The Clarence in Hastings

went for a lunch time drink - locals very welcoming and staff efficient and helpful prices very good and excellent beer - some amusing local people who are very nice

Proper old school pub. Popped in here to watch the football. Seriously busy but a group made space for us to sit down. The lady behind the bar was like an octopus getting the drinks served and very friendly. But wow.. the prices… and in a good way we’re seriously cheap for Hastings.

Really friendly, old school pub with super reasonable prices. Place was heaving for the football - great atmosphere. Deffo our new local

Me and my wife entered the clarence pub on Halloween night 31st October 2020 dressed for the occasion. We got turned away at first because of the covid restrictions which is totally understandable. Anyway a lovely couple made space for me and the wife to sit with them. I got them a round of drinks to show our appreciation and we got talking an the vibe was good. As a northerner living in hastings we like to mingle and have laugh as we will talk to anyone. However we did not realise that our friendly way of socialising did not work both ways. What happend next was totally out of order. I was having some banter with a west ham fan as they had just played and got beat off liverpool. Anyway we had a good chat and i went over to sit with my wife as so off he went to sit with his companion/s. So me being me started some banter about football with 3 other fellas who were sat just to side of me. Big mistake. Not going to mention what went on but it got very vocal and insulting from 1 of the lads. The 1 individual made me and my wife feel very intimidated and made us feel outcasts because of our accents. If you are visiting Hastings and you are not from the area I would recommend avoiding this pub. Staff were nice but punters were a disgrace.