Plates Restaurant & Food Studio
Landmark plant-based fine-dining restaurant on Old Street — the UK's first Michelin-starred vegan kitchen — serving a continually changing 12-course chef's table tasting menu with wine pairings. Reviewers describe once-in-a-lifetime cooking and a warm, occasion-worthy welcome that converts committed omnivores.
Why it's listed: Plates on Old Street is a landmark fully plant-based fine-dining restaurant (the UK's first Michelin-starred vegan restaurant).
Profile last updated 11 July 2026.
The business claims it
Structured facts from the listing and website.
- Cuisine style
- Contemporary plant-based fine dining — multi-course tasting menus built around seasonal ingredients“The 12 course chef tables menu was wonderful ... the whole menu is 100% plant based”
— reviews - Kitchen-wide dietary regime
- vegan“You really wouldn't know that the whole menu is 100% plant based”
— reviews - Service modes offered
- dine in“We had dinner here to celebrate our anniversary”
— reviews - Alcohol policy
- licensed“12 course tasting menu (with the wine pairing of course!)”
— reviews - Menu rotation
- The menu changes continually to follow the freshest seasonal ingredients — repeat visitors report new dishes each time“this team continually adjusts the menu to reflect the freshest ingredients so each dining experience you have has new surprises”
— reviews - Price band
- premium“12 course tasting menu (with the wine pairing of course!)”
— reviews
We're holding 1 question for the owner — classes, workshops & events — and will publish the answers here once confirmed.
Customers reveal it
Recurring signal mined from real reviews — with receipts.
- Atmosphere as customers describe it
- Relaxed yet romantic and professional — welcoming rather than stiff fine dining“the atmosphere was relaxed yet romantic ... Relaxed and friendly but very professional at the same time”
— reviews - Occasions customers use it for
- special occasions (anniversaries, birthdays) · destination dining for visitors · impressing non-vegan diners“We had dinner here to celebrate our anniversary ... I am not usually vegan nor vegetarian and I did not miss the meat at all”
— reviews - Dishes customers name repeatedly
- 12-course chef's table tasting menu · lion's mane dish · wine pairing“we really enjoyed having the chefs come to the table to present the food and the Lion's mane”
— reviews - Booking advised
- A set 12-course chef's table format open only Wednesday-Saturday — booking ahead effectively required“The 12 course chef tables menu was wonderful”
— reviews - Service character as customers describe it
- Attentive and personal — chefs present dishes at the table, staff make guests feel like VIPs, and Kirk and the team are named with warmth in reviews“they work to ensure everyone feels like a VIP”
— reviews - Value for money as customers see it
- Diners frame it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience worth the premium — no recurring price complaints in reviews“We left feeling like we had a once in a lifetime meal and at the same time can't wait to go back”
— reviews
Only the owner knows it
Questions we hold for the kitchen itself. Unanswered until they answer.
We're holding 9 questions for the owner — families & kids, best occasions & the vibe, vegan, coeliac & allergy options, why choose you, groups, private hire & catering, booking or walk-in?, good to know before you visit, must-order dishes, made in-house & sourcing — and will publish the answers here once confirmed.