The Gate, Hammersmith, London

Finding The Gate is like coming across a treasure you don’t know you are looking for. The food was delicious and I’m not even near being vegetarian but it was absolutely amazing food, with what you can tell is a carefully hand-picked wine list and a very interesting menu as well, the place has got a tremendous, buzzing atmosphere and unpretentious character and a friendly and likeable staff. This place is a well kept treasure for the locals and the regulars, they also have a beautiful terrace for those hot summer days which is real pleasure to have a table on. Enough talk, just go.

What a delightful place with brilliant food and attentive wait staff. I was so pleasantly surprised regarding this place, a tad difficult to find on the first visit - I now know how to find my way there for my repeat dining experiences.

The food is just amazing and presented so well, exceeding my expectations.

The space is nice also, not designed but comfortable, I imagine on a summer’s eve how lovely it could be.

I recommend this restaurant, as a semi vegetarian (if it’s in the sea, i’ll eat it!) - it was easy for my guest to eat from the menu and he is a serious meat eater!..

I don’t think anyone could be disappointed at The Gate and will take my partner there this week after pay day for sure!!

Went here for a company meal quite a while back, with a little trepidation (vegetarian). However, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food, and the delicious nature of vittles without meat.

It never ceases to amaze me how many nice restaurants are available in Hammersmith - you just have to know where to look. This is a very good example of one tucked away in a not very nice location, but drawing a great deal of trade through its fantastic reputation.

If you find yourself in Hammersmith, with the wind blowing in your hair and a plate of vegetables in front of you, do not worry, for you are already dead and are in vegetarian alyseum.

It’s a pleasant surprise tucked away in the pretty grim part of Hammersmith, Nice little patio for the summer. It’s a really cool little place offering vegetarian fine dining. The dishes are very well presented and scrumpious. I would recommend it to even the most ardent meat lovers.

The Gate is a real treat for vegetarians - and offers an upscale dining experience, which is also totally quirky as it’s behind a church hall. You have to use the church hall loos, and the whole thing is secretively hidden away behind a church wall somewhere off Queen Caroline street. But the space is great, the food was fantastic and I can highly recommend it for a nice treat of an evening.

I have only eaten here once (so far) but I absolutely want to sample the excellent food again. We went for my husbands 50th birthday meal with his family - none of them are veggie, although we are long-time veggies. We were a bit wary about trying a place sight-unseen (we live in Cumbria, chose Gate because it’s near sister-in-law) but were delighted with our meal. Tempting choices at every course, and when the food arrived we were all immensely impressed - perfect combinations of flavours, beautifully seasoned and presented. Every course was excellent, and the wine list was very good too - we sampled severel different bottles, all very enjoyable. The staff were friendly and helpful, nothing was too much trouble. Very highly recommended.

I’ve been a regular at The Gate for over ten years now and it never fails to disappoint. As another reviewer pointed out it’s very much at the “fine dining” end of the vegetarian restaurant scene & I’ve taken many non-vegetarian friends there and they’ve loved every minute of the experience. For those not in west London possibly not the easiest place to get to, but definitely worth the journey.

This is a wonderful vegetarian restaurant and ideal if you prefer the “fine dining” experience to “boho chic”.

The food we had was delicious and gorgeously presented only spoilt a little when halfway though the kitchen staff decided to turn up the volume on their tinny radio.

It is to the credit of the waiting staff that when we mentioned it to them it was promptly dealt with.

The dessert didn’t disappoint either a lovely evening was had and would defiantly go again.

The vegetables get up and dance right off the plate - simply I have never eaten such skillfully crafted vegetarian food. My family’s conversations switched predominantly to groans of appreciation as each wondrous course came out. Even my meat loving father didn’t bemoan the lack of flesh.

They charge a “cake fee” if you want to bring out your own cake to celebrate a birthday, which felt a little tight, but other wise the service was immaculate, the wine list decent and the food sublime.

The perfect vegetarian restaurant. It makes a change from the more bohemian places to eat. Get dressed up and enjoy vegetarian food at it’s best. Highly recommended.

I’m not surprised I couldn’t find this when I first searched Qype. I was kind of tempted to keep it a secret too since it is one of my favourite restaurants ever. And I’m not even a vegetarian.

It’s tucked away not far from the Apollo, so you’d have to know it was there to find it. Once you arrive you may find yourself eating in either the courtyard or the attic overlooking it. Either way, you sure as Hell don’t feel like your in Hammersmith any more, Toto.

You’ll have to book ahead as every table is usually full of very smug looking people who have found the place.

The service is just right and it makes for the kind of evening one would wish for a great birthday meal for someone special.

Sometimes the food might be considered complicated or a bit pretentious. Yes, it is. But it is also absolutely wonderful.

Welcome to veggie Heaven.