58 vegan kitchens in East London.
Part of The Vegan Ledger, by neighbourhood. Every kitchen here gets the same three-voices check: what the business claims, what customers reveal in reviews — quoted, with receipts — and what only the owner can confirm.
How we verify
Every kitchen here is checked three ways: what the business claims in its own listing, what customers actually say in reviews (quoted, not paraphrased), and what only the owner can confirm — which we hold as an open question until they answer it themselves. We won’t list a “vegan” kitchen if reviews contradict the claim; that’s cost places their listing before.
Bethnal Green6 kitchens
VeganLove Shack
Fully vegan Bethnal Green railway-arch fixture with quirky decor, a hidden event room and cocktails — celebrated for mock-meat wings, burgers and crispy 'duck'.
VeganGallery Cafe
Charity-run vegetarian/vegan community café inside St Margaret's House, Bethnal Green — salad plates, vegan full English and pancakes in a calm, art-filled space that hosts exhibitions and events. A local institution: one reviewer has been coming for over ten years.
VeganSen Viet Vegan Restaurant
Family-run, fully plant-based Vietnamese restaurant on Kingsland Road's 'Pho Mile', beloved for its pho, lotus-leaf special fried rice and soft tofu dishes in a cozy room.
VeganSomewhere Green
Plant-filled vegan cafe and coffee shop on Roman Road, Bethnal Green (from the Sazzy & Fran family), loved for its vegan bakes — choc-chip banana bread, cinnamon buns, almond croissants — strong matcha, and a quiet downstairs room regulars treat as a reading-and-work refuge.
VeganPalm Greens - Shoreditch
Fully plant-based, couple-run cafe tucked inside The Sanctuary wellness space on Cheshire Street. Reviewers love the artistic, health-forward plates — green noodle salad, kale Caesar, tomato toast — as a post-sauna refuel, plus Thursday-night live jazz and cocktails.
VeganMandala Café Bethnal Green
A wholesome all-vegan brunch café and community space on Globe Road, run by the neighbouring London Buddhist Centre — customers come for the Full Mandala Brunch, good coffee and a calm, welcoming atmosphere, and the café also hosts hands-on workshops like kimchi-making.
Bow2 kitchens
VeganE3 Vegan
Vegetable-focused fine-dining vegan in Bow with an often-changing menu, back garden and celebrated Sunday roast; deliberately avoids mock meats.
VeganJungle Electric
All-vegan community cafe, coffee shop and event space on Roman Road, Bow — cult-loved toasties, mac and cheese and white hot chocolate at notably fair prices, with a second-hand shop, board games and a snug downstairs.
Clapton2 kitchens
VeganBlack Cat café
Bohemian, volunteer-run fully vegan community cafe on Clarence Road, Lower Clapton (4.7, 935 reviews) — budget-priced big breakfasts and Welsh rarebit by day, plus creative supper-club dinners like roasted cabbage with vanilla miso.
VeganBean’s Café
Fully vegan daytime brunch cafe in Lower Clapton (4.9 over 169 reviews) whose scrambled-tofu 'Bean's Breakfast' full English and mushroom-and-leek toasties earn near-perfect reviews; friendly, dog-welcoming, with a rotating menu of pastries and cakes.
Hackney & Dalston8 kitchens
VeganThe Spread Eagle
Homerton pub billed as London's first fully vegan pub — a proper local with a seasonal plant-based menu, strong keg beer range, pool room and beer garden.
VeganAndu Ethiopian Vegan Café
Vegan-only Ethiopian cafe on Kingsland Road with huge, cheap injera sharing platters, BYO alcohol and cash-only; chilled but service can be uneven.
VeganWAVE
WAVE (We Are Vegan Everything) is an industrial-chic, fully vegan cafe in central Hackney known for brunch, harissa skewers, inventive coffees like peanut butter and salted coffee, and a laptop-friendly, genuinely allergy-aware welcome.
VeganTemple of Seitan
Hackney's pioneering vegan fast-food counter on Morning Lane, famous for seitan 'chicken' — Buffalo and Korean BBQ wings with mac and cheese — served fast and friendly until 11pm every day.
VeganFacing Heaven
Plant-based Sichuan restaurant and cocktail bar in Hackney, E8 (from the Mao Chow team), open evenings only — punchy umami noodles and scallion pancakes in a fun 80s-styled room. Reviews split on service speed, and strict vegans flag that the kitchen is shared with meat-serving sister site Easy 8.
VeganThird Culture Deli
A fully vegan deli-café on Broadway Market doing a few signature plant-based dishes exceptionally well — tofu-scramble breakfast buns, loaded Italian and Korean sandwiches, house vegan cheeses (the black truffle is a cult item), tiramisu and speciality coffee with Sproud pea milk — plus a small take-home grocery shelf.
VeganEssential Vegan Cafe
Fully vegan cafe in Hackney Wick's All My Friends complex (record shop + bar, riverside) for specialty coffee, cakes and seitan-bacon brunch; dog-friendly.
Natural Flavour
Tiny chef-run plant-based spot on Gillett Square in Dalston, open Tuesday to Friday evenings. Its handful of reviews are all five stars, praising flavour-packed food made from short, simple ingredient lists — the banana smoothies get named repeatedly.
Hackney Wick2 kitchens
VeganEthical Bean Company Coffee Shop
Fully vegan coffee shop on Fish Island, E3, with a rare 5.0 rating across 4,700+ reviews — vegan breakfasts, sourdough bagels, wraps, smoothies and a big counter of house sweet treats, served by staff customers name-check in reviews.
VeganWrap n Rolla
Wrap n Rolla is a couple-run, fully vegan wrap kitchen in Stratford's Echo Building, loved for seitan jerk 'chicken' wraps and loaded fries — convincing enough that reviewers rarely mention it's plant-based and one couple booked it to cater their wedding.
Leyton1 kitchen
Shoreditch3 kitchens
VeganMukBap - Korean Vegan
Tiny fully-vegan Korean restaurant behind Liverpool Street; whole menu is plant-based, with warm personal service and a loyal following.
VeganPlates Restaurant & Food Studio
Landmark plant-based fine-dining restaurant on Old Street — the UK's first Michelin-starred vegan kitchen — serving a continually changing 12-course chef's table tasting menu with wine pairings. Reviewers describe once-in-a-lifetime cooking and a warm, occasion-worthy welcome that converts committed omnivores.
VeganPLANT SHACK Shoreditch
All-day plant-based cafe and juice shop on Great Eastern Street doing vegan brunch, pastries, bowls and fresh cold-pressed juices from 8am. Reviewers call it a calm, spacious oasis in busy Shoreditch, with standout vegan bakes, though a few flag small portions for the price.
Spitalfields & Brick Lane9 kitchens
VeganUnity Diner
All-vegan non-profit American-style diner near Spitalfields — comfort food (tofish and chips, doner, Sunday carvery) run on a charitable ethos, with a bar.
VeganTofu vegan Spitalfields
Flagship fully vegan Chinese restaurant on Commercial Street (4.9 from 2,777 reviews) doing dumplings, dim sum, mapo tofu and mock-meat classics at generous portions with unlimited rice refills; service by named regulars Vincent and Jenny draws as much praise as the food. Packed at dinner, easier mid-day.
VeganVegan Yes
All-vegan Italian–Korean fusion cafe on Brick Lane, chef-owner led, with a build-your-own kimchi bar.
VeganDauns
Fully vegan Scandinavian café-deli near Petticoat Lane, E1, doing Swedish-style brunch — toasties on sourdough, tofu scramble, kanelbullar and Swedish meatballs. Customers rate it near-perfect (4.9 from 827 reviews) but the small room fills fast at weekends.
VeganGecko Coffeehouse
Plant-based coffeehouse and brunch spot on Bethnal Green Road, loved for its blueberry matcha pancakes and speciality coffee, with a cosy Bali-style downstairs that regulars use for studying.
VeganMerkamo Ethiopian
A dedicated vegan Ethiopian kitchen in Old Spitalfields Market (4.8 from 284 reviews), loved for flavour-packed, healthy platters of lentils, okra and dumplings — portions generous enough that regulars call it the best-value healthy option in the market, worth the occasionally slow queue.
VeganMerkamo Vegan
The all-vegan Ethiopian sister restaurant on Hanbury Street, serving injera platters, coconut dumplings and spiced tea that reviewers describe as 'presented as a work of art' — a cosy sit-down room (plus downstairs space) with warm service and prices consistently called great value.
VeganPlantXology
Fully vegan North Indian street-food stall trading weekends in Brick Lane's Backyard Market, loved for dosas, vada pav, pani puri and inventive tofu and mock-meat dishes at market prices. The vendor's warm, explanatory style wins converts, though reliability of trading days is a flagged risk.
VeganHoly Carrot Bistro Spitalfields
Fully plant-based fine-casual bistro on Brushfield Street from the Holy Carrot brand — technique-led vegetable cookery (mushroom wings and flatbread draw raves) with a serious cocktail list, though early reviews flag service teething and premium prices.
Walthamstow4 kitchens
VeganThe Hogless Roast
All-vegan 'hogless' hog-roast hatch in Walthamstow's CRATE market, famed for its plant-based roast, tater tots and burgers, and for catering weddings.
VeganPeeld Poke
Independent plant-based poke and smoothie kitchen in Walthamstow Village, doing Hawaiian-Korean bowls built around mock meats and tofu, house lemonades and matcha. Customers rate the fast, friendly counter service and healthy bowls, though a few find portions small for the price.
VeganPulse and Pickle CIC
Fully vegan community-interest cafe, grocer and event space in Walthamstow, serving hearty Middle-Eastern-influenced, gluten-free plant food from locally sourced organic produce — 5.0-rated and loved for its welcome as much as its cooking.
No Meat And Two Veg
Walthamstow's meat-free answer to the classic takeaway: vegan kebabs, hotdogs and pitta wraps on Forest Road. The few reviewers call it the best vegetarian/vegan fast food locally, with delivery that arrives hot.