Vanilla Coffee in Wolverhampton

My first visit here today, won't be the last. I had the halloumi on brioche bun with avocado, salsa, salad and delicious potato wedges, then huge slice of carrot cake, possibly the most moist I have ever tasted.

Love this cafe. Always a warm welcome from the staff. Scones are home baked and delicious as well as being a very ample size. Most cakes if not all are baked on the premises and they are all delicious. Very good value, definitely worth a visit.

As usual the shop was clean and very welcoming. The manager and staff give personal attention to all your needs. Collect a card and stamps and earn a free drink .

Excellent service again.and choice Very good attention from staff and manager. Very clean and cosy.even got books to read. I would recommend anyone to go there. Fantastic selection of foods which are delicious. Well worth a visit.

Been here a few times now. Always made to feel welcome, Staff are so friendly and accomodating and service is great. Food is lovely too

This wasn't a visit! A delivered Afternoon Tea helped make a lockdown Birthday that much more special. Thank you Vanilla we really enjoyed it.

Staff were welcoming and accommodating for children. Nice selection of cakes. Would come back again to try the food

Ordered an ice cream milk shake for my 3 year old and was very dissapointed. ,it was a glass of milk with some strawberry juice in.I expected better from vanilla,as they are usually more higher quality, very dissapointed . No ice cream at all.

Amazing food, the staff are so friendly and welcoming, exceptional service, I'm a vegan and normally find it quite hard to find places to cater to me but they are always so accomodating, we even had Prosecco to celebrate the reopening, can't recommend more 😊

Lovely cafe really warm and welcoming with great food and friendly service . Young gentleman that served us was , very helpful could not have been nicer . Highly recommend!

Called in for a quick coffee on route to Wolverhampton.Fab Latte just how it should be.I'll be back for lunch and the delicious looking homemade cake.So glad I found you :) Recommended

Charged £3.75 for one poached egg on toast!! When the price of two toast and two eggs is £4.75!!! Will not be returning again.

Dropped in for breakfast this morning, the staff were very pleasant and the food was really good. We both went for the larger big English, I don’t eat egg or mushrooms so I swapped those for an extra bacon. When it came out, there were 5 slices of bacon! Our only dissatisfaction was the sausage, they should really consider buying from Robinson’s, Boxley’s, or the place in Compton spar I can’t remember the name of! All said though we enjoyed and the coffee was decent to boot.

Called in when passing by for a panini and coffee. The service was very pleasant and friendly. My friend and I enjoyed the food and coffee and would definitely return. Maybe to try the assortment of cakes on offer next time.

Fantastic choice of homemade cakes generous portions good price lovely friendly staff best one about great menu absolutely fantastic breakfasts fabulous coffee well worth a visit

My friend and I have been frequenting this coffee shop for the past year and have always found the staff very friendly and welcoming. The food is superb. Breakfasts are especially good. The service is excellent and always very quick to bring the food. My only small complaint is that although the large cakes by the till are covered, the cake pops and sometimes the scones are not covered at all. This puts us off ordering these as they are in such close proximity to the till and customers are breathing and coughing all over them. My reason for not giving them 5 star review. We cannot understand why these cakes are not covered the same as the rest. Very unhygienic. PLEASE cover them.

This is a little gem of a place. I can't praise the staff enough. From the moment we walked through the door we were greeted with a smile and a menu was instantly brought over to us. The choice is vast and I honestly didn't know what to pick. We ended up ordering the Full English Breakfast (served until 3pm) which was lovely. There were certain parts of the breakfast that didn't meet our expectations, (the sausage mainly) but the fact they asked if you wanted tinned tomatoes or fresh was a nice touch, so was being able to swap one thing for another. My husband doesn't like egg or mushrooms so swapped it for a hash brown, which isn't part of the breakfast originally. For me, overall, the staff and the atmosphere were great, but the breakfast was one piece of black pudding away from a "Full" English. I would recommend Vanilla Coffee!

Second visit to Vanilla with my friend who lives locally. First impressions is that it is nice and welcoming however this visit left me far from impressed. I am a coeliac and while it was great that they did GF bread - when it came to ordering my toastie I was told by the chef that they couldn't fit all the toppings on as the size of the bread is smaller - no big deal just put a smaller portion of the toppings on to fit the bread is what I thought. However the chef suggested I paid for an additional sandwich if I wanted all the toppings in the normal quantity - to which I said there was no need. However when the bill came to my surprise I was charged extra for two additional toppings where considering I didn't have the full quantity of any of the toppings one may have thought that they would have let that additional costs go as a gesture of goodwill especially as the chef had made a big deal about the size of the bread and quantity of toppings being less. We both ordered a glass of squash which was £1.50 each - surprising when it was just tap water and cordial - we could have bought a bottle of cordial for that much from the shop next door.The GF lemon drizzle cake is amazing and my friend had carrot cake and when she asked for cream on the side was charged 20p extra for a squirt of cream. I appreciate the amounts involved are minor but its the little things that leave a big impression.Will I visit again - well my friend noted that she felt the service and hospitality had changed from previous visits so I think we will now need to find a new place to visit.

Wow! Had great lunch here, chilling out outside. Had the club Sandwich which was on as a special. The portion was enormous, with a generous salad, coleslaw and cheesy potato wedges. Will defo hope to return.

It's been a while since I visited Vanilla but called in for lunch with a friend recently. We were impressed by the interesting and varied lunch menu including the 'specials' board. We each had something we really enjoyed - I had an open sandwich which was well presented and my friend had potato skins. We visited on a sunny day and the sun was streaming in, making the café seem really light and bright. Since my last visit there has been an extension added to the side of the main room with the option of sofa seating. The staff were very pleasant and helpful.

Freshly made barista coffee, tasty lunch selection and an array of delicious cakes all made on the premises. I particularly like the salads served with Lavash bread. A comfortable venue with a great ambience combined with good service. Highly recommended !

Vanilla is a great place to start the day! Whether your stopping for a quick coffee to sitting down for a full breakfast. Staff are friendly and attentive, small local business that won’t disappoint.

Called in for a light lunch. Service was slow which meant that the first meal served was ok but the 15 minutes delay before the other two meals arrived meant that the poached eggs were hard and cold. Coffee was weak. Toast came without butter and was cold by the time the butter arrived. All in all not very good.

Last time I was here it was the post office!Not sure where all the space came from but it’s a really nice place.We spent ages there and saw the place start off empty and fill up totally by late morning.Really friendly and helpful service.I prefer this place over the more trendy locations on upper green.I’d go again anyday!

My wife and I are regular customers to this lovely cafe located in Tettenhall Wood. Lee the manager and his efficient staff are always friendly, the food is cooked to a high standard and thoughtfully presented. We like the fact that we can park easily nearby and, for those using public transport, there is a bus stop close at hand. The cafe has been tastefully furnished and decorated and, with soft music playing in the background, it’s no surprise that this is a popular meeting place.If you haven’t already done so, it’s worth checking out Cafe Vanilla - whether you are looking to sit down to a tasty full English breakfast or simply to chill out with a friend over a cake and a cappuccino. Highly recommended.

We were passing by and popped into Vanilla for a sandwich. What we got was an amazingly good club sandwich with grilled mozzarella cheese over potato wedges plus a good salad and coleslaw. We will go again and can recommend the cafe to anyone

We met up as a birthday treat ! 3 of us got 1 cake stand between us ! There were a small amount of sandwiches on it a scone each a fairy cake and a small brownie ! Only one drink given. Had to buy more and a sandwich ! Cost £42. ! If we had a stand each but was not a good selection. Not happy at all !Not value for money

just returned from vanilla cafe after having a lovely afternoon tea , had a great time for a friends birthday treat , yummy sandwiches and a good choice of cakes.Staff so friendly even bought a cupcake with a candle on..... for the birthday girl,nothing to much trouble for them well worth a visit,

Three of us called in for a light brunch. Ordered poached eggs and mushrooms on white toast. Came on brown toast and the poached eggs were hard.Coffee tasted liked a weak instant coffee although tea was good.One of us ordered a Bacon & Tomato sandwich and that was OK.

Ideal venue; I had a warm welcome and received excellent friendly service from Lee.He was nicely attentive and it seemed as if nothing would be too much trouble. I sat outside in the delightful patio area; there is a huge folding door opening onto this.

Visited Vanilla for mid-week breakfast with my wife, I chose full English and my wife had pancakes with maple syrup and smoked bacon. Both meals were freshly cooked so we had a little bit of a wait, but it was well worth it.Everything was as it should be, my wife was served with three thick pancakes which were coated with maple syrup and two thick slices of smoked back bacon on the top, she said it was delicious. My breakfast consisted of fried egg, sausage, bacon (2 rashers), baked beans, tomato and toast and again could not fault it. There was a bigger option with two of everything and black pudding but I found what I had was more than sufficient to set me up for the day.Staff were very pleasant and served drinks promptly.The cafe has recently been extended and now features bi-folding doors and a glazed roof which opens out onto a patio area. As it was already warming up with this glorious summer we are having, we chose to sit just inside in the shade with a nice cool breeze wafting through the doors. We shall be visiting again soon.

Visited for the first time today hubby bought me for a pre birthday lunch. A warm welcome recieved, prompt service for drinks, we ordered the sharing platter which was lovely and a nice change from the normal, followed by chocolate torte with strawberries and clotted cream which was gorgeous !!! Service excellent friendly staff. Will be returning again

It is with regret that I leave this review as we have been meeting for lunch here for a couple of years and always had excellent service and food. We booked a table for lunch and we normally have a couple of drinks after, unfortunately during lunch a member of staff leaned over us putting a reserved sign on the table and saying this table is booked for someone else in 30 minutes! We would normally have stopped for another drink but felt it was definitely time to leave. Sadly I feel it is time to find another lunch venue

Business breakfast on the recommendation of a friend who lives around the corner, this is a quaint but generously sized old fashioned cafe oozing charm and customer service. The delicious coffee was brought first, only minutes after the order. Then came the most evenly toasted bread I have ever seen and then the full English: all served with friendly efficiency and without interfering with the conversation. The grilled tomato and fried mushrooms were perfect. The sausages, fried egg and bacon were superior: they tasted free range and were well worth taking their time over and savouring. The conversation was lengthy and so another coffee was required, again served quickly and equally delicious. This is a great place for family, business or a solitary diner. Easy going, comfortable but without ostentation. I will certainly be coming again. Very highly recommended.

I come here once a week for lunch. Service is always with a smile and fast. Food is very good, salad and coleslaw that accompanies sandwich is off good quality. Ambience is great overall 10/10.

Popped into the newly extended cafe. Had a very good breakfast with friendly service. Tettenhall Wood is now blessed with two excellent cafes. The cafe is also a favourite for many of my friends for afternoon tea and cakes.

This small coffee shop should be better known outside the local area. Leave Tettenhall and its busy and sometimes crowded coffee shops and drive the mile to find the free parking here. There are pleasant seating areas (both settees and tables) to relax for a drink or meal. The food and drinks are excellent and provided by very courteous young staff. The Christmas Elf outfit worn on the day of our visit was particularly attractive and welcome.

We live local and visit most weekends great food,great coffee,great staff,the recent extension to the building has added to the chilled atmosphere of this great little cafe.

This is a small coffee shop who do snacks and breakfasts. Will cook almost anything you ask for and all freshly cooked. Just extended with comfy seats as well as tables to sit round

Staff helpful and friendly ,food excellent very clean room , A slice of cake was generous moist and fresh .

Great food, friendly staff and great atmosphere. Just needs a bigger premises but a great place to visit weather alone as a couple or with the family

Popped into this lovely cafe with my sons. The staff were very friendly and we were served promptly. The homemade cakes were so tasty and light, a fab treat for us all.

We have reason to be in Tettenall Wood each week and stumbled across this excellent well run Cafe. The food is made from fresh ingredients, the staff are all friendly and efficient. The diet busting Breakfast uses locally sourced Meat and quality ingredients. I would recommend this spotlessly clean cafe to everyone. There is car parking close to the cafe.

Lovely place to eat. I've tasted many a carrot cake as they are a personal favourite but here they are simply the best, so fresh and so tasty. Will visit again as other food is delicious too.

We had afternoon tea for 10 people for my moms 80th birthday it was really lovely my mom had a brilliant time the food was delicious the staff were very friendly and so helpful we also had one member of our party who is dairy free and they made special food for her which was lovely.

Stopped by for a coffee and panini. Very nice indeed with super fresh ingredients and the atmosphere is friendly and trendy. A welcome addition to Tettenhall Wood by any standards, and it is even open on Sunday morning for breakfast

What a treat! I have been a few times just for coffee but today was the first time I had a bite to eat. Unfortunately my first choice ran out but if it was anything like my second choice I can see why. I had the chicken club sandwich. The food was delicious well presented and plenty of it. Worth a visit!

Absolutely fabulous service. As me and my sister walked in we were greeted by smiles and pleasant greetings. The young man Lee kindly told us about extra seating at the back.... a lovely sofa seat by the heating. He took out orders for drinks and food. He was a lovely young man who served with a smile and made our experience wonderful. We lacked nothing and he came back twice to ask if we needed anything more and checked meals and drinks were of satisfaction. Excellent service. Highly recommend. Vanilla your staff are a credit to you!!!!Thank you for your kindness.

My son and I popped in for a coffee and a quick snack. We were greeted by a friendly lady who took our order. The place was clean and bright, the atmosphere was quiet and relaxing, considering it was nearly full. The food was very appetising and fullfilling. My son has autism and sometimes get anxious with unfamiliar situations, but he was very relaxed and comfortable with this lovely cafe. I could not fault the food and the excellent friendly service. Thank you

Small but friendly cafe. The veggie breakfast is lovely. Varied menu and good coffee!! Well worth a visit if in the area.

Friendly staff and small but nice selection Of cakes. The Service was good and the place was nice and clean. Looking forward to our next visit.

The service here is excellent, the staff remember how I like my coffee and nothing is too much trouble. I really appreciate the personal attention which Stuart never fails to offer. (I did miss the Sunday papers though!)

Vanilla coffee shop is the best in Wolverhampton. I've been to all the coffee shops in Wolverhampton but the staff here are just very attentive, efficient and friendly nothing is too much trouble for them unlike gluttons.Portion sizes are generous, food is tasty and I would recommend there home made soups and lovely cakes.

excellent service great staff premises are so nice and there is such a yummy collection of cakes and hot and cold snacks will defiantly return

Went here for breakfast and liked the decor; a blend of modern and country chic. The menu was good and reasonably priced with a full English consisting of quality sausage and bacon for £5.50. The Eggs Hunter with crumpets, bacon and poached egg was a pleasant dish to try.Customer service was top notch and we were served promptly. All round good venue.

I go here quite regularly with my mom and we both adore it! It's good value for money, has fantastic cakes and has a nice atmosphere! Their goats cheese and caramelised onion pizza is also to die for!!!

Fantastic service, food and atmosphere, will be our new Sunday brunch venue! We had the Hunters breakfasts and great coffee.

Mismatched service. Is it counter service or is it table service? Either way I waited 10 minutes to get served. No cutlery with our meal. Avoid the tasteless milkshakes, they replaced mine with another tasteless one.The saving grace to this place are the cakes, which I would recommend you get to take away.

Thank you to staff at coffee vanilla for a wonderful afternoon tea as part of my nieces wedding celebrations. We had a lovely afternoon with fabulous food and hospitality.

New to the area and found Vanilla around the corner from me. Very friendly staff smiley and polite.Enjoy the outside area, albeit a little noisy from the road but great to sit out. Food has always been really good and i'm waiting for the falafel burger to come back on the specials board. Don't have a sweet tooth but the cakes look amazing and are obviously home made. Staff seem to know customers well and seem to be lots of regulars. I'm glad this is my closest coffee shop but given that would would happily travel here if it wasn't walkable. They are also a member of the Taste Card club. Looking forward to one of their theme nights.

Nice breakfast at a busy little cafe in Tettenhall Wood. The service and atmosphere was very good with a nicely priced breakfast. Would of liked the option of buying a large coffee rather than buying two smaller ones. It is very handily placed with a small supermarket, barber, pharmacist and car park nearby.Well worth a visit if you are in the Wolverhampton area.

a warm welcome is what you will receive in Vanilla coffee. Everyone is polite and friendly. Coffee is strong and hot and food tasty, appealing and delicious! Lovely space, well worth a visit!

Have been here a few times. Food is lovely, reasonably priced and good variety of food and beverage. Cakes are lovely and you can take them away. Service is always excellent, very friendly staff who cannot do enough for you, so much so my adult daughter and i went for lunch and happened to mention it was her birthday, just before we left the staff appeared singing happy birthday with a cupcake including candle, what a lovely touch. Thank you very much x

Moved to Tettenhall very recently and have already visited Vanilla Coffee twice. Great coffee, friendly staff and a big menu means I have a great coffee shop less than 500m from my front door. Main seating area is a bit small, which is why I've marked VC as 4 out of 5, but there is an outdoor area to the side of the shop which I imagine will be popular during the warmer months. Gluttons has serious competition - which can only be a good thing.

Nice coffee shop. Good breakfast and pleasant staff. Have been here for breakfast and for lunch , it never disappoints.

Great service and food at reasonable prices. Popped into Vanilla Coffee (today) to while away ninety minutes whilst the car was being serviced, enjoyed eggs benedict while my fiancé had hunter eggs (both just £5.25!) and lovely hot buttered toast. The lad who looked after us was polite and efficient. The food was just right and the sunny courtyard was a delight to sit in. If we lived much closer, this would become a regular haunt for us - sadly, we're Birmingham based, but will visit again if we're passing.

Really great little cafe. Staff are really friendly and the atmosphere is pleasant and relaxing. The food is excellent (had breakfast and lunch here several times) and the prices are good. Highly recommend!

Have been here 5 times, for lunch, usually with a friend. The food is lovely, beautifully presented, the cakes are gorgeous. Service is good, staff are lovely.

Popped in here after a trip to the doctors having seen it after driving past. Really glad we did. The cafe was clean and spacious with a tempting range of cakes and the best hot chocolate I have had in a long time. Staff were lovely and happy to let us browse the menu. Will definitely be back and we are looking forward to being able to eat in the garden once the weather improves.

My wife and I have been to Vanilla 2 or 3 times in recent months.I have to say that it is in a lovely location and always seems to have a warm and friendly atmosphere.On our last visit (Saturday afternoon) we needed some food as we had both missed lunch, by the time we got to Vanilla it was about 15:50 and they stop serving food at 16:00. I needn't have worried the lady serving us (possibly the owner) was very friendly and told us to take our time with the looking at the menu.A few minutes later orders were placed and coffee arrived promptly. I have to say the coffee is very good.When the food was brought out to the table I have to say I was extremely impressed with how it looked and even more so how it tasted! I can definitely recommend the Chicken and Bacon Club sandwich, it is huge!Now if you've never been to Vanilla I have to warn you about their homemade cakes .... They are amaxing.I was so full from my club sarnie that I had no room for a piece of cake. This again was not an issue as I was told a piece of my favourite could be boxed up to take home!!! Yummy so we took 3 different pieces of cake home with us.Overall excellent food, great service and good value for money.

I've had similar experiences here as other reviewers - the staff are lovely and some of the most helpful I've met, particularly Jess and Stu. I've found them to be very accommodating as I have taken work in, and been in after a bike ride! The food is excellent and arrives promptly, great place for brunches or coffee dates. Jess made me a smoothie which wasn't on the menu as I have to agree, the coffee is not very good. Personally, I would have liked two shots of espresso in mine, but now I know for next time! There isn't really anywhere to lock up your bike so cyclists may have to be creative.

Don't disagree with the other reviews, ie good food and service, but the coffee is very poor quality.

Just got round to visiting here after hearing mixed things about it and I'm glad I've tried it for myself. The café is clean, nicely decorated with welcoming staff. As it was my first visit I wanted to study the menu and asked the waitress to give us a little bit longer, unfortunately I think they forgot us so it was another 20 mins before we called them over as we wanted to order before they stopped doing breakfast at 11. My sausage sandwich came with the brown sauce already on which was ok but I'd much rather put it on myself to my taste but there was a choice of breads and butter was optional. There was a good selection of specials on the board but the cake selection didn't look very inspiring on the day I visited. The coffee was fine but it was only available in one size which wasn't very big, I'd have ordered a large if it had been offered. One nice touch was that the plates were lovely and warm and we didn't have to wait very long for our order to come. Overall the friendly atmosphere and welcoming staff made it a very pleasant interlude & I'd love to go back and try their cakes when they have a better selection.

Just had some sandwiches as we were working local and found Vanilla coffee on TripAdviser. Beautiful little shop & beautiful food to go with it. Thank you

Had the porridge for breakfast with strawberries. Large bowl of warming food arrived with very tasty strawberries. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm..........

Small, friendly venue with outside eating area. Friendly staff serve fresh hot and cold food and yummy cakes. Were very accommodating when serving child with food allergies.

I visited with a friend and I had the club sandwich which was huge My friend had the gluten free lemon drizzle Both were tasty and the club sandwich beat me

This is the first time I have been here and I have been really impressed. Excellent service, choice and quality food and I will defiantly be coming again .

Always polite and lovely staff, always amazing food, just ordered the Eton Mess Ice Cream Sundae! The cakes are all home made and gorgeous!

First time visit . This was awesome. Very friendly staff. Quality of breakfast and coffee was superb. Very impressed. Can't wait to go back This place comes highly recommended

When I first walked in, the first thing I noticed was how well decorated the shop was. You can tell that behind the counter, it's well looked after and you can clearly tell the workers try their best to keep it presentable and clean. The workers were very friendly and they did their best to make me feel welcome. The food arrived in about or maybe less than 10 minutes and it was of a very high standard. I was very impressed, will definitely visit again.

Beautiful coffee shop, excellent food and service. A lovely escape from chain coffee shops in the city centres! We've been a couple of times now and will definitely be back!

Nicely decorated but not particularly spacious or comfortable I have been to Vanilla Coffee quite a few times, normally at the request of people I'm with. It's very pretty inside and the staff are nice. Their cakes always look amazing and im sure it's nice if you have a sweet tooth. Unfortunately I don't... This is one of the main problems. There isn't a lot offered in the way of 'normal food' I've found one sandwich that's particularly nice. Most of their 'meals' are small but the plate is then filled with lots of salad to make it look like the meal is bigger. I find its not very good value for money unless you are using a taste card in which you need to book in advance even if you get there and the cafe is empty, you have to ring up fist. My most recent experience there has put me off unfortunately. The sandwiches were a poor selection. The bread was stale and fillings were bland. The cakes were also stale and over all definitely not worth the money. I recommend anyone going to buy a taste card first as it's quite pricey. If you're not a huge lover of cake, it may not be the place for you.

Popped in for a bite to eat and some coffee and we were treated to sitting outside on a sunny day with waitress service. The service was great and the staff so pleasant and happy to serve you. I opted for the cheese and pickle baguette which was served with a really fresh salad and some homemade apple slaw. My wife chose the lemon mayo tuna served on lavash bread. So nice so good and definitely worth a visit. It's pleasant to go somewhere where the food is really good and the staff look after you. We will be back again!!

Whilst the service and food were both very good I feel a little duped. The cafe is listed on the taste card website. Having had a free trial for this through the post I thought that as the closest place to my home I would take advantage and go there for breakfast. When it came to paying I was informed that whilst they do take taste card that this was only available when you have made a phone booking first. With all due respect the cafe was empty and who phones to book a table to have a breakfast? Had I have known this I would not have gone there for breakfast as I feel that without that discount their prices were a little high for 2 breakfasts and 2 fruit smoothies.

Just had a delicious lunch! Varoed and extensive menu and specials board too. Attentive and prompt service. I ordered a peri peri chicken salad and my partner ordered a foccacia pizza. It was delicious and extremely good value for money. I also recommend the home made cup cakes which were delicious. Good range of teas too. Will definitely visit again as my partner is from the local area!!

Serves amazing chocolate torte and cheesecake. Not the best café for savoury options. I recommend a drink and a cake if you go here!

Thoroughly enjoyed our breakfast in this warm and cosy cafe. Couldn't resist cake for breakfast pudding either! Yum. A great refuge on a rainy day.

If you want a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, delicious food and excellent value for money then this is where you need to be. I love Vanilla Coffee and keep coming back for more..........on this occasion, when I made the lunch date with two friends, this was the place they suggested. Loaded potato skins, with bacon and cheese and scrummy home made coleslaw, with carrot cake for afters. No Strawberry Shortcake Stacks left so I've attached a photo of the one I enjoyed last time........just for you to drool over.

Lovely local coffee shop! I have visited many times. It's a little small but nice and cosy. Friendly staff, good choice of food. Try the chocolate torte and the pancakes with maple syrup and bananas are lovely! Also offers free wi-fi.

My wife has visited vanilla coffee a few times and is always suggesting that we go. After returning from the Algarve to rainy England she took me there for lunch to cheer me up....it worked.A friendly welcome, a lovely cappuccino and a specials board to die for were a good start. As my huge club sandwich appeared the rain seemed to melt away outside and we enjoyed a pleasant hour or so with great food and drink.Was hoping to return for a breakfast the next day but circumstances were against me, hoping to go back in the near future, this place is a gem.

This was my experience today: a cheery welcome, a spotlessly clean place, inside and out (in the little courtyard attached), a lovely pot of tea and the best (and biggest) slice of carrot cake I've tasted in a long time. I'll be back, as soon as I possibly can. My only minor quibble is that the information on the blackboard needs to be more reader-friendly - maybe use two boards? And display the wi-fi password more prominently, perhaps on the inside of the door. But absolutely nothing wrong with the food, drink or service. Thanks, everyone - just the kind of place we need around here.

Firstly I can not understand the negative reviews, the place is great!I have been previously but only had a coffee and a cake, which was lovely. This time I treated myself and my mom to a nice late lunch. Both had paninis which came with a generous side salad tasted lovely and really reasonably priced. Service was great our server was attentive without being over baring, our drinks arrived quickly and our lunch not long after.All in all a lovely little cafe with great staff and prices that can not be beaten locally.

Great local cafe. I stop in here everything I am I the area (about 1-2 times a year). I always find the staff nice, the food fresh and hot, and the coffee certainly exceeds expectations when comparing to anything near by. We aren't in Portland Oregon Mr. Smith! I certainly understand the dissatisfaction if all that Mr. Smith is true - but seriously bet that it was either a bad day for Vanilla (it happens everywhere), or Mr. Smith is exaggerating.

Must admit, having made my Vanilla Coffee debut last month and been delighted, I was stunned to see the sour and patronising hatchet-job masquerading as a 'review', from Smith27263.It begins and ends with childish sneers about people who go there, as if Mr Angry is a sophisticated and cosmopolitan soul whose opinions are somehow superior.Admittedly, he seems very aware of coffee terminology. 'Purging the wand' was new to me, but instead of passing on his supposed knowledge and expertise to the staff, he implicitly eats his meal in silence, then decides to whine on here.On the day I visited with my friend - both well-travelled, as Smith clearly finds this relevant - as we were enojying our Americano coffee, and I guzzled away contentedly on my fresh and scrumptious carrot cake, 7/8 people came in, with very different orders, from the brickie buying hot sandwiches for his mates on the adjacent building site, to someone who just wanted a smoothie, and another who was in for a full breakfast.From the sounds and approving comments, they agreed with us, and the overwhelming majority of reviewers, that Vanilla Coffee deserves a very high rating for food, service and value.Making Mr Angry's comments even more puzzling ...Then I looked at his review history.In four years, he has posted on just three occasions, and all have been ultra-negative reviews with a single-star.In July 2011 - Smith hated his hotel.In May 2012 - a holiday attraction got the full treatment.In April 2015 - it was Vanilla Coffee in the firing line.It's sad that someone who styles themself as a foodie and a lover of art should pen purely negative thoughts.It's also puzzling that, from his review, he has enjoyed yummy cakes elsewhere in Tettenhall/Wolverhampton, but didn't choose to enlighten TA readers as to their whereabouts.So, did he genuinely eat elsewhere, or is this simply one of the series of cheap throwaway jibes which populate his review?A mystery for the TA community I guess, until Smith pops up with his next deluge of vitriol.

I am quite frankly stunned by the previous review, I regularly visit Vanilla and have alway found the coffee, cake and service spot on!I find it odd that the writer states that he/she is from London and yet has not posted one review of an establishment in their home city and yet has posted 11 in Wolverhampton, leaves me wondering if he/she is supporting another local cafe by attacking the opposition, especially when this person has such knowledge on the workings of a coffee machine!It is a great shame that Trip Advisor can be used in such a way to the detriment of a business when it is not deserved. What is wrong with a good old fashioned complaint face to face if your not happy and let the management try and appease the situation amicably.

It makes me sad to see we have people who are so easily pleased, that they give this dive 5 stars. The place looks shabby, years have passed without so much as a lick of paint. The coffee is atrocious. The kiddies that work their, mostly high school 6th formers care nothing for the quality or technique required to make a great coffee. The machine is dirty, I watched carefully in horror as on each occasion and as each kiddie had a crack at the coffee machine for one victim after another, the group handle (where you put the coffee) was sometimes not even fully emptied before the next grind leaving soggy spent granules for the next person, the steam want was never cleaned once, burnt brown caked on milk residue can be seen evident over what was once a stainless steel gleaming steam wand, unbelievable negligence. Worse, they never even purged the wand between uses, not once. I was shocked! This causes milk to be sucked back up the spout into the boiler where it turns putrid over only a matter of days. This was evident in the taste of the vile 'coffee' - I should stop calling it that. The end product looks as bubbly and poorly frothed as your worse Starbucks experience, the head was simply dreadful. Your meant to have super fine micro foam, thick and sweet and dense, skilled milk foam, with quality latte art, not a flat and dreadful bubble bath of dross. The food was simply awful, I had a tonne of salad leaves on what was meant to be an omelet, but turned out to be a burnt rubber matt. Safe to say it tasted terrible and got left. I held out hope for decent cake, nope. I tried what was supposed to be a walnut cake / coffee slice, it was a dry, stale tasting processed thing. Nothing like the fresh home baked and well preserved offering of other shops in the area.To top it off, the prices, for what amounts to a school home economics class gone wild, amounts to pure extortion, extortion of poor people who have voted this place only because and obviously they aren't very well traveled (to say the least).

This is my second time to this cafe and best in Wolverhampton area Proper home made food and good staff

I've been to Vanilla on several occasions, most recently for a family lunch. It's a really popular spot for a cuppa or something more substantial and it's easy to understand why. It's very much family-friendly and there's a mix of clientele. The menu is comprehensive and has something for everyone and the staff are friendly and service is great. It may sometimes seem to take for a little while for the food to arrive, but it's well worth it, as the delicious food is freshly prepared. It's also excellent value for money. My three-year-old niece devoured her 'Ritz Kids' meal, a thoughtfully designed plastic cake stand, comprising sandwiches, fruit, a few crisps and a cake pop. It's really nice to have a cafe like Vanilla in Tettenhall Wood and long may it last!

Beautiful little country café with relaxing atmosphere and welcoming staff. It was very busy, but the staff handled it well and coped great under the pressure while keeping their smiles. My partner and I will be back in next time visiting Wolverhampton. Delightful little café.