The Best Places to Get a Hearty Vegetarian Feed in Melbourne
Meat may be off the menu, but there's still plenty of flavour to be found.
Vegetarian fare is not just for herbivores. And occasionally going meat-free has its benefits: helping the environment, your health and, often, your wallet. Plus, it's super tasty — and these days, you can get a vegan alternative for just about anything. But just because meat is off the menu, doesn't mean the flavour is lacking. These are our favourite Melbourne restaurants that are either 100 percent vego or just do damn good vegetarian food — from quick and dirty meat-like burgers to all-out fine dining degustations.
Recommended reads:
Where to Find the Best Vegan Burgers in Melbourne
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The Best Cafes in Melbourne
The Best Restaurants in Melbourne
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RestaurantNeko Neko
83A Smith Street, Fitzroy
Choose from not one, but three vegan ramens, and a heap of other Japanese vegan eats.
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RestaurantRed Sparrow Pizza
406 Smith Street, Collingwood
A bustling pizza joint with an all-vegan menu.
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RestaurantMukka, Fitzroy
365 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
An Indian joint with stacks of vegan and vego options to choose from.
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RestaurantShu
147 Johnston Street, Collingwood
This innovative Sichuan spot does a 10-course vegan degustation, plus weekly experimental nights.
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RestaurantShakahari
201-203 Faraday Street, Carlton
Consider yourself spoilt for choice at the longest running vegetarian-turned vegan restaurant in Melbourne.
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CafeVincent's Marketplace
379 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
A plant-based supermarket complete with its own vegan-friendly cafe.
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RestaurantShop225
225 Melville Road, Pascoe Vale South
This pizza place is known for its gluten-free bases — and its many vegan options.
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BarThe B.East
80 Lygon Street, Brunswick East
This burger joint might serve meat, but it also does three vego burgers and a vegan poutine.
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RestaurantGreen Man's Arms
418 Lygon Street, Carlton
The Northside pub that’s all-vego, all the time.
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BarRice Paper Scissors
307 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
This Melbourne restaurant has a dedicated plant-based menu — and a generous vegan banquet for just $35.
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CafeSerotonin Eatery
52 Madden Grove, Burnley
Healthy brunch fare that will put any vego in a good mood.
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RestaurantMoroccan Soup Bar
316 Saint Georges Road, Fitzroy North
Soul-warming vegetarian eats in Melbourne from a long-standing legend.
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BarSmith & Daughters
175 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
This game-changing vegan fare has none of the animal products, but all of the flavour.
