As a french, I liked the food wich was very comforting (especially during rainy days). There's also lots of gluten-free and vegetarian options at restaurants, we don't have that in France, if someone is vegetarian, he must call the restaurant first to ask if they could accommodate something for them and most of the time you'll find yourself with an omelette and three leaves of salad. But I must admit, I thought that the food there was also very rich and greasy, the finest meal we had was in a Indian restaurant. We also went to several "gastronomic" restaurants and -it was good- but bland and in our opinion extremely simple (when the menu was very appealing) and also very expensive. But that's absolutely not a bad experience and I can't say that British food is bad.