Vegetarian
152-154 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3AT
Latest critic review: February 08, 2009
Eco friendly food in the city
No the name doesn't refer to the restaurant's location (it's actually in the city rather than Saf London) but to the Turkish word for pure. It's easy to say that Saf is a raw food restaurant, but in fact most of the food is either raw or cooked at under 48 degrees celsius. Certainly this is the kind of stuff you probably can't make at home.
Critic Reviews
Lucas Hollweg Sunday Times
Reviewed on February 08, 2009
"If Saf wants to show the world that raw vegan food can be adapted to serious dining, its ravioli and caviar are a persuasive argument." READ REVIEW
Mark Bolland ES Magazine
Reviewed on September 01, 2008
"I was expecting the food to be interesting: what I wasn’t expecting was to be spoilt for choice. Amazingly I found that I wanted to eat almost everything on the menu." READ REVIEW
"The most complex flavour came from some smoked fresh tofu glazed with green tea in the “Buddha bowl” (£9.50), which got closest to the taste of the meat-searing “maillard reaction” that stirs the atavistic yearnings, and gives actual pleasure." READ REVIEW
"Richard & Peter" Harden's
Reviewed on August 12, 2008
"So, all-in-all, this turned out to be a thoroughly good – if not particularly inexpensive – canteen-style restaurant, with one rather important proviso – you must like undercooked vegan food." READ REVIEW
"Regardless, the point is not whether they should have added meat, but rather whether this is as good as vegan food can get. I don't think it is." READ REVIEW
Marina O'Loughlin Metro
Reviewed on June 17, 2008
"But overall, I like it - a testament to its sophistication - the glam cocktail bar dishing out some seriously glorious organic cocktails such as my jasmine pearl Martini, the slick design, the mostly gorgeous staff - and the fact that the food is taken seriously." READ REVIEW
Jay Rayner Observer
Reviewed on June 08, 2008
"A lasagne was, of course, nothing of the sort. It was a pile of overchopped, overacidulated vegetables pressed into one of those cheffy metal rings so it looked snazzy." READ REVIEW
"If this sort of thing is your bag - and, yes, Paul McCartney and Gwyneth, I am talking to you - you won't find it done with more technical adroitness and imagination elsewhere." READ REVIEW
Guy Dimond Time Out
Reviewed on May 15, 2008
"Saf sets new standards for vegan and raw food restaurants." READ REVIEW
Fay Maschler Evening Standard
Reviewed on April 30, 2008
"...gastronomically speaking, the problem with Saf is — as my young friend might have put it — that it is just a bit vegan diet." READ REVIEW
Dos Hermanos Dos Hermanos
Reviewed on April 18, 2008
"I might visit the bar at SAF again but I’m not sure I’d eat there. In fact, the only reason I visited in the first place was because the large list of cocktails caught my eye." READ REVIEW
