Just For Friends

I booked a table for 5.45 on a Monday evening. A quiet time for a quality restaurant. Anyway service was professional. The ambience was pleasant. The vegan options I chose, soup of the day (beetroot) with a couple of pieces of toasted sourdough was delish. The main course, banana blossom and chips was a little too elaborate for me. It was tasty but I'd have preferred plainer peas and a slightly bigger portion of battered banana blossom and a few more chips. I had a bottle of tap water. It cost £29.25 which given the effort going into the food is, in my opinion, a fair price. I would definitely come again.

Had a lovely dinner here! Reservation recommended, but they squeezed us in on a Monday. We tried the corn ribs, foccacia, and a rigatoni with housemade sauce. Everything was high quality and my non vegan partner said this was one of his favorite meals the entire trip!

While being seated in a nearly empty restaurant they had to sit us right next to other guests which was a bit annoying however the botanist room decor was very pretty and it was all very clean (including the toilets). Service was quick and friendly, menu had plenty of options for everyone and they allowed me to remove the chillis from my pasta. While there were a couple of classic dishes like the curry/ the pasta was new and interesting. While certainly not the tastiest dish- it was warm, comforting and the fried capers on top were delicious. However I would say it was a bit on the expensive side and probably wouldn’t come back for that meal but would definitely try something else.

Absolutely wonderful flavours, first class class service & great atmosphere. Looked after from the moment we arrived until we left. Spot on mix of flavours, fab presentation & certainly Value for money. Keep doing what you are doing! Perfect in every sense! Thank you for such a great experience!

Amazing food, the head chef manages to capture amazing food that's doesn't sound weird but also has such unique flavours and artistic presentation. Food for friends has had ups and downs for many years, but it seems it's finally managed to have a great menu, which is both an exciting experience and great value for money. I highly recommend FoodforFriends if you're looking for something new and fresh Indepth: The crispy tofu truly was crispy, something extremely difficult to replicate yourself. The garlic sourdough with salsa verde was a crispy crunchy delight, not your typical garlic bread. The pani puri perfectly captures the essence of Indian street food whilst bringing the flavour profile into the fine dining scene. What a treat! The crispy potatoes were by far the best I've had in many years, crispy on the outside, soft and warm in the middle. The goats cheese and fig on sourdough were plated beautifully with an exciting garnish full of contrasting flavours, I will definitely be coming back to have this again. Sweet corn ribs have become a bit of a trend, and usually, they're overpriced and boring. This clearly isn't one of those cases. The sauces combined with the sweet crunchy rib show us truly how good vegetables can be. Finally the sweetheart cabbage was the biggest surprise, to turn a humble cabbage into a dish so complex, yet so simple is remarkable, dishes like this show the true talent of a chef and clearly Food for Friends only hires the best. Cocktails were decent, classic cocktails were standard, their own cocktails were an element above, but the food massively outshines the cocktails. This makes sense considering it's a restaurant, not a cocktail bar. Conclusion: Treat yourself and visit FoodforFriends, I know I'll be going again soon.