Rainbow Restaurant in Hastings

Nice place to eat and they are polite

We visited yesterday, having tried other fish and chips restaurants in the area previously, so we thought we would try The Rainbow Restaurant for a change.. the food was nice and hot when it arrived.. we did not have a long wait.. quite cheap looking cheeseburgers for the children, but they had clear plates, which is a very good sign! Us adults' fish and chips were good, good portion sizes and freshly cooked.. the restaurant was clean, plenty of staff working, so we were tended to promptly.. the toilet facilities were upstairs, through another seating area, which were clean.. fair prices.. outdoor seating available.. we would go back, but have had a little better elsewhere.. glad we tried it though..

Great place to eat , staff helpful & friendly 🙂

Go to rainbow regularly, in our morning visits we have there breakfast and in the afternoon's when I visit I have a tea and toasted teacake the staff are always happy and welcoming the food is great and and well priced and the restaurant is always spotlessly clean 😀

The waitress was very nice, we love fish & chips. We were able to eat with a view of the sea and got our food very quickly. The prices were very reasonable for the portions and we really liked the name of the restaurant. We would like to come back again.

Excellent service friendly and awesome food would highly recommend

We popped in for dinner, food portions are fab. Delicious fish, chips and burgers. Staff very friendly and helpful. Really enjoyed the food and bonus we could get a pint too. Highly recommend! Thank you

We have been coming to the rainbow restaurant for the last several years, it’s our go to whenever we visit Hastings and honestly I can’t recommend it enough ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The food and service cannot be faulted in our experience, there’s a great variety on the menu, it’s always fresh, generous in portion sizes ( and I eat a lot) well prepared and always tastes brilliant, in comparison to what most other places charge I can’t fault the value for money either. We’re always shocked at how quickly and efficiently the food comes out, there was 12 of us on our last visit a few weeks ago, lots of different orders, some with specific requirements, in these cases sometimes it’s understandable as we are human to make the odd mistake or two but again everything was perfect, and service just as quick and efficient as always! All the staff members are more than helpful and go above and beyond to make sure everything’s perfect, we often talk to the same staff members year after year and sometimes they even come out of the busy kitchen to say hello. Over the years one of the waitresses Sharna has especially been great, always really good to have a chat with about anything, always goes above and beyond and rushes of her feet to make sure everyone has what they need, she’s an asset to the rainbow, we will keep coming to the rainbow for years to come, have had lots of good food and made many great memories here and many more to come! If you want to go to a restaurant that serves great food at great prices with great service, and friendly staff, this is the place for you.

Very happy with this café. Warm welcome and polite helpful staff. Ayda was our waitress and she was wonderful! We sat down and served very quickly. Food was served very quickly and was very nice and reasonably priced. Highly recommend you try the rainbow cafe!!

Great place with good honest food at good prices and with a sea view what more could you want.

We visited today as a family group of eight, something for everyone one on the menu from jacket potatoes , burgers to fish and chips, friendly staff , food was delicious and served piping hot :) definitely recommend for a great price family restaurant by the seaside !

The food was good, hot and good value for money. The service was good and the staff were helpful and attentive. We didn’t have to wait too long.

Went to the RAINBOW restaurant once again.Received a warm welcome. We had cod&chips all three of us. It was very tasty,plenty of chips too.We had cold drinks,as it was a hot day. The service was very good. The food delicious, and cooked so nicely. We returned later for ice cream deserts, gorgeous. Thank you RAINBOW owners and staff. We will keep coming back to see you.

So turned up ; waited 10 minutes to order 4 drinks. Waited a further 10 minutes for 2 of them to turn up. Finished these off & last 2 drinks turned up 10 minutes later. Only explanation being :"I've only got 2 hands" All this while other people arrived, ordered breakfast, paid & left after being served by separate waitress. Obviously 1 waitress earning her money whilst ours thought she was on holiday like us. Guess we'll not be going there again

The food is amazing the service is amazin and got a free pen

Fantastic food and fantastic staff.

The meal started with a friendly smile from the server who sat us down on an outdoor table overlooking the sea front. We ordered 3 cod and chips 1 scampi, and 2 jacket potatoes with beans. The food came out piping hot and was really satisfying, large servings which were very filling. The price matched the quality of the food.

We all had full English breakfast, well presented, excellent value for money. Lovely smiley staff. Nice clean premises. Did not hurry us. Second visit in a month.

Amazing food and really reasonably priced. Nice atmosphere and friendly staff. I had liver and it was melt in the mouth, will defo be back ❤️

Have a fantastic breakfast and the service was fantastic. Just what I needed on a Sunday morning

This great restaurant always satisfies our needs. The food is so good,the service is very good. This visit there was three of us,We had two cod and chips and an all day breakfast, with bread and butter and teas. So lovely. We always recommend this restaurant.

Here we are again at this lovely restaurant. Three of us today. We had two fish and chips and one all day breakfast. The food was great as usual. The service was very good. We always come to The Rainbow when in Hastings. We thoroughly recommend this restaurant. Thank you to all at The Rainbow 😍.

Good food, good service Clean, organised. My kids love the pudding

Great value for money. Decent food, proper chips. Very efficient and friendly waitress. Exactly what you want on a day trip to the seaside.

This is a really welcoming restaurant. Suitable for everyone, The meals are absolutely delicious. Would definitely recommend this place

Had a great experience staff are always and the food delicious

Absolutely supberb. Cannot fault in any way . On the menu there is something for everyone. Children's meals available as well.Service was excellent

Excellent service by the three young ladies on duty. Food really tasty and hot. Definitely recommend this establishment. I'll certainly be back

Good food 😀😎😎😎 and a pleasant experience, just us three..

Very disappointed with my experience ordered a breakfast , my egg came smeggy which I did ask for it flipped. When I asked for them to change it they just flipped it over on my plate made all the egg burst. I was disgusted at such service when I said something they all rolled there eyes and was very rude! Coke was also flat!! Very expensive for poor quialty food and service!!!

Nice place. Good food. Value for money

Sat outside and was seen to straight away given menus and ordered the full English Breakfast which comes with a tea or coffee & bread & butter x 3 , service was really good friendly and food served quickly , really nice place to sit the food was good would recommend

Me and my family visited this little restaurant for lunch, we also had two babies with us. The way we were treated by a particular member of staff who I can only describe as an emo, was disgusting, all because we had 2 prams with us. We were told to sit upstairs and leave our prams downstairs, we decided to take them upstairs as both the babies were fast asleep and didn’t want to risk waking them up due to the heat and upsetting other customers that were already in there. This staff member was so rude to all of us, the looks she was giving us, told us we couldn’t put the baby high chairs on the end of our table, tried to give me false information on the prices of food and drink even though I had a menu sat in front of me with the prices on & she also purposely decided not to serve us and serve other people. We was sat waiting for 25 minutes to be served for our drinks. Absolutely appalling customer service, won’t be going there ever again, just really wish I had the name of this staff member. I am disgusted

Best service and best food. Very friendly staff,they go all out to make you comfortable. Enjoy visiting Hastings because we can rely on the rainbow to supply our food and drink at the best quality.

The Rainbow Restaurant is always a very welcoming place to visit. The staff are always very friendly and kind and always put their customers first. The group of young women who work in the restaurant always work very hard to prepare and cook your food and they never keep you waiting for too long. They have your best interests at heart. The restaurant is also clean and the food is always tasty. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anybody. It is a very calm and pleasant restaurant and customers are also friendly. A great restaurant to go to

Great friendly service and food. Excellent value for money. Good size portions. I enjoyed a hearty roast meal and the mug of tea was hot and strong. Something for everyone here whatever your food preference. Continues to be high standard. Five in our party all enjoyed a different item from the menu all served together. Extremely friendly service. I think the toilet facilities have been upgraded too. Had a fresh new feel. We will definitely return on our next visit to Hastings.

Lovely cafe very clean and tidy. Staff very friendly and helpful. I had a jacket potato with tuna and mayo. Delicious. My partner had burger and chips. Food excellent and great value.

Friendly restaurant service was excellent food was excellent nice seating area staff friendly

Looking for somewhere for lunch in Hastings, and found this gem. I had a wonderful tuna salad and partner had cod and chips. Beautifully presented by polite helpful staff, and the food was excellent, and very reasonably priced. Also cash only which is fine by me. Use it or lose it. Highly recommended. Thank you.

I've been coming to this restaurant for many years wherever I visit Hastings and you are always well looked after, and the food is really good.

Very friendly staff, excellent food with real prices. Couldn’t do enough for my family when we called in for lunch while we on holiday. Beware, toilet upstairs, incase you have trouble with mobility.

Lovely restruant good portion sizes only takes cash no cards

Very clean, good seafront location. Friendly etaff

Spora i smaczna porcja fish and chips

Needed breakfast after night out in Hastings. Full English with tea or coffee for £6.50 served in minutes. Exactly what was needed, lovely people, great food at a good price. Needed to pay cash but that was no problem. Why would you go to a chain when there are fantastic independent places that serve their food on China plates with real cutlery. Perfect!

Good food good value for money. Staff very nice and efficient. You have to pay cash no cards.

It was a clean place with friendly staff & the food was good. We had Jacket potatoes, one with cheese & one with prawn & Marie Rose sauce, they came with some salad. The potatoes were a bit on the small side. Only having toilets upstairs, I wouldn't recommend it for disabled people. I am disabled myself & I only just managed it. Hurt myself though!

A day out in Hastings but decided not to go to my favourite blue chip shop, so went here instead and had an omelette...... and chips. Glad I did. Really nice homely little restaurant, good food, good coffee, good service. One for my little black book!

Can't rate this place highly enough. Great food, friendly staff and great value.

Great service, very friendly staff nothing was too much trouble.

I had Sunday breakfast here. A great location (just off the end of George Street) to watch the world go by. Also the outside area is a bit of a sun trap in decent weather. A good value English breakfast, nice filter coffee and fast, friendly service. What's not to like?

Today I had my first ever meal in The Rainbow Restaurant. I was really impressed by the restaurant on the whole. The restaurant was very clean and tidy, the staff were very friendly and welcoming and hygiene was very important to them at the restaurant. They always made sure the tables were clean and service was very efficient. We didn’t have to wait too long for food and were very looked after. The food was tasty too. I would definitely go back there again and would highly recommend this restaurant

Food very good but ashame it ain't dog friendly had 2 sit outside and my family was inside cos it was a bit cold

Lovely Omelette and great service as well

Enjoyed a great meal with the family .Staff excellent especially with the children . Lovely end to a great visit .

Staff were friendly & the food was excellent

Great service. Sunday dinner was superb. Meat and veg done to perfection. Wine was a decent price and very drinkable.

Great little place for something to eat. Great prices!

I love this breakfast. It's just the right amount for the right price. My favourite item is by far their bacon and mushrooms. Delicious

We have used this restaurant on a previous visit to Hastings and paid a return visit for lunch on Saturday 6/11. They were very busy but we managed to get a table. The young dark haired lady who served us was very friendly. We enjoyed a prawn salad and cheeseburger and chips. The prawns were very good, Sweet and tasty. The food was served fresh and well presented. Good portions and excellent value. Good food and friendly service make it worth a visit. At this time they are only taking cash.

Really nice place. Fantastic value for money and great service. We have 4 kids so finding a restaurant that does well with that and doesn’t make you feel awkward can be hard to find, this place were really family friendly and their kids portions were just the right size. Tbh The only thing that was a bit of a negative was that they didn’t take card. Thankfully we had some cash on us. Not a huge deal but just a heads up. It’s worth taking cash out somewhere for it. Go here!

Excellent customer service and always great food even late on a Sunday

Fantastic service and food. Would definitely visit again. Only one criticism is that they do not cater for vegetarians as stated (eg no meat free options like sausages). All you get offered is an extra egg and hash brown. Would have been 5 star rating had they purchased a bag of Quorn sausages...a small price I feel. Still nevertheless the staff were faultless and the food good.

Superb service and great food would throughly recommend the breakfast

What a lovely little place, staff were so friendly, very reasonably priced and food was good too, lovely and clean, 5 stars from me and when I visit again will definitely come back.

We've happened to have been in Hastings twice in the past 3/4 months and have eaten at the Rainbow on both occasions - both times, the service and food has been exemplary. Food is unfussy but delicious and the prices very reasonable. Highly recommend.

Came to the cafe today and had a great visit the staff member that served us was called Naomi and she has all the time in the world to help people and will always make sure they leave happy and well looked after

We visited this restaurant again this year and we were still amazed with the food and the service. We will always eat here when we are in Hastings. Thank you to all the staff and the owners. Thank you.

Very nice food very friendly polite staff definitely be back

The worst breakfast I've had. Oily and hash browns disgusting. We agreed on toast and when order came out we were told " Sorry but you will have to have buttered bread because we are too busy". Coffee was disgusting as well. First and last visit.

Unpretentious food at sensible prices.

Staff were really friendly and helpful. The food was outstanding. Will definitely come here for cod and chips next time I visit Hastings.

Stopped for lunch here on Saturday 24th July 2021 with my wife , in-laws and my daughter and her partner. The food was really nice ,myself and wife had the cod and chips which was really well cooked with golden batter, the in-laws had ham, egg and chips , the slice of ham was massive .my daughter and her partner had burger and chips which they both said they really enjoyed. I would definitely recommend and would return in the future. A bonus would be if they could get there beer on draught as I’m not a fan for the bottles .

Sat outside in the sun last month and ordered a full breakfast with drinks. The young waitress was a delight, bubbly polite and a credit to the restaurant, didn't like one of the items so asked if I could change it for another egg, no problem, the mushrooms were wonderful along with all the other items on the plate and the eggs were cooked just as I wanted them. I have to say ( in a very good way) a am loathed to give this breakfast a glowing report as we will probably not be able to get in once the word has got out but they deserve all the customers they get and more and the price is fantastic for the care taken with out breakfast and the drinks. The waitress also gets a glowing report and I am sure that's why people return. Let's hope we can get in or outside again, I'll even queue and that's not me

Fabulous restaurant, situated on the front. Wide choice of meals to suit everyone. Friendly and professional staff! Fantastic liver and bacon! We'll be dropping by again soon!

What lovely service, the 2 girls working there were super pleasant and attentive. Very good price.

Was not sure where to eat when visiting Hastings and saw the Rainbow Restaurant and so pleased we choose it. Sat outside and was served by a lovely attentive waitress called Amy who made us feel at home straight away with her friendly manner. The fish and chips were cooked to perfection. Will definitely visit again on our return to Hastings.

As visitors to the town, looking for breakfast, we stumbled upon this place. This is a regular cafe with some outside seating, and may not have the allure of others, but it proved a good choice for us.The cooked breakfast was excellent and well presented. No greasy spoon comparisons here. The waitress could not have been more helpful and pleasant.

Fantastic venue for a big party booked in advance. Great quality cooking for the quantity ordered and served really quickly. All very hot and well cooked. Very friendly staff and understanding food intolerances enabling them to make suggestions and changes to orders. Value for money on every item.thanks to becky amazing.xxx

Made me feel extra special on my birthday! Lovely food and the family agreed. Looking forward to coming back again.

good location, very tasty fish, descent size, good value for money and very friendly staff, highly recommended

Good service and great food. Staff were very efficient and friendly. Roast dinner was excellent, good portion of meat. Dessert was delicious

My husband and I were in Hastings today for a day out, we saw the Rainbow and thought it looked nice so decided to eat there. Wow, fabulous, I had roast chicken dinner and hubby had roast beef. It was well cooked, tasty and plenty of it. We will be back.

We are holidaying in Hastings and were looking for somewhere to have lunch when we came across the Rainbow Restaurant. Our waitress was first class as was the food. My wife and I had home made steak and kidney pie and my mother in law huss and chips. My MIL commented to the waitress that the huss was cooked to perfection. The pie was excellent, the gravy thick and the vegetables cooked just right. And then there was the dessert, my wife enjoyed her banana split whilst I tucked into a lovely chocolate sundae. Well worth a visit if you are in Hastings. And being licensed I was able to enjoy a lager with my meal.

Very Nice Breakfast and Staff very polite and service was quick.Will return when in Hastings again.

We came here about 10.30am on Saturday 26th September 2020. We had driven over form Eastbourne, just managed to bag the last parking spot left in the Town, and were in the mood for a cuppa. We saw this place from across the road, and I thought it looked the very part of the good, honest seaside café, and so it proved.There was a brisk breeze along the prom so opted for indoor seating. They could do with a pencil sharpener as the one to record contact details was rather worn. We had Tea and Toast, and it was just the thing we needed. The tea was hot and fresh, nothing 'artisan' or 'organic', just a good honest cup of 'Rosie'. The breakfasts passing our table looked very good, and the mushrooms-on-toast looked really very good indeed. Service was cheery and efficient.

Lovely food ,good value & really nice waiting staff ,definitely go back ,great for big familys x

Always superb food, price and service. Only recommendation is the sausages could be better quality!!

We as a family visited the rainbow on 9/9/20.We have dined there before and love it. Staff and management are excellent.Food is wonderful. We always love it. Carry on the good service. Thank you. Sharna was especially nice and helpful.

We were on a family day out and came across this restaurant. We asked if they had room for 3 adults and 2 children (1 being 2yrs and the other 9 months) so needing highchairs. They were very quick to get us sat down and all of the staff were so lovely! From start to finish, it was such a wonderful experience and the food was amazing!! The service was very quick and we all was so impressed with everything. I would highly recommend coming here and we definitely be coming back! Thank you for your amazingness and helping to make our family day out a special one! Xx

Came here for lunch while down at flamingo park. Service was great and staff are great. Food was average with my burger tasting like something i would have at a football match. Also it is expensive for what you get. £4.80 for a football burger with a handful of chips. (Price wrong on previous)

Came here for lunch while down at flamingo park. Service was great and staff are great. Food was average with my burger tasting like something i would have at a football match. Also is very expensive for what you get. £8.50 for a football burger with a handful of chips.

My wife and I enjoyed probably the best fish and chips we have had for a very long time ., fresh and very well presented. Great to eat out in the sunshine with great friendly service

A lovely restaurant, fantastic food, clean and sensibly priced. Outside seating also available. Will definitely visit again.

Absolutely DISGUSTING chips! The oil they cooked them in needed changing! When the waitress asked if everything was ok and I replied no I didn't like the chips, she said REALLY? (with a tone in her voice) I said no I thought they were horrible, she came back with completely the wrong reply which was, oh well I think they're great and shrugged her shoulders and walked away. That is not the way to talk to customers by any standard! Based just on the food my advice would be go elsewhere and as far as that particular member of staff goes she most certainly wouldn't be employed by me!

Fantastic food time and time again. Staff lovely and friendly. Reasonably priced on the sea front. All food fresh and hot. You can't go wrong here. My favourite little spot to eat in Hastings!

walked past this place several times as was a bit dubious because it was empty. Very glad we decided to go in because the service was excellent, staff polite and the scampi was the best i’ve ever eaten.

I took my family to Hastings for a nice meal and made a great choice. This restaurant is very nice. Food was great at a fair price. Smiling and polite staff. Car park on the other side of the road. Will visit again.

Food they provide ,staff and place is excellent. I would definitely recommend. Went here with my bro as he took me for the day.

A group of us stopped here today. Great fish and chips and the young staff were very courteous efficient and professional. Will definitely return. Thank you