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Gillian McKeith's guide to healthy restaurants in London.

Written by Gillian McKeith

I have eaten my way around London for thirty years, and I will say this plainly: it is the easiest city in Britain to eat badly in, and one of the very best to eat well in. The whole trick is knowing which doors to walk past. Every kitchen I have put on this page treats vegetables as the reason you came, not as the sad little heap beside the meat.

You will find a real spread here. Fully vegan dining rooms in Soho and Shoreditch. Wholefood cafes that have been quietly getting it right since long before anyone called it wellness. And a few omnivore restaurants whose plant cooking is so good I could not in good conscience leave them out.

I judge every one of them the same way I judge my own kitchen: purity, wholesomeness, organic wherever the chef can manage it, and an abundance of fresh fruits, vegetables, pulses, grains and seeds. Nobody pays me to appear on this list. Not one of them.

22 restaurants in London

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Apricity
Modern European

Apricity

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London, England

Michelin Green Star cooking in Mayfair, built on low-waste sourcing and vegetable-first menus.

Bubala
Middle Eastern

Bubala

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London, England

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

Club Mexicana
Mexican

Club Mexicana

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London, England

Vegan Mexican street food, tacos, tostadas and margaritas.

Fallow
Modern British

Fallow

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London, England

Zero-waste modern British cooking where the vegetable dishes routinely outshine the protein.

Farmacy
Plant-based wholefood

Farmacy

$$$

London, England

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

Gauthier Soho
French vegan tasting

Gauthier Soho

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London, England

Alexis Gauthier turned his Michelin-starred townhouse fully vegan, French haute cuisine without a single animal product.

Holy Carrot
Plant-based / global

Holy Carrot

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London, England

Plant-based Portobello Road kitchen focused on whole, unprocessed ingredients.

Mallow
Global vegan

Mallow

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London, England

All-plant cooking from the Mildreds family, in a glasshouse room above Borough Market.

Manna
Vegan

Manna

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London, England

One of the oldest vegetarian restaurants in Europe, still quietly serving Primrose Hill.

Mildreds
Global vegetarian

Mildreds

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London, England

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

Ottolenghi
Mediterranean

Ottolenghi

$$$

London, England

The deli counter that changed how Britain cooks vegetables, trays of roasted, herbed, citrus-bright salads eaten in at a communal table.

Plates
Modern vegan tasting

Plates

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London, England

The first vegan restaurant in the UK to win a Michelin star, Kirk Haworth's precise, plant-only tasting menus in Hoxton.

Purezza Camden
Italian / pizza

Purezza Camden

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London, England

Plant-based Neapolitan pizza, including a wholemeal and gluten-free base.

Redemption
Plant-based / healthy

Redemption

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London, England

No wheat, no sugar, no alcohol, plant-based food built around how you feel afterwards.

Silverberry
Modern European / brunch

Silverberry

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London, England

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

Temple of Seitan
Vegan fried chicken

Temple of Seitan

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London, England

The seitan fried-chicken shop that proved plant-based junk food could have queues round the block.

Tendril
Modern vegetable-led

Tendril

$$$

London, England

A (mostly) vegan kitchen and bar with a seasonal, veg-first tasting menu.

The Gate
Global vegetarian

The Gate

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London, England

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

The Vurger Co
Vegan burgers

The Vurger Co

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London, England

Plant-based burgers and shakes off Brick Lane, done properly rather than apologetically.

Tofu Vegan
Chinese

Tofu Vegan

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London, England

Sichuan and Hunan cooking done entirely with tofu, mushrooms and gluten, and it is very good.

Unity Diner
American diner

Unity Diner

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London, England

Not-for-profit vegan diner whose profits fund animal-rights work.

Vantra
Plant-based buffet

Vantra

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London, England

Soho buffet of organic, largely raw and gluten-free plant-based dishes.

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About the author

Written by Gillian McKeith

I'm Gillian McKeith: television presenter, creator of the global hit show You Are What You Eat, writer, nutritionist, and the editor behind this guide. Every London entry here is chosen and written by me. I judge kitchens on the things that actually matter: real ingredients, honest sourcing, vegetables cooked with care, and food you feel better for eating.

Nothing on this page is a paid placement. Restaurants cannot buy a recommendation, and any listing marked as sponsored is labelled as such. If a kitchen slips, it comes out of the guide.

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