Small Plates
Food Festival
Saturday 27 / Sunday 28 June 2026
Feast your way around St Leonards with small plate menus for walk-in diners using the interactive map below.
Click on our interactive map
Also visit…
The Bathing Hut Cafe Sat 9-3 / Sun 10-4
Selkies Seafood Bar Sat/Sun 12-3
And stop off at these bars for Copper Pot cocktails throughout the weekend:
Tastings Tour
Small Plates St Leonards is a delightful way to sample some of the best food in St Leonards on Sea on a self-guided restaurant crawl. Enjoy new dishes and fresh seasonal flavours as you wander from venue to venue sampling each restaurant’s small plates menu.
They’ll be drinks and DJs along the way, and a pop-up gin and vodka bar courtesy of our official spirits sponsor, St Leonards’ CopperPot Gin Distilleries!
There are no entry fees and no need to book, you decide where to go by following a map.
Latest news…
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ARIGATO: Sat/Sun 12-4
BAYTE: Sun 12-3
BISTRO ALBO: Sat/Sun 12-3
BOATYARD: Sat 12-3
COLOMBO HOUSE: Sun 12-3
FARMYARD: Sat/Sun 12-3
HALF MAN HALF BURGER: Sat 12-3
GRAZE ON THE GRAND: Sat/Sun 12-4
NO. 40: Sat 12-10 / Sun 12-6
THE REEL@ THE KINO: Sat/Sun 12-3
THE ROYAL: Sat 12-3:30
SUPERNATURE POP-UP: Sat 12-8 / Sun 12-6
MAMA PUTTS: Sat/Sun 12-5
STARSKY & HATCH: Sat/Sun 12-5
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If you are a large group, then we suggest visiting the larger restaurants if you wish to do the trail together. For really large groups of 8 or more, we suggest you split up for the smaller restaurants.
Some restaurants can accept 2-4 people at a time. If you can‘t be seated straight away, please try another restaurant then pop back.
Try the Supernature pop-up on Laser Lane who will have long beer tables, plus bar and DJs.
We cannot guarantee that you will get to eat at every restaurant as it is a first come first served basis. But all restaurants are in close proximity, so if one is full simply pop to another. Please be aware of opening times too.
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There are no tickets or entry fees required anywhere and you are free to stop at one or more restaurants. Maybe you’ll manage to vist all venues listed on the map.
However, please be patient. If you can‘t be seated please try another restaurant then pop back.
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Every restaurant shall be offering at least one vegetarian and vegan dish, and plenty more, so there’s lots of variety on offer. We aim to cater to as many people as possible so that everyone can enjoy delicious food during the event. We recommend that visitors contact each restaurant in advance if they have specific dietary requirements or chat to any of the restaurants when they arrive about the ingredients in their dishes. Every restaurant will be happy to help with any questions.
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Restaurants need to be in close proximity to each other for the trail.
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The restaurants selected this year all offer a small plates menu relative in concept, opening times, quality and price to the other restaurants.
You can be part of the campaign this year by being listed on the campaign website under ‘You might also like...’ Please get in touch if you would like to be featured on the website.
The festival brought a large footfall of people to the area last year benefitting not only the businesses on the trail.
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Hastings and St Leonards are popular tourist destinations, but many hospitality businesses struggle out of the main tourism season due to reduced trade and rising costs.
The tourism industry is vital to the local economy. Tourism and Hospitality contribute £211m to the and support an estimated 4,850 jobs (3,550 FTE)**. Food and drink are the main factors that motivate people to travel to a certain destination.