I'll make a poll soon about good places to eat vegan food in Brighton.
Which places should be on the list?
RedVeg
The George (pub)
Food for Friends
Waikikamookau
Infinity Foods Cafe
Terre a Terre
Bombay Aloo (on Ship Street)
The Cowley Club
Iydea
Seasons (Lewes)
The Snowdrop Inn (pub) (Lewes)
Planet Janet (is it still open?)
The Hop Poles (pub)
Wagamama
The Sanctuary Cafe in Hove (added April 09)
Aloka (added April-10)
I'll make a poll soon about good places to eat vegan food in Brighton.
Which places should be on the list?
Last edited by Korn; May 16th, 2008 at 08:08 AM. Reason: The poll is open now!
Russ will come on and say RedVeg. There's also The George.
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I always seem to fetch up in Food for Friends when I go to Brighton to meet my friend for lunch, so I'll be interested to see what's top of the pops these days.
Waikikamoocow is ok for cafe food and cakes although the burgers are a bit cardboardy. Infinity food cafe no way - total rip off.
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My house?
Oh and The Cowley Club.
..but what would they do with all the cows?..
So far we have:-
Red Veg
The George pub
Food For Friends
Bombay Aloo (Ship Street branch only)
Waikikamookau
Terre A Terre
Cowley Club
Iydea
There is also:-
The Beanstalk
Infinity Cafe
A bit further out there is:
Seasons (Lewes)
The Snowdrop Pub (Lewes)
Planet Janet (is it still open? in Hove)
The above places are all veggie / vegan but what do people think about including places which serve meat but cater well for vegans? Like The Hop Poles pub?
There are also the chains like Wagamama & Pizza Express - should they be included in the list?
Last edited by Marrers; Apr 24th, 2008 at 11:33 AM. Reason: To remove the Sanctuary (Hove) - not fully veggie. Does it cater for vegans?
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I haven't had lunch in the Infinity caff I don't think, but it's a nice place for restorative tea and cake after a shoe-shopping expedition; I didn't notice it being particularly expensive for that (or maybe it just seems cheap after the shoes!)
I must say that the Pizza from Infinity's shop is awesome. I think I might pop down to Brighton on my next day off and stock up
Infinity has a great choice of delicious vegan cakes and I've always found the staff to be very helpful and friendly and I think the place has a nice, laid back atmosphere. There's an interesting array of reading material available too from some daily papers to books on politics and animal/environmental issues.
But you seemed to be suggesting we didn't include it because it is costly. In that case we'd have to cross off quite a few places on the grounds of expense.
I think the most expensive thing at Infinity Cafe is what I normally have - the chef special main course. It is about £7. (I don't think a main course Waikika is much less is it?)
And a slice of vegan cake is £2.50-£2.80 pretty much everywhere else in Brighton too.
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Not really, I just thought that the last time I was in Brighton for breakfast it offered the least value for money for the tiniest amount of food - by all means it should be included if you guys like it but I wouldn't personally go there because I get really annoyed at places offering a small amount of food for an astronomical cost 'just because it's Brighton' which so many places do.
As I said on another thread if I'm off out for a nice meal somewhere I'll save up so I can afford it but if I'm going out for the day shopping I don't much like the Brighton price hike up.
mind you York was worse, me and Corum went to a vegan place for breakfast and a small plate of waffles and fake bacon was £15 We just left because we couldn't justify it!
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I think everywhere veggie should be included in the poll. People can then vote as they wish but anyone looking at the thread will see a quick and easy list of options in Brighton.
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I agree Marrers. Don't think it should include places that are mostly meat/veggie though, or where you have to ask specially to get a vegan option, like pizza express, wetherspoons etc.
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I've eaten at Waikikamoocow and thought the food was delicious. I had a sort of salad platter type thing with a mixture of things including various types of antipasto, and though the mixture of flavours (e.g. the use of fresh tarragon) was very well done.
Given what you write, it looks like I was lucky with my choice from the menu. But I'd rate what I ate at several levels above OK.
I've included all the places that cater for vegans in the preliminary poll, but I agree that we should remove these before the poll opens if they don't have vegan stuff on the menu - because almost every place out there can make something vegan if you ask for it.
Are there more places that should be added before the poll opens?
The names needs slight adjustment.
Iydea (not Iydea on Kensington Gardens)
Waikikamookau is the correct spelling
The Snowdrop Inn (not pub - sorry, my fault)
Is it worth putting 'pub' in brackets after the places which are pubs? Might make a difference to some people. (The George, The Snowdrop Inn and The Hop Poles are pubs.)
Also there are two branches of Bombay Aloo in Brighton. The Kemptown branch serves meat but the central branch - on Ship Street - is fully veggie. Do we need to specify which branch in brackets?
Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. - Floyd Dell
Thanks!
Does it have vegan stuff on the menu too?The Kemptown branch serves meat
No idea about how vegan friendly it is but I'm sure they have veggie options. I've never eaten at either branch.
BTW An 's' needs to be added on to Infinity Food to make it Infinity Foods, I was trying to edit my post when the forum went down.
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The poll is open now.
Pizza Express is included? They don't have vegan stuff on the menu I don't think.
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^ Haven't been there for a year now - but website looks like it's been renamed Revitalise. http://www.revitalise-u.co.uk/cafe.html
You've missed out The Sanctuary Cafe in Hove, that's the best one I think.
The Sanctuary wasn't included in the original list because until recently it wasn't completely veggie, and only completely veggie places were included in the beginning. obviously this changed once Wagamama etc. were added.
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I really like Waikikamookau, The George, Redveg, Sanctuary, in fact I haven't had a bad experience at any of the veggie places I've eaten at in Brighton. Bombay Aloo is good too, especially the price!
Beanstalk needs to come off the list because they've closed down.
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
Was going to ask what Waikikamookau's like these days as I was thinking of taking someone to lunch there and haven't been for ages, but I see it has a recent thumbs-up from Zero. Nothing's happened to it in the last month that I should know about, has it?
I went there the day after the Brighton Vegan Fayre for breakfast and it was excellent
Thank you Zero I was reading on HappyCow that some people thought there wasn't much for vegans, but the most recent report seemed to contradict that. Anyway I shan't want much, just something!
Just my experience - I've only been once and asked if the bread was vegan and no one knew! (I was probably unlucky - they might have had temporary staff in or something). I suppose it was quite likely that it was - but anyway I found this a bit unimpressive!
Hmm, they did seem rather kind of laid-back the time I went before. Will report back afterwards.
Just back from a quick flit to Brighton (on a weekday! ) and lunch in Waikikamookau. We really enjoyed our meal - the place seems to have pulled its socks up a lot since the previous visit (admittedly several years ago). There were several vegan or can-be-made-vegan options marked in the menu.
I had a very fine and generously proportioned salad involving vegan sausages ( again) followed by a lime and coconut cake which was light and tasty and not dry the way they sometimes are. My omnivorous friend had a sweet potato curry thing and then chocolate-and-something cake - also both vegan I think. Two mains, two cakes, two coffees and one large fresh juice came to about £27+service which I thought was very reasonable.
ETA I didn't have to have the bread conversation - bread came as part of my salad and that was marked vegan, so I just checked with the waitperson that the whole thing was vegan and then took their word for it on the bread (rightly or wrongly).
I ate with my partner and little girl at bombay aloo on Monday night, was really good if cramped! Can't fault the food, about 20 things of which a good 15 or so were vegan. Plenty of fillers and maybe a little niggle at overuse of spuds but all the food was hot and fresh.Really super cheap too at £4.90 all you can eat.
perhaps add Aloka to this list.
friend of mine went to Sanctuary the other day aked if the mezze platter was egan. person said yes. friend had it to take away.-opened it up and TADAAA!-feta staring back at her.
The George is not so good anymore, although they can make some of the things on the menu vegan there isn't as much choice and I heard that one of the new owners told someone they were trying to move away from "the vegan thing" whatever that is supposed to mean.
I spoke to the chef at The George today and that doesn't seem to be the case. Please see my post in the Vegan Brighton thread for details.
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