Best vegan restaurants and cafes in Adelaide

Adelaide is a plant-based paradise. 

With a plethora of plant-based dining options popping up all over Adelaide, it’s never been easier to find fresh and delicious vegan food. From American-style diners, to classic pizzerias, to fine-dining restaurants and cafes dishing up wholesome meals and mouth-watering vegan treats, Adelaide’s impressive plant-based offering has blossomed. Whether you’re a full-time herbivore or open-minded omnivore, check out our guide to the best vegan restaurants in Adelaide and get more plants on your plate. 

1. Veggie Vie, CBD

Formerly known as Juice Lovers, Veggie Vie’s offering is fresh, colourful, tasty and feel-good. On the 100% plant-based menu you’ll find smoothies, burgers, salad bowls, smoothie bowls, a rotating specials menu of curry, carne of stews and a range of house-made sweet treats. If you’re in a rush, there’s plenty of grab and go options too. You’ll find Veggie Vie in Regent Arcade just off Rundle Mall, open for lunch Monday to Friday with dinner also available on Fridays.

2. Two-Bit Villains, Adelaide CBD

Think eating vegan means forgoing favourites like cheese burgers, hot dogs and milkshakes? Pull up a seat at Two Bit Villains and think again. Perched above Rundle Mall in Adelaide Arcade, this meat-free Adelaide stalwart is reminiscent of a classic American diner, and trust us, you’ll want to loosen your belt buckle. With an exclusively vegetarian and vegan menu, all your plant-based fast food-style dreams are covered with more than 10 different vegan burgers featuring everything from vegan pulled “pork” to “fish” fillets and fried “chicken”, guaranteed to even fool your omnivore friends. Leave room for dessert, you won’t regret the salted peanut and chocolate sundae.

3. Allegra, Adelaide CBD 

Vegan fine dining has found a home at Adelaide’s chic new Allegra Dining Room. Perched above Etica and from the same team behind the popular pizza restaurant on Gilles Street, this refined restaurant features a wholly-plant based menu designed by chef Elliot Vials. The set 10-item experience showcases local, seasonal produce with innovative cooking techniques sure to impress even the most apprehensive carnivore.

4. Metta Sol, Goodwood

Vietnamese-loving vegans rejoice! From pho to Banh Mi and noodle bowls, Goodwood’s 100% plant-based Vietnamese eatery Metta Sol has you covered. Dishing up meals inspired by the Vietnamese roots of owners Cindy and David, plus breakfast favourites with a twist, their motto is simple; eat good food. And they are helping Adelaide vegans do just that. Focusing on local, nutritious produce and with an emphasis on sustainability, Metta Sol ticks all the boxes. 

5. Staazi & Co, Adelaide CBD 

Vegan Yiros. Moussaka, Spanakopita, loaded fries, stuffed capsicum… we could go on about the vegan Greek goodness Staazi & Co dish up until the (happy) cows come home. With a cult following of dedicated local herbivores, this vegan food-truck is regular fixture at festivals and events around Adelaide. Happily for herbivores, they have now opened a brick-and-mortar shopfront on Grenfell Street to meet demand for their plant-based Greek grub, open for lunch and dinner Thursday through to Saturday. 

6. Nagev Plant Based and Vegan Cafe and Restaurant, Evandale

Vegan spelt backwards, Nagev is a dedicated plant-based café with an impressive brunch menu featuring lots of brekky options plus wraps, pies, burgers, pastries and baked goods, and a separate but equally drool-worthy dinner menu served Thursday and Friday. Tucked on bustling Payneham Road, this suburban sanctuary for cruelty free eats also has an extensive gluten free offering and a range of vegan cakes available to pre-order for special events.

7. Argo, Adelaide CBD and Norwood

While not entirely vegan, this Adelaide brunch hotspot deserves an honourable mention for their extensive plat-based offering from traditional breakfasts, to smoothie bowls, salads and vegan cakes. Located in Victoria Square in Adelaide and on The Parade in Norwood, Argo is the perfect spot to meet friends who aren’t quite ready to foray into the plant-based life. Our hot tip? Try the snickers slice. It’s seriously good.

8. Plant 4 Bowden

Tucked in an old warehouse a quick 10-minute drive from Adelaide, Plant 4 Bowden is a sustainability-focused market complex packed with stalls offering fresh produce, delicious food, locally made crafts and products… and a huge range of vegan eats! Must tries include the vegan waffles and gelato at Live A Little Gelato and plant-based doughy goodness at Cake Boy Donuts. You’ll also find vegetarian and vegan offerings at Voula’s, My Grandma Ben, Nutrition Republic, Joe Dumpling and most of the pop-up stalls. Every few months, the markets also host a completely vegan-based night, Plant Based at Plant 4, a plant-lovers paradise with an extensive vegan offering all in one place.

Keep exploring

Hungry for more plant-based treats in Adelaide? Other restaurants and cafes dishing up vegan feasts include Veggo Sizzle, Vego and Love’n It,  Zenhouse Tea Corner, Sarah’s Sister’s Sutainable Café, Joy of Flora Café, Ayla’s Café, Dear Daisy, Juice Lovers, Bob Bowls, Nathan Bakes, Brother Bear Wholefood Café, Francesco’s Psteria and Nutrition Rebulic. Happy eating, herbivores!
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