A guide by Gillian McKeith
Eat well.
Everywhere.
The trusted guide to plant-forward restaurants — where wholefood, organic and seasonal cooking is the standard, not the exception. Open to everyone who loves great, real food.
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Restaurants
75
Cities
Editorially curated
Every entry
Plant-forward
Vegetables in the lead role — our umbrella tag.
Explore →Vegan
Entirely plant-based kitchens.
Explore →Vegetarian
No meat, no fish — full flavour.
Explore →Pescatarian
Plants plus thoughtful fish.
Explore →Omnivore +
Meat menus where the veg dishes are properly good — not afterthoughts.
Explore →Gillian's pick of the week
abcV, New York
"Jean-Georges's sun-bathed Flatiron room — vegetable-forward, vegetarian, with a full vegan menu on request."
Jean-Georges's sun-bathed Flatiron room — vegetable-forward, vegetarian, with a full vegan menu on request.
From Gillian
"I've spent twenty years writing about real food. This guide is where I write about the restaurants that take it seriously — the ones that put plants, pulses and proper sourcing on the plate, not on the apology card."
— Gillian McKeith
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Althea
$$$Chicago, United States
River North fully vegan dining — chef-driven plant cuisine that earned Bib Gourmand recognition.
Amass
$$$$Copenhagen, Denmark
Matt Orlando's vegetable-led, sustainability-obsessed Refshaleøen kitchen — meat appears, vegetables lead.
Anastasia
$$Tel Aviv, Israel
A Tel Aviv all-day fully vegan café — colourful bowls, sabich, shakshuka, in a city that's become a vegan capital.
Ao 26 Vegan Food Project
$$Lisbon, Portugal
Chiado fully vegan kitchen — Portuguese classics reimagined without animal products.
Aponiente
$$$$El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
Ángel León's three-Michelin-starred 'chef of the sea' — sea plants, plankton, marine vegetables, sustainable fish.
ARK
$$$$Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's first Michelin-starred fully vegan restaurant — fermented, foraged, fiercely seasonal.
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