Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
Beer/Wine
Bakery
British
Gluten-free
Scottish

Vegetarian bistro serving savories, cakes, and coffee. Most dishes are vegan and marked as such on the menu. Example of choices include buddha bowl, frittata, marinated tofu, chilli, mushroom bourguinon, and vegan cakes for dessert. Plant milk available for coffee. Est. Mar 2019. Open Wed-Sun 11:00-16:00. Closed Mon-Tue.


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61 Reviews

First Review by Frogalina

DylanP94

Points +101

Vegan
22 Jul 2022

Perfect service

Love having a meat free restaurant in Aber, excellent mains and some lovely cakes for afters. Accomodated a large group in a small cafe which I know is difficult. Highly recommend

dippydoughnut

Points +44

Vegan
17 Jun 2022

Fabulous

Loved eating here when we visited Aberystwyth & now we know where you are for next time😄Really great menu, the food is lush and delicious cakes, vegan heaven! Great people too..
highly recommended!

Updated from previous review on 2022-06-17

Pros: Lovely menu, Cakes

Cons: Not fully vegan but it’s a clear menu

Lonnie63

Points +209

Vegan
01 May 2022

Lovely cafe

I particularly love the savouries. I love the wonderful Buddha bowl. Healthy and less healthy options. They do a lovely afternoon tea. They have special nights occasionally at weekends such as sushi night, American diner and f*sh and chip night.
The people are lovely. So helpful and welcoming.

Pros: Lots of variety, Savoury and sweet options, Lovely people

Cons: None

Maryloola

Points +16

Vegan
23 Apr 2022

It's a must!

Great food and selection. Cakes are amazing. Lovely and helpful staff. Very highly recommended!

MatHayward

Points +18

Herbivore
16 Apr 2022

Little gem.

This place was a marvellous find. Tom was very welcoming, engaging and highly knowledgeable about the food offered. He was also extremely intelligent and conversed with us about many things. I love places like this.

Updated from previous review on 2022-04-16

Pros: Lots of plant based options, Price competitive, Great staff

emmz-jones

Points +28

Vegan
13 Feb 2022

Fantastic

We've been to this lovely little bistro a few times now and we are never disappointed. Fantastic selections. We've tried their pies, sunday lunches and amazing cakes. And it is all vegan with great glutenfree options. Both our vegetarian and meat eater friends love coming to this place as well. Lets not forget the staff. So so lovely.

Pros: Fantastic selections, Amazing staff, Great value

ErinW

Points +20

Vegan
10 Nov 2021

Amazing

I can see why this place is highly rated. Their cakes and ice-creams are to die for. Amazing selections of food and desserts. So hard to believe it's vegan. The place is tricky to find.

Pros: Amazing cakes and ice-cream, Great selections

Cons: Tricky to find

andyjones

Points +450

Vegan
10 Oct 2021

Absolute delight in Aber

Great to see a vegan/veg place in Aber!
Lovely decor and location (1 min walk from the castle).
Staff are incredibly friendly and knowledgeable: recommended the roast and we asked for half roast saitan & the meatless loaf, extra potatoes and the gravvvy.
Excellent 👌
100% recommend

Pros: Immense roast, Great location, Friendly staff

konlish

Points +5416

Vegan
30 Sep 2021

Lovely place

This is the only sit down vegetarian and vegan place in town that has predominantly vegan menu giving dairy milk, cheese and eggs as an option.


Gail was inspired to Open Dragonfly bistro due to her daugther in law having allergies to gluten, egg and dairy and students asking for healthier options. The cafe has won a number of awards and in 2020 won Aber First Award for Food & Drinks against non veg businesses.

Gail is lovely and appears to be a mother for all providing good nutritious meals for the people and travellers like me of Aberystwyth. She cooks most of the food and sometimes comes out to serve her guests and have a little chat.

I was so tired and sat in for quite a long time only having a hot chocolate with soy milk which was nice. Just before it closed Gail and I had a chat and she recommended the Buddha bowl which was just what my body needed. I took it as a take away but found my self devouring it. It was a simple but tasteful meal of quineo, mixed salad, steamed medley veg and fried sweet potato falafels with some I think soy yogurt dressing.

I found the staff friendly. There is seating for about 20 people and also offer private bookings out of normal operating hours.

Updated from previous review on 2021-09-30

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Friendly staff

Cons: Offers dairy and eggs as options

aswa

Points +24

Vegan
30 Sep 2021

Great

Lovely place to eat, friendly helpful staff, dog friendly

Pros: Lots of vegan options well marked on menu , Friendly staff

Cons: Bit tricky to find

JamesP

Points +41

Vegan
19 Sep 2021

A wonderful place to eat

We were thrilled to discover (via HappyCow) that we were staying in an AirBnB about 10 steps from Dragonfly. We booked in for Sunday Lunch.

Heck the food is good. It’s traditional home-made style, made with such attention and care that we felt we could eat there every day.

We had the seitan roast, with veg, gravy and excellent roast potatoes. The potatoes were so good, we even ordered a box to take with us.

We followed up with strawberry crumble and phenomenal home-made ice cream.

Dragonfly make cakes too, so we took away a blueberry and lemon cheesecake for later.

When the bill arrived, I thought they’d missed something out because it was so reasonably priced.

Lovely people, lovely atmosphere and terrific food. I’d give it six stars if I could.

Pros: Delicious home-cooked food, Suitable for all, lots of gluten-free options

Cons: None

gracekjenkins

Points +16

Vegan
14 Aug 2021

Simply amazing

Wow! Staff and food are just incredible. Myself and my partner both had the vegan quiche. Followed by cake and cheesecake with icecream. Everything is clearly homemade, from the bread to the mayonnaise, even the ice cream! 😍 I will definitely be back again for the Sunday lunch. Also the staff made the whole experience lovely. Such down to earth and lovely people😄also very dog friendly for those with canine friends!

Pros: Everything. Service & food is impeccable!

Cons: None. Only that I don't live closer!

KerbieW

Points +109

Vegan
11 Aug 2021

Incredible

The staff are sooo lovely and I cannot get over how good the banana blossom 'fish' and chips was. Homemade Vegan mayo..the burgers were a hit, even with my 8yr old daughter and non vegan Dad.

Updated from previous review on 2021-08-11

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Sells alcohol, Vegan mayo

Cons: No children meals

OpheliaAutumn

Points +529

Vegan
08 Jul 2021

Delicious smoothies and generous food

I've been to the restaurant twice, once for a lunch with my partner and once to get a take away smoothie, in the past few weeks.
The food was generous and delicious, the homemade vegan ice cream had great flavour and texture and I'm wondering why they still offer dairy ice cream as the vegan one is so perfect.
I was very impressed by the smoothies (I tried strawberry and banana) - again the texture and taste were great.
The staff is professional and polite.

The atmosphere of the restaurant could be improved (It's called Dragonfly, but the decor is quite bland with a few mismatched paintings and nothing about dragonflies - I love the rainbow rug though!)
I just wish they swapped to full vegan, as it seems most everything is vegan here anyway.

I recommend having meals here.

Pros: Quantity and quality, Smoothies, Home made vegan ice cream

Cons: Not fully vegan, Decor could be improved?

dragonfly-bistro

11 Jul 2021

Thank you so much for taking the time to review us. We’re so pleased you enjoyed our food and drinks :)

We’ve always prided ourselves for giving everyone choices as we cater to both vegans and vegetarians.

While we understand the paintings may not be to your taste, they hold great sentimental value to our family establishment - they are by my late father-in-law. My business partner (mother-in-law) and I were very keen to have his paintings on display.

TheGingerDays

Points +255

Vegan
06 Jul 2021

Great food, lovely staff

We managed to get in before they closed on Sunday for a delicious roast dinner.

We both had the vegan loaf with all the trimmings. We were so full by the end of it sadly we didn't have room for one of their vegan desserts.

We did take a slice of cake away with us though.

We'll be heading back there with emptier bellies when we're next in the area.

AnnieJJ

Points +20

Vegan
28 Jun 2021

YUM

The food, service and cakes are great. The hard part is deciding which flavour is my favourite...so far the chocolate and marshmallow with chocolate ice-cream is up there but that could change! Has to be the best place for cakes in town.

Pros: Mostly vegan, Lovely staff, Amazing icecream

TicTacZac

Points +128

Vegan
23 May 2021

Wow Dragonfly!

Really great food. Very tasty. Lovely and amiable staff. Most helpful with nut allergy. No problem for them dealing with a group of 6 people. A Gem. Worth a visit!

Pros: Nut Allergy, large group, Vegan delight

Nagev016

Points +30

Vegan
15 Oct 2020

I had a superb vegan chocolate cake and fabulous coffee with my friend!

Top place for vegan food and super-friendly staff in town

GigiBlake

Points +16

Vegan
27 Sep 2020

Sunday lunch

We enjoyed our Sunday lunch, we look forward to coming back again soon. Can't fault the service and the atmosphere, both were excellent.

Pros: Variety, Great food and service

LauraArandaGarcía

Points +13

Vegetarian
05 Sep 2020

Great food!

A really cute restaurant with good quality food for a good price and really nice staff 🥰

LilyAndrews

Points +20

Vegan
14 Aug 2020

Happy Cow to the rescue

We decided to try this cute little bistro following a quick search on Happy Cow - we were not disappointed. The service was wonderful and the food was so yummy. We will pay a visit soon once the lockdown rules are relaxed and we can have a sit down meal. Can't wait!

Pros: Great choices

gwenie

Points +23

Vegetarian
03 Aug 2020

Best place in Aber for vegans

This place is hands down the best place in Aber for vegans and vegetarians. They have so many choices, especially at lunch times, for us vegans. The owners are very friendly and know whats in the food as its made fresh. Love the fact that they list allergens so those of us with allergies know what we can have and if in doubt, just ask. Their selections of cakes are amazing, my fav has to be their spiced carrot cake. Today, I tried something new - Passionfruit cake and it was soooo good. It was vegan and glutenfree - tell me where else in Aber can you get that!

It was a little tricky to find - we were told it was round the corner from Ship & Castle, and it was :)

Updated from previous review on 2019-10-25

Pros: A lot to choose from, Very reasonable prices, Friendly staff

shaynaryan136

25 Oct 2019

Alyson

Points +793

Vegan
09 Feb 2020

Excellent

I ate here for lunch the other day with a friend. Hard to choose from the good range on the menu including soup, pasta, 3 wraps, savoury crumble, burger, and something else. I had the chestnut & veg crumble in the end which was lovely and came with chips and salad. I had room for cake. The best cake ever! It was vegan spiced rum and chocolate cake and was utterly divine. I was meant to be returning a few days later with other friends but plans had to change and I couldn't go - gutted!
There were several vegan cakes, would have loved to try more of them!

Pros: Fully vegetarian & vegan, Good menu with fabulous cake, Friendly and relaxed

Yumzers

Points +39

Vegan
24 Sep 2019

Ice cream sundaes!

We went in for tea and cake / dessert. Four flavours of home made vegan ice cream to choose from! My 3yo had two scoops in a fun kids portion complete with sprinkles. I had a VEGAN SUNDAE which was awesome and totally made my day, and my omni husband had a vegan & gf blueberry and lemon cake which he described as "incredible". Savoury menu looked inviting too. They do veggie and vegan here, and they are doing it really nicely. Great space, friendly staff. Such a find.

MichaelUpston

Points +22

Vegan
19 Sep 2019

Great find for many vegan options & good coffee.

I had the vegan burger with chips & salad on brioche bun. Home made vegan mayonnaise really set this meal off nicely. For desert there was a glorious mixed berry fruit Crumble with home made vegan ice cream. Perfectly made if you prefer the taste of the fruit to an overload of sugar. Just nicely tart tasting. I also had a soy latte coffee which was on a par with Melbourne coffees ( I haven’t found many in the UK that are this good). Will definitely be back to The Dragonfly Bistro while I am in area.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Great coffee , OK Prices

GretchenTaylor

Points +69

Vegan
15 Sep 2019

Great home cooked food

Good vegetarian and vegan cooking with daily menu and specials board.
Great home made savouries, cakes and ice cream.
Staff friendly and prices very reasonable.

Pros: Fab vegan cakes!

Cons: Quite small seating area

toetoekneeknee

Points +83

Vegan
19 Aug 2019

Loved the menu set-up

We were a party of 8 who descended on this cafe at lunch on a Friday. 4 kids, 4 adults and a dog, we left happy with the food and happy with the price. £66 if I remember correctly. Easy going experience




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