July 2025 by Simon Goodwin
Always a treat to eat here. Very friendly staff and really tasty Philippino entirely vegan food at reasonable prices. A wide range of dishes to choose from and the menu completely changes from time to time, so there's always something different to try.
They do a fill-your-plate buffet at lunchtime which is a great way to try a little of everything.
They're slightly back from the sea front so they don't get nearly as much foot traffic as they deserve. This does mean though you generally won't need to book ahead.
(Ignore the older meat and baked beans reviews and photos here, they're from the cafe that predated mama geny's move into the premises.)
June 2025 by Alicia U
We loved it here! Really friendly and welcoming vibe, delicious, fresh and interesting food. A gem!
June 2025 by Imogen Gast
Incredible value for money, the food was delicious, service was impeccable and they dealt gracefully with our rowdy boys.
April 2025 by Ashan Jeeawon
Booked Mama Genys to celebrate our 15th anniversary!
Absolutely delicious meal and such friendly and attentive service.
Full of flavour, colour and texture, and all from plants! ?
We were stuffed so ordered dessert to take away!
100% recommend and looking forward to going back for more!
March 2025 by Kirsty Macleod
Can?t express how much we enjoyed our experience at Mama Geny?s! The food was incredibly fresh and tasty & it felt like eating at someone?s home. So inviting, wonderfully calm atmosphere and Geny & her family were the sweetest people. I would highly recommend & will definitely go back next time we?re in Hastings. Thank you all, from Kirsty & Antony xx
March 2025 by Xavier Latty
Delicious curry and super kind staff.
March 2025 by Dan Scales
Unusual vegan Philippino restaurant with a small curated menu and home cooking vibe. Extremely friendly service!
Cassava chips and lumpia to die for
March 2025 by Emily Morgan
Amazing authentic plant based food, the flavours were spot on. Starters, mains and desserts were all delicious and different to normal restaurant offerings! Friendly team running the restaurant and made us feel very welcome, explaining the dishes and giving recommendations. Wish they were based in the Midlands where we're from! Glad we spotted this on happy cow whilst we're visiting!
February 2025 by Helena Holrick
This is one of the best vegan experiences we've had in Hastings. Mama Geny was in the kitchen, And Sapphire out front was absolutely helpful and navigated us through all the bits of the menu that we didn't necessarily know exactly what were. We pretty much had a selection of everything on the menu and all of it was brilliant flavoursome well-balanced and just really delicious. This is an unpretentious but really authentic food place of choice. Whilst we were there, at least two of the tables had trouble down from London specifically to actively come and eat there. We felt lucky that we were visiting Hastings. The desserts are really delicious and innovative.
They do a buffet lunch on a Thursday and Friday for 8 lb which is really great value. You would be sad to miss this. The fact that everything in there is vegan is absolutely a bonus and for those who don't require that in their diet.
This is such a great place to bring someone because you won't feel like you're missing out, whether you're a vegetarian or a meat eater. You will be delighted by anything that you have in this restaurant. I can't recommend it enough.
December 2024 by Jai Morrison
Really lovely local family run place. The food is always really tasty and they are always warm and welcoming. They currently are offering free soup to anyone in the community which shows just how kind they are. Please check this place out!
December 2024 by Dee Haughney
The best place to eat in Hastings!! Amazingly fresh, packed with beautiful veggies and everything just tastes fabulous. We kept thinking with each dish it couldn?t get better but wow wow wow! And 100% vegan with a home cooked feel.
Definitely recommend the Inihaw skewered soy steaks, Pancit noodles, Cassava Fries and the gorgeous Mami soup !!!
November 2024 by Simone Jonetsu Ibbett-Brown
Such delicious food and lovely people!
November 2024 by Matthew Mather
The best vegan food in Hastings and possibly the planet!! My partner and I are vegan and thought it was amazing so we came back the next day with family (who are not vegan) and they adored it just as much as us. Thank you mama Geny?s, we will be back!!
September 2024 by kate theoff
Really nice to have great plant based food with so much flavour. Great staff. Cool background music and fab dessert choices, a real rarity for a vegan.
September 2024 by Spencer Miller
We had our first meal here lunchtime today.
As we have never tried Filipino food we opted for the fill a plate for £8 deal.
We were immediately made welcome by the family team and this didn't change until we left the restaurant.
There were 3 main dishes, rice and mixed salad, all of which were delicious.
We cannot wait to return and would highly recommend to others
