Against the Grain Coffee House — Restaurant in Wales

updated review with accessibility information This is a really great place, and an asset to our local high street. It's great to be able to go somewhere with the assurance that everything is gluten free and delicious. I can also recommend for vegans. We eat in regularly for a morning coffee, and often get their delicious savoury wraps, rolls and cakes. The coffee is excellent, the best in Whitchurch! There is a good selection of milk-alternatives. The menu is small, but good quality, as it is a coffee shop. Great for a light lunch bite! My other half has had several cakes from here, and liked all of them, with a particular shout-out to special cherry chocolate brownie, which, when warmed up slightly at home becomes, to quote "rich, soft, gooey and amazing". The scone is excellent! I am vegan, and whilst this isn't a vegan -only café, it has good vegan gluten free options, including on previous visits (eat in and takeaway) savoury lunch wraps (when available), vegan cheese and ham pannini, a lovely lemon drizzle cake, flapjack, vanilla cupcake frangipane blueberry pie, and gingerbread men. Note that menu can change and vary.

Note: this is a "light bites" cafe, and so you wouldn't go here for a breakfast fry up or large /hot lunch. They do I believe still do toast and jam in the morning, but vegans should note the bread for toast at last check isn't vegan. (The lunch wraps and panninis are though).

The café's interior is stylish, quirky and relaxing, with a great window to observe the local high street activity.

The staff are friendly, professional and polite, and really helpful.

Accessibility note: there is a step up into the cafe, and an external and internal door. The cafe can provide a ramp if you ask, and so it is accessible for...

[A coeliac’s dream] The first 100% gluten free coffee place of Cardiff. We are a coeliac couple and we have been here three weekends in a row. It’s great to finally have a place to sit down and feel safe. And everything is tasty and well crafted. Non-coeliacs wouldn’t notice any difference in the ingredients. We are regulars of places like Noglu in Paris and Senza Gluten and By The Way Bakery in NYC and this place has nothing to envy them. We hope they keep expanding and that we will soon be able to see more locations. They deserve it.

So sos celíaco/a este es tu lugar en Cardiff. Excelente variedad de brownies, y pastry tradicional británica. Uno de los dueños es celíaco y por eso comenzaron este lugar. El ambiente es amigable. Muy bueno para sentarse o...

My daughter took me here for lunch with my 3 year old grandson. The Cafe was quite full. We were told we could add a chair to a table but I felt the tables were very close and as we had a very active 3 tear old we declined. we were then told if we did not mind the cold we could sit outside. This was more suitable for children I felt. Food was lovely tho perhaps a bit expensive but for gluten free price was ok. It's lovely to know you can go into this Cafe and as a celiac order anything you like and know it's safe. Staff were extremely helpful and kind. We will definitely be back but perhaps without child as I don't feel it's a very child...