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Wholefood

Manchester, England

Worker co-op café that has fed vegetarian Manchester for decades.

Plant-based seasonal

New York, United States

Jean-Georges's sun-bathed Flatiron room, vegetable-forward, vegetarian, with a full vegan menu on request.

Modern British

Bristol, England

Harbourside fine dining with a parallel vegetarian tasting menu.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Mediterranean

Barcelona, Spain

Cosy vegetarian and vegan restaurant in Poblenou serving creative, healthy home-style dishes.

Mediterranean

Glasgow, Scotland

Finnieston small plates with vegetables and pulses to the fore.

Vegetarian cafe

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Vegetarian cooking on the Saadiyat shoreline, calm and genuinely light.

Vegan canteen

Montreal, Canada

Montreal's original vegan canteen on Saint-Laurent, bowls, dragon sauce and proper grains since 1997.

Vegetarian Indian tasting

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

One Michelin-starred vegetarian Indian tasting menu, 16 courses across regional Indian cuisines.

Mumbai, India

Vegetarian tasting menu drawn from regional Indian kitchens.

Levantine

Edinburgh, Scotland

Levantine mezze where the vegetable plates carry the table.

Seoul, South Korea

Buddhist temple cuisine, entirely vegetarian, opposite Jogyesa temple.

Birmingham, England

Vegetarian and vegan Indian grill and bar in Harborne serving thalis, curries and biryanis.

Mediterranean

Bristol, England

Mediterranean small plates, mostly vegetable, mostly natural wine.

Tasting menu

Glasgow, Scotland

Dennistoun townhouse tasting menu with a vegetable-led option.

Spanish

Bristol, England

Andalusian tapas bar with a deep vegetable list.

Vegetarian cafe

Birmingham, England

Community vegetarian cafe inside Birmingham Friends of the Earth's environmental building serving veggie and vegan food.

Plant-based Thai

Bangkok, Thailand

Sukhumvit plant-based all-day kitchen, pad thai, green curry, smoothie bowls, no animal products.

Middle Eastern

London, England

Middle Eastern small plates, entirely vegetarian, and never feels like it.

Modern British

Bristol, England

Foraged, fermented, seasonal, with a full vegetarian menu.

Indian street food and craft beer

Leeds, England

The original Bundobust venue serving Gujarati vegetarian and vegan street food with craft beer.

Indian

Manchester, England

Indian street food, entirely vegetarian, with a serious beer list.

French

Edinburgh, Scotland

French-Scottish bistro with a serious local-produce habit.

Modern Scottish

Glasgow, Scotland

Michelin-starred West End cooking with a full vegetarian menu.

Mexico City, Mexico

Garden dining room in Roma cooking vegetables over fire.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fire-cooked vegetables in a city built on beef.

Vegetarian fine dining

Berlin, Germany

A Michelin-starred vegetarian restaurant hidden up a service alley behind a hotel.

Plant-based fast casual

Montreal, Canada

Montreal-born plant based fast food, power bowls and wraps that leave you fed rather than flattened.

Vegetarian wholefood

Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Wicklow Street institution since 1986, Ireland's best-known vegetarian wholefood restaurant.

Vegetarian fine dining

Lyon, France

Presqu'île vegetarian fine-dining, voted best vegetarian restaurant in the world by La Liste in 2020.

Singapore, Singapore

Plant-forward everyday cooking with produce you can taste.

Vegetarian bistro

Edinburgh, Scotland

My first stop in Edinburgh. Proper vegetarian cooking that is inventive, not worthy.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Canal-side Jordaan vegetarian institution since the 80s, colourful, generous plates with strong vegan options.

Vegetable tasting

New York, United States

Amanda Cohen's Lower East Side vegetable-only restaurant, playful, technique-driven, no fake meat.

Vegetarian Moroccan

Marrakech, Morocco

Medina hideaway, fully vegetarian Moroccan tagines, salads and juices.

Auckland, New Zealand

Michelin-selected plant-powered modern Asian cooking.

Lisbon, Portugal

Michelin Star and Green Star for an entirely vegetarian tasting menu.

Tasting menu

Brighton, England

Steven Edwards' Hove tasting room with a dedicated veg menu.

Plant-based wholefood

London, England

Notting Hill all-day plant-based kitchen built around biodynamic, sugar-free, additive-free cooking.

Vegetarian

Brighton, England

The Lanes vegetarian stalwart, going strong since 1981.

Plant-based kitchen

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Toronto, Canada

Toronto's long-running plant-based chain, bowls, juices and burgers done properly rather than fashionably.

Café

Manchester, England

All-day café in the Village with a plant-heavy brunch menu.

Modern British

Brighton, England

Fire-led cooking where vegetables go over the coals first.

Cape Town, South Africa

Cape fynbos and Japanese technique, with a full vegetable menu.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Botanical cooking in a Recoleta courtyard, Michelin selected.

Vegetarian cafe and deli

York, England

Long running York cafe and deli within the city walls serving mostly vegan vegetarian food.

International vegetarian

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam's oldest vegetarian restaurant, inspired by the Golden Temple in Amritsar, serving vegan and vegetarian dishes.

Vegetarian Indian buffet

New Delhi, India

Iskcon Temple's pure-veg, satvik buffet, no onion or garlic, generous and immaculately clean.

Pub, Plant-based Australian

Melbourne, Australia

All-veggie Carlton North pub serving healthy, sustainable, plant-based pub fare and drinks.

Auckland, New Zealand

CBD cafe doing vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free plates all day.

California vegetarian

San Francisco, United States

Fort Mason institution since 1979, a Zen Center-rooted vegetarian restaurant with one of the city's great waterfront views.

Korean vegetarian

New York, United States

Shoes-off Korean temple cuisine in a hushed room off Fifth Avenue.

Vegetarian

Edinburgh, Scotland

The revived Hendersons, a vegetarian and vegan dining room carrying on the family name that fed Edinburgh from 1962.

Vegetarian buffet

Stockholm, Sweden

Söder hilltop garden-restaurant, vegetarian buffet with a postcard view of Stockholm harbour.

Modern Scottish

Edinburgh, Scotland

Riverside Leith tasting menu with a vegetable-forward hand.

Vegan cafe

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Toronto, Canada

Kensington Market vegan cafe doing buckwheat crepes and organic salads with no fuss whatsoever.

Vegetarian buffet

Zurich, Switzerland

The world's oldest vegetarian restaurant (since 1898), a vast, by-weight buffet drawing 2,000 diners a day.

Vegetable fine dining

Brussels, Belgium

Brussels' Michelin-Green-starred temple to vegetables, with biodynamic cocktails to match.

Brighton, England

Sussex-only tasting menu with a full vegetarian run.

Vegetarian haute cuisine

Milan, Italy

Pietro Leemann's Michelin-starred vegetarian restaurant, Europe's first, opened 1989, still pushing the form.

Wheatless plant-based

Toronto, Canada

Meatless and wheatless bowls built on grains, pulses and greens, the sanest fast lunch downtown.

Paris, France

A tiny Marais bistro serving fully vegetarian and largely vegan French classics, pâté, cassoulet, tarte tatin.

Stockholm, Sweden

Modern vegetarian bistro built on pulses and seasonal produce.

Vegetarian global

Prague, Czechia

Atmospheric vegetarian dining room tucked into Old Town, global menu, full vegan options.

Vegetarian bistro

Montreal, Canada

A long-running vegetarian kitchen near McGill doing nachos, curries and salads with real vegetables behind them.

Plant-based bistro

Montreal, Canada

Old Montreal's breezy plant-based dining room, bowls, burgers, cocktails, all vegan.

Vegetarian wholefood

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Soho all-day vegetarian flats, salads and bowls, pioneer of plant-based eating in HK.

Vegetarian Punjabi

Leeds, England

Vegetarian Punjabi street food cooked from scratch in Kirkgate Market.

Global vegetarian

London, England

Soho institution since 1988, a globe-trotting vegetarian and vegan menu that helped define meat-free dining in London.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Vicky Lau's soy-focused tasting menu, vegetables and pulses at the centre.

Tokyo, Japan

Long-running Shibuya vegan canteen, cheap and genuinely good.

Cambridge, England

Sister branch of the vegetarian Indian restaurant group, entirely meat free menu on Castle Street.

Indian

Oxford, England

Entirely meat free Indian restaurant group offering vegetarian and vegan curries near Oxford Castle.

Pizza

Manchester, England

New York-style slices with strong vegetarian and vegan options.

Italian

Edinburgh, Scotland

Entirely vegetarian Neapolitan pizzeria in the New Town.

Vegetarian farm-to-table

Bath, England

Michelin Plate vegetarian restaurant in Bath's Abbey quarter serving allotment-sourced plant dishes.

Sattvic Indian vegetarian and vegan

Birmingham, England

Large plant-based Indian restaurant offering vegan and vegetarian Sattvic dishes plus yoga and events.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Tasting menu built one vegetable at a time.

American

Edinburgh, Scotland

Entirely vegetarian bar kitchen with a Southern US streak.

Italian

Bristol, England

Handmade pasta with a vegetarian list worth ordering from.

Mediterranean, Vegetarian

Melbourne, Australia

Mediterranean-inspired vegetarian wine bar opposite Queen Victoria Market built around seasonal harvests.

Café

Glasgow, Scotland

Southside café with a plant-heavy all-day menu.

Indian

Brighton, England

Entirely vegetarian Gujarati home cooking, mostly vegan.

Plant-based Asian

Toronto, Canada

Plant-based Asian cooking with dumplings and noodles that stand on their own, no imitation required.

Tapas

Bristol, England

Sustainability-obsessed tapas with vegetables at the centre.

Modern Scottish

Edinburgh, Scotland

Basement Stockbridge restaurant named after a leaf.

São Paulo, Brazil

Award-winning vegetarian cooking that fills up with non-vegetarians.

Mexico City, Mexico

Two Michelin stars, and native Mexican produce is the whole point.

Indian

Glasgow, Scotland

Family-run Punjabi home cooking, entirely vegetarian.

Mediterranean vegetarian

Barcelona, Spain

Slow-food Gòtic bistro, fully vegetarian and largely vegan, organic wines, ingredient-led Mediterranean plates.

Café

Brighton, England

Kemptown roastery and all-day kitchen with a strong plant menu.

Small plates

Bristol, England

Small plates where vegetables are the main event and meat the side.

Vegan Mexican

Toronto, Canada

Vegan Mexican in the financial district, masa, mushrooms and vegetables cooked with real conviction.

Mumbai, India

Health-led vegetarian cooking with vegan, gluten-free and Jain options.

Glasgow, Scotland

Entirely vegetarian café bar inside the CCA.

South Indian vegetarian

Chennai, India

The world's most-travelled South Indian vegetarian chain, dosa, idli, thali, founded in Chennai 1981.

Lisbon, Portugal

Plant-rooted cooking that borrows from everywhere and stays light.

Plant-based cafe

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The first fully plant-based, gluten-free, cane-sugar-free cafe in the Middle East, and a garden worth sitting in.

Shōjin ryōri

Kyoto, Japan

Set inside Tenryū-ji temple, Buddhist shōjin ryōri served on lacquered trays in a tatami room over the garden.

Modern European / brunch

London, England

All-day Hampstead cafe-restaurant with a big vegetarian and vegan spread alongside brunch classics.

Vegetarian, Vegan, Global

Melbourne, Australia

St Kilda favourite serving global vegan and vegetarian comfort food with raw and gluten-free options.

Vegetarian Gujarati

Mumbai, India

Babulnath vegetarian Gujarati-Maharashtrian kitchen, thalis, chaat, regional snacks done with care.

Bakery

Edinburgh, Scotland

Swedish bakery and kitchen with plant-based baking done properly.

Chinese

Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Contemporary Chinese with a long, properly considered vegetarian menu.

Vegetarian and vegan cafe bar

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Newcastle, England

Newcastle cafe bar dating back to 1976 specialising entirely in vegetarian and vegan food and drink.

Vegetarian counter

New York, United States

Brooks Headley's East Village counter, a James Beard-winning vegetarian burger joint that converts skeptics.

Vegan Japanese

Montreal, Canada

Entirely plant based Japanese cooking on Saint-Denis, inventive maki built from vegetables rather than imitation.

São Paulo, Brazil

Plant-based cooking with no imitation meat anywhere near it.

Istanbul, Türkiye

Turkey's first plant-based fine dining room, with a Michelin Green Star.

Barcelona, Spain

Long-running vegetarian restaurant near La Rambla offering healthy, natural takes on Catalan classics.

Modern vegetarian

Brighton, England

Brighton's legendary fine-dining vegetarian, playful, generous, deeply seasoned plates since 1993.

Indian

Brighton, England

Regional Indian cooking with vegetable dishes that outshine the rest.

Vegetarian and vegan home cooking

Liverpool, England

Long-running bohemian vegetarian and vegan cafe near Lime Street serving home cooked wholefood dishes.

Modern British

Bristol, England

Walled-garden restaurant cooking what grows outside the window.

Scottish

Edinburgh, Scotland

Communal-table cooking from the kitchen garden outside.

British pub

Oxford, England

Long-running Oxford pub serving only vegetarian and vegan food since 2003.

Global vegetarian

London, England

A pioneer of grown-up vegetarian dining in the UK since 1989, flavour-led plates across Indian, Mediterranean and Asian influences.

Vegetarian and vegan cafe

Bath, England

Award-winning vegetarian and vegan cafe in central Bath serving vibrant plant-based food and coffee.

Vegetarian, International, Fusion

Barcelona, Spain

Stylish vegetarian restaurant near the port serving globally inspired plates for health-conscious diners.

Vegetarian fine dining

Munich, Germany

Bistro arm of Vienna's Michelin-starred Tian, vegetarian seasonal cooking on Munich's historic market.

Modern Scottish

Edinburgh, Scotland

Fire, ferments and foraging in a converted warehouse.

Mexican, Vegetarian

Melbourne, Australia

Long-standing Fitzroy taqueria serving vegetarian Mexican street food with vegan and gluten-free options.

Scottish

Glasgow, Scotland

Ashton Lane institution with a long-running vegetarian menu.

Vegan Vietnamese

Hanoi, Vietnam

Hoan Kiem elegant fully vegan Vietnamese dining, pho, bun cha and lotus dishes without meat or fish.

Stockholm, Sweden

Soedermalm room where vegetables lead and the wine list is taken seriously.

Vegetable fine dining

Philadelphia, United States

Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby's Center City restaurant, vegetables treated with steakhouse seriousness.

Vegetarian, Vegan

Barcelona, Spain

Vegetarian restaurant in El Born using organic produce from its own Montserrat vegetable garden.

Vegetarian, Vegan, International

Melbourne, Australia

Fitzroy institution since 1988 serving a wide, wholefood-focused vegetarian and vegan menu.

Stockholm, Sweden

Vegetable-oriented bistro doing weekday lunches properly.

Peranakan vegetarian

Singapore, Singapore

Michelin Bib-listed Thai-Peranakan vegetarian restaurant, assam, rendang and curries without meat or fish.

Plant-based cafe

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Entirely plant-based, organic where possible, and no additives anywhere near it.

Plant-based cafe

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Abu Dhabi outpost of the plant-based kitchen, and the easiest clean meal in the city.

Modern British

Bristol, England

Market-garden restaurant with a daily-rewritten menu.

Chinese vegetarian

Taipei, Taiwan

A Taipei institution serving refined fully vegetarian Chinese cuisine since 1991.

Vegetable tasting

Sydney, Australia

Brent Savage's Potts Point fine-dining vegetable kitchen, a degustation built entirely from plants.