Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal and kosher options across New Orleans.
Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal and kosher options across New Orleans. including where to go and what to order.
Sweet Soulfood in New Orleans is the all-vegan plant-based Creole soul-food kitchen on North Broad Street in Treme, with a buffet line of vegan mac.
Tip: The vegan mac and cheese with greens and cornbread plate is the canonical order; cash gets a small discount.
Saba in New Orleans runs an extensive vegan and vegetarian menu within Alon Shaya's modern Israeli room on Magazine Street, with whole-roasted cauliflower.
Tip: Most of the mezze list is vegan; the whole-roasted cauliflower with whipped vegan tahini is the cult vegan order.
Good Karma Prep Cafe in New Orleans is the Uptown vegan and gluten-free cafe on Magazine Street, with all plant-based smoothies, salads, bowls and weekly.
Tip: Order the Bayou Bowl with red beans and rice; vegan plate-lunch comfort with Louisiana seasoning.
Shaya in New Orleans runs an extensive vegetarian menu within the modern Israeli room on Magazine Street, with wood-fired pita, hummus, baba ghanoush.
Tip: The wood-fired pita is the cult vegetarian order; the menu marks vegetarian dishes clearly.
Sneaky Pickle in Bywater New Orleans, a daytime vegetarian-leaning kitchen with Bar Brine taking over evenings; cashew mac, grilled okra, daily from-scratch.
Tip: Daily 11:00-22:00. The cashew mac and grilled okra are the regulars; Bar Brine evening menu extends into seasonal seafood plates.
Satsuma Cafe in New Orleans is the Bywater cafe on Dauphine Street with extensive vegetarian breakfast plates, fresh-pressed juice, biscuits and bowls.
Tip: Vegetarian-friendly cafe rather than vegan-only; check menu marks, the breakfast bowls are flexible.
HiVolt Coffee in New Orleans runs a wide gluten-free menu on Sophie Wright Place in the Lower Garden District, with gluten-free pastries, sandwiches.
Tip: Most pastries are clearly marked gluten-free; cross-contamination risks are low but flag staff at order.
District Donuts on Magazine in New Orleans makes gluten-free doughnuts daily as part of its rotating offering, marked on the case in the Lower Garden.
Tip: Gluten-free doughnut flavours rotate; not every day has a gluten-free option, check the morning Instagram.
Saba in New Orleans on Magazine Street is the most-halal-friendly modern Israeli room in the city, with a kitchen that runs no pork or shellfish.
Tip: The kitchen is no-pork and no-shellfish but check the meat sourcing details at the host stand for strictly halal certification.
Lebanon's Cafe in New Orleans is the Carrollton Avenue halal Lebanese restaurant near Tulane, with halal meat shawarma, hummus, falafel and a long-running.
Tip: All meat is halal-certified per the kitchen; the lamb shawarma and the chicken kebab are the canonical orders.
Kosher Cajun NY Deli in Metairie outside New Orleans is the metro area's main certified-kosher deli, with kosher meats, Pareve sides and a sandwich counter.
Tip: Certified kosher under the New Orleans Va'ad; the Reuben and the kosher hot dog are the deli's anchors.
TableJourney's New Orleans dietary chapter covers vegan, vegetarian, gluten_free, halal, kosher venues, each editor-picked with what to order and how to ask.