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Vegetarian London (6th edition) Updates
Updates as at 23 January 2012
This page has the newest places listed first. The pdf has them arranged by area. NEW Happy Kitchen vegetarian restaurant, Hackney just north of Broadway Market, between London Fields Park and Mare Street at Arch 393 Mentmore Terrace E8 3PH. Tel: 020-8986 8283. Open: Mon-Fri 8.00-18.00, Sat 9.00-18.00, Sun 10.00-18.00. Almost completely vegan. Occasional evening pop up restaurant too. www.happykitchen.org.uk and www.facebook.com/happykitchen World Food Cafe is now Wild Food Cafe, upstairs in Neal's Yard, Covent Garden. Open: Mon-Sun 12.00-17.00. Gourmet vegetarian and raw food and amazing juices. www.facebook.com/WildFoodCafe As Nature Intended, Stratford, wholefood store, new branch of the popular organic wholefood shops near the Olympic park at Westfield Stratford shopping centre, Great Eastern Market (near Waitrose and Stratford International exit), Lower Ground Floor, Stratford, London E20 1EH. Tel: 020-8534 8807. www.asnatureintended.uk.com CLOSED: new openings October Cafe, Otarian, Zilli Green, A Taste of Heaven. Also Veggie Inn in Harrow (page 360). NEW Karma Free Pizza Company, Harrow at 387 Alexandra Avenue HA2 9EF. Tel: 020-8868 9888. Open: Mon-Sun 16.00-22.30. Tube: Rayners Lane. All vegetarian and they can make pizzas with vegan cheese. www.thekarmafreepizzacompany.com and on Facebook NEW Planet Organic near Liverpool Street station at 10 Devonshire Square EC2M 4AE. Tel: 020-7220 9060. Open: Mon-Fri 07.30-21.00, Sat-Sun closed. www.planetorganic.com NEW Ms Cupcake, Brixton, vegan cake shop at 408 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8LF. Open: Mon-Wed & Sat 11.00-18.00, Thu-Fri 11.00-19.00, Sun 11.00-17.00. London's first vegan cake shop has cupcakes galore, brownies, cookies, tray-bakes, loaf and layer cakes. Also at Greenwich Market Fridays 10.00-17.00 and Tea Rooms Brick Lane on Sundays. www.mscupcake.co.uk, www.facebook.com/Ms.CupcakeUK (lots of hot cake pictures to get you in the mood), twitter.com/MsCupcakeUK, review with photos Rajens (page 222) has closed on West Hendon Broadway. Joi on Percy Street has closed (off Tottenham Court Road) so head to Wai on Goodge Street or Buffet V on New Oxford Street (Bloomsbury).
Tata on Charing Cross Road has closed but Buffet V has reopened (page 94) at 40 New Oxford Street, W1. Tel: 07860 465635. Tube: Tottenham Court Rd. Open: Mon-Sun 12.00-22.00, Fri-Sat 22.30. All you can eat Chinese vegan buffet £5.90 weekdays, £6.90 evening and Sat-Sun, plus 10 per cent "service" (for a buffet!). Drinks £1.50. They have added a second restaurant and take-away called CTV round the corner in Coptic Street. Vantra vegan and raw food restaurant now has replaced the buffet with a counter service but it's still fabulous value. 11-13 Soho Street, W1D 3DJ (next to Govinda's). Tel: 07834535999. Tube: Tottenham Court Road. Open: Mon-Sat 12.00-23.00, Sun 12.00-20.00. You get a tray with your choice of individual portions from their buffet, £2 a portion for lasagne, shepherd’s pie, chickpea curry, green curry, stroganoff, cooked and raw salads. Rice or lentils £1. Big steamed spelt tortilla £2 to make your own wrap with on your plate. Flax cracker with two canapé dips £2. Take-away box £4 medium, £5 large. Raw & steamed chocolate cake, cheesecake or apple pie £4.50. Lush muffins £3 eat in, £2.50 take-away. Organic wine from £3.20 small glass, £16 bottle. www.vantra.co.uk Rootmaster (Brick Lane) has closed. NEW Bourgeois Boheme has moved London's first vegan shoes and accessories shop has moved from Richmond to near Portobello Road at Unit 22, Acklam Workspace, 10 Acklam Road, London W10 5QZ. Open: Tue, Thu-Fri 9am-5pm, Wed 1pm-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun-Mon closed. Tel: 0208- 8045 4338. www.bboheme.com You wait years for a decent vegetarian place in south-east London and then two come along at once. NEW Indian Mischief vegetarian Indian restaurant, Dulwich at 71 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich SE22 8EP. Tel: 020-8693 1627. Spud and Fiona report: Very friendly amenable staff, superb service. Everything suitable for vegans is already marked on the menu (about 90%). Vegan wines also marked. Original and unusual dishes across the menu, don't come here for a veggie korma or massala, more typical are a full menu of dhosas, and a seperate menu of house specials, such as Cashew Nut Mahlabhari or Dingri Mattar. Great service, amazing food and really good value. NEW Bio Organix health food shop, 141-153 Drummond Street, Euston NW1 2PB. Tel: 020-7383 3993, 020-3174 0520. Tube: Euston, Euston Square. The street with 3 Indian vegetarian restaurants and the Green & Beans vegetarian daytime café, now has a health food shop. www.bio-organixhealth.com NEW Falafel stalls in Portobello Road CLOSED: Chinese Veg, 177 Upper Street N1 (oppposite Islington Town Hall), (but the one opposite Angel tube is still open); NEW Cafe Pura vegetarian cafe, Greenwich 48 Newton Lodge, Oval Square (Greenwich Millennium Village), West Parkside, London SE10 0BA. Tube: North Greenwich (Jubilee), bus 108, 129. Open: Mon-Wed 08.00-19.00, Thu-Fri 08.00-20.00, Sat 9.00-18.00, Sun 10.00-17.00. New cafe in the same building as the Ayurveda Pura health spa and beauty centre. Breakfast £1.95-2.95 such as rolls or toast with jam or peanut butter, fruit salad, muesli. Light meals and snacks £1.95-4.00 such as samosas, veggie burger, idli lentil and rice cakes with chutney, soup, salads, sandwiches to order. Thu-Fri from 6pm curries, though they use a lot of cheese there is a vegan one. Cakes and cookies from £1.20. Hot and cold drinks £1.40-3.60 including latte, cappuccino, juices, smoothies. www.AyurvedaPura.com NEW Yummy V, Harrow Cantonese vegetarian restaurant, 55 Station Rd HA1 2TY. (next to Sri Rathiga page 359). Tel: 020-8862 6632. Open: Mon–Sat 12.30–14.30, 17.30-22.30. Sun 17.00-22.00. Tube: Harrow-on-the-Hill. Lots of fake meat. No onion, garlic or egg. Menus at www.yummyv.co.uk Veg at 4-6 Theobalds Rd (corner Grays Inn Rd) has closed (p.94). Vegan Routes in Brewer Street has closed. Try Mildred's round the corner. Rootmaster off Brick Lane is temporarily closed and looking for a new location. NEW Amico Bio Italian vegetarian restaurant, the City at 44 Cloth Fair, Farringdon EC1 5JQ.
Tel: 020-7600 7778 . Open: Mon–Fri 12.00–22.30, Sat 17.30-22.30, Sun and bank holidays closed. Tube: Barbican, Farringdon.
Plenty of vegan food including a dessert.
Sample menu (pdf 127KB) Map at
www.amicobio.co.uk NEW
Vx Lounge in the basement of
Vx vegan shop, Kings Cross.
Enjoy a slice of cake with hot or cold drinks,
menu. Previously in Camden as the Secret Society of Vegans shop, now at a new bigger location and
a new name at 73 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, N1 9BT, near Tony's vegan cafe (see map page 229).
Tube: Kings Cross (5 mins walk). Tel: 020-020 7833 2315. Open: Mon 11.00-19.30, Tue-Sun 10.00-18.30. Shoes
(Bourgeois Boheme, Veganline, Macbeth), grocery (vegan Oreos, biscuits, vegan pet food etc),
frozen ready meals (+ burgers and nuggets), refrigerated French vegan cheese spread, cakes (cupcakes, whoopies),
books including Vegetarian Guides, clothing (T-shirts, hoodies, fake leather jackets, bags, belts). NEW Saf, Kensington at Whole Foods Market, 63 Kensington High Street W8.
Tel: 020-7368 4555/6, 020-7613 0007. Open: Mon–Sat 12.00–21.30 (last orders 21.00).
Tube: High Street Kensington. Bus 9 or 10 from centre. New second branch of the gourmet vegan and raw licensed
restaurant opened April 2010.
www.safrestaurant.co.uk/kensington.html NEW Lucca vegetarian pizzeria, Kenton 402 Kenton Road, Harrow HA3 9DW. Tel: 020-8204 1002,
07931 891 122. Open: Tue-Fri 12.00-14.30, 17.00-22.00; Sat-Sun 13.00-22.00; Mon closed.
Vegan pizza bases. Take-away only. Call and collect. Menu and map
www.luccapizzeria.co.uk Wild Cherry vegetarian cafe (page 176) and Friends Organic wholefood shop (page 175) in
Globe Town / Bethnal Green have closed. But the nearby Gallery vegetarian cafe in Old Ford Road (page 177)
is now open longer hours and has lots of free events:
Mon, Tue, Thu 9.00-19.30; Wed 9.00-22.00; Fri 9.00-23.00; Sat 10.00-18.00, Sun 11.00-18.00.
Every Wed open mic night for poets and musicians from 19.00. Every Fri free live acoustic or electronic music from 19.00.
Time Out's First Thursdays has art, culture and events.
NEW Loving Hut, Camden, Chinese vegan buffet, eat and pay as you like (but be fair).
3 Plender Street, off Camden High Street NW1 0JS. Tel: 020-7387 5710. Open: Mon-Sat 12.00-21.00, Sun closed.
Fabulous vegan cakes. Hot and cold drinks, soya cappuccino. Big veggie burgers and kebabs
(great for people who miss Red Veg). Eat and 2 Veg has closed in Marylebone. Try Woodlands Marylebone instead, Tibits (below),
or head to the Euston section. NEW Itadaki-zen organic vegan Japanese restaurant, 139 King's Cross Rd, WC1X 9BJ.
Tel: 020-7278 3573. Open: Mon-Thu 11.00-22.30, Fri-Sat 11.00-23.00, Sun closed. Lunch sushi set
£7.50. Multi-dish dinner with dessert £19-21 + 10 per cent service.
www.itadakizen.com Inspiral Lounge in Camden now has an alcohol and dance licence and is open till past
midnight. And the food is mostly vegan.
And they have lots of vegan ice-cream. It’s brilliant for meeting friends.
NEW Sagar Covent Garden Indian vegetarian restaurant 31 Catherine Street WC2B 5JS
(near Aldwych).
Tel 020-7836 6377. Open: Mon-Sat 12.00-23.00, Sun 13.00-22.00. Like the branch at Tottenham
Court Road, page 101.
Health Food Centre, Warren Street (page 100) has taken over the shop next door and
now has a vegetarian café
plus therapy rooms offering acupuncture, reflexology, nutrition etc.
Soho The Chinese vegan buffet restaurants in Lexington Street and at 10 Greek Street have closed.
V and M fast food has closed. Red Veg has closed for the new Crossrail station, try Maoz instead for fast food.
NEW Tai Buffet Shepherds Bush (north side of the Green), 86 Uxbridge Road W12. Tel 077950 80418.
Open every day 12.00-22.00. Yet another new Chinese all-you-can-eat vegan buffet restaurant.
£5.50 lunch, £6.50 evening and Sunday, +10% optional service charge.
Hot and cold drinks £1.50. No alcohol. Cash only. Take-away box £3.50. NEW Vasanta Bhavan Indian vegetarian restaurant, East Ham 206 High Street North E6 2JA
(junction Sibley Grove, by East Ham tube). Tel: 020-8475 8986. Open every day 10.00-22.30.
Fantastic value south Indian restaurant with young staff from Chennai. Over 100 items on the menu.
Starters, dosas,
utthappam, curries and Chinese dishes £1.40-3.40. Fri-Sun lunch buffet 12.30-16.30
£4.75. Mini meal set lunch 12.30-16.30 every day £3.50. Butter ghee used in some
dishes but can substitute oil for vegans, but there is no vegan dessert. Tea 60p, coffee £1,
no soya milk. All prices plus VAT. No alcohol.
www.thevasantabhavan.com
NEW Falafel King, Portobello Market 274 Portobello Road, W10 5TE (by the Westway near
Portobello Wholefoods).
Open every day 11.00-19.00. Omnivorous cafe and take-away with what they call "the best falafels
in the Western world." Falafel £5 with hummous, salad, tahini, chili sauce and a fresh
lemonade. Half portion £3. Kids falafel with drink £3. Freshly squeezed
orange juice £3. Some seating outside. NEW Tibits vegetarian restaurant, 12-14 Heddon Street, W1B 4DA (off Regent Street).
Tel: 020-7758 4110. Open: Mon-Wed 09.00-22.30, Thu-Sat 09.30-24.00, Sun 11.30-21.00. Big and beautiful new gourmet vegetarian
buffet restaurant close to where the much loved Country Life used to be, operated by the owners of a chain of vegetarian restaurants
in Switzerland. Country Life fans will enjoy the big buffet with
over 50 items. Buffet price for
breakfast £1.50 per 100 grammes, lunch £1.90, dinner £2.10, and £1.40 take-away.
They now have more vegan hot dishes and hooray vegan desserts
on the buffet. Unlike Country Life, Tibits is open Friday night and Saturday too,
and they have an extensive wine list, from £3.50 glass, £12.50 bottle.
Organic lager £2.10 (25cl), £3.90 (pint, 568ml).
Cocktails £7. Freshly squeezed juice £3.70-4.10. While Soho has a vegetarian restaurant or cafe every 100 metres,
Tibits is the only vegetarian restaurant on the west side of Regent Street and therefore very welcome. Coffee and
cappuccino are good value for the area at £1.60-2.40. They have soya milk. Kids
area downstairs. Some outside tables. Big area downstairs is good for parties, groups and events. No reservations (except
for the party area).
www.tibits.co.uk NEW Jai Shri Krishna, Turnpike Lane 10 Turnpike Lane. N8 0PT. Tel: 020-8888 7200.
Open: Tue-Sun 12.00-14.00, 17.30-23.00, closed Mon. New branch of the popular
Finsbury Park Indian vegetarian restaurant.
NEW Vanilla Black, off Chancery Lane 17- 18 Tooks Court, The City, EC4A 1LB. Tel: 020-7242 2622.
Open: Mon-Fri 12.00-14.30, 18.00-22.00, closed Sat-Sun and public holidays. York's posh vegetarian
restaurant has relocated to the City. 2 courses £24, 3 for £30.
Set lunch menu 2 courses £18, 3 for £23. Optional 12.5% service charge.
Wine from £4.50 glass, £14.50 bottle.
www.vanillablack.co.uk
NEW Alchemy vegetarian cafe and juice bar, Camden Stables Market, Unit 101,
Chalk Farm Road, Camden NW1 8AH. Tel: 020-72676 188. Open: Mon-Fri 10.00-21.00,
Sat-Sun 10.00-19.00. Very conscious cafe in a yoga and meditation centre.
Hot and cold meals such as hot rice bowl, hot grains and soups, salads, vegan chocolate,
cakes, coffee and tea, and lots of fresh juices and smoothies.
Seats 20. Main course £3.50-£7. Entrance is on Chalk Farm Road
at the intersection with Hartland Road. "Go straight through the entrance
and follow the signs straight ahead. 150 yards inside the market. Just pass Cuban
restaurant turn left and go up the stairs (towards the bathroom). Cross the short
bridge on the right. We are above Karmaa, the kickboxing studio."
www.alchemythecentre.co.uk
NEW Planet Organic, Islington 64 Essex Road, N1 8LR.
Tel: 020-7288 9460. Open: Mon-Fri 08.30-21.00, Sat 9.00-21.00, Sun 10.00-20.00.
New branch of the organic supermarket opened September 2008. See map on page 229 of
Vegetarian London 2008.
www.planetorganic.com
NEW Planet Organic, Muswell Hill 111/117 Muswell Hill Road, N10 3HS.
Tel: 020-8442 2910. Open: Mon-Fri 08.30-21.00, Sat 9.00-21.00, Sun 10.00-20.00.
New branch of the organic supermarket opened August 2008.
www.planetorganic.com
Saf Shoreditch phone number (page 134) should be 020-7613 0007 and it opened April 2008.
Now open for Sunday lunch.
Spirited Palace phone number (page 278) is now 020-8768 0609.
Lush and B in Carnaby Street, Soho (pages 69-70) had their leases terminated and
had to close but you can still go to the nearby Regent Street Lush (page 69) and Mayfair
Lush (page 127), and the flagship Covent Garden Lush and B (page 84), and the new
B store at 332 Oxford Street W1C 1JF (Bond Street tube).
Total Organics, Marylebone (page 125) has closed.
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