River Green Cafe, Trowse, near Norwich

Never mind "cafe", this here's a full-blown restaurant in a quiet village within walking distance of the city of Norwich.

Open the usual restaurant hours, it's fully vegetarian, with all that impies: a full range of international vegetarian dishes, rather than just the one or two predictable choices that most restaurants offer.

The interior is smart and relaxing: pale green decor to reflect the name and modern furnishings, with none of the "alternative" shabby-chic you often get with fully vegetarian eateries. Our teenage daughter was immediately impressed - as were we. A large room, it was fairly empty for a Friday night, but this was in the dog days between Christmas and New Year, which might have accounted for that. The service was friendly and fairly quick - though less so later on in the evening (which might have been due to our own procrastination), however, they were not in a hurry to push us out.

We picked a starter to share: a Mediterraean platter, which was enough for three of us, and a delicious combination of olives, rocket, miniature stuffed peppers, sun-dried tomato and mozarrella. Mmm. My husband commented we could have had more bread, but I felt more would have been too much, this being only the starter. I then had the halloumi salad, which was huge and contained a bit too much of the red-leaved salad vegetable (red cabbage?) which I feel would have been improved by being shredded more finely and with a bit more dressing - in fairness, though, we were asked if we required anything else. If making this at home, I would have chopped everything a bit smaller. My husband had couscous, which he said was a bit on the dry side. Our daughter's burger was enormous though she did manage to finish it: she's a very fussy eater, but made no complaints. The wine was OK and they were very happy to supply a large jug of water with it.

The desserts sounded delicious, but sadly none of us had enough appetite for one - we all hate to waste food. My husband had a hot chocolate, which he said was very nice, and I went for Earl Grey tea, which was equally lovely.

I would choose to go again - the wide choice of vegetarian dishes alone makes this a worthwile proposition for me, but my husband was overall disappointed with the food, so he would probably not choose to do so. I'm not sure to what extent his views are affected by the bill, which was £44 for three of us.