It's not just a bookshop you know! In the evenings it doubles as a Thai restaurant which is such a…read morebizarrely ingenious idea, it just keeps you coming back for more. Boulevard Books was recommended by a friend who is known for his eye for good food (yes, I've nagged him to start Yelping), so who was I to pass it up! The tables are spread out amongst the bookshelves and, although the place is small, it offers tables for large groups and intimate couples (that's intimate tables for couples, not.....ahem), however I STRONGLY suggest booking in advance. They do not have an alcohol licence so remember to bring a bottle of plonk should you desire. This part of the review normally discusses the wine list so instead we'll just have some hold music.......do doo dooo do doo dooo hummm hummmm hummm. Can you guess what banging 80's tune that is? Thought not.... And you're back in the room. And the room is full of books. So, as you sit and delight in the exquisite and genuinely authentic (which is something not as easy to find as you may think) Thai food, you can also peruse some fine novels and educational aids should you so wish. In fact, my companion picked up a cheeky little page turner to take with her to Morrocco next month and for a mere two golden nuggets. The menu is small, but offers a choice of pork, beef, chicken and vegetarian dishes. Two courses will set you back a mere £13 and comprises of a starter and a main. Prawn crackers and two dips are £2 and you can add Tiger Prawns to any dish for £3. The food is outstanding and really cheap for the quality. The restaurant is staffed by the owner and his wife who are a lovely couple and so so welcoming. It is easily the best service I've ever experienced in Hastings (which isn't difficult to be fair). Very humble people who are genuinely interested in your enjoyment and satisfaction. If you want something different and some top quality Thai food, great service from the lovely owners, amazing food at very reasonable prices, you'd be silly to walk past this place.

This Thai restaurant situated within a quaint second hand bookshop is a true gem of the Hastings…read moreold town. Serving up fresh and authentic Thai food of the highest calibre with a fantastic vegetarian selection also available and the option to bring your own alcohol all for a more than reasonable price makes it a personal and group favourite!

A rambly old bookshop that is crammed full of second hand books, you can easily while away a whole…read moreafternoon here. You won't find the latest bestsellers here but you'll always get a real find - really random selection but the owner is extremely knowledgable - he's probably read every single book in there! So as far as book shops go if you like second hand books (there cheaper) and read alot this place is worth paying a visit for sure you'll find something you like at a good price.

My Mum collects rare and first edition books so I'm always in here around Christmas and birthday…read moretimes. It really is a special place for book lovers as they have some un-believable works of literature on the shelves. The owners have re-located from Boston in the USA and have bought all their passion for rare and out of print books with them. They offer good money for unwanted books that may be of interest so its worth having a dig around your attic. The books are fascinating enough but also love the antique note cards they have for sale in here. They make the perfect finish to the perfect gift.

The problem with most bookshops these days is that they are almost entirely pointless. The largest…read moreamong them can't hope to stock more than a tiny fraction of the books on sale in the world, while their online competitors stock everything. As such, the only thing that can make a bookshop worth the space it occupies is the quality of the fraction that they select. So many bookshops - independents as well as majors - choose to stock the tiny fraction at the bulbous head of the demand curve, presumably in the hope that the public will be so in love with the idea of their businesses that they'll shun the urge to pick up their copy of The Hungry Vampire Games at Tesco or on amazon and romantically saunter into a bookshop instead. It's the kind of thinking that sees To Let signs replace Cardboard cutouts of Hogwarts in shopfronts across the world. The only thing to do, really, is to treat your choice of books as the beating artistic heart of your business. Stocking a bookshop should be an act of curation - designed to sell people books they didn't know they wanted when they walked into your building. It is in this that Much Ado excels. If you can read at secondary school level, I defy you to spend half an hour in this shop without finding something to covet. The selection of new books is a marvel of discriminatory taste - the second hand section plentiful and engrossing. Buy a gift and they will wrap it for you more efficiently and more prettily than any package you've ever seen. It looks quaint, it looks old-fashioned, it looks like the past - but it isn't. If there is to be such a thing as a future for indpendent bookshops, then this shop is it. Long may it continue.

What a gem! This place will have the rare secondhand book that is elusive elsewhere. The shop has…read moretwo floors with helpfull staff. It even smells like a big friendly bookshop. Its a cosy little venue to mill about for hours. Its not as cheap as some places but it gives value by having That book!

If you like books you will love this bookshop - although you may find yourself spending more time…read morein there than you'd bargain for. As soon as you step in through the door it's just books upon books upon books. The outside world disappears and time goes with it. If you know what book you want then the helpful and friendly staff should be able to find it for you and you may escape while there is still daylight, but if not you can happily trawl through more books than you could read in a lifetime to find that perfect match and after paying what others may think is too much, you exit the shop clutching your book in two hands and squint at everything around you as your eyes reaccustom themselves to the daylight.

Run by the nicest people, I'm a regular there an they always allow me items on tick if I'm running…read moreshort on cash.