Restaurants and Eating Out

• Beefeater
• Chef & Brewer
• Cosy Club
• Crown Carveries
• Fayre & Square
• Harvester
• Hungry Horse
• JD Wetherspoon
• The Lounges
• Marston’s
• Nando’s
• Sizzling Pubs
• Slug & Lettuce
• TGI Fridays
• Toby Carvery
• Turtle Bay
• Vintage Inns

• ASK Italian
• Bella Italia
• Café Rouge
• Carluccio’s
• Domino’s
• Frankie & Benny’s
• Jamie’s Italian
• La Tasca
• Pepenero
• Pizza Express
• Pizza Hut
• Prezzo
• Strada
• The Stable
• Wildwood
• Zizzi

Gourmet Burger Kitchen Jackfruit Burger

• Bill’s
• Bryon
• Gourmet Burger Kitchen
• Handmade Burger Company

Yo! Sushi

• Busaba Eathai
• Itsu
• Pho
• Thaikun
• Wagamama
• Wasabi
• Wok to Walk
• Yo! Sushi

Chiquito

• Barburrito
• Bravas
• Chimichanga
• Chipotle
• Chiquito
• Giraffe
• La Tasca
• Las Iguanas
• Leon
• The Real Greek
• Tortilla
• Wahaca

Greggs Vegan Sausage Rolls

• Bagel Nash
• Boots
• Caffe Nero
• Coffee Republic
• Costa Coffee
• EAT
• Go Falafel
• Greggs
• Le Pain Quotidien
• Marks and Spencer
• Pret A Manger
• Spudulike
• Starbucks
• Subway
• Tossed
• West Cornwall Party Co.
• Wrap Station

Pieminister

• All Bar One
• IKEA
• Pieminister
• Travelodge

Fi Real, Bristol

There are lots of delicious vegan Caribbean options and especially if you’re lucky enough to find one exclusively plant-based. Try jerk tofu, spicy kale and collard greens, curries, ackee dishes, ital stew, okra, rice and peas, fried dumplings, fried plantain, callaloo (veg dish), mango salad and salsa, black bean dishes including black bean soup.

Spring rolls, steamed dumplings, a wide range of tofu (bean curd) dishes, chow mein (check they don’t use rice noodles), veg and tofu fried rice. One of the Viva! team asked their local Chinese take away if they would consider providing vegan mock meat options for all of their non-vegan dishes – and they said yes! The business is now thriving and it’s become one of the most popular takeaways in Bristol. It’s always worth gently and positively encouraging local businesses to increase their vegan offerings – you never know what might happen!

The Real Greek

Some of the chain Greek restaurants, like The Real Greek, now have a vegan menu and other independents will almost certainly have some vegan options, often small plates and dips. Otherwise some dishes can be easily adapted. Look out for fava bean dip, hummus, baba ganoush, olives, flatbread, falafel, dolmades (stuffed vine leaves), grilled or smoked aubergines, filo parcels.

Ethiopian restaurants have some incredible vegan options by default. In most restaurants you can get an amazing colourful plate with a variety of different curries, salads and dips that you scoop up with a spongy, sourdough pancake (injera). The Ethiopian Orthodox Church requires that every Wednesday and Friday are fasting days where all animal products are removed from menus. This means lots of dishes are either vegan or easily adapted. Try injera (pancakes), berbere spice blend, wat dishes (thin curries to thick stews – often chickpea or lentil based), spicy salads, shiro (chickpea powder dish), azifa (green lentil salad), gomen (collard greens and spices), sambusa (lentil spring rolls).

So many Indian dishes can easily be made vegan if they aren’t already. Nearly all the vegetable side dishes such as chana masala (chickpea), tarka dhal (lentil), brinjal bahji (aubergine) are vegan. Then there are often a lot of suitable vegetable main courses such as dhansak, saagwala. There are starters such as onion bahjis, vegetable samosas and pakora (check first as sometimes they contain egg). Most rice dishes are by default vegan, including biryani. Poppadoms are vegan but naan bread usually isn’t. As an alternative try chapatti or see if the paratha is vegan. If there isn’t a vegan menu or labelling then it’s worth calling ahead as most restaurants can easily adapt their dishes to make them vegan. Often they only have to switch out the ghee.

Ever popular, thankfully pizzas can easily be made vegan, especially now that most chains stock vegan cheese. Just choose the toppings you enjoy. Traditional pasta dishes that are vegan by default include bruschetta napoli (toasted bread served with fresh tomatoes, oregano and basil), spaghetti aglio e olio (garlic and oil) or the spicier version with peperoncino (red chilli) added. Spaghetti pomodoro (tomatoes) is on most menus. A delicious thick soup is pappa al pomodoro (made of tomatoes and unsalted Tuscan bread, cooked in extra virgin olive oil and odori – garlic, basil, salt, pepper) and a traditional dessert is the lovely pattona (chestnut flour, olive oil, salt and water).

Vegan sushi, gyoza (dumplings), tempura, tofu (bean curd) dishes, katsu curry (tofu, aubergine or pumpkin), miso soup, ramen dishes, edamame, inari (made with bean curd skin), yasai rolls.

Chquito

There are lots of delicious vegan Mexican options which can easily be adapted or are plant-based by default. Try guacamole, nachos, ensalada, tacos, curries, fajita, burritos, veggie chilli, refried beans, corn stew, potato skins. A lot of the Mexican chains now have a vegan menu with some great options but most independents will adapt, just call up beforehand.

There are so many delicious North African vegan options! Try falafel, tahini sauce, a variety of incredible vegan tagines which can easily be adapted, flatbread, hummus, harissa, baba ganoush, salads (lots of them!), filo pastries, fried courgette and aubergine, a variety of couscous dishes, msemmem pancakes.

Thai cooking doesn’t use dairy so you’ll find plenty of vegetable curries using coconut milk. Tempura, tofu (bean curd) satay, pad thai (without the egg), red, green, yellow and Masaman curries, soups, spring rolls, stir fried veg, som tum salad (papaya), dumplings.

There are some incredible traditional Middle Eastern vegan dishes! Try out stuffed vine leaves, hummus, baba ganoush, tabbouleh, cig kofte (street food made from bulgar, tomato paste and spices), fava bean puree, sautéed potatoes, spicy salads, falafel, spicy potatoes, grilled or smoked aubergines, flatbread, okra, stuffed vine leaves, tahini dip, fried cauliflower, grilled, smoked or fried aubergine, gaymeh (aubergine and lentil stew), muhammara (red pepper, walnut and pomegranate dip), pitta, harrisa, fattoush, mezze platters, olives, filo parcels, manoushe, fava bean dip.