Good Vegetarian Pub Food

[Christina]

Hi. Can anyone tell me where to get decent vegetarian (or regular for that matter) pub food in St Andrews? Used to live in Aberdeen, and it's one of the things I miss the most...

[threekings]

Quoting Christina from 22:20, 9th Apr 2007
Hi. Can anyone tell me where to get decent vegetarian (or regular for that matter) pub food in St Andrews? Used to live in Aberdeen, and it's one of the things I miss the most...

decent vegetarian food - oxymoron

[murderotica]

the Japanese restaurant, L'orient has vegetarian bento boxes which are great! also the veggie burger at drouthy's is pretty good as you can have practically anything on it you want

[ljrmorgan]

The Raisin do a beer and burger offer, the sicy bean burger isn't too bad.

[Senethro]

Quoting murderotica from 23:47, 9th Apr 2007
the Japanese restaurant, L'orient has vegetarian bento boxes which are great! also the veggie burger at drouthy's is pretty good as you can have practically anything on it you want

We have a Japanese restaurant?

[Steveo]

Yes, where the Riever used to be.

If you go vegetarian, you have to accept the consequences of your actions and accept the sub-par offerings.

You can't have your cake and eat it. Unless it's a meat cake, of course.

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Get off my internet.

[skip]

Aikman's/Cellar has some good options, can't remember them off hand, but I've always eaten well when I've been in there. Plenty of choice as well, even for a veggie like myself.

Drouthy's, Raisin, Central all do different types of burger if I remember right

And there's always nachos at the Whey Pat or Beanscene

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Not sure where is good - but I do know that 1 Golf Place is best avoided if you're a veggie.

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Mmmmmmm, cake.
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[Superiorjames]

Quoting Dave the Explosive Newt from 11:54, 10th Apr 2007
Not sure where is good - but I do know that 1 Golf Place is best avoided if you're a veggie.

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Mmmmmmm, cake.
http://standrews.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37102114

1 Golf Place is best avoided even if you aren't a veggie.

[KateBush]

I used to eat well in Drouthies but I gather it's been taken over by new folks. The Oak Rooms is a bit upmarket but they do lovely Risottos and things like that.

What St Andrews really needs is a Wetherspoons pub!

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Intelligence can leap the hurdles which nature has set before us- Livy

[rob 'f*ck off' wine boy]

As far as I'm aware, the North Point, the Westport, Drouthy's, The Grill House, and Nahm Jim all offer decent fare for vegetarians. At least, I could manage to eat it without rushing to the nearest farm in order to incinerate cow.

[exnihilo]

Quoting KateBush from 14:25, 10th Apr 2007
What St Andrews really needs is a Wetherspoons pub!

What everywhere with any character needs is more soulless chains.

[fluffy]

its a bit rubbish in st and for veggies.. usually only one or two options. the oak rooms makes lovely food though, and you can get it for about 6 quid. amazing pastas and stuff. also bella italia.

[Bryn]

Quoting Steveo from 10:14, 10th Apr 2007If you go vegetarian, you have to accept the consequences of your actions and accept the sub-par offerings.

Why should you? In my experience, vegetarians are usually much more interesting/adventurous cooks than everyone else, I think because a lot of people are stuck on the idea that a meal is "meat and veg" and think a vegetarian meal thus has to have something substituted for the meat. This, of course, is bollocks, but it does lead to a lot of meat-eaters being poor vegetarian chefs.

[Christina]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. Just to push the question even further....Is there anywhere to get a veggie cooked breakfast? You know...like a 'traditional' one?

[ribs]

Quoting Christina from 18:09, 10th Apr 2007
Thanks for all of the suggestions. Just to push the question even further....Is there anywhere to get a veggie cooked breakfast? You know...like a 'traditional' one?

The Vic used to do a good one - I presume it still does. Lots of tasty veggie sausages, beans, egg, mushroom etc.

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"It's hard to be modest when you're as good as I am"
Muhammad Ali

[The Bitter Historian]

Beatons does a good veggie all-day breakfast - at a cheap price too, if memeory serves me at all.

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[exnihilo]

Quoting Bryn from 17:19, 10th Apr 2007

Quoting Steveo from 10:14, 10th Apr 2007If you go vegetarian, you have to accept the consequences of your actions and accept the sub-par offerings.

Why should you? In my experience, vegetarians are usually much more interesting/adventurous cooks than everyone else.

Why should you? Because you're a small minority, not everywhere is going to cater for you, and not everywhere is going to cater for you to the highest of standards. As for the second part, pah, adventurous? Hardly.

[tuck]

oh for goodness sake - isn't it about time people just grew up and let vegetarians and vegans get on with it. None of them are doing any harm so stop trying to prevent them from doing what means a lot to them by attempting to sabotage their every move. Whether or not you like the food is a whole other matter and you are not being asked whether you do or not.
Stop trying to be so damn political - St Andrews has room for anyone from any persuasion.

Quoting threekings from 23:16, 9th Apr 2007

Quoting Christina from 22:20, 9th Apr 2007
Hi. Can anyone tell me where to get decent vegetarian (or regular for that matter) pub food in St Andrews? Used to live in Aberdeen, and it's one of the things I miss the most...

decent vegetarian food - oxymoron

[rob 'f*ck off' wine boy]

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