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Coffi
138 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NR
Opening Times:
Mon-Sat 10am-6pm & Sun 11am-5pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 1
Price: £2.50
Our Comments: Coffee shop. The falafel and houmous in pitta bread is vegan. As regards other dishes, it depends on which staff you ask. They do not seem desperately clued up.
Location: Top end, near Cathays library.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Asian Spice Box
130a Woodville Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4EE
Tel: 029 20227795
Opening Times:
5pm-11pm 7 days a week
Number of Vegan dishes: 25+
Price: £2-£5
Our Comments: Bangladeshi take away established in 1962. There are about 15 vegan curry sauces you can have with mixed veg, mushrooms, veggie balls, spinach or okra. Also most of the side dishes are OK. They will do fried rice without egg. Tell them you are vegan and they know exactly what you mean. Up with this sort of thing.
Location: Woodville Road is opposite the Crwys pub.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

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


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 take-away. 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-Sat 10am-5pm
Number of Vegan dishes: About 50% vegan
Price: £1+
Our Comments: This café does a range of soups and about half the hot meals are vegan. They are used to dealing with vegans. They also do outside catering.
Location: Near Cardiff University, very close to the Woodville pub.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Greenhouse Vegetarian & Seafood Café
38 Woodville Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4EB
Tel: 029 20235731
Opening Times: Tue-Sat 7pm onwards
Number of Vegan dishes:
1 of 3 options is vegan or can be adapted so.
Price:
Starters £4.25, main courses £10
Desserts £4.25 (£3.25 with 3 courses)
Our Comments: Nice little restaurant whose chef has an excellent understanding of veganism. The food is freshly prepared from mostly locally sourced ingredients. If you tell them you’re vegan when you book you should get a really nice meal. Discount available to members of the vegetarian society.
Location: On the same road as the Woodville pub near the University.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

The Green Room
The Sherman Theatre Café
Senghennydd Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4YE
Tel: 029 20646900
Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 8.30am-3pm & Sat 9.30am-3pm
Number of Vegan dishes: 1+
Price: £3.40
Our Comments: Theatre café. You can have an all day vegetarian breakfast consisting of sausages, hash browns, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans and a cup of tea for £3.40. Specify vegan so you don’t get egg. They also do jacket potatoes with baked beans and sometimes the specials are vegan. Check the sausages are Linda McCartney, as sometimes they replace them with non-vegan ones. They stock soya milk.
Location: In the Sherman theatre, next to Cardiff University student’s union.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

It's Pizza Time
78 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NP
Tel: 029 20388788
Opening Times:
Mon-Sat 5pm-2.30am
Sun 5pm-1am
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. From Monday to Wednesday there is a deal by which you can get a large (12”) pizza for £6.50 instead of £7.50 or a super (14”) pizza for £8 rather than £9.50. And you get free garlic bread, which you can’t eat but just say you don’t want it.
Location: Not far from the Co-op on the same side of Crwys Road.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Lucky Chef
14 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4NJ
Tel: 029 20487766
Opening Times: Mon-Sun 5.30pm-midnight
Number of Vegan dishes: 30+
Price: £2.50-£3.30 each
Our Comments: Chinese and Thai take-away with a large range of bean curd and vegetable dishes. Say you don’t want any egg. The satay sauce is probably not vegan. Also have take-aways 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.cafemina.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

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 take-away. 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

 

Phu Ket
45 Crwys Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4ND
Tel: 029 20227738
Opening Times: Tue-Sun 5.30pm to midnight
Number of Vegan dishes: Approx. 10
Price: £3-£4 each
Our Comments: Thai take-away that provides red and green curries with mock chicken and other dishes.
Location: Opposite the Crwys pub.
Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

  Warning Notices
Café Orient (94 Woodville Road): Avoid this place as they may put egg in your food even though you specifically ask not to have it.
 
Fortune House (43-45 Salisbury Road): Do not understand veganism.
 
Golden Dragon (108 Salisbury Road): Do not understand veganism.
 
Rowan Tree Delicatessen (141 Cathays Terrace): There is 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.