| Published May 2008, massively updated with 160 extra pages and 40 new vegetarian restaurants.
Publisher’s review:
This latest edition has 50% more pages than the previous edition. Many existing entries have been expanded or given a full page. 145 totally vegetarian restaurants and cafes, 25 of them vegan. 200 more restaurants and cafes with lots of vegan options (for when the veggie places are closed or you are in a group of meat-eaters).
Detailed restaurant reviews with prices, hours, sample dishes. Maps of all central London areas: Soho, Covent Garden, Bloomsbury, Tottenham Court Road, Euston, Marylebone, the City, South Bank, plus veggie hotspots Camden, Islington, Stoke Newington and Bethnal Green. New maps of Clapham, Hammersmith and Wembley.
250 wholefood and health food stores telling which ones offer take-away food, have organic fruit and veg, wine, fridges or freezers.
Vegetarian-friendly hotels, guest houses and hostels.
New sections on vegetarian wine, raw food, festivals, shoe shopping, Veggie Pages directory of services.
440 pages, 9 indexes including vegan, organic, posh, cheap, cafes, breakfast, child-friendly, A-Z. Pocket size 15cm x 11cm (6 x 4.5 inches).
Our review:
This new edition of the guide that has been around since the 1990s is well worth having in your pocket if you visit London and essential if you live there. It lists over 100 vegetarian restaurants in the city, with prices, opening times and sample dishes, all of which are vegan, including salads and juices. However the most useful listings for raw fooders are the street markets and 100 independent whole food stores, telling you which ones are specialists in organic and sell fruit and veg.
Skimming the listings, and there are almost 300 pages of them, it is clear that the availability of raw food is increasing everywhere except Indian restaurants, and juice bars are popping up all over. The publisher’s favourite London raw caterer of all is Rainforest Cuisine, who run a very popular 100% raw buffet and cake stall in Spitalfields Market on Sundays and other locations throughout the week.
The book features 12 indexes, including vegan and organic, and the only thing that would improve usability would be a raw index in the next edition.
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