Are there any low carb restaurants?

[Destinysdaughter]

And if not, why not, since low carb has now been proven to be a v effective weight loss technique? It can be hard eating out on a low carb diet, so surprised that no one has thought about doing this, or at least offering low carb options in restaurants

Nandos! Have chicken and macho peas.

Macho peas??

At GBK you can ask for your burger to be naked- no bun and extra salad.

Macho peas are one of their side dishes. Peas with mint etc - they are bloody lovely. You can buy a serving of grilled chicken and then choose your sides, so it's a good option for low carbers.

You can usually ask for burgers to be bun-less, switch out chips/potatoes for lower-carb veg etc. I would love to go to a low-carb restaurant though.

They also do burgers made with beans and lentils etc if you like that type of thing.

Cafe, rather than restaurant, but pret do low carb salads.

In a lot of Italian restaurants you order a fish or meat dish and it comes with some veg but no or not much potato.

Last time I went out I had a mushroom starter with spinach and ricotta, and the main was 3 sea bass fillets in sauce with veg. Only one tiny new potato in the veg mix.

I don't know of any chains though.

I think a low carb restaurant would have to be high end - most meals are padded out with carbs as they are cheap. And it's unlikely everyone eating would want low carb.

I don't have a major problem eating out low carb. Places like coffee shops and tea rooms are a big no no but most restaurants/pubs will have steaks, salads and the like. Many main courses can be served with salad or veg instead of potatoes too.

I have seen cauliflower rice in a salad at Eat, but not seen many options in restaurants, think they're missing a trick tbh.

I've honestly found eating out lc to be way easier than it ever was on slimming world and the like. I very often have to ask to swap the chips etc for something else but I've never had anywhere refuse.

I can't think of a restaurant that doesn't have a low carb option! Where are you found difficult? Even marks do a boiled egg on a bed of spinach, should you need a quick something instead of a sandwich and don't want to worry about the carbs in a salad dressing.

Can't you just not have potatoes/rice/pasta but have the meat, fish and veg? Seems quite easy to me.

I know that you can find low carb options in restaurants but since there's even a cafe that just serves cereals ( in London ), wondered if there were any actual low carb restaurants in existence.

I think the point we're all making is that there isn't a market for one, as most low carbers can still visit their regular places with their non-low carb friends and find plenty they can eat.

Maybe you wan to look at a more restrictive diet like paleo, where people can't find options as easily.

www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/londons-best-paleo-restaurants-10099818.html

Nandos is great but not the macho peas (which are not strictly LC!) I had the Mediterranean salad with half a hot chicken and some haloumi :)

I might have that for tea actually!

Pizza Express is my worst. Even when you order a main it comes with hardly any protein and loads of bread sticks. Cheap cheap.

I've heard that Leon are good for low carb.

Yes Leons are brilliant for that and so delicious too!

Bella Italia do vegetable spaghetti as a pasta alternative.

There is a new website with Keto restaurants nearby your location

litediner.co.uk/