The month of January is always a time for new beginnings, fresh starts, and resolutions, and this January (for reasons we really don’t need to explain) feels more health-focused than ever before. One thing is for certain, whether you are going RED (run every day) DRY (alcohol free for the month) or VEGAN (plant-based diet), it’s a challenge!

Here at London Living we are all about Veganuary, but midway through the month our diets have become a little bit meh and we are running out of fresh vegan recipe ideas. We decided, therefore, to hit up the best vegan restaurants that London has to offer, for some plant-based food inspo, and in doing so discovered that Vegan restaurants can actually be even yummier than their carnivorous counterparts!

Read on to discover our Top 5 Vegan Eats…

WULF & LAMB

243 Pavilion Rd, Chelsea, London, SW1X 0BP

Opening Hours

Monday – Thursday 12 – 9pm
Friday – Saturday 11am – 10pm
Sunday 11am – 9pm

Website: www.wulfandlamb.com

Wulf & Lamb is a plant-based restaurant with two locations in London. Their menu is entirely vegan, with a particular focus on satisfying people’s craving for comfort food. Each flavoursome dish contains surprising ingredients, drawing inspiration from all around the world. They are best known for their indulgent Mac’N’Cheese and their burgers, but they also offer healthy salads and whole-food plant-based dishes.

We visited their chic Chelsea restaurant which is nestled in an adorable and very plush local mews, near Sloane Square. The staff were welcoming, there is outside seating, a good vegan wine menu and we absolutely loved their selection of beautifully presented veggie treats.

Our dishes of choice were the Tex Mex Salad with black beans, avocado and sweetcorn, baby gem, datterini tomatoes, red onions, red peppers, red rice and salsa with savoury pecan crunch in a coriander and cashew cream dressing (£13.95) and Gyozo Dumplings stuffed with smoked Tofu, Kimchi and King Oyster mushrooms (£7.95). We washed it down with a glass of Salice Salentino Riserva Tauro, Vegan wine. (£6.00)

Despite the luxurious location we were pleasantly surprised by the prices, which is why Wulf & Lamb is top of our top 5

Despite the luxurious location we were pleasantly surprised by the prices, which is why Wulf & Lamb is firmly placed in our top 5.

MALLOW LONDON

1 Cathedral Street, Borough Market, London, SE1 9DE

Opening Hours

Weekdays: 8:30am – 11pm

Saturday: 9am – 11pm 

Sunday: 9am – 10pm

Website: www.mallowlondon.com

Mallow is a brand new, 100% plant-based restaurant in the heart of London’s Borough Market, brought to you from the team behind Mildred’s. They serve seasonal, sustainable food, inspired by cuisines from all over the world.

The Mallow menu is inspired by flavours from all over the world with fresh, colourful food that is 100% plant-based, seasonal, and sustainable. They pride themselves on working with select, smaller, specialist producers and local businesses, to ensure their food has the least possible impact on the environment.

We recommend tucking into the almond feta, bitter leaves, blackberry vinegar (£8) followed by the plum plant-chicken burger, daikon remoulade, chilli sesame mayo, fries (£14) or anything on their vegan brunch menu.

MOMMI

44 - 48 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7UR 

Opening Hours

Tuesday to Thursday 6pm till 11pm

Friday 5pm till 1am 

Saturday 1pm till 2am

Sunday 12pm till 6pm 

Website: www.wearemommi.com

If you are doing Veganuary than you must do Mommi! The menu here is a healthy mash up of Peruvian and Japanese cuisine and they offer a special ‘JANU-MOMMI’ menu which features daily changing dishes such as Crispy Fried Tempura Cauliflower, Spring Onion Ponzu, Truffle Puree, Fried Shitake Gyoza and Aji Panca Spiked Aubergine & Enochi Mushroom Ramen.

The restaurant design is exotic, with high tables and bare bricks covered in colourful prints and banquette-lined booths in the restaurant. There’s also a robata grill and sushi counter where you can watch the chefs in action. Mommi has a young, fun and quirky vibe with bottomless brunches and a Saturday night party going on.

We dived into Crispy Fried Tempura Cauliflower (£13.90) Robata Grilled Courgette & Mushroom (£12.90) and Artichoke, Golden Beetroot & Confit Tomato Ceviche (£7.90).

FARMACY

LONDON Notting Hill

74 Westbourne Grove,

Notting Hill W2 5SH

Opening Hours

Monday - Friday

12pm - 4pm (Lunch)
5pm - 10pm (Dinner)

Saturday

11am - 4pm (Brunch)
5.30pm - 10pm (Dinner)

Sunday

11am - 4pm (Brunch)
5.30pm - 10pm (Dinner)

Website: www.farmacylondon.com

Farmacy in Notting Hill is renowned for innovative, nutritional, and organic dishes, as well as its array of plant-based comfort foods. Labelled as the ‘friendly face’ of plant-based eating in London, Farmacy champions the belief that ‘food is medicine’ and supports local, organic & biodynamic farming.

The Founder Camilla Fayed, daughter of Mohammed Al Fayed, created the restaurant concept after personally experiencing the powerful healing benefits of a plant-based diet. Her passion lies in natural farming, and she has even set up a foundation based on biodynamics, a sustainable and holistic approach to agriculture, with the aim of creating educational initiatives to share this knowledge.

The flagship restaurant in Notting Hill is beautifully designed, very light and airy. Attracting a ‘ladies who brunch’ sophisticated crowd.

You can choose from dishes such as the fiery Mexican Bowl (£15) which is a plant-based take on the classic chilli, featuring sprouted & steamed brown rice, Oaxaca style mixed bean frijoles, pico de gallo, jalapeños, green chilli dressing and sweet corn sauce. A great winter warmer! The vegan brunch options are also tempting, as is the Winter Bowl (£13) which packs in a variety of seasonal produce and natural goodness to boost immunity.

PLANET ORGANIC

Multiple locations

Website: www.planetorganic.com

With restaurants popping up all over London, Planet Organic has become the ultimate vegan go-to for fast, healthy take-outs and eat-in food.

Their head chef, Romi, has created a range of Planet Organic ready meals which can be heated up if you don’t want to dine in and the hot food counter offers a range of vegan specialities from Turmeric Dahl to Vegetable Spelt Lasagne.

This January saw a new Planet Organic Kitchen menu, with some new hot mains, salads and sides, including the Planet Caesar with homemade vegan parmesan, Sesame Tofu Stir Fry and the Jackfruit Pie with sweet potato mash & winter greens.

We particularly loved all the Vegan breakfast options!

BONUS TIP - RUBY’S OF LONDON

Greenwich Market

Monday - Friday; 9am - 2:00pm

Saturday & Sunday; Closed

Website: www.rubysoflondon.com

OK, so we went a little bit off piste with this one, but who say’s vegan food can’t include wonderfully, sweet, fluffy, creamy cakes!?

Ruby is a certified vegan baker who also specialises in products that are free from wheat, gluten, and refined sugars. She was diagnosed with a childhood dairy and egg intolerance which often left her with the uninspiring ‘free from’ option, while looking longingly at the other children’s glorious birthday cakes. She started her business from her London home with no money to invest, just passion and determination and a dream of having her own shop and she achieved that dream in July 2021, with her first shop in Greenwich Market!

We can confirm that Ruby has taken vegan eating to a whole new level of deliciousness.

Visit her vegan patisserie in Greenwich Market or take a trip to Selfridges Food Hall.

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT?

Castle Square

40 Elephant Road

London

SE17 1AY

Website: https://elephantandcastletowncentre.co.uk/

Castle Square is celebrating a host of international food days kicking off with Veganuary, for those who don’t eat meat or are trying to cut back for the month after a heavy festive period.

Taste authentic vegan dishes from around the world including Kaieteur Kitchen Original (Guyanese), Original Caribbean Spice (Caribbean) and Daddy O’s Suya Spot (African). From Kaieteur Kitchens Originals’ renowned Dhal Puri to traditional Caribbean dishes such as fried plantain, Jollof rice and traditional stews in Original Caribbean Spice and Daddy O’s Suya Spot. With a selection of over 25 tasty vegan dishes across the three traders, why not try a new cuisine as well for Veganuary?

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These vegan eats may be our favourites, but there are so many more that the city of London has to offer. Check out the slideshow below to discover many more popular Vegan eats, spanning every possible cuisine, culture, and price range.

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