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Serves meat, vegan options available. Trendy cafe with bakes, a changeable lunch menu that always includes vegan friendly items and coffee with dairy free milk. Open Wed-Sun 10:00-16:00. Closed Mon-Tues.


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8 Reviews

First Review by samharper

Here.To.Travel_Jade

Points +9930

Vegan
11 Nov 2024

Lovely little cafe

Cool little place and an interesting building (shared with architect firm). There was a surprising number of vegan options for a small menu: pasta, salad, pie, soup & sweets.
We ordered some oat chai lattes, a cinnamon bun, an amaretti cookie & a pea potato pie which were all delicious.

Buddha boy

Points +318

Vegan
21 Sep 2023

Super Vegan options cafe in the Cairngorms 💚

Wow! Head this way if you are vegan and love good food with friendly people & a cosy atmosphere. Not a huge choice but plenty to keep you happy. Great choice of teas including matcha latte & plant mylks.
Inside & outside seating with blankets if it’s a bit chilly. Going to revisit on our tour back down from the top of Scotland, it’s that good. Better than some all vegan hotels I could mention!!

Pros: Great tasting food, cakes and drinks , Super friendly staff, Cosy atmosphere

Cons: Wanting to try all the vegan cakes & bakes

JaneyBL

Points +151

Vegan
02 Jun 2022

Fabulous find near Balmoral

Thanks Happy Cow for helping us find this place. Beautifully designed cafe attached to architect’s office, easy to find on main road near Balmoral and 10 mins outside of Braemar. Half the menu including cakes are vegan. Plenty of parking, dogs very welcome. I had a salad, plus delicious sourdough bread, and nutty chocolate slice. Delicious! Will definitely return on next tour of Scotland.

jojoinbrighton

Points +1283

Vegan
21 Feb 2022

Delicious baked goods!

I was so excited to discover this place just an hours drive from home! The staff were super friendly and I had a great coffee and a coconut hot chocolate as well as a vegan sourdough grilled cheese and, the highlight for me, an outstanding cinnamon roll. It isn’t usual to find good vegan baked goods in such a rural spot! The cafe reminds me of somewhere I’d have found back in Brighton so I think I’ll be becoming a regular!

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Great location , Great coffee

laurawhispering

Points +42

Vegetarian
20 Nov 2021

Beautiful Setting

A small selection of vegan options available - plus additional veggie ones - in a stunning setting.

Pros: Fab vegan bakes, Stunning location

Cons: Small number of vegan options

philustrate

Points +126

Herbivore
25 Jul 2021

Excellent little cafe

Thanks to the guide at Balmoral Castle for recommending Tarmachan, this cafe deserves to be better known. The ambience is lovely with plenty of our door seating, a small wild area and swallows nesting over the door. There are lots of vegan options, in fact it feels more like a vegan cafe with some meat options than the other way round. The pea and fennel pie and salads were excellent. Good to see most of the soft drinks in glass and aluminium containers too. Worth a visit if you are in the Balmoral/Braemar area.

Updated from previous review on 2021-07-07

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Sustainable product choices, Swallows!

Cons: None

samharper

Points +373

Vegan
11 Jul 2021

Trendy cafe, with good coffee and great lunches

A changeable lunch menu with a few options everyday including items such as Dahl and kimchi and soups and salads, at least one of them vegan friendly. Coconut and oat milk available for coffee substitute. Ask about the baked goods at the counter, as they change daily. Usually they will be veg friendly but not always vegan friendly!

Updated from previous review on 2021-05-09

Pros: Different style of lunches for the area, Great coffee, Very modern and trendy cafe

Vixen85

Points +229

Vegan
08 Jul 2021

Great food, fantastic setting

This place is great and so unexpected in this part of the world! As other people have said, it does serve meat, but the majority is vegan or at least has a vegan option. The vegan grilled cheese was delicious but the highlight was the sourdough cinnamon roll!




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