Best Vegetarian Restaurants in Brighton

Our guide to Brighton’s best vegetarian restaurants and places to eat. Brighton is one of the UK’s most vegetarian and vegan-friendly cities. We’re going to reveal the best places to eat in the city.

Top 5 Vegetarian Restaurants in Brighton

  1. Terre a Terre
  2. Manjus
  3. Smorl’s Houmous
  4. Helm Ston Cafe
  5. Happy Maki

Best Vegetarian Restaurants in Brighton

Brighton’s vegetarian food scene is awesome. Think beetroot falafel wraps and oversized sushi rolls. Vegetarian pub grub and chunky veg burgers. Summer salads and winter bean stews. Luke and I often debate whether it’s time to fill up on vegetarian pho or which of the two falafel places is better. But fights aside, whichever of these vegetarian restaurants in Brighton you eat at, it’ll be good.

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Pompoko (vegetarian friendly)

If you ask a local, they’ll often tell you Pompoko is the cheapest restaurant in Brighton. It’s a popular choice for students and budget eaters. The food here is simple but yummy. For vegetarians, there are white rice bowls with tofu and different sauces. Our favourite is the honey and ginger tofu rice bowl. Eating for under a fiver is easy here with most bowls costing around £4-5.

Google Map: 110 Church St, Brighton BN1 1UD

Milk No Sugar (vegetarian and vegan friendly)

Oddly named, Milk No Sugar, is actually a Vietnamese cafe. It’s close to the train station and a quick-lunch stop. If you happen to walk by on Trafalgar Street you’ll catch a whiff of delicious aromas from here. If you go, have the vegetarian pho and a sweet Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk. It’s definitely one of the best places to eat in Brighton.

Google Map: 68 Trafalgar St, Brighton BN1 4EB

Happy Maki (vegan)

Vegan sushi wraps are Brighton’s newest vegan food innovation. Imagine a burrito, except it’s sushi. It’s a crazy, creative concept but it’s good. There are seven different sushi roll options. We love the rainbow roll with grated beetroot and the Thai sweet potato and coconut roll. The most sustainable sushi there is – because it’s all vegan. Another great place to eat in Brighton!

Google Map: 8 Pool Valley, Brighton BN1 1PN

Best Vegetarian Indian Restaurants in Brighton

Planet India (vegetarian)

This popular, bright pink-painted vegetarian Indian restaurant is packed on weekends. Plates here are large curries and rice. Some of the dishes a very spicy, so check before you order how hot it’ll be.

Google Map: 4 Richmond Parade, Brighton BN2 9PH

Manju’s (vegetarian)

Vegetarian Indian street food in a nice dining setting. The menu features home cooked, family recipes. They’re cooked by Manju, the mother of the family who run the restaurant. When we ate there, we met Manju who came up from the kitchen to say hello to the people eating in the restaurant. Street food items on the menu include pani puri (puri with tamarind and masala) and samosa chaat (samosas with chickpeas).

Google Map: 6 Trafalgar St, Brighton BN1 4EQ

Curry Leaf Cafe (veg-friendly)

The original Curry Leaf Cafe is tucked away in Brighton Lanes. Vintage wood tables, exposed brick walls and bright coloured chairs and murals make for an upbeat surroundings. Though they serve meat, they have a great vegetarian and vegan menu. The cuisine is South Indian street food. Your mouth will be watering at their thali platters, dosas and open naan breads. I love the masala dosa, an Indian rice-flour crepe stuffed with spiced potato.

Google Map: 60 Ship St, Brighton BN1 1AE

Best Falafel in Brighton

We Love Falafel (vegetarian)

Our first taste of falafel in Brighton was at We Love Falafel. Choose from classic, sweet potato or beetroot falafel wraps to go. Expect a wrap chock-full of falafel, salads, hummus and sauce. It’s messy but that’s all part of the fun.

Google Map: 37 Sydney St, North Laine, Brighton BN1 4EP

Smorl’s Houmous (vegan)

This vegan falafel place is in Brighton’s Open Market. It’s up there with the best restaurants in Brighton! It’s a family-run business and they’re obsessed with making great falafel and amazing houmous. I love their falafel salad boxes. Check the Wriggle app for offers here.

Google Map: Unit 33-34 Open Market, Marshall’s Row, Brighton, BN1 4JU

 

FilFil Cafe (vegetarian)

If you want to sit down to get your falafel fix, go for FilFil Cafe. I love the falafel salads and mezze boards, but Luke would say it’s all about the pitta bread. To be honest, it’s all delicious.

Google Map: 21 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UP

What The Pitta! (vegan)

Vegan junk food at its finest. If you want your fix of vegan kebab meat or falafel pittas, What The Pitta is the place. It’s a fast food set up and you’ll have your food in under five minutes. The staff can be overly generous with the sauces so ask them to hold back if you don’t want your pitta leaking yoghurt. Highlight is the freshly made pitta bread.

Google Map: 14 East St, Brighton BN1 1HP

What The Pita - Vegan in Brighton

Best Vegetarian Lunch Cafes in Brighton

Helm Ston Cafe (vegetarian)

Hands down my favourite food in Brighton. Helm Ston is a very tiny vegetarian cafe. It’s Brighton’s best-kept vegetarian secret if you ask me. The highlight is their Indonesian gado-gado, a dish of potatoes in peanut-coconut sauce piled with raw veggies. They have killer fresh ginger juice shots too. This cafe is cash-only.

Google Map: 1B Pelham St, B2119, Brighton BN1 4ER

Iydea (vegetarian)

A little more low-key is the canteen style Iydea. We’ve stopped by this place a few times, but it’s usually too jam-packed to get a table. The one time we did eat lunch here, the food was great but selecting a full lunch from the canteen ended up being pricey. We are a good white bean stew and lots of different salads.

Google Map: 17 Kensington Gardens, Brighton BN1 4AL

Infinity Foods Kitchen (vegetarian)

Infinity Foods Kitchen sits along the road from their shop. I’m a faithful customer of the shop, which is one of the best places to get ethical and natural products. The cafe is good but – like the shop – it’s pricey. Definitely swing by for vegan cake though.

Google Map: 50 Gardner St, North Laines, Brighton BN1 1UN

Best Vegetarian and Vegan Pizza in Brighton

Pizzaface (vegetarian an vegan friendly)

Our local pizza restaurant in Brighton, Pizzaface is a great Friday night takeaway. Chewy pizza bases with a good variety of toppings. Vegans can go cheese-free or opt for a pizza with vegan cheese.

Google Map: 35 St George’s Rd, Brighton BN2 1ED

Purezza (vegan)

Purezza is Brighton’s plant-based, vegan pizza restaurant and it’s awesome. The menu is full of creatively named pizzas like the ‘Pesto Manifesto’ and ‘Just Beet It’ with delicious and unique toppings. Their sourdough pizza bases are matured for at least 48 hours. That means they’re easier to digest than traditional pizza. Their vegan mozzarella is made from brown rice, chickpeas and oil. If you’re into vegan cheese, then their vegan cheese board will blow your taste buds. There’s a cheeky cocktail menu too.

Google Map: 12 St James’s St, Brighton BN2 1RE

Morelli Zorelli (veg-friendly)

Sourdough pizza bases make Morelli Zorelli one of the best pizza restaurants in Brighton and Hove. This is our local pizza place and we love it. They have vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free pizzas.

Google Map: 40 Western Rd, Hove, BN3 1JD

Best Mid-Range Vegetarian Restaurants in Brighton

Food for Friends (vegetarian)

If you’re looking for somewhere a bit special, eat at Food for Friends. This beautiful vegetarian restaurant sits in the South Lanes. The food is 100% homemade and uses local ingredients. Always keen to get a taste of everything, we had a sharing platter. Our favourites were the vegetarian Scotch egg, paprika halloumi bites and raw mango salad. Expect creative, well-presented vegetarian food here.

Google Map: 17-18 Prince Albert St, Brighton BN1 1HF

Terre à Terre (vegetarian)

Incredible, creative vegetarian cuisine. Inspired by flavours from around the world, Terre à Terre’s menu has everything. The food here is delicious. Feast on light and crispy KFC (Korean fried cauliflower). The steamed rice buns with marinated halloumi were the best we’ve ever tasted! But don’t miss the potato rosti with deep green spinach sauce either. For dessert, try the Kulfi ice cream with sweet sticky boondi pops and passionfruit. Don’t miss the amazing cocktail menu and the local Sussex red wine either. Not to mention that the staff and service here is second to none. If you’ve got a date to impress, then Terre à Terre is the best vegetarian restaurant in Brighton. The restaurant has won multiple best restaurant awards.

Google Map: 71 East St, Brighton BN1 1HQ

Best Vegetarian Pubs in Brighton

The Prince George (vegetarian)

Make sure you’re really hungry before you hit The Prince George! This vegetarian pub in Brighton serves up huge portions. Try the sweet potato burger. But beware it comes with an unhealthily sized serving of potato wedges.

Google Map: 5 Trafalgar St, Brighton BN1 4EQ

The Hope and Ruin (vegan)

The place to eat vegan junk food in Brighton. Expect grungy vibes, cheesy chips and vegan kebabs. I’m not that into junk food, but this place gets jam-packed with hot dog eaters on a Friday and Saturday night. We often go for the music and a Club-Mate.

Google Map: 11-12 Queens Rd, Brighton BN1 3WA

Baby Bao @ The Pond (vegetarian and vegan friendly)

Love bao? Us too! Brighton’s Baby Bao street food is served at The Pond. This pub is inside the North Laine and has a friendly, little bit alternative vibe. The steamed buns include two vegan options. We recommend the Tofu Classic – organic tofu, hoisin, peanuts, spring onion and cucumber. Their kimchi is incredible too. The baos are served like tapas, so you can stop by for a snack after a few beers or grab three or four to make a full meal. This is what our Friday nights look like.

Google Map: 49, Gloucester Rd, Brighton BN1 4AQ

Other Vegetarian Restaurants in Brighton

We’ve barely begun our mission to eat all the best vegetarian food in Brighton. But you can bet that we’ve got a list of all the vegetarian restaurants and vegan cafes we’re yet to try in Brighton. If you’ve been, let us know how you like them!

Cafes

  • Green Kitchen Vegan Cafe (vegan)
  • The Longhouse Cafe (vegan)
  • The Almond Tree (vegetarian) – yummy looking veg cafe
  • Wai Kika Moo Kau (vegetarian) – veggie breakfasts and cakes
  • Foodilic (veg-friendly) – healthy salad-oriented choose-your-own buffet

Special Offers for Restaurants in Brighton

Psst! Here’s a local secret. Get yourself the Wriggle app to look up special offers and deals at restaurants in Brighton. Offers include lunch time discounts, 2-for-1 cocktails and brunch deals. I’ve had great Wriggle deals for lunch time at Smorl’s Falafel and for 2-for-1 cocktails at Gung-Ho sustainable cocktail bar.

Brighton Restaurants Wriggle Box and App

 

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