CAFE INDIEPENDENT, Scunthorpe - Menu, Prices & Restaurant Reviews

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By day we sell the finest coffee and deli quality food. We have a large, interactive children's area and masses of space for people to sit and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere. In the evening, we become an arts venue - hosting gigs, exhibitions, film screenings and plentiful artistic occurrences.

CUISINES

Cafe, British

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options

Meals

Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Late Night, Drinks

FEATURES

Takeout, Reservations, Buffet, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Wine and Beer, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Live Music, Dog Friendly, Non-smoking restaurants

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jjpink34

Scunthorpe1352 contributions

Junk soul smothered 💚

Oct 2021 • none

Visited 3 times this week as part of the Junk soul smothered vegan takeover 🥰😍💚🌱 We normally visit once a week for a sandwich and coffee. Fab oat lattes, JSS burgers, sandwiches, and breakfast are amazing. Fully vegan outlet in the airstream trailer. I’d love it I’d Junk Soul Smothered became a permanent fixture!

Written October 16, 2021

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jjpink34

Scunthorpe1352 contributions

Favourite cafe in Scunthorpe 😍

Jun 2021 • family

Try to pop in on a lunchtime for a quick bite. They usually have 1 vegan dessert in and a few vegan options on the menu. Some of the vegan items that are on the menu are not obvious. You can order the loaded nachos as vegan, (vegan cheese, guacamole and salsa) so just ask if you’re not sure. ✔️ When they have the salted caramel torte in I highly recommend trying that. Vegan or not vegan if you like a pudding you will love it. 💚 I’d like to see more vegan items on the menu. Anyone can eat vegan food and pre 3rd COVID they were really good at catering for vegans 🌱

Written June 27, 2021

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jjpink34

Scunthorpe1352 contributions

Awesome vegan food including loaded fries, burgers and all day breakfast.

Nov 2022 • solo

Cafe indie was probably the first place to start offering vegan food and coffees in the whole of scunny. Their kitchen is now fully vegan and run by the amazing Junk Soul Smothered. (Check out their Facebook page if you’re planning a visit). The cafe is spacious and airy and very very quirky! Amy who makes the coffees is so good at making delicious oat lattes. I love them. 😍 We’ve had many a vegan meet up here and since JSS took over the kitchen we‘ve had a couple of post parkrun vegan runner meet ups. Vegan runners U.K. is the second largest running club in the country (and growing). Food wise they have a breakfast stack which is hash brown bacon and sausage in a bun with sauce, burgers, scoffles, loaded burger fries and toasted sandwiches. All the food is lush. They now even do a vegan breakfast but it’s not on the menu just yet. Check them out. 💚🖤🌱

Written December 9, 2022

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BriggMudder

Grimsby8 contributions

Vegan menu in a crazy venue!

Jan 2023 • couples

We’ve recently moved to Scunthorpe and heard great things about this place, especially for live music! Me and my wife are booked in for gig in March, can’t wait. We came in for food end of Jan and were surprised to see fully vegan menu! I still eat meat but wife is vegan so she was taken back. We went for BLT, vegan pancakes with vegan Nutella! and some extra fries. Delicious! Coffee was decent enough, but on the colder side but still fine. they do offer cows milk at bar which took my wife back, thought plant milk would come as standard. I still have cows milk so I was happy lol But only food menu fully vegan, maybe soon the bar will be vegan. 5star for food 4 star for drinks!

Written February 9, 2023

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jjpink34

Scunthorpe1352 contributions

Fantastic COVID measures implemented.

Aug 2020 • family

Fantastic COVID measures implemented. Felt very safe! Great signposting too. The place feels lovely and fresh and just keeps getting better and better! Had loaded nachos with vegan cheese, guac, salsa and vegan chilli and there was loads! Also had loaded wedges which were lovely. Looking forward to our next visit already! One day though I hope they will go fully vegan 🌱

Written August 5, 2020

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Sightsee24398208404

Thank you so much for the lovely review. We're really happy to hear that you felt safe with us and enjoyed your visit. We hope to see you again soon!

Written August 6, 2020

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Tom

11 contributions

Lovely food and staff

Aug 2020 • couples

Wonderful vegan burger here, but also a great array of other sandwiches and snacks available. Smoothies today were grand as well. Well laid-out placing of tables and cleaning regimes, and staff helpful and courteous, as always. Can also attest to the music venue here being top notch for an independent place, always plenty of beers and local bands.

Written August 11, 2020

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Sightsee24398208404

Thank you for the lovely review, Tom, we really appreciate it!

Written September 15, 2020

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Susan B

6 contributions

Been again to Cafe Indie....

Feb 2020 • friends

Been again to Cafe Indie with vegan crowd, had a wonderful meal, with great service and lovely atmosphere. Have been many times and never disappointed, so say all my friends. Just one comment...a plea really...will you please, please consider allowing dogs In??? Mine has separation anxiety, so had to leave her in the car and was worried throughout the meal. Most dogs are well-behaved, and you could have a clause to eject people whose dogs weren’t. Would you consider a trial basis? A similar set-up to Indie; Moon on the Water in Cleethorpes allows dogs, and I gather from the owner they have had no trouble. Many, many thanks in anticipation.

Written February 15, 2020

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Sightsee24398208404

Hi Susan, thank you for the lovely review and for your suggestion. We're sorry to hear that your dog suffers with separation anxiety and we wouldn't want to think of her being left alone while you come in. If you could contact us via phone the next time you're planning a visit so a member of staff can have a chat with you about whether or not we can let her in that day. Currently it's still generally a no to dogs, however we do let dogs in occasionally at staff discretion. As long as they're well behaved and the cafe isn't too busy. We would be happy to try to accommodate yourself and your dog whenever we can.

Written February 25, 2020

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GOOLEYMALC

Scunthorpe349 contributions

So Nacho.....they're so Nacho!!

Dec 2021 • none

Excellent!! Called in one weekend dinner time and had nachos and a sandwich between the two of us and the food was ace! Its a place I will be back at. The menu might be limited but the efforts they bring you are really good and theres loads of it.

Written March 7, 2022

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Susan B

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Ms

Sep 2020 • friends

Lovely lunch again on Saturday. Always enjoyable, consistent quality. The Indie Burger is fantastic. Thanks Rachael.

Written September 28, 2020

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Alexfoodie

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Welcoming and friendly

Aug 2019 • couples

Very good price, very good quality and friendly staff. Can't ask for much more!! Really recommend for easy going enjoyable lunch.

Written August 7, 2019

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jjpink34

Scunthorpe1352 contributions

Great cafe that have started vegan Thursdays!

May 2019 • friends

We went as part of a group for a vegan meet up which cafe indie had opened up in the evening for. Their menu was great! Burritos, Big Mac, spiral tart, African peanut soup plus chocolate brownie! And all vegan! Everyone really enjoyed the food and we had some lovely cake after too. They serve old mout cider which is SFV and even have vegan options on their regular menu now. Hope we can support this fab place again in the future! If anyone would like to meet other vegans in the area please join the FB group vegans of Scunthorpe and surrounding areas. 😁🌱🌎🐖🐓🐑🐄💚

Written May 30, 2019

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LisaGS41

Scunthorpe60 contributions

The best cafe in town

Apr 2019 • family

Can’t recommend this place enough. A great place, doing great things. Vegan Thursdays are worth a visit even if you usually eat meat. The vegan Big Mac is superb!

Written April 2, 2019

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kensmoon

Lincoln1020 contributions

Best cafe in town

Mar 2019 • couples

We really enjoyed our first visit to this excellent cafe which also operates as a cooperative providing many benefits to young people. From the Vegan Thursdays menu we opted for the fishless sandwich with wedges and the pizza swirls. The fishless sandwich comprised of a white roll with 3 'fish fingers', homemade tartare sauce, vegan cheese, chunky wedges and salsa. This was very tasty but I thought the homemade pizza swirls were even better. Puff pastry with freshly made passata, artichoke hearts, black olives, garlic, Italian herbs and melted cheese with a nice mixed salad. This lunch hit the spot and afterwards we had a chat with the friendly and pleasant staff to tell them how much we enjoyed the meal and wishing them all the best for the future.

Written March 23, 2019

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jjpink34

Scunthorpe1352 contributions

Vegan torte was amazing

Jan 2019 • solo

As well as being a music venue and cafe they accept some items for recycling through terracycle including crisp packets! This means it’s very tempting to buy a vegan pudding (which are like rocking horse poo unless you make your own) whilst dropping off your recycling. Always a friendly service.

Written March 9, 2019

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MrsH

Yorkshire204 contributions

Perfect!

Sep 2018 • family

Lovely food, relaxed atmosphere, the best hot chocolate ever and wonderful staff! A real must visit place

Written September 3, 2018

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