Highly regarded vegetarian restaurant The Gate is opening a new branch in Seymour Place, Marylebone, on December 1.

The original Gate opened in Hammersmith 27 years ago, and has earned praise from the Harden’s Survey for “serious, thoughtful and imaginative” veggie cooking. A second venue was added in Islington in 2012.

Founders Michael and Adrian Daniel set out to showcase vegetarian and vegan food that reflected their Indo-Iraqi heritage, with Arabic, Indian and Jewish influences.

The new venue will serve both Gate classics and new dishes, and is the first in the group to be open for breakfast.

Michael Daniel said the Marylebone foodie hub would provide “a bigger stage for our inventive and carefully honed cooking”.