back!

Absolute gem of a cafe, sat outside at the back for a very tranquil lunch of smoke salmon and avocado bagels, delicious.

Quaint, quirky, yummy, attentive

Great coffee, great cakes and great service! You can sit in the cool shady garden or in the sunshine out front. Recommended.

We've been here half a dozen times and keep ordering the same thing it's that good. Quality ingredients delivered with a sense of care and attention. The staff here take real pride in what they offer and deserve the highest praise. Perfect place to watch the world pass bay on Kings St. Sometimes the service is slow and things lattes arrive way after the food, but they can be forgiven anything in my book, they are that good. Don't change a thing.

Lovely food and staff and a super little covered courtyard garden.

Had 2 poached eggs salmon and spinach very nice and well priced

I live locally and this is my favourite coffee shop. It serves absolutely beautiful toasted sourdough with selection of toppings. Great coffee, great service. Perfect outdoor area to relax in the sun.

Novel food and pleasant service.

Had a lovely drink here, it was comfortable and clean with nice staff and drinks!

Simply the best cafe I have frequented in my 44 years. I was lucky to live near the cafe of 2009 world barrista champion Gwilym Davies in Shoreditch when coffee culture was taking off in the UK and I rate this above that. Exceptionally attentive and friendly service, magnificently prepared coffees and teas, high-end restuarant standard food, incredibly delicous cakes in a beautiful surrounding. Whenever I visit Hastings or St Leonards from London I always try and make it to Fika

Great coffee and selection of cakes. Perspex screens used for covid reasons but used really well so you're still getting good atmosphere. Seating outside too.

Great coffee, friendly staff, trendy street 👌🏼

Delicious coffee, lovely ambience, great service. By the third delicious coffee, we smelt lovely savouries being prepared for lunch. The smells and sight of salads sealed the deal for the nicest Mediterranean Tart with salads I've had, and it's one of my favourites. Staff excellent, unobtrusive yet totally on the ball. Hoping to repeat the experience again very soon.

Lovely afternoon at Fika - great coffee, amazing cake and all enjoyed in the gorgeous little courtyard garden at the back. Super friendly staff too, I even got to take a little cutting from the spider plant, thank you!

Our lovely hosts at The Old Rectory recommended Fika for lunch and coffee, oh my we are so greatful they did!A lovely space with a plant filled conservatory to.the rear, excellent anti covid meazures.Service was friendly, informative and promptDelicious tart with a mix of interesting salads and the most perfectjy made coffee. We lingered, its that kind of place, listened to.tbe rain on the roof, another coffee-why not!Personslly i think.every town shoukd have a Fika!!Thanks ladies

Maybe the best looking café in town. Chic with great food, a fantastic outside space and their cappuccinos are second to no one, one of my favourites - a St Leonards sanctuary

Good home cooking and lots of delicious healthy food

I popped in for lunch with my other half for lunch. After a bit of confusion over their menu we eventually ordered. We should have taken the delay in getting to order as a sign of thing to come. We waited close to 40min for two bowls of Dahl to arrive. They were nice. But by that stage they needed to be amazing - they weren’t, the food was decent but overpriced. Overall a disappointing experience.

Nice coffee place with good selection of edible bits and pieces. My only complaint is it wasn't open all week, only at the end of the week and weekend, so tended to get very busy!

Fabulous coffee and homemade delicious menu. Just had expresso banana bread with Nutella 👌👌👌👌

Lovely staff, nice place to sit and watch the people go by and totally delicious tastes to each and everything we ate.

Best banana and espresso loaf ever.

It's OK. Everyone just looks a little depressed in there.

I found this place today, and loved it. A beautiful cosy cafe with the most delicious food. Posh salads and calorific cakes. The trouble is you will want to eat it all. I can't wait to go back!!

Lovely cafe serving delicious fresh healthy food and drinks. I would recommend the oatmilk latte which takes great. Great choice of salads soups and lunch choices. Good fresh cakes too

Relaxed vibe, friendly staff, great coffee and food.

Comfortable and welcoming. The food is varied and delicious. Service is also good.

Nice to environment to sit in but menu didn't suit me, which was a shame.

What a little treasure! More than just a coffee shop- also delightful lunch options. We had a beautiful tart and salad in their lovely back garden before getting the train back to London. (By the way, the Internet said it was closed today, but it was definitely open. :) )

What a lovely gem. Great choice of food and nice coffees

Excellent choice for coffee and cakes and lovely vibrant menu with plenty of vegan choices ! The service was lovely and we will definitely be back to try more things !

Lovely almond croissant and latte. Very quick service too! Good atmosphere and perfect for breakfast and lunch Would highly recommend a visit very soon!

I wandered into this place hoping for an early lunch and a nice coffee (eat in). Immediately the woman behind the counter started shouting at me: did I have a mask, had I washed my hands, had I used sanitizer? I politely queried my understanding that you didn’t have to wear masks for eat in. She barked back I had to wear a mask if I was coming anywhere near her counter (even though everything was behind glass). I thanked her for kindness and left. I’m not going to give my money to a place whose owner communicates with her customers so unpleasantly. It’s is crucial we all follow the rules for everyone’s safety but this place was going too far and the way they enforce their version of the rules is upsetting and aggressive

Lovely place to come for a drink and a snack. Outdoor seating area and they serve coffee with ice cream in it!

Nice little courtyard garden with bird feeder, and an entertaining family of sparrows. And a good choc hazelnut vegan cake

This is a beautiful cafe in St Leonard’s... the decor of the cafe is really cute and tasteful, especially the garden area which is a lovely space to enjoy coffee/or lunch. There were some really delightful sounding salads on the menu. We opted for bagels which were delicious. The staff were so friendly and welcoming and showed such a genuine interest in us. Nothing was any trouble and the atmosphere was really chilled and relaxed. The indoor areas have screens up between tables to comply with covid, and marks on floor to keep distance when queuing. There is a toilet available on premises too. All in all, a really delightful little cafe that is well worth a visit.

Great location few minutes walk from sea, close to station and surrounded by vintage shops. Ready for lunch after exploring and foraging for bargains. Everything on menu sounded delicious and the soup and chai we had lived up to this. A lot for veggies and gluten free. Worth trip to st Leonard’s just for lunch at Fika.

Fab coffee, great little place to watch the world go by. Lovely staff and nice cakes. Always my first stop when in the area.

Very impressed with the efficient and positive service in this cafe. I loved the way I was asked if I wanted my pot of tea topped up with hot water, after I'd been sitting there for a while, enjoying my lovely lemon, ginger and turmeric cake. How many cafes would do that without you specifically asking? Everything looked fresh and interesting and the salads were colourful and healthy. The atmosphere was so pleasant I didn't mind at all about sharing a table with others.

Lovely space. Inside and outside seating. Tea was lovely and strong with actual tea leafs. Flat white coffee was bitter sadly didnt enjoy. Lovely polite staff

Really nice place just a shame there was a woman in the back with a voice like a foghorn so I had to move. Not the cafes fault I know but sometimes a bit of a whinge is due.

Fantastic food, and equally good coffee. The people working there were lovely as well. Thoroughly recommend coming here!

Sitting in the courtyard, dry as a bone, in the pouring rain

A wonderful place for a nibble and a natter - great food

A beautiful, quaint, independent, coffee shop. Very well display of goods; good service and private. Not sure it would be family or wheelchair friendly as it looks so small, but am sure they could accommodate if there is less customers. We went there for a short time away from family and loved it.

Friendly, busy and great food and coffee.

They have so many regular customers, you know they have got everything right. Head for their delightful courtyard garden, rain or shine. Sip the perfect coffee. Drink the finest teas. Eat a healthy lunch for a change!

Lovely coffee tasty cakes and savouries and salads are not run of the mill. Lovely staff.