The Gate Islington

The Gate Islington

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The Best Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurant in London - The Gate Restaurants

Established in 1989, The Gate has been promoting healthy eating for nearly 3 decades and is now widely recognised as the best vegan & vegetarian restaurant in London.

The Gate now has 3 locations: The Gate Marylebone, featuring al fresco dining, is ideally situated on a quiet street near Marble Arch and Hyde Park, a couple of minutes from the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street; The Gate Islington, around the corner from Sadler’s Wells and Upper Street; and The Gate Hammersmith, tucked into a little side street behind the Hammersmith Apollo, with its own garden terrace open when the weather permits.

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GOING VEGETARIAN AT THE GATE, ISLINGTON – A Spoonful Of ...

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GOING VEGETARIAN AT THE GATE, ISLINGTON A few weeks ago I saw a review for The Gate restaurant in Islington in the Metro written by Marina O’Loughlin.

His beautiful husband Heath is vegetarian so as soon as I read Marina’s review, I immediately emailed Paul and Heath suggesting we try out this new place.

For the main course, Paul and I knew immediately what we were going to order as soon as we looked at the menu…Wild mushroom risotto cake.

Heath ordered the Corn cake…corn and polenta, pan fried and seasoned with chilli, coriander and thyme, served with roasted baby artichokes, aubergine and oven-dried tomatoes, sweet potato served with chipolte chilli, red pepper and black bean salsa… Unfortunately, compared to the mushroom risotto Paul and I were moaning over, this was a bit of a disappointment.

As Marina said in her Metro review, The Gate isn’t a good vegetarian restaurant, it’s simply a good restaurant.

The Gate, Islington - Cooksister | Food, Travel, Photography

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The menu is pithy (about 6-8 starters and an equal number or mains) but both my guest Krista and I really struggled to make a choice – I would happily have eaten everything on the menu!

But in the end, choices had to be made, and Krista started with the roasted pumpkin, dolcelatte and crispy sage tart (£6.00), while I could not resist the tempura courgette flower filled with sweet potato, goat’s cheese & pine nuts on puy lentil salad with garlic & lemon aioli (£8.00).

Krista chose the butternut squash rotolo – roasted  butternut, goat’s cheese and basil in baked thyme-infused rolled strip of potato, served with tomato & caper salsa and a lemon butter sauce  (£13,00).

I could not resist the autumnal lure of sautéed wild mushrooms (girolles, king oysters & Paris browns) served on pan-fried risotto cake with creamy cep sauce, rocket, cheese shavings and a lemon truffle dressing (£15,00).

we had a look at the dessert menu and unsurprisingly we found a few things on there that we liked… Krista opted for the lemongrass, lime leaf and coconut cheesecake (£6.00) while I tried a slice of the pressed chocolate and stem ginger torte (£6.00).

New Restaurant Review: The Gate, Islington | Londonist

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It’s unusual to recommend a restaurant on the strength of its condiment – but the schoog at the Gate Islington is something else.

It’s a Yemenite sauce that, according to the recipe in the restaurant’s own cookbook, is made from red chillies, red peppers, tomatoes, garlic, mint, coriander, fenugreek and pickled lemon brine.

Both are utterly delicious and accompany some of the dishes at this new restaurant.

Stuffed with mellow cream cheese, the sharp tang of pickled lemon, and sweet and nutty toasted flaked almonds, each component imparts complex layers of flavours.

Service is informed, welcoming and sweet-natured; and the Daniel brothers’ two excellent cookery books (currently out-of-print) are available to buy until stocks run out.

The Gate Islington restaurant review 2007 July London | Vegetarian ...

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drinks   food   value  

The dining room has a casual feel, with wooden floors and no tablecloths, and is quite noisy.

Starters were priced between £5 and £7.50 (though bread is a hefty £3 extra), main courses were £13.25 - £15.50 and desserts mostly £5 or £5.50; side salads and vegetables were £3 - £4.50.

This was essentially the classic Thai salad som tam, and its dressing lacked the chilli bite that characterises this dish.

I liked this dish, the red bell pepper in particular carefully cooked, the seasoning quite good (13/20).

Overall The Gate is a decent enough vegetarian restaurant, the dishes quite interesting but having rather patchy execution, though to be fair it is not very expensive.

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This is a class act, with a modern and airy interior featuring an open kitchen/bar and big industrial lights under which to examine the menu.

There are plenty of à la carte starters and mains and, for the indecisive, a great mezédes menu – one plate for £4, three for £10, five for £15.

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