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The 5 best vegetarian restaurants in Vancouver

// 5 of 12 vetted Vancouver spots · updated September 2026

A grilled-vegetable plate bolted onto a steakhouse menu is not a vegetarian restaurant. These are the Vancouver kitchens where the meat-free cooking is the reason to go — Asian Noodles, South Indian and Neapolitan Pizza among them: 5 spots, 5 of them fully vegan, pulled from the 12 we have vetted in the city. Chosen the way locals choose, never through a marketing budget.

1. 1★4.9

   Asian Noodles

   Healthy Noodle House

   Vegan

   Healthy Noodle House builds noodle bowls to order from a single storefront at 2716 West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano. The kitchen's stated position is food without heavy sodium, additives or MSG, which shapes everything: fresh vegetables, your choice of meats, and vegan bowls that are not an afterthought. House-made chilli sauce and dumplings are sold to take home. The Georgia Straight once called it the best reason to step away from the lineup outside the Naam down the street, which captures the appeal — it is the quieter, cheaper option that locals actually use. One location, independently run, with counter ordering and a room to sit in.

   Dietary: Vegetarian options are on the menu.

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2. 2★4.8

   South Indian

   House of Dosas

   Vegan

   House of Dosas serves South Indian cooking around the clock at Davie St, from recipes it describes as coming out of South India's home kitchens. The dosa is the anchor — the thin fermented crepe in its many fillings — supported by the wider southern repertoire. Vegan options run through the menu. It is a proper sit-down room rather than a counter, and the fact that it never closes has made it a fixture for shift workers, late finishers and anyone on Kingsway at an hour when the rest of the city has gone home. Prices stay in the mid band. Two more Metro Vancouver rooms share the name.

   Dietary: Vegetarian options are on the menu.

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3. 3★4.6

   Neapolitan Pizza

   Via Tevere Pizzeria

   Vegan

   Via Tevere Pizzeria makes Neapolitan pizza at 3240 Main Street, the newer of its two Vancouver dining rooms. The format is the traditional one — a short pizza-led menu out of a wood oven, eaten in — with reservations taken for Main Street and walk-ins always welcome. Vegetarian and vegan options are on the board, and there is outdoor seating when the weather cooperates. The family behind it has kept the operation small and Vancouver-only, adding a Victoria Drive room and a food truck rather than franchising outward. Prices land in the middle band, which for genuine Neapolitan pizza in this city counts as reasonable.

   Terrace: There is outdoor seating for warmer days.

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4. 4★4.5

   Mexican Vegetarian

   Budgies Burritos

   VeganGluten-free

   Budgies Burritos has been rolling vegetarian burritos at 44 Kingsway since 2005, and every item on the board can be made vegan. The kitchen keeps its range deliberately narrow — burritos, quesadillas, tacos, nachos and a tortilla soup — and prepares everything fresh each day, with gluten-free alternatives worked into most of the menu. There is a kids' list for smaller appetites. Prices sit at the cheap end of Vancouver eating, which is part of why the room fills with regulars rather than visitors. You can eat in or take it away, but the small dining room is where the place makes sense: a neighbourhood counter that has quietly outlasted most of the burrito boom around it.

   Dietary: Vegetarian options are on the menu.

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5. 5★4.4

   Mexican Vegetarian

   The Burrow

   Vegan

   The Burrow serves Mexican-inspired vegetarian and vegan food from one room at 2781 Commercial Drive. Plant-based versions of the Mexican repertoire are the whole concept here, not a side section of the menu, which puts it in rarer company than the Drive's taco count would suggest. It is a sit-down restaurant with a dining room, though pickup and delivery are available. Vegetarian and vegan diners are the default audience rather than an accommodation. Prices land in the middle band. Single location, independently run, on a stretch of Commercial Drive that has always rewarded restaurants willing to commit to one idea.

   Dietary: Vegetarian options are on the menu.

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