please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Well, the beer was superb (great range too), but the hotel/cafe setting is not great and feels very tired - sitting outside is the best bet. Great beer though.
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Still excellent beer everytime I call here but its always a different beer which sometimes when you just want a pint that you know (and love) you could do with just one regular house beer, at the moment its four different beers each time I call and at my age I can never remember what they are all like.
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Ordered a pint of Harveys which was served to me 3/4 full so asked to have it topped up to which there was no problem at all, sat on the decking outside over looking the beach. 8/10
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That was Rother, not Rither!
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Thanks to an MOT hiccup, I unexpectedly found myself with an hour or so to pass in Hastings today and, based on BITE reviews (thanks MB), I headed off to the White Rock.
How good to find somewhere in Hastings to enjoy a selection of local ales in extremely pleasant surroundings. There was reasonably priced food, papers to read and a great sea front view from the spacious terrace.
I sampled WJ King's Golden Bitter (KGB) which was a little hazy and Dark Star Original - perfect. Also on offer was Rother Honey Fuzzzzz and an impressive selection of about a dozen bottled ales from local breweries Kings, Hepworths, Rither, Harveys, 1066, Weltons. And don't have a side-order of chips with your sandwich/baguette/ciabatta, you won't need them!
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The Whiterock could be the best venue in Hastings if what you want is a decent beer at a reasonable price and maybe something to eat with it. They offer free wireless internet and are happy for you to linger over a coffee while you do some email or similar. The pub is dog friendly which is either bad or good depending on your point of view.
A classic hotel bar with a combination of tables and comfy sofas, pleasant staff - often foreign students but very helpful and nice. Good selection of beers, with Dark Star and Harveys usually available with various guests. During the summer months, take your beer outside and watch the tourists and comings and goings around the now sadly partially closed pier.
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Excellent hotel bar with terrace overlooking the sea and a choice of 4 local real ales. Next to the White Rock Theatre, so handy for pre theatre and interval drinks - much better than the dire theatre bar.
Floyd - 10 May 2008 16:43 |
We stayed at the White Rock Hotel for our last night on our walk from Redhill to Hastings. We were a bit nervous as we had been warned that Hastings a bit rough in places, but we really felt comfortable and at home in this hotel. In their café bar, overlooking the sea, there was a choice of four excellent real ales and a flexible range of snacks and meals to suit any needs. The décor in our 1st floor double room was great with a large flat screen TV and a big bath, at last! Altogether it was the best value for money on our 6 night’s holiday and we would heartily recommend it.
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A much overlooked bar on Hastings sea front. So far ths has always ben the last port of call before going home after a day at the seaside, but with the beer selection this place has, next time I'm in town I'll just saty in this place.
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A real treat to find a pub where the landlord has put effort and determination into sourcing a range of local real ales from the regional brewer and also micros. As well as Harvey's session bitter there was the seasonal (mind numbing) Christmas ale 8.1% and also two beers from the Dark Star brewery. All in excellent condition and served in such a pleasant manner by the bar staff. Business has improved a lot since the place was taken over in 2005 and it deserves to succeed. Do support this pub if you are in Hastings.
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At last the name of this Hotel has been changed on here after about a year or more, the bar is still excellent and the real ale is great and I like the place very much. Shame the other "thread" where it is called The Yelton couldn't just be renamed and the many other pubs here and in St Leonards haven't been added when I have sent in their details and written a review.
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Best quality real ale for sale in Hastings. Dark Star is a fabulous brewery and they often have one or two different types of their beer on pump. Note that this is more of an afternoon then evening pub.
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When you're at the seaside and fancy a pint, how many of us would go into a hotel? Not many. Which is a shame. Hastings sea front is littered with so many grim pubs and this place gets overlooked. Four decent ales on the hand pumps, and over twenty local bottled ales behind the bar. With bar staff who know what they are doing, the place is welcoming and I for one will be going back.
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