Holborn, Vegetarian Restaurant Guide

“Exceptional Middle Eastern food is the norm at Honey & Co” – “delicious multi-flavoured and colourful dishes with fresh ingredients, in awesome combinations” from a “menu that’s well-balanced between familiar options (houmous, falafel) and more adventurous items”. Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich inspired a huge wave of interest when they first opened in 2012 in a poky café near Warren Street tube, and they have been on this more comfortable (but slightly “bland”) Bloomsbury corner-site since 2022. Top Menu Tips – “The USP is that although many of the dishes are familiar, such as hummus, labneh, falafel and so on, the flavours are extraordinary”; “portions are generous, vegetarians are well catered for”; “carrot and blood orange salad is a must”; and “be sure to leave room for their cheesecake!”

This yearling ‘mostly vegan’ café at Somerset House (from Rishim Sachdeva of Tendril in Mayfair) is already favoured by a small if dedicated band for “a great-tasting lunch or early supper” – “its inventive dishes always packed with flavour are great for non-meat-eaters, but you can take omnivorous friends and they will love the food, too!”. Top Menu Tip – “the superb vegan tiramisu” (a Tendril special).