WeVegan Cafe

I will be dreaming about the breakfast Cuban & look forward to returning. It was legit one of the best things I’ve ever put into my pie hole in over 5 decades on this planet. My bestie also enjoyed the breakfast Crunchwrap. I seriously recommend that Cuban though! A perfect sandwich if ever there was one! (I also got the avocado sauce for dipping, which was lovely!) Taking my bestie to the airport in a couple of days (he lives in MA) & I’m going to drown my sadness with another trip to WeVegan Cafe!

I ordered through this company for Valentine’s Day, and boy was it a lesson learned. You would think that a company selling freshly baked perishable food items to be shipped through UPS across the country would use the 2 day delivery, but this seller used ground shipping. Mind you, UPS offers merchants shipping discounts for using them.

After several days of no response from the seller through email, I reached out to UPS. I spent over an hour on the phone trying to get them to expedite my package, explaining that it was supposed to arrive on Valentine’s Day or at the latest the 15th as it was full of perishable food items. They apologized for the shipping issues and then explained that the merchant used UPS ground (the 3-5 business day shipping option), but ended up helping me sort it out the best they could.

When the items arrived a few were slightly banged up, but the mini cake came damaged. My impression of what kind of care was taken into consideration for packing these items was that it was a complete afterthought. It was just saran wrap, then wrapped in a layer of tissue paper, stuck in a shallow mailer, more tissue paper shoved in and hoped for the best?

My partner and I tried the brownie (one of the few items that was banged up), which looked nothing like the photos and was very dry. We then tried the strawberry cookie, which was still moist, but tasted straight out of a box cake mix. It has that Betty Crocker/Pillsbury artificial strawberry flavor, and I’ve made something EXACTLY like it before. My partner unfortunately didn’t like it. Had I known I was going to receive items that looked and tasted like something from a school bake sale (or that I could have made at home for less than $2), I wouldn’t have paid so much money for it. Additionally the paper that accompanied the package explaining ingredients didn’t even include most of the items I got, looks like a generic list of their classic items.

I’m so disappointed because I wanted to support a locally owned vegan company from somewhere my partner and I never had before, and I feel like I was burned. Next time I’ll stick to my local vegan spots..

I can’t say enough for this hidden gem in South Tampa. Great variety, amazing flavors, good atmosphere. The coffee is amazing too. We are definitely going to make it a permanent part of our monthly rotation although it’s 40 minutes from our house. And we are very picky with our food choices. The prices could be a little bit lower because for 3 sandwiches, one empanada , one piece of cake and two cups of coffee, we paid 70 bucks. But it is still worth it. Definitely recommend