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Really lovely cafe. Such care and attention to alleges when preparing our food. Yummy breakfast serviced by friendly helpful staff!

What an absolute gem of a place. Fancied meeting up with friends for ‘afternoon tea’ and this was the perfect place for tea and cake. Delicious and generous portions, the most delightful place with plenty of parking and fabulous little Knick-knacks everywhere. We will definitely be coming again!!!

Brilliant food, good service and reasonable. The beef kebab was to die for but all the food was good.

What a find. In a sea of chain coffee houses serving a cocofani of sub par, run of the mill coffee, you'll find the apptly named 'Coffee Van', serving genuine espresso based drinks, plus a selection of sweet treats. A high street chain this is not, and my Caramel Macchiato, with it's diminutive size and carefully balanced flavours is all the better for it. Note, a macchiato is not a long drink (talking to you Costa, Starbucks et al) but a short, shot, with a touch of foam to soften the espresso. There is a small amount of seating for drinking al fresco, which is fine for a dry September day but might be less appealing with more inclement weather. Still, as a stop for coffee during your business day (it's handily near the Oracle Centre outside the Civic Offices), it's a great find and will keep your caffeine levels primed for a good few hours, helping survive that next meeting or two. Well worth a visit - and the barista is extremely knowledgeable too!

Came to Hastings for shopping and decided to have a bite to eat and it was wonderful. I had the American style signature steak burger and it was amazing! Great food!

Took my kids here for lunch yesterday - we had the falafel wrap and hallumi wrap and some vine leaves. The food was delicious and lots of people around us seemed very happy with their food. The smell of the charcoal grill added to the experience. We would recommend. Only downside, was not a great selection of drinks....

This was our second visit to Bethanys, my wife had the steak baguette and I had the large breakfast, which was actually very large. The food was great, service was excellent again and we will certainly return .As restaurant owners ourselves we really do appreciate going to other really good quality places.

Best Sunday roast, Beef and Pork was soo tender and the vegetables all cooked well. It came out piping hot. The waitresses were very efficient and friendly. Thankyou

Best cafe around. Don’t be fooled by Kye’s cafe being in a builders merchant that you’re going to receive a greasy horrible breakfast. All good ingredients and great service.

Friendly owner and staff. Clean place. Had sandwich from display case and they heated it up for us. We sat and ate outside.

I go here regularly. Small friendly little cafe in the village shop. Sometimes buy as popular with hikers and cyclists in the area as well as being used by us locals. Fantastic for a brief cuppa, with excellent barrista coffees and pots of tea with an excellent range of made locally or in house cakes, sausage rolls, pasties etc. Some rather fantastic 'salad' options [coleslaw] made freshly to accompany the above and there's always a good 'soup of the day', again made freshly. Wonderful people watching either indoors or out and really friendly volunteers running this community owned cafe. Highly recommended.

I am a conneisseur of fish and chips as I was brought up in Yorkshire ( God's own country). The fish in particular is truly excellent every time .Generous portions of white chunky fish , cooked to perfection . I challenge you to find better anywhere outside Yorkshire. So come on you soft Southerners , give it a try !

Lovely set up for parents great coffee and selection of food snacks. Great little softplay attached to keep kids entertained.

This cosy cafe near the North Laines serves the best coffee in Brighton. The home made food is delicious, fresh, and different to chain cafe offerings. The banana cake today was superb and the staff are friendly and represent the ethos of the place well. Really worth seeking out, just five minutes walk from the Jubilee Library in Brighton. Places like this deserve to thrive.

We had to wait till the man who cooks dinar to come, as the woman who was there could unfortunately not prepare our coffee and hot chocolate. Inexperienced and staff with bad attitudes killed the day.