Tide Tables is a vegetarian café situated in a converted arch beneath Richmond Bridge, beside the Thames, in the lovely town of Richmond in South-West London. Having spent a lot of time in London over the past few years, I was getting bored with the usual tourist spots and was running out of new and interesting places to visit. However, I’d …

I have eaten out in a few non-vegetarian restaurants recently, so I thought I’d share my experiences of the ‘vegetarian options’ I encountered. Bella Italia Bella Italia: Vegetarian Four Seasons pizza Italian restaurants often provide a few vegetarian options to choose from, and Bella Italia is no exception. The vegetarian …

Zen Garden is an exclusively vegetarian Chinese and Thai buffet restaurant in Leather Lane, central London. It’s a restaurant that depends largely upon the custom of people working nearby, and hence it’s only open Monday-Friday and is closed at weekends. Ben discovered this place when he was working in the area. He and his colleagues …

I would never have thought of visiting Yo! Sushi or any other sushi establishment until I met Ben (my now husband). He has long been a fan of sushi, and other Japanese foods - and it’s thanks to him that I now love vegetarian sushi! Like many people I use to think that sushi traditionally always contained raw fish. However, I now know this …

Leon Bluewater At the weekend Ben & I paid a visit to Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent. We arrived around lunchtime and spent a while wandering around looking for somewhere to eat. After the excesses of Christmas we were keen to eat something healthy, so we were drawn in by a place called Leon, situated just outside the food court, which …

Café Soya describe themselves as a Vietnamese and Chinese restaurant. They are non-vegetarian but offer a huge selection of vegetarian dishes, most of which include mock meats made out of soya. The restaurant has a separate menu for vegetarians, which is as big as any standard restaurant menu and this more than justified us checking them out. We …

Two Otarian restaurants opened in London this year, one in Shaftesbury avenue and one in Wardour Street. They are entirely vegetarian (and also egg-free) and are based on the concept of a low-carbon footprint, with everything sourced and prepared in such a way as to minimise carbon emissions. Their style is ‘fast-food’ with burgers, …

The Loving Hut. It's literally a hut. Loving Hut is a world-wide chain of vegan restaurants. There are Loving Hut restaurants in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, USA, Canada, Austria, Germany, Spain and many other countries! There are three Loving Hut branches in the UK - one in Brighton (reviewed …

Sagar is a small chain of three South Indian vegetarian restaurants located in London. The Sagar restaurants are located in Covent Garden, Hammersmith and the West End. We visited the Covent Garden branch, which is directly opposite the Theatre Royal Drury Lane which is currently hosting the musical ‘Oliver!’. Situated just around the …

Terre à Terre is a popular, upmarket vegetarian restaurant in central Brighton. Ben and I visited this restaurant on a weekday lunchtime in August, having booked ahead via the internet. From the outside, it looks relatively small, but this is deceptive, since the restaurant is much wider at the rear of the building. When entering, on the right-hand …

Wai Kika Moo Kau is a vegetarian café situated in the Brighton Lanes. They serve a range of breakfasts, pitta pockets, burgers and salads. I must admit, it took me a while to notice the meaning in the name, ‘why kick a moo cow’, in case you haven’t got there yet either! My husband and I visited this café for breakfast one weekday …

Food for Friends is a popular vegetarian café/restaurant in Brighton. My husband and I had booked ahead (via the internet) and arrived at the restaurant at 7pm on a Monday evening. We were seated at a small table, very close to a neighbouring table occupied by a family with a toddler. It appeared that the tables were allocated in order, from the …