Where are the best healthy restaurants in London?

Start with Plates in Shoreditch for plant-only fine dining, Farmacy in Notting Hill for organic wholefood, or Ottolenghi in Islington for vegetable-led Mediterranean plates. Every entry is chosen on sourcing and freshness, not on payment.

Where can I eat well in London without going vegan?

Fallow in St James's, Bubala in Soho and Ottolenghi in Islington all serve meat and fish while putting vegetables at the centre of the plate. This guide is plant-forward, not plant-only, so order what you like and give the vegetables your full attention.

What is the best vegan fine dining in London?

Plates on Old Street. It is the first all-vegan restaurant in the UK to hold a Michelin star, and Kirk Haworth's tasting menus show what happens when a classically trained chef treats vegetables as the main event.

Where can I eat vegetarian in Soho?

Mildreds on Lexington Street has been feeding Soho global vegetarian food since the 1980s. Gauthier Soho does French vegan tasting menus, and Vantra on Wardour Street has been serving plant-based buffets and raw dishes for years.

Do I need to be vegan to use this London guide?

No. This guide is plant-forward, not plant-only. Several of these kitchens are omnivore restaurants whose vegetable cooking is good enough to include. Order what you like, but give the vegetables your full attention.

Can a London restaurant pay to be listed?

It cannot. I choose every entry on sourcing, freshness and what actually reaches the plate. Money has never bought a line in this guide and it never will.

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Healthy restaurants in London: where to eat well in the capital

Written by Gillian McKeith

If you want healthy restaurants in London, the question is not whether you can eat well here — you absolutely can — but which doors to walk past. I have eaten my way around this city for thirty years, and I will say this plainly: London is one of the easiest cities in Britain to eat badly in, and one of the very best to eat well in. Every kitchen 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 of places to eat well in London here. Plates in Shoreditch is the first all-vegan restaurant in the UK to hold a Michelin star, and Kirk Haworth's tasting menus prove that plant-only cooking can stand shoulder to shoulder with any fine-dining room in the city. Farmacy in Notting Hill has been cooking organic, plant-based wholefood with its own kitchen garden for years. Mildreds in Soho is the veteran global vegetarian kitchen that fed London before it became fashionable. Honest Greens on Saint Anne's Court is the newest arrival, trading as Hg in the UK: chef-driven, plant-forward bowls and market plates built around open-fire cooking, with vegetables leading the plate and meat and fish still available. Bubala brings Middle Eastern vegetables to the table with real confidence, Fallow in St James's makes the most of British produce, and Ottolenghi in Islington is the reason a generation of Londoners started eating cauliflower properly.

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.

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Modern European

Apricity

$$$

London, England

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

Middle Eastern

Bubala

London, England

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

Best for: Middle Eastern vegetables cooked with enough confidence to be the main event.

Mexican

Club Mexicana

London, England

Vegan Mexican street food, tacos, tostadas and margaritas.

Modern British

Fallow

$$$

London, England

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

Best for: A modern British kitchen where the vegetables and mushrooms are as prized as the meat.

Plant-based wholefood

Farmacy

$$$

London, England

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

Best for: Organic, plant-based wholefood from a kitchen that grows some of its own produce.

French vegan tasting

Gauthier Soho

$$$$

London, England

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

Best for: French vegan tasting menus in a handsome Soho townhouse.

Plant-based / global

Holy Carrot

$$$

London, England

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

Plant-forward Mediterranean

Honest Greens

London, England

Plant-forward fast-casual from Barcelona, trading as Hg in the UK. Build-your-own market plates and garden bowls in Soho, with meat and fish alongside the vegetables.

Best for: Chef-driven, plant-forward bowls on Saint Anne's Court: vegetables lead, but meat and fish are available too.

Global vegan

Mallow

London, England

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

Best for: Casual global vegan food from the Mildreds family, good for a relaxed lunch.

Vegan

Manna

London, England

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

Global vegetarian

Mildreds

London, England

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

Best for: Global vegetarian plates in Soho, reliable long before wellness became an industry.

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.

Best for: The restaurant that taught London to treat cauliflower, aubergine and grains with respect.

Modern vegan tasting

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.

Best for: The UK's first all-vegan Michelin-starred meal, when you want plant-only cooking treated as seriously as any fine-dining room.

Italian / pizza

Purezza Camden

London, England

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

Plant-based / healthy

Redemption

London, England

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

Modern European / brunch

Silverberry

London, England

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

Vegan fried chicken

Temple of Seitan

London, England

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

Modern vegetable-led

Tendril

$$$

London, England

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

Best for: Modern vegetable-led dishes that do not apologise for being meat-free.

Global vegetarian

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.

Best for: Long-running vegetarian cooking with proper vegan options and no fuss.

Vegan burgers

The Vurger Co

London, England

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

Chinese

Tofu Vegan

London, England

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

American diner

Unity Diner

London, England

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

Plant-based buffet

Vantra

London, England

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

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Eating well in London: your questions

Where are the best healthy restaurants in London?: Start with Plates in Shoreditch for plant-only fine dining, Farmacy in Notting Hill for organic wholefood, or Ottolenghi in Islington for vegetable-led Mediterranean plates. Every entry is chosen on sourcing and freshness, not on payment.
Where can I eat well in London without going vegan?: Fallow in St James's, Bubala in Soho and Ottolenghi in Islington all serve meat and fish while putting vegetables at the centre of the plate. This guide is plant-forward, not plant-only, so order what you like and give the vegetables your full attention.
What is the best vegan fine dining in London?: Plates on Old Street. It is the first all-vegan restaurant in the UK to hold a Michelin star, and Kirk Haworth's tasting menus show what happens when a classically trained chef treats vegetables as the main event.
Where can I eat vegetarian in Soho?: Mildreds on Lexington Street has been feeding Soho global vegetarian food since the 1980s. Gauthier Soho does French vegan tasting menus, and Vantra on Wardour Street has been serving plant-based buffets and raw dishes for years.
Do I need to be vegan to use this London guide?: No. This guide is plant-forward, not plant-only. Several of these kitchens are omnivore restaurants whose vegetable cooking is good enough to include. Order what you like, but give the vegetables your full attention.
Can a London restaurant pay to be listed?: It cannot. I choose every entry on sourcing, freshness and what actually reaches the plate. Money has never bought a line in this guide and it never will.

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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.

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