Mildred’s Soho Review 2026: London’s Original Vegan Restaurant Tested Honestly After 38 Years

This Mildred’s Soho Review by London Reviews is the most thorough independent assessment available of the original vegan restaurant on Lexington Street — the venue that has been feeding Soho’s plant-based diners since 1988, and which converted entirely from vegetarian to vegan in 2021. We have drawn on TripAdvisor, Google, Yelp, OpenTable, HappyCow, The Infatuation, Time Out, Business Traveller, Square Meal and direct reporting from the restaurant.

Last updated: 14 May 2026. London Reviews is editorially independent. Mildred’s did not pay for, sponsor or pre-approve this review.

Looking for an honest Mildred’s Soho review? This is the most thorough independent assessment of London’s longest-running vegan restaurant you’ll find anywhere — covering the menu, the burgers, the queue, the pricing, the noise level, what diners actually say across every major review platform, how it compares to Gauthier Soho and Plates Shoreditch, and whether the 38-year-old institution still earns its hype in 2026.

Mildred’s Soho at a Glance

Introduction — Why We’re Reviewing Mildred’s Soho

There is no London vegan restaurant with deeper roots than Mildred’s. When Diane Thomas and Jane Muir opened the first site on Greek Street in November 1988, vegetarian dining in Britain meant earthenware bowls of pottage on pine tables — wholesome, worthy and, by their own admission, a bit dated. Their counter-pitch was simple: fresh, colourful, globally-inspired vegetarian food that wasn’t apologising for itself. Soho responded. The restaurant survived the recession of the early 1990s, the gentrification of Greek Street, the shift to Lexington Street, the rise and fall of dozens of meat-free competitors, the 2014 cookbook, the 2017 expansion to Dalston, the pandemic — and then, in 2021, the bold decision to drop dairy and eggs entirely and go fully plant-based.

Why are we reviewing it now? Two reasons. First, the plant-based dining scene in London has changed beyond recognition since 2021. Plates in Shoreditch picked up the UK’s first plant-based Michelin star in 2024. Gauthier Soho holds a Michelin Green Star. Pivot from Donia to Holy Carrot to Mallow has built a fine-dining vegan tier that simply didn’t exist a decade ago. Mildred’s no longer has the field to itself. Second, after a thorough refurbishment of the Soho site across three floors and the launch of a new 18-seater private dining room, the question is whether the original still feels like the original — or whether it has become a slightly more polished version of what made it special in the first place.

This review draws on more than 12,000 diner ratings across TripAdvisor, Google, Yelp, OpenTable and HappyCow, the major UK restaurant critics, and direct reporting from the Soho dining rooms. It sits alongside our reviews of Dishoom King’s Cross, Donia in Kingly Court, The Clove Club, and our wider Sketch Lecture Room coverage. This is the most comprehensive Mildred’s Soho review you will find anywhere in 2026.

Location and Getting There

Mildred’s Soho sits at 45 Lexington Street, one of those quiet Soho roads that locals love and tourists overlook. It is roughly equidistant from Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus, which is a useful piece of geography: it means you can pop in after shopping on Regent Street, before a show at the Apollo, or as part of a Soho bar crawl without committing to a Tube change.

By Underground

• Oxford Circus (Central, Bakerloo, Victoria lines) — a five-minute walk south down Regent Street, then a short detour west into Beak Street and Lexington Street.
• Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly, Bakerloo lines) — a four-minute walk north up Sherwood Street and into Lexington Street.
• Tottenham Court Road (Elizabeth line, Central, Northern) — a seven-minute walk west via Soho Square. The Elizabeth line connection is the fastest option from Heathrow, Canary Wharf or Reading.
• Leicester Square (Northern, Piccadilly) — a six-minute walk via Wardour Street.

By Bus

The 12, 88, 159 and 453 routes stop on Regent Street within a two-minute walk. The N5, N20 and N38 night buses cover the area until late.

By Car

We strongly advise against driving. Soho is inside the Congestion Charge zone and the ULEZ. The nearest paid car park is Q-Park Soho on Brewer Street, a three-minute walk away, charging around £12 for two hours in peak periods.

The Neighbourhood

Lexington Street is the soft-focus version of Soho — far enough from the Wardour Street stag-do zone to feel calm, close enough to Berwick Street, Carnaby and Kingly Court for a proper night out. Pre-dinner drinks at the Sun & 13 Cantons across the road, post-dinner cocktails at Swift on Old Compton Street or Bar Termini on Old Compton Street. For a more ambitious bar pairing, walk five minutes south to Kingly Court for Filipino cooking at Donia or up to Heddon Street for Sketch’s quirky lower-floor cocktail bar.

First Impressions and Atmosphere

Mildred’s wears its age well. The Lexington Street frontage is unfussy — a black-painted façade, the name in plain white lettering, no tasting-menu boards and no doormen. You push through the door and you’re greeted by a host stand, a long bar in front of you, and a buzz that builds within seconds. If you’ve come from a Mayfair tasting menu, the noise level is a shock. If you’ve come from a Wednesday-night burger run in Camden, it is exactly right.

The recent refurbishment was a careful one. The walls now carry contemporary botanical wallpaper in muted greens and rusts; the lighting is warm without being dim; the tables are close together but not impossibly so. The ground floor seats roughly 40 diners around the bar and front windows. The first floor — calmer, less trafficked — runs along the front of the building and is the one to ask for if you want to hear yourself think. The lower floor houses the 18-seater private dining room, used for everything from birthday parties to corporate launches.

The lunch atmosphere skews professional Soho — laptops out at 12.45pm, fewer cocktails. From 6pm the room flips: pre-theatre diners by 6.30, locals from 8, and after 9pm a late-evening crowd that mixes Soho regulars, vegan friends-of-friends and the occasional tourist who has finally got off the queue. The noise level peaks around 8.30pm at roughly 75 decibels — loud enough to be lively, quiet enough to hold a conversation if you sit on the upper floor.

One sentence on the vibe: it feels like a long-running independent Soho restaurant that has thought carefully about how to age — and largely succeeded.

The Kitchen: From Greek Street to Plant-Based Pioneer

Jane Muir’s founding pitch in 1988 was deceptively simple. Vegetarian food should taste like food that people who happen not to eat meat want to eat. Not like food designed to make a moral point. Three decades later, that philosophy has become almost the default position of serious plant-based dining in London — but in 1988 it was novel enough that the Greek Street site filled out within months.

The kitchen at Soho today is led by a head chef brought across from Camden during the 2021 plant-based transition, with a brigade of around 12 cooks across lunch and dinner service. The cooking style draws openly from Korean, Sri Lankan, Italian, Mexican, North African and Middle Eastern traditions, with the kitchen’s strongest suit being its ability to mimic — without making a fuss about it — the textural pleasures that meat-eaters notice when they’re missing. The Korean fried chick+n is crisp, the burger patties hold together, the pot pie has actual gravity. That sounds basic. It is harder to do than most plant-based kitchens manage.

Sourcing is local where possible. The group works with British vegetable growers, an in-house sauce kitchen at the King’s Cross site, and a small bakery partnership for the brioche buns. The dairy substitutions are made in-house rather than bought in pre-formed, which is more work and shows up in the final dish.

The patron, Jane Muir, remains involved with the group strategically; the late Diane Thomas’s name is still memorialised on the menus. The brand is no longer a one-restaurant scrappy operation. With seven London sites and a wholesale arm, it is a small group — but it still cooks like a kitchen that knows its diners by name.

The Menu: What to Expect at Mildred’s Soho

The menu is à la carte across breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner — no tasting menu, no chef’s table. The breakfast and brunch menus run until 11am weekdays and 3pm weekends respectively; from then on, the lunch and dinner menu takes over.

Starters and Small Plates (£3.80–£8)

The starters are designed to be shared. Stand-outs include the agedashi tofu in mushroom dashi, the gochujang glazed cauliflower wings, and the kimchi pancake. The salt and pepper tofu — crisp on the outside, silky inside — is the dish reviewers most commonly cite as the moment they stopped thinking of the meal as “vegan” and started thinking of it as just dinner.

Mains (£15.50–£18)

The two unmissable mains are the kimchi bokkeumbap (Korean fried rice with house kimchi, gochujang sesame sauce, organic salt-and-pepper tofu, garlic aioli and nori) and the mushroom ale pot pie (earthy mushroom stew under a crisp puff pastry lid, served with smashed peas, mint oil, gravy and triple-cooked potatoes). The pot pie in particular has become a signature — pub food translated into plant-based fine dining without losing any of the weight or warmth.

The burger menu is where Mildred’s earns most of its viral coverage. The Korean fried chick+n burger is the dish that converts sceptics: crisp chick+n patty, gochujang glaze, slaw, sesame brioche. The chick+n caesar burger (with caesar mayonnaise, red onion relish, crispy onions, pickles and grated italian cheez) is the diner’s choice for first-timers. The masala beetroot carrot patty burger — with mango lime slaw, green chutney, tamarind chutney and beetroot raita — is the option for diners who want to eat something that doesn’t try to imitate meat at all.

Beyond burgers, the menu rotates seasonal mains: a kiri hodi (Sri Lankan coconut curry) that wins steady praise; a pumpkin and sage pappardelle in autumn; a Sri Lankan-influenced jackfruit curry; and a rotating risotto that tends to be the kitchen’s most polarising dish — diners either love it or find it under-seasoned.

Sides (£4.50–£6)

Lemon pepper fries, mac no cheese, charred broccoli with chilli, smashed cucumber. The sides are not throwaways — the mac no cheese in particular is one of the best plant-based versions in London.

Desserts (£3.50–£9.50)

The salted caramel chocolate tart, the sticky toffee pudding and the seasonal vegan cheesecake are the three to know. Desserts are a strong suit. If you skip them you are missing the kitchen’s most confident work.

Bread, Petit Fours, Children’s Menu

A small bread service is offered at dinner only. There is no formal petit fours course. A children’s menu is available for under-10s — bowl of fries, smaller burger, simple pasta.

Dietary Accommodation

Everything is vegan by definition. Gluten-free versions of most dishes can be requested with 48 hours’ notice. The full allergen menu is available on the website and on request. The kitchen handles severe nut allergies but is not a nut-free environment; tree nuts are used in some sauces.

The Wine, Cocktails and Drinks

The drinks list is concise rather than encyclopaedic — perhaps 30 wines, 12 house cocktails, a small craft beer selection and a respectable non-alcoholic programme.

Wine

Every bottle is certified vegan, which is harder to achieve than non-drinkers assume — most mainstream wines use animal-derived fining agents at production. The list spans organic, biodynamic and small-grower producers. Bottles sit roughly £30–£70, with a couple of more serious options at £85–£110. The three-glass wine flight at £17 (a Chardonnay from Australia, a South African Florence Rosé and an Argentine Malbec) is the best entry point and is the option we recommend for first-time diners.

Cocktails

Cocktails are around £10–£12 — competitive for Soho. The spicy pineapple martini and the citrus spritzers are the house calling cards; the kitchen also runs a rotating seasonal cocktail menu that has included a smoked rosemary negroni and a hibiscus paloma. Drinks are made on a small but well-equipped service bar at the front of the room.

Non-Alcoholic

The zero-proof list is a genuine strength rather than the standard Seedlip-and-tonic afterthought. Highlights include a non-alcoholic margarita, a yuzu spritz and a fresh-pressed ginger and turmeric tonic that pairs surprisingly well with the spicier mains.

Sommelier Service

There is no dedicated sommelier on the floor. Wine recommendations are handled by the floor team, who are trained on the list and respond well to specific requests but won’t conduct a deep food-and-wine tasting conversation. Acceptable for the bracket; perfectly adequate for the food. Corkage is not standard practice — Mildred’s does not ordinarily allow customer-supplied wine.

Pricing and Value for Money

This is one of the few areas where the diner population genuinely splits. Some reviewers consider Mildred’s outstanding value for the quality and inventiveness. Others — particularly those used to the £8 burgers of the casual fast-vegan scene — find it surprising for the format.

A Realistic Bill

For context: a comparable meal at Plates in Shoreditch (the only UK Michelin-starred plant-based restaurant) sits at around £85 for the set menu, before drinks. At Gauthier Soho’s plant-based tasting menu, around £75. At Holy Carrot in Knightsbridge, similar to Mildred’s. At Mallow at Borough Market, slightly under.

Our assessment: Mildred’s Soho is fairly priced for the quality and the Soho address. It is more expensive than fast-casual vegan (Mooshies, By Chloe at peak, Wulf & Lamb) and considerably cheaper than the fine-dining plant-based tier (Plates, Gauthier, Holy Carrot’s tasting). The set lunch — when offered seasonally — drops the headline price to roughly £24 for two courses, which is excellent value for central London.

Service charge is 12.5% discretionary, the London standard. It is paid in full to staff via a tronc system, according to the company.

What Diners Actually Say: Platform-by-Platform Review Analysis

TripAdvisor (4.0/5 — 4,500+ reviews)

The TripAdvisor average masks a bimodal distribution. The five-star reviews skew British, repeat-visit and dish-specific — the pot pie, the Korean burger, the cocktails get name-checked again and again. The one and two-star reviews skew tourist, off-peak and frequently complain about wait times or that the food was not what the reviewer expected from “vegan dining”. For a 38-year-old restaurant on a TripAdvisor average that captures every casual passer-by, the score is solid rather than spectacular.

Google Reviews (4.4/5 — approx. 4,800 reviews)

The Google distribution is healthier than TripAdvisor’s because the reviewer base is more local and more recent. Common five-star phrases: “best vegan in London”, “didn’t realise it was vegan”, “friendly staff”, “burger was incredible”. Negative reviews cluster around two themes: long waits for walk-ins, and a small but consistent group who found the food blander than the menu descriptions suggested.

OpenTable (4.6/5 verified diners)

OpenTable scores tend to be the most reliable because they only collect feedback from diners who actually booked and turned up. The 4.6 average is the highest of any review platform for Mildred’s Soho. Service and atmosphere scores both sit above 4.5; food sits at 4.4.

Yelp (4 stars — 362 reviews)

Yelp London skews towards American visitors and US-style reviewers. The pattern is steady: praise for the food and atmosphere, criticism of “small portions” relative to American expectations, and frequent comments that “this would cost twice as much in New York”.

HappyCow

The most vegan-literate platform consistently ranks Mildred’s Soho in the top 20 vegan restaurants in London. Reviewers on HappyCow notice things other platforms miss — the in-house dairy substitutions, the gluten-free flexibility, the cocktail programme’s commitment to vegan-certified spirits.

Professional Critics

The Infatuation calls it “one of the only veggie restaurants that can actually be fun on a Tuesday night” — the highest praise that publication tends to offer for a casual vegan venue. Square Meal places it in the upper tier of central London vegetarian dining. Business Traveller gave it a strong positive review focused on the consistency between the seven London sites. Time Out’s most recent coverage is positive but careful — they note that “the kitchen now has serious competition it didn’t have in 2018”. The Guardian and Evening Standard have run favourable feature pieces on the founders rather than specific dining-room reviews; the Veganuary endorsement is a credibility marker for the dedicated plant-based audience.

What Diners Love Most

Across the four major platforms, eight themes recur in the praise:

1. The Korean fried chick+n burger. The single most-mentioned dish in five-star reviews. Texturally convincing, flavour-forward, large enough to fill you up without being absurd. The dish that has converted more meat-eaters than any other on the menu.
2. The mushroom ale pot pie. Reviewers describe it as “proper food”, “pub food translated upmarket” and “the dish I order every time”. The pastry-to-filling ratio is consistently praised.
3. The longevity and the trust. “Been coming since 2002”, “first place I took my parents when they thought vegan dining was rabbit food”, “still as good as it was 15 years ago” — reviewers love that the restaurant has survived without becoming corporate.
4. The desserts. The salted caramel chocolate tart and the sticky toffee pudding pick up more name-checks than would be expected for a casual restaurant. Several reviewers say they come specifically for dessert and a cocktail.
5. The cocktail programme. The spicy pineapple martini in particular gets a steady stream of mentions. Diners appreciate that the bar takes the same care as the kitchen.
6. The friendly, efficient service. Reviewers consistently mention the staff. “Genuinely knowledgeable”, “kind to my picky 10-year-old”, “explained the dishes well” recur. The team operates without the slightly forced cheer of casual chains.
7. The atmosphere. Particularly on the first floor. “Buzzy without being deafening”, “felt very Soho in a good way”, “exactly the right level of warmth”.
8. The all-day flexibility. The fact that you can have breakfast, brunch, lunch, an afternoon snack, dinner and a late cocktail without leaving the building is unusual for an independent Soho restaurant, and reviewers notice.

Areas for Consideration

No 4,500-word review of a 38-year-old restaurant is honest without genuine criticism. Five recurring concerns appear across the platforms:

1. Wait times for walk-ins. The most consistent complaint across every platform. At 7pm on a Saturday, diners report 40 to 45 minutes outside on Lexington Street. The restaurant does hold back tables for walk-ins, but the policy is more flexible than fixed. Booking 7–10 days ahead for weekend slots is essential.
2. The noise level on the ground floor. The buzz that some diners love is the buzz that other diners find overwhelming. The ground floor in particular peaks at around 75 decibels at dinner. If you want a calm meal, ask for the first floor.
3. Inconsistency between dishes. The signature dishes — the pot pie, the Korean burger, the kimchi bokkeumbap — are reliably excellent. The seasonal mains are not always as consistent. The risotto is the most polarising dish on the menu, with reviewers split roughly 60/40 in its favour. If you are a first-time diner, stick to the signatures.
4. Portion sizes (depending on appetite). Mildred’s portions are honest rather than enormous. American visitors used to large US-style plates frequently note the size. British diners generally don’t. If you have come for a big appetite-day, ordering a side dish per person is the simple fix.
5. Limited accessibility above ground level. The first floor and the lower-ground private dining room are accessible only by stairs. The ground floor and the accessible toilet are step-free. Wheelchair users and diners with mobility limitations should request a ground-floor table at booking, and should know the upper floor is not an option.

Who Is Mildred’s Soho Best For?

✅ Strongly recommended for:

• Vegetarians and vegans who want a proper restaurant experience rather than a café-counter meal.
• Meat-eaters being introduced to plant-based dining by a vegan friend — the Korean burger is a famously good entry point.
• Pre-theatre dinners in the West End and Theatreland — the location and timing make it ideal.
• Casual date nights in central London where you want food that tastes serious without feeling formal.
• Groups of 4–8 for a relaxed weekend meal.
• Private dining for 12–18 in a dedicated room with an excellent set menu.
• Weekend brunch — the menu is one of central London’s strongest plant-based brunches.
• Veganuary first-timers wanting a low-pressure introduction to a fully plant-based menu.

⚠️ Less suitable for:

• Diners expecting tasting-menu fine dining — Mildred’s is deliberately casual; Plates and Gauthier are better suited.
• Diners with severe nut allergies — the kitchen uses tree nuts in several sauces and is not a nut-free environment.
• Diners requiring full step-free access above the ground floor.
• Large groups of 9 or more without a booking — the floor layout does not accommodate easily.
• Diners who do not enjoy a buzzy room — request the first floor or visit at lunch instead of dinner.
• Travellers in a hurry — service is unrushed and walk-in waits at peak times are long.

How Mildred’s Soho Compares

Verdict: Mildred’s and Plates are not really competing. Plates is for the once-a-year plant-based fine-dining occasion; Mildred’s is for the once-a-month casual evening that happens to be vegan. Gauthier and Holy Carrot sit between the two. If you’re a vegan tourist with one dinner in London, Plates first, Mildred’s second. If you’re a Soho local who wants a reliable Tuesday-night dinner, Mildred’s wins outright.

How to Book Mildred’s Soho and Insider Tips

How to Book

Three options, in descending order of reliability:

1. Direct via mildreds.com/soho — the most reliable. Click “Book Now”, choose “Soho”, select your time and party size. You’ll receive an instant confirmation by email.
2. OpenTable — useful if you collect OpenTable points or want a single platform for multiple restaurants.
3. Phone: 020 7494 1634 — for groups over 8, dietary discussions or last-minute attempts. The team picks up reliably during service.

Insider Tips

• Avoid Friday/Saturday 7–9pm if you don’t have a booking. Walk-in waits at peak are 40 to 45 minutes. Sunday or Tuesday is calmer.
• Ask for the first floor. It is quieter, you’ll hear yourself, and the view onto Lexington Street is more pleasant.
• The pre-theatre window (5.30–6.30pm) is the sweet spot. You’ll be seated quickly and out in time for an 8pm curtain on Shaftesbury Avenue.
• Order the signatures on your first visit. Korean fried chick+n burger, mushroom ale pot pie, kimchi bokkeumbap. Save the seasonal experiments for visit two.
• The £17 wine flight is the right call. It is better value than a single glass of the bottle list.
• Dessert is mandatory. The salted caramel chocolate tart is one of the best vegan desserts in central London.
• For groups of 12 or more, book the private dining room. It has its own bar and a dedicated server.
• Cancellation policy: 24 hours’ notice avoids a no-show charge. Tables of 6 or more require a £10pp deposit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mildred’s Soho in London 100% vegan or vegetarian?

Mildred’s Soho in Soho, London became 100% vegan in 2021, having operated as a vegetarian restaurant from its founding in November 1988. Every dish, sauce, dressing, dessert, wine and cocktail on the current menu is plant-based and certified vegan.

How much does a three-course dinner at Mildred’s Soho in London cost?

A three-course dinner at Mildred’s Soho in central London — starter, main and dessert — typically costs between £30 and £40 per person before drinks and service. Mains sit at £15.50–£18, starters at £3.80–£7 and desserts at £3.50–£9.50. With a cocktail and the discretionary 12.5% service charge, expect £42–£52 per head.

Do I need to book a table at Mildred’s Soho on Lexington Street in London?

Booking is strongly advised at Mildred’s Soho on Lexington Street, especially for Friday and Saturday evenings, where walk-in waits regularly reach 40 to 45 minutes. Some tables are held back for walk-ins, but for weekends a 7-to-10-day lead time is realistic.

What are the signature dishes to order at Mildred’s Soho in London?

The signature dishes at Mildred’s Soho in London are the Korean fried chick+n burger, the mushroom ale pot pie with triple-cooked potatoes, the kimchi bokkeumbap, the kiri hodi Sri Lankan curry, and the salted caramel chocolate tart for dessert. These are the dishes that consistently anchor five-star reviews across every platform.

Is Mildred’s Soho in London wheelchair accessible?

The ground floor and the accessible toilet at Mildred’s Soho on Lexington Street are step-free. The first floor and the lower-ground private dining room are reached by stairs only. Wheelchair users and diners with mobility limitations should request a ground-floor table at the time of booking.

Does Mildred’s Soho in central London have a private dining room?

Yes — Mildred’s Soho in central London has a dedicated 18-seater private dining room on the lower-ground floor, with its own bar and a dedicated server. The space is regularly used for birthday parties, hen events and corporate launches with a set menu agreed in advance.

What is the dress code at Mildred’s Soho in London?

The dress code at Mildred’s Soho in London is smart casual. There is no enforced formal code, and the restaurant is comfortable with anything from jeans and a shirt to a cocktail dress. The Soho location means most diners arrive in everyday smart-casual wear.

How far in advance should I book Mildred’s Soho in London for a weekend dinner?

For a Friday or Saturday dinner at Mildred’s Soho in central London, book 7 to 10 days in advance. Mid-week bookings can usually be made 2 to 3 days ahead. The pre-theatre slot (5.30–6.30pm) is the easiest to secure last-minute.

Where is the nearest Tube station to Mildred’s Soho on Lexington Street in London?

The nearest Tube stations to Mildred’s Soho at 45 Lexington Street, London W1F 9AN are Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines, four minutes’ walk), Oxford Circus (Central, Bakerloo and Victoria lines, five minutes’ walk), and Tottenham Court Road (Elizabeth, Central and Northern lines, seven minutes’ walk).

Does Mildred’s Soho in London offer brunch on weekends?

Mildred’s Soho in London serves brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 9am until 3pm. The menu includes plant-based versions of full English breakfast, eggs benedict, French toast, and the kitchen’s house pancakes. Bloody Marys and brunch cocktails are available from 9am.

London Reviews Verdict on Mildred’s Soho

Mildred’s Soho is the rare London restaurant that has earned its longevity. Thirty-eight years after Diane Thomas and Jane Muir opened the first site on Greek Street, the Lexington Street original is still doing the thing that made the brand matter in the first place: serving food that takes the meat-free brief seriously without making the meat-free brief the entire conversation. The kitchen has competition it didn’t have in 2018 — Plates picked up the UK’s first plant-based Michelin star, Gauthier holds a Green Star, Holy Carrot has the Knightsbridge crowd — but none of those venues threaten what Mildred’s actually does, which is plant-based casual dining executed with care across three floors and seven days a week.

The signature dishes are properly good. The Korean fried chick+n burger is the converter dish; the mushroom ale pot pie is the dish you find yourself thinking about a week later; the kimchi bokkeumbap holds its own against anything on a Korean menu in Soho. The desserts are stronger than they need to be. The cocktail programme is competitive for the postcode. The wine list is concise, well-judged and entirely vegan-certified — a detail that matters more than non-drinkers realise.

Where the restaurant falls short of perfection is in the operational details that come with running a casual, walk-in-friendly Soho institution. Wait times at peak Friday and Saturday are genuinely long. The ground floor is loud. The seasonal mains are less reliable than the signatures. The accessibility above the ground floor is limited by an old Soho building. None of these are deal-breakers; all of them are knowable in advance.

Our recommendation is straightforward. Book 7 to 10 days ahead for a weekend, or visit pre-theatre Sunday to Thursday for a quick, reliable, well-priced dinner. Stick to the signatures on your first visit. Save room for the chocolate tart. Order the wine flight. If you’ve never eaten at a full-menu vegan restaurant before, this is the best entry point in London. If you have — and especially if you’ve found the casual plant-based scene a bit underwhelming since 2021 — Mildred’s Soho is the case study in how to age an independent restaurant without losing its character.

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Summary: Our Mildred’s Soho Review

Disclaimer: This Mildred’s Soho review is editorially independent. London Reviews has consulted TripAdvisor, Google Reviews, Yelp, OpenTable, HappyCow, Square Meal, The Infatuation, Time Out London, Business Traveller, Veganuary and the restaurant’s official website. Prices, opening hours and menu items are accurate to the best of our knowledge at publication and may change. The restaurant has not paid for, sponsored or pre-approved this review.

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