The Warehouse Cafe

54-57 Allison Street
Digbeth
Birmingham B5 5TH

Telephone: 0121 633 0261

Fully Vegetarian

Vegan

Organic

Annie Watters (Kidderminster) wrote on 22 February 2008

The Warehouse Cafe is tucked away just a 5 minute walk from the Bull Ring and is a lovely relaxing place to eat. It's above the Friends of the Earth and One Earth shop.

The place is a hotch potch of mismatched tables and chairs with ever changing art work on display that you can buy if you take a shine to it. It's informal and the kind of place you feel you could while away a afternoon with a coffee and a cake and not be expected to leave after half an hour.

There is a menu on the table that has snacks and larger delights like falafel and houmous, veggie sausages and mash, spring onion pancakes with tofu, veggie burgers and Thai green curry. As well as this there is an ever changing specials board with soup of the day, various salads, roast dinners, veggie pies, curries, enchiladas - it's diferrent everytime you go. Most of the meals are either vegan or can be made suitable for vegans.

There is always a great selection of deserts, my favourite being sticky ginger sponge with vegan (or not if you prefer) custard. They do a great vegan cheesecake as well.

The staff are generally very friendly and the prices are reasonable, usually coming in under £10 for a main course and a drink.

The coffee gets free refills!

I have two negative comments, but these are minor - the first is that a smell of fried food lingers in the air sometimes and this can cling to your clothes - open a window, light some incense and the problem would go away. The second is that one time I went and ordered a veggie burger, when it came the plastic separator from between the packaged burgers was still on my burger. I told the waitress and she apologised and told me what it was. However, I would normally expect to be offered my meal for free / reduced / free desert when something like that has happened. I was a bit miffed at the time, however I have been back a few times since as despite this one complaint, the pros far outweigh the cons.

Matt Wright (Rugby) wrote on 6 December 2005

I have eaten in veggie restaurants all over the globe and I can honestly say that Warehouse Cafe is THE BEST. Imaginative 'honest' food served in unpretentious 'homely' surroundings by very pleasant happy staff. Warehouse: "Don't change a thing"!

Andy & Patti Wills (Lichfield) wrote on 18 August 2003

The best bulgar wheat chilli burgers ever. Fresh banana milkshakes & imaginative salads - it's all a vegan delight.Don't let the location put you off - it's in an interesting part of what's left of unhomogonised brum. Informal atmosphere with a wide mixture of clients. Top value. Pig out for about £6 each. Lots of goodies in the shop next door.

Alan Blackham (Nottingham) wrote on 2 December 1999

This restaurant/cafe is not in the nicest area or the most pleasantly decorated but I can wholeheartedly say that this was the best food I have eaten since becoming vegan (especialy their trifle). My only complaint is that it's so far from where I live :-))