Beefeater:

www.beefeater.co.uk

1 vegan dish @£8.25

The Mediterranean pasta dish is suitable for vegans, if you ask for it without cheese. The chips and onion rings are also okay. There are six Beefeaters in Wales located at Wenvoe, Cardiff, Castleton near Cardiff, Llanelli, Llantrisant, Langstone, Newport and Baglan, Port Talbot.

 

Boots:

2 vegan sandwiches @£2.20

The organic 'Bugsy' sandwich is marked vegan. It consists of carrot, houmous, mixed leaves and alfalfa sprouts on wholemeal bread. There is also a vegan sandwich containing roast vegetables.

 

Caffè Nero

www.caffenero.com

The red pepper penne pasta meal,houmous & red pepper Wrap and the mediterranean cous cous salad are vegan. If you want a quick snack the organic exotic fruit bar and sea salt & black pepper crisps are suitable.

 

Coffee#1

www.coffee1.co.uk


Small chain of coffee shops with 7 in South East Wales. They provide soya coffees and the following food items are vegan; teacakes (no butter), liquorice, Darling Spuds crisps (sea salted and salt & balsamic vinegar flavours) and gingerbread men. It's a small selection but at least they can tell you what is vegan. The coffee shops can be found in Abergavenny, Central Cardiff, Albany Road and Wellfield Road (Roath in  Cardiff), Chepstow, Monmouth and Newport. The soups they serve are not suitable for vegans.


Holland & Barrett:

9 vegan takeaway options @£1.05-£1.25 that are labelled vegan.

The Veg.out range from the fridge has the following vegan options:
Jumbo sos roll, Porkless pie (£1.05)
Supreme sos roll (£1.09)
Cornish-style pasty, Italiano vegetable lattice slice, Jerky Jamaican vegetable lattice slice, No chorizio & bean lattice bake, Steakless lattice bake, Tandoori vegetable lattice slice (£1.25)


JD Wetherspoon:

www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk

2 vegan main dishes & other dishes. Prices vary from pub to pub.

The sweet potato, chickpea and spinach curry with extra poppadums instead of naan bread is labelled vegan on the menu. This is best value on a Thursday, Curry club runs from 3pm-10pm. The Bombay potatoes, onion bhajis and vegetable samosas available on this menu are also suitable.

The other vegan main dish is roasted vegetable, chickpea and cous cous salad. Other suitable dishes are humous and roasted vegetable flatbread, jacket potatoes with baked beans or roasted vegetables (without butter & salad dressing) and organic tomato & basil soup (without bread and butter). The chips are vegan. Their website does tell you what dishes are vegan.

 

Pizza Hut:

www.pizzahut.co.uk

3+ vegan dishes @ around £7+

Pizza restaurant and take-away chain. The pan pizza, mia, Italian and Tuscani pizza bases are all vegan so you can have these pizzas without cheese. Side salad, potato wedges, BBQ dip and sweet chilli dip are vegan. At the restaurants Arrabietta pasta and mixed olive starter are suitable. From the salad station the beetroot & carrot salad with balsamic vinagarette is the only vegan dressed salad but all the fresh salads are ok, as are all of the dried items except sunflower seeds. Their website does tell you what is suitable for vegans.

 

  Warning Notices
Domino's Pizza - None of the pizza bases at Domino's are suitable for vegans so you can avoid this chain.

Ecclestons Confectioners Ltd - This North Wales bakery based in Wrexham does not have any vegan options. As well as four branches in Wrexham, they also have outlets in Bala, Chirk, Coedpoeth, Corwen, Gresford and Llangollen.

Mitchell and Butlers - None of their outlets including Harvester, Hollywood Bowl, O'Neill's, Sizzling pubs and Toby Carveries cater for vegans.

Subway- Nothing suitable for vegans as the veggie patty contains egg, as do some of the baguettes.