• GRO Coffee

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Vegan-friendly
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Pizza
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Serves meat, vegan options available. An independent coffee shop with an in-house baker and food cooked from scratch. Serves tea, coffee, and vegan hot chocolate, made with oat, soy, coconut, or almond milks. Also on menu are made-in-house vegan cakes, such as jam doughnuts and chocolate orange sponge cake. Sgaia rashers, Linda McCartney sausages, vegan cheese, and hummus are all offered as alternative sandwich/toastie fillings, and other options are available, like jacket potatoes and veggie chlli. Children and dogs are welcome. Has a garden with seating and children's play area. Open Mon-Sat 09:00-22:00, Sun 09:00-21:00.


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11 Reviews

First Review by Kirstyas2

EbonyCat

Points +30

Vegan
27 Mar 2024

Good choice of vegan food and friendly staff

We visited Gro on a very busy lunchtime but staff managed to find us a table quickly. Rather than a vegan menu, Gro has a list of vegan ingredients that you can include in any dish. Unfortunately I was brought the wrong food, but the problem was quickly rectified and staff were incredibly apologetic. Good portion size, and we also got cakes to take away which were absolutely delicious.

Pros: Friendly atmosphere, Adaptable menu

EstherRP

Points +393

Vegan
17 Oct 2023

Delicious food, badly run

The food itself was delicious, the menu is very customisable and they adapted a special to be vegan on request with a lot of thought. Unfortunately I won't be back as I waited well over an hour for my food and the manager seemed to think this was completely reasonable and was quite rude to me when I politely raised this. They're definitely prioritising takeaways which means it's loud and slow if you want to sit in

Pros: Delicious food

Cons: Unreasonable wait times , Rude manager , Noisy cafe

blinki

Points +955

Vegan
23 Sep 2023

Good food but a bad experience

There was a 30-40 min wait for a table when we arrived. This was fine, we got a coffee and waited nearby though it was longer than they predicted. Once we arrived it took 10mins to order, nearly another 10mins for our water to arrive and over an hour in total from sitting down to having food. People next to us were getting food quicker so after 40mins we politely asked what was happening. A waitress was answering us and being completely nice about it when the manager leaned over and abruptly told us it was on the way and then said something else to us which we didn’t catch because she was already walking away. It was quite rude.

When we did get food it was lovely. Which was great because it was now nearly two hours since we first arrived so we were incredibly hungry. They adapted a special well to be vegan and the toastie was great. We had cake too which was also slow but very nice.

It’s nicely decorated but I didn’t find it a nice place to be. They are very busy with takeaway orders so there was always a lot of people crowded around. It was quite loud with the number of people, music, the coffee machine and coffee orders being shouted out.

Overall I’d not bother going back, whilst the food was good, the experience was bad.

Updated from previous review on 2023-09-23

cameronjb89

Points +34

Vegan
12 Aug 2023

Delicious!

Had an amazing caramel yum yum and oat latte! Vegan and delicious!

r.douglasx

Points +536

Vegan
03 Nov 2021

best coffee!

always stop off here if i’m in irvine or ayr! good option for vegan cakes/pastries, their biscoff cake paired with an oat milk latte is unreal. lovely atmosphere, always busy

Updated from previous review on 2021-11-03

Pros: local business, dog friendly , good coffee

iosmn

Points +136

Vegan
01 Aug 2021

Lovely chilled out restaurant

Almost missed this as expected it to be primarily a coffee shop. Had loads of vegan options and also dog friendly. Nice and friendly staff. Good location by the sea too.

relaxdel

Points +95

Vegan
29 Nov 2020

Best vegan cafe in Ayrshire

Brilliant lunch - quality and quantity

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Made up to order , Great cakes as well

MaofVegan

Points +150

Non Veg
26 Aug 2020

Lovely cake

Really nice cake it delicious too.

staplesc

Points +16

Vegan
20 Jun 2019

Friendly staff and excellent vegan pizza. Recommended.

Been here a couple of times in the last week. Very good pizza with vegan options and friendly smiling staff. Your dog can come too!

AlexisWallace

Points +22

Vegan
01 Feb 2019

Love it here

The food is delicious! Lovely atmosphere and surroundings, dog friendly :)

Pros: Vegan toastie is amazing!

Cons: A tad expensive

Kirstyas2

Points +21

Vegetarian
05 Jan 2019

Great vegetarian options, mainly organic

Great vegetarian options, mainly organic, lovely staff




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