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Independently run vegan-vegetarian restaurant with a 100% vegan kitchen (offering dairy milk, butter, and grated cheese at the front for non-vegan friends), serving fresh, wholesome food made from scratch using seasonal, locally sourced ingredients, with a diverse menu for breakfast and lunch in an animal-friendly, community-focused space welcoming to everyone
open Mon–Sat 8:30am–5pm and Sun 9am–4pm. Open Mon-Sat 08:30-17:00, 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 12 Jan 2026 by HenryBlane
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Added by Elizabeth Child on 26 Oct 2009
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115 Reviews
First Review by shloobee
Joshilib
Points +382
the best in Canterbury - Edit
There's no doubt: if you're vegetarian or vegan, then the Veg Box café is the best place to eat out in Canterbury. Warm, friendly location; great staff; healthy, filling and sometimes quite creative food. Lunch below a tenner. Go there.
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Toriay
Points +45
nice place - Edit
I almost didn't go because it was difficult to find and then from the entrance it looks like its just a whole foods shop so I was worried it was just going to be a deli. Nice spot, food was tasty but nothing special.
Read morePros: atmosphere, tasty food, friendly staff
Cons: location, unimaginative menu
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CLRtraveller
Points +10851
good food - Edit
"Organic, vegetarian/vegan breakfasts, lunches, snacks, drinks and cakes." Open 10:00 am-3:30 pm, lunch from 12 noon, Monday-Saturday. The menu is on a large blackboard, including daily specials. A few vegan items but mostly lacto-ovo-vegetarian. Soup, sweets - made in-house, including vegan ice cream, vegan chocolate cupcake, beetroot brownie, lemon and almond polenta cupcake. Also Fairtrade coffees, teas, organic juices.
Read moreI had celeriac with sage soup which came with wholemeal bread and vegan spread (margarine) for GBP4.95. Another time I had squash and lentil dahl on brown rice, with mango chutney and greens salad, daily special 7.95, and nettle tea. Delicious comfort-food for a chilly, damp day.
Pros: tasty food, good location
Cons: not enough vegan options
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Tara HD
Points +974
Average - Edit
A nice little place above the Wholefoods market. I didn't find the food that good though and the vegan dessert options were very limited.
Read morePros: focus on organic and local products
Cons: average food, limited vegan options for dessert
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ejthiggs
Points +148
Lovely lunch - Edit
I ate lunch at the Veg Box with my partner on a rainy Saturday in June. When we arrived it was quite busy, but not full. I ordered the soup of the day (Broccoli, Courgette & Pea) (vegan) which came with two chunks of very nice brown bread. My partner had the veggie burger, which came with large potato wedges and a generous portion of salad. Everything was very tasty. For dessert I had an iced chocolate cupcake (vegan) and my partner had the carrot cake; they both get top marks for yummyness! We were sevred quickly and the atmosphere was friendly and casual. In total (including drinks) the meal came to about £21.
Read morePros: great value for money, vegan desserts, gluten free options
Cons: might be hard to find
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gra26264
Points +47
super veg box - Edit
excellent value,good atmosphere,wide selection of vegan options,very friendly staff,they are doing an excellent vegan christmas dinner at the moment that is recommended,the only negative thing I can think of is that they close at 4 o clock
Read morePros: good value, excellent food, friendly atmosphere
Cons: closes at 4pm
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shloobee
Points +20
YUM!!!!! - Edit
In a great setting, really nice servers, and great food, how can you go wrong? Being Vegan, I'm used to not having choice and as this was described as Veggie friendly who catered for Vegan I didn't expect much - what I got was a good choice and an excellent meal - plus a proper, non-wishy-washy soy cappuccino :) Absolutely recommend it. Will go back for more when I'm in town again and one day I'm going to try the breakfast
Read morePros: Excellent food, Great service, Great place
Cons: Not big enough!
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