Vegan-friendly
Ovo
Indian
International
Take-out
European
Gluten-free
Breakfast
Community cafe with a food menu by Verde Ldn featuring toasties, dals, soups and a plant based pastry counter. Toasties feature carefully selected products from Symplicity Foods and Fable with house-made sauerkraut, aiolis and dressings. Eat food while browsing the art books that are placed around the cafe. Reported no longer fully vegan March 2023. Open Mon-Fri 08:00-16:00, Sat 12:00-16:00. Closed Sun.
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- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair accessible
- Free Wi-Fi
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Last update on 19 Mar 2023 by HoldThatFork
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Added by verde.ldn on 11 Oct 2022
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4 Reviews
First Review by PaulDaly☘️
SarahPlants
Points +102
Ok for drinks, not for food - Edit
Pleasant location, nice outdoor seating. Only hot food on offer was vegetarian toasties, nothing vegan.
Read moreGo here if thirsty, but not hungry.
Pros: Pleasant staff
Cons: Very little in the way of vegan food
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PaulDaly☘️
Points +2945
Went straight here from the airport after amazingly organised places in Helsinki - Edit
To be met by too cool for skool (well in their own heads anyway) slovenly half disinterested servers behind the bar.
Read moreThey seemed like nice people but they don’t appear to have perspective of what dining atmosphere paying customers want when they choose to spend their money in a place.
I had the soup and sausage sarnie and waited for ages while the chef (who appeared to be doing nothing when I arrived) struggled with a few orders.
One customer was pacing up and down desperate for their order to be made as presumably they had somewhere to be as time is money in the big smoke.
The inside is very small and the loud staff seemed completely oblivious to the paying customers having their meals right in front of them.
One staff member shouted to another staff member who was on a storage mezzanine of some sort (directly above my head) “hey do us a favour and throw us down 4 rolls of toilet paper 🧻 would you mate” right as I was tucking into my vegan 🌱 sausage sarnie that had taken about 23 minutes to make.
Obviously paying customers are not forced to put up with them thank goodness as we just vote with our wallet.
Such a pity as the position is awesome and they are plant 🌱 based as are we. They inherited a good fit out from the previous tenant that must have gone bust.
Unfortunately I see this going in the same direction but I hope not as it could be really good.
I voted remain by the way as unfortunately after all my years in hospitality, I saw this kind of sh*T show coming
The future is vegan 🌱
Updated from previous review on 2022-10-19
Pros: Inherited a great position & great that’s it’s 🌱, Nice outside space , Chef was slow but was the only one with manners
Cons: Uncouth staff with bad manners , Sit outside so you don’t have to hear/see them , Hospitality is about being hospitable
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TBVG2019
Points +633
Scrumptious sandwiches and pastries - Edit
I took my 4 year old here one Saturday morning this month and we had a great time, enjoyed seeing the exhibition downstairs and having our pick of some fresh vegan cakes and pastries before our very tasty bagel and sandwich arrived, looking forward to going back soon.
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rigmarole
Points +63
Lovely independent setting - Edit
This end of Shoreditch no longer seems to have the abundance of fully vegan places it had some years ago so it’s really good to see the Photo Book Café is now collaborating with Verde!
Read moreMy chorizo melt was a perfect mix of sun-dried tomatoes, chorizo and mozza. I got to eat it in the presence of loads of arty books displayed on the shelves and that’s super cool. Some drinks items were out of stock and staff loudly wondering around preparing for later didn’t make one feel like the star of the show, but then again, the feeling was of a very independent business, plus fully vegan and books? Yay!
Updated from previous review on 2022-10-18
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