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Serves meat, vegan options available. Traditional English tearoom. The standard café menu offers at least one clearly marked vegan item in each of the menu sections except cakes. Examples include crushed avocado toast, avocado salad and red pepper and mushroom sandwich. Soya milk available for hot drinks. Possibility of a vegan afternoon tea when booked in advance. Open Mon-Fri 09:00-21:00, Sat 08:30-21:00, Sun 09:00-21:00.


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14 Reviews

First Review by VeganskJarvis

KatHargreaves

Points +85

Vegan
23 Sep 2024

Nice vegan breakfast

The vegan breakfast was lovely, as was the vegan scone.

Aaranpan

Points +91

Vegan
05 Sep 2024

Quality tea room

I enjoyed the vegan breakfast, and the portion size was generous with plenty of toast. I have never had spiced aubergine "bacon" before. The staff are courteous and friendly. Vegan options are clearly marked on the menu, and this includes alcoholic drinks, which is helpful. There are limited options for vegans, though there is at least one option in every section except the ice creams. The food and drink is excellent quality and very pretty to look at.

Pros: Luxury atmosphere , Fine quality , Good service

Cons: Relatively few vegan options , Pricey

Classyvegan

Points +459

Vegan
25 Sep 2023

Finally vegan options

Yayy so happy this time. I had an early grey and oat milk and scone with Jam and coconut clotted cream. It's so good to be able to sit with friends and family and enjoy the experience with everyone else.

Sorry no photos . It disappeared quick ha

Updated from previous review on 2023-09-25

Pros: Cakes

Esryn

Points +157

Vegan
22 Aug 2023

very nice scones

ordered 2 vegan scones from the bakery for £2.50 which honestly surprised me since i expected the price to be much higher. very tasty, would recommend!

Pros: tasty affordable vegan scones

Cons: quite crowded

chknarcane

Points +260

Vegan
05 May 2023

Prebooked afternoon tea

I booked an afternoon tea spot the day before, and arrived the day of the tea to find they were prepared for my reservation. The staff were really wonderful. I felt well-taken care of. I recommend advance booking so you can be assured they have vegan items ready for you. Plus, if you pre-book, you get to go in the VIP entrance to the upstairs Belmont Room. My tea came with unlimited sandwiches and beverages. The cucumber sandwiches were especially good, in my opinion, and the scone and jam were really nice. The desserts, particularly the chocolate pillow with caramel, were extremely decadent. I had a great experience and left very full. Would recommend.

Pros: Unlimited tea and sandwiches, Very attentive staff

veganscoffer

Points +957

Vegan
24 Jan 2023

Afternoon tea

I’ve visited a few times with non-vegan friends and got the vegan afternoon tea and a cup of tea with soya milk. It cld do with more options though.
I’d book in advance where possible, but the queue does move fairly quickly.

Cons: Busy, Pricey

HolBates

Points +756

Vegan
10 Jan 2023

Sweet afternoon tea

Worth it for the experience as it’s lovely and does live music. However, tea was very simple and the cream for scones wasn’t nice.

You can get extra sandwiches in the afternoon tea so get your money’s worth ♥️

Pros: Live music

Cons: Expensive

naomip123

Points +4715

Vegan
13 Nov 2022

There is finally a vegan option!

Traditional café, which I've always avoided because of lack of vegan options, but they finally have a vegan scone. It's quite good, and there is coconut cream to go with it. Alternative milks are oat and soya. Probably not worth the wait for the vegan options.

Pros: Vegan scone, "traditional experience"

Cons: Wait for ages to get in

helenbee

Points +510

Vegan
30 Aug 2022

Vegan afternoon tea

It's nice to be able to take part in the traditional tea rooms at Betty's with a vegan option for afternoon tea. The sandwiches and scone were delicious. The sweets/cake were nice but room for improvement. However, overall it's great that there is a vegan option and the service is great and the staff are very knowledgeable. Oat milk available for teas and coffees which is a big plus.

Jcj3ssi3

Points +1414

Vegetarian
24 Sep 2021

Amazing

Went there and oh my they are fantastic! Amazing atmosphere and great afternoon tea.

charlotte_bck

Points +16

Vegan
03 Jan 2020

New Vegan Cake

They have just introduced a new vegan cake called the Carrot Gugelhupf. Just delicious!

gjnski

03 Jan 2020

Icthyo

Points +2346

Vegan
03 Nov 2019

Lovely traditional tea room

You wait at the stairs to get seated in the wonderfully decorated tea room. We had scones and a specialty scone, which were all extraordinarily good! They offer a wide selections of very good tea, and the staff are friendly, too

SophieNeville

Points +114

Vegan
19 Oct 2019

Good food

Traditional tea room in York with a couple of vegan options on the menu

Pros: Nice atmosphere, Friendly staff, Tasty food

Cons: Not many options , No vegan cakes

VeganskJarvis

Points +145

Vegan
02 Jun 2019

Great selection of vegan options but no cakes!

Got in early to avoid queuing and it was a very pleasant experience. Vegan options were clearly marked and pretty good value for money. I asked if they did a vegan afternoon tea but unfortunately not, though the waitress seemed very hopeful for the future!

Pros: Good vegan selection, Soya milk for hot drinks

Cons: Nothing sweet




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