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This is a list of vegetarian and vegan restaurants. Vegetarian cuisine refers to food that meets vegetarian standards by not including meat and animal tissue products. For lacto-ovo vegetarianism (the most common type of vegetarianism in the Western world), eggs and
dairy product Dairy products or milk products, also known as lacticinia, are food products made from (or containing) milk. The most common dairy animals are cow, water buffalo, nanny goat, and ewe. Dairy products include common grocery store food items in th ...
s such as milk and cheese are permitted. For lacto vegetarianism, the earliest known type of vegetarianism (recorded in India), dairy products are permitted but eggs are not. The strictest forms of vegetarianism are veganism, raw veganism, and fruitarianism, which exclude all animal products, including dairy products as well as eggs and even some refined sugars if filtered and whitened with bone char.


Notable vegetarian restaurants

* Adyar Ananda Bhavan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Kenya and United States *
Annalakshmi Annalakshmi is an international chain of vegetarian restaurants started in 1985 by Swami Shantanand Saraswathi and operating on the uncommon principle of trust in humanity, as it encourages patrons to pay what they believe is fair. The name deri ...
, Malaysia, Australia, Singapore and India * Aviv, Portland, Oregon, US * Bloodroot, Bridgeport, Connecticut, US * Café Gratitude, five locations, California, US * Café Paradiso, Cork, Ireland * Çiğköftem, Turkish fast food chain, 130 restaurants as of 2020 * Claire's Corner Copia, New Haven, Connecticut, US * Clover Food Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Copper Branch Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurant
Nashville, TN, US * Cranks, London, England * Dirt Candy, New York City, New York, US * Food for Thought, London, England * Govinda's Restaurant, various locations all over the world * Goli Vada Pav, India * Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro, Portland, Maine, US, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US * Greens Restaurant, San Francisco, California, US *
Hard Times Cafe Hard Times Cafe is a collectively owned restaurant in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is known for its punk and hippie ideology, its gritty ambiance, and its large selection of vegan and vegetarian food. It i ...
, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US * Hiltl Restaurant, Zurich, Switzerland *
The Hollow Reed The Hollow Reed was a vegetarian restaurant in the Old Port district of Portland, Maine that opened on February 7, 1974, and closed in 1981, and is cited for its influence on the city's notable restaurant culture. History The restaurant was ...
, Portland, Maine, US *
InSpiral Lounge The InSpiral Lounge was an organic vegan restaurant, eco-café and events venue in Camden Lock, Camden, London, England, overlooking the Regent's Canal and Camden Market until its closure in 2016. It was the trading name of Ekopia Ltd. Histo ...
, Camden Lock, England * Kesar Da Dhaba, Amritsar * Lentil as Anything, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia *
Murugan Idli Shop Murugan Idli Shop ( ta, முருகன் இட்லி கடை) is a chain of restaurants, founded in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. It specializes in ''Idli''. The chain has seventeen restaurants in Chennai, three restaur ...
, India and Singapore, a
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of vegetarian restaurants headquartered in Madurai *
The New Riverside Cafe The New Riverside Cafe was a coffeehouse and vegetarian restaurant located near the University of Minnesota in the West-Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1970 to 1997. It became a center for political and social movements aroun ...
, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US *
Namma Veedu Vasanta Bhavan Namma Veedu Vasanta Bhavan ( ta, நம்ம வீடு வஸந்த பவன்) is a chain of vegetarian restaurants headquartered in Egmore, Chennai, India, started in 1969. History Vasanta Bhavan restaurant was started in Trichy b ...
, Chennai, Trichy and Villupuram, India * New Woodlands Hotel, Chennai *
Penny Cafeteria Penny Cafeteria was a vegetarian restaurant located at 511 Third Avenue (Manhattan) between 34th Street and 35th Street. It opened during the Great Depression, in December 1931. The establishment was opened by the Bernarr MacFadden Foundation, b ...
, New York City, New York, US *
The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel was a hotel that operated from 1898 until the 1930s in the County Buildings (now Grade II* listed), Corporation Street, Birmingham, Corporation Street, Birmingham, England, as an expansion of the Pitman Vegetarian Res ...
, Birmingham, England * Saravana Bhavan, a Chennai based restaurant with 110 branches * The Sound Lounge, a vegan restaurant within a grassroots music venue (complete with vinyl record shop) in Sutton, south London. * Sree Annapoorna Sree Gowrishankar, Coimbatore, India *
Taïm Taïm is a Mediterranean fast casual restaurant chain. Its oldest location is at 45 Spring Street (on the corner of Mulberry Street), in NoLita in Manhattan, New York City. The Spring Street location opened in October 2012. Another location ...
, New York City, New York, US *
Veggie Galaxy Veggie Galaxy is a diner-style vegetarian restaurant located in the Central Square section of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The establishment was founded by Adam Penn in 2011 after his first vegetarian restaurant, Veggie Planet in Harvard Square, ha ...
, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US * Veggie Victory, Nigeria *
Vidyarthi Bhavan Vidyarthi Bhavan ( kn, script=latn, Vidyārthi Bhavana; ) is a vegetarian tiffin restaurant in Gandhi Bazaar, Basavanagudi, South Bangalore. It has been considered an iconic establishment of the area and Bangalore in general, with its masala dos ...
, South Bengaluru Bangalore, India


Notable vegan restaurants

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Baby Blue Pizza Baby Blue Pizza (sometimes Baby Blue Woodfired Pizza) was a vegan pizzeria in Portland, Oregon. The restaurant operated from July 2019 to January 2022, closing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Description The restaurant served seven vegan piz ...
, Portland, Oregon *
Ben & Esther's Vegan Jewish Deli Ben & Esther's Vegan Jewish Deli, or simply Ben & Esther's, is a vegan Jewish deli with multiple locations in the United States. History Founder and owner Justin King opened the original restaurant on Sandy Boulevard in northeast Portland's Ros ...
* Blossoming Lotus, Portland, Oregon, US * Candle Cafe, three locations, New York City, New York, US
Copper Branch Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurant
Nashville, TN, US *
Crossroads Kitchen Crossroads Kitchen is a vegan fine-dining restaurant in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles. They have since opened locations in Calabasas, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. History Crossroads opened in 2013 in the Beverly Grove nei ...
, Los Angeles, California, US *
Cinnaholic Cinnaholic is an American cinnamon roll bakery franchise founded in 2010 in Berkeley, California. The company is known for its made-to-order, gourmet vegan cinnamon rolls and other sweet treats. As of August 2022, Cinnaholic operates 73 bakeries ...
, 14 locations, US * Dirty Lettuce, Portland, Oregon *
Elizabeth's Gone Raw Elizabeth's Gone Raw is a vegan fine-dining restaurant in Washington, D.C. The restaurant has been named as one of the best vegan restaurants in the world. The restaurant opened as an "occasional restaurant" in July 2010 on the second floor of a ...
, Washington, D.C., US *
G-Zen G-Zen is a vegan fine-dining restaurant in Branford, Connecticut. History The restaurant was established in 2011. Chef-owners Ami Beach and Mark Shadle source ingredients from their own farm for the menu, which changes daily. Reception "Upsc ...
, Branford, Connecticut, US * Life on Mars, Seattle *
Little Pine (restaurant) Little Pine was a fine-dining Veganism, vegan bistro located in the Silver Lake, Los Angeles, Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was founded by electronic musician and animal rights activist Moby. In July 2020, local plant-base ...
, Los Angeles, California, US *
Lord of the Fries Lord of the Fries is an Australian and New Zealand casual dining fast food chain, originally based in Melbourne, before expanding into other regions. It serves only vegan dishes including loaded fries, veggie burgers, hot dogs and a number of ...
19 locations in Australia and 4 in New Zealand. *
Loving Hut Loving Hut is a chain of vegan restaurants in which each restaurant is owned and operated independently and sets its own menu. There are locations in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, North America, and Oceania. As of 2017, the chain had over ...
, 138 locations, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America *
Mama Đút Mama Đút (sometimes Mama Đút Foods) is a vegan restaurant serving Vietnamese cuisine in Portland, Oregon. Description Mama Đút is a vegan restaurant serving Vietnamese cuisine in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. The menu has ...
, Portland, Oregon *
Mis Tacones Mis Tacones is a Chicano and queer-owned vegan taquería in Portland, Oregon. Description Michael Russell of ''The Oregonian'' has described Mis Tacones as a " Chicano and queer-owned vegan taco pop-up". He wrote in 2022, "The colorful new re ...
, Portland, Oregon * Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (closed January 2014) *
Native Foods Cafe Native Foods is a fast-casual vegan restaurant chain that operates in California, Colorado and Illinois. The first Native Foods opened as "Native Foods Cafe" in 1994 in Palm Springs, California by Tanya Petrovna. In 2009, the brand was acquired ...
, 14 locations, California, Colorado, Illinois, and Oregon, US *
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, the first vegan restaurant in France to win a Michelin star *
Pink Peacock Pink Peacock (Yiddish: , ) is a café and infoshop in the Govanhill area of Glasgow. Described by its founders as "the only queer Yiddish anarchist vegan pay-what-you-can café in the world" and "anti-Zionist", it opened physically in 2021 aft ...
, Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland * Plant, Asheville, North Carolina, US * Plum Bistro, Seattle *
Purezza Purezza is a vegan pizzeria operating in Brighton, London and Manchester. It is Europe's first all-vegan pizzeria, opening its first branch in Brighton, UK, in November 2015. The company also manufactures its own vegan cheese, dubbed "Mozzarell ...
, British pizza and Italian food chain from
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, UK *
Red and Black Cafe The Red and Black Cafe was a Wobbly, radical, safer space cafe and worker-managed collective located in Portland, Oregon, United States. The cafe served an all- vegan menu and hosted community-based events, including local benefits, political ...
, Portland, Oregon, US (closed March 2015) * Two Dollar Radio Headquarters, Columbus, Ohio, US * Vedge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US *
VeganBurg VeganBurg is the world's first 100% plant-based burger joint in the fast casual scene, established on October 10, 2010. A vegan fast casual chain of restaurants, which currently has one outlet in Singapore and one outlet in San Francisco, ...
, Singapore and San Francisco, California, US * Veggie Grill, 29 locations, California, Oregon, and Washington, US


See also

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* Lists of restaurants * List of vegetarian and vegan companies *
List of fictional vegetarian characters This is a list of fictional characters that either self-identify as vegetarian or have been identified by outside parties to be vegetarian. Listed characters are either protagonists and recurring characters. Some scholars have argued that mass me ...


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