What is the best vegan restaurant in Toronto?

Planta on Bay Street for a proper dinner, and Rosalinda downtown when you want vegan Mexican cooked with real conviction. Both treat vegetables as the main event rather than a substitution.

Where can I get a healthy lunch in downtown Toronto?

Kupfert & Kim on King Street West. Meatless and wheatless bowls built on grains, pulses and greens, and you will not be hunting for a second lunch at three o'clock.

Is there good vegetarian food in Kensington Market?

Yes. Hibiscus Cafe on Augusta Avenue does buckwheat crepes and organic salads, and it is the sanest thing to eat in the market on a busy afternoon.

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

Not at all. The guide is plant-forward, not plant-only. Some of these kitchens are entirely vegan, others simply put vegetables at the centre of the plate. Order the way you eat.

Do Toronto restaurants pay to appear here?

They do not, and an offer of money would end the conversation. Every listing here is on the page because the sourcing and the cooking earned it.

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Gillian McKeith's guide to healthy restaurants in Toronto.

Written by Gillian McKeith

Toronto has more cuisines packed into it than almost any city I know, and that variety is exactly why it eats well. When a city has this many cooks from this many places, vegetables stop being a side dish and start being the point.

Planta on Bay Street is the polished one, and the cooking earns the polish. Planta Queen does plant based Asian food with dumplings and noodles that never ask to be forgiven. Fresh Kitchen has been feeding this city bowls and juices since long before it was fashionable. Rosalinda proves vegan Mexican can be generous rather than apologetic, Kupfert & Kim keeps lunch meatless and wheatless downtown, and Hibiscus Cafe in Kensington Market does organic crepes and salads with no fuss whatsoever.

My test in Toronto is the same as everywhere: purity, wholesomeness, organic where the chef can manage it, and an abundance of fresh fruits, vegetables, pulses, grains and seeds. Nobody on this page has paid for their place, and nobody could.

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Plant-based kitchen

Fresh Kitchen

Toronto, Canada

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

Vegan cafe

Hibiscus Cafe

Toronto, Canada

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

Wheatless plant-based

Kupfert & Kim

Toronto, Canada

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

Plant-based global

Planta

$$$

Toronto, Canada

Canadian plant-based mini-chain, sushi, pizza, burgers, all fully vegan, in design-led rooms.

Plant-based Asian

Planta Queen

$$$

Toronto, Canada

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

Vegan Mexican

Rosalinda

Toronto, Canada

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

Eating well in Toronto: your questions

What is the best vegan restaurant in Toronto?: Planta on Bay Street for a proper dinner, and Rosalinda downtown when you want vegan Mexican cooked with real conviction. Both treat vegetables as the main event rather than a substitution.
Where can I get a healthy lunch in downtown Toronto?: Kupfert & Kim on King Street West. Meatless and wheatless bowls built on grains, pulses and greens, and you will not be hunting for a second lunch at three o'clock.
Is there good vegetarian food in Kensington Market?: Yes. Hibiscus Cafe on Augusta Avenue does buckwheat crepes and organic salads, and it is the sanest thing to eat in the market on a busy afternoon.
Do I need to be vegan to use this Toronto guide?: Not at all. The guide is plant-forward, not plant-only. Some of these kitchens are entirely vegan, others simply put vegetables at the centre of the plate. Order the way you eat.
Do Toronto restaurants pay to appear here?: They do not, and an offer of money would end the conversation. Every listing here is on the page because the sourcing and the cooking earned it.

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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 Toronto 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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