10 Places for Vegans to Eat in Vancouver
From comfort food to gourmet dining, these select Vancouver eateries offer sweet, savoury, and always delicious options for vegans. Better yet, the entire menu is plant-based so you won’t have to look for little icons or ask for assistance, unless you have any other specific dietary requirements.
10 Places for Vegans to Eat in Vancouver
Chickpea (4298 Main St, Vancouver)
Serving Vancouver delicious comfort food with a Mediterranean twist, Chickpea offers plant-based dishes prepared with wholesome, vegan ingredients. The restaurant features an all-day breakfast menu with favourites like the Shakshuka (with tofu egg or vegan poached egg) and an extensive all vegan and mostly gluten free menu with tapas, mains, burgers, tacos, and nachos! Check out the cocktail, mocktail, and cafe menu for coffees, wines, alcoholic and non-alcoholic signature beverages, and even more. End your meal off with desserts like the lumberjack baklava, locally-made ice cream, a kefir float, and more treats. In addition to their storefront location, Chickpea also has 2 food trucks serving up on-the-go meals: check the Chickpea Truck locations online!
To Live For (1508 Nanaimo St, Vancouver)
An independently owned bakery and cafe in East Vancouver, To Live For is a dairy-free and egg-free vegan bakery serving delicious cafe drinks, baked-goods, and breakfast sandwiches. Enjoy dairy-free espresso, coffee, and tea beverages, pastries, cookies, and more! They also offer sourdough and loaves of banana bread (including a gluten-free version) to take home. For special occasions or just-because, order full cakes with flavours like vanilla raspberry, double chocolate, cafe au lait, and much more.
MeeT (4288 Main St | Inner Courtyard, 12 Water St & 1165 Mainland St, Vancouver)
“Mindfully-crafted” comfort food spot MeeT offers an extensive menu of delicious vegan eats, a brunch menu (at Yaletown and Victoria locations only), and happy hour featuring signature cocktails and mocktails. Their menu highlights Weekly Features with new, interesting menu items from each location. Enjoy plant-based poutine, loaded salads, handhelds, bowls, mac and cheese, and don’t forget to save some space for dessert.
MILA (185 Keefer St, Vancouver)
For plant-based, flavour focused eating visit MILA for brunch, lunch, dinner, and happy hour. Every menu item is free from all animal products and focuses on delicious plant-based ingredients instead. Enjoy the brunch menu on Saturday and Sunday with dishes like chilaquiles and pina colada pancakes. The lunch and dinner menu features dishes like yakitori chicken, tuna crispy rice, katsu curry, and more. Finish it all off with peanut butter cup pie or mango ice cream. Mila also offers cocktails, mocktails, wine, beer and cider like the featured cocktail Sake Sangria or zero-proof Garden Party (a matcha, coconut, pineapple, and orange blossom mocktail).
Chomp Vegan Eatery
Vancouver’s original vegan meal prep service, Chomp Vegan Eatery offers delivery across the Lower Mainland (check the map to see if you are within range), serving a rotating weekly menu of delicious meals bringing wellness and convenience right to your door. All meals are gluten-free, celiac friendly, seed oil-free, organic, and plant-based. Just heat and eat! Check out their weekly menu of breakfast, lunch, dinner, soups, and sauces for low-effort plant-based eating at home.
Folke (2585 W Broadway, Vancouver)
Included in the 2024 Michelin Guide, Folke is a vegetable focused restaurant that highlights local farmers and produce with an ever-changing menu of small plates for a shared dining experience. Enjoy a beverage menu full of unique wines, beers and ciders that are local to BC as well as cocktails, mocktails, and housemade sodas. Join Folke for brunch on Saturdays and Sundays for shared plates like the bagel board, ‘chicken’ and waffles, and cake table (an assortment of daily pastries). The Folke dinner menu is always changing and features share plates or a tasting menu (6 or 8 courses). Reservations are recommended.
Veg Out: Plant-Based Burgers & Shakes
A 100% plant-based food truck, Veg Out features a menu with delicious vegan options that benefit you, animals, and the environment. The food truck is always changing locations so check the weekly schedule on their Instagram to find out where you can order. Enjoy burgers, a crispy chicken sandwich, deep fried soy chick’n wings, fries or poutine, and soy-based shakes (including flavours like biscoff cookie, strawberry, and cookies n’ cream).
Grounds and Greens (1369 Johnston Rd, White Rock | 9124 Glover Rd, Fort Langley)
A plant-based cafe with a mission to build community featuring bites, bowls, breads, and treats. From their popular basic b*** bowl to spinach & artichoke dip or a classic chic n’ cheesy toastie, dine in and enjoy the comfort food or grab a smoothie to go. They have weekly promos at both locations including Giving Back Wednesday in support of healthcare workers, and a brunch on Sundays.
The Acorn Restaurant (39995 Main St, Vancouver)
For Michelin-recognized and award-winning vegetable-forward vegan and vegetarian fine dining, natural wines, and signature cocktails, visit The Acorn Restaurant. Enjoy a brunch menu every Saturday and Sunday, an ever-changing dinner menu by Head Chef Matt Gostelow, signature drinks and a natural wine list. The restaurant features a zero-waste kitchen ensuring that all ingredients are used to their fullest potential (stems, skins, pits, and scraps). 99% of everything your find on your plate at The Acorn was grown, harvested, or made in BC and Western Canada! Reservations are recommended.
Kokomo (2028 Vine St | 3435 Commercial St, Vancouver | 3270 Edgemont Blvd, North Vancouver | 3-121 Brew St, Port Moody)
In pursuit of brining summer energy and warmth to your daily life, Kokomo offers fresh, nourishing plant-based bowls. Enjoy loaded salads, acai bowls, smoothies, protein shakes and wraps at any of Kokomos locations.
Honourable mention
Not a 100% vegan place but great options available:
Chau Veggie Express/Chau Cafe (5052 Victoria Dr, Vancouver | Granville Island)
A wellness-inspired Vietnamese Restaurant and Cafe in Granville Island Public Market and East Vancouver, Chau Veggie Express/Chau Cafe offers Vietnamese food with a commitment to sustainability through using fresh, local, organic, and natural ingredients. Enjoy soups, bowls, salad, and much more. Chau also offers delicious vegan beverages including teas, cold pressed juices, cans and bottled cider.
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