Veganaes is a dietary-friendly spot in 101, Reykjavik.
Veganaes runs a fully vegan kitchen inside the Gaukurinn bar on Tryggvagata, slinging plant-based burgers and comfort food in a grassroots Reykjavik venue.
Tip: Inside Gaukurinn, so it pairs vegan burgers with gigs and cheap beer. Casual and late by day's end.
Address: Tryggvagata 22, 101 Reykjavik
Gardurinn on Klapparstigur has served homemade vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free plates since 1999, one of the oldest meat-free kitchens in Reykjavik.
Tip: A tiny lunchtime spot with a daily-changing menu. Closes early and on Sundays, so go midday.
Chickpea on Hallveigarstigur is a family-run vegetarian takeaway in Reykjavik serving whole-food wraps and bowls, all of which can be made vegan on request.
Tip: Everything is vegetarian and most can go vegan. The falafel wraps and bowls are the lunchtime staples.
Salka Valka on Skolavordustigur is a fully meat-free Reykjavik kitchen, a half-vegan menu of soups, salads, sandwiches and bagels just below Hallgrimskirkja.
Tip: Fully vegetarian with vegan options daily. Counter service, soups and bagels are the value picks.
Skal on Njalsgata flags plenty of gluten-free options on its seasonal Icelandic menu, with clued-up staff, a safer-than-most Reykjavik room for coeliacs.
Tip: Not a dedicated gluten-free kitchen, so tell the staff, who are well briefed. The menu changes often.
Gardurinn on Klapparstigur marks gluten-free options across its vegetarian daily menu, a Reykjavik kitchen used to feeding gluten-free and vegan diners.
Tip: Ask which of the day's soups and plates are gluten-free; the small kitchen handles the request daily.
Mandi on Ingolfstorg is a fully halal Middle Eastern counter in central Reykjavik, wrapping shawarma, kebab and falafel with halal meat late into the night.
Tip: Fully halal and central on the square. The falafel covers anyone who wants a meatless option.
Gardurinn on Klapparstigur has served homemade vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free plates since 1999, one of the oldest meat-free kitchens in Reykjavik.
Tip: A tiny lunchtime spot with a daily-changing menu. Closes early and on Sundays, so go midday.
Chickpea on Hallveigarstigur is a family-run vegetarian takeaway in Reykjavik serving whole-food wraps and bowls, all of which can be made vegan on request.
Tip: Everything is vegetarian and most can go vegan. The falafel wraps and bowls are the lunchtime staples.
Salka Valka on Skolavordustigur is a fully meat-free Reykjavik kitchen, a half-vegan menu of soups, salads, sandwiches and bagels just below Hallgrimskirkja.
Tip: Fully vegetarian with vegan options daily. Counter service, soups and bagels are the value picks.
Skal on Njalsgata flags plenty of gluten-free options on its seasonal Icelandic menu, with clued-up staff, a safer-than-most Reykjavik room for coeliacs.
Tip: Not a dedicated gluten-free kitchen, so tell the staff, who are well briefed. The menu changes often.
Gardurinn on Klapparstigur marks gluten-free options across its vegetarian daily menu, a Reykjavik kitchen used to feeding gluten-free and vegan diners.
Tip: Ask which of the day's soups and plates are gluten-free; the small kitchen handles the request daily.
Mandi on Ingolfstorg is a fully halal Middle Eastern counter in central Reykjavik, wrapping shawarma, kebab and falafel with halal meat late into the night.
Tip: Fully halal and central on the square. The falafel covers anyone who wants a meatless option.
