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A sugared cinnamon bun on a white plate at Grounded.
Aberdeen

Grounded

A fully plant-based café and bakery on Rosemount Viaduct in Aberdeen, opened in 2025 by a young baker, with pastries, sourdough, focaccia sandwiches and brunch.

Welcome

On Rosemount Viaduct, a short walk from the centre of Aberdeen, Grounded is a bright, simple café of pale wood and white walls, and everything on its counter is plant-based.

It opened in the autumn of 2025, the dream of Anna Wilson, a young Aberdonian baker and yoga instructor who had wanted to run a café since she was eleven.

She has baked since she was a toddler, cooking with her mother and grandmother, and went to Spain to learn how to make vegan croissants. The counter fills each morning with pastries and cinnamon buns, alongside loaves of sourdough and focaccia, and the kitchen turns out brunch, sandwiches, soup and cookies, with speciality coffee, tea and matcha to go with them.

It is a calm place to sit, and a safe one for vegans, who can order anything without a second thought. It opens from Wednesday to Sunday.

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Before you go

Open Wednesday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, and at weekends, 9am to 4pm; closed on Monday and Tuesday.

Everything on the menu is plant-based.

Where
100 to 102 Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen.
Menu
Fully plant-based: pastries, sourdough, focaccia sandwiches, brunch.

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Where it is

On Rosemount Viaduct, on the edge of Aberdeen's city centre, near His Majesty's Theatre.

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