Farmyard

There’s sustainability on the menu at this convivial restaurant, wine bar and wine shop set among the cafes, restaurants and boutique shops of Kings Road. Dishes are centred around local and seasonal produce such as Hastings hot smoked salmon with apple,celery and walnut salad with a blue cheese dressing, while the wine list features natural, biodynamic and low-intervention wines. Sister restaurant Boatyard (boatyardstleonards.com) located in the nearby indoor food and drink Heist Market specialises in locally landed seafood including barbecued gurnard served with curry sauce.

So for your own safety, make for Farmyard: a gorgeously rustic spot with bare brick walls, candles stuffed into old bottles, and a library of organic & biodynamic wines designed to be savoured over a small banquet. The menu here is made with ingredients grown and reared nearby in Sussex and Kent, with sustainability at its heart. So you should almost certainly adopt a zero-waste mindset when tucking into plates like salt marsh lamb shoulder with anchovy crumb and feta; raclette on toast with french mustard; and salt-baked celeriac with Cashel Blue and hazelnuts.

Also on the Kings Road, Farmyard is a popular restaurant and wine shop specialising in natural wines. Sustainability is key, not only in supporting small wine producers and organic farms but also evident in their eco energy and tap water only policies. The restaurant runs from small plates to hearty group chef’s menus, where a selection of pre-arranged sharing platters are brought to the table in waves and can be pre-ordered for groups of 9-15 people.

We spent about 18 months coming down, putting offers in on various things that didn’t work out, until we found a place at the top of Kings Road, where we opened our first restaurant Farmyard. There wasn’t nearly as much going on in St Leonards as there is now, but it had a good vibe and we were busy. At the beginning it was just the two of us, Ben was in the kitchen and I was in front of house.

The Tower, in London Road, St Leonards, will be having a range of beer from Downlands; The Farmyard, in Kings Road, St Leonards, will have beers from local brewery Three Legs; The St Leonards has Franklins; The Pigs Palace at White Rock has Battle Brewery, while the Eel and Bear Bottle Shop, in Waldegrave Street, St Andrews Square, has draught and canned beers from sought after Pressure Drop.

This restaurant and wine bar was opened in 2019 by former Evening Standard food writer Ben and his wife Kate. Sustainability is at the heart of what they do, so expect a very locavore menu with lesser-used cuts of meat. The wine list specialises in natural, biodynamic and low-intervention wines.

Also worth a visit is Farmyard, situated in the St Leonard's area. The restaurant and natural wine bar focuses on local and sustainable produce, specialising in fresh fish and tapas. Look out for different offers on different days of the week, or swing by on Sunday for a fantastic Sunday roast.

A small, cosy restaurant with exposed brick walls filled with plants, drippy candles in bottles, fairy lights and artwork. One that ultimately feels like you’re at a friend’s. Here, small-plate dishes are built around sustainable produce from local farms and fishing communities.

This twinkling restaurant and natural-wine bar serves tapas-style dishes using sustainable produce sourced from farms, fishing communities and vineyards. The menu is split into farmyard (meat), backyard (veg) and boatyard ( fish) and accompanied by a stellar wine list.

Farmyard has a cosy European feel, but specialises in dishes made from the finest local produce. It has an exciting wine list,…. Looking for the most exciting restaurants?