ALL THE PUBS IN HASTINGS NEW TOWN. No. 2 – THE SEADOG

December 2025. Hastings New Town.

I didn’t buy a £1 bag from Primark to carry my £10 fleece, so ran the risk of leaving it on the train (again) if I extended my rapid assault on Hastings New Town.

So the Yates’s, and the heritage Havelock, and a Belgian beer bar called Tin Tin will have to wait. Possibly forever.

But, 20 minutes before the train back to Rye was just enough time to pop in the Seadog,

the one with the Welcome to Hastings signage that looks very “studenty”.

Well, how wrong can I be ?

A quirky gem, very Brighton North Laines, with beers from Somer Valley in Bath,

and Korean pub grub that brings in a mixed crowd.

I took a seat while they changed a keg of Chirp (I confused it with Girgle) and found a giant box of cornflakes on my seat.

Apparently they’re used in the Korean cereal prawns.

A great, cheery atmosphere, a lovely pint of murk,

and the most characterful Gents of the month so far.

“In Loving Memory of the Hole” reads the plaque.

Please don’t read underneath the hole.

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Published by retiredmartin

Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

5 thoughts on “ALL THE PUBS IN HASTINGS NEW TOWN. No. 2 – THE SEADOG”

  1. “no doubt prompted by the 0.01% commission that it gets on my purchase of a £10 fleece, my entire clothes shopping for 2025.”

    You can leave a bag on a train just as easily as a fleece.

    “So the Yates’s, and the heritage Havelock, and a Belgian beer bar called Tin Tin will have to wait. Possibly forever.”

    Their loss.

    “A quirky gem, very Brighton North Laines, with beers from Somer Valley in Bath,”

    And, by the looks of it, most with more ABV than that 4.9% that had you woozy.

    “and Korean pub grub that brings in a mixed crowd.”

    Maybe that’s the ‘studenty’ thing?

    “I took a seat while they changed a keg of Chirp (I confused it with Girgle)”

    (looks up at the beer board pic)
    Ok, you weren’t pulling our legs.

    “Apparently they’re used in the Korean cereal prawns.”

    Um….

    “and the most characterful Gents of the month so far.”

    Um…

    “Please don’t read underneath the hole.”

    I wouldn’t read that with a ten foot pole.

    Cheers

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  4. I found Hastings to be a very enjoyable town. Stayed at The Old Rectory as the weekend base in – highly recommended. Well it was ace in 2014 anyway.

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