• CLOSED: Willow Vegetarian Garden Restaurant

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  • White Vegetarian
Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
International
Organic
Beer/Wine
British

Vegetarian restaurant offering changing menus and specials based on seasonal ingredients. Drinks are organic. Has secluded walled garden. Reported closed November 2022.


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21 Reviews

First Review by trilliumforest

Dusty27

Points +153

Vegan
20 Aug 2017

Excellent

Went here for an evening meal realy nice, freindly staff, There was a musician play in the background all in all we had a lovely evening.

Pros: staff, ambiance, food

Cons: a bit expensive

FrankieW

Points +2627

Vegan
01 Oct 2022

Fresh ingredients and wholesome flavours

Many vegan options and some easily adaptable VG possiblities.

Long established vegetarian restaurant.

Wonderfully fresh salads. Delicious patês and salsas.

Pleasant decor.

Welcoming staff.

Luapske82

Points +438

Vegan
02 Jul 2022

Was worth our rare revisit

We don't visit a restaurant twice that often, especially if there are more options to go to locally. But we really enjoyed Willow!

Lovely place, changing menus everyday, fresh and tasteful salad that comes with most items on the menu, friendly staff, great tasting food and finally a place that doesn't need to use big bags of salt to make their food taste good. Even the soup wasnt overly salted, but very tasty!

And the prices are very reasonable.

Couldn't recommend it any more.

Just one obvious downside: not fully vegan. Which they could easily do, considering the items on the menu.

Pros: Great food, Low salt usage, Lovely place with friendly staff

Cons: Not vegan

El18

Points +1050

Vegan
26 May 2022

Exceptional quality food, atmosphere and interior decor

A friend and I were exceptionally impressed with our lunch there. The food quality was great, the food was very tasty, the menu was creative and inspiring and we both enjoyed our visit. Will go back.

Updated from previous review on 2022-02-01

Pros: Exceptional food quality, atmosphere and decor , Lovely outside eating area, Exceptional creative and thoughtful menu & options

Gabz

Points +191

Vegan
15 Oct 2021

Delicious moussaka

Visiting for the day & a local friend recommended we meet here. It was easy to find at the top of the hill. The lovely little well-established courtyard dining area was sheltered & our chihuahua was welcome.
The staff were very friendly and helpful & service was great. Two of us had the moussaka & one had the vegan Irish Stew & dumplings. Both came with a really good selection of salads & at £11.50 seemed very fairly priced. We had a German Hemp Beer with it & a Pukka tea. The moussaka was delicious, perfectly done! Would definitely recommend & will return on our next visit.
Thank you 💚

Pros: Quite a few interesting vegan options, Dog friendly, Nice sunny courtyard garden or eat inside

Cons: It'd be perfect if it were entirely vegan!

Dukeicon

Points +223

Vegan
29 Sep 2021

Great tasting, healthy food

Menu clearly labelled what is vegan, a decent selection of vegan options. Very tasty food.

angelangelica

Points +22

Vegan
01 Aug 2021

Tasty salads!

We had the vegan flan and mixed side salads.
Good range of meals and lots of delicious drinks.

NicholaCarr

Points +74

Vegan
22 Apr 2021

Great service and reasonably priced.

Lovely lunch in the garden. Soup was lovely and veg options came with muffins or scones. Vegans had to make do with pitta. Light lunch looked lovely. Vegan options were all a bit run of the mill- falafel and chick pea curry. Shame as everything feasted great. On the plus side there were loads of vegan cakes.

treesister

Points +20

Vegan
10 Sep 2019

Great vegetarian restaurant

We went on a Saturday evening, I like that the menu is not too big as it is all made at Willow. Lovely dips & olives for our starter & delicious vegan mousaka for our main. Lovely guitar being played added to the atmosphere- really enjoyable evening.

Pros: Delicious homemade vegetarian food , Friendly atmosphere

VDeb

Points +142

Vegan
08 Jul 2019

Just wonderful!

What a wonderful place. Clean, friendly staff, good vegan choices and a beautiful garden at the back. I had a vegan flan with a medium mixed salad. It was gorgeous. It was so tasty and filling. I wholey recommend.

Pros: Plenty of vegan options.

Cons: Can't think of anything.

WoodyAndBertie

Points +870

Vegan
07 Sep 2018

Just what we needed

Having spent the morning walking and driving around South Devon the soup of the day and jacket potato with baked beans was just what we needed. Delicious, simple and filling vegan food. Definitely worth a visit in a town where vegans actually have a good selection to choose from.

Pros: Good food with hits the spot

Richard Ross

Points +994

Vegan
19 Aug 2017

Good choice of vegan dishes

A pleasant restaurant with good food and a choice of vegan dishes. Was able to provide gluten free vegan dishes, although a wider range would be welcome. We enjoyed the Friday night music. We would encourage the restaurant to become fully vegan.

Pros: Good, tasty food, Choice of vegan dishes, Friendly atmosphere

Cons: Not completely vegan

veganjazz1

Points +25

Vegan
27 Jul 2017

Perfect.

Enlightened. Funky. Hippy. Laid back. Scrummy. Proper, proper veg food, whole food, home cooked, lots of vegan choices. V reasonable too.
Really really great. TQ!! ❤️

Visited July 2017

Pros: Gorgeous food, Vegan choices, Relaxed atmos

storyshikari

Points +490

Vegan
01 Jun 2017

Really great, homely, honest, find

Hippie heaven, wonderful staff really passionate about their veggie life on offering. We came in the rain and found peace complete with live guitar... the dipping selection was perfect, especially home made hummus and guacamole. Great chunky chips too.

Pros: Everything

Cons: None

Makit

Points +93

Vegan
14 Apr 2017

Awesome Place

I ate here twice during my holiday, once in the evening and once during the day. The food choice is really good, and the food we had was very nice! We had the Mushroom Stroganoff and Ghanaian stew. The staff were lovely, I just wish there were more places like this to eat for my Vegan girlfriend and I.

All items are Vegetarian, with Vegan and Gluten-Free items marked appropriately.

Pros: Vegetarian Only, Good Vegan choice and marked well, Lovely atmosphere and food

Cons: Not all Vegan

KatieBater

Points +46

Vegan
09 Jul 2016

scrummy food for a good price

Had the Thai vegetable curry soup and bread today, tasted amazing! Staff are friendly and helpful :-)

CLRtraveller

Points +8954

Vegan
24 Aug 2015

Good homemade food

Hot meals served until 2:30 pm. Patio out back. On my first visit I had a tasty spinach-coconut soup (vegan) with nice bread (non-vegan scone available) and choice or mix of three salads in three sizes, £7.50 total with the small-size salad plate. Another day, I enjoyed the Gypsy Casserole on brown rice: apricots, zucchini, chickpeas, other vegetables – a satisfying meal.

Pros: good, homemade food, vegan choices

LilacHippy

Points +12684

Vegan
26 Jun 2015

Lovely Hippy Place

This little spot has a wonderful atmosphere and I can see why so many people like to come here. The food is great and the salads are so tasty and interesting and even the coleslaw is vegan. They have a number of tasty vegan after dinner treats too. It has a hippy feel to the place which fits in with the town of Totnes.
They are also open late which is unusual for Totnes. They sell alcohol including organic beers and wines.

Pros: A lot of vegan options, Fast service, Open late

Cons: Slightly pricey

AnaEatsPlants

Points +1651

Vegan
26 Aug 2012

Great!

I have eaten here several times. It's a great place to eat veggie food, with good vegan options. The upfront staff serving all really friendly and are happy to help.

The food I have eated there has all tasted excellent and I'd happily recommend it. It gets really busy at times, which seems to put a bit of pressure on the staff.

Pros: good vegan options

greysquirrel

Points +67

Vegan
02 Jul 2008

Wonderful Willow

No need for any vegetarian to go hungry in Totnes. There is a marvellous veg sandwich shop called "Seeds" just down the road, a plethora of shops selling fair trade and green goods and then there is Willow, a super cafe with friendly staff and a beautiful garden to sit and eat in when the sun shines. Good food too and, despite what someone has suggested below, not expensive compared with the rest of Devon at all.

Pros: Tasty, Lovely surroundings, In a lovely town

trilliumforest

Points +13

Vegetarian
31 Jul 2007

Shabby Chic & Wholesome

I first visited the Willow in Totnes, Devon in June 2007 with some friends who were regulars. I'm really fussy about hygeine and I like my food to be 'homemade', tasty and unique. I genuinely enjoyed the Willow and have since been back several times. They always have lots of wholesome, earthy treats on offer both sweet and savory and there is an emphasis on organic produce in most things, which is a plus. The decor is that of a comfortable, competant and chic surf shack, so the walls are clad with wood and displays of local artworks decorate the walls. Caters to dreadlocked hippy types to squeaky clean big city palates so all vegans/vegetarians or curious carnivores should like this casual eatery.

Pros: Interesting dishes, Proper homemade cakes, Emphasis on organic

Cons: Can get crowded at times, The loo is tiny and pokey




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