Food For Friends

Brighton's original vegetarian restaurant

Established 1981

Tel: 01273 202310

Press & Reviews

  • Food for Friends recipes recommended by Channel Four

    Channel Four website have been busy trying out recipes from the Food for Friends Cookery Book. Check out the links to see some of their favourites!

    10/08/2011

    Vegetarian Sunday Roast

    Vegetable Tagine with Herby Couscous

    Roasted Pepper and Chilli Hummus

    Feta, Butternut Squash and Caramelised Onion Wellingtons

    Puy lentil, Goats Cheese and Olive Burgers

    4Food

  • The Modern Vegetarian - BBC Good Food Magazine

    BBC Good Food Magazine recommends recipes from the Food for Friends Cookery book

    17/03/2011

    The April 2011 edition of the BBC Good Food Magazine has showcased three extracts from the Food for Friends, Modern Vegetarian Cooking at Home Cookbook. 

    To see the full article click here

  • Food for Friends cookery book recipes recommended

    15/02/2011

    ...."gorgeous sharing plates and starters to mouthwatering

    mains and a yummy pud. Who needs meat?...."

    Read the full article here.

     

  • YUM! magazine

    Yum! magazine raves about Food for Friends restaurant and cookbook

    15/02/2011

    "...Located in the fashionable South Lanes area just minutes from the sea, Food for Friends oozes comfort and confidence, and is fantastic for a great night out with friends.  If a trip to  Brighton isn't the foreseeable future, why not replicate gorgeous meals at home with a sophisticated vegetarian dinner party?..."

  • Elle Deco recommends Food for Friends Cookbook

    Elle Deco recommends Food for Friends Cookbook

    07/02/2011

    Elle Decoration reviews Food for Friends Modern Vegatarian Cooking at Home...

    Elle Decoration March 2011

    "From Brighton's Gourmet vegetarian restaurant. Food for Friends proves that veggie cooking can be exciting. Our favourite is the Cassava and Puy Lentil Shepherdess Pie..."

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  • Buzzin Book Review

    Online Cookbook and restaurant review by Annie Payne - Buzzin Celebrity Gossip

    09/12/2010

    "Food for Friends restaurant has spent nearly thirty years garnering acclaim in the South East and beyond. But the food they serve is so delicious that apparently 70% of their repeat diners do not consider themselves to vegetarian."

    Read the full review here.

  • Families Online

    Food for Friends recipe book receives a glowing review from Sally Harris.

    30/11/2010

    "This is a lovely and inspiring book that deserves a place on any cook’s bookshelf, whether they are vegetarian or not."

    "Tthis book would be a great choice for cooks who are looking for vegetarian and vegan options that are a little bit special to serve to family and friends."

    Read the full review here

  • All that Women Want - Best Books

    Food for Friends - Modern Vegetarian Cooking at Home - Best Book.

    29/11/2010

    All that women want recommends our new cookbook at the top of there best book list...

    " Our favourites are the vegetable tagine, the gooey chocolate brownies and the chocolate molten pots with Bailey's ice cream."

    Read the full review here.

  • Celebcity - Cookbook launch

    Food for Friends Book launch

    18/11/2010

    Jo Brooks - Celebcity column writer joined us for the launch of  Modern Vegetarian Cooking at Home.

    Read the full article here.

  • Cook Vegetarian Restaurant Review

    Katie Shewbridge livens up a winter break in Brighton with a visit to its super cosy veggie eaterie Food for Friends.

    09/11/2010

    "Although there is a friendly atmosphere, Food for Friends is by no means casual in its approach to high quality food...All the dishes have been carefully thought out, and every individual part of the dish works..."

    "I was dining with a passionate meat eater who, although initially nervous about the prospect of a veggie dinner, found he didn't miss meat at all, and enjoyed the different flavour and texture combinations."

  • Recipes2Share - Book and Restaurant Review

    A glowing review of Food for Friends - The restaurant, the ethos and the new Cookbook.

    02/11/2010

    By Fiona at Recipes2Share

    "Vegetarianism and meat-free eating continues its inexorable rise in the national diet. Eschewing the classic tactical misstep of serving dishes that pretend to be meat in favour of vegetarian creativity, Food for Friends restaurant has spent nearly thirty years garnering acclaim in the South East and beyond."

    Read the full review and recipes here.

  • SO Brighton and Hove - Friends for Dinner

    Damian Cotton - Food Critic reviews Food for Friends for SO Brighton and Hove Magazine.

    30/10/2010

    "A proper restaurant that serves exciting food that just so happens to be vegetarian"

    "Accomplished cooking in a great environment. "Food for Friends is very, very good".

    Read the full review here

  • What's on Guide

    What's on Guide's Louise Williams reviews Food for Friends

    31/08/2009

    ...A restaurant is going to get repeat business out of me by ticking specific boxes. Quality ingredients cooked properly from a choice on the menu for even the fussiest of eaters. Attentive service from the staff and the perfect ambience. Food for Friends offered all of the above, I'm already planning my next visit...

    Read the full review here

  • The Travel Editor review

    Jenny Green's travel editor features writer vistits Foof for Friends

    31/08/2009

    Click here for the full review

  • Viva Life

    Viva Life editor Helen Rossiter interviews Jane Mostowfi, co-owner of Food for Friends on running Brighton's most established vegetarian restaurant. Feature also includes three vegan recipes.

    31/07/2009

    Read the interview here

  • Sussex Life

    Brighton's friendliest restaurant says Sussex Life

    30/06/2009

    Brighton's friendliest restaurant

    IF YOU'RE planning a visit to the Brighton Festival this month, you're in for a treat with the dazzling cornucopia of events on offer. Whether you prom on the pier with the players, unwind with a 'monochrome' head-and-shoulder massage or puzzle over the artistic installations throughout the city, you'll be spoiled for choice. 

    Read the full review here

  • Glamour Magazine

    7 reasons to holiday here in the UK, Food for Friends are featured for Brighton in eat out - credit crunch

    31/03/2009

    Credit Crunch...Brighton is particuarly veggie friendly, but even meat lovers flock to Food for Friends for their delicious food.

  • Off the hoof

    Vegan Magazine 'Off the hoof' round up of the best vegan eateries in Brighton

    01/03/2009

    This is Brighton's original vegetarian restaurant established in 1981. Not as posh as Terre a Terre and a tadge more family friendly, Food for Friends sits sociably somewhere between Terre a Terre and the George. They have a good selection of vegan options including a 'chocolate torte - rich dark chocolate truffle baked on a hazelnut biscuit base served with summer berry compote' and usually apple crumble. Close tot he seafront they also woo English tourists with a wonderfully English afternoon tea and scones with jam.

  • Veggieplaces.co.uk

    Veggie places, a truted online resource for Vegetarians.

    01/02/2009

    It was a lovely sunny day when I found myself in Brighton for a lunchtime meeting. I ordered the Halloumi and mango salad and we chose a mixed plate of olives, tamari coasted seeds and wasabi coated cashew nuts to nibble while we waited. I liked the idea of having a selection - we even had a variety of olives.

    The salad was beautifully presented, with fresh mango, avocado and deep fried halloumi placed around a mound of salad leaves (no lettuce). The halloumi arrived still warm and was delicious. The salad dressing was based on mango juice and I was unsure of combining a sweet dressing on a salad. By the time I had finished the plate I was converted! Different but well balanced flavours.

    The salad was also very filling so despite a tempting dessert menu I went straight to coffee. This was served in a generously sized cup and is made a lovely end to a perfect meal.

    I dined once before at Food for Friends - about 3½ years ago. My memory is of a rather dark, dimly lit set of rooms. There are now new owners who have redecorated and refurbished. The rooms are now light, bright, airy and welcoming.

    They food has changed also, with the emphasis being on high standards not only of the ingredients but in the presentation and service. On my next visit I will definitely leave room for dessert !

     

  • Conde Nast Traveller

    Reviews of the month. The weekender - Brighton featuring Food for Friends

    01/12/2008

    Eat...We liked the stylish Food for Friends, a stylish vegetarian restaurant in the Lanes without a hint of knit-your-own-muesli attitude, where we had stuffed portobello mushrooms with a pesto sauce, and sweet potato gratin with roasted red pepper coulis.

  • TopTable

    Diner review - October 2008

    30/09/2008

    We'd been to Food For Friends before on a recommendation and loved it then. It certainly didn't disappoint this time either. The food is great, my tofu pockets as a starter were particuarly good, packed with flavour and a really interesting idea (totally blows away any misconceptions of bland taste etc...). The value for money and the service are excellent, I couldn't recommend it enough.

    See our TopTable page

  • Cook Vegetarian Review

    October 2008

    30/09/2008

    Cook Vegetarian's Editor Rachel Callen visited Food for Friends one rainy Septembers afternoon, feeling "instantly at home, the atmosphere is one great reason to visit".

    Callen commends the "perfectly cooked, beautifully presented dishes, blending lovely combinations of flavours to great effect".

  • Food for Friends recommended by Observer Food Monthly

    One of the top places in the country to eat out for under £10

    20/09/2008

    Restaurant critic Charles Campion has chosen Food for Friends among his top 14 places to eat for under a £10 in his September 2008 edition of the Observer Food Monthly.

    Read the Observer Food Monthly article

  • Viva

    21/10/2007

    "Delicious, especially the starters"

    http://www.viva.org.uk/

     

  • Daily Express

    2006

    20/06/2006

    "Vegetarians are spoilt for choice (in Brighton) with the Veggie Society recently voting Brighton as the best destination for meat-free eating opportunities"

    http://dailyexpress.co.uk/

  • Viva Guide To Brighton 3rd Edition

    04/06/2006

    "Food For Friends is a popular cafe and restaurant. It has moved with the times, from its lentilly beginning in 1981 to a fresh and modern place to be"

    Viva Guide to Brighton 3rd Edition (PDF)

  • Brighton and Hove Life

    April 2006

    15/04/2006

    "The original Brighton veggie restaurant has grown with the times since it opened in 1981. Dishes like Portobello mushrooms with edamame, cheddar and pine nut pesto showcase the fusion of tastes that make this a must for all"

    http://www.brightonandhovelife.co.uk

  • The Insight Magazine

    19/01/2006

    Ramin and Jane have taken Food For Friends to the next stage of its development. Get over the old days and get back there before it gets inundated!"

    Restaurant review written by Simon Hope (original founder of Food For Friends) for the Insight magazine - a free entertainment guide to Brighton and Hove

    www.insightmagazine.org

     

  • PlanetBrighton Student Guide

    Winter 2005 - 2006

    30/11/2005

    "They do things with vegetables here that you would never have thought possible, unless your aunty gave you a copy of Delia's Vegetarian Collection before you left home. All sorts of world cuisine, and it tastes quite nice too"

    University of Sussex Student Union

  • The Independent

    November 2005

    18/11/2005

    "A veggie landmark in Brighton for more than 20 years"

  • Greenleaf Magazine

    Winter 2005 - 2006

    16/11/2005

    "Food For Friends has been a trailblazer on the Brighton food scene for nearly 25 years, and customers old and new are enjoying its new look, friendly staff and appetising menu"

    Greenleaf 27: Winter 2005 - 2006 (PDF)

  • The Observer Food Monthly

    February 2005

    01/11/2005

    "Cafe-restaurant catering for gourmet vegetarians."

    Food For Friends was also voted one of the best for cheap eats in South East by readers of the Observer Food Monthly.

    http://www.observerfoodmonthly.co.uk/

     

  • This is Brighton, by The Argus

    April 2005

    20/04/2005

    "Food For Friends is as Brightonian as rock, deckchairs and pebbles. The vegetarian restaurant in the Lanes is something of an institution in the city and has many carnivores amoung its fans"

    http://www.theargus.co.uk/

  • The Food Guide, by The Argus

    2005

    16/01/2005

    "This premiere organic, veggie restaurant is renowned for being a creative, innovative force out to prove vegetarian food is far more than just a load of lentils"

    http://www.theargus.co.uk/

  • Escape with Wessex Trains

    Autumn 2004

    29/09/2004

    "The restaurant prides itself on offering a truly innovative dining experience and takes inspiration from a wide array of world cultures and culinary palates"