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Café Maó 90-92 Whitchurch Road Heath Cardiff CF14 3LY Tel: 029 20398433 www.cafemao.basedinwales.com Opening Times: Mon-Fri 9am-6pm & Sat 9am-4pm Number of Vegan dishes: 2 Price: £1.95-£3.15 each Our Comments: The vegetarian breakfast can be vegan if you ask for another sausage to replace the egg and no butter on your toast. Sausages and hash browns are OK. Breakfast served until noon and 2pm on Saturday. You can also have the houmous special sandwich or baguette without butter. Soya milk available but the biscuits with the coffee contain milk chocolate. Staff are very helpful and understand veganism. Location: Opposite Companies House on Whitchurch Road. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

 

Chillies 86 Whitchurch Road Heath Cardiff CF14 3LY Tel: 029 20341166/20344526 Opening Times: Mon-Sun 6pm-midnight   Number of Vegan dishes: About 20 Price: £2-£5 Our Comments: Indian restaurant and takeaway. If you tell them you don’t eat meat, fish, eggs or dairy products including butter ghee they will prepare suitable dishes for you. Location: Opposite Companies House on Whitchurch Road. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Crumbles 160 Whitchurch Road Heath Cardiff CF14 3NA Tel: 029 20529880 Opening Times: Mon-Sat noon-2pm   Number of Vegan dishes: 1+ Price: £3.40 for vegan breakfast including tea or coffee Our Comments: Café. If you explain you are vegan they will modify the vegetarian breakfast even though the menu states the set breakfasts cannot be changed. The sausages are Linda McCartney, the egg can be substituted with something else and toast with non-vegan margarine can be replaced with fried bread. There is no soya milk available and the spicy bean burgers are not vegan but it is a nice little place with helpful staff. Location: Opposite the Co-op on Whitchurch Road. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Great China 186 Whitchurch Rd Heath Cardiff CF14 3NB Tel: 029 20618161 Restaurant Opening Times:   Mon-Sat noon-2pm & 5.30pm-11.30pm Sun 6pm-10.30pm takeaway Serving Times:   Mon-Sat 5.30pm-11.30pm & Sun 6pm-10.30pm Open all bank holidays     Number of Vegan dishes: 15+ Price: £2-£3.70 Our Comments: Chinese restaurant and takeaway. Vegetarian crispy shredded duck pancakes are vegan and the beancurd is not coated in egg. We’re not sure whether you can get vegan noodles and you need to explain you’re vegan. Home delivery available.  Location: On Whitchurch Rd  opposite Little Lanterns. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Heath Kitchen 42 Whitchurch Rd Heath Cardiff CF14 3LW Tel: 029 20220482/20236006 Opening Times: All week 5pm-midnight (open all bank holidays) Number of Vegan dishes: 20+ Price: £1.50-£4.60  each Our Comments: Chinese and Thai takeaway and chip shop with very helpful staff who know what goes into the food. Most of the vegetarian dishes are vegan. Crispy duck and bean curd dishes are on the menu. Home delivery service to anywhere in Cardiff. Location: On Whitchurch Rd  opposite Companies House. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

The Little Lanterns 41 Whitchurch Rd Heath Cardiff CF14 3JN Tel: 029 20619988/20618866 Opening Times: 6pm-11.30pm every day Number of Vegan dishes: 15+ Price: £3.50 per dish Our Comments: Chinese restaurant and takeaway with a selection of mock meat and tofu dishes. The vegetarian crispy shredded chicken is vegan. The sweet and sour beancurd (Hong Kong Style) is normally coated in egg. Location: A quarter of mile down Whitchurch Rd  from Gabalfa  flyover. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Mint & Mustard 134 Whitchurch Road Heath Cardiff CF14 3LZ Tel: 029 20620333/07849 436498 www.mintandmustard.com Opening Times: Sun-Wed noon-2.30pm & 6pm-11pm Thur-Sat noon-2.30pm & 6pm-11.30pm   Number of Vegan dishes: Around 15 Price: £2.50-£5.25 Our Comments: Indian restaurant and takeaway. Some of the dishes are a bit unusual, in a good way and the chef seems quite happy to prepare suitable food if you tell them you are vegan. Nicely decorated with fairy lights and modern art and everything. Location: Opposite the primary school on Whitchurch Road, near the Co-op. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Monsoon 148 Whitchurch Road Heath Cardiff CF14 3NA Tel: 029 20522365/20522386 Opening Times: 5.30pm-midnight 7 days a week Number of Vegan dishes: 30 main & side vegan dishes +sundries Price: £1.20-£4.50 Our Comments: Indian takeaway with friendly, helpful staff. The chips are vegan. Home delivery is available for most of Cardiff. Location: Opposite the Co-op on Whitchurch Road by Gabalfa flyover. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

Nahin Spice Centre 314 Caerphilly Road Heath Cardiff CF14 4NT Tel: 029 20520360 www.nahinspicecentre.co.uk Opening Times: Mon-Fri 3pm-10.30pm Sat noon-10.30pm   Number of Vegan dishes: 15+ Price: £1.95-£7.25 Our Comments: Indian takeaway where you pick up chilled food and heat it yourself at home. Explain you are vegan as butter ghee is used in some of the dishes. Location: Take Caerphilly road from Birchgrove village towards Llanishen. Nahin Spice Centre is on the right. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Panama 15 Whitchurch Road Heath Cardiff CF14 3JN Tel: 029 20621398 Opening Times: Sun-Thur 6pm-midnight Fri & Sat 6pm-1am Number of Vegan dishes: 13+ Price: £2.45-£5.25 (15% discount for takeaway meals  & a further 15% discount with NUS card) Our Comments: Bangladeshi restaurant and takeaway. The staff are good on telling you what is suitable for vegans to eat. From the vegetarian selection Subzi Balti, Chana Dhansak, Subzi Dhansak, Balti Bhindi and Baigan Bhartha are vegan. All the vegetable side dishes are suitable except Tarka Dhal, Chana Massala Bhajee and Saag Paneer. They will make side dishes into mains if you request. None of the Pilau rices are suitable for vegans. Location: A few doors down from the Co-op on Whitchurch Road. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap

 

Pretence 83 Whitchurch Road Heath Cardiff CF14 3JP Tel: 029 20613658 www.pretence.me.uk Opening Times: Mon 9am-4pm Tue-Sat 9am-11pm Sun 10am-10pm   Number of Vegan dishes: 6 Price: Contact them to check Our Comments: Café bar. Breakfast served until noon, lunch from noon to 4pm and tapas from noon to 10pm. The vegan options are veggie meatballs in bravas sauce, mixed olives and rice filled vine leaves and houmous with toasted ciabatta, tomato salsa bruschetta, nachos with guacamole, tomato salsa with jalapenos and jacket potatoes with salsa or guacamole. Soya coffees available. There is also a sun trapped and heated patio with retractable awning and Grolsch (vegan) on draught. Location: On Whitchurch Road. Directions:  GoogleMaps, MultiMap, Streetmap