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Cafe Atma
40 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NN
Tel: 029 20390391/07967 636485
Opening Times:
Mon-Wed 9am-5pm
Thu-Sat 9am-7pm
(Hot food available from noon)
 

Number of Vegan dishes: 5+

Price:
Snacks £1.95-£2.95
Meals £2.95-£4.95
Desserts £1.10-£2.15
Our Comments: Totally vegetarian cafe. Eat in or take away. It is run by some great Krishnas and is very relaxed. 
The vegan dishes are Samosas, Chapati wraps (hummus, salad & kofta balls), Dahl (mildly spiced lentil soup) or Subji (slightly spiced mixed vegetables) with or without rice and Veggie burger with wedges.
The Atma  "Special" consists of Subji, rice, dahl and salad.
There are also suitable cakes including vegan cheesecake, the flavours varying from day to day.
They stock soya milk for hot drinks and 4 flavours of smoothie.
The food is super tasty and healthy. Strongly recommended but local vegan Dave does warn of possible cheesecake addiction.
Location: A couple of doors from the Crwys pub.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Entry last updated 18/07/2010

 

Café Sunrise
94 Salisbury Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4AE
Opening Times: Open 9am-11pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 3+
Price: £2+ each
Our Comments: Lebanese coffee shop and café. They do baguettes and filled pittas. The falafel, houmous, baba ganoush, tabbouleh and vine leaves are all vegan. Tell them you are vegan to avoid butter on baguettes and cheese in salad. They do a vegan dessert made from filo pastry and pistachio nuts. Take away available. Staff are friendly and very helpful.
Location: Opposite Gassy Jacks on Salisbury Road, which is near the University.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Cardiff University
Park Place
Cathays
Cardiff
CF10 3QN
Tel: 02920 874027/876612
 
Number of Vegan dishes: 1+
Our Comments: There are 14 coffee shops/cybercafes and 4 restaurants across the campus. Lots more details are on their website. The restaurants offer a vegan option and the cafes have salads and a humous & vegetable sandwich suitable for vegans.
Location: The main building is on Park Place.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Daiquiri's Restaurant & Taco's Mexican Take Away
49 Salisbury Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4AB
Tel: 029 20344807
Opening Times:
Tue-Sat 9.30am-2.30pm & 5pm-10pm
Sun-Mon 9.30am-2.30pm
 
Number of Vegan dishes: Approx. 8
Price: £5-£8
Our Comments: Mexican restaurant and takeaway. They have regular vegan customers. As the food is freshly cooked most of the vegetarian options are suitable if you ask them to omit the cheese and/or sour cream. 10% student discount.
Location: Bang in the middle of studentland. Near the University and very close to Gassy Jacks pub. Next door to Lunch.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Dough...
20 Salisbury Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4AD
Tel: 029 20222888
Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 7.30am-4.30pm
Sat 9.30am-4.30pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 1
Price: £2.20
Our Comments: Baguette shop with vegan roasted vegetables and home made houmous. Ask for no spread but the staff are friendly and understand veganism.
Location: Salisbury Road is close to the University and the Sherman theatre.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Embassy Café
@Cathays Community Centre
36 Cathays Terrace
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4HX
Opening Times:
Mon-Thur 10am-6pm
Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 9.30am-4pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 4+
Prices:
Main meals £4.90
Soup with homemade bread £2.90
Baguettes £2.90 (take out £2.60)
Bagels & sandwiches £2.20 (take out £1.90)
Cakes £1.30-£2.60
Our Comments: Totally vegetarian cafe with plenty of vegan options. Homemade, organic and fair trade kind of stuff. From noon there are soups and a main meal, which changes daily. The soups are always vegan or can be adapted to vegan and the main meal is often vegan or can be adapted. If you want to make certain there's a vegan option available you can ring the day before. There are always a selection of salads which are suitable. There are also white and wholemeal organic baguettes, homemade bread sandwiches and bagels. They use vegan Pure sunflower spread. Fillings include houmus, tofu (these are not always available), roast peppers, sundried tomatoes, jalapenos, olives, grated carrot etc. So there is plenty to make interesting vegan sandwiches.
 
They do their best to always have a vegan cake available. Soya milk is stocked and usually soya yoghurt, to go with granola, cake or soup. Until 11.30am there are breakfasts of toast with homemade marmalade or jam and granola. During the summer they served homemade vegan ice cream and may make it for special occasions. Take away, except main meals, is available along with homemade loaves to order. Also, buffet service for groups of up to 25 people and they have the occasional licensed evening event. If you send your e-mail address to embassycafe@cathays.org.uk they will put you on the mailing list.

Nicola, who works at Embassy, is also responsible for the delicious 'Miss P's Vegan & Sugar Free Cakes'. Please see here for full details.
Location: Near Cardiff University, very close to the Woodville pub.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

The Falafel Bar
38 Woodville Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4EB
Tel: 029 20233181
Opening Times:
Mon-Thu & Sat noon-6pm
Fri noon-3pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 1
Price: £3.90
Our Comments: Here at this vegetarian falafel bar you can get a nice falafel with houmous and your pick of salad and sauces. Available to takeaway or eat in.
Location: On the same road as the Woodville pub near the University, it's where the Greehouse Café used to be.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

It's Pizza Time
78 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NP
Tel: 029 20388788
Opening Times:
Mon-Sun 5pm-late
Number of Vegan dishes: 2
Price: £6-£9.50
Our Comments: Kebab and pizza shop. The pizza bases are vegan. They put egg mayonnaise in the tomato topping but they will do you a vegetarian or vegetarian hot pizza with barbecue sauce instead. The staff are much more helpful than in most places of this sort. It stays open until late.
Location: Not far from the Co-op on the same side of Crwys Road.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Lorenza's
153-155 Cryws Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NH
Tel: 029 20232261
Opening Times:
Tue-Sat noon-2.30pm & 5.30pm-10.30pm
(Sunday & Monday - Closed)
 
Number of Vegan dishes: 9+
Price:  
£2.10-£10.95
Our Comments: Italian restaurant. Mention you are vegan when ordering and the following dishes are vegan or can be adapted to be vegan. Other dishes may be able to be modified as well.
Gli antipasti: Funghi trifolati, antipasto vegetariano (without parmesan).
Le paste e i risotti: Risotto funghi e piselli, risotto primavera (without parmesan).
Le pizze: Pizza vegetali grigliati (without cheese).
Contorni: Chips, mixed salad, mixed sauted vegetables.
Sauces: Pizzaiola.
Location: At the top of Crwys Road, very near the junction with Cathays Terrace, Whitchurch Road and Fairoak Road.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Lucky Chef
14 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NJ
Tel: 029 20487766
Opening Times:
Mon-Sat 5.30pm-midnight
Sun 5.30pm-11.30pm
Open all bank holidays
Number of Vegan dishes: 30+
Price: £1.80-£3.70 each
Our Comments: Chinese and Thai takeaway with a large range of bean curd and vegetable dishes. Say you don’t want any egg. The satay sauce is probably not vegan. The ginger and spring onion bean curd contains oyster sauce. The Szechuan style bean curd is described as 'sea spice' flavour so might not be vegan. Also have takeaways in Ely and Barry.
Location: Opposite the mosque on the bridge on Crwys Road.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Mad Hatters
123 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NG

Tel: 029 20395333
Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 8am-5pm & Sat 10am-4pm
Sun 11.30am-3.30pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 2
Price: £1.59-£2.29 each
Our Comments: Sandwich and baguette shop. Vegan fillings are houmous with tomato or roasted vegetables and peanut butter with grated carrot. Ask for no butter.
Location: Near Cathays library.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Mina Restaurant
43 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4ND
Tel: 029 20235212
www.minarestaurant.co.uk
Opening Times:
Mon-Thu 5pm-11pm
Fri-Sat 5pm-11.30pm
Sun 5pm-10pm
Number of Vegan dishes:
4 vegan main dishes
17 vegan meza, starters & side orders
Price:
Main dishes £7.50-£8.95
Meza, starters & side orders £3.50-£3.95
Our Comments: Lebanese and Mediterranean restaurant. There is a wide vegan selection. Tell them you are vegan, as some of the dishes need to be adapted.
Location: Opposite the Crwys pub.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Noodle Box
62 Salisbury Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4AD
Tel: 029 20251007
Opening Times:
Mon-Sat noon-10.30pm
Sun 5pm-10.30pm
Delivery Times:
6pm-10.30pm all week
 
Number of Vegan dishes: 7
Price:  
£5 per box
Sides £2.50 each
Our Comments: Noodle bar and takeaway. All veggie boxes are suitable for vegans. These are the Gung-Ho, Tokyo, Veggie Soba and Yakuza boxes. The three soup boxes (Luksa, Ramen Soup and Kare Noodle) are also suitable if you choose tofu. To go with your box, the rice and udon noodles are the vegan ones. Of the side orders vegetarian gyoza, tempura vegetables, veggie spring rolls and probably others are vegan. Noodle box is good on the knowing what is vegan thing, so just ask. Home delivery available (£1.25 charge) to most of Cardiff.
Location: Halfway up Salisbury Road.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Phoenix Garden II
48 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NN
Tel: 029 20239888
Opening Times:
Tue-Thu noon-2pm & 6pm-11pm
Fri-Sat noon-2pm & 6pm-11.30pm
Sun noon-3pm & 6pm-10pm
 
Number of Vegan dishes: 7+
Price: £3.50-£4.50
Our Comments: Chinese Restaurant and takeaway. There are a few beancurd and vegetable dishes on the menu. If you tell them you are vegan they will cook things that are not on the menu including mock meat dishes. Home delivery available. There is a happy hour from Tuesday to Friday between 6pm and 8pm. 10% student discount.
Location: A few doors away from the Crwys pub.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Thé Pot
138 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NR
Tel: 029 20251246/07711 646266
Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 9am-6pm
Sat-Sun 10am-5pm
 
Number of Vegan dishes: 4+
Price:  
Around £2.50-£5
Our Comments: Nice little café. They have vegan cake and are willing to use things on the menu to sort out vegan options. Friendly staff who understand veganism. Very good selection of hot drinks including soya coffees, vegan hot chocolate and delicious vegan chais.
Location: At the top end of Crwys Road, near Cathays Library.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

 

  Warning Notices
Aegean Taverna (117 Woodville Road): Greek restaurant with no desire to cater for vegans.
 
Fortune House (43-45 Salisbury Road): Do not understand veganism.
 
Golden Dragon (108 Salisbury Road): Do not understand veganism.
 
Ramon's (64 Salisbury Road) Nothing suitable for vegans here.
 
Uncle Sam's (96 Crwys Road): They advertise a vegan burger but seem to get this confused with the vegetarian burger. All burgers are cooked with meat burgers as well.