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• Masterchef meets Vegan!

First off my honesty declaration... We know the chef and we eat here a lot. Secondly, this restaurant advertises itself as Mediterranean style of cooking serving numerous meat and fish dishes. So for Vegan idealists it may not be, er, ideal. The good news is you can take your non-vegan friends and family and everybody will be happy. Ask for Maria, she is vegan and cooks amazing vegan dishes. She is there most nights. Don't be put off if you see only a few vegan choices on the printed menu. Maria hand writes the vegan menu every night - you simply ask for it. You can go to this restaurant and get three courses, fully vegan, any night of the week (closed on Sundays). They are all inventive and cooked with French skill and flair. We eat here a lot because it is great and undiscovered. The surroundings are lovely, the restaurant is clean and well furnished with an understated up market look. My wife and I recently went to the much vaunted 222 restaurant in London (twice!) and whilst it was good, La Margherita is in different league. Back to the food - that is why you eat at any restaurant. The food here is amazing. It is the best vegan cooking I have had anywhere. The puddings are excellent. Me and my wife often go in saying we will just have the mains and end up getting starters and puds because they sound so tasty. They do homemade falafel, a lovely celeriac & cabbage slaw, chick pea farinata, all kinds of relishes, Quinoa dishes, vegan cheesy garlic bread, etc. It is Mediterranean inspired French cooking. They have vegan wines... I would have rated it five stars but I cannot as it is not a solely vegetarian restaurant. Give this restaurant a try - you will not be disappointed.