Oustanding food and service. The Wellington and clementine spounge were delicious! Will definitely be going again.
jennie langley
Myself & my 2 daughters had a very good meal. It was an oasis on a pouring wet day! Service
Ronnie Baker
Both me and my partner have been vegetarians for a few months now, for Valentine’s Day I decided buy us vouchers for Food for Friends as it’s local to us and the reviews looked great.We booked a table for the Sunday just gone. It did not disappoint! We were greeted by lovely friendly staff , one showed us to our seats and provided us with menus and talked us through the specials. We were delighted with what the menu had to offer, the wine list was great too. We both picked the Indian inspired butternut Swash roast which came with all the trimmings. The portion was great and the taste was incredible. We will definitely be back and will be recommending this to everyone as a great place to visit!
Paul Weston
Probably the best vegetarian food I have ever had. Good quality, fresh produce, combined to form delicious dishes, prepared to order and beautifully presented with generous portion sizes too.We had the Garden Bowl and Harissa Cauliflower with sourdough bread and pesto which were fab. Staff were friendly and efficient, and the atmosphere was fairly informal, which only added to the overall experience.Price was £30 per head without alcohol, so good value for money, in my view, for food of such a high standard.Highly recommended!
anna searight
I was gifted a £45 voucher for a meal at your restaurant. I have to say we didn’t have a very good experience. For a start the voucher had to be chased up twice by my mum, who gifted it, and then also by me, and it never actually physically arrived. Postal strikes were blamed but all our post has been arriving fine and as far and I know there are no current postal strikes. Doing admin to receive a gift is not a good start. The gift was due to us having a very hard few months due to our dog having cancer and it being very stressful so my parents wanted us to do something nice and relax.When we arrived and ordered a drink, the edge of my wine glass was quite badly chipped which was worrying since I wasn’t sure if shards had got into the glass.Our food arrived and whilst tasting nice it was essentially cold. My order was oyster mushrooms and bao buns which are meant to be warm. My husbands pasta and chips were also not warm. Since I’d already complained about the glass I didn’t feel comfortable to make a second complaint and we haven’t been for a meal in a long time and I didn’t want to spoil the evening.To top it off my husband ordered a decaf coffee and he has had the worst nights sleep since it wasn’t decaf. He doesn’t react well to caffeine so whilst it wasn’t clear when he was drinking it, he knew after that it was a mistake and decade had not been served.It was just generally not good all round and makes me sad since previously it’s been good. I’ve always recommended the restaurant to veggie friends but now I’ll not be doing that. And I certainly won’t be giving a gift voucher since honestly will it arrive?I want to make certain this doesn’t go back to my mum (who gifted us the voucher) since they were so excited for us to go and I didn’t have to heart to tell her about our experience being bad- but I felt so disappointed that I wanted to express this.I’m actually copying this from an email I sent LAST year and never had a response from….so…i waited a while before posting this!EDIT. I have reached out again on email after the response…so..we will see.
Chez Singh
Friendly and relaxing atmosphere.The menu was not as varied at it used to be years ago, would be good see a few more simple vegetarian dishes.Bill £147 for 3 people, bottle of red wine Tempranillo £27.2 starters, 3 main meals and 3 deserts.Service charge included, check it as may have been discretionary.
Johanatan Gaspar Warshawski
Not always my exact taste (thats just me) but still top quality and Have had plenty of good surprises.
Won Won
Food and atmosphere weren't bad but service was very poor - we waited 1.5 hrs to get our mains with little explanation provided as to why it was so slow. Do not recommend.
R
We went to celebrate my daughters birthday as we wereVegetarian options: Everything is vegetarianDietary restrictions: Great options. They have many vegan items on the menu. I think most of it
Julie Stallard
Third visit on Saturday and never disappoints. Love people and lovely staff
Going back a good few years when this restaurant was owned by others who cared about customer service and food quality, this place was amazing. These days if you want really bad service, poor food with zero atmosphere try here. If I could give minus stars I absolutely would.
Sean Tennyson
Have to say I was a little bit disappointed with the evening at food for friends. Service left a lot to be desired on a couple of levels, however, the food itself was very enjoyable.
Kieron Rai
Perfect veggie place. I am a meat eater and was very satisfied by the food. Great atmosphere. Mo, our waiter, was so welcoming and had such a warm charm. 10/10 recommendation.
Anna H.
We went for a late lunch / early dinner on Saturday and had a brilliant time. The restaurant is beautiful and has a lovely atmosphere. The staff were very friendly, helpful, and attentive. Best of all, the food was delightful, and there was a great selection of vegan-friendly dishes. We really appreciate the focus on vegetables rather than vegan 'meat' replacements.We shared the Chantonay Carrots, Crispy Oyster Mushrooms, and Confit Garlic Sourdough Bread to start, and all three were delicious. We all agreed that the carrot dish in particular stood out as having a great range of flavours.For our mains, we had the Celeriac Wellington, Butternut Squash, and Mushroom pasta (the latter two mains are shown in the pictures). All three large plates were very tasty and beautifully presented. I can recommend the mushroom pasta dish to anyone who is particularly hungry as it was a large portion.The prices were not cheap but the food we had was much nicer than some other vegan-friendly restaurants with similar prices, and the service was very good. Aside from the food, we each had non-alcoholic or low alcohol drink and the bill including service charge was equivalent to £33 per person.Vegetarian options: The menu is all vegetarian and vegan. The majority of dishes are vegan-friendly.Dietary restrictions: A number of dishes were labelled as being gluten free or having a gluten free option.
Rachel Isted
Disappointing overall - food was slow to come out (a quiet Saturday lunchtime) and was pretty average and overpriced - £9-10 for veggie small plates is steep. Would not go back.
Oustanding food and service. The Wellington and clementine spounge were delicious! Will definitely be going again.
Myself & my 2 daughters had a very good meal. It was an oasis on a pouring wet day! Service
Both me and my partner have been vegetarians for a few months now, for Valentine’s Day I decided buy us vouchers for Food for Friends as it’s local to us and the reviews looked great.We booked a table for the Sunday just gone. It did not disappoint! We were greeted by lovely friendly staff , one showed us to our seats and provided us with menus and talked us through the specials. We were delighted with what the menu had to offer, the wine list was great too. We both picked the Indian inspired butternut Swash roast which came with all the trimmings. The portion was great and the taste was incredible. We will definitely be back and will be recommending this to everyone as a great place to visit!
Probably the best vegetarian food I have ever had. Good quality, fresh produce, combined to form delicious dishes, prepared to order and beautifully presented with generous portion sizes too.We had the Garden Bowl and Harissa Cauliflower with sourdough bread and pesto which were fab. Staff were friendly and efficient, and the atmosphere was fairly informal, which only added to the overall experience.Price was £30 per head without alcohol, so good value for money, in my view, for food of such a high standard.Highly recommended!
I was gifted a £45 voucher for a meal at your restaurant. I have to say we didn’t have a very good experience. For a start the voucher had to be chased up twice by my mum, who gifted it, and then also by me, and it never actually physically arrived. Postal strikes were blamed but all our post has been arriving fine and as far and I know there are no current postal strikes. Doing admin to receive a gift is not a good start. The gift was due to us having a very hard few months due to our dog having cancer and it being very stressful so my parents wanted us to do something nice and relax.When we arrived and ordered a drink, the edge of my wine glass was quite badly chipped which was worrying since I wasn’t sure if shards had got into the glass.Our food arrived and whilst tasting nice it was essentially cold. My order was oyster mushrooms and bao buns which are meant to be warm. My husbands pasta and chips were also not warm. Since I’d already complained about the glass I didn’t feel comfortable to make a second complaint and we haven’t been for a meal in a long time and I didn’t want to spoil the evening.To top it off my husband ordered a decaf coffee and he has had the worst nights sleep since it wasn’t decaf. He doesn’t react well to caffeine so whilst it wasn’t clear when he was drinking it, he knew after that it was a mistake and decade had not been served.It was just generally not good all round and makes me sad since previously it’s been good. I’ve always recommended the restaurant to veggie friends but now I’ll not be doing that. And I certainly won’t be giving a gift voucher since honestly will it arrive?I want to make certain this doesn’t go back to my mum (who gifted us the voucher) since they were so excited for us to go and I didn’t have to heart to tell her about our experience being bad- but I felt so disappointed that I wanted to express this.I’m actually copying this from an email I sent LAST year and never had a response from….so…i waited a while before posting this!EDIT. I have reached out again on email after the response…so..we will see.
Friendly and relaxing atmosphere.The menu was not as varied at it used to be years ago, would be good see a few more simple vegetarian dishes.Bill £147 for 3 people, bottle of red wine Tempranillo £27.2 starters, 3 main meals and 3 deserts.Service charge included, check it as may have been discretionary.
Not always my exact taste (thats just me) but still top quality and Have had plenty of good surprises.
Food and atmosphere weren't bad but service was very poor - we waited 1.5 hrs to get our mains with little explanation provided as to why it was so slow. Do not recommend.
We went to celebrate my daughters birthday as we wereVegetarian options: Everything is vegetarianDietary restrictions: Great options. They have many vegan items on the menu. I think most of it
Third visit on Saturday and never disappoints. Love people and lovely staff
Restaurantji Recommends
Going back a good few years when this restaurant was owned by others who cared about customer service and food quality, this place was amazing. These days if you want really bad service, poor food with zero atmosphere try here. If I could give minus stars I absolutely would.
Have to say I was a little bit disappointed with the evening at food for friends. Service left a lot to be desired on a couple of levels, however, the food itself was very enjoyable.
Perfect veggie place. I am a meat eater and was very satisfied by the food. Great atmosphere. Mo, our waiter, was so welcoming and had such a warm charm. 10/10 recommendation.
We went for a late lunch / early dinner on Saturday and had a brilliant time. The restaurant is beautiful and has a lovely atmosphere. The staff were very friendly, helpful, and attentive. Best of all, the food was delightful, and there was a great selection of vegan-friendly dishes. We really appreciate the focus on vegetables rather than vegan 'meat' replacements.We shared the Chantonay Carrots, Crispy Oyster Mushrooms, and Confit Garlic Sourdough Bread to start, and all three were delicious. We all agreed that the carrot dish in particular stood out as having a great range of flavours.For our mains, we had the Celeriac Wellington, Butternut Squash, and Mushroom pasta (the latter two mains are shown in the pictures). All three large plates were very tasty and beautifully presented. I can recommend the mushroom pasta dish to anyone who is particularly hungry as it was a large portion.The prices were not cheap but the food we had was much nicer than some other vegan-friendly restaurants with similar prices, and the service was very good. Aside from the food, we each had non-alcoholic or low alcohol drink and the bill including service charge was equivalent to £33 per person.Vegetarian options: The menu is all vegetarian and vegan. The majority of dishes are vegan-friendly.Dietary restrictions: A number of dishes were labelled as being gluten free or having a gluten free option.
Disappointing overall - food was slow to come out (a quiet Saturday lunchtime) and was pretty average and overpriced - £9-10 for veggie small plates is steep. Would not go back.