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| French restaurant in [[Locale Holloway|Holloway]], offering very good quality food. |
French restaurant in Islington, offering very good quality food. There is a good selection of meat dishes on the a la carte menu, and unusually they also have a six-course vegetarian tasting menu ("From the Garden") for £39; not sure if they can make it be vegan though. The corresponding meaty tasting menu is £45. You can have wines matched to your menu for an additional £28 (or £24 without the dessert wine). |
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Opened in 2003, and refurbished in early 2007, possibly in the quest for a Michelin star. Gets busy, and they only have one evening sitting, so booking is recommended. |
The space inside is quite open with large tables, though the atmosphere is kept hushed and reverent. The waiters are attentive and happy to provide diners with tap water (which is kept filled at all times). Every course and its accompanying wine is announced, and napkins are obsessively refolded by staff when diners venture to the toilets. |
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There is a good selection of meat dishes on the a la carte menu, and unusually they also have a six-course vegetarian tasting menu ("From the Garden") for £39 (which they can make vegan). The corresponding meaty tasting menu is £45. You can have wines matched to your menu for an additional £28 (or £24 without the dessert wine). |
The food itself has an emphasis on light textures -- sorbets, carpaccios, soups and purees dominate. The most substantial course on the vegetarian tasting menu was a stuffed pepper, but even this was filled with a light and creamy goats cheese. Nevertheless, the food is expertly done, impeccably presented and, importantly, very tasty. |
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The space inside is quite open with large tables, though the atmosphere is kept hushed and reverent. The waiters are attentive and happy to provide diners with tap water (which is kept filled at all times). Every course and its accompanying wine is announced (so quietly it was hard to make out at times), and napkins are obsessively refolded by staff when diners venture to the toilets. |
[[Juliet]] - I visited in Apr 2008. They are happy to veganise the veggie tasting menu, and although I did warn them in advance, they didn't seem remotely bothered by this & I think would probably manage fine without warning. The vegan version was nice, but IMO not quite as good as the veggie one (which Pete had). It was also a lot less filling, probably because it didn't have the cheese, butter, etc of the regular veggie menu. Pudding was fruit with very nice sorbet - good, but I always feel a little disappointed by fruit salad as a vegan pudding, even if it is very good fruit salad! |
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The food itself has an emphasis on light textures -- sorbets, carpaccios, soups and purees dominate. The most substantial course on the vegetarian tasting menu (on [[Ewan]]'s visit in October 2007) was a stuffed pepper, but even this was filled with a light and creamy goats cheese. Nevertheless, the food is expertly done, impeccably presented and, importantly, very tasty. |
NB: I don't want to be critical here - it was still very good food. Just not (in the vegan version) spectacular overall, although two of the five dishes were verging on that. The wines don't match quite as well, either - most notably for the first course, which for veggies was a cream of broad bean soup. The very light supplied wine was great with that, but didn't stand up at all well against the beetroot soup offered as vegan option. Still, they get vegan-friendly points for doing it as well as they did! |
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[[Juliet]] visited in April 2008. They are happy to veganise the veggie tasting menu, and although I did warn them in advance, they didn't seem remotely bothered by this & I think would probably manage fine without warning. The vegan version was nice, but IMO not quite as good as the veggie one (which Pete had). It was also a lot less filling, probably because it didn't have the cheese, butter, etc of the regular veggie menu. Pudding was fruit with very nice sorbet - good, but I always feel a little disappointed by fruit salad as a vegan pudding, even if it is very good fruit salad! |
Opened in 2003, and refurbished in early 2007, possibly in the quest for a Michelin star. Gets busy, and they only have one evening sitting, so booking is recommended. |
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NB: I don't want to be critical here - it was still very good food. Just not (in the vegan version) spectacular overall, although two of the five dishes were verging on that. The wines don't match quite as well, either - most notably for the first course, which for veggies was a cream of broad bean soup. The very light supplied wine was great with that, but didn't stand up at all well against the beetroot soup offered as vegan option. Still, they get vegan-friendly points for doing it as well as they did! |
Other reviews: * [http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/6476.html Time Out] * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1109514,00.html Matthew Fort in the Guardian] * [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/3818.htm London Eating] |
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See also: * [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/3818.htm London Eating comments] * [http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/6476.html Time Out review] * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1109514,00.html Matthew Fort review in the Guardian] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Juliet]] and Pete, 9 April 2008; prices verified at this time. Opening hours taken from the Morgan M website, October 2007.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Opening times taken from the Morgan M website, October 2007. Last visited 9 Apr 2008 by [[Juliet]] and Pete; prices verified at this time.</div> |
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summary='Small, good French restaurant in Holloway, offers vegetarian tasting menu.' |
summary='Small, good French restaurant in Islington, offers vegetarian tasting menu.' |
French restaurant in Islington, offering very good quality food. There is a good selection of meat dishes on the a la carte menu, and unusually they also have a six-course vegetarian tasting menu ("From the Garden") for £39; not sure if they can make it be vegan though. The corresponding meaty tasting menu is £45. You can have wines matched to your menu for an additional £28 (or £24 without the dessert wine).
The space inside is quite open with large tables, though the atmosphere is kept hushed and reverent. The waiters are attentive and happy to provide diners with tap water (which is kept filled at all times). Every course and its accompanying wine is announced, and napkins are obsessively refolded by staff when diners venture to the toilets.
The food itself has an emphasis on light textures -- sorbets, carpaccios, soups and purees dominate. The most substantial course on the vegetarian tasting menu was a stuffed pepper, but even this was filled with a light and creamy goats cheese. Nevertheless, the food is expertly done, impeccably presented and, importantly, very tasty.
Juliet - I visited in Apr 2008. They are happy to veganise the veggie tasting menu, and although I did warn them in advance, they didn't seem remotely bothered by this & I think would probably manage fine without warning. The vegan version was nice, but IMO not quite as good as the veggie one (which Pete had). It was also a lot less filling, probably because it didn't have the cheese, butter, etc of the regular veggie menu. Pudding was fruit with very nice sorbet - good, but I always feel a little disappointed by fruit salad as a vegan pudding, even if it is very good fruit salad!
NB: I don't want to be critical here - it was still very good food. Just not (in the vegan version) spectacular overall, although two of the five dishes were verging on that. The wines don't match quite as well, either - most notably for the first course, which for veggies was a cream of broad bean soup. The very light supplied wine was great with that, but didn't stand up at all well against the beetroot soup offered as vegan option. Still, they get vegan-friendly points for doing it as well as they did!
Opened in 2003, and refurbished in early 2007, possibly in the quest for a Michelin star. Gets busy, and they only have one evening sitting, so booking is recommended.
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