Heist in Hastings

Really interesting unusual restaurant with separate food stalls where you select your food and then take them back to your table. I ate from the Mexican menu which was delicious. Other people on my table 8 from a time menu and they were also very happy with their food.

What a brilliant addition to St Leonard’s. Great setting, with a varied choice. Everything is reasonably priced and it’s a very cool place for food and drinks

Very dissapointed at overpriced meal at Boatyard. My starter was three rock oysters priced at £10 which I thought was overpriced. They could have at least served some bread with it, but no, that was an extra £5.50 for four half pieces of bread with butter. I had the sea bass as main which was £24 for a small fillet of sea bass with some root veg and kale. Chips were extra at £4.50 which I think at least should have been included at that price. Dessert was OK, although I felt I should share one with my partner as it was £10. The whole bill for four of us was over £220 (including beer and wine). The bill was not presented on paper but described to us on a tablet screen held by the waitress. Only when my father paid the bill did he see that 12.5% had been added for service. He felt this was too much and agreed to pay 10% and got a £5.20 refund. I was embarrassed as I had chosen the venue, not expecting such inflated prices for a mediocre meal. The service was OK and the presentation and setting again was OK but did not warrant the prices charged. Dissapointed, slightly embarrassed and will not be going again and would not recommend to anyone.

I go here all the time and have been for almost 3 years now. I love all the food! I’ve had the tacos multiple times, the coffee is amazing, the Thai food is delicious and tonight I had a burger which was amazing!! The wine is also soooo good! Love this place xx

a good selection of vendors selling, in general, decent food. Thhe place has a nice buzz but can get a bit overwhelming if busy

Back for our third holiday visit. Rainy weekend in Hastings - but walked along coast to this fabulous concept location . Had the smoked mackerel tacos and the red Thai curry ( coupled with local cider) . Great couple of hours .

Such a cool spot in St Leonard’s with stacks of vegan options, friendly service and cool vibes. There’s seating indoors (can’t reserve) and a sun trap garden too. Vegan options include Japanese tofu and rice, yakisoba and okinomiyake on a Sunday, Thai curry, tacos and a burger plus small plates from most stands. There’s a coffee stand and a beer and a wine place too.

If you've one of those families who cannot agree what to eat, with everyone needing their own thing, then Heist is for you! If you love international cuisines and good wines, then Heist is for you. Heist is a pop-up-based venue giving space to several small kitchens, each serving up excellent food. When we visited that included Japanese, Thai, Tex-Mex, Burgers and seafood. All the dishes we had (Japanese teriyaki, green curry, loaded fries and tacos) were excellent and freshly prepared. Each kitchen has soft drinks on offer, and there is a coffee place in the venue. The seafood-orientated kitchen is also a wine bar that also serves beers. The venue is rustic-chic, with communal tables for all the kitchens, although it is kept clean. The staff are all friendly and helpful. The place isn't very big and we can imagine that it gets very full in the summer months.

Absolutely amazing food and wine. The food is freshly made and such a lovely choice, things you just wouldn't probably cook at home. Wonderful plant based food of offer. The atmosphere is relaxing and pleasant, you can see them making and cooking the food. Service was great and informative, extremely good value. Would definitely go back.

Today was our third visit to Heist. The previous two times we had lovely Greek food which was plentiful, very tasty and reasonably priced. There was also a nice, convivial atmosphere. Today we ate at the Japanese concession and the food was distinctly average and way over-priced - £27 for two plates of food 😳. When the food eventually arrived, it was served on cold plastic plates and we weren’t given any knives to eat the food with. As well as the food being less than good, we were also put out by how busy Heist was, with lots of families with huge prams and children taking up space on tables colouring in and playing with their parents’ iPads. But the final nail in the coffin that has really put us off was the number of dogs in the restaurant. These were not discreet, cute, ‘hand bag’-type dogs. There were around 5 or 6 large, hairy, smelly dogs, lolling all over the floor which we had to step over. Since when were dogs allowed in restaurants? Absolutely disgusting. I don’t know why we didn’t cancel our order once we realised we had stumbled into Crufts?! I wonder what the Food Hygiene Inspectorate would have to say about Heist’s ‘dogs free for all’ policy? It’s a shame as we have previously enjoyed Heist, but we won’t return here, sadly. Not until dogs are no longer allowed and it becomes a more hygienic place to eat.

Really neat addition giving a communal area to eat with the options of different really interesting food stalls. Really enjoyed coming here and the burger I had was great. Highly recommend!

Great choice of food. Friendly experienced staff. Emma in particular knows her wines! Excellent service. Mix bag of people and good ambient atmosphere. Had Korean this time (burgers looked amazing).

A luke warm steak on a cold plate with frozen chips and a bit of lettuce I would gift to a rabbit £32 ? not good I've just been told I need to write 100 letters ok oysters good peppers good

We visited here this evening following a recommendation from friends. It’s a really cool, chilled out dining area with multiple different street food style places to chose from. They are dog friendly, which is great. The food is prepared to order, so we had a short wait for our meal. The food was absolutely delicious and we were all really full when we left . Highly recommend their cider. Great place to visit

Home ground kitchen is my new favourite place for indian food. The thali bowl is incredible, the ingredients were excellent quality and so tasty. The Kati rolls were so good they could give Poland street a run for their money. The service was excellent! 5*

Stopped for coffee in the Bolthole coffee bar was very tempted by the Japanese and Indian cooking. Also a micro brewery as well as a wine bar and a main restaurant. Made very welcome. Good atmosphere. Will definitely be back again.

We weren't sure what to expect when visiting Heist but it is an excellent experience and just a brilliant idea. Central seating areas are surrounded by a number of different food stalls- from informal street food (we've tried Japanese, Tacos, Chicken - all which were delicious) to more formal dining. There is a place selling locally brewed beers and cheeses (WHY has this not been done more??) and also a wine specialist selling by the glass as well as bottle. It's fantastic - choose whatever food and drink you fancy, settle down in lovely quirky atmosphere with good music in background and have a great time. Place is really clean, great service, friendly. We've been three times in a week! Would love to see more places like this elsewhere. THANKYOU Heist.

Lunch with family First time Japenese meal Japense drinks and food great Wasabi red chilie sauce 30p - as they say its the small things that lead to the big things in life Great customer care service

Somehow hidden, average impression when entering. But: go to the Restaurant, called Boat Yard. Limited menue, excellence fish. Try the steak, organic. Wine list inncludes only organic, biodynamic and Natural wines. Pricing fine.

Simply outstanding !!! We had food from Japanese stall and Home Kitchen and the food was absolutely amazing, very friendly people, we will be back at every opportunity. Thank you so much for whoever thought of opening place like this.

One of our Hastings / St Leonards highlights was this cool and lively street food market. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area. Have the negroni cocktails and visit the seafood restaurant1

A really great food market in St Leonards, packed full of independent food and drink businesses doing their thing really well. It's not massive, but that makes it all the nicer - try Boatyard for fish, Arigato for Japanese and get natural wine from one...

We came when the market was closing but the few places that were still open really accommodated us with what they had left on a Sunday at closing time. We enjoyed delicious tacos at The Clam and a tasty Okonomiyaki - an Osaka style savoury...

First time we’ve stopped by to pick up some food. Saturday night and very busy. We decided to get tacos at The a Clam (since Arigato didn’t serve sushi). 8 very small, soft shell beef short rib tacos for £19. The food was very tasty....

Third visit here. Highly recommend to you go. This latest visit was just as fab as the other two. The concept of Heist is wonderful. Bars and restaurants of all sorts (Japanese, hit dogs, tacos, Persian and more) based around the edge with a load...