Wild Food Café

I visited Wild Food Cafe tucked happily upstairs in the delightful ‘secret gem’ that is Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden, with eager anticipation as I am very much a lover of all things natural food wise and I had heard positive reports of this new (currently) day time eatery. It was a cold Monday and I was taking my Mother for her birthday treat; she only likes good food too - so I had to choose carefully! We received a warm welcome and perused a super menu, which, I could happily say, looking at other customers choices; that I could have chosen anything!

What struck us was just how very friendly everyone was and there was a relaxed, positive atmosphere. All the food was very much being prepared to order and the work in progress clearly visible; which was fantastic. We both enjoyed juices from the unusual range. I chose a Crocodile Juice which contained such fantastical ingredients including plantains and leafy greens!

With difficulty from such a superb menu I chose ‘Living Falafel’ from the ‘Artisan Sandwiches’ choice. It had a cacophony of tastes and a perfect mixture of textures (dehydrated seed ‘bread’; so filling, yet light) that kept me very happy right through to the end! My Mother had a Wild Winter Salad. She considers herself a salad expert but I was happy to see that she enjoyed’ investigating’ it; even finding unusual delights that she had not come across before. So Birthday Mum was happy.

Wild Food is a cafe, as opposed to a more formal restaurant with separate tables, and its informal friendly atmosphere lends itself to meeting others. This gave me the chance to cast envious looks at the incredible Special of the day which was ‘Butternut Squash, massaged Kale in Avocado salsa, served with Coconut Quinoa which was presented most beautifully in a type of tier of orange and green!

All the Desserts appealed to me but my Mum opted to head straight for her Super Food Hot Chocolate as that is one of her most favourite things in the world. I had a spicy hot chocolate. It was absolutely delicious and because it was sweetened with coconut sugar it was not too sweet. I could have ordered a few more - Yum! And, given that my Mother has hot chocolate where ever she goes she could not stop complimenting how ‘not sickly sweet’ it was and how it was ‘just the right temperature’ and ‘really chocolatey’. And, of course, Super Foods do make you feel - Super!!So, another hit for birthday Mum, and one daughter; relieved!

Despite a brisk lunchtime trade, the manager Joel Gazdar still gave us some of his personal time and explained some of the processes etc used in the creation of his foods.

The whole experience was very positive and the food sublime.

I thoroughly recommend this special cafe to any one who wants quality, nutritious and above all, delicious food in a friendly atmospheric cafe.
I look forward to returning!

From Rebecca Rainbow, London.

What a disappointment; poor service and tasteless mush. Rarely have I eaten such poorly presented and lacking in flavour. Juices came after meal finished. Falafel was in burnt toast. Really not up to scratch. Avoid

I went along expecting the World Food Cafe, where I had enjoyed lunch 2 years ago. Was taken aback to see it was Wild Food Cafe but thought I'd try it, despite the lack of choice on the menu. What a mistake! It was absolutely disgusting. I had a barely warm 'lasagne' which tasted of cardboard, accompanied by an extremely salty shredded mix of salad stuff. For this I was charge £9.50. My friend had the same, with a disgusting smoothie which took about 20 minutes to make, despite the fact there were only 5 other people in the cafe.

Wild Food Cafe is offering colourful raw and cooked dishes with real depth of flavour, made fresh on-site. We've tried their chocolate mousse, thai noodles, raw burgers, falafel sandwich, fig baclava. It's all delicious! Yummy!

WOW not only the best smoothies, i've ever had (and I've tried alot!) but the sandwiches and the sunfood noodles are the most sublime too, my mouth waters at writing it, definitely making this a regular! Cheers