Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
Western
Take-out
Bakery
British
Scottish
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Coffee tea and sandwich shop. Menu marks the vegetarian choices. Offers bagels, rolls, wraps, salads, and a soup of the day which is always vegan. Has vegan cake, soya and almond milk for hot drinks. Variety of blended loose leaf teas. Open Tue-Sat 09:00-16:00.


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38 Reviews

First Review by radiocaz

jsl

Points +21

Vegetarian
05 Oct 2024

Best vegetarian eat in Inverness

Great soups, falafels, bagels n more. Good quality at fair price. Highly recommend

Pros: Food

EgleT

Points +47

Vegetarian
13 Sep 2024

Great vegan options

Small family owned cafe. All baking is vegan friendly and really delicious. Has a lot of vegan options for wraps and bagels and vegan soups. Almost all drinks can be made vegan with plant milks and cream for no additional cost.

CharlotteStevenson

Points +566

Vegan
24 Aug 2024

Blueberry scones!! 😍💙

Good food, extensive drink options and a meal deal option (soup and a drink with your wrap or bagel).

The Vietnamese bagel was a nice different option! My boyfriend had the nacho wrap with the soup meal deal (lentil soup was very tasty). I couldn’t leave without trying the blueberry scone, it did not disappoint! There were several other vegan cake options which is always nice to see ☺️

Here.To.Travel_Jade

Points +9930

Vegan
19 Dec 2023

Non pretentious little cafe

A lot of the menu can be veganised. Most of the cakes were vegan. LGBT inclusive space. Good prices, accessible, non-pretentious setting. Sells refillable kombucha, coffee, tea and local art too. When we visited we had the soup of the day (tomato and mixed beans) with half bagel & a vegan haggis on bagel, which came to £8 total for both meals. The food was tasty and filling. We also got the cherry Bakewell cake, which was sweet, light and delicious. The con was the smell of meat being cooked (as we were leaving)

Second visit: we had a special of spiced sweet potato, chickpea and peanut stew with smoked tofu and pitta; potato, garlic and rosemary soup; banoffee chai & biscoff flat white. All great and came quickly

Updated from previous review on 2023-10-08

beatriz77

Points +291

Vegan
08 Sep 2023

tasty food with great prices

i stumble upon this place while walking inverness. Has a menu with many vegan options very well labelled. Is tasty and clean food. recomend

NiamhC41

Points +1767

Vegan
30 May 2023

Cheap and very much cheerful

First visited here in 2017 and it’s a must whenever I’m in Inverness. They have a wide variety of options on the menu and plenty cakes also. Love love the chieftain bagel and I’m dying to try their tofu satay as it’s apparently brilliant.

Jo_BB

Points +151

Vegan
21 Oct 2022

Very tasty!

Nice cafe with quite a few vegan choices. Would go back!

JackfruitTimbercake

Points +124

Vegan
14 Oct 2022

Nice café

Nice bagels, vegan drinks possible, even hot chocolate with vegan cream and marshmallows

Kittybiscuit

Points +8733

Vegan
19 Sep 2022

Nice cakes

We already had lunch plans so stopped here to get some cakes. Their menu indicated there were quite a few vegan options. All the cakes were vegan. I got a piece of peanut butter bar, Oreo brownie and a chocolate cake. I liked all of them (I was sharing them) with my favourites being the peanut butter bar and Oreo brownie. It would have been nice to have lunch here but unfortunately they weren’t open on the other days we were here.

ems11

Points +70

Vegan
01 Aug 2022

Cosy cafe

Lovey cosy drinks, bagels. A cute place to read or meet friends.

Pros: Delicious bagels, Nice place to meet friends, Good for lunch or breakfast

some_tea

Points +99

Vegan
13 Jul 2022

Great bagles, friendly staff

Conveniently located cafe offering very tasty bagles, most items on the menu can be made vegan.

Pros: lots of vegan options, friendly staff, good bagles

Cons: not all vegan

JacquieP.

Points +98

Vegan
17 Jun 2022

Vegan bangers and hash

I took two bagels and a bar to-go. Staff was friendly and I liked their recommendations a lot

jozienw

Points +88

Vegan
07 Jun 2022

Best vegan BLT I ever had

Food was great, smoothies were awesome and it is clearly a safe space for people from all walks of life. Loved it.

AndrewPyne

Points +36

Vegan
08 Mar 2022

Excellent choice of food and drink and VGO

Nice Cafe in centre of town. Good choices and freshly made. Good choice if read as well. Nothing fancy but does the job well.

Pros: Choice , Value , Friendly

Gessicadn

Points +87

Vegan
04 Nov 2021

Amazing

Great place, great choices and wonderful staff. I enjoyed my afternoon tea there and I am certainly going there again and again.

Updated from previous review on 2021-11-04

Alyson

Points +793

Vegan
27 Oct 2021

Firm favourite

This place has become a firm favourite of my (vegan) parents when they want to go somewhere in the centre. I was here last week and had a great slice of lime and matcha vegan cake, with a pot of oolong tea. About half the savoury menu is vegetarian with plenty as vegan. The soup is always vegan apparently. The place was busy with people eating in and people getting take aways.

UPDATE Oct 2021 - all 6 cakes the day I visited were vegan. The one I had was excellent.

Updated from previous review on 2016-10-10

Pros: Vegan cakes, Vegan savoury options, Friendly staff

Cons: serves meat

Snowy9

Points +60

Vegan
29 Jul 2021

Great for lunchtime

Superb cakes and the rest of the menu is great too.
Bubble teas, hot chocolate. Blends of tea and tea accessories. Bagels... especially the mushroom satay one. Lots of vegan options always.
Lovely owner.

Updated from previous review on 2021-07-29

Pros: City centre , Independent business

Cons: Might need more space

Linzi82

Points +185

Vegan
09 Oct 2020

Nice place for lunch

It’s a nice place for lunch, the offer soups and bagel sandwiches. It’s tasty and fresh and they usually have a vegan cdd as me or 2 available

SeonagMairead

Points +254

Vegan
04 Mar 2020

Great food!

Always busy so you might have to wait but really yummy food. Massive drinks menu and delicious cakes

Pros: Lots of vegan option, Flexible

Cons: Can be busy

nwindhauser

Points +418

Vegan
24 Apr 2019

Great food

Breakfast sandwich was really good, fast service and very friendly. We took some vegan baked goods to go as well. Very close to train station.

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Cons: None

Papaya10116

Points +380

Vegan
12 Oct 2018

This is my favourite place to go

My favourite order from Blend is a vegan seeded nacho bagel and a peanut butter and chocolate oat milkshake, their peanut butter bars are to die for as well

Pros: Full vegan menu , Really delicious , Creative foods

Cons: Expensive , Sometimes unwelcoming staff

rjaneruns

Points +459

Vegan
22 Sep 2018

Would give 5 stars if I could

Really nice authentic café. Cozy inside. Lots of yummy vegan cakes to choose from and hot meals too.

Pros: Good prices, Don't charge extra for veg milk in coffee, Good cakes

Cons: not entirely vegan

mborg

Points +86

Vegan
31 Aug 2018

JVNK by friends not food

In the evening this place is run as a vegan-only restaurant with a fun and very full menu.

sigala

Points +56

Vegan
19 Aug 2018

המון אופציות טבעוניות lots of vegan options

ארוחה טעימה, מחיר סביר, כל העוגות טבעוניות, חלב סויה , שקדים ושיבולת שועל. יחס נהדר!
Great food, soy Milk, vegan cakes

KarouAuri

Points +123

Vegan
13 Aug 2018

Decent food

Had the breakfast vegan mushroom bagel and an oat chai latte. Was pretty good.

Cons: Butter knives... don’t cut through bagels

Ann-SofieVE

Points +102

Vegan
15 Jul 2018

great bagels, coffee and desserts

I highly recommend this cosy place! We had the lunch menu (£8.75) including a bagel of choice, soup of the day and tea/coffee/juice of choice. You can ask for plain or seeds bagel, gluten-free... So many vegan options that choosing gets difficult. The coffee is high quality and they do not charge extra for soy/almond/oat milk etc. The selection of cakes and pastries (3 vegan options atm) were looking so good that we just had to get a slice for dessert: a yummy matcha & strawberry cake. It's a small place so limited seating during lunch time.

mwatson2312

Points +249

Vegan
19 Jun 2018

Cakes and coffee

Love the cake options here that are vegan




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