Vivere - anyone been?

[Carole]

Equally, to be fair, a restaurant like that ought to be able to offer a few vegan dishes without it costing them much at all.

So whilst I think that, as usual, @kyoto49 has gone OTT, she does have a point.

Yes it's true that a good chef should be able to cater for vegans and be able to rustle up a few dishes.
It's equally true that vegetarians and vegans have much more choice dining out than they did say 10 or 20 years ago. Plenty of places to go that cater for that lifestyle choice.

I'm going to turn this on its head.

I'm happy to eat veggie food, in fact my meal tonight was lentil curry with quinoa.

However, when I go out for a full breakfast I want the works, and that includes pork Bacon and pork Sausages.

So for example, if I went to the Butter Knife Cafe (where it appears that they don't serve pork) and I asked them for pork Sausages and they refused then I'd have two choices which would be "take it or leave it." I certainly wouldn't expect them to go and change their menu especially for me.

If I ate it I'd think, "ok this restaurant doesn't cater for my requirements so in future I'll eat my breakfast at one of the many other establishments that do the sort of food that I like".

If @kyoto49 was doing a review then all she had to say was something along the lines of "not enough choice for vegans"

They did actually cook her a meal in the end, they may not have had enough choice for her, they didn't deduct 20p for the cheese that she didn't have.

There was nothing on the review to say whether the staff were pleasant, or if the service was good or if they were efficient. Or even if she actually enjoyed the pizza.

Just a whinge about a restaurant not catering to her lifestyle choice.

 

[Gareth]

Great points

 

[Withnail]

Egg free pasta is easy to get.

Everything is easy to get if you don't have to get it yourself.

 

[Gramaisc]

I notice that it's now closed on Sundays and Mondays - not sure when the change happened.

 

[Trumpet]

Went on Saturday evening, won't be going back.
I usually work on 'two strikes' but not for this place.

 

[Lucy]

Did it change hands a few years ago? Last time I went I thought it was far inferior.

 

[Trumpet]

Possibly, quite a few acquaintances have previously said it's OK.

 

[gilesjuk]

I kinda think they're trying too hard. The calzones are now topped with some cheese and tomato (it's a calzone not a pizza) and the last Veggie Risotto I have (and I've ordered that many times) had chilli spice in it, was too much but that might be one off. The pizza from Dough and Stone (just added to Just Eat) is more authentic. I know this from working with an Italian who took me to an authentic pizza place and the dough is quite rustic.

 

[proactive]

We ate there not long before heading down to the deep south. Thought the food was perfectly fine, even if the service was on the slow and dim-witted side.

 

[gilbert grape]

Babak comes over as one of the friendliest proprietors in town and if there are problems I doubt they will last long.

 

[Lucy]

I kinda think they're trying too hard. The calzones are now topped with some cheese and tomato (it's a calzone not a pizza) and the last Veggie Risotto I have (and I've ordered that many times) had chilli spice in it, was too much but that might be one off. The pizza from Dough and Stone (just added to Just Eat) is more authentic. I know this from working with an Italian who took me to an authentic pizza place and the dough is quite rustic.

Dough and Stone is Candid