Gauthier Soho in City of London

Incredible food, wonderful service and a lovely environment. We celebrated a birthday and they made this special effort.Ignore all the low star reviews, they’re written by carnivores who refuse to admit that vegan food is amazing. Be open, look into the dishes and enjoy the flavoursome experience. Will absolutely be returning.

A spectacular experience. We've visited Gauthier for their special Valentine's Day tasting menu. The only upper-class vegan restaurant I've been to. Dishes were all incredible, and I'm looking forward to my next visit.

I am a long-standing Gauthier returnee since about 2013 and consider it a 5star restaurant. I’ve always loved coming back to such a pleasant and comfortable dining room. Food was great, first time on the vegan menu and the food was great. To be honest I’m never going to be a total vegan convert but could eat the Truffle Noire all day long. Service was a bit messy/slow today. Probably covid related and thus forgivable. Sadly the unforgivable sin here was serving food on consumer ceramics. Being delivered a ‘best of vegan’ dish on a H&M or Steelite ceramic is not going to go un-noticed. It is substandard and embarrassing. Please, please don’t think people won’t notice. Attention to every single detail matters. It was immediately noticeable that the food was being served on mass produced ceramics and in my eye, it is 50% horrifying and 50% heartbreaking. London is full of wonderful ceramic artists and Gauthier should invest in better tableware. It’s not nice to eat out but know you have better ceramics at home. I will attach photos, not to be nasty but just to provide evidence and to prove my point. I hope that Gauthier will give this stuff to charity and invest in the phenomenal ceramic artists in London to make their food stand out even more.

Given the chef's reputation and passion for vegan food, I was expecting a lot from the food here, but was left very disappointed. I've had much better vegan tasting menus even at non-vegan restaurants. Other than the food, staff were very friendly and the room had a nice ambience.

Food quality varies a lot depending on dishes - some were amazing, some were just okay. Expectation was high so a bit disappointed. Intimate atmosphere, good service.

This restaurant has a Tasting menu that changes every season, with wonderful staff that talk you through every course. You can enjoy accompanying wines with every dish, or just order as you go.This is one of the best dining experiences I’ve ever had.

Was expecting much better quality of food and service.Some of the dishes were just wrong. The best part was the bread. Everything else could be executed much better.The ambiance, the service were way below expectations.

We had a really lovely meal here. We had the set menu. The food was delicious and a good amount for a light dinner, and all vegan! The wine pairings were excellent and our server was friendly and attentive.I can recommend the oat milk cappuccino, one of the best I've had!I would definitely recommend this restaurant if you wanted to treat yourself to a nice meal out.

Loved the experience. High end gourmet food and loved the fact that it was all vegan! The presentation was spectacular. I'm still dreaming about the truffle pasta, yummy. And the wine was very good. Service was quiet, but good. To be honest, I would have loved it to have been a smaller meal as I didn't do any justice to the last few courses. It was simply too much to eat. In all they had 10-11 courses!My one annoyance was the waitress handing the menu to my husband when I asked to look at the wine menu. Come on- it's the 21st century and I paid for the meal!

Very disappointing all round.I’ve been so impressed by the Chef before lockdown. Delicious appealing dishes full of flavour.We chose not to have alcohol so we could fully taste the food.His vegan menu selection I thought unappealing and far too light for grown up diners who need proper protein balanced vegan food.To enjoy food I need enticing aromas rising from each dish. There were none.I’m not a vegan as I’m 75 and observe that nutritionists advise me to include some animal protein including red meat to provide me with essential nutrients.But I enjoy vegan food… when it’s flavoursome and has gorgeous aromas.. think hot freshly roasted crispy skin of chicken/duck/potatoes/roast onion.I cannot recommend the current menu.Leaving this aside, why is it some French waiters put down their diners? They’ve a reputation for arrogance they deserve on the evidence of my experience here. Most uncomfortable.So all together for the reasons I’ve explained I cannot recommend this restaurant.CH