Yorkshire is a food paradise for vegetarians, vegans and flexitarians alike. The choice of vegan options across the region has been growing rapidly in recent years and we have rounded up some of the best in Yorkshire for you to enjoy.
Great Vegan Options across Yorkshire!
Knaves Kitchen
Leeds
Vegan doesn’t always need to be healthy. Knaves Kitchen is located in Oporto bar andprides itself on serving the finest vegan street food in the county.
Prashad
Bradford
A family-run, multi-award winning Indian vegetarian restaurant in West Yorkshire. Set up by chefs Kaushy and Mohan Patel who were not only featured on Channel 4’s Ramsay’s Best Restaurant 2010 but are also authors of a best selling cookbook. Their delicious dishes include speciality ‘street food’ style snacks to sumptuous desserts and homemade cocktails and mocktails.
Belgrave Music Hall
Leeds
This popular bar is not just home to great music and amazing cocktails, it’s also the place to enjoy famous pizza. Dough Boys are their adventurous in-house pizza slingers, serving hand stretched pizza by the slice. Their ingredients are fresh and where possible sourced from local producers. You can always count on at least six varieties with vegan options always available.
Las Iguanas
York
This chain of vibrant restaurants will take your taste buds across South America. Their vegan menu is ever-growing with veggie chilli, fajitas and burritos all getting the vegan seal of approval.
Fint
Leeds
The Scandi inspired is one of Leeds’ most unique dining experiences, with poetry readings in the loo (no, really!) and super friendly, knowledgeable staff, on hand to help you with your choices, or simply have a chat. The changing menus are made up of organic dishes with vegan and gluten free options, all put together with love and passion.
Grön Kafe
Leeds & Harrogate
Born from a love of healthy living, fine food, and good coffee, Grön Kafe offers balanced breakfasts, energy-boosting brunches, and late afternoon pick-me-ups. Executive Chef Matt Healy knows there’s no denying that many people are actively cutting down on their meat consumption, and he wants to prove that vegetarian and vegan dishes can be just as delicious and full of flavour.
Döner Summer
York, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, Huddersfield
The excellently named Döner Summer is a delicious vegan junk food chain in the North of England. They offer a number of different kebab options using vegan alternatives to doner meat and chicken including the Garlic Chilli Chick’n Kebab. Other options on the menu include Fried chick’n, fries and doner trays, all of which are great to get a junk food fix in Veganuary. Döner Summer is available as a takeaway, delivery or to eat in.
Blondes
Cottingham, Hull
East Yorkshire’s First Fully Vegan Eatery. This Cafe offers a plethora of delicious food and drink, 100% vegan. The menu includes a wide selection of toppings for jacket potatoes and sandwiches and an even wider collection of drinks, including hot drinks, coke floats, milkshakes and smoothies.
Leila’s Kitchen
Hebden Bridge
This café-bar in Hebden Bridge is inspired by persian cuisine and is all vegetarian or vegan, they have a great selection of breakfast food and a variety of wraps and spiced curries and soups in their afternoon and evening menus.
Source
York
Describing themselves as Vegan specialist York, Source has a menu of vegan options including the VFC burger, plant-based meatballs, banana blossom ‘fish’ and chips all served to you by attentive staff in a cosy location on Castlegate.
Thieving Harry’s
Hull
This rustic bar/cafe on the Marina in Hull is not distinctly vegan, but there are great options on the menu for vegans, including a plant based breakfast, vegan brunches and vegan burgers.