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Our new fish restaurant has one of the shortest ingredient journeys in Britain!
About a minute across the beach from the boats! We're so pleased to be able to offer you the experience of eating a range of carefully prepared fresh fish dishes from the Hastings & Rye fleets at source.
Newly opened, summer 2009, there can be few restaurants in the country where you could eat fresher fish. Webbes Rock a Nore is an enviable location opposite the net huts and boats of the historic and picturesque Hastings fishing quarter of The Stade. With fish and seafood caught and daily in small boats and a journey of a minute across the shingle to the kitchen on arrival, this restaurant offers a unique experience for all pockets and tastes.
The tempting Taster Bar is a great place to start and with a selection of dishes at £3.50 each you could afford to try several.
Other sample dishes include seafood platters, locally smoked fish, Potted Crab, Grilled Dover Sole with Samphire and Winkle Sauce, Steamed Flounder with Mussel and Cider Sauce and classic dishes like Cod in Beer Batter with Hand Cut Chips, Gratinated Native Lobster, Ox Cheek and Oyster Pie. Not forgetting prime cut steaks.
For a special adventure you can even try a Fish Cookery School Morning and get hands on. You will visit the Fish Market on the beach opposite the restaurant with your chef and choose from the days catch then learn how to prepare it and enjoy the reward of a leisurely lunch afterwards.
Open 7 days a week, Families and Group bookings welcome. Reservations advised. Childrens menu available. Outside dining terrace
OUR FISH POLICY
We endeavour to purchase as much local produce as we can from the ports of Hastings and Rye. We buy from sustainable sources and can trace our fish back to the exact boat that landed it.
We never buy endangered species or fish in its breeding season.
We've been using lesser-known species of non-endangered fish for many years, such as gurnard, pollack and razor clams. They benefit from plentiful stock levels, and by using these fish this takes pressure off the depleted stocks of endangered fish.
All our farmed fish comes from certified organic farms with exemplary standards of welfare, where the use of synthetic pesticides and drugs is banned. We will only serve organically farmed salmon and trout, since wild stocks are severely depleted.
We are working with the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) for up to date information and are hoping soon to be awarded MSC accreditation.
Hastings Stade has Europe's biggest fleet of beach-launched fishing boats. The boats have to be hauled out of the sea after each trip, which stops them being more than about ten metres long. This means that they can only carry small amounts of gear and travel just a few miles. As a result the fleet has always fished in an ecologically sound way and for shorter periods of time. The Stade has a vibrant working community that enjoys great traditions for many generations. It also represents the perfect combination of an historically protected area being ecologically utilised by a contemporary working force. In fact, there are not many places in the world today such as the Stade, where you can find a driving community working in a protected area of great historical relevance, one that still keeps its original look, its old traditions, standards and original atmosphere.
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