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10 Best Vegetarian Restaurants in Sydney
Vegetarian restaurants in Sydney have been popping up over the last decade and for good reason. More and more people every day are opting to go vegetarian, so the good news is the variety of places offering plant-based and meat-free dining options is becoming more abundant. Even if you’re not a hardcore vegetarian, some of these restaurants offer food so delicious and tantalising, they’ll have you coming back for more. We’ve narrowed down some of the best vegetarian restaurants Sydney has on offer, so keep on scrolling.
Here is a list of the 10 best vegetarian restaurants in Sydney.
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1. Alibi Bar & Kitchen
Alibi’s kitchen is constructed by a food philosophy of clean eating without compromising taste and boy does that hold true. It’s all plant-based and vegan and includes flavours like kimchi dumplings with ginger foam and red cabbage puree, broccoli steak with walnut cream, chimichurri and cashew parmesan. For dessert, you can’t go wrong with a pumpkin chocolate pie with a chocolate crust, coconut and cardamom cream. If you are looking for the best vegetarian restaurants Sydney has to offer, you can’t go past Alibi Bar & Kitchen.
Known for: kim chi dumplings, three pumpkin gnocchi
Address: 6 Cowper Wharf Roadway, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Phone: +61 02 9331 9088
Trading Hours: Mon-Sun 1-9pm
2. Bodhi
One of the best vegetarian restaurants in Sydney is the long-standing and locally revered Bodhi. The critically acclaimed and award winning restaurant offers up some of the tastiest grub in town with a specialty in Yum Cha and Pan-Asian cuisine. Steamed buns and dumplings are often real winners with diners like the carrot, broccoli and ginger dumplings or the chilli smoked soy and beetroot.
Known for: faux Peking duck, dumplings
Address: 2/4 College Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: +61 02 9360 2523
Trading Hours: Wed-Sun 11-3pm 5-10pm Tue 5-10pm
3. Two Chaps
Two Chaps serves up some of the best vegetarian food in Sydney and is a “from-scratch” café that makes all of its bread and pastry by hand. During the day you can expect such delights as the popular sourdough crumpets with plum relish and parmesan custard, Panko crumbed mushroom burgers and banana smoothie bowls. Two nights a week they serve dinner with options ranging from delicious pasta dishes, salads and more.
Known for: sourdough crumpets, hashbrowns
Address: 122 Chapel Street, Marrickville NSW 2204
Phone: +61 02 9572 8858
Trading Hours: Mon-Thurs 7.30-3pm Fri-Sat 7.30-3pm 6pm-10pm Sun 8-3pm
4. Yellow
One of the best vegetarian restaurants in Sydney is the popular bistro, Yellow, situated in the iconic yellow house building in Potts Point. Yellow takes the humble vegetable and turns it into a meal full of flavour and texture. Dishes like the beans, capers and toasted pumpkin ravioli, watermelon radish with hazelnut and lemon or caramelised pear with oat mousse and a nut crumble with have you coming back for more.
Known for: tempura Jerusalem artichoke, liquorice bread
Address: 57 MacLeay Street, Potts Point NSW 2011
Phone: +61 02 9332 2344
Trading Hours: Wed-Fri 5-11pm Sat-Sun 12-2.30pm, 5-11pm
5. Thievery
Thievery offers some of the best vegetarian food in Sydney within its modern Middle Eastern menu. The two-level restaurant offers oodles of atmosphere, perfect for a night out dining with friends and loved ones. You’ll find tasty delights on their menu such as the Tumeric Baghrir (crumpet) with grape molasses, honey creme fraiche and sweet confit leeks, red cabbage fattoush with pumpkin seeds, hazelnuts and chardonnay vinegar and the BBQ Broccolini with labneh, burnt honey and za’atar, just to name a few.
Known for: baba ganoush dumplings, Aphrodite halloumi
Address: 91 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW 2037
Phone: +61 02 8283 1329
Trading Hours: Wed-Thurs 5-9.30pm Fri-Sat 12-9.30pm Sun 12-8pm
6. The Gantry
The Gantry’s location in Dawes point is enough alone to make this your next dining experience. Views of Sydney’s iconic harbour and Opera House are a cherry on top along with its impeccable vegetarian menu. Their tasting menu includes delicious winter vegetable salad with charred leeks and wakame cream, choron sauce Braised lentils with pasta and parmesan foam and to top it off Chocolate with dulce de leche, buckwheat and cocoa nibs.
Known for: tasting menu, harbour views
Address: 11 Hickson Road, Dawes Point NSW 2000
Phone: +61 02 8298 9910
Trading Hours: Thurs 5pm-10pm Fri-Sun 11.30-4pm 5.30-10pm
7. Yulli’s
One of Sydney’s best vegetarian restaurants is at Yulli’s Bar in Surry Hills. Offering a wide variety of mainly Asian, with Mexican and Moroccan inspired dishes like crispy wasabi cauliflower with kimchi and alfalfa sprouts, fried zucchini in filo pastry with tom yum sauce and tomato salsa, or salted mushroom butter with fried leeks and whipped beetroot with house-made lavash bread.
Known for: tempura broccolini, zucchini flowers w/ beetroot truffle cream
Address: 417 Crown Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Phone: +61 02 9319 6609
Trading Hours: Tues-Sun 12-9.30pm Mon 5-9.30pm
8. Shenkin Kitchen
Shenkin Kitchen in Enmore is a family run business full of old family recipes. The menu is chock full of vegetarian options like teriyaki eggplant and grilled oyster mushrooms but the real winner is the signature dish, Shakshuka, is a popular favourite and full of flavour with vegetables, spices and slow-cooked for a good seven hours before being topped with poached eggs and served with pita. You won’t find a vegetarian restaurant in Sydney with more heart and love put into every dish.
Known for: shakshuka, avocado falafel
Address: 129 Enmore Rd, Enmore NSW 2042
Phone: +61 02 8959 8266
Trading Hours: Mon-Sun 7-3pm
9. Bad Hombres
Bad Hombres is all vegan and offers some of the best-tasting food for vegans and vegetarians when you’re out dining in Sydney. Charred corn with chipotle mayo, Peruvian stir fry oyster mushrooms with jalapenos and ‘crocante’ eggplant with cashew crema are just some of the delicious Mexican inspired dishes for you to try.
Known for: Bad Hombres cauliflower, eggplant tacos
Address: 40 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Phone: +61 0405 274 515
Trading Hours: Tues- Sun 5pm-9pm
10. Badde Manors
This cosy corner of Glebe Point Road offers a fantastic array of vegetarian food in Sydney. Here you’ll find a carefully crafted vegetarian dishes inspired with flavours from Asia, Middle East, The Mediterranean and Latin America. Badde Manors offers everything from Haloumi wraps, vegetarian quiches, sweet potato pastry rolls to the more sweet like vegan brownies, ricotta cheesecake and cherry strudel.
Known for: ricotta cheesecake, falafel
Address: 37 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW 2037
Phone: +61 02 9660 3797
Trading Hours: Mon-Sun 7.30-6.30pm
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General FAQs
What is the best vegetarian restaurant in Sydney?
According to Google reviews, the best vegetarian restaurant in Sydney is Lentil as Anything, in Newtown.
What is the best area for vegetarian food in Sydney?
If you are looking for vegetarian food in Sydney, your best bet is to head to the trendy Inner-West. Suburbs like Glebe and Newtown are full of excellent and often inexpensive vegetarian restaurants.
What is the best vegan restaurant in Sydney?
The top-rated vegan restaurant in Sydney is Bad Hombres. The Mexican-inspired eatery crafts traditional cuisine without any animal products.
Lucy Stones
Lucy Stones is an experienced freelance writer with a demonstrated history of working in the writing and editing industry. She completed a Bachelor of Communication in Journalism & PR at Griffith University. Specialising in food, beverage and culture coverage, Lucy's work has been featured in publications such as AmsterDo Magazine B.V and Echoes & Dust.
