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Best Vegan Restaurants in Berlin 2026
Vegan fine dining, zero-waste & comfort food · Berlin · 7 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026
In early 2026 Bonvivant pulled the last eggs and dairy from its brunch and became one of only about six fully vegan restaurants in the world to hold a Michelin star. That a Schoneberg cocktail bistro could do it, and keep its star and add a Green Star along the way, says everything about Berlin, the city most often named the vegan capital of Europe, with well over a hundred fully plant-based restaurants. The range is the story. At the top is a starred tasting menu and a zero-waste fine-dining room; below it sits vegan German comfort food, vegan Vietnamese and a culture of plant-based bakeries and doner shops the rest of Europe is still catching up to. Berlin vegan runs from a 12-euro bowl to a 100-euro tasting. Ranked here on the cooking, the room and value, with what to order at each.
1.Bonvivant
Berlin's only fully vegan Michelin star, a cocktail bistro turned plant-based; book it for the city's benchmark vegan occasion.
Bonvivant, a cocktail bistro on Goltzstrasse in Schoneberg, is the most important vegan restaurant in the city and one of only a handful of fully vegan Michelin-starred restaurants in the world. It has held a star since 2023 and a Green Star for sustainability since 2025, and in early 2026 it removed the last animal products from its brunch to go fully vegan, sealing its status. The cooking is a refined seasonal tasting built on vegetables, ferments and house techniques, and the signature is its drinks programme: a serious cocktail pairing alongside the wine list, which is rare at this level. The room is intimate and grown-up, the antithesis of the worthy health-food cliche. It is the pick for a vegan dinner that competes with any restaurant in Berlin, plant-based or not. Book one to two weeks ahead and take the cocktail pairing.
Book one to two weeks ahead; the seasonal tasting and the cocktail pairing.
2.FREA
The zero-waste vegan room that composts everything it cannot use; book it for fine dining with a genuine sustainability spine.
FREA, on Torstrasse in Mitte, is the city's reference for zero-waste vegan fine dining, a restaurant built so that what it cannot use is composted on site and returned to its suppliers, closing the loop entirely. The cooking lives up to the concept: a seasonal tasting menu of vegetables and grains, house-baked sourdough, in-house ferments and preserves, plated with real care and a light hand. It is more affordable than the starred tier and just as serious about its ideas, which has made it a destination for diners who want the sustainability to be structural rather than a marketing line. The room is clean and modern, the service warm and informed. It is the pick for a vegan tasting with a conscience and a fair price. Book ahead, especially at weekends, and start with the house sourdough.
Book ahead; the zero-waste tasting, the house-baked sourdough and the seasonal ferments.
3.Lucky Leek
Josita Hartanto's long-running vegan tasting room, a Bib Gourmand not a star; book it for inventive plant cooking at a fair price.
Lucky Leek, on Kollwitzstrasse in Prenzlauer Berg, is one of the longest-running serious vegan restaurants in Berlin, chef Josita Hartanto cooking a multi-course tasting that has built a loyal following over more than a decade. It is worth correcting a common error here: Lucky Leek holds a Bib Gourmand for good cooking at good value, not a Michelin star, and that is exactly its appeal, ambitious, creative plant-based cooking, three to seven courses, at a price well below the starred rooms. The menu is seasonal and inventive, with the kind of technique that converts sceptics, served in a small, warm neighbourhood room. It is the pick for a proper vegan tasting menu without the fine-dining bill. Book ahead at weekends and take the longer menu if you have the appetite.
Book a weekend table; the chef's multi-course tasting, the longer menu if you can.
4.Kopps
The Mitte all-rounder with a cult vegan brunch buffet and an evening menu; go for the weekend brunch that the whole city books.
Kopps, on Linienstrasse in Mitte, is the dependable vegan all-rounder, a comfortable bistro that does two things very well: a popular evening menu and tasting, and one of the best-known vegan brunch buffets in Berlin. The weekend brunch is the calling card, a generous spread of plant-based pastries, spreads, hot dishes and sweets that fills the room and needs booking days ahead. In the evening it shifts into a more composed bistro mode, seasonal vegan plates and a short tasting, neither cheap nor expensive. It is the pick for a relaxed, sociable vegan meal rather than a fine-dining tasting, and the brunch is a genuine Berlin institution. Book the weekend brunch well ahead and arrive hungry; it is a serious spread.
Book the weekend brunch days ahead; the brunch buffet, or the evening seasonal menu.
5.1990 Vegan Living
The cult vegan Vietnamese in Friedrichshain; go for pho chay and summer rolls when you want the best cheap vegan meal in town.
1990 Vegan Living, on Krossener Strasse in Friedrichshain, is the city's favourite vegan Vietnamese, a small, colourful room that has built a cult following for proving that fully plant-based Vietnamese food can be every bit as satisfying as the original. The order is the pho chay, the vegan version of the noodle soup, alongside crisp summer rolls, lemongrass tofu, bun bowls and bao, all bright, herb-forward and cheap. It is busy, casual and reliably good, the kind of place locals return to weekly rather than save for an occasion, and the value is unbeatable for the quality. It is the pick for an everyday vegan meal with real flavour and a small bill. Walk in off-peak or book at busy times; the pho chay and the summer rolls are the order.
Walk in off-peak, book at peak; the pho chay, the summer rolls and lemongrass tofu.
6.Lia's Kitchen
The room doing vegan versions of German comfort classics; go for vegan schnitzel and currywurst when you want plant-based hearty.
Lia's Kitchen is the Berlin room to understand how completely the city has veganised its own comfort food, a relaxed restaurant turning German and central-European classics fully plant-based without losing the heartiness. The menu is the draw: a convincing vegan schnitzel, a vegan currywurst, goulash, spaetzle and other stick-to-the-ribs dishes that German cooking is built on, all done with enough skill that the absence of meat barely registers. It is casual and affordable, the antithesis of austere health food, and a useful answer to anyone who thinks vegan eating means salads. It is the pick for a hearty, familiar meal in plant-based form, especially in colder months. Walk in or book at peak; the vegan schnitzel and the currywurst are the order.
Walk in or book at peak; the vegan schnitzel, the currywurst and a side of spaetzle.
7.Daluma
The daytime organic bowl-and-juice bar on Weinbergsweg; go for a fresh, light plant-based lunch between the bigger meals.
Daluma, on Weinbergsweg in Mitte, is the bright, organic daytime room that anchors the healthier end of Berlin's vegan scene, a bowl-and-juice bar that takes plant-based eating in the wholefood, cold-pressed direction. The format is fresh and fast: grain and vegetable bowls, salads, soups, cold-pressed juices and smoothies, all organic and built for a quick, restorative lunch rather than a long dinner. It is not fine dining and does not pretend to be, but it is one of the best places in the city for a genuinely good, light vegan meal in the middle of the day, which is its own gap to fill. It is the pick for a healthy plant-based lunch or a juice on the go between the bigger meals on this list. Walk in any day; the seasonal bowl and a cold-pressed juice are the order.
Walk in for lunch; a seasonal grain bowl, a soup and a cold-pressed juice.
How Berlin eats vegan
Berlin vegan sorts cleanly by ambition and price, and the city's strength is that it does every tier well. The fine-dining rooms, Michelin-starred Bonvivant and zero-waste FREA, treat plant-based food as serious cooking, seasonal tasting menus at 60 to 100 euros-plus; book ahead. The mid-range, Lucky Leek's Bib Gourmand tasting and Kopps's bistro and famous brunch, runs 40 to 60 euros and is where most visitors should start. The casual tier, 1990 Vegan Living, Lia's Kitchen and Daluma, covers vegan Vietnamese, German comfort food and wholefood bowls at 12 to 25 euros, and is the everyday backbone of the scene. Beyond the restaurants, Berlin's vegan culture runs through its bakeries, donut counters and doner shops, so the plant-based option is rarely more than a street away. Book the tasting rooms and the Kopps brunch; the casual spots run on walk-ins.
Booking divides by tier. Bonvivant, FREA, Lucky Leek and the Kopps brunch need reserving days to weeks ahead; the casual rooms take walk-ins. For the wider city, the Berlin dining guide maps it by neighbourhood and occasion, and the best vegan restaurants worldwide pillar sets Berlin against Los Angeles, London and Tel Aviv.
Where not to look for it
Skip these for serious Berlin vegan
"Vegan options" on a meat-first menu. The standard restaurants that bolt one token vegan dish onto an otherwise animal-heavy menu rarely cook it with care; the plant dish is an afterthought. In a city with over a hundred fully vegan kitchens, eat at one that does nothing else, Bonvivant or FREA for fine dining, 1990 or Lia's Kitchen for casual.
Confusing the famous names. Do not book Lucky Leek expecting a Michelin star (it holds a Bib Gourmand) or Cookies Cream expecting fully vegan (its star is for vegetarian cooking, which still uses dairy). For a guaranteed fully vegan starred meal, only Bonvivant qualifies; compare the global field in the best vegan restaurants worldwide.
Frequently asked
What is the best vegan restaurant in Berlin?
Bonvivant in Schoneberg is the best vegan restaurant in Berlin: a cocktail bistro that has held a Michelin star since 2023 and a Green Star since 2025, and went fully vegan in early 2026, making it one of only a handful of fully vegan Michelin-starred restaurants in the world. For a zero-waste tasting at a gentler price, FREA in Mitte is the other essential booking. Bonvivant for the starred occasion, FREA for the sustainability-led tasting. Book both ahead, one to two weeks for weekends.
Does Berlin have a Michelin-starred vegan restaurant?
Yes. Bonvivant, a cocktail bistro in Schoneberg, has held a Michelin star since 2023 and added a Green Star for sustainability in 2025; after removing the last eggs and dairy from its brunch in early 2026 it became fully vegan, one of only about six fully vegan Michelin-starred restaurants worldwide. Note that Lucky Leek, often described as starred, in fact holds a Bib Gourmand rather than a star, and Cookies Cream's Michelin star is for vegetarian rather than fully vegan cooking. For a guaranteed fully vegan starred meal in Berlin, Bonvivant is the one.
Why is Berlin so good for vegans?
Berlin is regularly ranked among the world's top vegan cities, alongside Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and London, with well over a hundred fully vegan restaurants and many more vegetarian ones. The scene runs the full range: Michelin-starred fine dining at Bonvivant, zero-waste tasting menus at FREA, vegan takes on German comfort food at Lia's Kitchen, vegan Vietnamese at 1990 Vegan Living, and a citywide culture of vegan bakeries, doner shops and donut counters. The breadth is the point, you can eat vegan here at every price and in every style, which few cities can claim.
How much do vegan restaurants cost in Berlin?
It spans a wide band. The casual rooms, 1990 Vegan Living, Lia's Kitchen and Daluma, run roughly 12 to 25 euros a head for a bowl, a Vietnamese noodle dish or vegan comfort food. Kopps sits in the middle, with a popular weekend brunch buffet and an evening tasting around 40 to 55 euros. The fine-dining tier is higher: FREA's zero-waste tasting is roughly 60 to 80 euros, and Bonvivant, the Michelin-starred room, is the priciest at 100 euros-plus for the menu before its cocktail or wine pairing. Set the budget first; the gap is large.
What vegan dishes should I order in Berlin?
At Bonvivant, take the seasonal tasting with the cocktail pairing; at FREA, the zero-waste tasting with the house-baked sourdough and ferments; at Lucky Leek, the multi-course chef's tasting; and at Kopps, the weekend brunch buffet or the evening menu. For casual eats, order the pho chay and summer rolls at 1990 Vegan Living, the vegan schnitzel and currywurst at Lia's Kitchen, and a grain bowl and cold-pressed juice at Daluma. As a rule, book the tasting menus for dinner and keep the comfort-food and Vietnamese rooms for a relaxed, cheaper meal.
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