Babbage Bytes Cafe

Cafes on campus: enjoy a range of hot and cold food and drink options in the Babbage Building
Fridges and pay desk in Babbage Cafe
Summer closure: Babbage Bytes will close for the Summer period on 23 May 2025 and reopen on 15 September 2025.
Enjoy a wide selection of delicious sub rolls filled with premium ingredients like falafel, vegan feta, hummus, pimento pepper with garlic mayo, goat's cheese, bacon with chilli jam, and our popular bacon, smoked ham, turkey, cheddar, gherkins and American mustard sub.
We also offer hearty jacket potatoes, the soup of the day, hot pasties and sausage rolls to keep you energised.
Kickstart your morning with freshly baked pastries or enjoy our two-item breakfast baps and a hot drink for just £4.50.*
Pair our selection of quality cakes with our organic, Fairtrade coffee, locally roasted just 11.8 miles away at Owens Coffee.
*Student price
Owens coffee served in Babbage cafe
Sub roll filled with chicken and bacon
Homemade cake served in Babbage Cafe

Our offers

Enjoy a hot drink using Fairtrade and organic coffee beans and any pastry for only £3.50* until 11:30.
From 14:30, treat yourself to coffee and cake for just £3.75** or take advantage of our buy one, get one half-price offer on hot drinks***.
*This offer is valid until 11:30 and includes regular coffee or tea only. Note that hot drinks exclude hot chocolates, mochas, syrups, extra shots and alternative milk. This offer does not include savoury croissants.
**Coffee and cake offer includes any available £2.50 (or below) cake, muffins and a regular iced or hot coffee drink. Note that hot chocolates, mochas, syrups, additional coffee shots and alternative milk are excluded.
***This offer applies to any regular hot drink, where the cheapest drink is half price. However, syrups, additional coffee shots and alternative milk are excluded.

Loyalty points information

We have installed a new till system in all our units across campus.
We are working hard in the background to bring you a brand-new app-based loyalty programme with new offers and deals!
Just a reminder that the hot drink loyalty points offer utilising your staff and student card is no longer valid, and payment via these methods is no longer accepted.

Sub roll nutritional and allergen information

We have introduced a traffic light system in Babbage Bytes Cafe to enable greater visibility of the salt, saturated fat and sugar content in our food, whilst also displaying the full allergen information of each. Please select the relevant PDF below to view the nutritional information. Should you have any questions about allergens in any of our products please speak with a member of staff before purchasing.

The traffic light labelling system

The traffic light labelling system will tell you whether a food has high, medium or low amounts of fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt. It will also tell you the number of calories and kilojoules in that particular product:
  • Energy (kilojoules kj) and calories (kcal)
  • Fat
  • Saturates
  • Sugar
  • Salt
The image to the right shows the traffic light label found on some foods. The traffic light label is colour coded and shows that green is low in a particular nutrient, amber means medium and red is high in a nutrient.
  • Red means the product is high in a nutrient and you should try to cut down, eat less often or eat smaller amounts
  • Amber means medium. If a food contains mostly amber, you can eat it most of the time.
  • Green means low. The more green lights a label displays, the healthier the food choice is.

Reference intake indicators

Reference intake is shown in percentages and provides information on how the amount of fat, saturates, sugars and salts within that product fits into your daily recommended diet.
In the case of this food label, the amount of sugar is 38% of the total recommended daily intake, therefore you should be careful of the amount of sugar consumed in other foods throughout the day.
Cafes traffic light nutritional information 

Campus cafes events

Visit our campus cafes to celebrate calendar days and other events, and enjoy our sustainable, locally sourced fresh food and drink. We look forward to seeing you.
Business student Shaina Salan and PhD Geologist Dylan Beard have coffee at the Container Café, Crosspoint in the Roland Levinsky Building.

Global Fairtrade Recipe Book – University of Plymouth

Calling all food lovers!

The University of Plymouth, a proud 2-star Fairtrade University, is creating the 2nd edition of our Global Recipe Book – and we need YOUR recipes!
Do you have a dish that represents your culture, a family favourite, or a go-to meal or cake? Submit your recipe for a chance to be featured online and even served as a special in our campus cafes!
Fairtrade ingredients are encouraged but not required – we're simply raising awareness of the options available.

How to take part

Submissions open: 1–30 April
What we need from you:
  • Dish name
  • Ingredients list (Fairtrade where possible)
  • Method
  • Photo (optional but encouraged)
  • Any other relevant details
Submit your recipe to catering@plymouth.ac.uk.

Why Fairtrade?

Using Fairtrade ingredients supports ethical and sustainable farming, ensuring fair wages for farmers worldwide. Consider using Fairtrade chocolate, coffee, tea, sugar, bananas, spices, and more in your recipe where possible!

Be featured on campus!

One lucky recipe will be chosen to be prepared and served in one of our cafes, based on ingredient availability and cost – giving you the chance to see your dish enjoyed by students and staff!
Let’s celebrate the diversity of our University community through food while promoting Fairtrade and sustainability. Will your recipe be the next campus favourite?

Cafes on campus