Hendersons

Hendersons is a dedicated vegetarian and vegan restaurant, and no meat is served on the premises. The venue's own website describes it as offering "vegetarian and vegan food" throughout, and the Scotsman review corroborates a fully meat-free kitchen. Every dish on the sample menu is vegetarian.

Hendersons is a vegetarian and vegan restaurant. Its menu marks vegan dishes clearly with a V code. Many items carry that marker, but some contain dairy such as buffalo mozzarella, whipped feta, parmesan, and vanilla ice cream, as well as eggs. The kitchen is not 100% vegan. A 2015 review in The Scotsman noted that the restaurant had relaunched as a vegan restaurant. The current menu shows a mixed vegetarian and vegan offering, with dairy-containing dishes alongside vegan ones. A dedicated vegan preparation area has not been confirmed, and a shared kitchen with dairy and egg dishes is evident.

The menu marks certain dishes with 'NGCI' (No Gluten Containing Ingredients), a term The Scotsman review explicitly defines. These markers appear on starters, mains, salads, and desserts, with some carrying an asterisk that suggests a caveat. NGCI is not a certified gluten-free claim. Sourdough bread appears throughout the menu, indicating gluten is present in the kitchen. No source mentions a dedicated fryer or a certified gluten-free kitchen. The NGCI designation acknowledges the shared kitchen risk.

The menu marks dishes that contain nuts with an 'N'. Examples include toasted mixed nuts, Muhammara with walnuts, cashew cream, pistachio tartlet, and affogato with almond biscotti. Many dishes across all courses contain nuts. The restaurant does not mention a nut-free preparation area or dedicated equipment. Nut-allergic diners face documented risk from the prevalence of nuts across the menu in a shared kitchen.

The menu uses 'S' to denote suitability for dairy-free (soy-free is not separately coded; context suggests 'S' = suitable/dairy-free based on dish compositions). Several mains and desserts contain dairy (buffalo mozzarella, whipped feta, parmesan, vanilla ice cream, chantilly cream). Dairy-free dishes appear to be marked but shared kitchen with significant dairy use confirmed. No dedicated dairy-free prep area mentioned.