The best vegan restaurants in Austin.
Austin’s vegan scene runs deeper than a tofu taco. These are the fully plant-based spots worth seeking out, from a Vietnamese truck run by Buddhist nuns to a vegan sushi counter near campus. Every pick here is all-vegan, not a steakhouse with one token salad.
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The Vegan Nom
East Austin · $Austin’s best-known vegan brand started as a 2012 taco truck and now anchors its own plant-based truck court on East Cesar Chavez. The breakfast tacos and queso are the move.
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Arlo’s Junior
East Austin · $The plant-based burger that won national best-of nods, now cooking comfort food from inside the Lovebirds bar on Cesar Chavez. Fully vegan, and meat-eaters rarely clock the difference.
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Mission Burger Co.
South Lamar · $A walk-up counter tucked inside a South Lamar coffee shop, turning out crispy-edged Impossible smashburgers, Crunchwraps, and a house queso. All vegan, no announcement made.
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Casa de Luz Village
Zilker · $$Organic, vegan, macrobiotic, and gluten-free, served cafeteria-style at communal tables in a leafy compound by Zilker. One fixed daily plate, built on the idea that food is medicine.
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Nissi Vegan Mexican Cuisine
North Austin · $Fully plant-based Mexican on the Research corridor, where the whole menu is vegan rather than a single tofu taco bolted onto a meat kitchen.
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The Vegan Yacht
South Austin · $Austin’s longest-running vegan trailer, slinging bowls and burritos out of a 1967 Airstream since 2010. The original, still going.
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Bodhi Viet Veggie Cuisine
North Austin · $A fully vegan Vietnamese truck run by Buddhist nuns, with produce from their own garden. Banh mi, pho, and Vietnamese coffee, almost nothing over ten dollars. Tucked behind the building off Parmer.
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Bistro Vonish
North Loop · $$Chef Craig Vanis plates elevated, fully vegan food from a North Loop trailer: collard-wrapped black-eyed pea dumplings, seitan-sausage gnocchi, and a proper Sunday brunch. Call ahead, the hours are trailer hours.
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Nori
North University · $$One of the few all-vegan sushi counters in town, with plant-based rolls, nigiri, ramen, and curry near the Drag.
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The things we passed on are part of the value. Documented for editorial discipline.
- Bouldin Creek CafeAn all-vegetarian institution with great vegan options, but it serves dairy, so it sits on a different list.
- Mr. NaturalVegetarian, not fully vegan. The vegan bakery case is still worth a stop.
- True Food KitchenA health-food restaurant with strong plant-based dishes, not an all-vegan kitchen.
- Flower ChildVegan-friendly, built around a build-your-own menu rather than a fully plant-based one.
- PicnikPaleo-leaning and vegan-friendly, not vegan.
- What are the best vegan restaurants in Austin?
- The Vegan Nom for tacos, Arlo’s Junior for burgers, Casa de Luz for a macrobiotic plate, and Nori for plant-based sushi are the anchors. Every spot on this list is fully vegan.
- Where can you find fully vegan food in Austin?
- All nine restaurants here are entirely plant-based, so you can order anything on the menu. Bodhi Viet Veggie, Nissi, and The Vegan Yacht are easy low-key picks, and Bistro Vonish and Nori are the splurges.
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