Best vegetarian restaurants Manchester: 10 unmissable veggie spots

Manchester’s best vegetarian restaurants are a varied lot - this multicultural northern powerhouse is home to cuisines from all over the globe, and thankfully, vegans and vegetarians in Manchester are also blessed with a wide spectrum of options. Whether you’re looking for pizza, a great veggie curry, healthy plant-based bistro food or hearty pub classics, Manchester has you covered.

In fact, you’ll find a handful of these great veggie restaurants are also in our list of the best restaurants in Manchester, which is a testament to how exciting the city’s plant-based scene is. 

Mancunians are spoilt for choice all over the Greater Manchester area - there’s predictably excellent food in the city centre, but many of the areas very best restaurants are found in Manchester’s surrounding suburbs. Didsbury, for example, has a thriving food scene, as do Chorlton and Levenshulme. These restaurants cover all sorts of price points too - if you’re just looking for a friendly neighbourhood spot to visit a few times a month, Manchester has a wealth of affordable bistros and restaurants serving plant-based delights. That said, fine diners are well catered for as well - a few of the best fine dining establishments in the area offer dedicated vegan and vegetarian menus, or at the very least, they can cater for vegetarians with a bit of prior notice.

So, if you’re here for a taste of Manchester’s best vegetarian restaurants, scroll down to take a look at our picks, and click on the links to book yourself a table today.

Bundobust

What: Manchester has a long history of brilliant Indian restaurants, and Bundobust might just be the latest in that list thanks to its raucous Gujarati street food and craft beers. Lacey bhajis, dosas, rich dals and more, Bundobust is changing the game, and every morsel is vegetarian and vegan. We recommend booking though, as it gets phenomenally busy.
Where: 61 Piccadilly, M1 2AG
Book now: Bundobust

Wood Manchester

What: One of Manchester's most popular fine diners, Wood Manchester offers tasting menus for all occasions, including a vegetarian tasting menu that ranks as one of the best veggie special occasion dinners in the city. There’s real innovation on show here with dishes like koji carrot, shiso, preserved green strawberry and furikake, and maitake panna cotta with confit yolk and pomme soufflé.
Where: Jack Rosenthal Street, M15 4RA
Book now: Wood Manchester

The Allotment

What: The Allotment’s locally-sourced seasonal plant-based menus have been a major hit in central Manchester, and the menu covers a variety of international influences, from tom yum soup and tofu satay skewers to jackfruit tacos and lentil jalfrezi. There’s an excellent glazed tofu Sunday roast too, with all the trimmings of course.
Where: 1-3 Cathedral Gates, M3 1SW
Book now: The Allotment

Mowgli

What: Another big northern success story, Mowgli started in nearby Liverpool but has quickly spread all over the UK, including this buzzy site in the Corn Exchange. Not everything on the menu is vegetarian but Mowgli is a great choice for groups, as no-one feels left out and there are loads of veggie and vegan options. Not forgetting of course, everything is absolutely delicious.
Where: 37 Corn Exchange, M4 3TR
Book now: Mowgli

Where The Light Gets In

What: Sam Buckley’s seasonally-minded Stockport restaurant is held in very high regard all over the country, scooping countless awards. Let the restaurant know when you book and they can cater for almost every dietary requirement there is, including offering vegetarian alternatives for each course.
Where: 7 Rostron Brow, SK1 1JY
Book now: Where The Light Gets In

Purezza

What: Purezza has exploded from a beloved Brighton neighbourhood pizza spot to nationwide vegan pizza slingers, and thankfully for Manchester, one of Purezza’s four UK sites is smack bang in the middle of the Northern Quarter. Purezza makes its own vegan mozzarella using aquafaba, and options range from classics to more innovative toppings, like the pear and plant-based blue cheese.
Where: 77 High Street, M4 1DH
Book now: Purezza

This & That Cafe

What: This & That’s famous ‘Rice and 3’ has kept legions of Mancunians going for years - a healthy portion of rice and three curries, for the princely sum of just six quid if you’re going veggie. The curry rotation changes every day so there’ll always be something new on the menu to try, and the food isn’t just cheap and cheerful, it’s tasty too.
Where: 3 Soap Street, M4 1EW
Book now: This & That Cafe

Greens Restaurant Didsbury

What: Before Simon Rimmer was famous as the chef from Sunday Brunch, he was a local legend in Didsbury thanks to his vegetarian restaurant Greens - one of the first and best in the country. Greens is still going strong, serving up delicious international veggie food to very happy punters.
Where: 43 Lapwing Lane, M20 2NT
Book now: Greens Restaurant Didsbury

Four Side Pizza

What: Manchester is lucky to have Four Side’s Detroit-style traybake pizzas, and not just because of their deep-dish comforts. Four Side makes all its own plant-based toppings in-house, from the vegan meatball and pepperoni to barbecue seitan, and it’s all available via Deliveroo as well for those hungover afternoons.
Where: 559 Wilbraham Road, M21 0AE
Book now: Four Side Pizza

Ruyi Vegetarian House

What: Ruyi’s gargantuan menu runs the gauntlet from mock meats to seemingly endless vegetarian dishes, and everything is pretty delicious, as evidenced by the usually busy dining room. Spicy caramel tofu is a must-order and you can bring your own booze, or partake in one of the many herbal tea infusions on offer.
Where: 101 Manchester Road, M21 9GA
Book now: Ruyi Vegetarian House

Check out more veggie options around Manchester in our full listings for vegetarian restaurants in Manchester, or click on over to our list of the best vegan restaurants in Manchester.