Ali Ali, Hastings

HI I have recently started to frequent this place, it is a gem of a spot, great atmosphere, wonderful Tapas and Mezze Mediterranean style food. A wonderful place to meet with friends or have a quite time in the atmospheric back room reminiscent of the back streets of Marakesh.

Love the intimacy of the place, great selection of nice wines at very reasonable prices, great deals on the food and wine, wonderful belgian beers, and the barman is a fiend with the occasional complimentary shot of sambuca or tequila. Enjoy.

The staff are extremely friendly, great fun and Rachel's sunday paella is amazing. Get yourselves into Ali Ali bar in Hastings, genuinely worth a trip.

My partner and myself have eaten here twice over a couple off months on both accasions the staff have been very helpful and the food great. They now have a licence so we're looking forward to our next visit to Hastings and Ali's. we are both in our 60's and been to many restaurants round the world and can reccomend this one

my female friend and i both in our late 40's were asked to leave by the extremely rude and unpleasant owner. This was because we chose to share a mezze at £9.50, when we requested more starters he told us to get out of his restaurant! The place was empty, it was 7 pm on a wet friday night. We told him if he needed the table that he could have asked us less impolitely but he chose to rant at us. He clearly has issues with women and those of a certain age. As for the food it was the worst mezze i have eaten and not good value. It included 2 cold chips and 1 miserable pitta from a supermarket, a tiny bowl of cracked wheat, 2 tiny flat, greasy feta pastries, 2 minature stuffed vine leaves and the obligatory dollop of houmus. We would have left spending £20 or so which isn't to be sniffed at during a credit crunch but this man ruined what could have been a pleasant evening despite the poor and mean serving. Anger management is called for . Beware all female diners!