Best Vegetarian Fine Dining in London 2026

Dedicated kitchens versus tasting menus on request

London's meat-free fine dining splits in two. On one side are the dedicated rooms, Plates above all, where the whole menu is plant-based and a vegetarian booking needs no negotiation. On the other are the starred kitchens, Core and A. Wong among them, where the meat-free tasting is a designed alternative that the kitchen runs when you ask at booking rather than an apologetic plate of sides. The distinction matters: a dedicated room guarantees the experience, while the request route opens up some of the best cooking in the country to a vegetarian or vegan diner who plans ahead.

Plates opens the ranking as the Michelin-starred plant kitchen, Pied a Terre follows with its standing vegan menu, and the request-route rooms fill out the rest. Each venue below links to its full review. To range wider, the London dining guide is the starting point, with the best tasting menus worldwide covering the format.

The vegetarian and vegan rooms

Plates

Plant-based tasting · Old Street · one Michelin star

The menu: fully plant-based; eight courses around 109 pounds, eleven around 130 pounds

Plates is the room that rewrote the rules. Kirk Haworth and his sister Keeley opened it near Old Street in Shoreditch, and in early 2025 it became the first fully plant-based restaurant in the UK to win a Michelin star. Haworth spent almost twenty years in starred kitchens before Lyme disease pushed him toward plant cooking, and the technique shows: vegetables are given the gravity usually reserved for protein. The signature menu runs eight courses around 109 pounds or eleven around 130 pounds. This is the table to book when you want a vegan meal that needs no asterisk. Reserve weeks out. A genuine surprise for a London first date.

Pied a Terre

Modern French · Fitzrovia · one Michelin star

The menu: a standing vegan tasting menu with its own vegan drinks pairing

Pied a Terre is the veteran with the vegan answer. David Moore's Charlotte Street restaurant has held at least one Michelin star continuously since 1993, one of the longest unbroken runs in Britain, and it runs a full vegan tasting menu alongside its classic one, complete with a dedicated vegan drinks pairing. That means a plant-based diner gets the same number of courses and the same kitchen as everyone else, not a reduced version. This is the room for an anniversary where one of you eats meat and one does not. Book the vegan tasting when you reserve. Set against the best tasting menus worldwide.

Core by Clare Smyth

Modern British · Notting Hill · three Michelin stars

The menu: a vegetarian version of the tasting prepared on request

Core is the room for the milestone meal. Clare Smyth holds three Michelin stars in Notting Hill, and her kitchen, famous for turning a potato into a signature course, will run a vegetarian version of the tasting to the same standard when a diner asks at booking. The cooking is precise and emotionally pitched, the sort of meal people remember years on, and the meat-free menu is treated as a full menu rather than a courtesy. This is the table for a proposal or a landmark birthday. Book well ahead and request the vegetarian tasting. Worth the occasion for a London anniversary.

A. Wong

Modern Chinese · Victoria · two Michelin stars

The menu: a vegetarian tasting drawing on China's meat-free traditions

A. Wong is the most interesting vegetarian route in the city. Andrew Wong runs the only two-Michelin-star Chinese restaurant outside Asia, near Victoria, and his "Collections of China" tasting travels the country's regions province by province. Chinese cooking has a deep vegetarian tradition, much of it rooted in Buddhist temple kitchens, which gives Wong far more to draw on than a Western tasting menu, from mapo tofu to mushroom and vegetable dim sum. A vegetarian version of the tasting is built for diners who ask. This is the table for a vegetarian who wants range, not restraint. Reserve ahead and request the menu. Pair it with the best tasting menus worldwide.

The Clove Club

Modern British · Shoreditch · one Michelin star

The menu: a full vegetarian tasting on request in the old town hall

The Clove Club is the Shoreditch standard-bearer. Isaac McHale has held a Michelin star since 2014 in the old council chamber of Shoreditch Town Hall, and the kitchen prepares a complete vegetarian tasting for diners who flag it at booking, built with the same seasonal, ingredient-led approach as the main menu. The blue-tiled room is one of the better-looking dining spaces in the city, and the cooking is confident enough that a meat-free run never reads as a concession. This is the table for a relaxed but serious vegetarian dinner. Book ahead and ask for the vegetarian menu. Compare other cities with vegan fine dining in Rome.

Trivet

Modern European · Bermondsey · two Michelin stars

The menu: a vegetarian tasting, plus the rare option to order a la carte

Trivet is the flexible two-star. Jonny Lake and Isa Bal, who built their partnership running the kitchen and cellar at The Fat Duck, opened their Bermondsey room as the only two-Michelin-star restaurant in London you can order from a la carte. That flexibility extends to a vegetarian tasting prepared on request, and Bal's wine list, one of the most serious in the country, gives a meat-free meal the pairings it deserves. This is the table for a vegetarian who also cares about the cellar. Reserve ahead and request the vegetarian menu. Round it out with the vegan fine dining in Singapore.

Booking a meat-free table

The rule is simple: tell them, and be specific. Plates is plant-based throughout, so a vegan or vegetarian booking needs no special note, but Pied a Terre, Core, A. Wong, The Clove Club and Trivet build the meat-free tasting around the same course count as the standard menu only when the kitchen hears about it in advance. Specify vegetarian or vegan, since a vegan menu rules out the dairy and egg that a vegetarian one allows, and flag it again on arrival. These are small kitchens running fixed menus, so a day or two of notice is the difference between a designed meal and an improvised one. For the occasion, the London first-date guide and the London anniversary guide line up the field.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the best vegetarian or vegan fine dining in London?

Plates is the headline answer: Kirk Haworth's Old Street tasting room became the UK's first fully plant-based restaurant to win a Michelin star in 2025. For a starred kitchen with a dedicated vegan menu alongside its classic one, Pied a Terre in Fitzrovia has held a star since 1993 and runs a full plant-based tasting. Core, A. Wong, The Clove Club and Trivet all build a serious vegetarian tasting on request. Start with the London dining guide.

Does London have a Michelin-starred vegan restaurant?

Yes. Plates, near Old Street in Shoreditch, won a Michelin star in early 2025 and is the UK's first fully plant-based restaurant to do so. Chef Kirk Haworth, who trained in starred kitchens for two decades before turning to plant cooking, runs a signature tasting of eight courses around 109 pounds and eleven around 130 pounds. Pied a Terre is the other starred route, with a vegan tasting menu running beside its omnivore one. Book Plates weeks ahead.

Can top London restaurants do a full vegan or vegetarian tasting menu?

Most will, with notice. Pied a Terre offers a standing vegan tasting menu with its own vegan drinks pairing, and Core by Clare Smyth, A. Wong, The Clove Club and Trivet each prepare a full vegetarian version of the tasting for diners who request it at booking. The difference at this level is that the meat-free menu is designed rather than improvised. Ask when you reserve and confirm whether a vegan, not just vegetarian, version is possible.

How do you request a vegetarian menu at a London Michelin restaurant?

Say so when you book, and specify vegetarian or vegan, since the kitchens treat them differently. Plates is plant-based throughout, so no request is needed, while Pied a Terre, Core, A. Wong, The Clove Club and Trivet build the meat-free tasting around the same number of courses as the standard one when told ahead. Note any dairy or egg lines if you need strict vegan. The London dining guide links each venue's full profile.

Which London vegetarian restaurant is best for a special occasion?

Core by Clare Smyth is the room for a milestone, a three-star Notting Hill kitchen that will run a vegetarian tasting to the same standard as its famous menu. For a first date with a point of difference, Plates pairs a Michelin star with a plant-based menu that surprises even committed carnivores. Pied a Terre suits an anniversary with its long-running pedigree. Pair it with a London first date or anniversary dinner.

Menus, stars and prices checked against each restaurant's published information in June 2026; vegetarian and vegan tastings outside Plates must be arranged with the venue in advance, so confirm the format and any dietary lines when you book. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never changes a ranking or a score.