Cafe Thrive in Southampton

The spot in Southhampton to be by day Amazing location More amazing and friendly staff Kids friendly We love it in all ways

Fantastic range of plant based meals and the cake choice, well, I didn't even know there were that many choices.

This place was great, a very intersteing vegan menu From fresh protein salads to classic burgers. Very tasty and not too high prices Staff were polite and friendly and interior was comfortable and relaxing Will definitely go again !

Very friendly staff members. Food was lovely and lots of gluten free options, including cakes 😁

I'm not vegan but throughly enjoy the food served here. Always visit when going to Southampton.

Great food (like seriously, really bloody great), super friendly staff, AND it's dog friendly. 11/10 must recommend.

A very nice cafe with good vegan food and drinks. I had a cappuccino with coconut milk and foam and the taste was excellent. Nice atmosphere and nice service. The location is right next to the park and very quiet.

What a fantastic meal!!! Service was fast and friendly. Eat in or take your food across the street to enjoy at the beautiful park. Great vegan options.

Best start to a saturday for a long time. 80's music 🎶 care of the govner. Lovely breakfast wraps, pastries and coffee 💪🏻 Brown sauce available if you ask nicely 😋 See you soon!

Good location, easy to find and 100% vegan which is huge + Unfortunately, I didn’t really like my food, as it was all fried. But my partner loved his. Overall 4/5 and be ready that you cloths could smell food, as they have open kitchen

not a vegan but thrive is still a go to

The food is absolutely amazing! I always come here for random lunches on my days off. The staff are very lovely and very friendly. They have different weekly specials that are always so enticing and definitely worth getting! They also have shelves of products that range from chocolates to dog treats and different types of cooking ingredients (flour, TVP etc). Their pastries are also out of this world 👌

I would recommend to Vegans or Non-Vegans. No picture unfortunately, I couldn’t wait to tuck in! Friendly staff, great food, and enjoyed the Wilco playlist. It’s almost as though they knew I was coming 😁🙏

I came here for breakfast in 2018 and so chuffed to see the cafe still open with a new and improved menu! This time I had the chicken and pesto wrap for lunch which was so tasty! Nice salad on the side topped with pumpkin seeds. The staff are friendly and the service was quick, great atmosphere inside and even a little shop of vegan treats and goodies. If I had room, I’d have devoured one of the cakes!

Highly recommended plant based spot in the centre of Southampton. Tasty food with good size portions. Much needed as we move towards a more plant based sustainable diet. Chill atmosphere and helpful staff

Great place for coffee or lunch

I've been meaning to cot here well over a year. Yes I'm that bad but I'm trying 🤣. Anyway this isn't about me. It's about how that year came to fruition and wow absolutely fantastic it won't be a year again I promise you. I don't know who told them to do a peanut Blondie but thank goodness they did. Unbelievable. And the latte was smooth. And the service was done with a friendly smile and this was after 5pm when most people have packed there smiles away. Was great I would absolutely recommend going.

Jaw dropping blondie, astounding

Best vegn food! Great food and value and keeps me full for hours!

I'm not even a vegan, but this is simply one of the best cafés in Southampton - lovely staff, lovely food and a lovely atmosphere!

The food and menu choice is absolutely amazing. Everytime the food is truly incredible! The concept of all the menu changes is great and really thought out well. 10/10 food I love coming here!

Brilliant! We happened to be in Southampton today so we made a special trip here - always try to support vegan businesses - and were not disappointed. I had the Satay Combo, my partner had the Satay bowl. Mine was so big we probably could have shared it and it been enough but I managed to almost finish it. I especially liked the five spice and the seitan. My partner liked the combination of salads and the satay sauce. It wasn't expensive and the service was pretty quick considering how many customers came in. Thought about coffee, but there was a queue and I figured they could use the table space so we went elsewhere. If we're in Southampton again, we'll definitely stop by. Highly recommended.

Amazing food, great taste and beautifully presented. The staff are lovely. We always visit when in Southampton.

Cafe Thrive is my favourite cafe and I use it quite regularly. The food and service are consistently excellent and the staff are all really nice, friendly and welcoming. The cafe itself also has a lovely, friendly vibe. I normally avoid establishments that only accept payment by card but make an exception for Cafe Thrive - it's that good.

I love Thrive. Hearty meals and lots of interesting options to try. There's always a nice atmosphere. It feels like a home away from home 💛

Excellent Vegan cafe in Southampton , highly recommeded

Lovely cafe, very friendly staff, good was great. Good place to be able to use laptop with plug socket too.

Such a lovely cafe! Came here off a recommendation from a friend and wasn't dissapointed. Lovely atmosphere and decor and the food was 10/10! Great price and great taste, plus the menu variety so vast! Great portion sizes too! Plus the pastries are immense! Will definitely return

Really delicious food! Breakfast burrito was on point and the cashew cheese wrap was delicious.

I found Cafe Thrive on a cold January day by chance It's like finding an oasis in a desert. Everything is home made and vegan and there's a large variety on the menu.I don't live near Southampton but when I do visit again Cafe Thrive is where I'll head for at lunch time for a lovely meal in a friendly atmosphere .

Very good service Jamie is very nice and deserves praise. thank you im definetley coming here again ps also wide variety of vegie and vegan food and drink options cozy atmophsere and fast service 10/10 goodbye and have a great day! :3

I absolutely love this place absolutely loved the food always nice friendly staff ( Lee) always clean and tidy

I have been coming to Cafe Thrive for many years - love their menu and the constant updating with seasonal specials. It's pet friendly and the perfect spot for a coffee and cake, snack, breakfat, lunch or dinner!

We’re so lucky to have such a consistently great vegan place to eat, drink and socialise in Southampton. The menu is accessible enough to appeal to non-vegans too making it a perfect option for catching up with friends. Can’t recommend enough!

Thrive is brilliant. Always great food and lovely staff. Usually give the weekly specials a go and if not there is a delicious regular menu to choose from. The breakfast in particular is worth a visit. The cake counter is irresistible.

Had breakfast here on Monday - loved the breakfast burrito and matcha with coconut milk. A really great dining experience for vegan food. Nice selection and large portions - would recommend and will be back

The best place in Southampton 😍!!! I’ve come twice and wish I lived closer as otherwise I’d be here every week! It’s a fully vegan menu but with so many options, reasonably priced, and lovely staff and decor. They also sell some chocolates and vegan pantry essentials. To the owners- PLEASE keep the chicken tenders and deep fried cookie dough permanently! 😍

We visit Thrive most weeks. There's a range of food, from salads to burgers and chips, plus regularly rotating specials for extra variety. I'm not a fan of fake meat generally, so usually go for the wholefood burger or the falafel wrap, but both are good. Staff are very friendly and sometimes able to adapt things.

an absolute go to for us, amazing food and service every single time. lots of choice and always great specials. really good with allergens too :)

As a non-vegan with a vegan friend I really enjoyed cafe thrive and rate the options available and friendly environment and staff.

The staff are always so friendly and the food is so delicious. It's a go to place for me.

Amazing food and people can't recommend enough.

Had a lovely time staff were friendly and food was tasty and the price was fair :) my little girls loved it too :)

Fantastic food - great atmosphere - friendly staff - a good local and welcoming vibe. The food really was amazing - so much flavour. Very extensive menu. A very well deserved 5* review !!!!

Really great chilled place with amazing service and great options. The cakes are amazing the options for a dirty fix or healthy break are brilliant. Dog friendly too!

Shame it isn't advertised as a vegan only place! I assumed that most of the menu is just a regular cafe menu. Ate there today for the first time only because my friend took me there and a staff member told me it's all vegan. Great coffee, tea and food! Lovely little place with very welcoming service. Large choice of vegan cakes too! Highly recommended!

If you're vegetarian or vegan, this place is a must, a large menu of Vegan dishes, lots of variety, 'fast food' looking options( Alternative meat burgers) Definitely a small business worthy of support in Southampton. The place has really delicious specials including loaded fries with different delicious toppings with really well thought out healthy and alternative dishes. The menu boasts alot of street food favourites that are usually incredibly difficult to source if you are a strict vegan. The alternative dishes come eerily close to meaty counterparts that sometimes it has you double checking the ingredients! The meaty burger is still an absolute corker.

Absolutely awesome vegan cafe! Portions are massive and the food was delicious,

Really tasty vegan food at a really reasonable price, and great portion sizes. We had the 'meaty' burger, the seitan 'chicken' burger, and a big breakfast wrap, and it was all delicious. Thanks very much!

Huge range of vegan food. Lovely staff who are always super friendly. Nice chill vibe.

This was so good- big portions, really freshly cooked, great service and a great selection of really interesting dishes. All at a good price! Heartily recommend.

Delicious food, very friendly service. I always visit here for tasty vegan food, and I will keep coming back!

Great find. Good food served promptly. Quite busy, which I took as a good sign!

Food didn't taste nice. The soup was bland, a seeded cold bread (not nice) was given with the soup rather than a ciabatta bread with the cheapest margarine. The cheese in the burger was hard and tasted like rubber. The burger was too fatty and the only thing we could taste was the BBQ sauce. The quality of the food was very poor.

If you like a wide variety of tasty vegan food you should go for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Choose from burgers, salads and sandwiches with a huge range of really interesting cakes and pastries.

Always great food. Brilliant vegan cafe. Great choice of food and friendly helpful staff.

Excellent food, I had the whole foods burger, it was very tasty, although a knife and fork is highly recommended 😊 The staff were very friendly and the selection of vegan and vegetarian food was fantastic, loads to choose from. Highly recommended, this place is a must for veggies.

Love Cafe Thrive, best breakfast in Southampton imo, seconded by a non-vegan friend who regularly joins me. Great options for lunch and dinner plus a massive selection of cakes. Highly recommend you pay them a visit when you can 🙂

Such a great find for Vegans - so much choice and fairly priced.

Great place, absolutely love it. I had the satay box and it was very nice, and also a vegam soft serve mr whippy ice cream which was fabulous. I absolutely recommend this place

Enjoyed a delicious vegan burger. Great customer service.

Delicious good quality vegan food. The Toasted New Yorker Ruben was so goood 😋 And the smoothie 😋 and the chips 😋💚

By far the best cafe in Southampton and fairly far beyond. Wonderful place, great atmosphere, lovely food, great coffee, amazing people.

I've eaten here a few times, and every time I've been blown away by how delicious they're able to make vegan food. The standard menu is great, but the constantly refreshed specials are unreal. And on top of all that, the service is brilliant and it has a very welcoming atmosphere. My favourite place to eat in Southampton

A busy cafe must mean it's good! And it was delicious with a full menu with loads of different options. Fully satisfied.

A big shout out to Lee and the Cafe Thrive team for excellent service in preparing a delicious vegan birthday cake for our son! Compliments to the pastry chef! We are in the U.S. and our son is an entertainer on a cruise ship that has its main UK port in Southampton. He and his friends have dined at Cafe Thrive every time they were in port since April. Always a delicious meal! I emailed the restaurant and Lee promptly replied answering all of my questions. We ordered the 8 inch double layer chocolate cake. Our son said the cake was so delicious, rich, and moist. Even his castmates who aren't vegan loved it! As pleased customers from abroad, we highly recommend Cafe Thrive. Thanks for making our son's birthday a little more special!

Absolutely delicious, creative food choices. Perfectly vegan friendly and even friendlier staff too. Lovely to sit outside for lunch. Come everytime I visit Southampton.

I pray to God that they never get rid of the falafel sandwich; if they do, I'll never come again. Best falafel wrap I've had anywhere. All other wraps pale in comparison - they are an inferior simulacra. This is the true wrap, all others are shadows on the wall of the cave. Aurelius wrote about this wrap in his meditationt.

we had the SLT wraps and nuggets- so yummy!!!

Amazing food, generous portion sizes, and so cozy! Also loved all the sweet treats available. Need to come back to try more soon

I was visiting Southampton for the Boat Show and was so excited to find this awesome vegan restaurant in the town centre. Staff were very friendly and my lunch was delicious. Will definitely be back again soon.

This vegan cafe is just a 100/10. I ordered the Dragon Protein Bowl. This was excellent. The tempeh was so incredibly delicious. The roasted vegetables were also super tasty. Just like the dressing and the creamy hummus. A large portion that is very filling. Very nice cafe and friendly staff. Large selection of sweet and savory treats. Something for everyone. I can 100% recommend this cafe. So good. Would come again and again.

Very nice decaf coffee + dairy free treats. Lovely atmosphere and reasonable price. Card only, so don't bring cash.

Tbh I popped in to use a loo but didn't want to not order anything so had a quick look at the menu. Hadn't realised it was vegan (although I'm veggie) but the food was superb. The vegan breakfast bun with scrambled tofu would definitely not be something I'd usually order but it was delicious, the side order of hash browns though.....WOW......best ever!!!

Absolutely love this place! Every option is completely vegan, and ridiculously enjoyable. As a lover of street food, I found it hard to find places that incorporated these flavours into food suitable for veggies - hence why I was so pleased to find cafe thrive. Definitely recommend! - Go check out their specials board, there’s always something that will wow you 😉.

Amazing place with good coffee and good food. But the free water you can serve yourself tastes like chemicals

Food is ok nothing amazing but the choice is great , you have burgers , bowls, sandwiches, wraps, chips etc

Lovely vegan food and drinks at very affordable places. Love going there for breakfast.

I've been vegan for 1 year now and absolutely love cafe thrive, so much so I had my 60th birthday party there, even my non vegan friends enjoyed it 🤗

Lovely Café, everything tastes great, affordable prices

We are here twice during a weekend stay. Everything was so good!

Been countless times with the children but they don't currently accept cash. I hope this changes. 4 stars for old time's sake.

Me and my ex were out in town and wanted to eat some good breakfast. My mom recommended this cafe to me, saying that it looked quite good and that they served healthy and real food. We decided to try it out and eat there, when we arrived we saw that there was a selection of healthy foods for sale (snacks and stuff). There is a nice upstairs seating area with a good view which we decided to go up to. We ordered two wraps, smoothies, and a side of skin on fries. The smoothies came first and they were really good, made with fresh fruit and it was clear they were made with good ingredients. They tasted really nice. The wraps were huge portions and came with a side of salad and presented really well in what looks like recyclable / eco packaging. The wraps were full of meat and sides and were really filling. The skin on fries were not greasy and tasted really fresh, it was very clear that the ingredients were high quality. Overall the food was amazing, albeit not cheap, but I think that the quality makes up for it. Would highly recommend for fresh and tasty food with a nice view.

The food was so good. I had no idea! I’ve been trying to get to Thrive for probably 2 years now, and today was the day. We had SLT, Chicken Burger and the BBQ Chicken, absolutely amazing taste, the quality and f the food was unbelievable, fresh and delicious. Texting all our friends, 100% going back. Well done Thrive 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Love this place ,it's always our go to place for everything. Food is always fresh and hot ,plenty of different drinks to go with your choices of foods 😋 ☺️ 👌

Great vegan food at sensible prices? What's not to love! The satay is to die for.

Food was worth the wait. Service was a bit slow but only two of them working. Worth eating here

As a vegan of 5 years, hands down the best vegan food I’ve had. A huge variety of choice and the fresh baked goods are amazing The only thing that stops me from coming more regularly are the prices but by no means is it not on par to the quality or portion sizes.

Service- excellent. Food- excellent. Cleanliness of tables and floor put me off, my arms felt like they were sticking to the table, uncleared tables, food stuff on mucky looking floors. If I’m eating somewhere, a lot can be said for cleanliness. But if this was sorted, the place is A* first class!

Great burgers and brownies. Good selection on the menu and great to have some kids meals available too.

4 of us had food, drinks and cakes. The minute we finished our cakes we were asked to leave. We were planning to stay a little longer and have another round of hot drinks. Without an apology they said they needed the table and basically pushed us out. We are regular customers and like the food but we won’t be going back

Amazing food, simple on-phone ordering and we sat outside in the sun. The burgers are delightful and the loaded hash browns were delicious! The BBQ stack burger has to be one of the best burgers I've ever had, and I'm even a meat eater!

Good food something different I'm not a Vegan and enjoyed the food

It's not exceptional but at least one of the few places where you can eat vegetarian desserts

Stopped in for a Saturday lunch with the family. great range of meals and loads of choice. Food was fresh and delicious and cakes looked amazing but didn't have room left after lunch ! Great little place , will definitely return

Legit. The. Best.Food. I've. Ever. Had!

I’ve been coming here for two years (since I moved to Southampton) and I’ve never had a bad experience with any staff or food here , as someone with a dairy allergy it’s my favourite cafe to go to especially for their sweet treats they have such a variety that dairy allergy usually deprive me of in other cafes

Great coffee & fantastic vegan seitan sandwich! Large selection of cakes and sweet treats delicious if vegan or not. 🤤

Have been coming here for for years and the quality just gets better and better. Best vegan food in all of Southampton and it's not even close.

Always excellent vegan food. Our go to place in Southampton. Love that they sell local craft beer in the fridges too.