You’ve tried a pisco sour, but have you had a pisco margarita or a pisco-spiked cosmopolitan? What about a pisco espresso martini? At King Street locale Calle Rey, you’ll find all four.

Green Gourmet features a menu that reads like a vegan’s heaven on earth. All dishes are entirely meat-free, dairy-free and (interestingly) free of onion and garlic. 

Khamsa Cafe fuses vegan eats with Middle Eastern flavours, courtesy of its Palestinian founder Sara Shaweesh. Shaweesh was born in Sydney but raised in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Jordan, and brought these influences to Khamsa Cafe.

With its breezy, modern fitout and vegan offering, Eden Bondi proves a fitting addition to area’s culinary hot-spots. Without an animal product in sight, the offering features veggie-packed hero dishes and vegan reworkings of your fave snacks.

In early 2018, world-famous vegan chef Matthew Kenney popped across the Pacific from California to launch his very first eatery in Australia: Alibi on the ground floor of Ovolo Woolloomooloo. 

Yulli’s is a hugely popular Surry Hills vegan bar and restaurant combo with a very sizeable sharing menu. Our favourite dish? It’s got to be the mini Vietnamese pancakes with chilli radish, crispy tofu skin and succulent king mushrooms. 

When it comes to vegan fare, there is no greater place in Sydney — and maybe Australia — than Newtown’s King Street. And when I Should Be Souvlaki opened in 2021, it became an instant hit with locals walking down the strip. 

Maydanoz on Carrington Street comes from award-winning Turkish chef Somer Sivrioğlu (Efendy). He’s pushing towards vegetarian and plant-based cuisine in the sleek 100-seat venue, but you will still find some meat options. 

Sydney’s very own vegan fritterie and chai bar champions the humble pakora. These fried fritters are made with whatever veggies are in season and are served with a special tamarind chutney — using the owner’s grandmother’s recipe.  

,We’re accustomed to the idea that every slice of pizza worth its weight in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles requires lashings of mozzarella. This is why the news that famed pizzeria Gigi is a cheese-free haven of vegan goodness might be a bit of a shock.

Chatkazz is a culinary gem that delivers a truly special eating experience. The term means “spicy and delicious”, and that’s exactly what you’re going to find.

Since 2020, owners Daniel McBride and Lynn Smulewicz have brought their expertise to create a neighbourhood spot that’s both approachable and inventive.

Fresh, nutritious food is the game at Golden Lotus, cementing it as one of the best vegan restaurants in Sydney. David Nguyen’s Vietnamese eatery promises the authentic flavours of Saigon without any animal products. 

Back in 2016, Bentley co-owners Brent Savage (food) and Nick Hildebrandt (wine) announced they were going 100% vegetarian with fine diner Yellow. Their aim: to show that vegetarian and vegan dishes are just as tasty as any other menu item. 

This doughnut queen is doing things decidedly differently. After developing a gluten and dairy allergy back in 2017, Yu Ozone refused to give up on her love of food.