Vegan-friendly
Lacto
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Organic
Western
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Take-out
British
Catering
Restaurant serving lunch, afternoon tea, and snacks daily plus dinner. Companion animal friendly. Reported to offer dishes containing eggs and/or dairy September 2023. Open Mon-Tue 08:30-21:00, Wed 08:30-17:00, Thu-Sat 09:00-17:00, Sun 09:00-16:00. Lunch is served from 12pm-3pm.
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17B Burgate, Canterbury, England, CT1 2HG
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- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accepts credit cards
- Free Wi-Fi
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Last update on 07 May 2024 by CanterburyTails
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Added by Elizabeth Child on 26 Oct 2009
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93 Reviews
First Review by shloobee
53RBC
Points +92
Not to miss! - Edit
Red Velvet Latte and Green Smoothie - perfect pick-me-ups!
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bc1995
Points +236
Soooo yummy! - Edit
I looooove a Buddha bowl! Though is a wee bit pricey it’s 100% with the extra couple ££. Everything is home made and I have never left feeling disappointed. Highly recommend!
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BeatriceScotto
Points +86
Amazing! 🌱 - Edit
Delicious vegan and vegetarian dishes, I recommend taking the hummus one of the best I've ever eaten! Excellent quality price. A really nice place!
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Llyam
Points +66
Lovely café - Edit
Really nice home-feel café. A good selection of drinks on offer and great vegan food & cakes every day.
Read morePros: Lots of milk alternatives & creative drinks, Lots of vegan sweet & savoury foods to try, Big portions!
Cons: Still offer cows milk
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Varna_Vegan
Points +56
Homemade Food at a Good Price - Edit
The veg box cafe has yummy vegan food that is tasty and good for you and it is all made from scratch. There is always something new to try and something sweet to have after lunch. It is a good size place with nice staff.
Read morePros: Friendly Staff, Tasty Homemade Food, Good Value
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tyrmar_bear
Points +120
Healthy, Friendly and Tasty - Edit
When I’m in need of a big filling heathy meal in Canterbury this is where I head. They do little snacks, salads and breakfasts also. Sometimes I feel it’s expensive but then again I am always absolutely stuffed and only just manage to clear my plate. Coffee is nice here. Nice friendly staff and a relaxed atmosphere greatly enhanced since they have expanded inside and vastly increased their seating capacity and room to move around😄nice to be able to sit outside just away from the the high street and watch the world go by also.
Read moreLast time I was in there I had a really nice “cheese” and onion bake so good I had to have 2. ( Not so healthy but yummy little snack )
Menu is variable which I like alway different things to try😄
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Nicki57
Points +21
inventive, filling and friendly - Edit
Informal and friendly, wide range of filling food with a huge variety of tastes
Read morePros: lots of vegan options, seasonal food., seating outside and in
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nattytatton
Points +414
One temperature frittata - Edit
That’s a great range of options for lunch. The salad bowls are always really full and delicious but they don’t beat up things to order, such as the frittata. Everything is one temperature
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DaniMarshall
Points +30
fully vegan colourful delight - Edit
So many options, all fresh with lots of choice to customise your plate. It's fully vegan even though this app says it's not. They also ferment their own veggies
Read morePros: everything's vegan, sweet options, cheap for large portions
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goldenzebra
Points +33
Favourite place! - Edit
Veg Box was my fave place to go to while I was in Uni in Canterbury. Everything tastes divine, no matter what I tried and the staff is super friendly! Definitely go here if you’re in Canterbury. I miss it! :)
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Helly_bee
Points +36
Lovely spot for a vegan or veggie lunch - Edit
I went here on Sunday with two friends, one non-vegan/veggie and one veggie. We had a lovely light lunch - they had the soup and sourdough bread, I had a mezze plate with lots of yummy fermented veg, sourdough and really gorgeous hummus (the best I've had in a while). Everyone was offered butter or vegan spread which was a welcome touch. Amazingly the cakes were all vegan (about 8 options) which I have never experienced before. And there were lots of milk alternatives available for the coffee.
Read moreI think the cafe could easily be entirely vegan, and I would love to see that. But as it is, it's a great little place that I would visit again.
Pros: Lots of vegan choices, Relaxed atmosphere
Cons: Could be entirely vegan, the menu was nearly there
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teacupdave
Points +46
Amazing food for a moderate price with a watery hot chocolate - Edit
Great and filling food with an amazingly tasty selection of relishes. The price wasn't bad, though like most vegetarian resteraunt a little steep. The Hot Chocolate was a bit watery and disappointing though.
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Kriscatch
Points +292
just good - Edit
I used to go here fairly often because it was one of the rare places where you could get a proper vegan lunch. Although good and healthy, I was never really impressed by their dishes, especially because the best-looking food is often vegetarian but not vegan. As Canterbury has more places now, with more choice for vegans and more refreshing options, they won't see me back that often anymore.
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chb-pbfp
Points +9841
Nice veggie restaurant. - Edit
It's a nice place, nice staff and good food.
Read moreIn the summer you can sit outside on the terrace.
It is based on a create your own plate, so you can really choose what you want to eat, in which quantity, which is great.
It is rather for lunch than it is for dinner.
Overall good experience.
Pros: Good food
Cons: None
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LN68
Points +30
Excellent food at a very reasonable price - Edit
We wanted a quick lunch in a vegetarian-only cafe after visiting the Cathedral . We can highly recommend the Veg Box Cafe for its choice of main courses, its very friendly and speedy service. The vegan burger was especially tasty, and there is a big choice of salads and toppings to go with the main courses at no extra cost. They were happy to wrap what we couldn't finish for takeaway. A real find!
Read morePros: Excellent food, Very good value to include all the salads, Very friendly and speedy service
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ChanDrkit
Points +59
vegan cake, friendly - Edit
They have different types of vegan cake, the taste is very good.
Read moreThey only have few choices don't contact onion and garlic, but they ask the chief one by one.
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TBR
Points +360
Delicious - Edit
We went for breakfast and lunch and both were very enjoyable. Not a big fan of eating out of a cardboard box though, and hate using plastic cutlery even if it is bio degradable. Try cutting a thick slice of sourdough with a plastic knife!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan stuff
Cons: cardboard box and plastic cutlery
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LizzieMariaRiordan
Points +18
Amazing! - Edit
Lovely staff, had an amazing coconut hot chocci and salted caramel cheesecake - all vegan 😁🌱
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Mangoberry
Points +48
Tasty! - Edit
Everything I've eaten from here has been very tasty. Their warm meals are very earthy and flavourful. Abundant healthy choices. They use compostable cutlery. And their vegan desserts are delicious.
Read moreI would say it's quite expensive though, so I can't eat here as often as I would have liked. There is also a seating problem sometimes, as it gets quite crowded.
Pros: Delicious, Healthy, New items everyday
Cons: Expensive, Usually no space to sit
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Frenchyboyyy94
Points +100
Tasty, simple & lovely food! - Edit
Had a fantastic lunch here. We both had a chickpea burger with the three salads and some yummy toppings. Great smoothies also!
Read morePros: Service was quick and friendly , All of the cutlery and everything else was compost, Healthy, filling and tasty food
Cons: Be better for the environment for them to use reus
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LittleMissGlitter
Points +16
Wonderful - Edit
Absolutely delicious food and fantastic staff. Toilets were also very baby-changing friendly (as were the staff!)
Read morePros: Tasty food, Friendly staff, Great environment
Cons: Nothing!
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broganlane
Points +175
Great vegan food - Edit
I love coming here while I'm in Canterbury, the vegan options are great and all the cakes have recently been made vegan (some were just vegetarian before).
Read moreThe meals are filling and delicious, the soup is always my favourite options. The staff are friendly and it's a good atmosphere.
Pros: Large portions , Delicious cakes
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Nikki1801
Points +963
Wholesome lunch - Edit
Visited yesterday after finding this place through google (there seems to be a happy cow glitch with Canterbury area). Last orders 4pm, open till 4:30pm.
Read morePretty much everything was vegan except milk for drinks and cheese for jacket potato. They had stews, risotto, salads and veggie burger etc. Really wholesome food and nice to have salads with toppings like vegan mayo, pesto, toasted nuts and seeds.
The desserts looked lovely but I was far too full to try one!
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stevegan
Points +51
Wasted journey - incorrect website info - Edit
This place should be a magnet & a delight for vegans - but Veg Box have to sort out their terrible service and website.
Read moreTheir website says that they are open till 8pm Thursday to Saturday. So we arrive, hungry and cold, at 5pm on Thurs only to find them just closing. When we mention the opening times on the website the dopey assistant says "oh, yea - we should change that really".
By Saturday I have calmed down a bit & decide to go there at 4.30 for a coffee & cake. I walk through the doors just in time to hear a different assistant telling a bunch of customers that "last orders were at 4pm".
The food looks ok but I have never managed to eat any!
Not sure how this place has got a Tripadvisor "Certificate of Excellence" for 3 years running with 10 out of 46 reviews being "terrible" , "poor" or "average".
P.S. website still NOT updated as at 21/11/2016
Cons: Need to update their website, wasted journey - closed when it should be open!
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lc432
Points +49
Lovely place - Edit
Love this place. I go there regularly, they always have tasty vegan options savory and sweet and the menu changes often so I'm never bored going there ! Highly recommend.
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HenryLand
Points +121
hot choco-box - Edit
Had a lovely hot chocolate this morning with green and blacks powder and soya milk. Yummy.
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markrlankester
Points +49
Very good. Little bit pricey. - Edit
Really nice little cafe, and the only completely veg/vegan place in Canterbury. Good selection of cakes too, some gluten-free.
Read moreOnly downside is it's a little pricy for regular eating. Definitely a treat more than a habitual hangout.
Pros: All veg/vegan, Good cakes, GF options
Cons: Expensive for what it is, Sometimes bland hot dishes
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