17/05/2015
She
said:
Yes I already raved about The Gate in Hammersmith but we decided to try the sister spot in Islington. It looks like an unassuming pub from the outside but inside is a bright, atmospheric dining space dedicated to vegetarian cooking. The menu is the same as Hammersmith and again I loved my starter and main dishes. I wanted pudding but he was keen to move on and I was short on storage space so agreed. This remains a great vegetarian London offering that stands out from the hippy-bean alternatives and though the Hammersmith venue feels like more of a ‘find’ in a more creative space, if Islington is easier to get to, this one holds its own.
Yes I already raved about The Gate in Hammersmith but we decided to try the sister spot in Islington. It looks like an unassuming pub from the outside but inside is a bright, atmospheric dining space dedicated to vegetarian cooking. The menu is the same as Hammersmith and again I loved my starter and main dishes. I wanted pudding but he was keen to move on and I was short on storage space so agreed. This remains a great vegetarian London offering that stands out from the hippy-bean alternatives and though the Hammersmith venue feels like more of a ‘find’ in a more creative space, if Islington is easier to get to, this one holds its own.
He
said: Scroll down for our review of the original The Gate in West London which,
for me, was a much better experience. The location in Angel is more convenient,
and the space arguably nicer, but the food was somehow lackluster by comparison.
Don’t get me wrong: it’s still nice to go to a restaurant and not have to scan
the menu and settle for the one veggie dish you can have. But this was style
over substance, more about the idea and presentation than execution. Or maybe
I’ve been totally spoiled by Terre a Terre in Brigton: the best veggie in the
South East. For whatever reason The Gate in Angel was just ‘meh’ for me.
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