The Botanist, Scotland
Pollen Street Social

Pollen Street Social

8-10 Pollen Street London, W1S 1NQ, w1s 1na, United Kingdom

Beer • Wine • British • Creative


"I have eaten twice in the pollen street social. once for business lunch and once for personal dinner. the youngest is the personal dinner. I wouldn't eat here again if no major changes were made. I expect more from a michelin star restaurant that invites top dollar/pound for their food/service. two tasting menus and weinparing cost us only over £400 $551,) which it was not worth at the end. my biggest problem with pss is that her plant-focused tasting menu is vegetarian and vegan can be made by exclusion of ingredients. why not be kreatiw and add different ingredients, or offer a vegan menu overall? most items on the tasting menu repeated ingredients and taste from previous curses. many of the aromen used was an acidic lemon flavor that was good for a plate but very old got later. the only unforgettable cure for me was the pea risotto that might have been amazing if they replaced the excluded ingredients with something else. the lack of creativity for vegan dishes was disappointing. we were drilled through eating and actually quite bored all the time, as the dinner took 4 hours that asked us for the bill, so we could go at the end. Finally the person I was fed with did not get the vegan menu and the first portion was a afternoon tee irritating, the restaurant put both the non-vegan and vegan items on the same servier plate. I had a big problem with it, but they insisted it was good. one of the objects served with the afternoon tea was identical to the non-vegan version and those clowns who told me everything were completely wrong. my dining room partner ate fortunately the article of his side first and knew that he had the wrong one and that they put the non-vegan on my side. the personal was not susceptible to us when we told them that they screwed up and the non-vegan product on my side and the vegan product on the other - no excuses from the restaurant. that was irritating. I recommend you to separate her when she eats here with a non-Vean. lunch in January 2020 the vegan tasting menu for lunch was much smaller, but the service lasted one more. hopefully they will get with the times that veganism is given huge in london."

Bread Street Brasserie

Bread Street Brasserie

34-36 Bread Street Edinburgh, EH3 9AF, United Kingdom

Beer • Steak • British • Vegetarian


"Maybe my expectation for the vegan night the bread street brasserie had risen too high, but I was quite disappointed. for me it seemed very average. I would have been happy if I had found these vegan options on a normal menu, but wanted more of this as we had made a special trip just to try their vegan menu. there were some highlights to eat. our appetizers were both tasty and well presented, my darling bahji and my partner a grilled brot with Mediterranean vegetables. we also had a banan feather roll dessert with date karamell, which was delicious (I will steal the idea and make it myself). my partner had a noodle dish from which his comment on the sauce was that it tasted like a cheap glass sweet and sour. I had a sun-dried tomatenburger who was in order, but the lawn Slave with which it came was bad, tasting nothing but soyyoghurt. I also found it hard to choose three dishes that worked together as a meal, so I feel like the menu is not well thought out. the service was also something missing. the waiting staff was very friendly and helpful, but the headkeeper was really uninterested, bordering on the rude. we came 10 minutes earlier than our table was booked and were released into the bar to wait with the promise that we will be collected when our table was ready. 30 minutes later, he had not yet come to find us, we went to ask again and then sat. not a big thing, but added to the general sense that bread street brasserie vegane night was not the experience we hoped."