Vegetarian and Vegan Restaurants in London

Housed in a converted church, The Gate offers modern decor and a menu packed with high quality and inventive dishes such as char-grilled halloumi, aubergine teriyaki, and stuffed artichokes with polenta. All ingredients are carefully sourced – the owners even forage for their own mushrooms!

Salsify fettuccine, aromatic Thai curry, and vegan Sunday roast are just some of the highlights on the Saf menu. As well as being truly tasty, the food at Saf is also good for you: most dishes are cooked below 48 degrees celsius in order to preserve the nutrients and flavour. There's also a selection of organic and biodynamic wines.

London's oldest vegetarian restaurant, Manna has been serving gourmet veggie food since 1966. Using fair trade, local and organic produce, the menu includes tempting treats such as raw Thai green curry, organic spaghetti with meat-free balls, and organic bangers and mash.

City restaurant Vanilla Black is an upmarket eatery where the chefs have a passion for creating gourmet food without meat or fish. On the menu you'll find creative veggie dishes like poached duck egg and Ribblesdale pudding, and watercress and spring onion pasty with whipped goats' milk.

If you're looking for fast, healthy veggie food in trendy surroundings, head to Tibits in Heddon Street. There's a choice of hot dishes and salads to eat in or take away. Everything's charged by weight; just help yourself to what you fancy and take it to the counter to be weighed.

Lively Soho restaurant Mildreds serves a selection of veggie and vegan food with international influences, from organic energising detox salad to mushroom and ale pie with fries and mushy peas. Just down the road, you'll find Mildreds' sister eatery, Mrs Marengo's, a vegetarian café and cake shop.

Vegan restaurant 222 Veggie Vegan doesn't do deep frying or refined foods such as white rice, bread and pasta. Go at lunchtime for the healthy buffet, or visit in the evening to sample the full a la carte menu. Dishes include tofu medallion piccata with spaghetti, and pancakes stuffed with tofu and broccoli.

Blah Blah Blah is a relaxed haven serving an eclectic mix of Asian, Mediterranean, North African and European cuisine, with dishes ranging from Thai curry to aubergine schnitzel. You can bring your own wine, making a meal here very affordable. The paper tablecloths and crayons make it a great place for kids.

Super healthy and super tasty, Beatroot is a budget vegetarian café in Soho. Choose a small, medium or large container and the friendly staff will fill it with to the brim with their fresh veggie food. Beatroot also caters for vegan, wheat-free and vegan diets. And don't miss their fab selection of smoothies and homemade cakes.

Rootmaster is London's "original vegan bustaurant". Based at Old Truman Brewery off Brick Lane in East London, it's a vegan restaurant in an old Routemaster bus. Pop in for a Rootmaster panini at lunchtime, or savour the evening menu of red lentil kofta, organic nut cutlet, and flame grilled tofu tower.

Vegetarian, organic, Italian – Amico Bio ticks all these boxes. The Italian chefs import ingredients directly from the family farm in Capua, Italy, so you can be sure that your food is 100% authentic. Pick from delicious veggie dishes such as red bean soup with pasta, and pan-fried potato and vegetable cake with roasted tomato and crispy onions.