Nirvana Veg Restaurant is a vegan-friendly spot in Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Editorially verified August 7, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Closed Mondays and the hours move, so call ahead. The tiramisu and tofu cheesecake are the reason to leave room.
Private tour · 3 hours
Discover Florence on a gluten-free food tour with a guide. Enjoy a selection of traditional Florentine and Tuscan specialties, from savory treats to irresistible desserts.
3 hours
Gluten Intolerant or NON, You're ON! Make gluten-free pasta from scratch in a central Medieval building in Florence. Enjoy unlimited Tuscan wine and cook and eat your ...
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Make tagliatelle and ravioli in a kitchen with no wheat flour in it. Gluten- and lactose-free, and every bit as good as the original. Small group, two minutes from the Duomo.
Address: Via Il Prato 4/B, 50123 Firenze, Florence
Brac in Florence's Santa Croce is the bookshop-cafe with a fully vegetarian kitchen since 2009, with a daily-changing pasta carte, a garden courtyard.
TipOpen daily 12:00 to midnight. The courtyard seats 25; book a fortnight ahead.
L'OV in Florence is a fully vegetarian osteria that reworks Tuscan dishes such as panzanella, aubergine parmigiana and lasagne, with gluten-free versions.
TipClosed Mondays. The set lunch is the cheapest way in; book for dinner, the room is small.
Brac in Florence's Santa Croce district is the bookshop-and-cafe with a fully vegetarian-and-vegan kitchen, with a daily-changing plant-based pasta carte.
TipOpen daily 12:00 to midnight. Book the courtyard a fortnight ahead for weekend dinner.
Universo Vegano in Florence's Santa Croce is the Italian vegan-fast-food chain's Florence outpost, with a 100% plant-based carte of pizza, burgers.
TipOpen daily 11:00-15:00 and 19:00-24:00. Counter format with a seated room; vegan pizza by the slice and burgers are the calling cards.
Ruth's in Florence's Sant'Ambrogio is the historic kosher vegetarian dining room next to the Synagogue, with Sephardic and Italian-Jewish vegetarian plates.
TipOpen Sun-Thu lunch and dinner, Fri lunch only, closed Sat. The mezze platter and the kosher dairy menu are the house orders.
