The Belgian Cafe Eastbourne

 

Whenever we are in Eastbourne, we always make time to visit the Belgian Cafe (11 Grand Parade 01323 729 967).

As per its website: 

"We are famous for our freshly prepared seafood specialities, including 50 different ways to enjoy mussels and our amazing selection of over 50 bottled Belgian beers. Since December 2014 we have been producing our own home-brewed beer right here on the premises called ‘Beer Me Brewery’.

Established in 1999, the Belgian Cafe (formerly Cafe Belge) is a recent winner of the local Sovereign Award for Eastbourne’s best restaurant and was nominated for the Les Routier restaurant award in 2013. We offer casual dining with exceptional service, not only the best of seafood dishes, but also a great selection of meat and poultry, salads and vegetarian options.

Our passion for food and quality drinks have always been our main drive. After years of studies, hard work and tasting, since December 2014 we are really proud to brew our own beers on site.

We select and use only the best ingredients, focusing on the purest brewing laws. Our beers are unfiltered and served fresh directly from the brewery. Our aim is to bring you a great and unique taste at the best price."

We popped in for lunch last Monday and had two bowls of mussels, and some fizz.

The food was excellent, and the warmth of our reception, professionalism of service and friendliness of staff were all top notch.

Toreros Tapas Restaurant & Bar - Eastbourne

 

Those of you looking for good quality, authentic tapas in Eastbourne should visit:

Toreros Tapas Restaurant & Bar 

193 Terminus road

Eastbourne 

BN21 3DH 

01323 351475

It has over 60 dishes, including paella; and a good selection of Spanish wines.

We thoroughly enjoyed the dishes we chose, I was particularly impressed with the tortilla which had a nice peppery twang to it. 

The welcome was warm and the service was very friendly and efficient, and we were even allowed to borrow an umbrella at the end of the meal to get back to our hotel as it was tipping down (we duly returned it the next morning).

The Rostick Revisited

 

Kudos and thanks to Lorenzo Cinalli and Lonela "Nelly" Pricop and the good people of the Rostick Restaurant in Eastbourne for our very warm welcome, professional friendly service and exceptional food.

It has been three years since we last went there (see review), but thanks to the none too "small" matter of the pandemic our plans to revisit were delayed until last Saturday.

We were not disappointed, it was bloody brilliant!

Rostick Restaurant Voted Restaurant of The Year 2018

Kudos to Lornezo Cinalli and the good people of the Rostick Restaurant in Eastbourne (which I reviewed this July) for being voted, by readers of the Eastbourne Herald, Restaurant of The Year 2018.

A well deserved award!

Rostick Restaurant Eastbourne

Restaurant

Rostick Restaurant
209 Terminus Road,
Eastbourne
BN21 3 DH

01323 301 400

Overview

Eva and I were in Eastbourne for a couple of days this week, and visited Rostick for lunch on Tuesday.

Rostick is an Italian restaurant offering food "direct from the foothills of Abruzzo - known as the greenest area of Europe - where its pastures run for miles to the shores of the Adriatic, this is the source of Italian food at its finest."

Uniquely, it imports Abruzzo-grown mountain lamb for the signature dish, Arrosticini (Rosticks).

 The pasta is made fresh daily in the traditional way.

Ambience

The restaurant has a traditional rustic style to it, cosy inside, with outside seating for when the weather is good. As it was sunny and warm, we sat outside and dined alfresco.

Menu

The menu has an excellent selection of homemade pasta, meat, fish and specials.

Service

We were warmly welcomed by the owner Lorenzo Cinalli and his partner, who looked after us very nicely; they were very friendly, efficient and professional.

Food

Eva started with the carpaccio di mazo, thin-sliced beef served over green salad with olive oil and parmesan shavings. The meat was flavoursome and exceptionally tender. Notably, and to its credit, the portion was generous.

She then had the Fusilli con Gamberi, Capesante e Zucchine, homemade corkscrew pasta with king prawns, scallops, courgettes, garlic and tomatoes. This was a hearty and tasty dish, where the flavours were well balanced and not overpowering.

I started with the Rigatoni all’amatriciana, fresh rigatoni with pancetta, onions and tomato. This was excellent, the flavours were well balanced and the portion very decent but not overwhelming. Note, this dish does not need parmesan, as Lorenzo correctly advised me.

I then had one of the specials, a veal t bone steak with a special tomato, garlic and wine sauce. The meat (locally sourced) was exceptionally tender and had a beautiful flavour. The sauce complimented the meat without overpowering it, and not diverting one's attention away from it.

Bloody marvellous!

The bill, which included, service, Prosecco, sambucas and coffee came to came to £110.

Overall Opinion

An excellent restaurant, well worth making a special trip to Eastbourne just to eat here. We will be doing that again!

Oh and here, by the way, is a photo of a their stuffed roast pork!