Small Plates

St Leonards

Saturday 27 September 2025

Food Festival

Join us for a unique culinary adventure.
One day, 12 restaurants.
Feast your way around St Leonards on Sea.

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.

  • ARIGATO: 12—4pm

    BAYTE: 12—3pm

    BISTRO ALBO: 12—3.30/5.30-9pm

    BOATYARD: 12—3/5-7pm

    COLOMBO 16: 12—3/6-9pm

    FARYARD: 12—3/5-7pm

    HALF MAN HALF BURGER: 12—3pm

    GRAZE ON THE GRAND: 12—4pm

    NO. 40 BAR & RESTAURANT: 12—10.15pm

    THE REEL@ THE KINO: 12—3pm

    THE ROYAL: 12—3.30pm

    SUPERNATURE: 12—10pm

  • 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 straightaway please try another restaurant then pop back. For example, Supernature has plenty of room and undercover tables in the yard. Plus a DJ all day.

    Colombo 16 have a whole bar area to cater for larger groups. And, The Royal don’t have a maximum group size.

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Restaurants need to be in close proximity to each other for the trail.

  • 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.

  • 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.