Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in Hastings

Gilson's contuinues to be an excellent Italian restaurant and is our favourite .The service ,food and ambience is first class and never disappoints

Fresh, flavoursome, beautifully presented meals. Desserts were great, too. It just took a while to get out meals, but it was very busy for lunch.

Morning Sun is a fantastic little gem in Main Ridge, operated by truly wonderful, thoughtful people. A 'sister operation' to Foxeys Hangout, this truly reminded us of some fantastic little vineyards in Italy. Whilst experiencing an outstanding lunch at Morning Sun, my wife suddenly felt faint and collapsed. The care extended to us by Ben and his team, aided by a doctor dining at the next table, went beyond outstanding hospitality ... it was absolute care and kindness. Foxeys Hangout is great, but if you have time, say g'day to Ben (a really, really nice gentleman from Lyon, France), at Morning Sun and you will enjoy a wonderful experience. But let me acknowledge Tony Lee from Foxeys, who came up to Morning Sun as the ambulance was leaving and offered to drive me to the hospital. How good is that! As I said, this is not just first-class hospitality ... this is sheer kindness and care for others. But don't forget the tasting lunch ... it's fantastic. We (until my wife passed out), are not great fish eaters. No probs. The menu was adjusted for us and EVERYThING offered was brilliant.

I love this place it’s always busy, has a great atmosphere and just up the road from home in SAB. The beer (strapper) is always yum plus the pizzas are the best on the peninsula. As it was 36 degrees, it was hot and the water on the table was warm…but the lady bought some ice over to cool our drinks down. Service is always great when you’re seated in a stall as you really don’t have to move and everything is done for you plus they constantly come over to check for drinks and stuff. Food comes out quickly and is always delicious. We were seated in the 1st stall, the LIVE music was awesome. I would ask next time to be seater a bit further away as sitting that close it was hard to hear each other talk. That’s the only thing I would say, being that hot I suppose it wasn’t too bad as I didn’t have to talk much lol.

Why did my bill have a surcharge for public holiday when 2/1/25 was NOT a public holiday. This was resolved when I went to pay but if I did not raise the matter then the surcharge would have been applied. Not everyone checks the bill.