Mr Bean in Hastings

We popped in for a quick bacon sandwich and coffee before shopping on Saturday. Quick service, tasty bacon sandwiches and the reason for this review is to call out the service we observed to others. The server with the brown hair and beard obviously knew his locals, and listening to him chatting to his regular clients was heartwarming, as for many he may be their only interaction that day. He was explaining to a lady that he was due to be off and that he would be back and that she wouldn’t see him for a few weeks. The young lady that delivered the sandwich to us was equally charming but both my husband and I sat listening to the chat across the counter and both said how nice it was to hear. So well done to the server, great customer service goes a long way!

Well staffed café but unfortunately not organised. Lots of people running around achieving very little. The coffee and mocha was barely lukewarm. After such an elaborate preparation it wasn’t mixed either. Coffee with chocolate sludge at the bottom of the cup. At £12 for a mocha, cappuccino and two cakes I would expect far better. Never again.

No atmosphere at all, the staff all stood around talking, no creating just "yes what do you want" very poor would not recommend

The service we received was outstanding and the young ladies that serviced us were so polite and well mannered. They were able to cover my needs with needing an alternative milk. The food we all had was amazing. We had a piece of Lemon and Coconut Cake which was rather light and fluffy. Would highly recommend to anyone that fancies a quick bite.

Lots of staff but slightly disjointed service. Great hot chocolate and superb bun Toilets a little small for the size of the place

Average cup of tea, reasonably friendly staff. Plenty of seating, nice porridge. Like all these sorts of places it is more expensive than the quality justifies.

Not from Hastings, but always make a point of visiting here whenever we’re in town. Always have nice coffee and the food is good, nothing outstanding, but nice enough. Staff are usually friendly too, which is always nice. One thing that annoys me though, is the usual one person on their own taking up a table for four. Visited today, numerous two seater tables available, but a woman reading a newspaper, looking like she was settled in fur the day, taking up a table (which included a full sofa and two chairs) and all she had was a small coffee. Luckily we managed to find somewhere to sit, when someone else kindly offered to switch tables. The newspaper woman was there when we got there and still there when we left. We noticed other families unable to sit down and leaving, yet she couldn’t care less!! Perhaps staff could ask single diners to kindly sit at two seater tables in future.

I have been coming to Mr Bean 1066 coffee shop for many years now. The staff her are always very friendly and polite. There is lots of seating available inside and outside (park it’s smoking area). There is also seating available upstairs. This cafe offers many food options from toasted sandwiches, fruit, cakes and pastries to pastas and salads. There are also a large variety or hot and cold drinks available. On this occasion I had a banana milkshake and a custard slice which were both delicious! I would highly recommend this coffee shop and will also be returning myself.

I find the staff very unfriendly and either cold and rude, or awkward. The food supplied by 1066 is nice, although I still miss the full menu MR Bean used to provide. The coffee isn’t great in my opinion and the cold drinks are quite overpriced. But it can be a nice enough spot to visit now and again.

Lovely cakes, pastries and excellent coffee. Staff are friendly and conveniently placed near local shops and cinema.

friendly staff but a bit commercial. doesn't really have the personal touch of some of the other coffee shops locally

Extremely rude male manager with a terrible attitude. I certainly won’t come here again or recommend to anyone. He made my specific order wrong and then got huffy with me and rolled his eyes when I mentioned it for him to correct. He remade the drink and chucked it onto the counter and slid it over to me, asked for the money and gave me no eye contact the entire time. He was just awfully rude. The food and drink is also quite overpriced for the location and type of local customers especially as they got rid of the better menu with more affordable and a larger variety of options on it.

You can’t beat a hot drink here during a trip to town. The coffee is very good and the choice of cakes makes the decision as to what to have so difficult! Great atmosphere, and loving the Christmas decorations, even if it is still November!

Visited mr bean at the conquest. Really tasty coffee and a fairly good bacon sandwich. Friendly staff

Fab coffee, cakes & the sausage rolls & caramelised onions are gorgeous, plus the cheese straws are tasty too!!! My mum & I popped in for coffee & cake & I ended up buying lots of naughty bits to take home so well worth a visit. Welcoming & friendly staff to, well done Mr Bean.

Mr Bean's has a good cup of 'Joe' wether you like Cappucino, Latte or Flat White, a tasty selection of both savoury and sweet pastries and cakes, I think they do hot food too...Baked Potatoes etc.!! I would far rather this place than a Costa, Starbucks or Cafe Nero!!

I work around East Sussex and have to dip in and out of a lot of coffee shops and places where I can work in between working with young adults with learning difficulties and teaching them to Travel safely to and from school and college so experience a lot of different settings. However now I have definitely found my favourite. I came to Mr Bean last week and straight was welcomed with friendly smiles, enjoyed a yummy cappuccino and found a new very relaxing area upstairs to do my work. I felt comfortable to stay as long as I needed whilst still enjoying my coffees (and racking up my stamps with their loyalty card). This week I came again straight after working with a learner and received the exact same friendly welcome. I sat downstairs this visit and still very calming atmosphere for me to work and then joined by a friend for coffee. I then came back again for lunch!! I chose one of their baked potatoes with chicken and mayonnaise feeling, and reasonably priced for what I received and was absolutely delicious with an added bonus of salad, the food was brought over to me very soon after ordering and service was excellent!

I was looking forward to visiting Mr. Bean in Hastings as friends had spoken highly of it. It is possible that I was just unlucky in my choice of food, namely a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. The bread and cheese were poor quality and the dish was brought to the table without cutlery. The accompanying coleslaw was tasty though and the lettuce was fresh. There was no diet Sprite or cola available in the cold drinks cabinet and service at the till was slow and a little chaotic. My companions enjoyed their Strawberry milkshakes however and they say the coffee is always excellent.

We would choose this over the likes of the various chain coffee shops. Offers a nice range of food and cakes etc all made in their own bakery. Loads of outdoor seating to watch the world go past, with large umbrellas for shade. Lovely. They also have a bakery on the other side of the Town Hall.

Mr Bean offers one of the best hot chocolates in town. With inside (on two levels) and outside seating this is a great place for a quick bite and a refreshing drink before doing some more shopping. loo's are upstairs if you need them, I'm not sure if they have a disabled loo on the ground floor though. The only two drawbacks are the tiny, itsy bitsy queuing space and the staff always seem super rushed, so much so that they rarely chat with customers which is such a sad thing because when you work with the public a little chit chat comes with the job, right?

Esta en el mejor lugar para tomar un café y un pequeño bocado en Hastings. Situado en el corazón de la ciudad y centro comercial, es un gran lugar para calentarse en el frío invierno.

Great value , the food incredible , service perfect. I definitely recommend it and I think that is the best cafe in england make sure you visit !!!!!

Voy a este café regularmente. Tiene arriba, abajo y de asientos fuera. Tiene agua caliente y fría, y una amplia variedad de bebidas calientes y frías. También tiene un sistema de tarjeta de fidelización.

Me encanta venir aquí! El personal siempre nos reconocen lo que nuestro recuerdo n bebidas! Geniales con los niños! Necesitan hacer este pastel más! ! Deliciosos! ! ! !

Went in for much needed cuppa and something to eat! My husband chose a bbq chicken pain which seemed the only choice without cheese, and I had tuna and cheese toasted sandwich! The first let down was the panini came WITH CHEESE and not much chicken which was not good ( should of stated on menu that it comes with cheese) as for my sandwich, it had so much mayonnaise in the tuna it was quite sickly, also the cheese not got much flavour, overall very dissapointed@ Tea was very nice tho!

Best coffee shop in Hastings! Brilliant, lovely staff, quick service and great coffee. I'm here almost everyday, wouldn't go anywhere else.

I've been to Mr Bean's before and it' normally pretty good. Yesterday though was a bit of a disaster. It was busy and I wonder if they were just not able to cope. My tea was barely warm and the food was pretty poor as well. My advice would be only go there if it's quiet.

Nice and clean. Good variety of seating with more upstairs if you want a quieter drink. Nice looking range of cakes and scones but we went for a jacket potato apiece with our coffee, which was very tasty. Good value for money as this little gem is cheaper than alot of the larger chain coffee shops. Friendly staff too. Only thing that stopped it being excellent for me was the fact that ladies and gents share the same loo facilities. Just a personal thing but I'm really not keen on that arrangement! Would certainly make a return visit.

We live locally but go to Hastings a lot and me and my wife always make a beeline for coffee at Mr Bean. There is ample seating both inside and out ( in fair weather ) and the coffee is always consistently good, especially the Mocha Coffee that simply smacks of rich chocolate and have to say, my favourite. The staff are surprisingly cheerful ( under heavy pressure sometimes ) and there are too many cakes and savouries to resist temptation.

Visit regularly to meet friends for coffee, staff always polite, friendly and helpful. The coffee and other beverages are always to the highest standard. Variety of food to suit most dietary needs. Love visiting here.

Lovely location which is very conveniently placed for customer access. However, upon entering you realise the food and coffee served within is lacking in quality and doesn't reflect the price.

All I wanted was a large cup of coffee. I'm on crutches so I asked for it to be taken to my table. It duly arrived, on a tray, but the waitress had slopped some in the saucer. I emptied the saucer onto the tray, and made a lot of noise rapping the saucer onto the tray. I then waved to the waitress and got her to get me some sugar. She didn't seem very pleased. I found an unused serviette on an uncleared tray on the next table, which was very wobbly, and used it to dry the saucer.The coffee was very good, but the place is let down by general sloppiness - uncleared tables, for instance. It is very popular.

Really tasty coffee, nice sandwich, lovely atmosphere. If there is space upstairs go and have a look around. They got a few chess boards...

Mr Beans is a very popular coffee shop and very busy. It is worth your time though because the food and drink are all extraordinary. I love it there and will always go back.

We called in at the coffee house on a warm day wanting a light lunch. We were told we had just missed this but we could have anything from the counter. The food was ok and drinks as your would expect but what didn't match were the 2 levels downstairs was as an earlier reviewer had noted both tired and not the best hygienically and yet upstairs which was not in use was by far superiority clean and beautifully refurbished and our shoes did not stick to the floor as we walked up there to visit the ladies room. Time for an upgrade of the downstairs decor and service me thinks.

The coffee is good and the products from 1066 Bakery are always lovely (good sausage rolls) however, the hygiene and overall presntability of this place is not acceptable. The upstairs has had a refurb and looks nice, but downstairs is in need of a lick of paint and serious refreshment. The coffee station, providing milk,sugar etc. is always filthy and covered in sticky finger prints and crumbs. Behind the counter needs cleaning more as you can always see clutter and mess whilst you are in the queue. I've always been told to avoid eating there because of its hygiene, yet always took this with a pinch of salt -- until I was served toast (which wasn't even toasted it was done to the consistency of stale bread) which had mould on it. The female staff member apologised immediately and went to prepeare me a fresh slice (Wonder if it was from the same batch) but the gentleman who redelivered my toast didn't say anything, just handed it to me. I've worked in the industry for 10 years and think Mr Beans could be excellent -- but the decor and cleanliness have unfortunarely now put me off eating there for a while.

The chains provide overpowering coffee which frankly gives me a headache This was a very tasty Americano with no bitter aftertaste.

as for design and - obviously - coffee, mr bean is far the best café in town. forget all the neros & costas + don't miss the second floor seating!

Just needed to grab some lunch and kill half an hour between appointments, and thought this seemed a rasonable option. A mistake. Scuffed furnishings and grubby floor, so an overall dingy look. I ordered a ploughmans because that's usually a safe option, but it came with a dry burger bun instead of a baguette, and the cheese was sliced sandwich thin, rather than being in a chunk. So not a safe option at all. Avoid.

Three of us stopped in for sandwiches and coffee on a rainy January lunchtime. Very busy inside with people sheltering from the rain. We did manage to get a table upstairs. Coffee, food and service were all OK but on the pricey side. Won't be rushing back.

Had a croissant - a little pricey and might have been nicer if offered to warm it up - other food I saw looked a little limited in size and apparently was very average

I ordered a ploughmans at £6.50 to come with no salad dressing which I dislike. It arrived smothered in mayo so I asked for another and the waitress was quite unpleasant about it. It was basically a soft roll, 5 slices of flavourless cheese, half a dozen very soft wrinkly grapes and a few wilting salad leaves. Basically a not very tasty cheese roll for an exorbitant price.

Rather go here than one of the big national chains! My wife prefers here than Costa or Nero nearby, plus it has a good seating area outside.

I thought the coffee was great, and I will never go into a starbucks/Nero ever again - the robbin gits! But then I don't have to as there is Mr Beans. I thought the staff could have been more attractive, not that they were ugly or nuffing, but i just didn't fancy any of them, so I had nothing to do in the toilet other than have a wee.

Friendly atmosphere, good coffee, lots of cakes & snacks, indoor & outdoor seating. All in all a jolly place to refresh after a hard mornings shop.

Cannot believe some of the reviews on here. Went in the same day as last review and was left feeling wanted as a customer. Second visit this month as work took me to hastings and would definitely go back. Food perfect and hospitality even better. Will be back in tomorrow no doubt.

If wondering what to eat don't go here. Not only will they get the order wrong they will bring the same food back now covered in beans.

Really enjoyed my meal when i visited today, the homemade burger was amazing hats off to the chef! Its good to see new happy faces and had great service there, with the staff making a lovely cappuccino as well. Plenty of seating outside and brilliantly decorated inside. Definitely THE place to stop and have lunch.

Popped in for coffee and a spot of lunch today lots of changes but for the better things looking up friendly and relaxed keep up good work

Have always liked this friendly and good quality locally-owned coffee shop business as a better bet than the national chains. But they seem to have gone off the boil recently. It looks like staff problems- lots of new faces and still changing regularly. And reduced food service hours.I hope the senior management have spotted the slippage.

Every time I visit Hastings always popped in for a coffee. This time (today) the Americano I ordered tasted like water, my gfs latte with no sugar syrup was so sweet I could taste it a mile off. Then there's the sandwiches overpriced and no decent selection. In truth best off going to any nearby bakery/coffee shop.

A lovely place to have a drink or snack right in the centre of town. I go here on many occasion and never had a bad thing happen. Lovely service too. The only slight let down is if you are wanting to sit down outside seagulls are wiling to go down and snatch your food, I'm not sure how they can prevent this but just a hint for seating preferences.

lovely staff and the best coffee in town and good value for money. lots of comfortable seating too and a wide menu. i always head here for my coffee especially when i am alone as i feel comfortable there watching the world go by

Perfect coffee, perfect food. Couldn't ask for anything better!Jessica Hanson, who served me, was very helpful and gave me the free Wi-Fi key.Free Wi-Fi and perfect coffee... What more could you ask for?

On a cold May morning it was lovely to have such a friendly welcome. I was warmed up by the most delicious hot chocolate ever.

Moved to Eastbourne six weeks ago and visiting local places. We were not at all impressed by Hastings, its a pretty run down town and that makes mr Bean all the more important. It's not haute cuisine but its is fresh good bakery and savoury food made mostly to order and very good coffee, and does have an excellent upstairs lounge area for relaxing if you have been walking around.

Mammoth portions. Totally homemade buns and burgers. Comes with massive portion of chips and dressed salad. Good coffee. Shame you have to faff about balancing a tray to get cutlery, salt, pepper and sauce.

We stopped by in Hastings yesterday and what a find Mr Bean was for lunch and a coffee. I had the nicest mocha I've ever tasted and our toasted sandwiches were delicious. Made with thick bread they had plenty of filling and came with a lovely side salad and coleslaw too. Everyone in the family was pleased with their choice. All in all a very nice lunch.

Had the best cappuccino in town with a quality thick cut sandwich cant fault it. I also love their smoothies. They only use fruit, none of that sickly sweet syrup stuff like some places. Don't know what that guy was on about with the bad review.

I can only comment on the coffee, since that is all I've had but it is easily the best in Hastings. I'm extremely fussy about my coffee, liking it black and strong. Mr Beans house coffee, with one extra shot (free), is the absolute tops. Good staff as well. I go there as often as I can

26 quid on sandwiches which were tasteless and 'Chilli chips' which were horrendous dont go there at all, ever!

The best mocha in town, nice position for people watching. tables can be sticky, but a clean cloth and smile go a long way.

popped in yesterday and was gobsmacked by how expensive it was, I bought 3 sandwiches and 4 drinks and it came to £25, we had a blt sandwich, club sandwich and fish finger wrap, the wrap and blt were similar price but we couldn't understand how as the wrap was small in comparison, filled with 2 small fish fingers rather than thick bread and a couple of rashers of bacon in the blt. The quality of the 2 sandwiches was good, but the wrap let them down.On a positive we have been in here before for tea and cake and the cakes are amazing and the portions are really generous.They have outdoor seating but sadly this is usually taken up by smokers

I really enjoyed eating at Mr bean's coffee house - the food was delicious and good value for money.

Very nice, although pricey. However, the hot chocolate is delicious. Window seat is nice for people watching.

Popped in for a coffee & a sandwich - pleasantly surprised at the portion size!Ordered a cappuccino, ham sandwich on brown & sneaked in a coconut/almond & jam slice (was initially given a crispy end piece, so asked to swapit for a middle piece - no problems although the lady at the till looked as if to say whats wrong with that piece at first) - all for £7.35 - bit pricey I thought at first but when the sandwich arrived I was shocked at how generous it was!Thick ham (cut off the bone, none of your packet nonsense here), doorstep sliced bread, freshly sliced salad in the sandwich as well as garnish & topped off with tortilla chips - really good value for money & VERY filling!The cappuccino wasnt that hot & there was quite a bit of froth over actual coffee, but was nice nonetheless - had to ask for skimmed milk as wasn't asked if I wanted it regular or skinny.Overall - If you're in Hastings, treat yourself to some lunch here - its great! (and the cake was amazing, so make sure you induldge!)

A worthy contender for the over glorified Starbucks and Costa situated very near. Good price for the drinks and all freshly made. Ordered some food and was very tasty too and good value.My only critic for this place and the reason why its not 5/5 is for nuking my scone. Its the one thing in the world that sucks the life out of them and makes them dry. My suggestion for improvement is a halogen oven as they take 2 mins in them and offer's the oven fresh taste.