The Old Custom House Restaurant in Hastings

Came here for a nice treat The lady that served us was friendly enough There was no one else in the restaurant We ordered drinks, beer was warm and champagne was warm. They have a serious fruit fly problem. We had to cancel our order as I couldn't even enjoy drink without a fly landing on me. Two more people arrived, one wasn't wearing any shoes and they sat them within half a metre of me Not clean, not enough space and clearly can't provide cold drinks. What a disappointing experience

I chose the venue on the basis of the owners Italian Heritage thinking that meant authentic Italian food. However my spaghetti with clams was DREADFUL. Never again will i visit .

As usual a lovely place for lunch. Warm friendly service.

Ok this is an oasis in the fish n chips desert. Visited them yesterday with my two kids. The Italian (?owner) came and welcomed us. The food is truly delicious. Had pasta with ragu, steak and fried aubergine with tomato sauce. I will definitely remember this for a long time

Now an amazing Italian deli/restaurant called La Delizia. And it is bloody delicious. I strongly recommend everyone to try it. You will be going back for more!

Okay. Lots of reviews here about the old restaurant - not good, now gone. Onwards! The Customs House building now hosts Frankonia Bakery, which sells bread, beautiful cakes and has one of those cafe type things with coffee and other stuff. The bread is the best I have found in the Folkestone to Brighton area. Wonderful sourdoughs and more. The cakes are even better. Proper French style gooeyness. Paris Brest to die for. Can't comment on the coffee but the light snacks are excellent. Tuna Melts, that sort of thing. But mainly you want the cakes. In volume. Coming one after the other. Staff are exemplary. I challenge you not to like it. Could not be more different to the previous owner/offering which was not great.

Had warm tuna closed sandwich today ended up with bad stomach & vomiting. The bread was so hard we couldn't cut it with an ordinary knife, one of my family had sore gums after eating his, to pay £7-95 for a sandwich was terrible, wouldn't recommend it

Had lunch very expensive for a sandwich which I did not eat as the bread was very hard coffee was ok expensive had bad gums as a outcome will not go back and my mother was ill due to the food she had

Awful restaurant. 4 scrambled eggs on toast and 2 poached (hard boiled) eggs on toast took over an hour in an empty restaurant. Two people finished eating before the remaining 4 people got food! Customer service awful!

Very poor quality food and customer service. Not an extensive menu and they were sold out of most of it. We waited nearly an hour for scrambled and poached egg on toast. The poached eggs were hard boiled and the toast was hard and dry. We had a party of 6 and everyone's food came out at different times. Would NOT recommend

The bakery looks great but I found the lunch sandwiches to be overpriced for what you get, and I don’t recommend warming up the quiche as they just stick it in the microwave until it’s a soggy mess.

Great coffee and even better lemon tarts from this small artisan bakery. Seating outside on front.

Fabulous bakery lots of different breads, cake, biscuits. I had a moka and a Paris Breast delicious 😋 managed to get one of the few tables outside. Definitely be coming back.

The restaurant has closed. Currently, it is a pop up bakery and patisserie called Frankovia. The bread was delicious as was the Paris Brest. The shop was well set up for social distancing making for a very safe feeling shopping experience.

Top quality 🍞 and patisserie ,biscuits ,and hot drinks ,👏 Bravo xx

Amazing free hash browns very nice and awesome breakfast

Outstanding - terrific food and wonderful staff - Andrew the new manager has made a great place even better!

We came across this restaurant by accident in late September I had just arrived in Hastings from Oban, Scotland. What a find! The staff were amazing, polite, attentive and great fun. I haven't enjoyed myself in a restaurant for a long time. The food and wine - superb - in fact so good we returned the next day for more. I cannot wait for my next visit to Hastings to sample their food again.

Been back many times. Seasonal menu for seafood. Think shrimp with garlic, pint of prawns, also small dishes tapas style for sharing.

Go here for oysters and bubbles. A great spot but limited seating. Wonderful for sitting outside in the sunshine.