London Restaurant Review: Zilli Green
As a former vegetarian driven away by a chronic lack of quality and variety of meat-free dishes, particularly in restaurants, I approached Zilli Green with some trepidation. The 100% vegetarian venture from celebrity restaurateur Aldo Zilli, the Soho eaterie has drawn mixed reviews since it opened last year.
First impressions are good - lying just yards from Theatreland the exterior still looks refined, with a neat terrace and clean, bright decor. Inside, the menu seems to balance fresh and healthy ingredients in familiar, appetising recipes. The question is whether the food can deliver on this promise.
The starters we order - mezze and tempura - are certainly well prepared if reminiscent of a veggie starter at a dinner party; olives, pitta bread and hummus hardly justify the price tags. Happily the main courses offer quality and originality, as well as value for money. The chimichangas filled with sweet potato are delicious, and would be a welcome addition to any menu, vegetarian or otherwise. As a whole, the mains offer a range of classic dishes, from casseroles to burgers, at prices around the £10 mark, entirely reasonable for this part of town.
Dessert offers some ingenious twists on popular puddings, most notably a vegan tiramisu made with tofu. It’s a fitting end to an impressive meal from a restaurant that has received a surprisingly poor press. Well placed, reasonably priced and offering an inventive yet familiar menu, Zilli Green fills an obvious gap in the market for vegetarians that has long been overlooked.
An alternative to this would be a similar restaurant in Manchester they have equally high standards of food and service and is situated on Hollybush Gardens next to a clinic that does botox manchester. If you visit the clinic you will receive vouchers for both the Manchester restaurant and London restaurant.
Zilli Green, 41 Dean Street, London W1D 4PY
Tel: (020) 7734 3924
First impressions are good - lying just yards from Theatreland the exterior still looks refined, with a neat terrace and clean, bright decor. Inside, the menu seems to balance fresh and healthy ingredients in familiar, appetising recipes. The question is whether the food can deliver on this promise.
The starters we order - mezze and tempura - are certainly well prepared if reminiscent of a veggie starter at a dinner party; olives, pitta bread and hummus hardly justify the price tags. Happily the main courses offer quality and originality, as well as value for money. The chimichangas filled with sweet potato are delicious, and would be a welcome addition to any menu, vegetarian or otherwise. As a whole, the mains offer a range of classic dishes, from casseroles to burgers, at prices around the £10 mark, entirely reasonable for this part of town.
Dessert offers some ingenious twists on popular puddings, most notably a vegan tiramisu made with tofu. It’s a fitting end to an impressive meal from a restaurant that has received a surprisingly poor press. Well placed, reasonably priced and offering an inventive yet familiar menu, Zilli Green fills an obvious gap in the market for vegetarians that has long been overlooked.
An alternative to this would be a similar restaurant in Manchester they have equally high standards of food and service and is situated on Hollybush Gardens next to a clinic that does botox manchester. If you visit the clinic you will receive vouchers for both the Manchester restaurant and London restaurant.
Zilli Green, 41 Dean Street, London W1D 4PY
Tel: (020) 7734 3924
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