Coffee and Cake
The University of Plymouth cafés offer delicious deals for all guests—perfect for keeping motivated throughout the day. 
Whether you’re studying with friends, holding a meeting, or simply treating yourself to something sweet, our café deals have something for everyone.
 
Terms & Conditions:
  • Offers valid in all participating cafés
  • Cafes open to students, staff, and visitors
  • Prices displayed are for students, staff, and visitors and are subject to VAT

  • Any hot drink. 
  • A wide variety of cakes are on offer from flapjacks to muffins to brownies with seasonal specials being added throughout the year.

Morning deals

Baps, full English and free hot drink

Start your day right at the University of Plymouth with a traditional breakfast you can customise! Mix and match cooked items to create the ultimate bap or a hearty full English breakfast
For an extra perk, when you order four items, you’ll receive a free hot drink - making your low-cost breakfast even better! Choose from a regular Fairtrade filter coffee, tea, or water. (Excludes syrups and extra shots.)
Where to find our breakfast options: 
  • Drake’s Kitchen, RLB Café, and John Bull Café: Cooked breakfasts and breakfast baps
  • Babbage Bytes and InterCity Plates: Breakfast baps
Breakfast bap of egg, sausage and bacon
Croissants 

Starbucks pastry deal 

Start your morning at Loafers Deli with a butter croissant and any tall hot drink for just £3.25! This offer includes all tall drinks (12oz) and iced drinks, but excludes Caramel Macchiato, Mocha (hot & iced), and White Chocolate

Pastry offers across campus 

Enjoy a hot drink or water with a plain croissant for only £3.00 at The Library Café, John Bull Café, and InterCity Plates. Includes regular-sized coffee or tea. (Excludes white hot chocolate, mocha, syrups, extra shots, and alternative milk.)

Offer Details:

  • Valid until 11:30 am
  • Plain croissants only
  •  At the University of Plymouth, we use Fairtrade coffee beans as standard across all our cafés. 

Afternoon deals

Buy One Get One Half Price hot drinks

Catch up with your peers or colleagues in one of our cosy cafes or treat your friend to a drink during your next lecture.  
Our drink selection includes barista coffees, speciality teas and delectable hot chocolates – in the afternoon, this is an offer you don’t want to miss.
Offer valid in:
InterCity Plates from 14:30
RLB Cafe from 14:30
Drake's Kitchen from 14:30
Reservoir Cafe from 14:30
John Bull Cafe from 14:30
Babbage Bytes from 14:30 
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.
Coffee
Brownies
 
 

Blue Light discount

We offer 10% discount on full-price items only when presented with a valid form of ID at John Bull Cafe and InterCity Place Cafe .
 

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, payment via these methods is no longer accepted.
 
Coffee and pastry
 
 
 

Fairtrade

We take pride in our commitment to sustainability by sourcing our coffee beans responsibly. Our beans come from local supplier Owens Coffee, whose roastery is just 11.8 miles away. They provide us with Fairtrade and organic coffee beans, ensuring ethical and environmentally friendly practices. This not only supports our community but also helps reduce our carbon footprint, making every cup a sustainable choice.
Explore our range of teas, each carefully selected to uphold our values of fairness and sustainability. Whether you prefer Fairtrade, Organic, or teas from the Ethical Tea Partnership, and to sweeten the deal, all our teas are accompanied by Fairtrade sugar, ensuring that every sip supports ethical practices.
Fairtrade stamp printed on linen sack
 
 
 

Our cafes on campus

We offer sustainable, locally-sourced fresh food and drink in ten cafes across the city-centre campus and the north campus, including John Bull Cafe. 
You can also find a number of food and drink outlets in the Students' Union. 
We pride ourselves on offering a variety of affordable, delicious food and drink options with a variety of themed food options in each cafe.
Visit our cafes
Group of 3 students, eating together in Drake's Kitchen cafe on campus