Nutritious, Vegan food
Aubergine Cafe
Welcome to Aubergine Café
We’re not just a café. We’re an experiment in comfort, curiosity, and caffeination — proudly autistic-run, and probably the only café in the UK where you’ll feel like you’ve walked into a hug and a café at the same time. Come for the coffee, stay for the quiet joy of being somewhere that makes sense — even if the world doesn’t.
We are a 100% autistic-run café serving up plant-based food, calm, and comfort. It’s more than a café; it’s a prototype for what inclusive workspaces and neurodivergent-led design can look like. It’s also a home base — a gathering point for the communities we belong to and care about
"Thank you for giving me the first place I’ve felt safe & calm in weeks"
Aubergine Arts Programme Attendee
ABOUT US
How It All Started
The Aubergine Café is the vision of a small team of autistic adults to empower other autistic people through accessible environments and innovative working practices while providing ethically sourced, nutritious and affordable plant-based food to local people in the wider community.
Aubergine is run by an autistic complement from our kitchen and floor staff to our administrators and directors. We implement robust policies of outreach and inclusion, not only with the autistic community, but those with whom we also identify, such as LGBT+ and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups.
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What we do
We serve affordable, nutritious, plant based food, made with love and care
We host workshops, performances, + create accessible spaces for marginalised communities
We provide employment and community for autistic adults
What people are saying . . .
“Thank you for providing space for queer and ND people. I felt blessed to be able to experience our community’s purest voice”
Aubergine Guestbook
“I had fun crafting a metal-work chicken today! Thank you Cindy!”
Crafternoon Attendee and now proud owner of a metalwork chicken
“Nice poems, nice dungarees, nice people! [drawing of a squid]”
Café regular and volunteer, Pad
Opening Hours
- Monday - Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday - Sunday
- 09:00 - 17:00
Aubergine really opened up the world for me. I've formed friendships and gained experiences I had been taught to believe were impossible for me.
Alice
Cafe Assistant
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