The owner of an Isle of Wight restaurant has sought to reassure customers that vegan options are still on the menu after another Ventnor business owner discussed the removal of vegan food at her restaurant via a national newspaper.

Sally Cooper, owner of The Kitchen@London House on Ventnor High Street, took to the Daily Mail to discuss the abuse she received when her restaurant announced it would no longer serve vegan options in August 2022.

The County Press reported that the eatery faced backlash on social media, and later apologised and explained its reasons for not catering for vegans and tackled what it called ‘social media bullying’.

Sally's Daily Mail piece explains the abuse which left her in tears, saying the people who heaped hatred on to her 'believe they're the righteous, kind ones... because they're vegans'.

However, the article references Sally's bistro, which opened next door to her London House restaurant during last year's vegan controversy.

The owners of The Bistro, an entirely different venue found on Ventnor’s Pier Street, took to social media to explain to concerned customers that their business has nothing to do with Sally’s article.

The post read: “For those of you that read the Daily Mail, we at The Bistro in Pier Street have nothing to do with this article, it related to The London House using ‘the bistro’ name.

“We have traded as The Bistro for eight years and have always had vegetarian and vegan dishes available.

“We would like to reassure all our customers that this will always be the case.”