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Serves meat, vegan options available. Cafe specialising in sweet and savoury pancakes with a small selection of vegan pancakes. Includes coco loco with coconut yoghurt and acai berry sauce and oh my bircher with berry bircher muesli. Option to make any of the other pancakes vegan at no extra cost. Open Mon-Sun 7:30am-1:30pm.


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14 Reviews

First Review by JeanetteEdwards

Kittybiscuit

Points +7985

Vegan
11 Oct 2023

Delicious pancakes

There is a separate menu for vegans both sweet and savoury options. You can have pancakes or waffles for the sweet options or pancakes, waffles, white bread or sourdough for the savoury options.

We both chose sweet pancakes. I had vegan choc hazelnut with strawberries and ice cream. My partner had the apple pie pancakes. The pancakes were thick and had a nice flavour to them. I liked the toppings too. My coffee was nice.

Pros: Decent vegan menu

Cons: Dubious vaccination stance, Co-opting pro choice for their dubious vaccination

d.ai.na

Points +28

Vegan
26 Aug 2023

Awesome Pancakes

Delicious savoury options - very hard to come by vegan pancakes anywhere! Also had an iced chocolate which was great, very thick pancakes so come on an empty stomach!

Pros: Flavour, Variety, Portion

marshininamina

Points +792

Vegan
23 Mar 2023

Pancakes were ok

It was good, but I’ve already had much better pancakes. But I’m happy to see all the différent vegan options that they’ve got!

Pros: Vegan menu

Purposely_Vegan

Points +1649

Vegan
16 Dec 2022

Great breakfast spot in Cairns!

Helga’s Pancake House has a great vegan menu with sweet and savoury options! They also have vegan ice cream and plant based milks so they have a great milkshake selection as well! We went for the sweet pancakes and were very impressed! The pancakes are quite thick (see pictures) but this place gives you a full bottle of maple syrup for your table to drown them with.

Jacky1989

Points +877

Vegan
16 Jul 2022

Ok vegan pancakes

Several sweet and savory pancake options. I found the pancakes to be quite dense.

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Cons: Dense pancakes

Jessie_H

Points +211

Vegan
04 Jul 2022

Loads of vegan options

Wow, this place has a whole separate vegan menu with loads of both sweet and savoury options. The dishes are very filling too, so head there on an empty stomach. Really impressive!

JohnHepworth

Points +16

Vegan
02 Jul 2022

Yummy, filling, sweet, pancake goodness.

Seperate vegan menu with lots of choice. Pancakes were filling with sufficient toppings. Maple syrup on table for copious use. 😋 Slightly on the pricey side.

Pros: Seperate vegan menu with lots of choice., Pancakes were filling with sufficient toppings., Maple syrup on table for copious use. 😋

Cons: Slightly on the pricey side.

LucyPotter

Points +67

Vegan
18 Jun 2022

Average pancakes from an anti vax venue

The pancakes were okay, just average. There were a lot of vegan options and a seperate menu which was quite great. The pancakes were more like sponge cakes cooked in a cake tin rather than actual pancakes. Toppings were quite good though. Unfortunately they are strongly anti vax and we’re spreading messages we weren’t comfortable with. We were sat near a wall of anti vax posters, with claims they’ve been ‘abused’.

Updated from previous review on 2022-06-18

Cons: Was more like eating an average cake, Antivax

Darlenejoy

18 Jun 2023

Wow “Antivax” nasy comment and totally dismissive and ignorant of anyone who stood up for their own rights! Freedom to choose for all!
You really didn’t need to add that to your review as it isn’t relevant to a food review!
But it does make me more inclined to support them as they obviously have had some back lash for their personal choices.

emilieeeeeee

Points +230

Vegan
23 Feb 2022

Delicious pancakes

Seperate vegan menu that was easy to find on the counter, heaps of options! Delicious, only problem was they were served on paper plates which im guessing is some sort of covid thing.

Pros: Tasty, Affordable

SamSoutar

Points +259

Vegan
23 Feb 2022

Yummy pancakes

Delicious and fluffy pancakes with so many options! Would recommend😄

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Decently priced, Outside seating

Cons: Served on paper plates, Coffee served in take away cups

VegoWorthy

Points +458

Vegan
05 Sep 2021

Would give it 5 star if I could

So good we came back again.
We had breakfast here twice on our short weekend stay in Cairns.
We all loved our food, the staff are really friendly and service was fast.
Has a dedicated vegan menu, the kids menu can be veganised too.

dothehamsa

Points +300

Vegan
24 Aug 2020

Extravagant!

There is a dedicated vegan menu offering a range of savoury and sweet pancakes, and waffles. You have to ask for the menu, or go get it yourself if the waitress forgets (as mine did, very busy and distracted). The pancakes here are not traditional thin pancakes; rather they are thick as two planks, fluffy, sweet, and taste strongly of buckwheat. The first pancake is delicious, the second one becomes a bit of a slog. Next time I'd wrap the second one up for later. They really go the extra mile to match the vegan version to its non-vegan counterpart. My vegan pancakes had two flavours of chocolate chips, ice cream, and even a vegan marshmallow. It looked identical to the non vegan version that my friend ordered. They can also make any of the smoothies on the menu vegan at no extra cost.

Edit: I came back here and tried the waffles and they were out of this world!! We also met the owner (her name is not Helga, oddly enough) and she made sure to tell me that all the milkshakes on the menu can be made vegan too. A vegan will never feel left out when dining here!

Pros: variety, outdoor seating, gluten free options

Cons: american style pancakes, long wait

JustineMasznicz

Points +390

Vegan
09 Feb 2020

Fluffy Pancakes!

Super yummy vegan pancakes with a lot of options for sweet and savory dishes. I like how they also have vegan ice creams which can be used in desserts and coffee orders.

Pros: A whole vegan menu with sweet and savory dishes, Outdoor and indoor seating (with AC)

JeanetteEdwards

Points +34

Mostly Veg
18 Sep 2019

Would give this 5 stars if app allowed it

Great atmosphere. Delicious vegan pancakes. Friendly service. Ate here twice in 3 days it was that good.

Pros: No extra cost to change pancakes to vegan, Best quality vegan pancakes I've had




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