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Vegan modern coffee shop serving a wide selection of coffees, teas, hot chocolate, and cakes. All beverages are served with oat milk by default; almond and soy milks also available. Open Mon-Sun 6:00am-11:00pm.


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21 Reviews

First Review by Vegfix

IrisM

Points +70

Vegetarian
31 Oct 2025

Great café!

Honestly I had the best iced oat chai latte here. It was absolutely amazing and the chocolate chip cookie was great as well. Highly recommend to visit this café if you are looking for a coffee where you don’t pay extra for oat milk.

Durianwalker

Points +1919

Vegan
25 Jul 2025

Vegan doughnuts here

Maple oat horchata (includes espresso)…chocolate chip cookies. One big table shared by everyone. Corner one block to beach.

Pros: Perfect lattes, not over sweet , Affordable , Quality

ayelet_metayelet

Points +184

Vegan
17 Jun 2025

Vegan café!

Good coffee and tasty cakes

jadeluna

Points +71

Vegan
11 Apr 2025

One of our favourites

Oat milk as default, yummy fresh cakes, lovely staff and gorgeous architecture. Maple oat horchata is insanely good. We love Grounded.

Updated from previous review on 2025-04-10

Purposely_Vegan

Points +2421

Vegan
15 Mar 2025

Great cafe

A lovely cafe with incredible baked goods! The coffee is fantastic as well!

laurawtravels

Points +92

Vegan
04 Feb 2025

Lecker

Wirklich lecker, man sollte aber früh da sein um noch leckeres Gebäck wie Kuchen oder Donuts abzukriegen. Bis es Nachschub gibt, dauert es immer etwas.

celinaemi

Points +375

Vegan
31 Jan 2025

Good matcha and donuts

Especially the matcha latte was delicious! So were the chocolate donut and the matcha/oreo donut.
Place was quite full when we arrived and there is only one big table. We had to wait a moment to sit down.

Pros: good matcha, good donuts , card payment possible

SquirrelDi

Points +6595

Vegan
24 Dec 2024

Good matcha latte

The space is quite new and it offers a good variety of coffee and non-coffee drinks, hot and cold. I tried their matcha with oat milk and it was satisfying.

meaghand

Points +112

Vegan
04 Nov 2024

Nice coffee and treats at a premium

Grounded was easy to find and had a nice modern vibe. The coffee was enjoyable, as were the cakes. The pricing here was quite expensive, approx 940 php for 2 coffees and two treats.

MiaCohen

Points +2071

Vegan
16 Oct 2024

Yum!

I was pleasantly surprised to find that this popular cafe is vegan! They had a wide variety of drinks and sweet treats. I tried the choc chip cookie and found it to be the perfect after dinner treat! Chocolatey and well balanced flavour, with flakey sea salt on top. Yum!

jw1601

Points +103

Vegan
14 Jul 2024

Amazing matcha!

Such a great spot, cookies and muffins are delicious but agree with previous posts that the matcha is unreal. Made properly with a bowl and bamboo whisk.

Pros: Matcha

Cons: Limited range of cakes

veganfaeriee

Points +120

Vegan
21 Apr 2024

the BEST matcha

a really chill minimalistic cafe with delicious vegan cakes (i tried the lemon and blueberry) and a great range of coffee and none coffee. i'm a bit picky with my matcha and this passed my expectations. ask for no sugar if you don't want it too sweet. oat milk is default and they have almond or soy for no extra charge. i'll keep coming back here it's wonderful!!

lydiab96

Points +1402

Vegan
14 Apr 2024

Oat milk by default

Nice coffee shop with oat milk in the drinks by default.

They had a selection of cakes and doughnuts which all looked delicious but I didn’t try any.

One large communal table to sit at and wifi available for an hour.

Ann-KathrinBiber

Points +3440

Vegan
08 Mar 2024

Super yummy

We tried espresso, cappuccino and lemon cake 🍋😍

robsm95

Points +1234

Vegan
28 Feb 2024

Minimalist but great

I grabbed an iced chocolate on my way to the beach for 200 pesos. Was very good. Great service and everything looked great inside. Could work from here.

AlanaBanana

Points +2479

Vegan
31 Jan 2024

Chai latte!!!

Tienen chai latte y está muy bueno! La base de todas las bebidas es leche de avena, tienen leche de soja y de almendra.

Pros: Solo tienen leche vegetal ✨

Cons: Caro

AngelaSabadera

Points +63

Vegetarian
20 Jan 2024

Minimalist Vegan Cafe

What I most love about this cafe is the interior (the irregularly shaped communal table and seats, the wall projected menu and the overall minimalistic vibe of the cafe). Also tried the match latte to-go (I guess they don't have a specialized cup for takeout, so the cup was small compared if you drink it in the cafe), mocha and banana bread (love that it's not too sweet).

celestevvp

Points +53

Vegetarian
08 Jan 2024

Worth it

We had a matcha and caramel macchiato. Quite expensive for the Philippines but definitely worth it! First spot found where they do not use cow milk.

Pros: Default oat milk , Cute sitting area / vibe

Cons: Expensive

LucyBowman

Points +98

Vegan
21 Nov 2023

Good banana bread

Had the banana walnut bread twice and it was very nice! 160 pesos for a nice thick piece. Lovely staff.

dester214

Points +601

Vegan
13 Jun 2023

Amazing coffee

We randomly walked into this cafe to find out that it was completely vegan, which is always a nice surprise. The coffee is really good, they also have a variety of different cakes which looked amazing, we havent tries them though.

Pros: Amazing coffee

Cons: Expensive

Vegfix

Points +8549

Vegan
16 May 2023

Divine Coffee

Grounded opens at 6am so it's perfect for those of us who like early mornings. Even more perfect that it's a fully vegan coffee shop!!
Sadly they don't do decaff here, which seems normal as we've not been able to get it anywhere else in El Nido or Manila either. so instead I ordered the Salted Caramel Macchiato and asked for it to be made with a weaker shot of coffee, and it was lovely. Divine coffee and the Salted Caramel was spot on, not too sweet, just right.
I also got the banana bread to take for lunch on a boat trip. There were lots of sweet items to choose from in the cake cabinet including a healthier chia pudding with fruit on top.
The decor is relaxing and modern, great service, and it is super clean!!!!

**update** the banana bread we had for lunch was one of the best I've ever tasted 💚🌱

**uodate** the chocolafe cake is fantastic, and the iced Chai latte is a dream.

Updated from previous review on 2023-05-12




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