Best Vegan Restaurants in Canterbury
The best vegan restaurants in Canterbury, from a fully plant-based café on Burgate to a cat café where everything on the menu is vegan. This list also covers vegan-friendly places with a separate vegan menu or plenty of clearly marked dishes, and each entry tells you which kind it is. Places are ranked using their Google rating weighted by how many reviews they have. Student tip: Canterbury Tails lists a student discount on weekday bookings on its own website, so keep your student ID handy.
- 8 places, ranked by Google rating
- Open places only, checked every month
- Website and Google Maps for each
- 1
Canterbury Tails Cat Cafe
Canterbury Tails on Mercery Lane is a fully vegan cat café, and it says it was the UK's first fully plant-based one. You book a visit, then eat and drink among a big crew of resident cats. Its website lists a student code for 15% off weekday bookings with a valid student ID.
- 2
Notorious BRG
Notorious BRG on Castle Street is vegan-friendly rather than fully vegan, but every burger on the menu can be made vegan. There is a crispy vegan El Pollo, vegan mac and cheese, and loaded fries that go vegan too. It also runs Notorious VEG, a fully plant-based menu you can order for delivery.
- 3
Olimitzi
Olimitzi on Palace Street is a vegan-friendly Mediterranean kitchen with a strong Greek accent. Its menu clearly marks the vegan dishes, and there are plenty: falafels, gigantes beans, a vegan moussaka, a vegan kefte flatbread and a vegan burger, plus hummus and pitta to share. Takeaway is an option too.
- 4
Café des Amis
Café des Amis on St Dunstan's Street does modern Mexican, and it is vegan-friendly, with a separate vegan menu on its website alongside the main one. Fruit and veg come from Tota in Canterbury, a nice local touch. It is a short walk from Canterbury West station, handy for a big group dinner.
- 5
The Veg Box Cafe
The Veg Box Cafe on Burgate is fully plant-based, so you can order anything without reading the small print. Think breakfast, brunch and lunch, with salads, curries, wraps, soups and daily specials, plus fresh juices and dairy-free lattes. It is dog-friendly, walk-in and close to the cathedral.
- 6
Sekkoya
Sekkoya on St Peter's Street serves Indian street food and family favourites, and it is properly vegan-friendly. The menu marks vegan dishes and vegan options clearly, from onion bhaji, okra fries and Gobi Manchurian to chana masala and tarka daal that can be made vegan. Several of the naans are vegan too.
- 7
Posillipo
Posillipo on The Borough is an Italian restaurant founded in 1994, with sister branches in Broadstairs and Faversham. It is vegan-friendly, with a dedicated vegan menu listed on its Canterbury menu page next to the main one. Handy when your group wants Italian and one of you is plant-based.
- 8
Lady Luck
The Lady Luck on St Peter's Street is a rock 'n' roll bar that takes vegan food seriously. It is vegan-friendly, with a menu that mixes British pub classics with a wide range of vegan and vegetarian choices. There is a secluded courtyard garden for sunny days, and live music in the evenings.
Ranked by Google rating, weighted by the number of reviews so a place with a handful of five-star reviews does not jump the queue. We check the list every month and drop anywhere that has closed.
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