10 restaurants for Veganuary
Trying out Veganuary? These restaurants offer up delicious and flavoursome veggie and vegan dishes without compromising taste.
Pictured: KIN Restaurant
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Bombay Delight
Wimbledon
Serving up fabulously flavoursome authentic Indian cuisine, Bombay Delight has a wide and varied range of vegetarian options to enjoy throughout Veganuary. They’re offering a special limited-edition Veganuary menu featuring mouth-watering starters of chilli garlic mushroom, baigan and lauki pakoda and green soybean tarkari, followed by mains of Rajma Masala, Chana Dhal and a delicious mango and jackfruit biryani.
2
Cinnamon Kitchen
Battersea
Highlights of Cinnamon Kitchen’s extensive veggie and vegan dishes include chargrilled achari cauliflower with a Peshawari sauce, Kolkata ‘meat’ style jackfruit curry and a coconut falooda, crisp vermicelli and grape jelly. An inventive menu from celebrity Executive Chef Vivek Singh.
3
Octagreen
Putney
Octagreen boasts a varied and tasty vegan and vegetarian menu. The main dishes vary from Mexican butter beans to vegan baked aubergine with mixed vegetables and a gorgeous vegetarian moussaka. Their huge selection of hearty salads are all vegan, and they also offer organic coffees with vegan milk alternatives. Plus, their self-serve and on-the-go takeaway style allows you to enjoy your food at your own convenience.
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Wulf & Lamb
Chelsea
Wulf & Lamb is the go-to in Chelsea for casual all-day plant-based dining. Best known for their indulgent Mac’n’Cheese burgers, it’s the place to go if you’re craving some hearty deliciousness. Other must-tries are the chili ‘non’ carne with spiced mushrooms, lentils and kidney beans and the gorgeous truffle burger.
5
Clean Kitchen Club
Battersea
Located in the iconic Battersea Power Station, Clean Kitchen Club is an entirely vegan restaurant serving scrummy plant-based burgers, wraps and bowls. Their burgers offer refreshing vegan takes on the classic beef patty, including a scrummy spicy ‘chick’n’ burger with vegan mayo, spicy slaw, spring onions, pickled red onion, hot sauce and vegan cheese sauce.
6
En Root
Clapham
En Root provides gorgeous plant-based Indian fusion cuisine, from delicious and nourishing Rani health bowls and Rani wraps, to generous sharing platters of Masala Dosa and Don Dada platters. This can all be enjoyed in a warm and friendly environment, surrounded by bright lights, welcoming staff and enticing smells.
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KIN Restaurant
Fitzrovia
The newly-opened KIN Restaurant – brainchild of popular KIN Café – is a 100% plant-based extravaganza in Fitzrovia. Its brightly flavoursome dishes include crispy broad bean croquettes, silky sous-vide cauliflower with butter bean puree, miso-glazed aubergine and a creative dish of tomato three-ways. There is a focus on sustainably-sourced ingredients, and the bar serves up a selection of waste-free cocktails.
8
Cafe Van Gogh
Brixton
With a 100% vegan menu, this charming eatery is a must-visit for anyone trying out a plant-based diet. The gorgeous ceiling is painted in the style of Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’, and the rounded walls of the eating area make you feel transported to a quaint astronomer’s tower. But it’s not all just aesthetics: the food, too, is out-of-this-world. With a seasonal menu that changes every 6-8 weeks, you can guarantee to never grow bored.
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Vegan-E (Saint Vegan)
Fulham
This delightful little restaurant has a menu full of inventive vegan takes on culinary classics. There are ‘fish’ tacos made from smoked tofu in seaweed with spinach and mayo, BBQ jackfruit wraps, vegan spag bol, vegan steak and fish and chips made with tempeh.
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VE Kitchen
Clapham
VE Kitchen serves up yummy and nutritious plant-based dishes in a 100% green energy, no plastic kitchen. The menu is stacked with variety, from starters of soups and tortillas to mains of vegan Thai tempeh red curry and delicious warm-and-cold bowls served with brown rice or quinoa. They also have a vegan brunch menu, serving up everything from pancakes to a full English.
