Best vegan restaurants in New York
22 venues in New York rated S to B for vegan, every tier backed by cited sources.
Beyond Sushi is a 100% vegan restaurant — the entire kitchen handles zero animal products on premises. The official website and all community sources confirm this structural fact.
Candle is a fully plant-based restaurant; the entire kitchen handles zero animal products. Multiple sources confirm the venue is '100% vegan' and 'entirely vegan', meaning no animal-derived ingredients are used on the premises.
The official bakery website states 'Always vegan' as a core brand claim, and all products are described as vegan across the entire menu. Multiple reviewers note 'GF and Vegan place' and 'vegan options' across all locations.
PLANTA Queen NoMad is explicitly described as a '100% plant-based vegan restaurant' on its own website FAQ. The entire menu — including sushi, wok dishes, desserts, kids menu, and catering — is plant-based with no animal products listed. This is a structurally dedicated vegan kitchen.
The entire menu is 100% vegan — no animal products are served at this venue. The venue's own structured data describes it as '100% Vegan, Plant-Based' with dishes 'all entirely free of animal products'. HappyCow lists it as a vegan restaurant. Multiple independent reviewers confirm they 'couldn't even tell it was vegan', corroborating a fully plant-based kitchen. As a structurally dedicated vegan kitchen, cross-contamination with animal products is not possible.
Avant Garden is a 100% dedicated vegan restaurant — no animal products are served on premises. Multiple independent sources confirm this, including the operator's own listing and HappyCow's classification as a vegan restaurant.
100% plant-based (vegan) kitchen confirmed by venue host rules and multiple sources. No animal products on the premises.
Peacefood is a 100% vegan restaurant with no animal products served on the premises; both the Union Square and Upper West Side locations are described as vegan restaurants across all sources.
The Love Bakery is a fully vegan bakery. The venue's own website describes its products as 'vegan, gluten-free, adaptogenic' and the business is entirely plant-based. The HappyCow aggregator lists it among vegan-friendly bakeries in the USA. The bakery is 100% dedicated to vegan production, making it verifiably safe for vegans.
100% vegan kitchen; no animal products (meat, dairy, eggs, honey) on premises. The HappyCow listing and BeVeganism page confirm the venue is entirely plant-based. All menu items are vegan, including burgers, subs, wings, wraps, and breakfast items made with plant-based eggs and cheese.
100% vegan kitchen; all menu items are plant-based. HappyCow lists as a fully vegan restaurant with 309 reviews confirming no animal products are used. The venue's own website and Google Places listing corroborate the vegan concept.
Delice & Sarrasin is a 100% vegan kitchen — no animal products used anywhere on premises. The venue's own FAQ states 'our entire menu is vegan' and 'we are fully plant-based and do not use any animal products in our kitchen.' An independent editorial source (Whistles) corroborates it as 'all-vegan authentic French cuisine.' The structural fact of a fully plant-based kitchen makes cross-contamination with animal products impossible.
The entire menu is 100% vegan — no animal products are present on the premises as a structural fact of the kitchen. The venue bills itself as a 'vegan restaurant' throughout, and every dish on the dinner, brunch, and bar menus is plant-based. This constitutes a dedicated vegan kitchen (no non-vegan ingredients on-site), satisfying Tier S path (i). Note: brunch dishes include plant-based eggs ('sunny side egg', 'poached eggs') — these are vegan analogues in keeping with the all-vegan concept.
CHLOE'S (operating as 'by CHLOE. ') is a 100% plant-based restaurant — the entire menu is vegan by design. No animal products are used in any dish; meat, dairy, and eggs are structurally absent from the kitchen. Multiple independent sources confirm an all-vegan menu across NYC, London, and LA locations. The kitchen is a dedicated vegan environment, satisfying Tier S path (i).
100% vegan kitchen — no animal products on the premises. 'Our menu is entirely vegan and kosher certified' is stated across all menu and FAQ pages. An independent food blogger confirmed every dish is plant-based, including king oyster mushroom 'calamari', Chunk Food 'steak', and Oshi™ 'salmon'. It is structurally impossible for animal products to be present.
Modern Love Brooklyn is a 100% vegan restaurant; the entire menu is plant-based and no animal products are used on premises.
Soda Club is part of Overthrow Hospitality, described as an 'award-winning vegan hospitality group. ' The group's stated mission centres on 'ethical treatment of all living beings' and operates exclusively vegan venues including Avant Garden, Cadence, and Ladybird. The group-level positioning strongly implies a 100% vegan kitchen across all its venues, including Soda Club. No animal products are indicated anywhere in the sourced material.
Urban Vegan Kitchen describes itself as '100% Vegan & Plant-Based' on its own website. The entire menu consists of plant-based dishes with no animal products listed anywhere. As a fully dedicated vegan kitchen, no animal products are present on the premises.
Bar Verde is a 100% plant-based restaurant with no animal products on the menu. This founding concept is confirmed by numerous independent reviewers spanning multiple years. The January 2025 merger partner, Double Zero, is also marketed as 'Plant-Made Pizza & Kitchen,' and the most recent community review (approximately two months before the fetch date) still explicitly describes the venue as a 'great vegan restaurant.' No source suggests any animal-derived ingredient has been introduced post-merger. Note: one community reviewer flags 'a lot of nut based products' on the menu — those with nut anaphylaxis should contact the venue directly before visiting.
Caravan of Dreams describes itself as a 100% vegan restaurant ('Mediterranean Organic Vegan'). Every dish listed on the venue's own website is plant-based, with no animal products mentioned anywhere on the menu. A 1996 Independent article corroborates the venue serving vegan food ('aromatic, soy-infused curds'). No accreditation by a recognised body (e.g. Vegan Society Trademark) is evidenced, but the kitchen is structurally 100% vegan — no animal ingredients on the premises.
Anixi is described as 'entirely vegan' on its own website, with the cuisine listed as Vegan and Plant-Based. The restaurant is 100% plant-based, meaning no animal products are on the premises structurally. No independent corroborating source is available beyond the venue's own site.
Le Botaniste describes itself as a fully plant-based restaurant serving 'plant-powered and freshly cooked meals', indicating the entire menu is free of animal products. No accreditation from the Vegan Society or equivalent body is evidenced in the sources.
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