The Cove, Hastings

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I first tried to visit the Cove back in 2019, but it was mid-way through a six year closure, reopening in 2022 after some building work. In the parquet floored entrance is a dog bowl beside a hat and coat stand on which a JBL speaker was sitting while supplying some background music. In the front right is a small bare boarded bar area with three benched booths along the front windows that are faced by a short length of counter where some craft keg from Battle, Floc and Abyss Brewery’s is supported. Straight ahead from the entrance is a square open plan restaurant where the counter continues up the right-hand wall, the two hand pumps were drawing Harvey’s Best and Three Legs Brewing’s Pale. On the left hand wall is a fireplace with a very old burner and an oversize tiled hearth. The clean and tidy toilets are found through some saloon doors in the left rear and there’s a smaller dining area upstairs that I didn’t visit on this occasion. The service was very polite so I’d use this pub if I was holidaying in the area, which isn’t very likely because I live less than 20 miles away.

On 17^th June 2025 - rating: 7
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