Boston Vegetarian and Vegan Friendly Restaurants
While exclusively vegetarian or vegan restaurants may still be few, an increasing number of dining spots are enthusiastically expanding their menus with creative, delicious plant‑based dishes. Our list below will guide you for the best spots for vegetarian and vegan options in the Boston area.
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Grasshopper
Location: 1 Brighton Avenue, Allston
Grasshopper has been serving plant‑based dining with a focus on meat and seafood alternatives for 25 years. The restaurant provides a casual atmosphere and a menu designed to appeal to both vegan and non‑vegan diners.
Rhythm 'N Wraps
Location: 1096 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston
Founded in 2012 as a food truck and now operating a brick‑and‑mortar location, Rhythm ‘n Wraps serves vegan comfort and "soul food." Think creative burgers, mac and cheese, and unique wraps with a musical theme.
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The Bebop
Location: 1116 Boylston Street, Boston
Located near Berklee College of Music, The Bebop is a casual restaurant and bar offering daily live music alongside full lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch menus. Their menu offers a variety of clearly labeled vegetarian and vegan options.
Cafe Landwer
Location: 653 Boylston Street, Boston
Café Landwer is a Mediterranean‑inspired restaurant and café offering dishes such as shakshuka, hummus, pastries, serving breakfast through dinner. The menu includes several vegan and gluten‑free options.
Redwhite Boneless Ramen
LOCATION: 294 NEWBURY ST, BOSTON
This fully vegan Japanese restaurant welcomes everyone to dig into bold, plant-based dishes that are sure to please. The menu offers noodle soups, rice bowls, and colorful sushi rolls, including standout options like red hot miso ramen and the garlic miso soboro ramen topped with fried onion and garlic, arugula, and garlic oil. Gluten-free diners can opt for the gluten-free soups, toppings, and rice noodle options. -
Zaftigs
Location: 335 Harvard St, Brookline
Zaftigs Delicatessen is a Brookline eatery offering a wide menu of deli‑style dishes for an all-day breakfast, plus lunch and dinner. The restaurant includes several vegetarian choices such as omelettes, entree salads, and veggie sandwiches such as falafel wraps.
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My Thai Vegan Cafe
Location: 3 Beach Street #2, Boston
My Thai Vegan Cafe is a cozy, fully vegan Thai and Chinese restaurant in Boston’s Chinatown offering an extensive menu of plant‑based dishes, including curries, noodles, faux‑meat entrées, and bubble teas.
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Forage
Location: 5 Craigie Circle, Cambridge
Forage is a 'zero-waste', farm-to-table bistro offering a dedicated vegetarian and vegan tasting menu that changes weekly based on local harvests.Grendel’s Den
Location: 89 Winthrop Street, Cambridge
Grendel’s Den offers a classic pub setting with several vegetarian options including soups, sandwiches, and heartier entrees - along with vegan options such as hummus bi tahini and Five Bean Chili. Half price hours are 5 to 7:30 pm daily.Nirvana: The Taste of India
Location: 1680 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Nirvana offers traditional Indian cuisine with a modern touch, featuring clearly labeled vegetarian and vegan options such as vegetable samosas, pakoras, and lentil‑based soups.Oleana
Location: 134 Hampshire Street, Inman Square, Cambridge
Oleana is an upscale Mediterranean restaurant with many vegetarian small plates. Known for her passion for Turkish cooking, owner Ana Sortun has been named ‘Best Chef Northeast’ by the James Beard Foundation.Veggie Galaxy
Location: 450 Massachusetts Avenue, Central Square, Cambridge
Veggie Galaxy is a retro 1950s‑style diner in Cambridge’s Central Square, serving a vegetarian menu with every dish easily made vegan. Known for comfort‑food favorites like “chicken” and waffles, mile‑high cakes, and frappes, it blends classic diner nostalgia with a fun, cosmic twist.Veggie Grill
Location: 57 John F. Kennedy Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge
Veggie Grill in Harvard Square is a fast-casual eatery featuring plant-based comfort food, including griddle-seared burgers, "chik'n" sandwiches, hearty grain bowls, and creative side orders such as truffle mac and cheese. -
Anoush’ella
Locations:
35 W Newton Street, South End, Boston | 401 Park Drive, Time Out Market, Fenway, Boston
Anoush’ella serves Mediterranean dishes with many vegetarian options, including za’atar wraps, red lentil kofta, baked falafel, hummus‑based wraps, and salads like fattoush and tabbouleh. It also offers vegan‑friendly mezze such as hummus, baba ganoush, and couscous bowls.
Clover Food Lab
Locations:
800 Boylston Street Suite 15, Prudential Center, Back Bay, Boston | 1326 Massachusetts Avenue, Harvard Square, Cambridge I 496 Massachusetts Avenue, Central Square, Cambridge | 1075 Cambridge St, East Cambridge | 160 Federal Street, Financial District,Boston
Clover Food Lab is a vegetarian fast‑casual restaurant offering a menu centered on plant‑based dishes such as the Chickpea Fritter sandwich and seasonal vegetable options.
Cocobeet
Locations:
100 City Hall Avenue, Government Center, Boston | 200 Boylston St, Chestnut Hill
Cocobeet is a high-end juice bar that also offers organic, plant-based "grab-and-go" meals like quinoa sliders and raw vegan lasagna.
Life Alive Organic Cafe
Locations:
431 Boylston Street, Back Bay, Boston | 888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston University, Brookline | 765 Massachusetts Avenue, Central Square, Cambridge | 22 JFK Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge | 415 Main Street, (Ames Street Side), Cambridge | 435 S Huntington Avenue, Jamaica Plain |Tremont Street, South End, Boston | 20-40 Holland St, Somerville | 32 Prospect St, Davis Square, Somerville
Life Alive restaurants are popular spots with a hip, cozy, and eco‑friendly vibe. Their menu features creative and nourishing grain bowls, wraps, soups, smoothies, and more.
Pressed Cafe
Locations:
105 Huntington Ave, Boston | 49 Pier 4 Blvd., Seaport, Boston
Pressed Cafe is a fast‑casual eatery with an extensive menu that includes a full vegan section featuring items such as vegan burritos, tofu bowls, hummus plates, and plant‑based salads.
Stoked Pizza Co.
Locations:
1632 Beacon Street, Brookline | 1611 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Known for wood-fired pizzas, Stoked Pizza has an impressive vegan menu featuring house-made cashew cheese and vegan pepperoni.
Veggie Crust
Locations:
8 Cypress Street, Brookline | 445 Somerville Ave, Somerville
You'll find extensive vegan and gluten-free options for pizzas, pastas, panini, salads, juices, along with Indo‑Chinese and Indian dishes at Veggie Crust.
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Estella
Location: 49 Temple Place, Boston, MA
Estella is a Caribbean‑American fusion restaurant offering several vegetarian‑friendly options, including bang bang cauliflower, hummus plates, salads, veggie meatballs, and a veggie soup.
Hobgoblin
Location: 48 Temple Place, Boston, MA
The medieval‑themed Hobgoblin is an Asian‑inspired gastropub and piano bar with a menu offering vegetarian and vegan options. Order their tofu dishes, chive dumplings, or vegan Pad Thai.
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Red Lentil
Location: 600 Mt Auburn Street, Watertown
One of the most established vegetarian and vegan restaurants in the area, Red Lentil is a cozy and intimate spot with a broad menu of plant‑based dishes, including salads, soups, noodle bowls, and entrées such as Gobi Manchurian and seitan strips. You'll find many gluten-free options on the menu as well.Zhu Vegan Pan-Asian Restaurant
Location: 166 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington
Zhu Vegan is a casual fine-dining restaurant featuring a diverse Pan-Asian menu that draws upon Japanese, Thai, Korean, Chinese, and Malaysian cuisines. Many items can be prepared gluten-free. -
Life Alive Organic Cafe
Location: 220 Legacy Place, Dedham
Life Alive is a popular spot with a hip, cozy, and eco‑friendly vibe. Their menu features creative and nourishing grain bowls, wraps, soups, smoothies, and more.Byblos
Location: 678 Washington Street, Norwood
Byblos is a very popular, authentic Lebanese restaurant in Norwood Center, offering numerous vegetarian and vegan‑friendly dishes such as falafel, hummus, baba ghannouj, vegetarian grape leaves, pumpkin kibbeh, and mjadra (lentils with rice and caramelized onions).
Minerva
Location: 500 Boston Providence Highway, Norwood
Minerva offers authentic Indian cuisine wit an extensive selection of vegetarian dishes, including classics like chana masala, dal, aloo gobi, paneer curries, and South Indian options such as masala dosa. It also features a dedicated vegan section with items like palak tofu and vegan aloo gobi.
Veggie Crust
Location: 641 Washington Street, Norwood
You'll find extensive vegan and gluten-free options for pizzas, pastas, panini, salads, juices, along with Indo‑Chinese and Indian dishes at Veggie Crust.
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Holy Burger
Location: 131 Rantoul Street, Beverly
Holy Burger is a small, fast casual and relaxed spot featuring a menu that includes many meat-free alternatives. Each burger or chicken item can be made vegan upon request. Try their plant-based sliders, nuggets, chopped cheese, and hot dogs.
Pressed Café
Locations:
200 District Avenue, Burlington | 369 Washington Street, Woburn
Pressed Cafe is a fast‑casual eatery with an extensive menu that includes a full vegan section featuring items such as vegan burritos, tofu bowls, hummus plates, and plant‑based salads.
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Suya Joint
Location: 185 Dudley Street, Boston
Suya Joint features West African dishes with vegetarian options such as yucca fries, stewed beans, bean cakes (moi moi), and rice‑and‑beans plates. Its menu also includes vegan‑friendly sides like plantains and black‑eyed beans.
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Blue Nile
Location: 389 Centre Street, Boston
With its welcoming and intimate space in the JP neighborhood, the Blue Nile serves Ethiopian cuisine with generous vegan and vegetarian platters, including lentil, collard green, and cabbage dishes served with injera.Ula Cafe
Location: 284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain
This community bakery and cafe is worth a visit thanks to a few of its standout vegan sandwiches and pastry options. -
Antico Forno
Location: 93 Salem Street, Boston
Antico Forno in Boston’s North End serves cozy, authentic Southern Italian fare, highlighted by its wood‑fired brick‑oven pizzas and classic dishes. Many menu items can be made vegan or vegetarian.
Terramia Ristorante
Location: 98 Salem Street, Jamaica Plain
Under the same ownership as Antico Forno, Terramia features Northern and Southern Italian cuisine. They tout their thoughtful vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free offerings on their website and printed menus. -
Moxies
Location: 899 Congress Street, Boston
Moxies not only offers great waterfront views but also a dedicated plant‑based menu featuring black bean tacos, tofu‑cashew lettuce wraps, and more. -
Lulu Green
Location: 246 W Broadway, Boston
Lulu Green is a highly-rated plant-based cafe and juice bar in South Boston that focuses on organic, wholesome ingredients. It’s a bright and modern spot that is perfect for a healthy lunch, a quick coffee, or a weekend brunch. -
Koshari Mama
Location: 585 Somerville Avenue, Somerville
Originally starting as a pop-up at Bow Market, Koshari Mama is an award-winning vegan Egyptian restaurant offering hearty dishes like koshari, falafel, and roasted eggplant inspired by traditional family recipes.Field & Vine
Location: 9 Sanborn Ct, Somerville
Perfect for a date night, Field & Vine is an upscale farm-to-table restaurant. They feature seasonal specialties with several vegetable‑forward small plates—such as roasted squash, broccolini, peppers, and mushroom‑based dishes—crafted with local produce.Sarma
Location: 249 Pearl Street, Somerville
The casual and upbeat Sarma offers modern Middle Eastern small plates with bold and flavorful vegetarian options. Try their brussels sprout bravas, cauliflower fatteh, fava bean paté, or larger options such as their feta cheese gnocci.Saus
Location: 1 Bow Market Way #12, Somerville
Saus is a quirky pop-up spot at Bow Market that's 100% plant-based, offering creative comfort food featuring fries, poutine, burgers, dogs, sandos, salads, and scratch‑made sauces. Their fully vegetarian menu can be modified for vegans.
