London · England
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
$$$London, England
Michelin Green Star cooking in Mayfair, built on low-waste sourcing and vegetable-first menus.
Bubala
$$London, England
Middle Eastern small plates, entirely vegetarian, and never feels like it.
Club Mexicana
$London, England
Vegan Mexican street food, tacos, tostadas and margaritas.
Fallow
$$$London, England
Zero-waste modern British cooking where the vegetable dishes routinely outshine the protein.
Farmacy
$$$London, England
Notting Hill all-day plant-based kitchen built around biodynamic, sugar-free, additive-free cooking.
Gauthier Soho
$$$$London, England
Alexis Gauthier turned his Michelin-starred townhouse fully vegan, French haute cuisine without a single animal product.
Holy Carrot
$$$London, England
Plant-based Portobello Road kitchen focused on whole, unprocessed ingredients.
Mallow
$$London, England
All-plant cooking from the Mildreds family, in a glasshouse room above Borough Market.
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Manna
$$London, England
One of the oldest vegetarian restaurants in Europe, still quietly serving Primrose Hill.
Mildreds
$$London, England
Soho institution since 1988, a globe-trotting vegetarian and vegan menu that helped define meat-free dining in London.
Ottolenghi
$$$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
$$$$London, England
The first vegan restaurant in the UK to win a Michelin star, Kirk Haworth's precise, plant-only tasting menus in Hoxton.
Purezza Camden
$$London, England
Plant-based Neapolitan pizza, including a wholemeal and gluten-free base.
Redemption
$$London, England
No wheat, no sugar, no alcohol, plant-based food built around how you feel afterwards.
Silverberry
$$London, England
All-day Hampstead cafe-restaurant with a big vegetarian and vegan spread alongside brunch classics.
Temple of Seitan
$London, England
The seitan fried-chicken shop that proved plant-based junk food could have queues round the block.
Tendril
$$$London, England
A (mostly) vegan kitchen and bar with a seasonal, veg-first tasting menu.
The Gate
$$$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
$London, England
Plant-based burgers and shakes off Brick Lane, done properly rather than apologetically.
Tofu Vegan
$$London, England
Sichuan and Hunan cooking done entirely with tofu, mushrooms and gluten, and it is very good.
Unity Diner
$$London, England
Not-for-profit vegan diner whose profits fund animal-rights work.
Vantra
$London, England
Soho buffet of organic, largely raw and gluten-free plant-based dishes.