Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
British
Breakfast
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. An independent cafe specializing in breakfast and brunch. Has a range of vegan and vegetarian choices. Try the enormous all day vegan breakfast. Happy to adapt dishes for vegans where possible and always open to suggestions and ideas for developing and expanding the range of vegan dishes offered. Open Mon-Fri 09:00-14:30, Sat-Sun 08:30-15:30.


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16 Reviews

First Review by TabbF

Happydeb

Points +171

Vegan
26 May 2023

Best vegan fry-up in Norwich

A friend recommended this place and didn’t disappoint. The local and the staff are lovely and the fry-up and tea just perfect for a Sunday breakfast. Order the big one only if you’re really hungry.

Pros: Full vegan fry-up, Lovely atmosphere and staff

Cons: Might get busy sometimes

gracepontin

Points +128

Vegan
26 Jul 2022

Lovely staff

The big vegan breakfast has a lot on it and I’ve not tried chickpea scrambled egg before this. The staff were friendly and talkative and the location was great around other things.

Pros: Vegan options, Great staff

Happybeanie

Points +82

Vegetarian
08 Nov 2021

What a breakfast!

We’d been told that the breakfast at Olive’s was on a different level and that’s so true! The veggie breakfast was incredible (and huge!) and the vegetarian black pudding is a complete first for me - delish! Will definitely visit again - make sure you book. There were no slots available online but we emailed and asked if there was space and they fitted us in - so helpful 😊

zoebarnes77

Points +626

Vegan
07 Oct 2021

Nice breakfast

We had breakfast here while visiting Norwich. The staff were very friendly and accommodating as we hadn’t made a booking.

The venue is within a lovely building with seating upstairs and downstairs.

We ordered the large vegan breakfast, which was tasty and huge but I would probably ask not to have the scrambled egg and the aubergine if returning, as these were not to my taste.

We came with non vegans that were also very happy with their non vegan options.

Pros: Vegan breakfast , Friendly Staff

Cons: Not all vegan

Vickylin

Points +324

Vegan
21 Sep 2021

So far My Favourite Breakfast Ever!!!

So we literally stumbled on this looking for a Vegan breakfast while wandering with the app and we were lucky they could fit us in as they turned away quite a few people while we were there. As it stands I would say this is the best vegan breakfast I've had in the 2 years I've been vegan. I went for the Big Breakfast at £11.50 but it felt fully worth it...I love that although this is not a vegan cafe they had fully committed to the vegan breakfast and it included chickpea scramble and maple aubergine. YUM!!!! Other items were sausage, beans, bubble and squeak, blackpudding, toast and fried bread, mushrooms and tomatoes. Truly a FEAST. Am always wanting to try new places but if its a good full englishbtype breakfast I am after then I will go straight here. Friendly service too and there was a choice of oat or soya milk. Also a 'slim' version of the breakfast

Pros: Catering well to vegans, Friendly

Cons: Might be better to book

RobTheRunt

Points +69

Vegan
30 Aug 2021

Slimtastic

Recent visit to Olive’s and was very impressed. Had a “slim” vegan breakfast which - as the menu infers - is slim in name only! Great bubble and squeak made a change to the usual breakfast fare of hash browns. Only 4 stars as wasn’t given the option of granary bread, but hey, I’m being picky, tbh.

Will definitely visit again.

Pros: Helpful & friendly staff

stevie28

Points +144

Vegan
07 Aug 2021

Awesome vegan brekky

Great brekky bubble and squeak a highlight. Quality stokes table sauces too 👍

Pros: Lovely music posters on the walls

Cons: None

vegansplizzy

Points +98

Vegan
23 Jan 2021

Incredible vegan breakfasts and milkshakes

Olives is our 'go-to' place for when we're feeling a bit hungover and in need of a BIG fried brekkie. Everything is always cooked spot on and they use richmonds vegan sausages which is a big plus. Personally I'm not a massive fan of tempeh so I'd prefer to see something like "THIS" vegan bacon on the menu instead but that's just my personal preference. The vegan milkshakes are incredible, we especially love the biscoff one.

Pros: Amazing food, incredible vegan milkshakes

Cons: A few awkward arrivals after not booking ahead

MillieBarker

Points +405

Vegan
29 Jun 2019

Amazing

THE BEST BREAKFAST I've found in Norwich😍😍

joknights

Points +223

Vegan
19 Jun 2019

Great vegan breakfast

I visited here after reading other happy cow reviews. My breakfast was amazing and there lots of choices for vegans. I had the gardener with added smoked tempeh. My plate was totally clean. Really good service too.

Pros: Lots of vegan choices , Lovely space , Friendly staff

Cons: They do sell animal products ☹️

AbbiB

Points +36

Vegan
07 Apr 2019

Great for vegans! 5 star review.

Another one that is a joke I can't give 5 stars for!
The vegan options here are wonderful, clearly labelled and the vegan fry up is literally incredible. So big and unusual things such as vegan black pudding. Just all round a winner.

Pros: Lots of great, clearly labelled, vegan choices

Cons: Nothing

HilB

Points +258

Vegan
21 Aug 2018

Good vegan breakfasts

A choice of full or ‘slim’ vegan breakfasts - I had the slim - with everything freshly cooked (no congealed baked beans hooray!). Soya milk for tea. They advertised vegan shakes but I didn’t try them - next time! Friendly service. It’s a small and deservedly popular cafe so they warn that you might have to wait as their kitchen can only cook four breakfasts at once, but I didn’t think the wait was excessive at all. And it’s well worth it!

DaveJ

Points +52

Vegan
19 Aug 2018

Vegan Breakfast

Every time I visit Norwich I always stop into Olive’s for breakfast. They serve an amazing vegan breakfast. Well worth a visit!!

Pros: Loads of vegan options. , Service is great. , Food is high quality.

Olly.B

Points +16

Vegan
06 Aug 2018

Great breakfast!

Lovely little place to have breakfast. I had the slim vegan breakfast as I didn't feel up to the big on. It came put pretty quick and it was soo damn good. It was still a good size fryup for a small, with a large mushrooms, veggie sausage, grilled tomatoes, bubble and squeak, and beans. Was lush! I have had the large breakfast in the passed and it is a challenge, will alot more items on the plate, but still amazing. The cafe itself is full of plants and has a really cosy feel to it.

Pros: Every section of the menu has a vegan option.

Cons: May be a bit pricey for some, but worth the money.

MollyGould

Points +159

Vegan
21 Jan 2018

This fry up will fill you up

Wow, what a huge fry up! Portion size cannot be beaten. Lovely vegan fry up consisting of toast, beans, sausages, bacon, scrambled egg, mushrooms, tomatoes and potato and veg hash. It was delicious!

Pros: Portion size!!, Quality

pelargonium

24 Apr 2018

Just to clarify, that’s Buticha- made with gram flour, rather than egg! The vegan breakfasts are, well, vegan.

TabbF

Points +515

Vegan
07 Oct 2017

incredible breakfasts

The vegan fry ups here are literally better than any you'll find elsewhere in Norfolk. The fairly recent addition of homemade tempeh strips is the perfect finishing touch, and as well as friendly service there's always a very cute cafe dog (Pico!) doing the rounds looking for love while you wait for your food.




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