The Best Places to Get a Hearty Vegetarian Feed in Sydney for 2024
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 the very best vegan and vegetarian Sydney restaurants — they're either 100 percent vego or just do damn good vegetarian food. Head to these joints for anything from quick and dirty meat-like burgers to all-out fine dining degustations.
Image: The Sunshine Inn by Cassandra Hannagan
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RestaurantEmma's Snack Bar
59 Liberty Street, Enmore
This buzzing Lebanese restaurant has a solid lineup of vegetarian options.
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CafePilgrims Cronulla
97 Gerrale Street, Cronulla
A vegetarian cafe in Sydney that’s so good your meat-eating mates won’t even notice.
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CafeNutie Surry Hills
44 Holt Street, Surry Hills
This gluten-free bakery and cafe in Sydney also happens to have a treasure trove of vegan cakes and brunch dishes.
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RestaurantEden Bondi
180 Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach
Pull up a seat in this Bondi courtyard garden for vegan eats and cocktails.
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RestaurantGigi Pizzeria
379 King Street, Newtown
It’s a brave, new, cheeseless world at this vegan pizza palace.
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CafeComeco Foods Cafe
524A King Street, Newtown
All the doughnuts, brownies and sushi rolls are gluten free and vegan at this Newtown bakery.
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RestaurantMaydanoz
50 Carrington Street, Sydney
This Carrington Street spot boasts a predominantly plant-based menu and a seriously good happy hour.
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BarAlibi Bar & Kitchen
6 Cowper Wharf Roadway, Woolloomooloo
An entirely plant-based restaurant and bar based in the Ovolo.
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CafeKhamsa Cafe
612-622 King Street, Erskineville
An inner west cafe serving up Middle Eastern-inspired vegan brunch fare and kombucha on tap.
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BarThe Duke of Enmore
148 Enmore Road, Enmore
This revamped pub has a solid vego menu including cauliflower steaks and eggplant parmas.
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RestaurantOrmeggio at The Spit
D'Albora Marinas The Spit, Mosman
Executive chef Alessandro Pavoni does two impeccable vegetarian degustations in his Sydney restaurant.
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RestaurantHello Auntie
278 Illawarra Road, Marrickville
This Marrickville family member does a mean bánh xèo and has a dedicated vegetarian menu.
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RestaurantChatkazz Harris Park Restaurant
20 Station Street East, Harris Park
Visit this hugely popular Sydney restaurant for vegetarian Indian street food and colourful sweet treats.
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RestaurantGolden Lotus Vegan
343 King Street, Newtown
A family-run Vietnamese eatery that will please both vegans and their carnivorous companions alike.
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RestaurantThe Sunshine Inn
180 Redfern Street, Redfern
The Golden Gully team’s vegetarian pub is located in the former Redfern Continental digs.
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RestaurantEat Fuh
274 Illawarra Road, Marrickville
In a suburb that has so much top-notch Vietnamese food, it could be hard to stand out, but this spot has managed to do exactly that.
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CafeDaily Greens
2-16 Glenmore Road, Paddington
A bright, breezy sustainable eatery serving hearty salad bowls and cold-pressed juices.
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RestaurantVina Vegan Restaurant
395 King Street, Newtown
This long-running and super-popular King Street restaurant specialises in all-vegan Vietnamese comfort food.
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CafeOh My Days
99 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
This Glebe Point Road spot is baking ‘buttery’ croissants and pastries — and they’re all vegan.
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BarGolden Gully - CLOSED
153 Norton Street, Leichhardt
Leichhardt’s new neighbourhood bar with an all-vegetarian menu.
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RestaurantRaRa
66b Regent Street, Redfern
This Redfern ramen shop often has queues out the door — in part due to its outstanding vegan ramen.
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RestaurantMark + Vinny's
38-52 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills
At this Sydney vegetarian- and vegan-friendly restaurant, spaghetti comes with mushroom pancetta and vegan egg yolks.
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BarPriscillas
35 Erskineville Road, Erskineville
The Imperial’s restaurant serves vegetarian fare with a side of drag.
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RestaurantPizza Madre
205 Victoria Road, Marrickville
A cosy vegetarian pizzeria in Sydney from the crew behind Two Chaps.
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RestaurantSuzy Spoon's Vegetarian Butcher
49-51 Hutchinson Street, St Peters
For vegetarians who really miss the taste of meat.
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BarBentley Restaurant + Bar
27 O'Connell Street, Sydney
The beloved Sydney CBD fine diner has a dedicated vegetarian tasting menu.
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RestaurantYellow
57-59 Macleay Street, Potts Point
The owners of Bentley and Cirrus are serving up vegan fine dining in Potts Point.
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RestaurantLaurie's Vegetarian
236 Bondi Road, Bondi Beach
Loved for its small yet ever-changing menu of affordable vegetarian eats.
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RestaurantMother Chu's Vegetarian Kitchen
367 Pitt Street, Sydney
Taiwanese comfort food that’s totally vegetarian.
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RestaurantGreen Gourmet - CLOSED
15-17 King St, Newtown
This is one of Sydney’s very best vegetarian and vegan restaurants, where all dishes are entirely meat-free, dairy-free and (interestingly) free of onion and garlic as well.
