• The Bench Café

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  • White Vegetarian
Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
International
Western
Mediterranean
Take-out
British
Honey

Small vegetarian café inside an artisan jewelry workshop. Menu includes soup, toasted bagels, scioches (scone × brioche), olives, Belgian waffles, some of which are vegan. Marked options on the menu outside include soup, an avocado/tomato/hummus bagel and mixed olives with herbs, some of which are vegan and/or could be made vegan. Open Mon-Sat 09:00-16:30. Closed Sun.


6 Reviews

First Review by madveganfood

Leafn4give

Points +393

Vegan
02 Dec 2025

50p for oat or soya milk in drinks

Nice Moroccan soup but with white bread roll.

Pros: Pleasant set-up, Imaginative to have cafe in jewellery maker’s

Cons: 50p extra for soya or oat milk in drinks

Soniabean

Points +488

Vegan
20 May 2025

Highlight in Keswick

Proper vegan options and more than one which is unusual in this area from what I can see. I had excellent Moroccan soup with beans. Alternatives included bagels with avocado and hummus as well as jacket potatoes.

Score really reflects the excellent vegan cheesecake. Glorious!

Pros: Amazing red fruit cheesecake, No meat at all, Very calm and pleasant environment

Cons: Serves many dairy dishes

mockingbird

Points +3139

Vegan
30 Apr 2024

Very basic

This is a new one for me, a veggie cafe in a jewellers!

Basic cafe serving drinks, cakes, and soup and sandwiches. I had a coffee, it wasn’t the best. I didn’t see any food on the menu that struck me enough to order. Plenty of vegan cakes.

Very fair to middling in general.

John.ellis vegan

Points +222

Vegan
01 Apr 2024

Well worth our support

Located where the peddlers vegetarian cafe used to be a perfect cafe to avoid omnivorous cafes with vegan options. Spotlessly clean and bright environment and nice background music.

Pros: Lots of vegan cake options , Pleasant helpful staff , Interesting Jewellery connection

RebeccaWhitten

Points +711

Vegan
14 Aug 2023

Decent vegan cake and coffee

Nice little cafe, a few vegan cake options and dairy free milk options for coffees. Menu was limited however if you fancy a savoury option.

Updated from previous review on 2023-08-14

Pros: Vegan cakes

Cons: Limited food options , Staff member was a bit rude

madveganfood

Points +1800

Vegan
14 Aug 2023

Average food, let down by staff

Ordered the bagel which came deconstructed which i kind of liked. Felt like I got more for my money to have it this way instead of premade. I had the avocado, tomato and hummus toasted bagel which came with salad and crisps. I also got a fruit smoothie which was nice. They had a selection of vegan cakes including carrot cake which was really tasty! However the waitress taking the order was a bit rude which was the only negative thing I have to say.

Pros: Vegan cakes, Located in a jewellery shop which was unique, Nice seating area

Cons: Waitress was rude (maybe she was having a bad day)




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