9 vegan kitchens in Hackney & Dalston.
Part of The Vegan Ledger. Every kitchen here gets the same three-voices check as every other: what the business claims, what customers reveal in reviews — quoted, with receipts — and what only the owner can confirm. Updated 29 July 2026.
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.
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.
VegetarianAYA & SUKI
Cosy vegetarian/vegan sharing-plates restaurant on Broadway Market (4.8, 369 reviews) known for okra fries, falafel and a 'massive' feasting menu that makes it a go-to for group celebrations like hen dos.
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.