A few years ago had someone asked you to recommend a good vegan restaurant in London you would have been hard-pressed to answer. The plant-based movement was viewed as niche and difficult to maintain with most restaurateurs concluding there simply wasn’t a market for it.

Well, how times have changed. World Vegan Month (November) was established in 1994 by The Vegan Society, with Veganuary following a decade later, and 2025 is expected to be the movement’s biggest year yet – with restaurants and retailers quick to offer menus and products to meet the growing trend. Suffice it to say, if you’re looking to try out the plant-based lifestyle this year, it should be a breeze. Here’s our guide to the best vegan restaurants and plant-based menus in London.

Kin, Fitzrovia

One of London’s few exclusively plant-based restaurants, Kin should definitely be on your foodie list this Veganuary and beyond. Celebrating the natural beauty of vegetables, executive chef Shayan Shams has created a menu of bold dishes made using sustainably-sourced ingredients, featuring a selection of small plates such as silky sweet potato with vegan parmesan, ponzu-roasted cabbage, and crispy broad bean croquettes. Larger plates include courgette and pistachio spaghetti with burrata and heirloom tomatoes, and cauliflower steak with butter bean purée. For those in search of a vegan brunch, look no further than Kin’s sister cafe, which serves a Weekend Deluxe plate featuring grilled peppers, wild mushrooms, curly kale, tenderstem broccoli, asparagus, crushed avocado, sesame cube tofu and vegan hollandaise on sourdough.

21 Foley Street, W1W 6DT, visit kinlondon.com

Kapara, Soho

Brighten up January with Eastern Mediterranean-inspired restaurant Kapara, where chef Eran Tibi has curated a range of vegetarian and plant-based plates as part of the restaurant’s core menu. Think beetroot carpaccio with almond whey and ajo blanco, aubergine roulade with spinach pesto and pilpechuma, and cauliflower crumble with grape molasses and fried cauliflower leaves.

For those preferring sober sips, look to Kapara’s signature gazoz list – a house-made syrup created from leftover vegetables, fruit, herbs, spices and flowers and then topped up with soda. Designed to reduce waste, enjoy gazoz in a variety of flavours including passionfruit and basil, and blackbery and lavender flavours.

14 Greek Street, W1D 4AL, visit kapara.co.uk

Fatt Pundit, Soho and Covent Garden

Known for championing Indo-Chinese cuisine in London, Fatt Pundit has redefined fusion dining since 2019, blending Kolkata cooking traditions with Chinese techniques and Indian spices. Its vegan menu, rather unsurprisingly, does not skimp on flavour, including plates of popcorn cauliflower with smoked soya garlic dip, Bombay chilli mock chicken, veg Manchurian – mixed vegetable croquettes with shallots, coriander, and soya sauce – and Szechuan fried rice. 

Visit fattpundit.co.uk

Holy Carrot, Notting Hill

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Holy Carrot has been bringing its fine dining vegan plates to the capital since 2021, formerly in Knightsbridge and now in Notting Hill. Inside, discover a sleek, sustainable design and a menu by executive chef Daniel Watkins that focuses on plant-based, low-waste, seasonal ingredients and is free from preservatives, refined sugars, and additives. Highlights include delica pumpkin with butter beans and walnut and sage dressing, cauliflower toastada with koji mole and pickles, and coal-roasted leeks with aji and corn dressing. Good for the stomach and the soul. 

156 Portobello Road, W11 2EB, visit holycarrot.co.uk

Hoppers, across London

This January, Hoppers – the celebrated Sri Lankan and South Indian restaurant group with locations in Soho, Marylebone, and King’s Cross – is celebrating Veganuary with a limited-edition vegan special. Until 31 January, the star dish will be the No Marrow Varuval: a plant-based twist on the signature bone marrow dish instead made with calabash, marinated and simmered in the rich, aromatic varuval sauce. This is served alongside other vegan staples such as vegetable kothu roti – a popular street food made with finely chopped roti – and the beloved aubergine kari curry.

Visit hopperslondon.com

Babur, Forest Hill

South East London’s beloved Indian restaurant, Babur, is taking Veganuary to the next level with a plant-based menu packed full of flavour, creativity, and surprises. Whether you’re a lifelong vegan or just dipping your toes into Veganuary, Babur’s plant-based menu will tempt even the most sceptical palates. Start with spinach and sweet potato shingara and beetroot cutlet with spiced mango chutney, before larger plates of soya keema broad bean dosa – a rice pancake stuffed with soya mince, curry leaf and mustard – and a vegan thali featuring green bean fogath, yellow tarka dal, baghare baigan, aloo gobi, steamed rice and roti.

119 Brockley Rise, SE23 1JP, visit babur.info

Bōkan, Canary Wharf

Whether you’ve always followed a plant-based diet or are resolving to eat less meat in 2026, Bōkan’s vegan tasting menu creates the perfect opportunity to experience diverse plant-based cuisine with a side of incredible views from its 37th floor home in Canary Wharf. Menu highlights include lentil salad with melba toast, winter truffle tagliatelle with chestnut mushroom, and vegetable gyoza with wasabi citrus dressing. Proving that vegan doesn't mean skimping on indulgence, a dessert of soft chocolate cake with raspberry sorbet makes for a satisifying finale.

40 Marsh Wall, E14 9TP, visit bokanlondon.co.uk

Mildreds, across London

Since opening in Soho more than three decades ago, Mildreds has become London's go-to plant-based restaurant group, with six locations spanning Soho, Covent Garden, Victoria, King's Cross and Camden. In celebration of Veganuary, Mildreds has curated a Taste of Mildreds set menu featuring sharing small plates inspired by cuisines around the world. Begin in the Med with plates of tumeric carrot hummus, pimento butter bean dip and arancini rossi with vegetable 'chorizo' and garlic aioli. From there it's over to Mexico for coconut BBQ corn ribs before hot footing it over to Asia with kimchi gyoza, kiri hodi pilau (a Sri Lankan coconut curry with cashew, sweet potato, and green bean pilau rice), served alongside harissa patatas bravas and paratha.

Visit mildreds.co.uk

Decimo, Kings Cross

Decimo at The Standard, helmed by Michelin-starred chef Peter Sanchez-Iglesias and therefore famous for its delectable Spanish-Mexican cuisine, has launched a dedicated vegan set menu bound to delight those partaking in Veganuary. Available until the end of the month, the menu features tempting plant-based dishes such as marinated red peppers, pardina lentil with mushrooms, fried plantain black bean taco, and a vibrant bergamot sorbet. The Veganuary edition also includes a welcome drink: the spicy and refreshing non-alcoholic Opius Nigredo Tamarindo.

The Standard, 10 Argyle Street, WC1H 8EG, visit decimo.london

Mallow, Borough

Mildreds’ little sister, Mallow, opened in Borough in 2021 and has followed in its sibling’s footsteps to create a special Market Menu for plant-based pundits to enjoy until 31 January. Available at lunch and dinner, the menu features seven sharing dishes which wander the globe for inspiration. Begin with an olive pickle mix, mojo rojo croquettes with saffron aioli, tahini chickpeas with crispy shallots, and pitta breads before moving on to large plates of bitter leaf salad with fig, fennel and caper, wild mushroom ravioli, navratan korma curry and saffron carrot pilau rice.

Visit mallowlondon.com

En Root, across London

Enjoy healthy, home-cooked Indian food at vegan restaurant En Root all year round. With bustling eateries in Clapham, Peckham and Brixton (at the iconic Ritzy Cinema), menu highlights include the Raja wrap, filled with rainbow salad, pakora and daily dhal, and the En Root Platter – a delicious sharer of golden rice, saag aloo, shroom rogan josh, chana dhal, rainbow salad and raita, served in traditional thali style. Don't miss the mango lassi cheesecake or apple crumble crepe.

Visit enrootldn.co.uk

The Spread Eagle, Hackney

This is the best London pub for plant-based feasting. It became the capital's first fully vegan pub in 2018, so you can trust the team here knows a thing or two about seasonal, sustainable food. Putting an innovative twist on pub classics and creative plant-based dishes, this locally-sourced menu provides an exciting mix of comfort and exploration that could entice even the fussiest of eaters. With a selection of big and small plates, visitors can choose from a series of veggie-packed dishes including a lions mane mushroom steak with chips, whole baked 'shamembert' with all the trimmings, and an Indian sharing platter featuring tofu tikka masala, mushroom keema, tarka daal, basmati rice, tomato and onion salad, samosa, onion baji, poppadoms, chutneys, raita, garlic butter flatbread.

224 Homerton High Street, E9 6AS, visit thespreadeaglelondon.co.uk

Pied à Terre, Fitzrovia

The Michelin-starred Pied à Terre in Fitzrovia has long been applauded for the care it takes in catering to vegetarian and vegan diets. Founded in 1991 it currently holds the title of longest-standing Michelin-starred restaurant in the UK, with current head chef Aggelos Kassais serving modern British cuisine with classical French roots. While the menu isn't purely plant-based, its vegan tasting menu is regularly voted one of the best in the business, with highlights including Jerusalem artichoke velouté with hazelnuts, barbecued kohlrabi with pickled cucumber and dill, and passionfruit cremeux with dark chocolate and cashew.

34 Charlotte Street, W1T 2NH, visit pied-a-terre.co.uk

Gauthier, Soho

Helmed by eponymous chef Alexis Gauthier, who has been vegan since 2016, Michelin-starred Soho restaurant Gauthier is another London fine dining favourite offering something a little more special for those choosing to go plant-based. As of 23 June 2021, the restaurant became 100 per cent plant-based, marking quite the departure from the usually meat-and-dairy heavy dishes found in the French gastronomy stable. Choose between five- or eight-course tasting menus filled with intriguing dishes such as brioche feuilletée with carrot terrine, sweet onion agnoletti with miso and lemon, and dark chocolate tart with black cardamom toffee and potato gelato.

21 Romilly Street, W1D 5AF, visit gauthiersoho.co.uk

Club Mexicana, across London

With outposts in Soho, Shoreditch, Leicester Square and Mercato Mayfair, Club Mexicana has filled the taco-shaped hole in London’s vegan scene with its commitment to big flavours, quality ingredients and absolutely no chickpeas. Ever. Having started life as a street food operation, Club Mexicana opened its first permanent restaurant in August 2020, and now offers a more extensive menu of nachos, tacos, burritos and cocktails – all of which are completely vegan. Start with the loaded nachos (topped with, queso, ground ‘beef’, guacamole, pico de gallo, pink onions, pickled jalapeños, chipotle oil and chilli-lime salt) before moving on to the classic Al Pastor taco or barbecue short 'rib' burrito. A frozen margarita is also a must.

Visit clubmexicana.com

Purezza, Camden

Vegan pizza: not the oxymoron you might think thanks to the culinary wizardry happening over at Camden’s Purezza. The UK’s first fully vegan pizzeria now also has locations in Manchester and Brighton thanks to the simple reason that its pizza is great. And we don’t mean great for vegan pizza, we mean great for any pizza. It helps that Purezza’s chefs develop all their ingredients, including a signature brown rice mozzarella, cashew cheese, coconut cheese and gluten-free sourdough bases, in-house giving them the freedom to curate a menu that spans everything from a simple margherita to a lavish black truffle and pepperoni and agave pizza. There's also a refined menu of small plates, including pistachio mac and cheese, parmigiana and desserts including a New York cheesecake you won’t believe is dairy-free.

45-47 Parkway, NW1 7PN, visit purezza.co.uk

Patty&Bun, across London

While not technically a purely vegan restaurant, another of London’s fast-casual comfort food favourites turning its hand to plant-based fare is the ever-popular Patty&Bun. Its core line-up of vegan burgers – from the Smokey Robinson with a Redefine meat plant-based patty, caramelised onions, vegan bacon and smoky mayo, to the Ari Gold cheeseburger with classic fillings of plant-based cheddar, pickled onions, lettuce and ketchup – and sides include Impossible 'chicken' nuggets, vegan wings and milkshakes.

Visit pattyandbun.co.uk

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