This list contains restaurants in the greater Bruges area in Flanders (and beyond), where vegans are welcome. For an extensive list of restaurants IN BRUGES, see this page in the menu section on top of my blog.
At the bottom there’s also a list with restaurants that have replied they don’t (and won’t) serve a vegan menu.
Some points to take into account:
- In my inquiries to know whether a certain restaurant will serve vegans, I explicitly state what vegans do and don’t eat, most often via e-mail. I ask whether it’s possible to be served a vegan menu, for two people. I repeat the info when making the reservation and when visiting the restaurant.
- Listed prices give you an indication, but if you want to be sure, check their website. Listed prices are without drinks.
- The restaurants are listed per province/city, and then there’s a list with restaurants outside Belgium. If I have written a blog about it, with a more elaborate review of our visit(s), you will find the bloglink next to it.
- These lists are not exhaustive. They are based on my personal experiences, restaurants which I have visited, or which I would like to go visit one day! I focus mainly on finding restaurants in Western Flanders (around Bruges) and in Louvain (as I visit Leuven / Louvain a lot).
If you have any suggestions, please let me know, so I can check it out and add them to the list! - I try to keep the list updated as much as possible, and rely on information given by the restaurants themselves and personal visits. But of course things can change over time (restaurants closed, no longer serving vegan, openings hours, etc). If you want to be absolutely sure, please check with the place itself in advance.
- This is just a labour of love. I am not an organisation, I don’t get paid, or get any other personal gains from doing this. So any feedback is appreciated 🙂
RESTAURANTS: vegan, vegan options, vegan upon request
WESTERN FLANDERS
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Beernem, d’Afspanning Traditional restaurant, ‘yes a vegan menu is possible, if you request it a day in advance‘ (mail 2018/11) (originally 2013/11: no). We had a nice dinner. REVIEW |
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Blankenberge, Medina Moroccan, ‘vegetarian tajines, couscous, tapas. we don’t use animal fats‘ (mail 2018/07) |
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Blankenberge, Starckx Gastronomical. ‘The chef will surprise you with vegan dishes. Just let us know 3 days in advance‘ (mail 2018/07) |
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Bredene, Duinenhoeve Brasserie. One vegan dish standardly available, pasta with tofu and nuts (mail 2018/07) |
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Bredene, Harbour’s Kitchen Traditional brasserie, some vegetarian and vegan options on menu (note: check whether pasta is vegan). |
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Bredene, Lautrec ‘we always work with fresh ingredients and can make something for vegans on the spot‘. (mail 2017/7) Great! (mail 2017/07) |
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Brugge: see the list HERE |
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De Panne, Alfons Koffie & lunch, Has a vegan bagel with cashewcream, portobello, courgette, and sweet potato, see this FBpost (May 2018) |
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De Panne, Coco Bar & Food Breakfast and lunch. Some vegan options. |
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De Panne, Moom Breakfast/lunch. No vegan options for breakfast yet, but we hope to have them in the future. Lunch options are either vegetarian or vegan. (mail 2017/10) |
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Diksmuide, Babsies – CLOSED 2022 Vegan. Take away, opened 2020. On site restaurant opening later. |
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Diksmuide, Water en Vuur Restaurant on a rennovated barge, next to the IJzertoren en near the Dodengang. Several vegan options on the menu (eg seitan stew). Fries baked in plant oil. We’ve been here several times over the years. Recommended. REVIEW and REVIEW2. UPDATE 2019: No longer on boat. New location: Grote Dijk 6 |
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Dranouter, Eetcafe ‘t Folk Open Fri-Sat-Sun. Vegan burger standardly available. Other vegan options on request, ask the Wednesday before (mail 2017/11) – UPDATE -several vegan options now standardly available. REVIEW |
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Eernegem, Annabelles – CLOSED 3 vegan options standardly available: vegan burger, pumpkin pie and Caesar salad. Also has a restaurant in Ghent (same menu). |
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Ieper/ Ypres, Ariane (Hotel / restaurant). One vegan dish: stew with seitan (26€). Fries are baked in vegetable oil (mail 2017/12) |
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Ieper/Ypres, Bistro Fino – CLOSED Been here once (2012). Vegetarian dishes on the menu, when we made the reservation, we asked whether vegan was possible, and that was ok. Bistro style, main dishes 15-20€. |
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Ieper/Ypres, Captain Cook Steak restaurant (so beware!). Vegetarian dish that can be veganized (mail 2017/10). Calzone with vegetables and tomato sauce, without the cheese. |
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Ieper/ Ypres, De Fonderie Brasserie. ‘Yes, we often serve vegan dishes, simply mention it when making the reservation‘ (mail 2017/12). |
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Ieper, Ypres, Den Olifant Menu changes weekly. The vegetarian spaghetti is always vegan (vegetables are baked in oil). Other dishes can often easily be veganised. Preferably mention it when making the reservation (mail 2017/10). Nice lunch! REVIEW will follow |
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Ieper / Ypres, Depot Trendy shop and bistro, several dishes can be veganized: risotto: portobello, grilled vegetables, quinoa salad without the feta, tabouleh … (mail 2017/10). Sounds good! |
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Ieper / Ypres, Frituur De Bevoorrading Fast food shop, snack bar. Fries are baked in plant based oil. Several vegan options. |
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Ieper / Ypres, Low-C Salad bar. We had a nice salad. More vegan options would be nice. REVIEW |
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Ieper / Ypres, Vauban – CLOSED Café, menu changes every couple of months, mostly vegetarian dishes, some vegan or some dishes which can be adapted, preferably ask some days in advance (mail 2017/10) |
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Knokke-Heist, Ellis Gourmet Burger Burger restaurant (chain). Vegan burger “beet the roots.” Additionally you could ask to omit yoghurt sauce on the sunny fresh carrot burger or omit mayonnaise and goat cheese on the portobello burger to make them vegan. Since January 2019 also serving the Beyond Meat burger. |
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Knokke-Heist, Le Pain Quotidien part of worldwide chain. Standardly vegan options (bread with spreads, mezze platter, falafels). Nice terrace. Friendly, but slow service. Food was ok. REVIEW |
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Knokke-Heist / Duinbergen, Sel Gris Gastronomic restaurant. ‘Please make a reservation, at least 48 hours in advance’ (mail 2018/07) |
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Koksijde, Domino’s Pizza American pizzeria chain with also several locations in Belgium. Take away and delivery. Limited seating. Offers vegan cheese. Two vegan pizza’s: vegan margaritha & vegan spicey. (since May 2018) |
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Koksijde, Soll Cress On Belgian coast. Restaurant of hotel. Vegan available (as such mentionned on their website, only one dish though, mail 2016/12). |
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Kortrijk, Café BK6 – CLOSED Vegan restaurant. Menu changes weekly. Spaghetti, salads, curry. |
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Kortrijk/Courtrai, De KleinKeuken Vegetarian bistro, vegan options standardly available. We’ve been here twice for lunch. Nice food, good for a light lunch. Uncomfy chairs though. REVIEWS |
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Kortrijk, Domino’s Pizza American pizzeria chain with also several locations in Belgium. Take away and delivery. Limited seating. Offers vegan cheese. Two vegan pizza’s: vegan margaritha & vegan spicey. (since May 2018) |
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Kortrijk, Hawaiian Poke Bowl Chain with several Belgain locations. Two vegan bowls or compose your own. Really like it! Been here several times. REVIEW |
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Kortrijk, Izy Coffee Coffee bar/ lunchroom with some vegan options. All pastry is vegan. |
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Kortrijk/ Courtrai, Gluti-No Frituur (fast food shop/resto), with also glutenfree and vegan snacks (are baked separately) (info 2018/05). |
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Kortrijk / Courtrai, Hawaiian Poke Bowl On market place, near city hall. Chain. Two vegan bowls available, or compose your own. Have visited several times, love it! REVIEW |
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Kortrijk / Courtrai, Julia’s Coffee, lunch bar. Has a vegan sandwich, vegan smoothie bowl and quinoasalad. (message 2018/11) |
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Kortrijk/Courtrai, Mary’s Irish Pub Three vegan options on menu: curry with tempeh, salad with tempeh and burger. REVIEW |
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Kortrijk/Courtrai, Nectar – CLOSED Vegetarian restaurant with plat du jour that can be veganised. Main dish 10 or 11€. Request vegan in advance. Not really our cup of tea (spice it up!) REVIEW |
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Kortrijk, Courtrai, Ooogst – CLOSED Vegetarian restaurant in Hangar K (renovated industrial buildings). We had a nice lunch! REVIEW |
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Kortrijk/Courtrai, Petit Paris Eetcafé (pub style restaurant). No vegan options standardly available, but willing to veganise some pasta dishes. Main dishes 13-15€. REVIEW |
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Kortrijk/ Courtrai, Sweet Nuts – Jany 2019 CLOSED Lunch/coffee cafe, combined with organic store (food and body and care products). We had lunch here. Mixed feelings. Nice food, but long wait and bit grumpy service. REVIEW |
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Kortrijk/Courtrai, Table d’Amis, Michelin*, exceptionally, they want to serve a vegan menu (only 3 course – 40€) – not on Saturday evening (mail 2013/11). |
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Kortrijk / Courtrai, Than Thai, City center, some vegan options available. REVIEW (note: after our visit, I have read conflicting messages about which options are (not)vegan, so better double check!). |
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Menen, Dunya Indian-Pakistan restaurant. Some vegetarian options which are vegan, or can be veganised. |
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Nieuwpoort, Brasserie Casino Curry with coconut milk and rice on menu, we also can make a salad, and have vegan icecream (mail 2018/07) |
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Oostduinkerke, De Spelleplekke On the coastline, near French border. One vegan dish standardly available (listed as such on the menu): grilled eggplant. |
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Oostende/Ostend, Agua del Mar – CLOSED end 2017 In Casino Kursaal, with sea view. Same chef as restaurant Ostend Queen (which since 2017 only takes group reservations). Vegan options standardly available. Was OK. REVIEW |
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Oostende / Ostend, Albrecht – CLOSED City center. Opened March 2018. Salads can be adjusted. Plant based milks available. Soup with vegetable stock. (mail 2018/03). Now also vegan breakfast on menu, and vegan pancakes! |
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Oostende/Ostend, Bistro Belle de Jour City center. At the back of De Grote Post (new location since Feb 2019: Madridstraat). Vegetarian dishes that can easily be veganised (+/- 20€). If you mention vegan when making the reservation, will put in extra effort (mail 2016/05). We liked it! REVIEW |
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Oostend/Ostend, Bistro Plat’O – CLOSED 2018 Christinastraat. One vegan dish standardly available. Telephoned to make a reservation, asked if we could also get a vegan starter or soup, and got a very chilly and annoyed ‘no I won’t make something special for you‘ response. Fair enough, but it immediately tempered my desire to visit, so in no hurry to go check it out. Maybe if you do, let us know how it went? Bistro Albrecht is now on this location – CLOSED |
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Oostende/Ostend, Bistro Bottarga Next to the Casino Kursaal, overlooking the beach. Traditional restaurant. Couple of vegetarian dishes: thai red curry and vegetable ragout (but ask without noodles and with rice) are vegan. No vegan appetizers nor desserts. REVIEW |
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Oostende / Ostend, Bua & Gwen Thai restaurant. At beach promenade, near Rock Strangers (the red cube statues). ‘we have two vegan appetizers and all our main dishes are wok dishes that can be adapated‘ (mail 2019/07). REVIEW |
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Oostende/Ostend, Croqino’s City center near Wapenplein, ‘we have one sweet croque. We hope to have a hearty one available soon ‘ (mail 2018/05). 2019: Croqino Tabouleh, with couscous (9,50€) |
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Oostende/Ostend, De Graankorrel – CLOSED 2016 Vegan, macrobiotic restaurant, city center, only open for lunch during weekdays, plat du jour in small (12,20€) or large size (13,20€). With nice vegan dessert! REVIEW and REVIEW(2) UPDATE 2017: reopened as Organic Vision, at, Mijnplein 10, Ostend (no longer vegan restaurant though) |
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Oostende/Ostend, Brasserie den Ensor Brasserie at Vayamundo. The Veggie Paella is vegan (the veggie vol au vent isn’t, it is made with milk) (mail 2017/07) |
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Oostende/Ostend, Cultuur Café De Grote Post Nice Brasserie-style resto in the city center (near shopping street and Kursaal). Vegetarian items on menu which can easily be made vegan upon request. Very friendly. Fresh. REVIEW & REVIEW 2 |
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Oostende/Ostend, Damas Syrian restaurant, city center, ‘yes we have vegan options’ (mail 2018/05) |
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Oostende/Ostend, De Lunchbar – CLOSED FALL 2016 Lunch and take away bar, with focus on vegetabes! Are happy to veganise their offer on request (mail 2016/05). |
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Oostende/Ostende, Domino’s Pizza American pizzeria chain with also several locations in Belgium. Take away and delivery. Limited seating. Offers vegan cheese. Two vegan pizza’s: vegan margaritha & vegan spicey. (since May 2018). |
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Oostende/Ostend, Frituur Franky Fries are baked in plant based oil (palm oil). Vegan burger in vegan bun, baked on plate, with ketchup or brown bicky sauce. The mini spingrolls are vegan, but we cannot bake them seperately from the other snacks (mail 2017/08). |
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Oostende, Ostend, Hawaiian Poké Bowl On Wapenplein, city center. Has two vagen bowls, or you can compose your own. Tofu available. I like it! REVIEW |
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Oostende/Ostend, Histoires d’O Brasserie. On the beach promenade, near Casino Kursaal. ‘we have quinoa salad, grilled vegetables and pasta with vegetables’ (mail 2016/10). Visited Spring 2017. Enjoyable lunch, pie from Madam bakster. Main dish 15€. PS: the pasta pesto isn’t vegan afterall. REVIEW |
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Oostende / Ostend, H-Tandoori Torhoutsesteenweg. Has several vegetarian dishes on menu, some seem vegan (need to check). |
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Oostende / Ostend, Izy Coffee Coffebar / lunchroom. With vegan pastry and some vegan lunch options. SEE IG POST |
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Oostende/Ostend, Jilles Burgerbar (there’s also one in Bruges and Ghent). On Beach promenade, near Casino Kursaal. Update 2019: seperate vegan menu available! With four vegan burgers, vegan nachos, shared vegan platter, kids menu, vegan dessert. Sweet potato fries are baked in 100% vegetable oil (mail 2019/04). REVIEW |
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Oostende/Ostend, KNAPP – CLOSED 2021 Konterdam (zandvoordesteenweg). Has one vegan lunch option standardly available (vegetables with quinoa). Other dishes can be veganised on request. |
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Oostende / Ostend, La Vie City center, near harbour. ‘The red curry and fajita can be made vegan, we also have vegan/glutenfree pasta, papadums & vegan sushi’ (mail 2018/07). Been here twice so far, liked it a lot! REVIEW |
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Oostende / Ostend, Le Touquet Tea room/brasserie on the beach promenade (not far from the main shopping street): vegan snacks (croques, pancakes, etc) standardly available. Visited in Fall 2016. Disappointed. Croques served with non-vegan prepackaged sauce (despite being served as ‘yes they are vegan‘). REVIEW |
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Oostende/Ostend, Marhaba – CLOSED 2018 Middle Eastern – Mediterreanan style, in the east side of the city center (Visserskwartier). ‘tajine with olives vegetables, tajine with vegetables and grapes, or plumps, almonds and vegetables‘ (mail 2016/10) |
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Oostende/ Ostend, Marina Gastronomic, Oosteroever. ‘Yes we are prepared to make a vegan menu. Request it 1 week in advance’ (mail 2019/07) |
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Oostende/ Ostend, Mamacita On beach promenade. Only takeway and delivery. Website mentions one vegan wrap with hummus. |
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Oostende/Ostend, Namastee Tandoori – CLOSED 2018 Nepalese and Indian. The vegetarian dishes are vegan or can easily be veganised (mail 2017/10) |
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Oostende/ Ostend, Nauti – CLOSED Lunch bar, city center not far from Casino Kursaal. Two vegan options standardly available. Pasta Cumin, pasta curcuma (ask without honey). Soup of the day mostly vegan too. UPDATE 2020: no longer serving food. Clothes shop. |
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Oostende / Ostend, Ohana PokéBowls Groentenmarkt. Compose your own bowl (with tofu option) or choose the vegan one from menu. REVIEW |
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Oostende/ Ostend, Onno Pizza place. Near beach promenade. One vegan pizza standardly available, with vegan cheese, fafafel, eggplant, hummus, etc. (16€). |
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Oostende/ Ostend, Organic Vision Organic restaurant, in city center with vegan options. Vegan plat du jour and sugar free and gluten free desserts. Same chef/owner who previously had vegan restaurant De Graankorrel. We like it! REVIEW |
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Oostende/Ostend, Ostend Queen – CLOSED end 2017 Gastronomical restaurant. In the Kursaal, on the top floor, overviewing the sea and the beach promenade. Vegan menu standardly available, according to this FB post! UPDATE Feb 2017: From now on, Ostend Queen only accepts reservations for groups of min 25. On the same location (in Kursaal) is restaurant Agua del Mar (see above), same chef, with vegan options. |
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Oostende / Ostend, Pizza en Pasta Poppy’s 2017/08: Pizza with vegetables, without cheese, crust is vegan – . Pasta contains egg though. Possibly more vegan options in future (mail 2017/08). Visited in Summer 2018. Nice pizza, loads of vegetables, missed some vegan cheese though REVIEW UPDATE 2020/01: several reports on social media that the pizza crust is NOT vegan. I tried verifying with the restaurant (mail & phone) but got no reply. |
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Oostende / Ostend, Sanseveria Bagelsalon – CLOSED 2020 The other (original) Sanseveria Bagelsalon is in Bruges. Small place. Breakfast and lunch. Vegan options – or veganisable – are labelled (two bagels, one salad). REVIEW |
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Oostende/Ostend, Sassy’s – CLOSED – now shop Pizza & pasta bar, vintage, vegan options on the menu, outside of city center (Stene), main dishes 10-15€. Been here a dozen times over the years, always for lunch. Pizzas are nice, we don’t fancy the pastas, nor the pastry. Sometimes very slow service. |
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Oostende, Ostend, Taste of India Several vegan options clearly indicated on menu. On beach promenade (near ‘klein strand’). |
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Oostende, Ostend, Thee met een verhaal – CLOSED 2020 Tea house, vegan pie available. Great selection of teas. Near Casino Kursaal. REVIEW |
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Oostende/Ostend, Toi, Moi et la Mer More gastronomic. ‘No problem to make vegan menu. Request it two days in advance’ (mail 2018/07). We were here for lunch. REVIEW |
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Oostende/Ostend, Upstairs Streetwise Kitchen City center. Bar/restaurant from Upstairs hotel. Snacks, burgers etc. Has several vegan labelled options on menu (vegan burger, falafel, pitta, garlic bread). UPDATE 2019: no longer restaurant, only hotel |
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Oostende/Ostend, Yak Tibetaans restaurant (previously Sneeuw Tearoom), On the beach promenade. Menu lists vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Check for vegan. REVIEW |
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Oostkamp, Boldershof Large venue for weddings, etc. Also restaurant. ‘Yes, we can provide something vegan, preferably ask it two days in advance. Otherwise we can also serve a salad‘ (mail 2020/08) |
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Oostkamp, Gelato Queen Ice cream salon. Several vegan flavour available. REVIEW |
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Oostkamp, Pasta Puur Vegetarian lunch restaurant, also take away. Nice bright place. Cheap. Would love to see some more vegan options though. REVIEW + IG post of lovely take-away! |
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Roeselare, Boury Michelin*, vegan menu possible (mail 2013/12), not on Saturday evening, menu 95€ (supplement for lunch bc of special request). Request in advance. |
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Roeselare, De Peuzelaere Pub style resto, Traditional Flemish dishes (meaning: lots of meat). Two vegan dishes standardly available (labelled on menu: vegan grill sausage, vegan burger (16€). Opening mid June 2018. |
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Roeselare, Domino’s Pizza American pizzeria chain with also several locations in Belgium. Take away and delivery. Limited seating. Offers vegan cheese. Two vegan pizza’s: vegan margaritha & vegan spicey. (since May 2018) |
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Roeselare, Flooh’s Homemade Burger Burgerbar, 1 vegan burger standardly available, 2 others can be veganised + several vegan sauces standardly available, and other vegan side dishes too. Fries (in several varieties) are baked in plant oil. (mail 2017/08). We had a lovely lunch. Recommended! REVIEW |
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Roeselare, Hummus the Original Middle Eastern style. Several vegan options standardly available falafel, hummus, foel. Special vegan menu for vegans coming soon (mail 2017/07). |
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Roeselare, Mister Spaghetti , Chain, several locations in Belgium. Menu on website mentions 3 vegan dishes (filter vegan). |
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Roeselare, Noorderhuis Mexican restaurant. Vegan options mentioned on their website. Went here for a Sunday lunch. 25€ for lunch menu (starter + main + coffee or tea). Loved it! Great value for money. REVIEW |
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Roeselare, Saladette Salad bar. Menu options change daily, and there is always something possible (mail 2017/10) |
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Roeselare, Tina’s Coffee/tea house, with pastry, light lunch. Tomatosoup is always vegan. Brownies and banana cake are always vegan. Vegan quiche. (mail 2017/10) |
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Roeselare, ‘t Orakel Greek restaurant, vegan menu mentioned on website (moussaka, stuffed eggplant). |
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Ruiselede, Charbon More gastronomic. ‘We are vegan friendly. Just mention it when making the reservation’ (mail 2018/07) |
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Tielt, Lemon Grass – CLOSED 2017 Indonesian restaurant, with several vegetable dishes on the menu. REVIEW |
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Torhout, El Gato Negro Spanish music and tapas bar. Vegetarian dish which can be veganised. Preferably ask it in advance (mail 2017/10). |
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Torhout, Pizza Break Pizza place. Has one vegan pizza standardly availble (with vegan cheese). REVIEW |
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Waregem, De Postelein – CLOSED FALL 2016 Organic restaurant. Vegan dishes standard available, and if you ask in advance, the plat du jour can be veganised. Never got here yet, bc it always seems to be closed when we want to go! Main dishes 18-20€. |
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Westende, Da Vinci Traditional sea-side restaurant. One vegan option standardly available: vegan vol-au-vent. Fries are baked in plantbased oil. Salad with vegan chick-pieces also possible (mail 2020/07). |
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Zedelgem, Hertog Jan – CLOSED DEC 2018 Gastronomical, Michelin***, menus from 100€ to 200€. Vegan possible, if it requires special ingredients +25€. Request upon making the reservation. If someone wants to sponsor us, so we can go check it out, let us know! 😉 |
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Zedelgem, La Brasserie Traditional brasserie with several vegan options standardly available: vegan spaghetti, burger, lasagne, vegan milkshakes, icecream, … REVIEW |
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Zedelgem, Plan B Take away, open 24/7, with vegan dishes and desserts. From Hashtag Food (Brugge). Love it! REVIEW |
EASTERN FLANDERS
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Aalst, Bistro Denderend Lekker Has several vegan options standardly available, like cheeze croquettes, vegan vol-au-vent and also vegan desserts. REVIEW |
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Aalst, Ellis Gourmet Burger Burger restaurant (chain). Vegan burger “beet the roots.” Additionally you could ask to omit yoghurt sauce on the sunny fresh carrot burger or omit mayonnaise and goat cheese on the portobello burger to make them vegan. Since January 2019 also serving the Beyond Meat burger. |
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Aalst, Mister Spaghetti. Chain of restaurants with several locations in Belgium. Menu on website mentions 3 vegan dishes (filter vegan). |
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Aalter, ‘t Vijfde seizoen Willing to make a vegan menu, request it when making the reservation (mail 2016/05). It was fantastic! One of our best gastronomic experiences! REVIEW. REVIEW2 REVIEW3 (from take away menu) |
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Adegem (Maldegem), Dorp 56 ‘Yes, we can provide something vegan. Just let us know in advance‘ (mail 2018/04) |
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Adegem (Maldegem) Pasta La Vista ‘the pasta can contain traces of egg, but we have a glutenfree option. The Thai Red curry saus is vegan’. (mail 2018/07) |
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Bazel, Hofke van Bazel near Sint-Niklaas, Gastronomic. Vegetarian menu standardly available, veganised upon request (when making reservation) (mail 2017/08). |
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Brakel, De Vijf Seizoenen near Geraardsbergen, Gastronomic. Vegan menu is possible, if you ask it a week in advance (mail 2018/01) |
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Deurle, Markies de Salade – CLOSED end 2018 (near Ghent) Vegan restaurant, opened in Fall 2015. We went here for our 26th anniversary and had a nice dinner. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Amatsu Japanese restaurant, city center. Vegetarian menu, which can easlily be veganised. We had a nice dinner. REVIEW |
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Gent, Avalon – CLOSED Summer 2017 Everything is vegan (except for milk with coffee). Organic. Only open for lunch. Gastro dinners every first weekend of the month. Plat du jour and other dishes, 15-16€. Nice terrace in the back. Been here dozens of times over the years. Recommended. |
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Gent / Ghent, Bar Italiano – CLOSED 2018 Italian place with some vegan options or vegetarian items which can be veganised. Vegan icecream! Very friendly and happy to check for ingredients. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, BEO Versbar – is now ‘Knol & Kool’ Vegan breakfast/ lunchbar (inside an organic shop – the shop is not vegan though). Shop has waste free containers with nuts, seeds, etc. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, De Fobie There does not appear to be anything vegan on the menu, but they are willing to make a vegan menu, when requested a couple of days in advance. The website mentions Ann (owner) is specifically interested in vegan cuisine (and she is vegan herself, mail 2015/01). |
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Gent / Ghent, Epiphany’s kitchen All dishes are vegan and gluten free. Possibility to add non-vegan extras to the dishes. Instagram worthy setting 😉 We had lunch. REVIEW |
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Gent/ Ghent, Foodstorms- CLOSED Pop-up on different locations. Gastronomic dinners. 50 euro for 5 course dinner. REVIEW |
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Gent/ Ghent, Full Circle Coffee Vegan coffee and tea house with vegan pastry. Near ‘t Zuid. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Hawaiian Poke Bowl Chain BE, two vegan bowls standardly available, or make your own (with tempeh). Healthy and fresh. Love it. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Karbon We were here on the day it opened (Oct 2020). Nice pie from Chez Mariette. REVIEW |
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Gent/ Ghent, Komkommertijd – CLOSED Vegan restaurant, all you can eat buffet for 13,50€ or 16€ (dinner & WE). Also take away. Make a reservation! Recommended. REVIEW |
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Gent/ Ghent, Le Botaniste Vegan bistro/fastfood (self service). From the same founder as Le Pain Quotidien. Nice but not overwhelming. Uncomfortable seatings and very crowed atmosphere REVIEW1 and REVIEW 2 |
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Gent / Ghent, Lekker GEC Vegetarian restaurant. Self service, vegan buffet, you pay according to the weight on your plate. Next to Sint Pieters train station (update 2017: moved!!). Been here several times over the years. Quality varies from visit to visit. |
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Gent / Ghent, Lof Stylish restaurant. More gastronomical. Vegetarian menu which is made vegan upon request. Liked it, although some minor hicups (no vegan bread, made a non vegan cappucino, looooong wait for the tea and coffee) REVIEW. Second visit. Food was nice, although same isues. Very chaotic service. REVIEW2 Update Fall 2018: new concept. No longer vegetarian menu standardly available. For vegan: make reservation. Update 2022: vegan menu standardly available |
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Gent / Ghent, Lokaal Vegetarian Tea house, with vegan options. Using mainly local ingredients. It couldn’t really charm us. Great concept, not expensive (main dish 6€), but the execution needs a lot of upgrading and finetuning before we would consider visiting again. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, LUDO Vegan resto/bar in city center, near Vrijdagsmarkt. This was disappointing  REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Madonna Vegetarian restaurant in city centre near Sint-Michiels church. Tapas menu (21€ pp). Some strange combinations. All in all OK dinner. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Mie Vie Near Vrijdagmarkt. Vegan brunch/lunch. Sandwiches, paninis. Nice light lunch. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Mosquito Coast Omni restaurant with one vegan option (some of the veggie dishes can be veganised too). Spacious place. Seitan stew with croquettes was nice. Don’t like the stuffed zebra head on the wall though. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Naturell – CLOSED Sister restaurant of ‘t Aards Paradijs in Nevele. Gastronomic. Nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Otomat Chain (BE) with mainly pizzas. Has 3 vegan pizzas standardly available. We live the dirty vegan and Las vega! REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Panda Organic restaurant: serves fish + vegetarian dishes. It’s been years since I’ve been to this restaurant, used to go here a lot in the nineties! Serves a typical old-school vegetarian Plat du jour, which can be served vegan. Organic shop in front. |
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Gent / Ghent, Pieter-Jan Lint Gastronomic. Opening restaurant in 2021 in Merelebeke. Had a menu at a party REVIEW and take away for Christmas REVIEW2. See Amaranth in Merelbeke |
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Gent / Ghent, Publiek Traditional menu. vegan is possible. Request it when making the reservation (mail 2018/01). |
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Gent / Ghent, Qosy Green No sit down restaurant, but vegan Thai take away and catering. We had a lovely lunch. Great value for money. REVIEW |
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Gent / Ghent, Sin Sin New vegan restaurant at Kouter. Fastfood style. Liked the food, setting not so cosy. REVIEW |
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Gent /Ghent, Soul Kitchen Vegan restaurant near Sint-Anna plein. More fine dining. Sharing dishes. Loved it. REVIEW + REVIEW2 will follow |
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Gent/ Ghent, Volta There seems to be nothing vegan on the menu, but Volta mailed us vegan is possible (2013/12). Want to check it out! |
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Gent / Ghent, Vrijmoed Fine dining. 4 course vegetable menu is 69€ (more courses possible). Vegan is possible, notify when making the reservation (mail 2017/08) |
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Gent, Yasai Vegan catering. Loved it! REVIEW |
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Gent, Zukini – CLOSED Winter 2017 Saladbar in Overpoortstraat. Several vegan options. Vegan pastry. Nice. cheap. REVIEW. |
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Lovendegem, De Baronie There’s nothing vegan on the menu. We were here for a communion feast, and got a nice 3-course menu (requested in advance). REVIEW |
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Maldegem, Little India Indian restaurant, several vegetarian dishes, some are vegan or can be veganised ‘we have several vegan custommers, so that is no problem‘ (mail 2018/07) |
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Nevele, ‘t Aards Paradijs Gastronomic. Vegetable menu is nearly all vegan and can easily be veganised (but advised to request it when making the reservation). Homemade seitan. Mushroom burger, eggplant schnitzel, … (mail 2017/08). 75 euro for multi course menu. One of the best gastronomic dinners we ever had. REVIEW |
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Ronse, Evidemment Vlaamse Ardennen. Lunch bar in renovated church. We had a nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Sint-Niklaas, Grenoble – CLOSED Vegetarian restaurant. One plat du jour. Main dish 10- 11 €. One of the saddest restaurant experiences we ever had 😦 REVIEW |
VLAAMS BRABANT
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Leuven / Louvain, Alfalfa Vegetarian restaurant. We had a nice light lunch. REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Annapurna Indian. Some vegan dishes standardly available, and veggie dishes that can be veganised. Mentioned in a FB group. |
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Leuven/ Louvain, Baracca Italian restaurant. ‘We have some vegan options, but they are limited. We cannot offer a vegan menu‘ (mail 2018/03) |
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Leuven / Louvain, Bistro Piazza Since 2017 renovated and new name: Grand Cafe Industrie. Right opposite the train station. Some vegan options standardly available REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Cafe Entrepot Vegan pumkin lasagne 13€. Mentioned in a FB group. Still need to check it out! |
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Leuven / Louvain, Café Manger Has a vegan option standardly available since August 2017. We were the first to try it out, as we were just in Leuven that day REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Dar Za Vegetarian Plaestinian restaurant. Nice falafels. very friendly. REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Ellis Gourmet Burger Burger restaurant (chain). Vegan burger “beet the roots.” Additionally you could ask to omit yoghurt sauce on the sunny fresh carrot burger or omit mayonnaise and goat cheese on the portobello burger to make them vegan. REVIEW Since January 2019 also serving the Beyond Meat burger. |
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Leuven / Louvain, Greenway Vegetarian fast food restaurant. Vegan options clearly indicated. City center. Been here several times over the years. Nice. REVIEW & REVIEW2 Visit in 2018, tasted the Beyond Meat burger. REVIEW3 |
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Leuven / Louvain, Hawaiian Poké Bowl Chain with several locations in BE. Great healthy food, lots of plastic though. REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Het Strand Vegetarian with vegan options. Opened end 2017. REVIEW, REVIEW2 . |
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Leuven / Louvain, House of Lalibela Ethiopian restaurant. Vegan standardly available. 40 euro for shared platter for two. Very friendly place. It was good, but overall a bit monotone flavours. REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Karamna – Dec 2019 CLOSED Lebanese. ‘You can have all the cold appetizers except number 5. From warm appetizers you can have number 12,13,16,17,21,23,25 (mail 2017/07). We were here for dinner, loved the food! REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Kingslize Part of pizzachain with several location in Belgium. Vegan pizzas standardly available. REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, La Divina Commedia – CLOSED Italian restaurant, gastronomical. Vegan menu on request (ask at least a week in advance). 3 course menu for 45€. It was nice. REVIEW (visit April 2017). UPDATE: Passed by 2020. restaurant was closed, another business. |
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Leuven / Louvain, Lasagnerie Löven – CLOSED 2020 All kinds of lasagne. One vegan option standardly available (lasagne with lentils) REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Leos Pancakes Tea room/lunch options, with several vegan pancakes. Huge portion! REVIEW |
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Leuven /louvain, Life Bar Vegan breakfast & lunch bistro. We had a nice light lunch. REVIEW . Been here several times, always nice lunch! |
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Leuven / Louvain, Le Pain Quotidien Part of international chain, organic bakery/bistro with several vegan options standardly available. There’s also one in Bruges. Went here for breakfast. REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Lukemieke Vegetarian restaurant. Lunch. Plat du jour can be veganised (the non-vegan items are left out). I once asked whether any of the cakes was vegan, and the waitress replied ‘no, but the cake only contains a little bit of egg!‘. It’s been 10 years since I’ve been here, but it was not my cup of tea. Old school vegetarian plat du jour. |
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Leuven / Louvain, Mykene Several vegan options or vegetarian dishes that can be veganised. We liked it. REVIEW and REVIEW(2) |
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Leuven / Louvain, Noordoever Vegetarian restaurant, opened 2015. Spacious place, north side of town near docks. Buffet, pay per weight. A bit expensive, but we liked it! Been here several times. REVIEW and REVIEW2 |
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Leuven / Louvain, Otomat Part of chain of restaurants serving mainly pizza. Several vegan pizzas standardly available. We like them! REVIEW Been here multiple times! |
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Leuven / Louvain, Palmyra Lebanese Syrian restaurant, with vegan options clearly indicated on menu. Sounds good! |
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Leuven / Louvain, Plant Dragon Vegan coffeeshop with cakes, pastry. Loved it! Nice terrace at the back. Visit several times. REVIEW |
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Leuven, Louvain, Tabi Loo Vegan restaurant, fasfood style. We had a nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Taste More fine dining. Willing to make a fantastic vegan menu, please ask a day in advance (mail 2017/11). 3 course menu 45€. I liked it! REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, Thai House Snack Bar, also take away. Cheaper. Has a seperate veggie menu, of which most seems to be vegan. Still need to check it out! |
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Leuven / Louvain, The Loving Hut Classic – CLOSED JUNE 2018 Vegan restaurant, part of worldwide chain. Small place, nice food, but rather fast food style. Been here a couple of times. OK. Uncomfortable seatings though (update: 2017: the stools have been replaced with chairs! :-). Review of our last visit (March 2017) REVIEW |
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Leuven / Louvain, The Loving Hut Veganerie – CLOSED 2020 Vegan restaurant, part of worldwide chain. Big place, terrace in front. Fast food style: burgers/pizza. Been here a couple of times. Uncomfortable seatings. 3 REVIEWS of Veganerie |
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Leuven / Louvain, The New Holy Cow Indian. Some vegan dishes standardly available and some vegetarian ones can be veganised (mentioned in FB group). |
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Leuven / Louvain, T&Ko – CLOSED 2020 Vegan teahouse. Breakfast and lunch. And cakes! We had a nice light lunch. Some music in the background would be better for the atmosphere though. REVIEW Update: moved to another location (2018 – same street) |
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Leuven / Louvain, Vegaverso – CLOSED Summer 2018 Vegan sandwich bar, lunch. Nice spacious place, lots of homemade breadspreads and vegan desserts! around 7-10€. Recommended! REVIEW and REVIEW2 and REVIEW3 |
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Leuven / Louvain, Zarza Gastronomical. vegetarian menu standardly available, vegan menu on request (make reservation). We loved it! REVIEW |
WAALS BRABANT
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Loving Hut, Louvain la Neuve Vegan restaurant, worldwide chain. Inside shopping mall. Lovely lunch/food, but not so cosy location. REVIEW |
ANTWERP
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Antwerp, Bites and Wines 2020: CLOSED Vegan restaurant open since end of 2014 (no longer vegan since summer of 2018) UPDATE: From April 2017 on: no longer dinner, but only lunch and desserts UPDATE: From Summer of 2018: vegetarian and vegan tapas for dinner. |
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Antwerp, De Broers van Julienne Website states ‘vegetarian kitchen’, but they also serve fish. Vegan dishes standardly available. Main dishes +/- 16€. Been here twice. Disappointing. Lack of understanding of what vegan means and poor service. REVIEW |
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Antwerp, Graanmarkt 13 More gastronomic dining. Standard vegetarian menu available, request vegan when making the reservation. Would love to go here one day! |
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Antwerp, Greenway Vegetarian fast food restaurant (there is also a Greenway in Ghent and Louvain, and in the train station of Brussels). Vegan options clearly indicated. City center, Groenplaats. Spacious place. Been here for vegan cakes. REVIEW and for a quick dinner REVIEW2 |
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Antwerp, Lombardia – CLOSED 2018 Snackbar/fastfood. Called themselves a vegetarian restaurant but also serve meat and fish. Main dishes 12-18€ This was a popular, trendy place, ‘vintage’ look. Not really my style though, too crowded, overpriced, uncomfortable seating and often very unfriendly: Snap! REVIEW |
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Antwerp, Pura Vida Tacos Mexican style vegan restaurant. Loved it! REVIEW |
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Antwerp, Récollets – CLOSED Summer 2019 Vegan restaurant. City center. Nice menu. We had the cheese platter and cheese croquettes (yes, all vegan!). Loved it. REVIEW |
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Antwerp, Rosenobel – CLOSED Often referred to as a ‘vegetarian restaurant’, but it also has some meat dishes (chicken) – but see update. Vegan dishes standardly available, 14-18€ City Center, Cathedral. Nice. REVIEW UPDATE: 2015 CLOSED UPDATE: Fall 2016: reopened! Now buffet style (vegetarian with vegan options) 2022: CLOSED. Plant B now on this location |
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Antwerp, Wild Project – CLOSED Breakfast, brunch/lunch Vegetarian restaurant with vegan options. Lovely light lunch. REVIEW |
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Bornem, Groenendijk Weert Traditional brasserie/restaurant with seperate vegan menu, dishes like stew and vol-au-vegan. REVIEW |
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Brasschaat, B-nut Vegetarian restaurant with clearly labelled vegan options. With waffle like burgers (wurgers) REVIEW |
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Mechelen, Funky Jungle Vegetarian restaurant, vegan options (UPDATE: as from 2017 reportedly fully vegan). At the foot of the Sint-Rombouts cathedral. Open since June 2016. Nice terrace. Light lunch. REVIEW. Nice lunch REVIEW2 |
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Mechelen, Lan Na Thai – CLOSED 2018 Thai restaurant, 5 min walk from market place. Vegan dishes on menu. REVIEW NOTE: apparently uses fish sauce in most vegetarian dishes. So be warned and check and double check! |
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Mechelen, Passade Several vegan options. Tofu thai curry, fried ‘sushi’, superfood salad, pasta or vegan wok. (mail 2019/02) |
LIMBURG
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Bocholt, B&B Dageraad Request vegan when making the reservation. Wonderful breakfast! REVIEW |
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Genk, Honderdprocentmianne – CLOSED 2022 Vegan restaurant near C-Mine. We had a lovely lunch. REVIEW |
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Hasselt, All About Eve – CLOSED Nov 2019 Concept store. Serves vegan dishes, natural and/or vegan cosmetics. Visited in June 2018. Nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Hasselt, De Levensboom Vegan options a la carte. De Levensboom is often labelled a vegetarian restaurant, however they also serve fish (UPDATE: since 2014 not anymore!). Great vegan dishes though! We were last here in 2010. |
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Hasselt, Lento Vegan restaurant, gastronomic dining at a very reasonable price! REVIEW |
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Hasselt, Le Pain Quotidien Part of international chain, organic bakery/bistro. There are also two LPQ in in Bruges. With several vegan options standardly available. REVIEW |
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Hasselt, Love and Food – CLOSED Sept 2016 Menu has (next to dishes with fish) vegan options standardly available. New place, opened June 2016, REVIEW |
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Hasselt, Maison Mathis At the canal. Vegan options on menu. Beautiful location, but way overpriced and not friendly REVIEW |
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Hasselt, Vous lé Vous Gastronomical (check openingshours, only Fri and Sat). Vegan menu on request (ask at least on Tuesday before). (mail 2017/08). |
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Leopoldsburg, De Gastvrijheid – CLOSED – now catering Vegan options a la carte, vegetarian menu can be veganised (request when making the reservation, preferably a week in advance). 3 course (32€) or 5 course (42€). We were here in 2013. REVIEW (in Dutch) on my other blog Graswortels. |
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Neeroeteren (Maaseik), PapaPizza& Burger Take away with vegan fastfood (with homemade vegan cheeze). REVIEW |
BRUSSELS
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Brussels, Brewdog Next to central train station. Pub style resto with fast food. Had a hotdog. REVIEW |
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Brussels, Café Caberdouche Close to Cirque Royal. Very limited vegan options. We only went here because there are hardly any other options for vegans in the area. Only a handful of options available for vegans: pickled vegetables and olives. Possibly the nachos (without the cheddar) too. |
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Brussels, Chandigarh Vegetarian Indian restaurant near Cirque Royal. We had a lovely dinner. REVIEW |
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Brussels, Den Theepot Vegan restaurant. Near Bourse. Plat du jour, only open for lunch. Above organic shop. |
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Brussels, EXKi Agora Part of fast food chain Belgium (most Brussels) and some in Lille (France). Also one in train station of Bruges. Some vegan options (soup, salad, sandwich). No vegan desserts (except fresh fruit). Nice lunch. Toilets were very dirty and smelly though. REVIEW |
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Brussels, Fanny Thai Near the Bourse and Concert Hall AB. Bad experience. Oyster sauce in dish listed as vegetarian. We will not visit again! REVIEW |
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Brussels, Greenway Bruxelles Midi / Brussel Zuid – CLOSED 2020 Stall in the train station of Brussels Midi/Zuid. Part of chain of vegetarian restaurants and brand of products. Vegan options clearly indicated. Some seating places. REVIEW |
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Brussels, Kokob Ethiopian restaurant in city center. Very friendly, nice food, nice decor, but with traces of cheese on our shared platter. Real bummer. REVIEW |
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Brussels, Les 4 jeudis Vegan restaurant, NE side of town, just outside the city center. Only open for lunch. Plat du jour. Long wait. REVIEW |
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Brussels, Little Asia Well know Asian restaurant in the city center of Brussels. The appetizer was promising and exciting, the main dishes and desserts disappointing (and too expensive) REVIEW |
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Brussels, Moonfood – CLOSED beginning 2019 Vegan restaurant (started as a raw vegan restaurant, but no longer fully raw). Was hoping to go here (Spring 2015), but – despite e-mail them about their opening hours, and getting confirmation they were going to be open … it was closed Went again in Fall 2015. Nice food, nice bright and spacious space. Buffet was disappointing, many dishes were nearly empty (late afternoon) REVIEW |
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Brussels, Otomat Chain of restaurants serving mainly pizza. Several vegan pizzas standardly available. Nice snack before going to a show at the Ancienne Belgique. Love the vegan pizzas! REVIEW |
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Brussels, The Loving Hut Express Vegan food truck, city center near St Michiels and Goedele cathedral. We had a lovely tiramisu. |
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Brussels, The Avocado Show Opened Nov 2018, avocado based restaurant. Near La Bourse (stock market). Spacious, modern, instagram worthy 😉 We had a nice light dinner (more sandwhich snack like). REVIEW |
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Brussels, The Sister In an alley leading to the central Market Square. Vegan options standardly available! Also vegan waffles. We had mixed feelings about the food though and not so friendly. REVIEW |
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Brussels, Veganwaf’ Not really a restaurant. take away vegan waffle place, in Gallery Agora (near central Market) REVIEW |
LIEGE
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Liège, Como en Casa Vegetarian restaurant, opened 2016. We had a very nice lunch! Appetizers and dessert was a bit expensive though (but large portions). Varied and original. Recommended! REVIEW |
OUTSIDE BELGIUM
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Alkmaar (Netherlands), Bagels & Beans Part of a chain on several locations throughout the Netherlands. fastfood brunch style. Vegan options. We liked it. REVIEW |
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Alphen (Netherlands), Bunga Melati Indonesian restaurant, vegan dishes a la carte, vegetarian rice table which can be made vegan, 27,5€. We loved it. (visit in 2013) |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), De Bolhoed – CLOSED 2019 Vegetarian restaurant, with several vegan options. Nice food, nothing culinary special but enjoyable. We liked the terrace in front, so we could have lunch in the sunshine (2013) |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), De Vegetarische Traiteur – CLOSED Snacks (burgers, pita, but also salads). Lots of vegan options. Take away or seated. Cheap. We liked it! REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Eazie At Bijlmer. Had take away before going to a show at Ziggo Dome. REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Golden Temple Indian Vegetarian restaurant, with vegan options. Disappointing. There were very few vegan options. Service was extremely slow and erratic and the place looked dirty. We have had better Indian vegan dishes in regular Indian restaurants than in this place (2013) |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Jinso Loungebar and restaurant. Big place, near the Amsterdam Arena, The Heineken Music Hall and the Ziggo Dome. Vegan dish available. We visited again in 2015, and got the same dish (which is nice). REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Koffie ende Koeck Vegan lunch café place. We had some cakes. It was nice! REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Maoz Muntplein Small vegan take away in the city center/ Nice cheap. But very cold inside (it was freezing!) REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Meatless District – Da Costabuurt. We had a nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Mediamatic ETEN Not far from central train station. Nice view over the water. Vegan pizzas on the terrace! REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Sama Sebo Indonesian restaurant, not far from Rijksmuseum. We didn’t look at the menu, just ordered a vegan ricetabe, and got this. Yummie. We loved it (2013). |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands) Urban Salad Bijlmer Not far from Arena, Ziggo Dome, AFAS music hall, etc Compose your own bowl. Has tempeh. Good. REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Vegan Junk Food Bar Above Vondelpark. All Vegan junk food! Just north of Vondelpark. We loved the food. Bit umcomfy seatings though. REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Vegan Junk Food Bar Downtown location. Great food (pricy though), horrible atmosphere. Uncomfy and inaccessible. REVIEW |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands), Waaghals Vegetarian restaurant, with some vegan options. We visited in 2013. It was OK, but a bit dull, flavourless food, and unfortunately not that many vegan options. |
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Apeldoorn (Netherlands), Schenkers – CLOSED Some vegan options. We had a nice light lunch on the terrace. REVIEW |
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Arnhem (Netherlands), Rawsome – CLOSED June 2019 Vegan rawfood, we had banana icecream on the terrace, REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), Aguaribay Vegetarian restaurant in Poblenou area. We had a sandwich with hummus. REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), Barceloneta Vegan tapas bar in harbour area. Nice cocktails and tapas (albeit on the expensive side). We didn’t fancy the atmposphere very much. REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalunya/Spain), Dolce Pizza y los Veganos Vegetarian pizza restaurant, with many vegan options; Also homemade vegan cheeze. Food really nice. REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), Floripa – CLOSED May 2019 Vegan lunch and Cocktail Bar, we really liked it! Recommended REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), La Raposa Vegan feminist anarchist bookcafe. We didn’t really feel welcome. Nice lunch though. REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), La Trocadero Vegan bar, near Sagrada Familia. Fastfood. Nice! Cheap! REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), Nabucco Obrador Light lunch, take away. REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), Rasoterra Vegetarian restaurant with vegan options, old city center. We loved it. Recommended! REVIEW and second visit REVIEW2 |
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Barcelona (Catalunya / Spain), Roots & Rolls Vegan restaurant, stylish interior, relaxed atmosphere. Nice food and beautifully presented. We liked it! REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), Teresa Carles Well known vegetarian restaurant. We were somewhat disappointed. Food was not really spectacular and service was so rushed and somewhat chaotic. REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), Vegetalia Born Vegetarian restaurant in old city center. A bit underwhelmed. REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), The Green Spot Vegetarian restaurant with vegan options. Trendy place. Near the harbour. We liked it! REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), Veggieburger by Biocenter – CLOSED Vegetarian restaurant with vegan options. One of the best burgers we ever had! Near Poblenou district. REVIEW |
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Barcelona (Catalanuya / Spain), Vegesana Vegetarian restaurant (nearly all vegan). Near place de Catalunya. Asian style lots of faux eats. Big portions. More fast food style. REVIEW |
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Bielefeld (Germany), Veggie Delicious Asian style vegan restaurant. Lots of mock meats. Very heavy on the sauce. REVIEW |
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Breda (the Netherlands), Bali James Indonesian restaurant. Vegetarian rice table can be veganised. But that meant leaving out two dishes and just replcaing with the same. Good, but we’ve had better. REVIEW. |
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Brighton (UK), Food for Friends Although one of the oldest vegetarian places in Brighton, we had a very disappoiting experience. Service was slow and erratic. Seatings were very close to each other and accoustics were bad. Really not a relaxed nor enjoyable dining experience (Summer 2015). REVIEW |
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Brighton (UK), Loving Hut – CLOSED Vegan restaurant, part of worldwide chain. Small place, nice food, but rather fast food style. Nice terrace in front, Vibrant atmosphere. Just across from shop Vegetarian Shoes. REVIEW |
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Brighton (UK), Terre à Terre Vegetarian restaurant with vegan options. More upstyle. One of the best restaurant experiences we ever had. The tapas plate was amazing. On the expensive side though, but worth it! REVIEW |
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Brighton (UK), The Gourmet Girls Pop up restaurant – CLOSED Pop up restaurant at organic shop Fanny’s of Hannover, last occasion was at the end of 2015. We were here in the Summer of 2015 and had a vegan ‘Fish n Chips’ menu. REVIEW |
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Brighton (UK), The Prince George Vegetarian Pub with vegan options. Relaxed. Straightforward pub food. OK. REVIEW |
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Brighton (UK), VBites – CLOSED 2017 Vegan café in city center, relaxed. Nice upstairs seating. We liked it. REVIEW |
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Cadzand (Netherlands), Pure-C Bistro-bar, vegan menu possible, request in advance, when making the reservation, 42,5€ (3 course) or 67,5€ (5 course). |
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Delft (Netherlands), Wildgroei Vegan lunchroom. We had a nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Den Bosch (Netherlands), Bagels & Beans Part of a chain on several locations throughout the Netherlands. Fastfood brunch style. Vegan options. We liked it. REVIEW |
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Den Bosch (Netherlands), Bandung Indonesian restaurant. We had a vegan ricetable. Great variety of dishes. REVIEW |
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Den Haag (Netherlands), De Vegetarische Slager – CLOSED 2020 Vegetarian ‘butcher’ restaurant (with products from De Vegetarische Slager). Most dishes vegan. Was here for lunch. REVIEW |
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Den Haag (Netherlands), Hortus Vegetarian restaurant (mainly vegan). Was here for lunch. Very nice! REVIEW |
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Dudelange (Luxembourg), Rucolino Vegan restaurant. Nice lunch / Wanted to go here again for lunch. Arrived a bit before 2pm, although website & FB state they are open till 2.30 pm, + although there were still many people inside eating, they said w couldn’t have lunch anymore. Really disappointed. I could understand if they would have said to just order one dish, but nothing at all? REVIEW |
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Ede (Netherlands), Rode Peper & Basilicum Some vegan options on menu. Clearly labelled. We had a really lovely dinner. The homemade vegan magnum was heavenly! REVIEW |
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Eindhoven (Netherlands), Bar Bistro Calypso Vegan restaurant. We had a nice lunch REVIEW |
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Eindhoven (Netherlands), Poke Bowl Original Part of chain. Vegan bowls or compose your own. We had a nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Eindhoven (Netherlands), Vegan Heroes Vegan fastfood restaurant. Had a nice lunch. REVIEW will follow |
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Enschede (Netherlands), Foodbar Rauw Vegan restaurant in Twentsche Foodhall. Food okish, but not so relaxed atmosphere and long wait. REVIEW |
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Enschede (Netherlands), Zoetekauw Vegan dessertbar, inside Twentsche Food Hall. Nice dessert. |
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Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), Origami Every year in Sept, Esch-sur-Alzette hosts the International Animal Rights Conference. This Japanese resto has an extensive seperate vegan menu. Liked the food, service was unfriendly. REVIEW |
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Esch-sur-Alzette – Belval (Luxembourg), Beet vegan restaurant. Okish food. Nice spacious location. REVIEW |
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Goes (Netherlands, Zeeland), Jardin Brunch & lunch café. Some vegan options. Small cosy place. REVIEW |
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Goes (Netherlands, Zeeland), Slot Oostende Traditional restaurant with seperate vegan section on menu. Liked it a lot! REVIEW |
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Haarlem (Netherlands), Bij Lima Vegetarian breakfast/lunch room. Had a light lunch. Ok, but was not so good as the bowls in poke bowl places REVIEW to follow. |
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Haarlem (Netherlands), De Lachende Javaan Indonesian restaurant. Very busy. Vegetarian rice table which is made vegan upon request. REVIEW |
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Haarlem (Netherlands), Erawan Thai Thai restaurant in city center, vegetarian dishes available, of which most seem to be vegan. Served with prawn crackers. Left us with doubts whether it was vegan. REVIEW |
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Haarlem (Netherlands), Flamboyant Indonesian restaurant. Vegetarian rice table which is made vegan upon request. REVIEW |
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Haarlem (Netherlands), Mama Gaia Vegan restaurant on the edge of city. Lovey place. Had a nice relaxed lunch. REVIEW |
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Haarlem (Netherlands), New Vegas Vegan restaurant in center, very hipster – and very mixed feelings. Petrol heaters on terrace in Summer?? REVIEW will follow |
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Hannover (Germany), Hiller Oldest vegetarian (now vegan) resto in Germany. Traditional food. REVIEW |
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Hannover (Germany), Ma’loa Poké Bowl Had take away. Was OK. REVIEW |
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Hannover (Germany), Vegan Village Vegan restaurant, pay what you want. REVIEW |
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Hilversum (Netherlands), Warung Adinda Indonesian restaurant. We had a rice table. Good, but we’ve had better. REVIEW |
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Hilversum (Netherlands), Your Coffee Coffee lunch bar, with large outdoor seating. We had a lovely light lunch. REVIEW |
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Hoek van Holland (Netherlands), Pele Surf Shack First vegan beach tent of the Netherlands! REVIEW |
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Köln / Cologne (Germany), Sattgrün Mitte (Kolumba Viertel) Vegan restaurant in city center. Buffet style. Loved it! Bit crowded inside though. REVIEW |
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Köln / Cologne (Germany), Sattgrün MitteNeumarkt – CLOSED Vegan buffet. We liked this location better that Mitte. REVIEW will follow. |
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Köln / Cologne (Germany), TO 80 Vegan Vegan Vietnamese restaurant at edge of city. Nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Leiden (Netherlands), Het Slachthuis – CLOSED 2023 Vegan restaurant in renovated flour/meal fabric. we had a nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Leiden (Netherlands), Logica Vegetarian restaurant, city center. Nice decor, but culinairy underwhelming. REVIEW |
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Leiden (Netherlands), Toko Bunga Mas Indonesian restaurant, also take-away, lots of vegan options. We ordered a vegan rice table take-away. We loved it! REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Black Cat Vegan cafe in Hackney (east London). Workers cooperative. Nice lunch. Cheap. REVIEW |
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London (UK), By Chloe – CLOSED 2020 Vegan restaurant in Theater district. Was way too hipster millenial for us. Overpriced fast food. REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Dough Society – CLOSED SUMMER 2018 Vegan donut cafe in Hackney (east London). Nice. REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Farmacy Vegetetarian restaurant in Westbourne Green (north west of Hyde Park, near Notting Hill). Nearly all vegan. Nice, although a bit overhyped (expensive!). REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Manna Vegan restaurant, near Primrose hill (lovely view on the city!). Very nice dinner. We loved it! REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Mildreds at Soho Vegetarian resaturant on 4 locations in London. Vegan options clearly indcated. The food was OK, but the crowded and busy atmosphere killed it. Nope! REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Nama Foods – CLOSED March 2018 Raw vegan restaurant. Bright place. We loved it. Really great food and nicely presented. Lovely staff. REVIEW |
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London, Pret a Manger, International chain. On site or take away. Vegan options labelled. Also a veggie Pret a manger. Nice sandwiches and wraps! REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Redemption Vegan restaurant, bistro style. Bright spacious place. relaxed. No alcohol. Sugar free. Nice light lunch. All in all very cheap. REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Tai Buffet All you can eat vegan buffet. Near Shepherd(s Bush. The place is packed and the food (and the floor) is a bit (well, more than a bit …) greasy, but it is super cheap! REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), The Gate – Islington Gastronomic vegetarian restaurant (has 3 locations). Went here for dinner, during our weekend in London for VegfestUK (nov 2018). Nice dinner. REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), The Gate – Marylebone Gastronomic vegetarian restaurant (has 3 locations). We went to the one in Marylebone, just above Hyde Park. Loved it. REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Tibits Bankside Vegetarian restaurant near Tate Modern and millenium bridge. Buffet. Pay per weight. Nice food. Spacious place. On the expensive side. Pity it’s not standardly accessibly. And didn’t appreciate the snarky comment. REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Vanilla Black Gastronomical vegetarian restaurant, more expensive. Vegan menu, vegan wine list. We liked it! REVIEW Visited again in 2018 REVIEW 2 |
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London (United Kingdom), Vburger Vegan fastfoodstall at Camden Market. Nice! REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), 222Vegan Vegan buffet. Out of city center. Near vegan shop Greenbay. Very cheap. Crowded little place. REVIEW. |
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London (UK), Wasabi sushi Near the O2, nice take away. REVIEW |
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London (United Kingdom), Wulf & Lamb Vegan restaurant in Knightsbridge (between Hyde park & Thames river). We went here twice! Loved it! REVIEW. |
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Luxembourg city (Lux), Rawdish Small fastfood style bar, with healthy foods, many vegan. Had some nice desserts. |
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Luxembourg city, The Tube Bar Vegan fast food pizzas. Nice terras, but food not really my thing. REVIEW |
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Maastricht (Netherlands), Bancale 61 Pizza place. Traditional woodfire oven. Several vegan pizzas with homemade vegan cheese. Loved it. Uncomfy seatings though. REVIEW |
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Maastricht (Netherlands), Kafethea – CLOSED Vegetarian coffee bar. Has vegan pancakes/cake. All in all: a bit disappointing. We had hoped to find more vegan options in a more relaxed and cleaner setting. REVIEW |
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Maastricht (Netherlands), Kapulaga Indonesian restaurant. Several vegan options standardly available. Vegan ricetable. Loved it! REVIEW and REVIEW2 |
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Maastricht (Netherlands), Local On main square. Veganised traditional dishes like zoervlees. Double check the sauces. REVIEW |
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Maastricht (Netherlands), Loving Hut – CLOSED 2018 Vegan restaurant, world wide chain with many Loving Hut restaurants, lots of mock meats, no alcohol. Just outside the city center. Nice to have so much variation to choose from. Dishes were very heavy with sauce though (2013). Visited again June 2018, just before it closed (due to retirement of owner). REVIEW |
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Maastricht (Netherlands), The Lab – CLOSED Pub. Tempeh burger, which was just sliced tempeh in a bun. Vegan bowl. Rude service. And very dirty toilets. Will definitely not visit again. REVIEW. |
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Metz (France), EVE- Muse – CLOSED end 2022 Vegan resturant at edge of city – near Museum. We had a nice lunch REVIEW |
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Maidstone (United Kingdom), Fortify Café – CLOSED Vegan café. We had a nice lunch here on our route to Brighton. REVIEW |
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Middelburg (Netherlands), Imagine – CLOSED Vegetarian organic restaurant. Visit in Summer of 2018. Nice lunch although some strange combinations. REVIEW |
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Middelburg (the Netherlands), Stoom – CLOSED 2020 😦 Station diner (railway). Plenty of vegan options, cleary indicated. We loved it! Charming vintage interior. REVIEW |
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Middelburg (the Netherlands), Vriendschap Café restaurant, separate lunch/dinner menu. Has some vegan items, like salad with avocado and grapefruit and noodles salad with shiitakes and peanuts. |
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Nijmegen (the Netherlands), Veggie Galore Vegan Creole restaurant in city center. Lovely food, friendly service. We liked it a lot! REVIEW |
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Oostburg (Netherlands), Het Stadhuis Restaurant, coffeehouse, vegetarian always available, vegan upon request. Recommended. We liked it. Good value for money and knowledgeable about ingredients. REVIEW and REVIEW(2) |
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Otterlo (Netherlands), Cèpes Gastronomic. Near Nature reserve De Hoge Veluwe. Part of hotel De Sterrenberg. We had a lovely gastronomic dinner. Very fair price. REVIEW |
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Paris (France), Brasserie 2ème Art Vegan bistro. Straightforward nononsense fastfood style. Near Louvre/Pompidou. REVIEW |
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Paris (France), BrEAThe Vegan asian style restaurant. Ok food, but not so friendly, and very close together. REVIEW |
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Paris (France), Gentle Gourmet – CLOSED Vegan restaurant, gastronomic. Loved the food. But a bit overpriced. REVIEW |
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Paris (France), Le Potager du Marais Vegan restaurant, small place, vegan versions of more traditional dishes. We liked it. REVIEW |
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Paris (France), Season Square Vegan fastfood place. Near Bibiothèque National and Parc de Bercy. Loved it! Good value for money! REVIEW |
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Paris (France), Theory Vegan burger/fastfood place. Ok lunch, not so cosy. REVIEW |
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Paris (France), VG Pâtisserie Vegan organic pastry shop/bistro. In between cemetery Père Lachaise and Bastille. We loved it! REVIEW |
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Remich (Luxembourg), Ichiban Sushi Vegan sushi on request. Very nice! but not so friendly REVIEW |
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Rotterdam (Netherlands), Gare du Nord Vegan bistro in old train coach. We were here for lunch. Nice snacks, although limited lunch options. REVIEW |
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Rotterdam (Netherlands), Heavenly Cupcakes Vegan patisserie, also lunch (some sandwiches, Dutch Weedburger). REVIEW |
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Rotterdam (Netherlands), Leaf Vegetarian restaurant (mainly vegan). Lots of variety. Asian style dishes, a lot of ‘mock meats’. Nice! Recommended! REVIEW |
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Texel (Netherlands) – De Koog, De Kroontjes Vegetarian dish, which can be made vegan upon request. 18€. Curry risotto. Not bad, but not very exciting. And a pity they didn’t offer us an appetizer, nor dessert, despite requesting vegan many days in advance. REVIEW |
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Texel (Netherlands) – De Cocksdorp, Opduin Hotel-restaurant, Indonesian ricetable every Saturday evening, which we asked to have a vegan version of when making the reservation. Nice. REVIEW |
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Texel (Netherlands) – Den Hoorn, Paal 9 Beach pavillion, which has the famous Dutch weedburger! 12,50. We loved it! REVIEW |
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Texel (Netherlands) – De Cocksdorp, Taj Mahal Indian restaurant, vegan options – and no problem to veganise dishes. REVIEW |
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The Hague (Netherlands), Hortus Newly opened in 2015. Nice spacious and bright place with also hotel in the building. Vegetarian – nearly all vegan. We loved it. REVIEW |
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Ticheville (France), La Maison de Vert Vegetarian B&B in Normandy, with restaurant open in the evening. We stayed here a couple of days in 2017. Very nice garden, very peaceful, lots of cats. Nice food. REVIEW |
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Tilburg (Netherlands), Gember & Sereh Indonesian restaurant, just around the corner from event venue 13, vegetarian dishes available which can be veganised, 15-17€. REVIEW (WITH OTHER OPTIONS IN TILBURG LISTED IN THE BLOGPOST) |
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Tilburg (Netherlands), Vegan Heroes – CLOSED Vegan fastfood place. Good value for money, really large portions! REVIEW |
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Utrecht (Netherlands), Bagels & Beans Part of a chain on several locations throughout the Netherlands. Fastfood brunch style. Vegan options. We liked it. REVIEW. |
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Utrecht (Netherlands), De Zakkendrager Classic restaurant. No problem making us a vegan menu. Appetizer was promising, main dish a bit disappointing. REVIEW |
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Utrecht (Netherlands), SNCKBR – New Name: WakuWaku – CLOSED Vegan restaurant. We were here for dinner. REVIEW |
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Valkenburg (Netherlands), Pistache Bistro Bar, one vegan option, has vegan labelled wine. Found this place by accident. Mango avocado salad was nice! REVIEW |
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Valkenburg (Netherlands), El Castillo Mexican. Nice food, but very busy place. And didn’t like the live animals in the restaurant room … REVIEW |
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Vienna (Austria), Bio Bar von Antun – CLOSED Vegetarian restaurant, vegan options clearly indicated. Nice terrace in front. In historical city center, and yet a very quiet terrace. We had a nice light lunch. REVIEW UPDATE: new ownership 2017. Now called Palato (non-vegetarian restaurant) |
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Vienna (Austria), Hollerei Vegetarian restaurant. Terrace in front of restaurant (not so comfortable though). We had a nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Vienna (Austria), I Love veggie Burger – CLOSED Vegan fast food Place. Nice terrace in front. We had a nice lunch. REVIEW |
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Vienna (Austria), Landia Vegetarian restaurant, with vegan options. Serves traditional Austrain dishes like Wiener schnitzel and cordon blue, vegan style. A bit underwhelming. REVIEW |
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Vienna (Austria), Tian Vegetarian Michelin* restaurant. Expensive, but well worth it. We had a gastronomical 6 course menu. And no, that’s not an egg in the photo 😉 REVIEW |
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Vienna (Austria), Xu’s Vegetarian Cooking Vegetarian Asian restaurant, lots of mock meats. Although I am no fan of labelling and especially shaping vegan foods as ‘fish’ or ‘chicken’, the food in itself was nice! Very friendly. REVIEW |
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Vlaardingen (Netherlands), Grand Café Nautique Restaurant of Delta Hotel, nice location along river Maas. Some vegan options on menu. REVIEW |
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Weert (Netherlands) Tastou – CLOSED 2022 Just across the Begian border, near Limburg. Lunchroom with standard vegan option. Lovely lunch, original dishes. REVIEW |
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Zoetermeer (Netherlands), Selamat Datang Indonesian restaurant in center of city. No vegan options standardly available, but willing to adapt the vegeterian dishes (although some difficulty explaining what that means). We’ve been here twice. This is the review from our last visit: REVIEW |
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Zoetermeer (Netherlands), Woodstone – CLOSED 2020 Pizza and wine restaurant. Four vegan dishes on menu, clearly lavelled. We liked it a lot. Great food and nice venue. REVIEW |
Not serving vegan or no reply
Restaurants explicitly stating NOT to offer a vegan menu, or which didn’t reply to our inquiries (with distance from Bruges).
We appreciate restaurants taking the time to reply to our request, even if they answer they can’t provide a vegan menu (because it’s not their specialty, because they don’t know how, because it requires too much reorganisation, etc.). Rather they are honest about it, then ending up being served some salad and tomatoes.
It’s a pity though some restaurants don’t reply at all.
| Di Coylde | Beernem, restaurant, mail 2013/11: no. Although a vegan dish was provided during a work lunch REVIEW |
| Den Duyvetoren | Bellem, restaurant, no reply to our e-mails (2014/1) |
| Langue d’Oc | Bissegem, restaurant, mail 2013/11: no |
| L’Exotique | Blankenberge, Thai restaurant, no reply to our mails with request for info (2018/09). |
| Picardie | Blankenberge, several vegetarian dishes on the menu (with quorn, not vegan). ‘We don’t have any dishes that fulfill your wishes’ (mail 2018/07 |
| De Zuidkant | Damme, restaurant, mail 2013/11: no |
| Notarishuys | Diksmuide, restaurant, mail 2014/1: no |
| Paul’s Boutique | Ghent & Kortrijk, burgers and fastfood. Mailed several times (2014 & 2015) to ask whether they have a vegan offer (and whether the buns and sauces are vegan). No reply. Asked on their FBpage, no reply. Asked again 2016, specifically about the bread and sauces: ‘we have vegan burgers, you can get more info at the counter’. Would have appreciated a more conclusive answer, especially since there are several reports from people on social media stating that the buns are not vegan (contain dairy). |
| Bartholomeus | Knokke Heist, restaurant, mail 2013: no |
| Orangerie | Knokke, nor reply to our mails (07/2019 and 08/2020). |
| Frituur Groeninghe | Kortrijk, snackbar, fries and burgers, with a section ‘vegetarian and vegan’. Mailed several times (2015) to ask which items are vegan (and whether the buns and sauces are vegan). No reply. Asked via their FBpage, no reply. 2018 04: several comments on social media about misinformation (‘vegan’ items not being vegan). |
| Funky Food | Kortrijk, saw this mentionned in a FB group. No replies to our e-mails though (2017/12) |
| Kromme Elleboog | Leffinge, vegetarian yes, vegan no (2016) |
| Saeftinghe | Lissewege, no reply to our mails (07 and 08/2020). |
| Spaans Dak | Leuven, ‘we serve vegetarian, but not vegan’ (mail 2017/12) |
| Bistro des Belges | Oostende, no replies to our e-mails (2017/12). |
| Bistro Mathilda | Oostende, mail 2014/11: no. Pity, because they do have a vegetarian dish available, and options for vegans are scarce in Ostend |
| Passe Vite | Oostende, mail 2016/05: ‘we are not a vegan restaurant‘. Pity, because they are specialised in Mediterrean dishes (which should be easy to veganise, no?) |
| Pico Bello | Oostende, no reply to our mails (Spring 2017) |
| ‘t Botteltje | Oostende, Beer bistro. Mail 2017/01: ‘we have several vegetarian dishes, for real vegan we refer to Belle de Jour‘. |
| ‘t Groote Huys | Oostende, No: mail 2016/05. |
| Eethuis Transvaal | Ruddervoorde (near Bruges). Vegetarian on reservation, not vegan. There are other specialised establishments for that (mail 2018/04) |
| De Mess | Sijsele, No: mail 2018/03 ‘We work with a ‘mess is more menu’ in which it is impossible to avoid all animal products. Half of it is vegetarian though‘. |
| Barenzo | Westende, No: ‘we don’t serve vegan dishes, we are a grill restaurant‘ (mail 2018/07) |
The Bruges Vegan 
About 15 years ago, I remember visiting a vegetarian restaurant in Gent called Panda. Does it still exist? I also remember visiting Lombardia in Antwerp. Having ordered a vegan meal, I wasn’t aware that some of the burger mixes were of ‘organic’ meat until one of the staff told me. Oh and does the Den Teepot vegetarian cafe/shop in Brussels still exist?
Yes, De Panda still exist! I should add it to the list, thanks. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been there, must go check it out again one of these days.
I can totally understand your comment about Lombardia 😉
Don’t really know about the Theepot. I’m not so familiar with Brussels. I think it’s still there, but will check it out!
As you have listed Amsterdam I’m surprised that you have omitted De Waaghals on Frans Halsstraat. Coincidentally there is (or was the last time I was there) a wholefood shop next door called De Aanzet. It may be the only wholefood shop in Amsterdam that *doesn’t* sell meat. I have to say that from a vegan perspective Rotterdam, Den Haag, Haarlem and Leiden are / were all disappointing; as was Alkmaar though I had no expectations of finding a vegetarian restaurant there. It’s good to know that there is one in Maastricht, there wasn’t when I visited back in 1999.
This list is certainly not exhaustive, but based on personal experiences. But now that you mentioned Waaghals, it reminded me to add a few more restaurants in Amsterdam that we have visited but weren’t in the list yet!
About the Loving Hut in Maastricht: it’s indeed only open since a couple of years!
Thank. You so much for this list. I am planning a trip to this area with my family this summer and am trying to sort out an itinerary. We are a vegetarian family and I often base our travels on where we will be able to find options. I want to go to Bruges but am afraid! Do you have any sense of which cities it will be easier to get by in: Amsterdam. Bruges, Antwerp, Luxembourg, Cologne, Brussels. Thank you!
Hi Jenly, glad you found our blog.
I have no idea about Luxembourg.
I’ve heard and read that Germany/Cologne is ok for vegans, but it’s been ages sinces we’ve been there.
Amsterdam also has a great deal of vegetarian and vegan friendly places.
In Belgium: Brussels is the least veg friendly. Options are scarce, but Antwerp and Bruges (of course 😉 are ok.
You might consider visiting Ghent or Leuven (Louvain), both Uni-cities with a lot of veg options.
Enjoy!