Eat Out Vegan Wales :: Caerphilly

Awen Vegetarian Bed & Breakfast
1 Penrhiwgwair Cottage
Twyn Road
Abercarn
Caerphilly
NP11 5AS

Tel: 01495 244615
www.awenbandb.com

Our Comments: Vegetarian bed and breakfast that can cater for vegan diets. Breakfasts feature local and organic produce as much as possible and include fresh fruit salad, breads, rice cakes, oat cakes as well as a full cooked Welsh with vegan sausages. They also do 3 course evening meals for £20 per head - an example is Moroccan aubergine pate (Babaganoush) with home made ciabatta bread, Mushroom loaf with mashed sweet potatoes and salad, followed by strawberries dipped in dark chocolate. They can also provide packed lunches at £5 per head. Organic soaps, shampoos and cleaning products are used whenever possible.

Location: See the website for detailed directions.

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Harley's
Islwyn Road
Oakdale
Blackwood
Caerphilly
NP12 0LG

Tel: 01495 228919

Restaurant opening Times:

Breakfast 6.30am-8.30am

Number of Vegan dishes: 1+

Breakfast £5-£10

Dinner £10-£30

Our Comments: Lodge with restaurant, cafe bar and accomodation. They can provide vegan food but probably best to give some notice.

Location: In Oakdale, just north of Blackwood.

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King's
5 Pentwyn Road
Blackwood
Caerphilly
NP12 1HN
Tel: 01495 231888

Mon-Sat noon-2pm (Closed Tues)

Sun-Thur & Bank Hols 5.30pm-11.30pm

Fri-Sat 5.30pm-midnight

Number of Vegan dishes: 10+

Our Comments: Chinese take-away that will alter food to suit. Friendly and know what vegan means. They offer delivery service from 5.30pm-11pm.

Location: Just off the main street in Blackwood centre. Opposite Asda.

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Monnington Lodge Restaurant with Rooms (Gordon Road): This restaurant is not interested in catering for vegans.

The Black Cock Inn

Caerphilly Mountain
Caerphilly
CF83 1NF
Tel: 029 20880534
www.blackcock-inn.com

Mon-Sat noon-9.30pm

Number of Vegan dishes: 3+

Our Comments: Pub with restaurant. Tell them you are vegan, as the food is freshly prepared they will tell you what on the menu is suitable. With prior notice they will cook other vegan dishes. All the staff are very helpful and friendly. The chips are fried separately from meat too. It seems like a country pub even though it’s only a couple of miles from Cardiff.

Location: Take the road from Tongwynlais past Castell Coch through a mile or so of woods. It’s just past a golf club.

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The Green Cottage
87 Cardiff Road
Caerphilly
CF83 1FQ
Tel: 029 20883929

Opening Times:

Sun noon-2pm & 5.30pm-10pm

Mon 5.30pm-11.30pm

Tue-Sat noon-2pm & 5.30pm-11.30pm

Number of Vegan dishes: 10+

Price: £2-£3.50 per dish

Our Comments: Cantonese restaurant and take- away. Tofu and vegetable dishes are available for vegans. If you tell them your requirements they seem very good at providing animal free meals. Home delivery in a 3 mile radius for a £1 charge.

Location: Close to Caerphilly railway and bus stations.

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Warning Notices

Castlegate (Castle View Shopping Centre): This Indian restaurant does not appear interested in catering for vegans.

Cwmcarn:

Tasty Spice
119 Newport Road
Cwmcarn
Crosskeys
Caerphilly

NP11 7LZ
Tel: 01495 273223

Opening Times:

Mon-Sun 5pm-11pm

Number of Vegan dishes: About 40

Price: £2.20-£5.75 per dish

Our Comments: Indian restaurant and take-away with an understanding of veganism. Nice food, freshly cooked and large portions. . The majority of cooking is done with vegetable oil. Most of the side dishes are vegan. They will adapt many other dishes to be suitable. If you ask they will do paratha without butter ghee. The vegetable puree is recommended.

Location: Opposite the bus stop on Cwmcarn High Street.

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Fwrrwm Ishta
68 Commercial Road
Machen
Caerphilly
CF83 8PG
Tel: 01633 440227

Tue-Sat noon-2.30pm & 5.30pm-10pm

Number of Vegan dishes: 1+

Lunchtime @£6 for a meal & £2 a side dish

Evening @£4-£5 for a starter & £10 for a main

Our Comments: Restaurant and bar. If you give notice they will offer a vegan menu with a wide range of choices.

Location: On the main road in Machen.

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The Hollybush
Draethen
Lower Machen
Machen
Caerphilly
NP10 8GB

Tel: 01633 441326

Restaurant opening Times:

Mon-Sat 6-9.30pm

Number of Vegan dishes: 8+

Our Comments: Restaurant and bar. The dishes are freshly prepared so vegans can easily be catered for. They still recommend pre-ordering. The following are an example of their vegan dishes:
Fruit starters, sun dried tomato salad, leek cannelloni, stuffed peppers with spiced cous cous, char grilled cajun kebabs, vegetable green Thai curry, poached pears, caramelised oranges.

Location: On the crossroads in Draethen, which is a village near Machen.

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Rhymney House Hotel
Rhymney Bridge
Rhymney
Caerphilly
NP22 5QG
Tel: 01685 844040

Food serving times:

Breakfast 8.30am-noon

Evening meals 7pm-9pm

Sun lunch noon-2.30pm

Number of Vegan dishes: 5+

Our Comments: Restaurant at a hotel. The nut roast and mushroom risotto are both vegan. Often the soup such as spicy butternut squash is suitable. They also do crispy mushrooms and potato skins with chilli dip which are ok. With advance notice they can prepare more vegan dishes such as curries, stir fries, vegetable chillies, cous cous with roasted vegetables or courgettes stuffed with carrot, ginger & almonds.

Location: On the outskirts of Rhymney, close to the Heads of the Valleys Road.

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