The Forbidden Fruit

You'll find yourself on Grand Parade in St Leonards, where The Forbidden Fruit sits smugly amongst the Victorian terraces overlooking the shingle. This is the kind of place where you can order a drink and actually taste competence in the glass—no oversweetened nonsense or tired mojitos. The bar's got a devoted following because they take their cocktails seriously without being insufferably about it. Walk in and you're met with proper hospitality, the sort that comes from people who genuinely enjoy what they do. It's become exactly what St Leonards needed: somewhere to linger over a drink that costs a few quid but feels worth every penny.