3 Three’s Coffee Lounge is a new Vegan and Vegetarian coffee shop in Martineu Place, Birmingham City Centre.
Recently opened it offers a mixture of hot ( soup, vegan hot dogs) and cold food (Sandwiches, cakes, ice cream- 12 flavours, 4 vegan friendly) and of course coffee. All cakes are also Vegan friendly and dairy free.
Most of the menu it seems is suitable for Vegans and offers mock meat style options (sandwiches, wraps) as well non meat style options such as hummus, avocados and roasted peppers and the soup and hot dog (Frankfurter) is dairy free.
3 Three’s has an informal and comfortabl feel with good reliable Wi Fi and sturdy wooden tables, ideal for working on.
It’s quite a large space with plenty of seating and art work on the walls. 3 Three’s also had a nice atmosphere, with good background music.
On the two occasions that I’ve been it was busy considering it had only been open a few days and word of mouth seems to be getting round.
On my first visit I enjoyed a Chocolate Brownie (£2.20) that had an excellent chocolatey flavour, was nice and gooey in the middle, a good flat shape and had a homemade feel about it. It was a pleasure to eat and very tempting to repeat.
My Flat White had a good espresso coffee flavour, though lacked the micro foam swirl of others in the city that makes it so distinctive, it was a bit of a disappointment though had a decent full flavour. I’m sure this will improve.
Mine was made with semi skimmed milk, there are non dairy versions available with Soya or Almond milk.
Chocolate Brownie. All cakes are vegan friendly.
On my second visit I tried the Vegan friendly Frankfurter Hot Dog £3.00.
Served in a 8.5 inch white roll, the Frankfurter hot dog made out of tofu? I think, came with a choice of toppings, jalapeños, mustard, ketchup, and onion with salsa to be launched soon. It looked stunning and tasted exceptionally good. The Frankfurter was full of tofu flavour, and set off by the spicy jalapeños and soft silky onions and bright and vividly flavoured mustard was one of the nicest of it’s kind I’ve tasted for ages.
I also enjoyed a semi skimmed Cappuccino ( £2.50) that had a nice strong coffee flavour and had a lovely arty chocolate 3 Three’s logo on top. A great coffee.
Before now the brilliant Warehouse Cafe was the only informal veggie and vegan eating place in the city centre, but not a coffee lounge in any form. 3 Three’s is going in a different direction. It’s very much needed and in a decent central location with lots of foot traffic.
As a first look, I was very impressed with 3 Three’s Coffee Lounge. It’s a very friendly shop, wih staff that are enthusiastic and keen to please. The food I’ve eaten is of a high standard and the menu though limited so far, is nice and catering to an informal laid back crowd who want something different and find the indulgence of a Vegan/Veggie or Gluten Free friendly atmosphere to their liking.
I’d like to see more risks in time with some of the food. I know this is in hand and the menu is constantly under development. A few salads, raw maybe using seasonal vegetables, breakfast items, a bit more simple hot food, perhaps burrito’s, even a burger.
These though are only my perceptions of an informal vegan/veggie space, from ones I’ve visited in London for example, not the definitive, but for now 3 Three’s is an improvement and an asset to Birmingham’s developing independent cafe and coffee scene and offers something different with quality for us non meat and fish (and dairy) eaters, (in fact the whole of Birmingham.) it’s a place I’ve warmed to and a place I will frequent often.
Any new venture of this kind deserves support and is a positive start in creating a more defined informal Vegetarian and Vegan lunch stop in central Birmingham and this is most welcome.
https://m.facebook.com/3threescoffee/
3 Three’s Coffee Lounge, Martineau Place, City Centre, B2 4UW.
Thanks for reading,
Andy 😊
I paid for all my food and drink in full, my opinions are my own and honest as always.
veggiefoodie 
Looks good (do you happen to know what the vegan ice creams are made of?) and the BookCrossing ladies are planning a trip there as there is a bookshelf and they seemed interested in a BookCrossing shelf, maybe.
I don’t liz to be honest know what the ice creams are made of. I can ask them and let you know as a maybe going in again this week for a coffee. That would be great if they had a BookCrossing shelf. They seem very open to ideas, and I’m sure they’d cater for any dietary requirement.