Vegan
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Beer/Wine
Bakery
Latin
Breakfast
Independent vegan café & bakery. Baked goods made from scratch and menu with fresh ingredients and vegan alternative meats made to order. Specialty coffee, smoothies and house-made crafted drinks. Please note oat milk is the house milk. Open Wed-Fri 07:00-16:00, Sat-Sun 08:00-16:00.
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25 Caroline Str., Birmingham, England, B3 1UE
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Last update on 18 Sep 2025 by alternamarket
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Added by alternamarket on 27 Sep 2024
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35 Reviews
First Review by Ant1Plant1
carolvegan
Points +5022
Good! - Edit
The cookies were simply amazing (choc pecan and the white choc with biscoff). The sandos too! The service was nice.
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CharlieMills
Points +6300
Really yummy cafe - Edit
The blt was really tasty and I loved the loaded hash browns. Loads of choice here, would highly recommend going here.
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healthie.veggie
Points +2317
Vegan cafe - Edit
So lovely to have a entirely vegan cafe! They have a nice selection of food and drink. Their coffee is amazing too
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keeza321
Points +53
Solid cafe - Edit
So much stuff made in-house, including the amazing foccacia and pastries/cakes. Staff are great
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Lol07
Points +28
Great vegan spot in Brum! - Edit
So happy to have a fully vegan cafe in Birmingham.
Read moreBeen here a few times as it's close to where I work and the food never disappoints. The menu is small but I think that just shows everything is made fresh.
I've had the tofu focaccia, which is amazing and a must try! Also had the falafel wrap and both were generously filled. They offer really good portion sizes for the price. I don't have photos of these as I'm always too eager to eat!
Recently had the cinnamon bun and pumpkin spice latte and both were great. Will always recommend this place! 👍🏻
Updated from previous review on 2025-02-04
Pros: Friendly staff, Good quality
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j9lowey
Points +56
Delicious - Edit
Read moreHighly recommend the tofu and gochujang slaw on focaccia
Pros: Freshly prepared
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sophiejacks
Points +64
Delicious food and lovely staff - Edit
Possibly the best dirty chai I've ever had, super sweet and creamy! I ate in which was quiet but a lovely vibe in the café. The breakfast burrito was amazing, the tofu scramble in particular was perfect and so full of flavour. I also got some cookies to takeaway, the triple chocolate in particular was gooey and up there with the best. Extra shout out to the lovely, friendly staff
Read morePros: Dirty chai, Breakfast burrito, Fully vegan!!!
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Claire_Louise16
Points +922
Lovely vegan lunch - Edit
I got the sticky tofu wrap and cinnamon bun to take away. I was travelling for work. Very tasty food. Friendly staff.
Read moreI didn't get any photos! 🤦🏻♀️ because I ate the wrap on the train.
Updated from previous review on 2025-10-31
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Travels_in_Reggie
Points +4269
Alterna - Edit
Alterna café offers a good selection of pastries, cookies, and cooked options, along with a varied drinks menu. I ordered the chick’n and avocado wrap with a chai latte — the wrap came toasted, generously filled, and served with a side of crisps.
Read moreI couldn’t resist trying something sweet before leaving and picked up a pecan cookie to go. I’m usually more of a cake person, but these cookies are outstanding — definitely worth trying!
The café has a few tables downstairs near to the counter, with a larger seating area upstairs that’s bright and spacious. Really relaxed vibe. There’s on-street paid parking (although it’s free on Sundays.)
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TheVeganBuddhist
Points +3018
Cinnamon Rolls! - Edit
Cinnamon Roll was spectacular! I have been looking for a really good one for a while. Worth the trip simply for the Cinnamon Roll.
Read moreStrawberry Matcha and Blueberry Muffin were delicious as well.
Pros: Fully Vegan, Good amount of parking nearby, Customer Service
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mockingbird
Points +3149
Cute - Edit
Nice coffee and granola brekkie.
Read moreFairly limited menu but hits some for breakfasts, sandos and wraps.
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9hina
Points +24
Super! - Edit
We came here for breakfast yesterday, they were accommodating to my nut allergy and removed the nut butter from the granola. Cute playlist and nice girls serving us! The pancake texture was so peng.
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charandjosh
Points +1862
A great find well worth a visit. - Edit
We’re not in the jewellery quarter very often, so when the opportunity to stop in for lunch presented itself, we were thrilled to find a vegan only option. We had focaccia sandwiches (buffalo chicken and tofu). Both were a great size and came with crisps too. We added a side of hash browns as well. Don’t really need them, but glad to have had them as they were delicious. Might have to venture this way more often!
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TimWyatt5
Points +974
Incredible - Edit
Found this spot as it was open early and I needed to do work on my laptop. Very chill vibe and lots of space upstairs to work. Had a focaccia sandwich for lunch and it was incredible! Could have had 5 of them! Had a lemon raspberry chocolate cookie to go and it was insanely good. Must go!
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Bintuwrongen
Points +32
Friendly staff and tasty food! - Edit
Such a cute place with lots of options - really fresh tasting and good value! Staff were really friendly and kind too xx
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peacelilies
Points +16
Lovely place - Edit
Went and had a muffin and a matcha at Alterna and I loved it. Super friendly staff, always chatty.
Read moreWould recommend!
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RhonaM
Points +1058
Lovely - Edit
We visited twice while staying in Birmingham. It really helped that they were open early as we had trains to catch both days. We picked the granola both days to avoid waiting for any cooking (once takeaway, once sit in) and it was perfect. We also grabbed a muffin and a cookie to go, which were both amazing! Wish we’d had more time to work our way through the menu and baked treats.
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MariaLop
Points +194
Nice little place in the jewellery quarter - Edit
I visited to have breakfast. The food is good including the sweet items. Staff very friendly on the upper floor the have vegan products for sale.
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Fourfold
Points +563
Tasty tasty... - Edit
If like me you love tofu then the tofu focaccia sandwich that these guys do is spot on.
Read moreNice people.
Nice space.
The cinnamon rolls aren't bad either 😁
Updated from previous review on 2025-04-11
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hannapeterson
Points +1006
Calm, peaceful atmosphere - Edit
Had an iced oat milk latte and avocado focaccia with pesto, avocado, tomato, and onion. Excited to try more!
Read morePros: 100% vegan, Relaxing atmosphere, Deicious food
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InfiniteVegan
Points +62
Goated place - Edit
For lack of a better word to describe how impressed I was at this cafe, it was GOATED. They serve really good drinks, and a nice selection of smoothies. The food was brilliant, somewhat standard selection, but with a little twist. The Empanadas were very nice, with whole wheat pastry. And they have board games. These are kind of vegan establishments we neeed more of.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-02-23
Pros: Nice drinks, Real good sourdough, Calm atmosphere
Cons: I was told it was liked to a market, But it was just a few products, Could be bad info on my end though.
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poetboy
Points +92
Super vegan ! - Edit
Perfect place. Chilled atmosphere. Perfect smoothies and food !
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4nn4tu
Points +101
Highly recommend - Edit
Great relaxed vegan cafe, the drinks are really nice and they've been growing their food options over the past few months. Really recommend the iced blueberry matcha
Read morePros: Iced blueberry matcha, Atmosphere
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fatboythick
Points +78
A jewel in the Jewellry Quarter - Edit
Delicious VLT and great coffee
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jclarkeb
Points +15
Amazing food and coffee - Edit
The food was amazing and the atmosphere was really nice, the cherry latte was amazing! They also have art for sale and board games while you wait. I definitely recommend it!
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-12-23
Pros: Amazing food/coffee, Good price, Cozy atmosphere
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Shanti2016
Points +2046
Fabulously Fresh - Edit
As a independent that has only been open 2 months and is already rated a top restaurant in Brum, it must be doing a lot of things right.
Read moreSet up by 2 vegan friends ( one a chef the other a baker) the passion for fresh and quality food shines through. Everything is made on site and main menu made to order. Coffee is super good too. Do support this little independent.
Pros: Good varied menu, Lovely owners, Food is freshly made
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AlessandroTesti
Points +470
Small nd Delicious - Edit
Very Friendly Place 😍
Read moreBirmingham has few vegan restaurants, over St.Paul Church i found this nice place to have a really good breakfast 🍰☕
Their selfmade Chocolate Cake is Great!!
Pros: Cakes, Oat Milk Cappuccino , People
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