Bridgend | Laleston | Maesteg | Porthcawl

Bridgend:

Bauhaus Coffee Shop
 9 Wyndham Street
Bridgend
CF31 1ED
Tel: 01656 667333
Opening Times: Mon-Sat 9am-5pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 1
Price: £3.40
Our Comments: Coffee shop. The vegan option is a roasted vegetable baguette with no margarine. They don’t stock soya milk.
Location: Opposite the library.
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Bokhara Brasserie
 Court Colman Manor Hotel
Pen-Y-Fai
Bridgend
CF31 4NG
Tel: 01656 720212
www.court-colman-manor.com
Opening Times:
Mon-Sun noon-2.30pm & Mon-Sat 7pm-10pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 4+
Price: Starters £3-£4.25 & mains £3-£5.50
Our Comments: Most of the vegetarian options on the Indian menu are vegan or can be adapted to exclude any cream or butter. Fruit salad can be provided for dessert.
Location: To the northwest of Bridgend, 2 miles from junction 36 of the M4.
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Café Bangla
53 Nolton Street
Bridgend
CF31 3AD
Tel: 01656 750070/750071
www.cafe-bangla.co.uk
Opening Times: Mon-Sat 5.30pm-midnight
Sun 1pm-midnight
Number of Vegan dishes: 20+
Price: £2.50-£5.50
Our Comments: Bangladeshi restaurant and take-away. Most of the curries can be cooked with vegetables and most of the vegetable dishes are vegan, including Tarka Dhal. Tell them you are vegan, as they are very helpful and will adapt dishes. The chapatis are vegan but the nan breads contain milk.
Location: On Nolton Street in the town.
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Canton Delights
6A Derwen Road
Bridgend
CF31 1LH
Tel: 01656 657142
Opening Times:  
Mon-Sat 5pm-midnight (1am Fri-Sat) 
& Sun 5.30pm-midnight
Number of Vegan dishes: 15+
Price: £2-£3.80
Our Comments: Chinese take-away with bean curd, vegetarian duck and abalone dishes. Say you’re vegan, as the satay sauce is probably not vegan and they are willing to alter the vegetarian set menu to vegan. This is £6.50 per person (minimum 2). Home delivery is available.
Location: Near the Dunraven Hotel in the town centre.
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China City 
33 Wyndham Street
Bridgend
CF31 1EB
Tel: 01656 767866/660969
Opening Times: 5.30pm-11pm all week
Number of Vegan dishes: 10+
Price: £2-£3.80
Our Comments: Chinese take-away with bean curd dishes. Tell them you are vegan, as some vegetarian dishes normally contain egg. They will do rice noodles and fried rice without egg. Helpful staff. Home delivery is available.
Location: Location: Opposite the Dunraven Hotel.
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Coed-Y-Mwstwr Hotel
Coychurch
Bridgend
CF35 6AF
Tel: 01656 860621
 www.coed-y-mwstwr.com
 
 
Number of Vegan dishes: 1+
Our Comments: The Eliot restaurant is open Mon-Fri except key dates, lunch midday-1.45pm and dinner 7pm-9.45pm. There is no vegan option on the menu but the award-winning chefs will be up to the challenge of making you an enjoyable meal. Booking is recommended.
Location: Off the A473, between Coychurch and Bridgend
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East Port
72 Nolton Street
Bridgend
CF31 3BP
Tel: 01656 656891/664144
Opening Times:
Mon-Thur noon-2pm & 6pm-midnight
Fri-Sat noon-2pm & 6pm-1am
Sun 6pm-midnight
Number of Vegan dishes: 
9 vegan starters &  20+ vegan main dishes
Price: Starters @£2-£9.50    Main dishes @£2-£5
Our Comments: Chinese restaurant and take-away. Many vegetarian dishes and starters are suitable but specify no egg or dairy. They will also prepare dishes on the menu with mock meats. Will do egg-free fried rice and noodles. Say you don’t want prawn crackers.
Location: Opposite the Welcome Inn on Nolton Street.
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Mangos
6-8 Queen Street
Bridgend
CF31 1HX
Tel: 01656 653131
Opening Times:
Tue-Fri noon-2pm & Tue-Sat 6.30pm-11.30pm
Sun 6pm-11.30pm
Number of Vegan dishes:
4 vegan starters & 5 main courses
Price: Starters £4-4.50, main courses £6-6.50
Our Comments: Thai restaurant & take-away. Tell them you are vegan.
Location: The centre of town, near the indoor market and shopping centre.
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Oriental Inn
52 Nolton Street
Bridgend
CF31 3BP
Tel: 01656 655222
Opening Times: Mon-Sun 5pm-midnight
Number of Vegan dishes: 15+
Price: £2.20-£4
Our Comments: Chinese and Thai take-away with bean curd dishes. Tell them you are vegan, as the satay sauce is probably not vegan. Home delivery is available.
Location: On Nolton Street in the centre.
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Southern Fried Chicken Bridgend
1 Brackla Street Centre
Bridgend
CF31 1BZ
Tel: 01656 661440
Opening Times:
Mon-Sat 4pm-2am (3am Thur-Sat)
Sun 4pm-1am
Number of Vegan dishes: 1
Price: £5-£7.50
Our Comments: Fast food outlet. The pizza bases do not contain milk, so you can have the vegetarian pizza without cheese if you really want to.
Location: The shopping centre is on the corner of Nolton Street.
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Laleston:

The Great House Hotel & Leicester’s Restaurant
High Street
Laleston
Bridgend
CF32 0HP
Tel: 01656 657644
 www.great-house-laleston.co.uk
Opening Times:
Noon-2pm all week & Mon-Sat 6.45pm-9.30pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 4+
Price: £15.90 for 3 course lunch & £30 for 3 course evening meal
Our Comments: Hotel and restaurant. The vegan dishes on the menu are: - Penne with courgette, aubergine, pine nut & tomato sauce; tagliatelle with garlic, tomato, mushroom & basil sauce; risotto with whole sautéed mushrooms; vegetable & pine kernel salad with basil dressing. With advance notice they can offer any risotto or pasta dish of your choice, vegetable goulash or curry, a vegan soup, stuffed aubergine or peppers, ratatouille or vegetable bruschetta or any other dish you may want.
Location: West of Bridgend, Just off the A473.
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Maesteg:

 

Café 21
Talbot Street
Maesteg
Bridgend
CF34 9BW
Tel: 01656 733270
Opening Times:
Mon-Sat 8.30am-5pm (Wed closes 1.30pm)
Number of Vegan dishes: 3+
Price: £2-£4 each
Our Comments: Café with pasta salad bar. A couple of the pasta salads and soups are vegan as are the chargrill and roast vegetables. The choice of vegetables is more varied than most places, including asparagus and squash. Chargrill veg in tomato sauce with pasta is OK. They do take-away food; salad boxes, baguettes, wraps etc.
Location: Opposite the indoor market and Post Office in Maesteg town centre.
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Crystal Palace
121 Commercial Street
Maesteg
Bridgend
CF34 9DL
Opening Times:  
Noon-2pm & 6pm-midnight all week
Number of Vegan dishes: 10+
Price: £2-£4 each
Our Comments: Cantonese restaurant and take-away. If you tell the chef/owner you’re vegan he will cook suitable dishes. Vegetable and noodle dishes served. Home delivery available.
Location: On Commercial Street in Maesteg town centre.
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Maesteg Tandoori
48 Commercial Street
Maesteg
Bridgend
CF34 9HJ
Tel: 01656 738555
Opening Times:
Sun-Thur 5.30pm-11.30pm
Fri-Sat 5pm-midnight
 
Number of Vegan dishes: Approx. 20
Price: £2-£6
Our Comments: Indian take-away. Ask to have your food cooked in vegetable oil rather than butter ghee, but the staff seem helpful and accommodating about this. The nan breads contain milk but the roti, paratha and chipattis are vegan. Free home delivery available.
Location: Opposite the police station in Maesteg.
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Porthcawl:

Pepe Picante
33 The Esplanade
Porthcawl
Bridgend
CF36 3RY
Tel: 01656 785556
Opening Times:
Tue-Sun noon-2pm (2.30pm Sun) & 6pm-9pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 5+
Price: £3.50 - £6.45
Our Comments: Italian restaurant that has vegan pizza bases, stuffed peppers, pasta dishes. They understand veganism.
Location: On the seafront.
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Roger's Take Away
18 New Road
Station Hill
Porthcawl
Bridgend
CF36 5DN
 Tel: 01656 772288
Opening Times: 5pm-11pm all week
Number of Vegan dishes: 5+
Price: £2-£4 per dish
Our Comments: Chinese take-away. Tell them you are vegan but seem more clued-up than many places. No GM ingredients. They will do an egg-free fried rice if you ask. Also have take-aways in Cowbridge and Llantwit Major.
Location: Just off Eastern Promenade.
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