Best Vegetarian Restaurants Around the World

Alfacinha ★ 4.9

Braga's macrobiotic vegetarian restaurant on the same street as Letraria, specialising in wholegrain and organic plant-based dishes since its founding.

Why locals goA macrobiotic vegetarian restaurant on the same street as the popular Letraria taproom, almost invisible beside it and unlisted on major booking platforms.

TipPrimarily a lunch restaurant with a set menu that changes daily. The organic soup is always the safest order; the grain bowl depends on the day's delivery.

Pausa Util ★ 4.9

A small vegetarian cafe with a 5.0 HappyCow rating on a quiet Santa Cruz street: sauteed vegetables, affordable plates and a calm setting for a local lunch.

Why locals goA vegetarian cafe on a quiet street in the Santa Cruz quarter with 36 HappyCow reviews and a near-perfect score but zero tourist-guide presence.

TipPrimarily a weekday lunch spot for university staff and neighbourhood residents. Closed weekends. The daily hot plate is under €8 and changes each day.

Lily's Vegetarian Indian ★ 4.8

Greater Manchester's family-run pure-vegetarian Indian institution. Gujarati thali under fifteen pounds, dosa under ten; the Sachdev family runs the room.

TryGujarati thali

Rotonde ★ 4.8

A Michelin Green Star vegetarian restaurant on the Goudsesingel canal, largely unknown to food tourists, offering the best value-for-Michelin tasting menu.

Why locals goLocated on a canal street in Noord away from tourist circuits; Michelin guide rarely discussed

Forest ★ 4.8

Forest is Plabita Florence's 30-seat vegetarian tasting room on Dominion Road, Auckland. Metro Restaurant of the Year 2024 and one Cuisine hat.

Why locals goA 30-seat vegetarian tasting room on Dominion Road that took Metro Restaurant of the Year 2024, with one Cuisine hat and quiet word-of-mouth in Auckland.

TipBook two weeks ahead through the website. The restaurant takes only 30 covers a night across Wednesday to Saturday.

Paradiso ★ 4.8

Denis Cotter opened Paradiso on Lancaster Quay in 1993 and it remains Ireland's most important vegetarian restaurant. Priced at €€€. At 16 Lancaster Quay.

SignatureSix-course vegetarian tasting menu, Seasonal garden plates, Organic wine pairings

Fu He Hui 2 ★ ★ 4.8

Fu He Hui in Changning holds two Michelin stars and No. 11 on Asia's 50 Best 2026 for chef Tony Lu's vegetarian tasting menus in Shanghai proper.

OrderThe porcini mushroom course served smoking in a glass jar filled with grape-vine smoke.

TipChef Tony Lu changes 40 percent of the tasting menu each season, so ask what changed since your last visit.

The Pullman 1 ★ ★ 4.8

The Pullman at Glenlo Abbey Galway earned its Michelin star in 2026; Angelo Vagiotis serves seven Irish courses in two restored 1927 Orient Express carriages.

OrderThe seven-course tasting menu; wine pairing at €90 adds exceptional French and Irish bottles

Book2-3 weeks ahead

TipThe vegetarian tasting menu is equally ambitious; note that all dishes contain dairy and vegan options are not available.

Tres ★ 4.7

Michelin Green Star for Michael van der Kroft and Emy Koster's vegetarian restaurant on Vijf Werelddelen. Located in Kralingen. Tasting menu 185.

Book3-4 weeks ahead

Tian Restaurant ★ 4.7

Paul Ivic's Tian on Himmelpfortgasse in Vienna holds a Michelin star and a Green Michelin Star for vegetarian fine dining, the first vegetable-only dining.

OrderThe full vegetarian tasting; book the counter to watch the pass.

TipTian Bistro on Schrankgasse in Spittelberg runs the same kitchen's everyday plates at half the price.

Tian 1 ★ ★ 4.7

Paul Ivic's Tian on Himmelpfortgasse in Vienna holds a Michelin star and a Green Michelin Star for vegetarian fine dining, the first vegetable-only room.

OrderThe full vegetarian tasting; book the counter to watch the pass.

Book3 weeks ahead

TipThe Tian Bistro on Schrankgasse runs the same kitchen's everyday plates at half the price.

King's Joy 2 ★ ★ 4.7

King's Joy, a courtyard house next to Yonghe Temple, holds two Michelin stars for its lacto-ovo vegetarian menus of over 10 courses in Beijing.

OrderBook one of the three lacto-ovo vegetarian menus of over 10 courses; each can be made vegan on request.

TipThe dining room is a historical courtyard house next to Yonghe Temple, so allow time to walk the Wudaoying Hutong before dinner.

Bundobust ★ 4.6

Manchester all-vegetarian Indian beer hall on Piccadilly. Vada pav, okra fries, dahl and bhel puri; most plates between five and nine pounds, beers on tap.

TryVada pav and snack plates

Haus Hiltl ★ 4.6

The world's oldest vegetarian restaurant: pay-by-weight buffet keeps lunch under CHF 25 if you stay disciplined. 500 dishes, 90 percent vegan.

TryPay-by-weight vegetarian buffet

Ourea ★ 4.6

Ourea in Marseille's 6e is Matthieu Roche's vegetable-led tasting room with sommelier Camille Fromont, in the 2026 Michelin Guide for plant-led cooking.

OrderThe full tasting; the kitchen builds the sequence around what came in that morning.

TipClosed Sunday and Monday; book early for Friday or Saturday, the room seats 24.

The Acorn ★ 4.6

The Acorn on Main Street since 2012 is Vancouver's reference vegetarian dining room, Canada's 100 Best top 30, the calendar Plant-Forward leader.

OrderBeer-battered halloumi with crisp rice salad, the kitchen's longest-running menu plate.

TipReservations on Tock open 30 days out; the bar walks in for halloumi and a natural-wine glass.

The Johri ★ 4.6

The Johri is an all-vegetarian restaurant in a 19th-century haveli in Johri Bazaar, Jaipur, pairing fusion plates such as soya keema baati with cocktails.

OrderThe soya keema baati, or the seekh kebab made with peas and edamame.

TipLunch runs 13:00 to 17:00 and dinner 19:00 to 23:30; Time Out puts a meal at about ₹2,000 for two without alcohol.

Mother ★ 4.6

Mother on K Street, midtown Sacramento, is the city's defining vegetarian counter, a fast-casual farm-to-fork room with a daily-changing seasonal menu.

OrderWhatever the farms delivered that week, plus the seasonal grain bowl

TipWalk-in counter. Tuesday to Saturday 11:00-20:00, Friday and Saturday to 21:00. Closed Sunday and Monday.

La Famille ★ 4.5

La Famille in Marrakech's Bab Mellah is a women-run vegetarian garden restaurant; concise rotating menu, leafy courtyard, the calmest medina lunch room.

OrderWhatever the day's pasta is; finish with the raspberry ricotta cheesecake.

TipClosed Sundays. Lunch only; reservations recommended as the courtyard seats 30.

Le Jardin ★ 4.5

Le Jardin on Mariaplaats holds a Michelin Guide listing. Plant-based French tasting menus with optional fish or meat: four to six seasonal courses.

OrderFour-course plant-based lunch starting at €29

tibits ★ 4.5

Hiltl's casual spin-off from 2000: pay-by-weight vegetarian buffet, around 40 dishes a day, broad hours and the same buffet-by-grams pricing model.

TryPay-by-weight vegetarian buffet

Tommy's Restaurant ★ 4.5

Tommy's Restaurant on Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, a vegetarian-friendly institution since 1972, runs falafel sandwiches, spinach pies.

TryFalafel sandwich and spinach pie

Umi Falafel Georges Street Arcade ★ 4.5

Umi Falafel inside George's Street Arcade in Dublin 2, the vegetarian Lebanese counter doing the city's most credible falafel, freshly fried chickpeas.

TryFalafel wrap with toum

TipThree Dublin Umi locations; the Arcade branch is the south-city pick for a sub-€12 lunch. Counter and tables; takeaway runs fastest.

Pickles ★ 4.5

Pickles on Rue Solférino in Lille is a small bistro and wine bar cooking a mostly vegetarian card that changes weekly, with everything made in house.

OrderWhatever vegetable plate leads the week's short card.

TipMenus run 25 to 35 euros and a la carte from 14. The natural wine list is the other reason to come.

Quoc Huong Banh Mi Fast Food ★ 4.5

Quoc Huong Banh Mi on Atlanta's Buford Highway sells ten varieties at $5 each: grilled pork, combo, vegetarian, all on house-baked airy baguette.

TryVietnamese banh mi, 10 varieties

TipCash only and closed Thursdays. The grilled pork is the most-ordered; the combo loads on three meats.

Tasty Harmony ★ 4.5

Tasty Harmony has run Fort Collins' plant-based kitchen on Oak Street since 2009, an organic scratch menu locals order without missing the meat.

OrderWhichever mock-meat comfort special is on the board

TipClosed Mondays. The dessert case is the sleeper hit; expect a wait at weekend lunch.

Lock Cha Tea House (Tai Kwun) ★ 4.5

Lock Cha at Tai Kwun on Hollywood Road serves all vegetarian dim sum and 100 Chinese teas inside the restored Central Police Station compound.

Why locals goInside the former Central Police Station, a quiet vegetarian dim sum room with 100 Chinese teas, lost to anyone passing on Hollywood Road.

TipBook a tea master pairing in the back room; otherwise the front is open seating.

Restaurant Orme ★ 4.4

Jack Fields's Urmston tasting-menu room in Manchester. Six-course tasting from regional produce, vegetarian set holds its own on the menu. At 218 Church Road.

Why locals goManchester's Urmston tasting-menu room: Michelin Guide listed, far from the city-centre tourist drag, twenty minutes by tram. Locals book the room for it.

TipTwenty minutes by Metrolink from city centre; Wednesday to Saturday dinner only here.

Jasmijn en Ik ★ 4.4

Organic vegetarian cafe on the Voorstraat with daily grain bowls and soups at accessible prices. Lunch under €13; produce from certified Dutch farms.

TryDaily organic grain bowl with seasonal vegetables

Comune ★ 4.4

Comune on Parsons Avenue in Schumacher Place is the plant-forward fine-dining counter serving in-season vegetable plates and shareable small dishes.

Mouna ★ 4.4

Mouna cooks vegetarian and vegan plates from organic Mallorcan produce inside an old mansion off Plaça Drassanes in Palma's La Lonja quarter.

OrderThe seasonal vegetable plates, built from organic island produce.

TipService runs straight through from 13:00 to 23:00, so it also works for a mid-afternoon plate.

Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe ★ 4.4

Annapurna's Vegetarian Cafe in Albuquerque is the ayurvedic vegetarian and vegan counter with chai, dosa and millet South Indian plates at counter prices.

TryKitchari bowl

La Casa de las Mayoras ★ 4.4

La Casa de las Mayoras is a vegetarian-led breakfast and lunch fonda in Cancún, in the MICHELIN Guide, serving chilaquiles, huevos motuleños and molletes.

OrderChilaquiles or huevos motuleños, plus a superfood batido, or banana pancakes if you want something sweet.

TipClosed Mondays and open until mid-afternoon only; about 90 percent of the dishes are vegan or vegetarian, the rest use organic egg or chicken.

David Bann ★ 4.4

Chef David Bann's vegetarian dining room on St Mary's Street in Edinburgh, opened in 2002, the city's reference vegetarian fine-dining kitchen.

OrderThe Sri Lankan coconut curry and the spinach and feta filo parcel.

TipPre-theatre two-course at £22 runs to 19:00; the wine list is genuinely thought through.

Underdocks ★ 4.4

Underdocks on Neuer Kamp in Hamburg's St Pauli runs creative Fischbroetchen on roasted spelt rolls at €6 to 10, with house Lachs Roeschen and Krabben mixes.

TryCreative Fischbroetchen on roasted spelt rolls

TipOpen daily; weekday lunches busiest 12:30-14:00. Vegetarian options available.

Beans and Barley ★ 4.4

Beans and Barley on East North Avenue is a grocery, deli and all-day cafe with a long vegetarian menu of burritos, stir-fries and grain bowls since 1973 here.

OrderVeggie burrito with brown rice and the daily black-bean soup.

TipThe deli counter does excellent take-out sandwiches; grocery is open later than the kitchen.

Punjabi Grocery & Deli ★ 4.4

Punjabi Grocery & Deli on East 1st Street has fed cab drivers $5 curry plates in the East Village, New York City since 1994. Open 24 hours, all vegetarian.

TryVegetable curry over rice, $5

TipCombo curry plate: rice, three vegetable curries, a samosa, a chapati. Cash only. Eat on the bench out front.

The Sanctum Cafe ★ 4.4

The Sanctum Cafe on North Ferncreek Avenue is the plant-based and organic neighborhood room with grain bowls, plant-based burgers and a wide brunch menu.

SignatureThe Sanctum bowl, Plant-based burger

MiiT Coffee ★ 4.4

MiiT Coffee is a vegetarian specialty-coffee cafe that began as a bicycle workshop, with a regulars' crowd of cyclists and designers most tourists never meet.

Why locals goA vegetarian specialty-coffee cafe that began as a bicycle workshop, with a regulars' crowd of cyclists and designers most tourists never meet.

TipOrder the pour-over and ask the barista for the rotating origin recommendation; the breakfast plates are the strongest vegetarian morning in Riga.

Sama Sama Veggie ★ 4.4

Sama Sama Veggie is a vegetarian bar and café on Carrer d'Aragó in Salou, cooking breakfast bowls, tacos, burgers and brunch with plenty of vegan dishes.

OrderVegan pancakes with a fresh fruit smoothie.

TipVegan pancakes and fresh juices and smoothies are the brunch favourites; there are children's books on the shelves and the café closes on Mondays.

The Sentient Bean ★ 4.4

Sentient Bean's vegetarian breakfast and lunch counter runs under $15 with tofu scrambles, vegan burritos and super bowls. Across from Forsyth Park.

TryVegan and vegetarian breakfast plates

Saveurs Bio ★ 4.4

Saveurs Bio on Rue Maurice Fonvieille near Place Wilson is the all-organic vegetarian and pescatarian bistro running for over 20 years. A canonical pick.

SignatureOrganic vegetarian buffet, Seasonal soup, Vegan dessert

TipClosed Sunday; the lunch buffet at €15.60 is the canonical entry, with vegan options clearly flagged.

Don Kounosuke ★ 4.3

Japanese don-dining restaurant on the Westerkade near the Vaarsche Rijn. Rice bowls topped with fresh fish, eel or vegetarian options; miso soup included.

TryJapanese don rice bowl with fresh fish and miso soup

Engelbecken ★ 4.3

Engelbecken in Berlin Charlottenburg has cooked Bavarian-Austrian classics with a vegetarian-leaning menu since 1999; the corner room on Witzlebenstrasse.

Why locals goEngelbecken sits on a Charlottenburg corner overlooking Lietzensee in a yellow late-19th-century building most visitors walk past.

TipThe lake-side terrace in summer is the seating to book; phone two weeks ahead for a Friday or Saturday table.

Hummus and Friends ★ 4.3

Hummus and Friends on Oranienburger Strasse runs a kosher-certified Israeli vegetarian kitchen with hummus, falafel and sabich at lunch prices under €13.

TryHummus plate and falafel pita

Green Elephant ★ 4.3

Green Elephant on Congress Street, since 2007 from Dan Sriprasert and Bob Wongsaichua, is Portland's all-vegetarian Thai kitchen by the State Theatre.

OrderThe vegan coconut soup, then the mango curry over jasmine rice.

TipTuesday to Saturday lunch 11:30-14:30 and dinner 17:00-21:30; Sunday and Monday dinner only.

Zest Kitchen and Bar ★ 4.3

Zest Kitchen and Bar on South 200 West, the plant-based and 100 percent gluten-free room since 2012, runs vegetarian small plates with a cocktail program.

OrderA plant-based main plus a hand-crafted cocktail off the seasonal list.

TipLive music and DJ nights run the room late on weekends; the cocktail program is one of the strongest among the city's plant-based rooms.

Bouldin Creek Cafe ★ 4.3

Bouldin Creek Cafe in Austin is South First's vegetarian neighbourhood cafe since 2000, a bungalow-cum-coffeeshop with all-day breakfast and gluten-free.

OrderThe award-winning veggie burger and a side of migas; both run all day.

TipWalk-in only; Sunday brunch from 11 to 2 has the longest queue, weekday breakfast moves fast.

The Helmand ★ 4.3

The Helmand in Mount Vernon keeps its vegetarian Afghan plates and the kaddo borawni pumpkin gentle on the wallet, a cheap way into a celebrated kitchen.

TryVegetarian Afghan plates

TipThe vegetarian dishes and the kaddo borawni are the value plays at this Mount Vernon room.

Eli's Jerusalem Grill ★ 4.3

Eli's Jerusalem Grill on Highway 280 Birmingham serves the falafel plate of falafel, hummus, baba and tabouli for $14.50 with the vegan-vegetarian combo.

TryFalafel plate, $12-14

La Riviera ★ 4.3

La Riviera on Calle Cetti Meriem in Granada runs cocina casera free tapas with every drink, with portions large enough to call dinner after three drinks.

TryCocina casera free tapa

TipStand at the front of the bar for the fastest tapa rotation; vegetarian options on every round.

BOON ★ 4.2

BOON sits at the castle end of Burgstraat and serves a vegetarian lunch and early dinner menu in a room that feels like a design studio. Priced at €€.

OrderThe seasonal salad composition: grain base, roasted root vegetables, ferment and herb oil.

TipLunch only on weekdays; closes in the early evening. Popular with museum-goers from the Gravensteen.

Radha Govinda ★ 4.2

Radha Govinda is the Hare Krishna community's vegetarian self-service room east of the centre, charging 1.90 euros per 100 grams from a buffet.

Tipsy ★ 4.2

Tipsy on Banegaardsgade near the train station is a vegetarian and vegan restaurant blending California and Mexican cuisine, with tacos, burgers.

OrderThe birria tacos or the jackfruit tacos with avocado sauce; the cocktail list is well-matched to the food.

TipReservations recommended on weekends. Open from 16:00 daily. Board games on the tables encourage longer stays.

Green Elephant Lunch ★ 4.2

Green Elephant on Congress Street runs vegetarian Thai lunches under twenty dollars: vegan coconut soup, mango curry and pad thai across from State Theatre.

TryVegan mango curry, coconut soup

TipLunch Tuesday to Saturday 11:30-14:30; dinner from 17:00 nightly except Monday.

Teva Bistrô ★ 4.2

Teva Bistrô in Ipanema cooks an organic plant-based menu from small producers, and Veja Rio named it best vegetarian in 2025, in Rio de Janeiro.

OrderThe raviolone filled with tofu ricotta and cashew sauce, after the Portobello carpaccio or the hiratake bao

TipOnline booking covers groups of up to six and is not taken at weekends or on holidays; larger groups must phone.

Brota ★ 4.2

Brota serves vegan and vegetarian plates for sharing in a Botafogo mansion with a garden, from chef Roberta Ciasca, a Bib Gourmand pick in Rio de Janeiro.

OrderThe brotinha rice balls, or the Thai curry with basmati rice and sesame farofa

TipThe menu is built for sharing, so order several plates between the table; the garden surrounds the mansion on Rua Conde de Irajá.

The Naam ★ 4.2

The Naam on West 4th Avenue since 1968 is Vancouver's oldest vegetarian restaurant, a hippie-era survivor and the city's longest-running 24-hour kitchen.

OrderSesame fries with miso gravy, the kitchen's signature since 1968.

TipNo reservations; live music after 19:00 from Wednesday to Saturday. Cash counter pours at the bar.

Southern Squeeze ★ 4.2

Southern Squeeze presses organic cold juice and blends smoothie bowls on Dorchester Road in North Chattanooga, a plant-based cafe from scratch daily.

DrinkCold-pressed green juice

TipNearly everything is vegan and made without seed oils or refined sugar; weekend hours are 09:00 to 16:00, later start than weekdays.

Vitafix Juice Bar ★ 4.2

Vitafix's smoothie bowls and grain bowls under 12 BGN on the central pedestrian street. Cold-pressed juices, vegan options, no artificial sweeteners.

TrySmoothie bowl or vegan grain bowl

All'Oro 1 ★ ★ 4.2

Riccardo Di Giacinto's All'Oro in Rome's Flaminio holds one Michelin star for the chef's reading of Roman dishes through a modern fine-dining lens.

Book3 weeks ahead

TipClosed Sunday all day. The €110 vegetarian tasting menu runs the same number of courses as the carnivore carte.

Cookies Cream 1 ★ ★ 4.1

Stephan Hentschel's Cookies Cream in Berlin Mitte holds a Michelin star on a vegetarian tasting menu. Entry is the service door off the alley.

Book4 weeks ahead

Tewa am Naschmarkt ★ 4.1

Tewa at Stand 672 on Vienna's Naschmarkt cooks organic vegetarian plates with a Levantine accent, named for the Hebrew word for nature, open since 2007.

OrderThe hummus plate with warm pita; vegan options run the length of the carte.

TipThe market stand opens earlier than the inside cafe; eat shakshuka outside on weekend mornings.

Yak and Yeti vegetarian curry combo ★ 4.1

Yak and Yeti's vegetarian curry combo with naan and rice runs under $17 for dinner in the Northern Lights midtown room, with momos as a starter and Nepali.

TryVegetable curry with naan

Sunshine ★ 4.1

Sunshine on James Street is the Hellenika and SK Steak crew all-vegetarian Mediterranean room. Customise-your-plate format and daily seasonal salads.

SignatureMediterranean mezze, Build-your-own salad bowl, Wood-fired flatbreads

Quay Co-op ★ 4.1

Cork's wholefoods institution since 1982 with self-service vegetarian lunches and dinners at prices below any comparable sit-down restaurant in the city.

Hanleys Cornish Pasties ★ 4.1

Hanleys Cornish Pasties at Merchants Arch in Temple Bar, the city's only dedicated Cornish pasty counter since 2009, hand-crimped pasties baked.

TryTraditional Cornish pasty

TipTraditional steak pasty, gourmet specials, vegetarian or vegan options. Open late Thursday to Saturday; cash and card.

Beas Vegetarian Dhaba ★ 4.1

Beas in Vinohrady is the cheapest sit-down meal in central Prague: vegetarian Indian by the kilogram. Two or three curries plus rice runs 150 $ at most.

TryIndian vegetarian thali by weight

TipAim for the lunch rush 12:00-14:00; that is when the steam table is fullest.

Biocenter (menu del dia) ★ 4.1

Biocenter in Barcelona's Raval has run a vegetarian menu del dia since 1980: 16 euros for self-service salad bar then a daily-changing main course.

TryVegetarian menu del dia

TipOpen Mon-Sat lunch and dinner; the 16 euro lunch menu del dia runs 13:00-17:00. Vegan and celiac options noted daily.

Garibolo ★ 4.1

Garibolo on Fernandez del Campo in Bilbao runs a long-standing vegetarian dining room with a daily menu del dia, parallel vegan set on the board too.

Why locals goA long-standing vegetarian dining room on Fernandez del Campo in Bilbao that most pintxo-crawl-focused visitors miss entirely, despite the strong daily menu.

TipCome for the daily three-course vegetarian menu del dia; vegans get a parallel set on the board.

Life Alive Organic Cafe Harvard Square ★ 4.1

Life Alive Organic Cafe in Harvard Square is a plant-forward, counter-service kitchen. Warm grain bowls and salads made fresh keep it budget-friendly.

TryPlant-based grain bowl

TipThe build-your-own bowl is the best value; the Goddess dressing is the one to add.

Hummusbar Király utca ★ 4.1

Hummusbar on Kiraly utca, the 2005 original of Hungary's vegetarian hummus chain, serves Israeli hummus, falafel and pita plates at downtown counter prices.

OrderThe classic hummus with chickpeas and a side of falafel and pita.

TipFive-plus branches across Budapest; the Kiraly utca original is the most central.

Baps Shayona ★ 4.1

Baps Shayona cooks pure vegetarian Indian meals in a back room behind its Rylands grocery counter, in a Cape Town suburb most visitors skip.

Why locals goThe shopfront looks like a spice and toothpaste grocer from the street, and only the small back room with a few tables gives away that it also cooks a full vegetarian Indian menu.

TipOrder from the hot counter rather than the printed menu, the fresh curries and sweets change with what was cooked that morning.

Pun Pun Organic Restaurant ★ 4.1

A seed-saving organic vegetarian kitchen tucked behind Wat Suan Dok, plating heirloom-rice Thai plates and ferments from its own farm at rock-bottom prices.

SignatureOrganic Thai set, Fresh spring rolls, Kombucha

Hokusai Vegetarian Cafe ★ 4.1

Hokusai runs Fukuoka's most consistent vegetarian and vegan brunch with a big English menu, tofu plates, vegetable-based bowls and mushroom-focused mains.

OrderVegan plate with tofu and mushroom

TipEnglish menu; vegan options clearly marked.

Milky Way ★ 4.1

Milky Way on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill serves cheap kosher pizza and falafel in Pittsburgh. A good-value vegetarian counter in the Jewish neighbourhood.

TryKosher pizza and falafel

Lokaal ★ 4.0

Lokaal is a vegetarian tea room and restaurant on Brabantdam with owners Arno, Jelmer and Bliki sourcing from nearby organic farms and rotating the menu.

OrderWhatever the week's organic delivery has inspired; the kitchen announces the menu via their social channels.

TipThe tea selection here is serious; combine the lunch with an afternoon spent in the nearby SMAK museum.

Earth Cafe ★ 4.0

Earth Cafe on Riad Zitoun el Kedim was Marrakech's first vegetarian restaurant: nine plates daily, three floors of alcoves, farm-to-table sourcing model.

OrderWhatever the daily vegan tagine is, plus a juice from the cold-press counter.

TipNine plates daily, four to five vegan. The third floor has the calmest seating.

De Rode Koe ★ 4.0

De Rode Koe on Rue des Trois-Mollettes in Lille cooks a fresh-produce card that leans vegetarian and vegan, with fish, meat and house burgers alongside.

OrderThe ravioles, from the vegetarian half of the card.

TipPlates land around 15 euros. Saturday runs non-stop from 11:30, which is unusual in Vieux-Lille.

Mikala ★ 4.0

Mikala in Marseille's 6e on Cours Julien is a fully vegan canteen (formerly Le Cours en Vert), organic produce from the market across the street and a daily.

OrderThe composed plate of the day with the market vegetables.

TipWalk-up at lunch, reservation taken for evenings; lunch and dinner Tue-Sat.

Irregardless Cafe ★ 4.0

Why locals goOpen since 1975, Irregardless pre-dates the farm-to-table movement it helped build in North Carolina. The vegetarian and pescatarian menu, live music most evenings, and genuinely non-commercial ethos make it unlike anything else in the city. Visitors focused on the Blount Street cluster miss it entirely.

TipGo on a Tuesday or Wednesday evening when live music doesn't overwhelm the space. The Sunday brunch is one of the few unhurried brunch options in Raleigh.

SLA ★ 4.0

SLA on Ceintuurbaan runs the Amsterdam organic-salad chain, build-your-own bowls 8 to 12 euros, soups for 5, the everyday office-lunch counter.

TryBuild-your-own salad bowl

Magasin General ★ 4.0

Magasin General inside the Darwin ecosysteme in Bordeaux's Bacalan is the 200-cover bio bistro-refectory with pizzas, vegetarian and meat plates of the day.

TryBio bistro plate of the day

TipLunch service runs 12:00-14:30 daily; arrive before 12:30 to skip the queue at the counter and grab a seat in the semi-open industrial hall.

Govinda ★ 4.0

Govinda on Obchodna 30 is the city's reference cheap vegetarian Indian lunch with dahl, rice, salad and chutney for under seven euros, Hare Krishna-run.

TryHare Krishna vegetarian Indian lunch

TipCash-friendly counter; queue at 11:30 for fresh dahl, dishes sell out by 14:00.

L'Éthiquête ★ 4.0

A cooperative vegetarian canteen off the Cours des 50 Otages in Nantes, where the bowl of the day costs €12, the burger €10 and small plates from €3.

SignatureBowl du moment, Burger du moment, Houmous

TipIt runs suspended meals through the Le Carillon network, so you can prepay a plate for someone who needs one.

Dat Dog on Freret ★ 4.0

Dat Dog on Freret in New Orleans is the Freret Street specialty hot dog counter, with $9 alligator sausage, crawfish dogs, vegetarian franks and crawfish.

TrySpecialty hot dog

TipBuild with crawfish etouffee on top of a frank for the local order; sides of fries run $4 a basket.

Mokabe's Coffeehouse ★ 4.0

An LGBTQ-friendly coffeehouse across from Tower Grove Park, Mokabe's serves a cheap all-day vegetarian-leaning brunch, a welcoming budget spot.

TryAll-day vegetarian brunch

TipThe all-day vegan and vegetarian brunch is rare and affordable. It fills after the Saturday farmers market.

Lekker Gec ★ 3.9

Lekker Gec has been serving organic vegetarian cooking in central Ghent long enough to qualify as an institution. The daily plates track the season.

OrderThe daily lunch plate, which changes with what the organic suppliers have delivered that morning.

TipArrive by noon or the most interesting daily specials go quickly; the kitchen does not replenish to order.

The Canteen ★ 3.9

The Canteen serves cheap seasonal vegetarian plates under Hamilton House's murals in Stokes Croft, Bristol, with free live music most evenings.

OrderThe daily changing plate with whatever band is setting up on stage.

TipIt closed in 2024 and reopened in autumn 2025; Friday and Saturday carry a £6 door charge after 21:30 for the music.

East Village Cafe ★ 3.9

East Village Cafe hides a plant-based counter under the arches of Boyces Avenue in Clifton Village, pouring Triple Co Roast coffee and rainbow lattes.

DrinkRainbow latte with a plant-based toastie

TipIt shares the arch with a gift shop and welcomes dogs; the courtyard outside is Clifton Village's calmest coffee spot.

Anjo Verde ★ 3.9

A vegetarian and vegan restaurant near the cathedral in the old city. Half the menu is vegan on request and the desserts are entirely egg-free.

OrderMushroom risotto with seasonal Minho fungi: the best vegetarian main on the menu and a reliable order.

Organic Oasis Restaurant and Juice Bar ★ 3.9

Organic Oasis carries the largest vegan menu in Anchorage on Spenard Road, with a juice bar and a mixed vegetarian and poultry menu since the early 2000s.

The Shady Shack ★ 3.9

The Shady Shack is a vegetarian cafe on Jalan Tanah Barak in Canggu, Bali, known for jackfruit and tempe burgers, with vegan options, open 07:30 to 22:30.

OrderOrder the Jack burger with marinated jackfruit, or the tempe burger, with fries.

TipThe menu is vegetarian with many vegan options, and the cafe opens at 07:30. Burgers start from about IDR 75,000.

Vert Ici ★ 3.9

Vert Ici inside the Aubette on Place Kleber builds custom bowls, salads, and cold-pressed juices, with 30 ingredients and bases like quinoa or kasha.

TryCustom bowls and salads

Bombay Express ★ 3.8

Bombay Express's central branch sells curry-and-rice plates at 150-220 $, with vegetarian and halal options clearly marked. Located in Nove Mesto.

TryIndian curry plate

TipLunch is the cheapest window; the dosa is the kitchen's specialty.

Zahir Kebab ★ 3.8

Zahir Kebab in Gdańsk works a Targ Rybny halal counter, doner in pita, falafel and fries under 30 $. Open until midnight every day. At Targ Rybny 11/i U4.

TryDoner kebab in pita

TipVegetarian falafel pita is 22 $ with hummus and pickles Cash is faster than card.

Andrum ★ 3.8

Andrum on Ostra Hamngatan serves a self-service vegetarian and vegan buffet that rotates through the day. Located in Centrum. Kitchen leans vegetarian buffet.

OrderFill the plate; the buffet changes throughout service so a second visit is often different from the first.

TipPacked at lunchtime with workers from the city centre. Arrive at 11:30 or after 13:30 to avoid the peak.

Pique-Prune Cleunay ★ 3.8

Pique-Prune Cleunay runs an organic vegetarian lunch buffet beside the Biocoop in west Rennes, starters and desserts by weight with daily vegan options.

OrderThe by-weight starter and dessert buffets around the day's tart

De Eekhoorn ★ 3.7

A neighbourhood restaurant in Rotterdam Noord on Zwart Janstraat serving Dutch seasonal cooking with a wine list focused on natural and biodynamic producers.

OrderDaily soup and the vegetarian stamp pot.

TipThe lunch changes daily and is written on the board; call ahead if you need to plan around a specific dish.

Tianchumiaoxiang Vegetarian (Chaoyang) ★ 3.7

Tianchumiaoxiang Vegetarian at Chaowai SOHO in Beijing cooks meat-free dishes without eggs, alcohol or alliums, led by a Kung Pao monkey head mushroom.

OrderKung Pao monkey head mushroom and the colourful vegetarian dumplings, with brown rice.

TipEvery dish leaves out eggs, alcohol and alliums; the unit is on the second floor of Building D of Chaowai SOHO.

CoCo Ichibanya Shibuya Namikibashi ★ 3.7

CoCo Ichibanya in Tokyo's Shibuya is the Japanese curry-house chain where you build your bowl: rice size, spice level 1 to 10, toppings, all under 1,300 yen.

TryJapanese curry rice, choose-your-spice

TipPork katsu plus spinach is the canonical add-on. Spice level 5 is mid; vegetarian curry available.

Yan Gege Vegetarian Restaurant ★ 3.5

Yan Gege inside Shanghai's 800 Show complex now serves Yunnan wild-mushroom claypots after retiring its old all-you-can-eat hotpot format entirely.

OrderThe plant-based pork chop, made to resemble the texture of the real thing.

Why locals goSwapped its all-you-can-eat hotpot format for à la carte claypots, so its plant-based version of pork is easy to miss on the new menu.

TipIts old hotpot bases survive as single claypots: Yunnan wild mushroom, truffled tofu and a spicy Sichuan broth.