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Best Vegetarian and Vegan Food in London

Best vegetarian and vegan restaurants in London, from plant-based tasting menus and Middle Eastern sharing tables to vegan Chinese, Soho classics, and Borough Market dinners.

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Best Vegetarian and Vegan Food in London

Guide: Vegetarian and Plant-Based London

London has enough plant-based range to deserve its own guide rather than a few token menu notes. Gauthier and Plates cover the fine-dining end, Mildreds and Tendril handle central flexibility, Bubala brings Middle Eastern generosity, while Mallow and Tofu Vegan make the route feel abundant and casual. Use this when vegetarian or vegan eating needs to be a real plan, not a compromise.

  • Gauthier SohoGauthier Soho gives London plant-based dining a formal lane: a vegan tasting-menu townhouse where the point is old-school French polish, seasonal technique, and a slower special-occasion meal without meat or fish.
  • Mildreds SohoMildreds Soho is the long-running vegetarian crowd-pleaser for internationally inspired plant-based food, seasonal produce, cocktails, and enough menu range to satisfy mixed groups who are not all eating the same way.
  • Bubala SpitalfieldsBubala Spitalfields is a vegetarian Middle Eastern sharing-table favorite: laffa, dips, grilled halloumi, vegetables, ferments, and enough warmth to make a meat-free dinner feel generous rather than restrictive.
  • Mallow Borough MarketMallow Borough Market is the fully plant-based restaurant to use when the South Bank guide needs a seated vegan meal near the market: global flavors, colorful plates, cocktails, and a room that still feels casual.
  • Tofu Vegan IslingtonTofu Vegan Islington is the plant-based Chinese pick for mapo tofu, dumplings, mock-meat dishes, noodles, and a menu that makes vegan food feel abundant rather than like a compromise.
  • TendrilTendril is a mostly vegan Mayfair restaurant for inventive vegetable-led cooking, cocktails, and a central London room that works when plant-based dining needs to feel current rather than worthy.
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