Cafe Sorgenfri, Bryggetorget 4, 0250 Oslo, Norway

If you want to brave something other than American pizza in Norway, then you can try Cafe Sorgenfri. It is located in a shopping district known as Aker Brygge. Aker Brygge is by the water and kind of looks a little bit like Liverpool - kind of. 

Lets start with the best and work backwards:

- The service was excellent. Our waitress was knowledgeable, friendly and provided alternative suggestions in areas where the menu lacked veggie friendliness. 

- The food was tasty, albeit a bit on the salty side. 

- The menu had one '100% vegetarian' option in the mains which was a tasty and hearty lasagne. No chance of a vegetarian starter so we ordered a cheese board to share instead (recommendation of the waitress). 

- When seated, at eye level the restaurant is decorated beautifully: candles, dark woods, a mixture of booths and table, hearths, fireplaces etc. but...

- When you start to look around, especially at the ceiling, it's filled with...erm...stuff. I'm not quite sure if antiques is the right word. It's not the wrong word but it doesn't fully capture everything that's rammed into the place. I'm talking old rocking horses, pictures of people no-one knows, model aircraft from years gone by. I know what you're thinking: that sounds cool...and it was, if the journey into other people's past had stopped there, but it didn't. There were old manikins dressed in various things - some just heads, some heads and shoulders and some heads, shoulders and more. I found that a little creepy. I tell a lie, I found it distractingly disconcerting. So much so, that The Husband, kept saying 'it's ok if we just don't look up'. Come on - that's a line from a horror movie...or some kind of thriller at the very least!

I'm not sure how to finish so I'll go with: The Husband ordered the halibut and really enjoyed it. Plus, Cafe Sorgenfri is best know for it's traditional Danish lunches.+

Price: Approx. 800 NOK (~£100.00) for 1 x glass of wine, 1 x beer, 1 x sharing cheese plate, 2 x main, 2 x dessert and service charge. 

Veggie Friendly: 2/5

Food: 3.5/5

Service: 5/5

Atmosphere: 2/5

The Greenhouse, 27a Hay's Mews, Mayfair, London, W1J 5NY

For a vegetarian, eating at The Greenhouse is like going on a good blind date: You have no idea what you're going to get, but it turns out to be a good evening. The only problem with that is, I have spent my life saying no to blind dates because I like to have some idea of what is on the menu.

Plus, it's kind of hard to order off a menu...that doesn't exist. That's right, there is no menu for us Veggies. Instead, we're told that they can cook us anything...anything! Maybe I should have tested this by asking for an exact replica of my mum's peas and paneer curry - bet they couldn't produce that!

Ok, I know, endless choice sounds amazing but in practice, having nothing to reign in my overactive brain was one heck of a burden so I just asked them to give me a vegetarian version of the tasting menu. This still meant that I didn't know what I was getting, but at least now it was the kitchens job to decide.

Did I mention that the vegetarian tasting menu is the same price as the meat feast version?

What? Why are you so surprised? Have you never seen yam priced the same as the best cut of beef? Clearly, you must mingle with the commoners if you haven't...OK, so I took a portion of that line from The Lion King.

Whine out of the way, the food at The Greenhouse is delicious. So delicious, that my aubergine hating Husband (the artist formerly known as Fiance) actually enjoyed eating a course that was aubergine rich. 

For younger people (I think I'm still in this category), this restaurant attracts an older crowd. By older I mean richer. Seriously, it's like playing a game of lawn bowls...surrounded by the finest garments and clothing...in the world. 

So veggies, the only question you need to answer is: Is good food worth high prices and no menu to reign yourselves in?  


Price: Approximately £300.00 for 1 x bottle of red, 2 x glass of dessert wine, 2 x 7 course tasting menu and service charge. 
Veggie Friendly: 2.5/5 - I'm going to have to go with straight down the middle. Yes, they produced the goods, but I'd really rather have a menu
Food: 5/5 
Service: 10/5 - seriously 
Atmosphere: Under 40s: 3/5. Over 40s: 5/5