twelvepoint wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2024 7:32 pm

The Yeoman Ghost wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2024 6:37 pm My wife and I will be on vacation in London in few weeks (staying in Leicester Square). Might anyone have any favorite vegetarian-friendly restaurants in the area? (Or city-wide, someplace that would offer an archetypical “cozy English pub” experience with good vegetarian options?)

Many thanks for any suggestions you might have!

Nopi, an Ottolenghi restaurant, is really great. Lots of vegetarian options. Dishoom is awesome Indian, again, lots of veggie dishes. Most pubs we went to (we we just there) had veggie curries and often veg burger options. Should be pretty easy to go meatless over there, and that applies to other places we went outside of London as well.

The Yeoman Ghost wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2024 6:04 pm

twelvepoint wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2024 7:32 pm

The Yeoman Ghost wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2024 6:37 pm My wife and I will be on vacation in London in few weeks (staying in Leicester Square). Might anyone have any favorite vegetarian-friendly restaurants in the area? (Or city-wide, someplace that would offer an archetypical “cozy English pub” experience with good vegetarian options?)

Many thanks for any suggestions you might have!

Nopi, an Ottolenghi restaurant, is really great. Lots of vegetarian options. Dishoom is awesome Indian, again, lots of veggie dishes. Most pubs we went to (we we just there) had veggie curries and often veg burger options. Should be pretty easy to go meatless over there, and that applies to other places we went outside of London as well.

I’ve heard it said that the club with the longest line at the door is the one you should choose. On this rainy Tuesday night in London’s West End, there was a line at Dishoom that stretched around the corner and down the block. (By contrast, adjacent Olea Social was embarrassingly empty. My wife looked it up on Google, just to see if it was, in fact, open; Google reported that it was, and—comically, or perhaps tragically—that it was “Busier than usual” at that hour.)

We stuck it out (helped by the free chai and complimentary umbrella graciously proffered by the restaurant staff). And it was entirely worth it.

The chili and tomato chutney was my new favorite thing ever. (And I have traditionally considered myself as hating chilis and equivocal-at-best about tomatoes.) I put it on everything. I had to order a second side of it.

FM Twelvepoint, you have my thanks.

AdamN wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:26 pm Oh yes, been there many times. Outside of wandering the Mirabellgarten, old town and up to the fortress, I always recommend going to Augustiner Bräu Mülln if beer halls are your thing. In my opinion, the best one I've been to, better than anywhere in Bavaria. You can walk along the hilltop, from the Festung/fortress to Augustiner. There is a big outdoor area to sit down at, but I prefer the interior.

jfv wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2025 11:28 pm It's looking like I will be in...

Chiswick, London, England...

during the week of April 14th.

Will be busy with technical committee meetings during the day but may have some limited time to sightsee and/or say hello to any of you Londoners. The only thing I have planned now, aside from work, is a tour of the Fuller's/Griffin brewery.

Gramsci wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2025 2:43 am

jfv wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2025 11:28 pm It's looking like I will be in...

Chiswick, London, England...

during the week of April 14th.

Will be busy with technical committee meetings during the day but may have some limited time to sightsee and/or say hello to any of you Londoners. The only thing I have planned now, aside from work, is a tour of the Fuller's/Griffin brewery.

Damn, I’ll be in Italy. Chiswick Is relatively central. There’s no where you can’t get to easily by public transport. Download Citymapper. You can pay all public transport with contactless payment and there’s a max amount per day. Look up Transport for London’s website.

PRF must sees.

https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/
The guitar shops on Denmark St near Oxford St
Southbank arts area. Check for concerts at the Royal Festival Hall. Same for the Barbican Centre.
Tate Modern is close to RFH.
The Bermondsey microbrewery district.

All public museums and art galleries are free. You only have to pay for special exhibits.

I’ll keep adding to this post, so check back.

major wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 10:43 am Looks like I am going to be in Milwaukee every other week for a minute. Shockingly I have never been. Recommendations, please!