Vegan-friendly
Beer/Wine
British
European
Gluten-free
Eatery est. Aug 2016. Offers several vegan dishes which change frequently (see website). Set three-course roast on Sun. Bar has organic wines, local craft beer, gin and tonics, house-made cordials and freshly squeezed juice. Relocated from 18/22 Lloyd St. Reported to serve vegetarian items April 2025. Open Mon-Sat 11:00-23:00, Sun 11:00-20:00.
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1-3 Cathedral Gates, Manchester, England, M3 1SW
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Last update on 30 Jun 2025 by hedonism
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Added by Veganolive1 on 07 Sep 2016
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244 Reviews
First Review by cabbagepatchkid
MillySweeney
Points +177
Tasty Vegetable Based Dishes - Edit
Went here for dinner whilst visiting Manchester, and it was lovely! We tried a couple of the small plates and it was refreshing to eat some veg-focused dishes for a change. Giving vegetables their time to shine!
Read morePros: Varied and exciting dishes., Fresh/Healthy , Friendly, attentive staff
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Seanroy
Points +420
Amazing food - Edit
The menu is varied and the food was amazing
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itzi
Points +4239
An allotment at the cathedral - Edit
Wonderful room besides the lovely Manchester cathedral. I had a starter: Tofu skewer, which was really good and tasty. The main course was celeriac steak with asparagus, mash and a green dip. To much gravy for my taste, but worse the money.
Read moreI had a very good wine as drink. As desert I chose toffee pudding, definitely to sweet after my fancy.
Service is relaxed and friendly, uncomplicated.
Pros: All vegan, Small menu, Beautiful atmosphere and neighborhood
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Suzieg
Points +848
Afternoon tea - Edit
We had a vegan afternoon tea - the highlights were the (just baked) scones and cauli wings. We were so full afterwards and it was a nice variety of sweet/savoury.
Read moreThe sandwiches were a little dry and the bread didn’t taste super fresh. It would have been nice to have more varied fillings - it was guacamole and salad or cream cheese and salad.
Reasonable value at £16 pp including a hot or cold drink.
Updated from previous review on 2024-07-08
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snoopysnoopsnoop
Points +16
Good delicious food - Edit
It was delicious, I had the dumplings, alongside a strawberry ice cream. these were both gluten free and vegan. The dumplings were kind of sweet but still delicious, and the ice cream was great for a sunny day. The restaurant itself is kind of hard to find, but its nicely designed. would recommend :)
Read morePros: tasty food, variety of dishes
Cons: sometimes gets busy, so you might have to wait
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SharonCarrubba
Points +50
Real good - Edit
Good portions fresh produced my only complaint is that all of the food lacked seasoning.
Read morePros: Fresh produce, Real food not just processed junk food, The accompanying sauces were delicious
Cons: Could be more flavourful with a little salt
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JayMarie21
Points +155
Best vegan restaurant in Manchester - Edit
I love the food here, theres a great menu and drink selection and everything I've tried so far is delicious!
Read morePros: Food options , Location , Relaxed atmosphere
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middy
Points +173
Sunday Lunch - Edit
Booked for Sunday lunch. I had the half backed cauliflower and the wife had roasted butternut squash. Both were fantastic and I loved the roast potatoes.
Read morePros: Plenty of options, Fantastic staff
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naturallyanton
Points +34
Decent portions, not particularly flavourful - Edit
Not a bad place to have something while touristing the city centre but not among the top 10 all-vegan places either.
Read morePros: Portion size, The sauces, Timeliness
Cons: Not particularly flavourful , The cleanliness
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Nattyy
Points +3931
Well worth a visit ! - Edit
We visited here with non vegans and they loved it as much as we did ! Lovely area of Manchester, nice vibe. Staff were friendly and the food was great.
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OrlaithPhelan
Points +19
Really poor food - Edit
The Bombay grilled cheese somehow was burnt and soggy at the same time and barely any filling said it to the waitress and got a new one that was the exact same
Read moreThe celeriac steak was also poor the mash was a weird texture and the steak itself was flavourless and it came with no sauce
The only postitve was the plant balls which were average but much nicer than the rest
Pros: Plant balls
Cons: No flavour, Burnt, Soggy
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JamieBurge
Points +73
Nice afternoon tea - Edit
Afternoon tea was alright. Decent scone and tasty cauliflower.
Read moreSome items lacked fineness and were dry or stingy on the fillings.
Staff were absolutely lovely and attentive.
Pros: Scones, Cauliflower
Cons: Bit stingy on the sandwich fillings
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SiMa
Points +283
Fully vegan but food could have been tastier - Edit
Went with a group of four and had two sharing platters - they were pretty big but the bhajis were really really oily with very little taste. Had the ice cream for pudding and it was meant to be super chocolatey but it barely had any chocolate sauce. The potato balls were super tasty though, so there’s that. Waiting staff seemed a little clueless and for a few things wrong during the dinner.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-04-21
Pros: All vegan , Reasonably priced
Cons: Oily food
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Harpy23
Points +2044
A good afternoon tea - Edit
We'd booked in for the afternoon tea and then started reading the reviews on here and we were a bit wary. Fortunately, there was nothing to worry about.
Read moreThere were three different sandwiches, cream cheese, hummus and avocado, and we got three of each sandwich between the two of us. They looked a bit scruffy and the fillings sounded a bit uninspiring. However, they were all well flavoured and I enjoyed them.
The pot of cauliflower wings were the star of the savoury section, and the whole afternoon tea in fact. The coating was really crispy and excellently spiced.
We got a scone each with a raspberry (I think) jam and a pot of cream. The scones were nicely baked and weren't dry at all.
For cakes, we got a chocolate brownie and a red velvet cake. The chocolate brownie was okay, it tasted good and had a decent brownie like texture. The red velvet cake was great. The sponge was nice and moist and the cake and cream were all well balanced.
For £16 it was a good deal compared to other vegan afternoon teas I have been for. One downside was the tea, they only topped the pot up with boiling water rather than giving a fresh pot.
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SarahAlice
Points +369
All in all okay - Edit
The Lunch Deal is good and the food was mostly fine. I went with a friend and we both ordered the lunchen Deal, so we had 4 "small" dishes to share. Out of the 4, 2 were really good. The soup was nothing special and the Bhajis too oily. My friend didn't feel to good afterwards. On the other hand the potato Balls were awesome.
Read morePros: Lunch Deal
Cons: Too oily
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EmmyVD
Points +5628
Best non fast-food around - Edit
What a great location, right in front of the Cathedral. With nice weather you have a great view from the terrace.
Read moreStaff was very cheery and friendly.
We ordered the sharing platter and the tofu laksa.
The sharing platter had very tasty fries leek bhajis and polenta fries. The rest was 2 skewers with grilled onion, mushroom and marinated tofu. This and the accompanying sauces were not that flavorful.
The curry with the laksa was okay but the rice was a bit dry.
For dessert we ordered the strawberry rice pudding. Which is an interesting combination but we were not blown away.
All in all we were happy to find some veggies but flavours could be improved.
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SanderRe
Points +42
Good vegan food - Edit
Nice atmosphere, food needs a bit more refinement for 5 stars.
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jfarmer
Points +54
Perfect for a date ! - Edit
Came here with my partner to have a real meal not junk food. And we got exactly that !
Read moreI recommend the share platter, only pros in this place !
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ayoung15
Points +2123
Ok - Edit
I like their afternoon tea but the cauliflower wings are too spicy for me and the red velvet cake is way too sweet and salty at the same time. Could be improved.
Read moreWanted to try polenta fries as part of the new menu but they didn’t have it. The braised carrots seem too simple for the price.
Updated from previous review on 2024-02-22
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cazy
Points +38
Lovely food - Edit
Lovely food, lovely service, great tunes. Will be back x
Read morePros: Food tacos , Tunes , Great service
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Mela65
Points +42
Very average - Edit
Pricy for quality of the food. Could do with chipped paint work being done. Under cooked veg.
Read morePros: Nice view of the cathedral., E
Cons: Bhajis too greasy, Food not warm enough, Service patchy
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TimJR
Points +20
Pricey vegan restaurant with perfunctory service - Edit
This vegan restaurant is in an attractive setting near the cathedral. The food is fine, although the tofu laksa is overpriced given the amount of food on the plate (I left the restaurant still feeling hungry). Service is perfunctory, and the addition of a 'discretionary' 10% service charge to the bill is a cynical ploy that leaves an unpleasant taste in the mouth.
Read morePros: Nice setting
Cons: Somewhat expensive, Perfunctory service
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VEGAN4EVER!
Points +222
THE ALLOTMENT - Edit
I love the place we were at
Read moreGreat customer service
The food was delicious 🤤
Would recommend this place to go too
😘🥰😍
Pros: The food was yummy 😋 , the dessert 🍨 was wow 🤩 , Customer service was great
Cons: NA, NA, NA
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AngieGibson
Points +902
Great lunch - Edit
Had the small plates lunch special. Excellent value. Staff were lovely. Food great.
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Jaadde
Points +74
Terrible - Edit
Pretty terrible experience today having afternoon tea for my birthday.
Read moreIt was booked 4 days in advance but our food came out 55 minutes after our booking time and we didn't have any scones. With it being a set meal we a) expected it to come within maybe 15mins of our booking and b) expected it to have all the components advertised!
We weren't told when we arrived or when the food was served that there weren't any scones, we had to ask about where they were after I double-checked their website pics. It's just quite poor when they knew for days that they were going to be serving 2 afternoon teas at half past two yet they didn't have all the ingredients required or our food ready on time.
The cakes did taste nice but the sandwiches looked like they'd been thrown together. We'd never eaten there before but always intended to for a posh date night type vibe, but after today we wouldn't go back.
The servers did their best but were very out of their depth. We did get a decent discount after talking to them about the long wait and missing components, which we were really relieved about tbh, because nothing about that experience was worth over 60 quid.
I felt pretty deflated after what was meant to be a special treat in a place we'd intended to eat in for a long time went so badly. Not what we expected from an established restaurant in a nice area of town at all.
Updated from previous review on 2024-01-28
Cons: Really long wait for set meal booked in advance, Poor communication from the servers , Missing parts of the afternoon tea
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scrippz
Points +129
Bad Afternoon Tea - Edit
We went for the afternoon tea, booked for 2:30. We didn't get our food until 3:30 and even then it was missing multiple items we hadn't been told were missing. The food itself was fine, but underwhelming, and we were given a discount, but we still had a bad time. Take me to wholesome junkies instead any day.
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JigsawStu
Points +802
A real delight next to the cathedral - Edit
What a great little find tucked next to / part of the mitre pub.
Read moreOpen all day and fully vegan with lots of options and really clean toilets.
Pros: Fresh soup , Kombucha , Lots of dessert options
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