I remember the days when Café Rouge had no vegetarian options; none being, maybe one.
However, these days they have at least two, if not more in each section of the menu. Pretty handy to know considering that there is at least one Café Rouge in most UK cities.
I tend to go for the Blanquette de Légumes; it's not mind blowing but it makes me feel healthy, and for people on the endo-nutrition plan (like myself), it covers most of the requirements, bar the alcohol and diary, but you can ask for it served without that if you want...I don't, because I don't follow it strictly.
Snooty ordered the same dish and she found it to be equally sufficient, albeit she was marginally snootier about it...if anything can be snootier than calling something, sufficient.
I should also mention that Jiggly ordered the Salmon fishcakes; her view on the food was similar to that mentioned above.
I know that the décor of Café Rouge is based on the cafés in France; clean, crisp, comfortable, good coffee, a bar...pretty much a place that you could live in. Café Rouge Mailbox achieved this, most others do not. I usually find them to be dingy and not dissimilar to the inside of a toilet - you know, the old white tiled toilets found in public places in the UK. Café Rouge Mailbox avoided this feeling, so well done to them.
What they did do wrong was employ a very sweet, but very confused waitress.
Price: Approx. £48.00 for 2 x juice, 3 x mains, 1 x side, 2 x tea and small desert, 1 x hot drink and service charge
Veggie Friendly: 3/5
Food: 3/5
Service: 2/5
Atmosphere: 3/5 (for The Mailbox branch, alone)
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