Maray

Maray serves eclectic and seasonal food, concentrating on sharing plates, with an excellent vegan menu offered. I contacted Maray, prior to our visit, asking which wines were vegan and was delighted to find that they are in the process of labelling vegan friendly wines on the list.

We kicked off with Nocellara olives with chilli, orange and sea salt. I love the unusual combinations, the chefs have created, which work so well, so the first dish was sprouts, medjool dates, lime and sesame. delicious. Next was salt baked beets, with orange and endive, a light refreshing dish.

This was followed by tenderstem broccoli, dukkah and tahini, another fabulous dish. My husband ordered artichoke, miso, coconut and pickles, as he loves artichoke and he loved it. Our two final dishes, were two of the best, half a cauliflower, flaked almonds, pomegranate, tahini and fresh herbs, what a mega dish, the humble cauliflower elevated to a dish of total deliciousness. Finally fries with houmous and green chilli sauce, not for the faint hearted, as the chillies really packed a punch, but we could easily have polished off two portions, they were that good.

A small break, whilst we finished our wine and then it was impossible to resist the carrot and cardamon baklava served with coconut cream. An inventive dessert and a far cry from boring sorbet offered, in so many places, it was not dense or too sticky, like most baklava and the coconut cream set it off perfectly.

I highly recommend Maray for vegans and interestingly enough, the reason for the vegan menu, is due to the demand from their customers, so great to see the guys at Maray listening to customer feedback.


Updated from previous review on 2017-01-29