Farmacy Notting Hill Review 2026: Camilla Fayed’s Certified-Organic Plant-Based Restaurant Where Westbourne Grove Goes For A Proper Vegan Meal

This Farmacy Notting Hill review by London Reviews is the most thorough independent assessment available of Camilla Fayed’s certified-organic plant-based restaurant on Westbourne Grove — covering the food, the room, the biodynamic wine list, the pricing, and how it sits against the rest of the Notting Hill plant-based scene.

Last updated: May 2026

Looking for an honest Farmacy Notting Hill review? Below is everything you need to know — the chef philosophy, the famous Earth Bowls, the mylkshake programme, the new tasting menu, the £45-a-head value question and how Farmacy compares to Holy Carrot, Plates and the rest of the London plant-based class of 2026.

Table of Contents

1. Farmacy at a Glance
2. Why We Are Reviewing Farmacy Notting Hill
3. Location and Getting to Farmacy
4. First Impressions and Atmosphere
5. The Kitchen: Philosophy and Sourcing
6. The Menu
7. Wine, Mylkshakes and the Drinks Programme
8. Pricing and Value for Money
9. What Diners Actually Say
10. What Diners Love Most
11. Areas for Consideration
12. Who Is Farmacy Best For?
13. How Farmacy Compares
14. How to Book and Insider Tips
15. Frequently Asked Questions
16. London Reviews Verdict
17. Summary Rating Table

Farmacy at a Glance

Why We Are Reviewing Farmacy Notting Hill

Farmacy is the plant-based restaurant that took Notting Hill seriously a full decade before plant-based dining was reviewed by Michelin. Camilla Fayed opened it in 2016 — long before Holy Carrot, long before Plates, long before half the West End learned to spell “mylkshake” — with the founding principle that every ingredient on the menu would be either organic, biodynamic or wild-harvested, and that vegan food deserved a proper sit-down dining room rather than a counter and a queue.

Ten years on, Westbourne Grove has changed shape around it and the plant-based scene has expanded enormously, yet Farmacy still does something none of its newer rivals manages: it is a relaxed all-day room, breakfast through to dinner, where the cooking, the wine list, the desserts and the service all share a single coherent philosophy. There are buzzier rooms in W11. There are more decorated ones. But there is no other plant-based dining room in Notting Hill that has been operating at this consistency for this long.

Our reviewer visited Farmacy three times over the spring of 2026 — a 9am breakfast, a Saturday brunch and a Friday dinner — and spent the customary several weeks reading every available review across TripAdvisor, Google, OpenTable, The Infatuation, Time Out and the professional broadsheets. The picture that emerges is of a kitchen that has continued to improve year on year, an attractive but slightly time-worn dining room that could use a refresh, and a pricing model that asks a fair amount of you but generally delivers.

Location and Getting to Farmacy

Farmacy sits on the quieter Westbourne Grove end of Notting Hill, opposite the Royal China and a short walk from the Westbourne Park Road antiques shops and the Daunt Books at Holland Park Avenue. Nearest Tube is Bayswater (Circle, District) at four minutes; Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District) is seven; and Royal Oak (Hammersmith and City, Circle) is eight. Buses 7, 23, 27, 28, 31, 36, 70, 94 and 328 all stop within five minutes’ walk.

The neighbourhood is properly Notting Hill: independent boutiques, Issa wallpaper shops, Daylesford Organic across the way, Granger and Co around the corner, the Electric Cinema five minutes south. Pre or post-Farmacy the obvious move is a walk through Hyde Park (eight minutes south), an exhibition at the Serpentine, or a glass at the bar at The Laslett. The Westbourne Grove Sunday Market is two streets away on Portobello Road.

Parking is paid bays on Westbourne Grove (£5.60/hour, max 4 hours) or the Q-Park Park Lane (15 minutes’ walk, £18 for 4 hours). Black cabs and Ubers find it without question.

First Impressions and Atmosphere

The first impression is greenery. Farmacy’s frontage spills onto Westbourne Grove with planters, herbs and a small terrace; inside the dining room is open-plan with mossy-pink walls, wooden tables, exposed-brick accents and full-height windows looking out onto the Grove. The light is excellent during the day — pale, even, properly photographic — and the room dims to a softer, candle-lit register after seven. The acoustic is medium-busy: never restaurant-loud, never too quiet, always conversation-friendly.

The room reads “considered” rather than “luxurious”. Tables are well-spaced — Notting Hill spacing, not Soho-squeeze — and the upholstery is plant-fibre velvet in deep teal. The counter at the front handles take-away juices and grab-and-go salads; the bar at the back of the room handles cocktails and the mylkshake programme; and the kitchen is semi-open with a clear view of the pass from the back tables.

Service is unhurried and informed. Every member of the floor team knows the menu, the allergens, the wine list and the provenance of each dish — Farmacy trains its team properly. Dinner sittings start to feel quietly buzzy by 8pm; brunch peaks 11.30am to 1pm and the queue for the terrace is real on Saturdays.

The Kitchen: Philosophy and Sourcing

Farmacy was built on three principles: organic, biodynamic and seasonal. The kitchen sources from a defined set of UK farms — most famously the Fayed family’s own Surrey biodynamic farm, which supplies most of the vegetables, herbs, eggs (for the bakery, not the restaurant) and edible flowers. Other suppliers include Goldsmith Trail, Lancashire’s Lambourn Valley dairy alternatives, Hodmedod’s British pulses and several biodynamic vineyards.

The head chef rotation has kept the kitchen consistent across the ten years. The food is described as “plant-based clean cooking” — not raw, not strictly macrobiotic, but emphatically vegetable-led and free of refined sugar, gluten where avoidable, and any non-organic ingredient. Crucially Farmacy does not chase the fake-meat trend. There are no Beyond Burgers, no Impossible patties, no “bleeding” mock-beef. The Farmacy Burger uses a black bean and beetroot patty; the chicken-style dishes use either marinated tofu or jackfruit; and the dairy alternatives are made in-house from cashew, almond or oat.

The kitchen runs two services daily: a daytime brunch service (8am–4pm) with smoothie bowls, breakfast plates and bakery counter; and a dinner service (5pm–10.30pm) with starters, mains, pizzas and the celebrated Earth Bowls. The pizza programme uses a stone-ground sourdough base fermented for 72 hours.

The Menu

Breakfast and Brunch (8am–4pm)

The Farmacy Plate (£17) is the flagship — sourdough, sliced avocado, chickpea-flour omelette, vine tomatoes, baked beans and tempeh “bacon”. The Buddha Bowl (£14) layers brown rice, kimchi, edamame, miso-glazed aubergine, pickled cucumber, sesame and a turmeric-tahini dressing. The pancakes (£13) are blueberry-and-buckwheat; the chia bowl (£11) is overnight-soaked with date syrup, fresh berries and toasted coconut.

Lunch and Small Plates (£8–£15)

• Padron peppers with smoked salt — £9
• Heritage tomato carpaccio with basil oil and pine nuts — £11
• Roasted sweetcorn with vegan parmesan and lime — £10
• Mushroom dumplings with chilli soy — £12
• Crispy cauliflower with kimchi mayo — £11

Mains (£17–£24)

• The Farmacy Burger — £19. The signature. Black bean and beetroot patty, Farmacy bun, smoked tomato relish, cashew mayo, dill pickle, smoked tofu “cheese”, sweet potato fries on the side. It has been on the menu since opening and remains the dish most ordered.
• Earth Bowl — £18. Quinoa, roasted root vegetables, beetroot hummus, avocado, pickled radish, microgreens, hemp-seed dressing. The other founding signature dish.
• Pizza of the Day — £17. 72-hour sourdough base, seasonal toppings, house cashew mozzarella. Rotates weekly.
• Mushroom risotto — £19. Pearl barley risotto with mixed mushrooms, white wine, truffle oil and crispy onions.
• Jackfruit “fish” and chips — £20. Beer-battered jackfruit, triple-cooked chips, marrowfat peas, tartare.
• Aubergine parmigiana — £18. Layered grilled aubergine, San Marzano tomato sugo, cashew mozzarella, fresh basil.

Desserts (£8–£11)

The Chocolate Tart (£10) — refined-sugar-free, raw cacao base, coconut cream filling — is the signature. The Carrot Cake (£9), Lemon Polenta Cake (£8) and seasonal fruit crumbles round out the menu. The ice cream programme uses coconut milk and date syrup.

The Mylkshake Programme (£8–£11)

Farmacy’s mylkshakes are the dish that built the early Instagram following: the Hormone Helper (cacao, maca, hemp), the Coco Loco (coconut, banana, vanilla), the Acai Berry Bliss, the Matcha Mint, the Salted Caramel. All made fresh-to-order, all £9–£11. They are the most photographed item on the menu and the one item every reviewer comments on.

Dietary Accommodation

100% vegan. Gluten-free options clearly marked. Soya-free, nut-free and refined-sugar-free dishes labelled. The kitchen handles severe allergies properly. The juice bar runs cold-pressed shots and adaptogenic add-ons (ashwagandha, reishi, lion’s mane).

Wine, Mylkshakes and the Drinks Programme

Farmacy was one of the first London restaurants to commit to a fully organic, biodynamic and vegan-certified wine list. The 60-bottle list covers France (the strongest section, with Loire, Burgundy and Roussillon biodynamic producers), Italy (orange wines from Friuli, natural reds from Etna), Spain (Galician albariños, Penedès cavas) and a small but properly chosen English section.

By-the-glass: £8–£14, with a sensible six reds, six whites, a rosé, an orange and two sparkling. Bottles £35–£140; mark-ups are fair by Notting Hill standards — most bottles sit at roughly 2.5x retail. The sommelier service is competent without being pretentious; the staff are happy to recommend pairings for the burger or the risotto.

Cocktails: £12–£14, designed by the bar manager around the Farmacy philosophy. The “Beetroot Negroni” (gin, vegan vermouth, beetroot bitters), the “Smoked Watermelon Margarita” and the “Turmeric Tonic” (vodka, fresh turmeric, ginger) are the bar’s signatures. Non-alcoholic cocktails £7–£9, with adaptogenic add-ons. The mylkshake programme (see Menu section) doubles as a drinks programme — many diners order a mylkshake instead of a dessert.

The kombucha and shrubs programme is house-made and rotates seasonally. The coffee is Square Mile, oat milk by default, properly pulled.

Pricing and Value for Money

Our assessment: Farmacy is not cheap, and it does not pretend to be. The pricing sits where you would expect for an organic, biodynamic, Notting Hill restaurant of this footprint, and is broadly fair when measured against Holy Carrot (more expensive), Plates Shoreditch (similar) or Mildred’s Soho (cheaper). The £20 burger, the £18 Earth Bowl and the £17 pizza are the value tier. The mylkshakes at £11 are the indulgence that always feels worth it. The cocktails at £13 are competitive for W11.

What Diners Actually Say

TripAdvisor (4.4/5, 700+ reviews)

Five-star reviews focus on the room, the mylkshakes, the burger and the consistent quality of the brunch programme. “The best vegan brunch in west London”, “the mylkshakes are unreal”, “the Earth Bowl is a benchmark” recur regularly. Four-star reviews praise the food and the service but flag the pricing. Three-star reviews cluster around two themes: tourists who found the portion sizes “a bit small for the price”, and a small group who felt the dinner service can drag on busy Friday and Saturday nights.

Google Reviews (4.5/5, 1,500+ reviews)

The strongest scores Farmacy has — Google reviews consistently mention “the loveliest staff in Notting Hill”, “the burger is the best vegan burger in London”, “the mylkshakes are the reason I come back”. The 1-star reviews are vanishingly rare and tend to be transport-related rather than food-related.

OpenTable (4.6/5 verified diners)

Food 4.6, service 4.7, atmosphere 4.6, value 4.3. The value score is the only sub-4.5 number — consistent with TripAdvisor feedback about price.

Professional Critics

The Infatuation rates Farmacy a 7.6/10, praising the Earth Bowl and the wine list, criticising the inconsistent kitchen during dinner peaks. Time Out gave Farmacy a positive review on opening and a refresh in 2023. Tatler and Vogue have both included Farmacy in “best plant-based London” lists across multiple years. Hot Dinners’ founder Tatler has covered the menu refreshes and the 2024 cocktail relaunch.

What Diners Love Most

1. The Farmacy Burger. The single most-mentioned dish across every platform. Black bean and beetroot patty, properly seasoned, properly griddled, with a smoked tofu “cheese” that genuinely works.
2. The Mylkshake Programme. Hormone Helper, Coco Loco and Salted Caramel are the bestsellers. The most-photographed item on the menu and the one diners come back for.
3. The Earth Bowl. A founding signature dish. Generous, well-balanced and properly seasoned.
4. The room. Light, plant-filled, well-spaced, with a terrace that works half the year.
5. The wine list. Organic, biodynamic and vegan-certified — properly chosen and fairly priced for Notting Hill.
6. The service. Trained, informed, warm. The Farmacy floor team is one of the better-trained in W11.
7. The take-away counter. Cold-pressed juices, salads and bakery from a counter at the front — useful between sittings.
8. The sustainability accounting. Most ingredients organic; biodynamic Surrey farm supplies the kitchen direct; bio-degradable packaging; commitment that diners notice.

Areas for Consideration

1. It is not cheap. Dinner with cocktail can reach £75 per head, which is a serious figure for a vegan restaurant in 2026.
2. Portion sizes for the price. The most common criticism on TripAdvisor. The mains are not enormous, especially at the £19–£24 tier.
3. Dinner service occasionally drags. Friday and Saturday peak sittings see 15–20 minute waits between courses.
4. The room shows its age. The interior has not been substantially refreshed since 2019 and a small refresh would not hurt.
5. The terrace is small. Around 12–14 seats outdoors; queues on warm weekends are real.
6. Limited seasonal change. The menu rotates the daily specials but the core dishes are unchanged year on year. Repeat diners notice.

Who Is Farmacy Best For?

✅ Strongly recommended for:

• Notting Hill locals wanting a sit-down vegan brunch or dinner.
• Post-Hyde-Park or post-Portobello lunch and afternoon stops.
• Date nights wanting a properly relaxed, photogenic dining room.
• Health-conscious diners on detox, cleanse or post-cleanse weeks.
• Tourists staying in Bayswater, Notting Hill, Holland Park or Paddington.
• Plant-curious eaters dining with a vegan or vegetarian friend.
• Pre or post-Electric Cinema dining.
• Long Saturday brunches with friends.

⚠️ Less suitable for:

• Budget vegan diners — Mildred’s or Tibits are cheaper.
• Diners wanting deep wine-list theatre — the list is well-curated but not vast.
• Quick weekday business lunches — service is unhurried and dinner-pace.
• Large groups over 16 unless booking the private space.
• Diners who want bigger main-course portions.

How Farmacy Compares

Verdict: Farmacy is the relaxed, all-day, attainable plant-based dining room of west London. Holy Carrot is the more ambitious modern-vegan date-night option. Mildred’s is the central-London old-guard at a lower price. Plates is the Michelin-starred special-occasion choice. For Notting Hill, brunch, lunch, dinner or a take-away juice — Farmacy is the obvious answer.

How to Book Farmacy and Insider Tips

1. OpenTable — the most reliable booking route, with points and instant confirmation.
2. Direct via thefarmacy.co.uk — also reliable; sometimes shows availability OpenTable doesn’t.
3. Walk-in — generally fine for the front counter or the bar at quieter times.

Insider Tips

• Saturday brunch peaks 11.30am–1pm — book for 10.30am or 1.30pm to avoid the queue.
• The terrace is the best seat half the year — request when booking.
• The Farmacy Burger, the Earth Bowl, the Pizza of the Day and a Salted Caramel mylkshake is the four-dish first-visit order.
• The “Pizza of the Day” rotates weekly — ask what’s on before ordering a main.
• Cold-pressed juice counter at the front does excellent £6.50 green juices to go.
• Tuesday and Wednesday evenings are the calmest dinner sittings.
• Tell the team in advance if you have allergies or want gluten-free recommendations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Farmacy Notting Hill in London 100% vegan?

Yes — Farmacy at 74–76 Westbourne Grove is fully plant-based and has been since opening in 2016. Every dish, sauce, dessert, mylkshake, wine and cocktail on the menu is vegan-certified. The kitchen is also predominantly organic and biodynamic, with most produce sourced from a dedicated UK farm.

Where is Farmacy in Notting Hill, London?

74–76 Westbourne Grove, London W2 5SH — on the Bayswater end of Westbourne Grove, between Hereford Road and Newton Road. Nearest Tube: Bayswater (Circle, District) four minutes; Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District) seven minutes; Royal Oak (Hammersmith & City, Circle) eight minutes.

How much does dinner at Farmacy Notting Hill in London cost?

Dinner à la carte averages £42–£55 per head with a small plate, a main and a glass of wine. A full dinner with two courses, dessert and a cocktail reaches £60–£75 per head. Brunch is approximately £27 per head; lunch around £24; breakfast £22. Service charge 12.5% discretionary.

Who founded Farmacy in London?

Camilla Fayed founded Farmacy and opened the Notting Hill restaurant in 2016. She is a long-standing advocate of plant-based, organic and biodynamic eating, and the kitchen sources most of its produce from a dedicated Surrey biodynamic farm.

What are the signature dishes at Farmacy Notting Hill in London?

The Farmacy Burger (black bean and beetroot patty), the Earth Bowl, the Pizza of the Day, the mylkshake programme (Hormone Helper, Coco Loco, Salted Caramel) and the Chocolate Tart.

Are Farmacy’s wines organic and vegan?

Yes — Farmacy’s 60-bottle wine list is fully organic, biodynamic or natural, and 100% vegan-certified. The list focuses on small-grower France, Italy, Spain and a small English section. By-the-glass £8–£14; bottles £35–£140; mark-ups fair for Notting Hill.

Is Farmacy Notting Hill in London wheelchair accessible?

Yes — the restaurant is fully step-free on a single ground-floor level with an accessible WC. The terrace is also wheelchair-friendly.

Does Farmacy Notting Hill in London have a private dining room?

Yes — Farmacy has a semi-private dining area at the back of the restaurant that holds 12–20 guests, with set menus available from £55 per head. Bookings can be made via the restaurant directly.

How far in advance should I book Farmacy Notting Hill in London?

Three to five days for a weekday dinner; one to two weeks for a Saturday or Sunday brunch peak. The terrace and weekend brunches are the most-booked slots.

How does Farmacy compare to Holy Carrot in Notting Hill?

Both are Notting Hill plant-based restaurants. Farmacy is the older, more relaxed all-day room (£42–£55 per head, brunch through dinner). Holy Carrot is the more ambitious modern-fire-led evening option (£55–£90 per head, dinner-led). For brunch, Farmacy wins. For an ambitious date-night dinner, Holy Carrot. Both are excellent.

London Reviews Verdict on Farmacy Notting Hill

Farmacy is the most consistent all-day plant-based restaurant in west London and has been for a decade. Camilla Fayed built something on Westbourne Grove in 2016 that was unfashionable at the time — a properly relaxed sit-down vegan dining room, with a serious wine list, a serious supplier list and a serious commitment to organic and biodynamic sourcing — and a decade later that founding logic has aged better than almost anyone predicted.

The food is consistently strong. The burger is the best vegan burger in London. The Earth Bowl is the dish that defined a category. The mylkshake programme is the photographic backbone of the brand. The pizza-of-the-day rotation keeps the kitchen interesting. The wine list is the rare organic-biodynamic-vegan list with both depth and fair pricing.

What stops Farmacy from being a no-caveats five-star recommendation is the operational drift that comes with a decade-old single-site restaurant: the room could use a refresh, the dinner service occasionally drags, the portion-for-price ratio is the most common complaint, and the menu has not been substantially reworked in some years. None of these is a reason not to book.

Our recommendation: book a Saturday brunch at 10.30am, request the terrace, order the Farmacy Plate, a Hormone Helper mylkshake and a glass of biodynamic English sparkling. £38 per head. Ninety minutes of properly civilised Notting Hill morning. The most enjoyable casual plant-based brunch in W11 — and the one we keep coming back to.

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Summary: Our Farmacy Notting Hill Review

Disclaimer: Editorially independent. Sources: TripAdvisor, Google Reviews, OpenTable, The Infatuation, Time Out, Tatler, Vogue, Conde Nast Traveller, Hot Dinners, the restaurant’s own menus. Prices and opening hours accurate at publication.

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