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Riverside Vegetaria

64 High Street, KT1 1HN Full details & map

Bistro: Vegetarian

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By Time Out Editors Posted: Jan 28 2010

Step through Riverside Vegetaria's entrance, and you step back in time. To an era of hearty hotpots and comfort casseroles, and a decor of brickwork, fake arches, wooden chairs with colourful seat cushions and posters of Indian guru Sai Baba. This venerable outpost of meat-free cooking celebrated its 20th year in 2009. The riverside terrace appeals; it's small and crammed, but any closer to the water and you'd be swimming. The lengthy menu tours the globe, from India (masala dosai) and Sri Lanka (string hoppers), via Indonesia (gado-gado), the Middle East (falafel, houmous) and the Caribbean (spicy Jamaican stew). Two-thirds of the dishes are vegan and wheat-and gluten-free, and many of the wines are organic and vegan. Portions are huge; red lentil and avocado kedgeree (delicately perfumed with cardamom) came with a large pile of salad plus a sliced avocado and a side dish of potato and tomato curry (rather bland). Stuffed avocado was drowned in a salad of tomatoes, beans, olives and mushrooms. Service was off-hand, but that seemed in keeping with the laid-back vibe.

Tags: Vegetarian, Groups, Water side, Outer London, Kingston, Surrey, Budget, Restaurant, Bistro

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Riverside Vegetaria details

Address

Riverside Vegetaria

64 High Street KT1 1HN

Transport Kingston rail

Telephone

020 8546 0609

Riverside Vegetaria website

Meals served noon-11pm Mon-Sat; noon-10.30pm Sun.

Main courses £7.95-£8.95.

Credit cards MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 7, riverside terrace ), Babies and children welcome ( high chairs ), Booking advisable ( weekends ), Separate room for parties ( seats 25 ), Takeaway service, Vegan dishes

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Comments & ratings 3/5 (Average of 2 ratings)

By Betty - Dec 15 2011

5/5

Just had a lovely lunch here today. The food and service were excellent. I was informed they only use olive oil when necessary to prepare dishes. Very high quality food.

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By Suzy - Aug 24 2011

1/5

My friend and I went for lunch here, my friend orded lentil curry with rice and I ordered sweet potatato with peanut sauce, it arrived ,presentation "dire" Lentil curry, didnt have a remote taste of curry, and mine supposed to be with peanuts, it was just a plate of bland potato and rice . Spoke to waiter who argued with us, spoke to another lady outside who had the same meal as myself and she said it was vile, My friend had been there before and had a lovely meal. We can only think, new management, certainly sack the cook.

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By Kim - Mar 18 2010

I went to Riverside Vegetaria in Kingston upon Thames for Mothers Day lunch(my choice) because it won a best vegetarian restaurant in Britian award (in 2005) and I had read great reviews for it. I had pasta arrabiata and how anyone can mess pasta is anyone's guess but they did, the sauce was not even spicy, it was bland and had a creamy texture for some reason. My son had tofu terakyi. Tofu, like meat, soaks up flavours. Well there was no flavours to be soaked up, the whole dish tasted like it had been cooked in dirty dishwater. Disgusting. And as for the little bit of salad on each plate!

To their credit, the service was very good and friendly and they didn't charge for one meal, which remained untouched. Also my son's starter was good.