Press & Reviews
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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...
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The Travel Editor review
Jenny Green's travel editor features writer vistits Foof for Friends
31/08/2009
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 !
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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"
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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"
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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"
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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
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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"
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The Independent
November 2005
18/11/2005
"A veggie landmark in Brighton for more than 20 years"
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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"
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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/
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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"
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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"
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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"
