• Blue Brick Cafe

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Vegan-friendly
Lacto
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International
Take-out

Menu changes and might include borscht soup, hummus and baba ganoush with pita, roast squash salad with sprouts and walnuts, vegetable curry with organic rice, smoothies, chocolate pudding with rhubarb and ginger. Also serves organic baby food. Open Thu-Fri 09:00-15:30, Sat 09:00-16:00. Closed Tue.


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19 Reviews

First Review by Eats Dulwich

lhood86

Points +36

Vegan
24 Sep 2023

Great vegan brunch

Excellent food, really tasty. Good value portions. The description above says cash only but they do accept card.

Pros: Tasty food, Good service

discerningvegan

Points +20

Vegan
12 Dec 2021

Really delicious

Excellent quality food, carefully prepared and very tasty. The vegan breakfast had some wonderful flavours. Friendly staff too. Would go out of my way to visit again.

Pros: Very tasty food, Good vegan options, Good value

hmn

Points +99

Vegan
05 Sep 2021

Dream juices

This is a really great cafe. Fresh juices are amazing. Menu changes and is really interesting. Staff are adorable.


Updated from previous review on 2021-09-05

Pros: Juices , Just of the main road so feels like a discovery.

Cons: Not any I can think of.

sfio

Points +3242

Vegan
27 Sep 2020

Cozy spot for vegan brunch

I’ve been a couple of times when visiting a friend who loves nearby. We had the vegan breakfast with the cashew sausage. My friend isn’t veggie but liked it as much as I did.
They have a nice selection of hot drinks and fresh juices/smoothies too. Is a relaxed and cozy space. They have a couple of tables for two outside and QR code for Covid Tracy and trace.

SL17

Points +96

Vegan
13 Jul 2019

Great breakfast

Had the ‘full vegan’ breakfast and everything on he plate was so tasty (Try the homemade rosemary and chilli ketchup too!) Also had a slice of vegan banana bread toasted with spread, also very tasty! Highly recommend :-)

Pros: Vegan options , Tasty food, Lovely staff

SuzannedeFreitas

Points +91

Vegan
04 May 2019

Best brunch

Lovely little place, with amazing vegan brunch and cakes!
The chai latte with oat milk is delicious.

Pros: Vegan options

Cons: Cash only

BarbaraG.Baz

Points +1715

Vegan
09 Mar 2019

Many veggie and vegan options

Small cosy cafe. Many vegetarian and vegan options. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable and offered vegan alternatives. The veggie sausages are homemade. They have different plant milks for coffee and smoothies. Only cash but there is an ATM nearby

Louise_G

Points +511

Vegan
24 Aug 2018

Lovely variable menu

Really nice fresh menu , with many options being vegan or could be made so. The fresh juice was also lovely .

Pros: Atmosphere, friendliness , Range of vegan options , Variable menu so variety and fresh food

AtiyaDavids

Points +481

Vegan
02 Apr 2018

nice vegan breakfast

Tasty vegan full English.

Pros: nice few options for vegans

Cons: no cards, cash only , quite expensive compared to what you receive (one , limited space, quite slow service

ironzombie7

Points +13

Vegetarian
12 Dec 2017

great atmosphere, excellent food

We feel as if we were at a friend's house, one that cooks excellent vegetarian meals and makes great juices

LilacHippy

Points +12780

Vegan
27 Jun 2017

Excellent

This little cafe is in a residential area of Dulwich, so it's a little bit of a walk from the main station if you don't live in the area. I live quite far away but it was worth the journey to get here. Food is awesome. They have plenty of choices for a small cafe like this and they have a specials menu that changes. Their spiced lentil soup is really unique and flavourful. They also have cakes including at least one vegan option. Can't wait to go back - love it. Just a shame they're not open in the evening as they close at 6. Go for lunch or afternoon tea and cake!

Pros: Large menu, Reasonable prices, A lot of vegan dishes

Cons: Closes at 6, Not entirely vegan

JackieBurnham

Points +92

Vegan
17 May 2017

great full vegan breakfast

The works - all homemade. Baked beans, vegan sausage, bubble and squeak, mushrooms, tomatoes sourdough bread. Enjoyed very much.
Featured soon on YouTube​ ( day 44 of Vegan on Wheels )
Also vegan lunch on offer: spicy chick pea stew and tomato and ginger curry.
Reasonable prices, nice decor and atmosphere and friendly helpful staff. Will be returning!

Pros: vegan breakfast and lunch

BethJones

Points +58

Vegan
30 Aug 2016

Breakfast of Kings

I took my non-vegan friend to this cafe and we both loved it. I had the vegan fried breakfast but they didn't have any baked beans so I switched it for their chickpea stew (basically chickpeas in tomato sauce) and the combination was amazing. They straight away offered dairy free butter for my toast and if I wanted non-dairy milk in my coffee, bare in mind this is a vegetarian cafe not wholly vegan. I could have sat there for hours as it's such an amazing and chilled vibe. If you're in the area I would definitely recommend going!
Wonderful staff and A* food

Pros: Charming and capable staff, Good food

Cons: Not enough space for all the hungry customers!, Waiting time, but understandable as its only small

Bunny2004

Points +331

Vegan
12 Jul 2016

Great vegan breakfasts

Tasty vegan breakfasts and, if you're lucky, vegan cake too. The staff were friendly.

I'd go again if I was in the immediate area but wouldn't travel for it.

Cons: Cash only, Dogs allowed inside

EveWarren

Points +40

Vegan
28 Jan 2016

Awesome cake

Perfect for a nice coffee soya latte or lunch with decent vegan options and yummy cake

Pros: choice of milks and vegan choices

Cons: cash only

Shar_warner

Points +27

Vegan
04 Oct 2014

Amazing

I went on a Friday afternoon with my future mother-in-law, so it was fairly quiet which did mean we were able to get a table straight away. The waitress was very friendly and went through the specials on the board with us explaining wha was veggie and what was vegan. Being vegan I ordered the 'sausage' casserole with brown rice - which was amazing!! The portions are perfect and the flavour was delicious! The prices are quite reasonable as well. In all honesty I couldn't fault this place at all! Oh! And their vegan chocolate brownie was simply to die for!!!

sandberry

Points +53

Vegan
24 Sep 2012

Inconsistent!

Today was our third visit to the Blue Brick Cafe.
The first time we were put off by the lack of vegan options, ending up with rather greasy and slightly dull spaghetti. The basic main menu for vegans seems to be spaghetti, curry and salads with things left off. Also lack of vegan desserts.
Second time (we reluctantly tried again), we hit late breakfast time and had a great breakfast, home made baked beans, mushrooms which were excellent, homemade veggie sausages, tomatoes, spinach and toast with good coffee. Couldn't fault it and we were offered vegan cake too!
Today we went again, especially for breakfast, no baked beans they'd run out, so they gave us two sausages instead, one of us doesn't eat mushrooms so they offered extra tomatoes but didn't follow through.Ended up a rather mediocre breakfast which could have been improved by a tin of shop baked beans, we'd still have been disappointed but it would have been more substantial.
So in conclusion, wouldn't go for lunch or dinner if vegan probably okay if veggie (lots of cheese), good for vegan breakfasts on their day but inconsistent, overall average but nice to have another veg place in South London.

Pros: good breakfast on their day, friendly staff, great coffee

Cons: inconsistent

Trashcansinatra

Points +28

Vegan
19 Jul 2012

Lovely cafe great food

You can taste the food has been well prepared. A great chef is the ikey to this cafe. More vegan options would be nice but the food is always excellent and at a reasonable price.

Pros: Great food, Wonderful venue

Cons: None

Eats Dulwich

Points +11

Mostly Veg
29 Nov 2011

Blue Brick Cafe - A Great Neighbourhood Cafe

The Blue Brick Cafe is quite simply charming. Catch it on a sunny day and the outside, clad with bold blue tiles, wouldn't look out of place on the harbour in some remote fishing village in Cornwall. But here it is, just off the beaten track that is the Northcross Road, in it's recent reincarnation as a vegetarian cafe.

The simple, quaint style is continued inside, with old wooden school chairs and an eclectic array of bottles, vases filled with daffodils and other bits and bobs adorning the walls and windowsills.

Our first visit was on a bright sunny Saturday morning for brunch. The few tables on the pavement outside catch the morning sun and inside it streams through the large windows to brighten up the single room which houses half a dozen tables. Word has it though, that on a cold day it struggles to get warm inside.

I quite like the fact that the short, simple menu is typed out in old school typeface and you'll find specials up on the blackboard on the wall. I also love that the cup and saucer my coffee was served in matches the blue tiles outside. I'm clearly easily pleased.

We've been for brunch a couple of times now, so haven't ventured into the lunch or main meal menu. From what we've tasted, the food is simple and rustic. It's all homemade. I'm a sucker for homemade baked beans so their beans on toast suits me down to the ground. The mushrooms came sauteed with some baby spinach leaves.


The rest of the menu is similarly short which in my view is no bad thing. I always wonder how places with long rambling menus can possibly cook and serve fresh food (or maybe they don't...). They have soups and salads by way of lunch fare and mains like squash, spinach and ricotta lasagne and vegetable curries (none of which I've tried, so I can't vouch for them yet!). They seem reasonably priced at around £6-£8 for the heartier dishes and it's BYO (£2.50 corckage).

Last visit: April 2011
Cost: approx £2 for coffee, £4 for homemade baked beans on toast
Service included: No
Food: Breakfast, brunch, lunch, take away, coffee, cake
Buggy Ratio: Low (we were the only people with a child on both visits, but they do have a great old highchair so children and babies are more than welcome)
Outdoor Space: Yes (a few tables on the pavement outside)
Will I go again?: Yes

Pros: Homecooked food, Cosy, Very friendly




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