Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
Western
Fast food
Take-out
Australian
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. Cafe franchise in NZ and AU. Has cabinet of snacks foods and sweets, and an updated menu that includes a vegan section offering items like vegan burger, pancakes, tofu scramble, falafel, and thai noodle salad. Cabinet items vary and might have vegan peanut butter cup, raw chocolate salted caramel slice, raw energy ball, or cashew and kumara pie. Trendy decor, newspapers and magazines for browsing. Open Mon-Fri 7:00am-10:00pm, Sat-Sun 8:00am-10:00pm.
10 Reviews
First Review by Limmey
aa97
Points +712
Very nice - Edit
Food was great, decent price and staff were very friendly!
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SamC
Points +70
Go to vegan options - Edit
Good vegan options!!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options, Good coffee, Good slices
Cons: A little expensive, Busy, Flavored tea might not be veg
Guest
ArchieFibonacci
Points +214
Range varies widely by location - Edit
Some coffee culture branches have heaps of vegan options (the one by Westfield Riccarton and the one by the Crossing usually have quite a bit) while others have only 1 or 2 items. Lots of plant milks available, but they are all extra $ so it's very easy to end up paying $7.50 for a standard coffee! Go to Portershed instead, better food and cheaper too
Read morePros: Some branches have lots of vegan food, Oat milk available
Cons: Very expensive for a chain store, Lucky dip on whether there will be food or not
Guest
LC70PZJ70
Points +703
Rather nice. - Edit
Overall nice. Coffee good. Several vegan cabinet options.
Read morePros: Coffee is great, Price is right
Cons: Could offer more vegan savoury foods
Guest
LilyHarper
Points +539
Pretty expensive but nice - Edit
I had a really nice pastry - it was cold and rainy and a warm pastry was what I needed! We also had a nice soup and a PB & chocolate cake which were good too
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AlineAnhaia
Points +971
Poor service - Edit
The pie was good but very expensive. The hot chocolate was not bad but wasn’t tasty. I didn’t like the costumer service, actually they don’t know what’s vegan mean.
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meianma
Points +121
Okay coffee break at the Christchurch Airport - Edit
Several clearly signed vegan options for slices, banana bread and raw energy balls. Had the banana bread with a vegetable spread and a apricot almond ball. The first came heated and was delicious, the ball was a bit dry and didn’t taste especially well.
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nicole_m
Points +3485
Delicious raw slices - Edit
There's branches across the South Island now, including Dunedin (Roslyn), Timaru, Lincoln, Rolleston, Rangiora, Kaiapoi and several in Christchurch. I've always found at least one vegan option, though not always a savoury one. The chocolate caramel raw slice is a must try - I don't normally care for raw treats but this one is delicious.
Read morePros: Lots of locations, Tasty sweet treats
Cons: Limited savoury options
Guest
Yolanda
Points +1900
Some good vegan options - Edit
After Limmeys review, I posted on FB to ask the vegan community in Christchurch as to the best Coffee Culture laces to go to. Overall people seemed really happy with the options and in particular, people loved: the caramel slice, that they offered almond as well as soya milk, the kumara pumpkin soup, the iced carrot cake muffins, the peanut butter cups,the cashew and sweet potato pie and the chai which is not made with syrup. Best branches were Merivale, The Palms, Riccarton, Airport, Beckenham, Lincoln and Addington. However people also said it is possible to go to a Coffee Culture and find there are no vegan options because they have run out.
Read morePros: vegan friendly, raw caramel slice, more than one plant milk option
Cons: can run out of vegan options, it can vary between branches
Guest
Limmey
Points +144
not vegan friendly - Edit
They didn't have any vegan items, when I asked they told me they "don't keep tabs on that stuff."
Read moreUm okay.
They also have a sign up that basically tells you there's goi g to be cross contamination with food types.
Yolanda
Hi Limmey - eek, that is not good! I have been to a few CCs and had good food as a vegan. I also called the head office of CC before submitting the listing and was assured there would always be a vegan option unless they had run out. I will post on the Vegetarian Christchurch and Chch Vegans and Friends FB pages to see if this is a Riccarton problem or if a different location should be listed or not at all and will inform Happy Cow accordingly. Thanks!
Read moreCoffeeCultureNZ
Hi Limmey,
Read moreThanks so much for your feedback, I will follow up with the manager of Riccarton as we definitely do 'keep tabs on that stuff'. Riccarton often stock the Peanut Butter Cups, Energy Balls, Pumpkin Kumara Pattie, Pumpkin & Kumara Soup, Raw Salted Caramel Slice and the Banana Loaf - all which are Vegan. I'm sorry the staff weren't aware of which products were vegan to point this out to you. I'm sure Ali (the Manager of Riccarton) will be most disappointed as she is a big advocate for making sure there are options for those with dietary requirements. What time did you visit the store? - It would be good to know that if their Vegan products are selling out earlier in the day - they may need to be ordering more to make sure there are these options in the evening.
The cross contamination sign is due to the fact that the food is sitting in the cabinet and made in the same kitchen as non-vegan/vegetarian/dairy-free/egg-free/gluten-free/nut-free items. We take all care and there are procedures in place to try and ensure there is no cross-contamination however we can not 100% guarantee that there would never be traces of other ingredients and we'd like to be upfront about this fact! It would be difficult, if not impossible, for restaurants and cafes to guarantee there aren't traces if they have items containing any of the above - similar to the disclaimer on food packaging "May contain traces of...".
If you have any other concerns or questions about what products we offer please feel free to email me at Amanda@coffeeculture.co.nz.
Kind Regards,
Amanda
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