The Best Vegan Burgers in Melbourne
Soothe your hangover with meat-free burgers filled with pulled jackfruit, mock southern-style fried 'chicken' and Beyond Meat patties.
The Best Vegan Burgers in Melbourne
Soothe your hangover with meat-free burgers filled with pulled jackfruit, mock southern-style fried 'chicken' and Beyond Meat patties.
From hungover Sunday mornings to midweek lunch outings, burgers are a solid all-rounder when it comes to a tasty, hearty, hangover-healing meal. And the great thing about a city like Melbourne is that everyone is taken care of in this department — including the vegans. In fact, Melbourne vegan burger offerings can be overwhelming with all the choices out there.
To help, we've pulled together a list of the best meat-free burgers, so you can take the research out of the feasting. Make sure you head out hungry — there are mock chicken burgers, pulled jackfruit numbers and plant-based patties to sink your chompers into.
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Beyond Meat — the plant-based meat substitute that has the texture and mouthfeel of beef patty — has been a saving grace for many meat-lovers gone vegan. Burger Road has turned it up a fiery notch with its Beyond ‘Hot’ness Burger. Here, the Beyond Meat patty is paired with vegan cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onion, jalapeños and vegan Sriracha mayo. You’ll be handing over $19.90 for this spicy bite at the Melbourne’s Fairfield, Plenty and Hawthorn locations (the Fitzroy shop has a different menu without this tasty treat but a range of other vegan delights).
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The acclaimed Melbourne burger joint The B.East is best known for its greasy meat-filled creations, but the vegan and vegetarian burgers are also next level. Head up to Brunswick East and grab the Rattlesnake, made with a chargrilled plant patty, BBQ sauce, vegan cheese, maple facon, lettuce and the all-too-necessary pickles. Alternatively, if you want to go full fake meat, try the Morrissey. THis bad boy is full of Southern mock chicken, sweet corn relish, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and a special vegan sauce. Feeling hungover or just a little hangry? these Melbourne vegan burgers will put you right.
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When it comes to American comfort food, Leonard’s House of Love in South Yarra knows what’s up. The 70s-style dive bar (that’s on our list of the best bars in Melbourne) famous around town for its burgers and booze hasn’t forgotten about its vegan friends either — it has a scrumptious and soul-warming plant-based burger on its menu. For $17.50, you can sink your teeth into a meat-free patty with vegan cheese, pickles and lettuce and a dousing of vegan aioli and ketchup. Plus, if you’re so inclined, you can whack some vegan chilli fries with lentil chilli and garlic and mustard white sauce on the side, too.
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This is not one for those with mild hunger. You’re going to need a keen and empty belly for the The Burgernator, served up by Vegie Bar in Fitzroy. Between a sesame seed bun, you’ll find two beef-free patties, special sauce, iceberg lettuce, vegan cheddar, pickles and onion. It comes with golden potato fries on the side, too, so make sure you don’t leave until you’re full up to your eyeballs. Get your hands on one of the best vegan burgers in Melbourne for $22 a pop.
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Burger Boys in the CBD has just what you need if you’re city bound, live a plant-based life and are in need of a little pick-me-up. The burger joint’s The Vegan Burger offers a soft and fluffy pumpkin bun filled with a plant-based patty and vegan cheese, along with all the classic burger favourites: sliced pickles, American mustard, ketchup, tomato, red onion, vegan mayo and lettuce. You can enjoy this hand-held meal for $18. For those in the know, there’s a secret menu with even more Melbourne vegan burgers to be discovered.
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Warning: this one’s messy. Hello Sam has just updated its vegan offering, and boy, are we happy about it. One new burger to join the venue’s lineup is The Lot, which is as hearty of a dish as you’d hope. You get to enjoy a vegan brioche bun filled with vegan beef, vegan cheese and vegan bacon — to really give it some meat (so to say) — along with some lettuce for some freshness, grilled onions, BBQ sauce and a special vegan mayo. Plus, the venue is now serving a vegan chicken schnitzel sanga, a vegan cheeseburger and a spicy vegan burger as well. There are stacks of options here.
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If you’re an old fan of pulled pork but are now a vegan and have given up the meat, Easy’s in Collingwood has just what you need. Its Your Mate burg is filled with a potato and zucchini rosti, vegan cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions and the team’s special vegan burger sauce. Chuck on a bunch of sides like the corn ribs seasoned with a heap of herbs and spices, potato cakes and tempura onion rings before ending it all with a vegan ice cream sanga.
Top image: B.East
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