Eat and Two Veg

Both my husband and I are vegetarians, and honestly, we like this place because it does a decent veggie burger that actually tastes like a flame-grilled meaty burger. It comes with coleslaw and gherkin, and skinny fries - very nice. It's not meant to be healthy, it's meant to be a treat.

I can imagine that vegetarians who don't like the taste or look of meat will find this place quite offensive - a lot of the menu is made up of meat-substitutes. But, I miss a nice bit of duck, and a big juicy burger, so when a meaty-craving strikes, this place is a blessing.

My husband swears by the Lancashire hot pot (usually served in winter only) - I think the steamed dumplings are very nice.

So, if you're a veggie and you're craving a burger, this place will sort you out, guilt-free. Don't expect a gourmet experience - order a bottle of wine and settle into a booth for the afternoon. Enjoy!
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Samantha B - View all reviews by this user
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Food 6 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 5
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Went there about one week ago and regretted it. Food was not tasty, not the least bit inspired, and terrible value for money!

First of all I the menu seems almost entirely composed of pretend meat that generally comes from a can or package of some sort (soya burgers, sausages, "chicken"), which frankly requires no imagination or effort to prepare whatsoever, and in themselves are not very tasty. Then, on top of it everything seems to be fried or drenched in litres of cream sauce - to hide the lack of taste maybe? Vegetarian maybe; healthy or even enjoyable? certainly not.

Vegetarian food can be SO interesting, tasty and full of flavour that I find it really disappointing when I go to places like this which seem to be like McDonalds, but, of course, because it's "vegetarian" (trendy?) they think they can get away with charging 10 pounds for a processed burger and 13 pounds for some kind of (tasteless) thai dish. I think not. You can generally get a better vegetarian option in any regular "non-vegetarian" restaurant or pub nowadays than what is being offered at this place.
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su - View all reviews by this user
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Food 1 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 0
Sunday, May 18, 2008

I was initially wary of eating here because some of the more negative comments, but I'm so glad we went! My sister is the only veggie among us, but even my partner who is a deeply committed meat-eater enjoyed it! It makes a nice change to have a choice of vegetarian food that mimics meat - my sister is especially fed up with vegetable lasagne, so it was great for her to have such a choice. I can see why the service has been criticised because even on the Tuesday evening we went it was busy, but I hate being hovered and fussed over anyway. The atmosphere was lively, and I felt at ease straight away. The only thing I could possibly ask for is an extended dessert menu! (And maybe a nationwide chain!)
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Ruth Edwards
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Thursday, May 15, 2008

'Eat and Two Veg' seemed like a good choice for an after-theatre meal. The show that we went to see at the ENO was light and funny so a meal in a buzzy, cheerful atmosphere was just what we needed to complement the experience.

When I phoned in the afternoon to book a table for that evening the person who answered the phone was polite and informative, letting us know that last orders were at 10pm. Really useful to know as the show was due to end at 9.20pm. In the event, we got to the restaurant at 9.45pm.

We were immediately seated in a cosy booth which reminded us of all the old American films set in ice-cream parlours. The waitress was friendly and our drinks came very quickly. The restaurant has a very good choice of wines - their two sauvignon options are the best in the range when it comes to real zingy sauvignon taste. Our food also came quickly and the portions are HUGE. Very good value for money. Food was tasty though it might be an idea for the restaurant to provide some sort of dips with some of the choices just to spice things up a bit. But good, filling, healthy dishes. The desserts were also good. My partner had the crumble. As a dedicated foodie his judgement on food is usually spot on. Overall he felt (he is not a vegetarian) that the experience was good value for money, would go back again, though he would like to see more fusion cooking but that is more of a personal choice.

I enjoyed my meal, and in particular I found the waitress to be very friendly and helpful. I found myself wondering if some of the comments from some of the previous reviewers were perhaps more about how they themselves handled situations. Often when we are friendly towards other people and polite that is what you get back.

We would certainly go back again.
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Joanne
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Food 7 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Sunday, April 27, 2008

I liked the restaurant and food - even though it was a little over-priced, but I thought it was extremely rude and presumptious for the waitress to not give us our change back - and assume that was the tip. We were just going to tip more when she brought the littler silver tray back.
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Anon
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Food 7 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 2
Thursday, April 17, 2008

My partner and I had a very disappointing meal here a couple of sundays ago. Normally we find the food at Eat and two veg really good but this wasn't the case on our last visit. Firstly there wasn't the Luck and pancakes for a starter, we were informed that they hadn't had it for four days. I know these things happen but that started it all off on a bad note as we were both looking forward to it. We had the deep fried dumplings instead which were very nice. We both had the Sunday roast as our main and that had to be the most disgusting meal that I had had the misfortune to have eaten in years. My partner felt the same, everything was so dry that you needed a gallon of water to wash it all down. The nut roast was ultra dry even with the gravy applied, the roast potatoes were cardboard like as was the the cauliflower and the yorkshire pudding, well that was just simply dry and burnt!

We didn't complain mainly because you just get to the point were you can't believe that they would have the cheek to serve such muck up. It looked like what it tasted. Prison food on death row I would imagine would have been nicer than this muck. Why do places like this feel that they can do this and get away with it. I only ate a couple of mouthfuls to be polite but really couldn't even pretend to eat anymore.

We would go back but would never have the sunday roast again.
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Hector John Ktorides
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Food 3 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 5
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

A really disapointing lunch with 5 friends. None of us enjoyed the food, salad drenced in a think dressing that made it uneatable, a nut roast that was inedible, cold chips. Even thought we booked a table we had to wait ages to be seated. There are far nicer places to eat in Marylebone High Street.
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Food 0 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Sunday, March 09, 2008

I truly supported this restaurant when it first opened - great food, great service and great ambiance. NOT ANY MORE. Dreadful food, even more dreadful service - very slow, rude, inefficient, disorganized - no team working so bad all around
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Laura, London
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Food 2 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 2
Sunday, March 02, 2008

My husband went to Eat and Two Veg a couple months ago to test their well reviewed vegetarian dishes. We ordered two vege burger and fries.

They were absolutely disgusting as the onion topping of my burger was so thick and hard that I couldn't even chew, the vegetable burger was burnt like a piece of charcoal and tasted bitter.

Of course we both stop eating the food after the initial 2minutes.

They also totally forgot our order of side salad.

It wasn't just a case of my dish and so was his (his burger was very cold inside).

Additionally they took a long time to serve our drink and finally brought a banana smoothy ( or something like that) instead of my cranberry juice.

When the waitress brought the bill we found our missing side salad was listed, so we asked another waiter to take it off from the bill.

Then he was so rude and aggressively snatched the bill from my husband's hand ran away from our table without any apology.

In the end we received a revised bill and apology from the general manager (although she didn’t look sincerely sorry as she was trying to explain by saying 'But...' all the way through)

We both thought our entire dish was horrible and the whole experience of being in the restaurant was so unpleasant and upsetting, we promised ourselves not to go there and mention that evening.

This nightmarish experience with Eat and Two Veg traumatised us so bad that we won't be going to eat in any vegetarian restaurant for a long time ahead.
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MH - View all reviews by this user
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Monday, February 04, 2008

Great place for vegetarians (and vegans) to bring their omnivorous friends. We both had the Chinese dumplings to start, which were delicious. I had the Marylebone hotpot - very filling and perfectly seasoned. My husband had the lasagne, again very tasty and nicely presented. Desserts were also delicious and I was impressed at the number of vegan wines of their list.

I've read a few negative reviews about dietary requirements, and was unlucky enough to sit next to a load complainer who was short on explanation of what he needed when ordering. If you have a specific dietry requirement other than vegetarian it really is your responsibility to communicate this effectively. Many dishes are marked as having a vegan option, if that's what you want you must make sure you tell your waiter. If you are a vegetarian who eats dairy but not eggs, then stick to the vegan options! (the table next to me refused their meal as they ordered a cheese burger, telling the waiter they were lactose eating vegetarians. When the burger came with mayo (containing eggs) they sent it back. Life's too short, if you're complicated, stick to vegan or explain your requirements to the letter...
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CG
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Monday, January 21, 2008