Luckily for us Mrs Marengo's is actually the sister cafe of Mildreds Vegetarian Restaurant which is only two doors up on the same street in Soho. And they also have the chocolate & raspberry truffle cake!
Mildreds is small, like all London restaurants, but very airy and light. The service is very good and the servers seem to know most of their customers quite well which is nice although it can get a little hard to get their attention when they are chatting.
The food was really yummy, very well presented and came out quite quickly. We really enjoyed our meal, especially since we'd run into the restaurant sheltering from a storm, but the bill was a bit on the high end. It was even more insult to injury when we looked at the menu from Mrs Marengo's and realised that much of the menu was the same but about half the price. Sure, the service in a cafe is very different to the service in a restaurant and it was the weekend, but it did make us feel a little cheated.
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| sri lankan sweet potato and cashew nut curry served with yellow basmati rice with peas and tomato sambal |
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| mixed mushroom, porcini and ale pie served with fries and mushy peas |
My recommendation would be to go on a weekday and go to the cafe instead but if you are looking for a nice vegetarian dinner or somewhere on the weekends it's worth a visit to Mildreds. Just be prepared for about £6+£10+£6 for starter, main and dessert.
Elise this looks sooooo yummy!!! Tell me how to cook this!
ReplyDeleteGosh, they've really cut the opening hours! I've been to Mrs M's before on a Saturday ages ago and early evening on a weekday just before Christmas. It wasn't very busy with people sitting in but lots of people seemed to be stopping in for takeaway on their way home from work. I was meeting someone who ended up being really late and the staff were lovely chatting to me and when my friend arrived and wanted a salad they made her something off the menu.
ReplyDeleteI think they are open until 6pm so you could certainly get a takeaway dinner but you couldn't eat there unless you wanted to eat early. We are staying down in London for a few days during the week next month so I'm hoping to finally get a visit.
ReplyDeleteI went to Mildred's when I was there and had a similar meal - I think my starter was dumplings or something, but I had the pie and that amazing cake! Nom!
ReplyDeletethat looks beyond delicious !
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