When you see a restaurant with a faith label assigned to it, it means:

a) It has a license or certificate to say the food it serves is permissible for the religion (eg, halal, kosher)

OR

b) It serves at least one starter and one main course that contains none of the forbidden ingredients by the religion.

When you see a restaurant with a faith label assigned to it, it does not mean:

a) All of the food that is served is permissible to members of the faith. (However, a faith label will only be assigned if the religion allows its followers to eat at a restaurant that serves forbidden food.)

OR

b) All members of the faith will eat at the restaurant. (There is a great deal of diversity within many religions. Orthodox Jews, for example, will only eat at restaurants with a Kosher license. Even if a faith label is assigned it is important to find out the extent of the person/people's dietary beliefs before dining there. The labels give you an indication of what is not in the food. The description of the restaurants on the member pages provide further information regarding the suitability of venues.)

Note: Only restaurants on faithandfood.com that use the faith labelling system (i.e. members) should be referred to for the purposes of faith/inter faith eating. Restaurants without faith labels have not yet signed up to faithandfood.com and therefore may not conform to certain religious dietary laws. Users should not assume unregistered restaurants are acceptable to a particular faith, even when searching by religion. Instead, click on the restaurant name and fill in the short form. We will enter you into a free prize draw, and contact you if the restaurant signs up to faithandfood.com and our faith labelling system.

If you work in a restaurant and would like to sign up to faithandfood.com, click on the special offer banner on the right hand side of the website, for a one month free trial.

If you are a member of the public and would like to speak to us about our faith labelling system, please contact us.