Best vegan restaurants in Melbourne
23 venues in Melbourne rated S to B for vegan, every tier backed by cited sources.
Red Sparrow Pizza is Melbourne's only 100% vegan pizzeria; no animal products are permitted on the premises, including externally brought-in items such as birthday cakes. The entire menu is plant-based, making cross-contamination with animal products structurally impossible.
Ballard's is a 100% plant-based venue. The official menu states 'Yes, it's all plant based' and the venue homepage describes itself as 'Plant Based Food'. No animal products are served, making cross-contamination from animal-derived ingredients structurally impossible.
Brother Bon operates a 100% vegan menu — no animal products are on the premises — making it structurally impossible to contaminate dishes with non-vegan ingredients. Multiple independent sources confirm the fully plant-based kitchen.
The restaurant explicitly identifies as a vegan and vegetarian establishment offering 'vegan and vegetarian dishes' throughout its menu; no animal products are served as part of the core offer, though dairy-based items such as lassi appear to be served alongside vegan options.
Huong Viet Vegan is a 100% plant-based restaurant: the entire menu is vegan by design, using mock meats, tofu, and vegetable substitutions throughout. Multiple independent sources consistently describe it as 'entirely vegan' and 'completely plant-based'. No animal products are served, making cross-contamination from animal ingredients structurally impossible.
Multiple independent sources consistently describe Jumi's Cafe as a 100% vegan kitchen. The entire menu is vegan with no animal products on the premises. Described as a '100% vegan cafe' by at least four independent sources covering the venue specifically.
The entire menu is 100% plant-based — every item from sandwiches and dim sims to baked goods and thick shakes is vegan, confirmed by multiple independent sources including Broadsheet and Wanderlog. The kitchen structurally cannot introduce animal products.
Smith + Daughters is a 100% plant-based restaurant — described as a 'hatted plant-based restaurant' by its own website and consistently characterised as fully vegan across all sources. No animal products are present on the premises, making contamination with animal-derived ingredients structurally impossible.
Smith + Deli operates an entirely plant-based kitchen — 100% vegan menu across all offerings including breakfast, lunch, sandwiches, salads, pastries and coffee. No animal products are on the premises structurally.
Union Kiosk's own website declares '100% VEGAN', and multiple independent sources confirm it is a fully vegan venue serving only plant-based food and drink — no animal products on the premises.
The venue's own website states its açaí recipe is 'vegan'. A blog post also notes acai bowls are 'vegan-friendly'. Multiple sources confirm the açaí base is vegan.
Funghi e Tartufo is described across multiple sources as an entirely plant-based, all-vegan Italian restaurant; the menu, wine list and cocktails are all vegan, with no animal products served.
SHU Restaurant Collingwood is a 100% vegan kitchen. The venue markets itself explicitly as '100% vegan' across its official website and menu pages, with all dining formats (degustation, à la carte, Yum Cha) described as entirely plant-based. No animal products are on the premises by design, satisfying the dedicated-kitchen path to Tier S.
Cookatoo Kitchen is a 100% vegan restaurant — no animal products on the premises, making cross-contamination with non-vegan ingredients structurally impossible. Multiple sources consistently describe it as entirely vegan.
The venue's official website and homepage repeatedly state '100% PLANT BASED' and describe the menu as 'mouthwatering plant-based menu'. The entire menu (fries, burgers, hot dogs, sides, sauces, shakes, breakfast) is explicitly plant-based. However, the official menu disclaimer notes that food is 'manufactured in facilities that may process non-vegan products and may therefore contain traces of non-vegan material', which is a cross-contamination warning, not a structural issue. The venue is a chain with multiple locations.
Multiple independent sources consistently describe Particle Cafe as a 100% vegan kitchen. The venue's own Facebook page states '100% vegan with gluten free options cafe', and the futurekingandqueen.com blog confirms a 'fully plant-based' menu. Because the entire kitchen is plant-based, no animal products are on the premises, satisfying the dedicated-kitchen path to Tier S.
Loving Hut Richmond is described as '100% plant based / vegan' by the venue itself, corroborated by HappyCow listing it as a vegan venue. No animal products are used anywhere on the menu, making cross-contamination with animal-derived ingredients structurally impossible.
Lord of the Fries is a 100% vegetarian fast-food chain that explicitly caters for vegan and vegetarian diets. The venue's own website describes it as a 'Vegan & Vegetarian' restaurant, and an independent Melbourne vegan restaurant directory lists the Southern Cross Station location as a fully vegan venue. No animal meat is served on the premises.
Easy Vegan is a dedicated vegan restaurant in Richmond, Melbourne. The Facebook page tagline states 'Our dream is a world vegan, world peace. Let's begin on our plate.' The venue name and Facebook listing confirm a fully plant-based concept. No animal products are served, making cross-contamination with animal-derived ingredients structurally impossible. No Vegan Society Trademark accreditation is evidenced.
A25 operates a dedicated Vegan Pizza page and states 'we go to great lengths to ensure our food is 100% vegan', with six named vegan pizzas using vegan fior di latte and vegan parmesan made in-house. The insider signal is strong (venue self-identifies as a 'trailblazer' for vegan Italian from opening), but no third-party accreditation is recorded.
Kevabs self-describes as 'Australia's first all vegan kebab shop' with an entirely plant-based menu. As a 100% vegan venue, no animal products are served on the premises, making cross-contamination from meat, dairy, or eggs structurally implausible. The insider-led signal is the founding premise of the business itself.
Woking Amazing is consistently described as a vegan food truck / restaurant across multiple independent sources. The Facebook page describes it as a vegan operation that also runs 'The Vegan Vegout' in support of animal rescue, indicating a mission-driven, fully vegan setup. HappyCow lists it as a vegan restaurant. AGFG categorises it under 'Vegan cuisine'. The ROL Cruise blog specifically calls out 'Woking Amazing's incredible vegan peeking duck pancake'. No non-vegan dishes are mentioned in any source, consistent with an all-vegan menu (Tier B: owner/operator identity-led, structurally vegan operation).
The blog 'herestheveg' (vegetarian/vegan-focused) has visited three times and describes the Beyainetu (vegetable combo) as a staple, noting the menu is vegetarian with vegan-friendly lentil and pea stews. The Atly listing describes it as 'vegan-friendly'. The HappyCow search snippet (though the review page failed to load) categorises it as 'vegan-friendly'. The venue is family-run Ethiopian, a cuisine that is inherently plant-forward. While no source explicitly states the owner is vegan, the consistent vegan-friendly framing across multiple independent sources and the cuisine's nature suggest strong insider-led practice.
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