Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
Take-out
Bakery
British

Cafe in the heart of Totnes offering a fully plant-based food menu with shakshuka, salads, and hummus plates. Has zero/low waste approach. Previously located at no 69. Mostly vegan but offers cow's milk for drinks. Open Mon-Fri 08:00-17:00, Sat 08:00-18:00. Closed Sun.


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24 Reviews

First Review by fenchurch2k

barrlynnev

Points +274

Vegan
02 Sep 2024

Gorgeous fresh pastries, great coffee

Completely plant based menu. Great selection of food, in particular the more unusual pastry flavours 🤤

Pros: Fresh tasty pastries, Great coffee, Friendly, relaxed atmosphere

lesleyjco

Points +156

Vegan
12 Jun 2024

Great food!

Had delicious food here and staff were friendly. It didn’t come up on Happy Cow (lack of internet connection may be?) so we stumbled upon it by chance - serendipity! Highly recommend

Pros: Great food, Good selection of food & drinks, Lovely staff

Cons: Nothing

TortugaBlava

Points +503

Vegan
01 Jun 2024

Everything is delicious

Everything we had was delicious, smoothies, bagel with vegan salmon, avocado on sourdough, and the selection of cakes (there were too many to choose from!).

Lovely garden in the back, friendly staff, and on top of everything there was a bird's nest in the wall just above our heads with the parents flying in and out 💚.

minty

Points +177

Vegan
12 Oct 2023

Very cozy

Good range of options in spite of its size - the chocolate and raspberry cake is amazing

Updated from previous review on 2023-02-27

Nerida84

Points +136

Vegan
22 May 2023

Great coffee and sandwiches

Lots of vegan options, and great coffee.

alphil

Points +429

Vegan
24 Mar 2023

Cool, cosy, tasty

This is such a cool, little coffee shop. The food and drink were SO good! Really nice vibe and super friendly staff. I really recommend their sandwiches.

andydillon84

Points +119

Vegan
11 Jan 2023

Incredible coffee and treats

Great selection of coffee. Friendly staff. Nice selection of cakes, bagels and sandwiches which are all vegan. Only the pastries aren’t.

Pros: Lots of options, Creative sandwich choices, Freshly made

Cons: Priced competitively for Totnes

BigSixBass

Points +527

Vegan
06 Jan 2023

Great coffee and cakes

Best coffee I've had in a long time, and large selection of vegan cakes. Had soup and frittata, which tasted really good. Present premises are quite small but may be moving to larger soon..I'm sure it will be packed, ..deserves to be!

FleurElizabeth

Points +113

Vegan
16 Nov 2022

The best bagel

Been here multiple times purely for the delicious ‘smoked salmon’ (carrot) & cream cheese bagel. Only negative is that it sells out so quick!

FrankieW

Points +2670

Vegan
01 Oct 2022

Instant classic

Please allow me to use an oxymoron, thanks.

Having read so many excellent reviews it was easy to see why, and thoroughly justified.

Predominantly vegan, filling snacks, lots of extras, including CBD infused shots. Both the sweet and savoury options are innovative.

Wonderfully curated (no neighbour related pun intended) coffee list. Perfectly pulled espressos.

Charming and welcoming staff.

Updated from previous review on 2022-10-01

Pros: 98% vegan

Cons: 2% non vegan

JRoss

Points +630

Vegan
01 Oct 2022

Deserved 5 stars

This place really deserves its 5 stars. Fantastic range of vegan options for savoury and sweet- we had a vegan mozzarella ciabatta, kimchi bagel and mushroom frittata plus delicious raw desserts). The coffee is also excellent.

HenningausdemGrindel

Points +38

Mostly Veg
30 Aug 2022

Fantastisches Cafe in Totnes

Sehr leckeres Essen und Getränke zu Preisen, die völlig in Ordnung sind. Super schöner Hinterhof mit Blick auf die Burg zum Verweilen.

Pros: Fast komplett vegan , Schöne Atmosphäre

Cons: Nervige Musik, Etwas langsam in der Zubereitung

Luapske82

Points +448

Vegan
02 Jul 2022

Yummy smoothies and more

Creative smoothies, lots of choices for vegan (can choose soy, oat or almond milk), nice savoury treats (had the vegan fritatta) and by the looks of it amazing cakes and other sweets.
Mostly organic, and very low in plastic use.

Recommended, either to sit down or for take away!

With so many plant based milks to choose from, why use any dairy at all though?

Pros: Great smoothies, Lots of other vegan goodness, Mostly organic and little to no plastic usage

Cons: Not fully plant based

CharlotteGoord

Points +75

Vegan
30 Jun 2022

Little Gem

Best coffee in town. Cakes are amazing. Food is hearty and tasty. Highly recommended.

Beccabecca

Points +87

Vegan
27 Jun 2022

Phenomenal cakes

The cakes from here are phenomenal- we had a redcurrant one and a macadamia one and they were very very good.
Wish we’d taken more!
My parents (omni) were very impressed with raw cakes which they hadn’t had before, and said they were like petit fours from a fancy restaurant.

Haylingracer

Points +60

Vegan
16 Feb 2022

Amazing place - real character and fantastic food. Had to take away a choice of

Was just perfect Amazing place - real character and fantastic food. Had to take away a choice of cakes!

Pros: Al vegan, Soup and frittata and sandwiches-, Loads of cakes

FranMcgarryArtist

Points +394

Vegan
14 Oct 2021

Amazing Food

Absolutely amazing vegan cakes and snacks. The staff are so friendly too. The frittata was gorgeous. Would definitely come back.

toastedsandwich

Points +122

Vegan
02 Sep 2021

Fabulous vegan options

I wasn’t sure about this at first, but nearly everything they serve is vegan, and all the desserts were vegan on the day I went. I had a mozzarella toastie in focaccia, a salmon bagel, a mushroom sushi roll and a piece of rhubarb and blueberry cake. Everything was super realistic and yummy. I wanted to buy everything! I didn’t try any drinks as had my own.

Pros: Lots of vegan options - hard to choose!, Friendly staff, Realistic and yummy food

Cons: Slightly on the expensive side, Only take away

AliceOlive

Points +89

Vegan
23 Dec 2020

😍😍😍

Amazing coffee and amazing food!!! I dream of the mozerella foccacia daily I reckon. Lovely staff too!!

Pros: Loads vegan, FOCCACIA

jepgibbs

Points +77

Vegan
14 Oct 2020

Delicious coffee

Had two fab oat milk cappucinos and a delicious sheeze and tomato toastie. They are friendly and knowledgeable and have a really amazing variety on their menu.

Pros: Lots of choice, Loads of vegan options, Friendly

peterperfect

Points +19

Vegetarian
09 Sep 2020

An amazing sandwich

Great sandwiches ( i’d recommend the vegan mozzarella & pesto) lovely cakes and coffee that hits the spot whatever way you want it
Happy days

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Reasonably priced, User-friendly

Cons: I live 200 miles away

EleanorHarrison

Points +120

Vegan
09 Jul 2020

Imaginative and plentiful vegan options

All savoury options (except scone) were vegan - I went for the smoked 'salmon' and cream cheese bagel which was delicious. My Mum went for the avo and cucumber kimchi sourdough sandwich - this was amazing, possibly the best sammy I've ever tried! They do a great range of drinks with lots of mylk options, including non-coffee lattes (I tried the vegan prana chai which was lovely), smoothies and health shots. They had a few vegan bakes too. Were only doing takeaway when I visited, but all packaging is compostable which is a big bonus! Clearly popular among locals as there was a queue outside. A couple of tables of seating outside too.

NienkeKollias

Points +39

Vegetarian
12 Aug 2019

Very, very good smoothie's

Went up on the hill to find a place to get a smoothie and got two lovely smoothie's. One 'supergreen' which contained maca, wheatgrass, barleygrass (and other) powders together with avocado and coconut yoghurt. And one smoothie with coffee in it. They where very good! He also has the best coffee on town according to the locals and nice simple food. Everything is vegan i think, or can be made vegan.

Pros: Nice, pure and simple

fenchurch2k

Points +251

Vegan
04 Aug 2019

Gorgeous brunch and lunch spot

Travelling to Totnes by train we were delighted to discover this gem at the top of the hill when we climbed up from the station! Beautiful sourdough, fresh toasties and avo on toast with original flavour toppings (kimchi or zhug) make fab breakfast options, and if you still have space there are a range of vegan cakes. However the portions are generous so if you are planning to try the cakes you may want to share! The coffee is gorgeous too and the staff are wonderful. Highly recommended.

Pros: Huge portions and reasonable prices, Delicious and fresh food, Great coffee




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