Black-Owned Vegan Restaurants in the UK
Vegan cuisine is a long-established tradition in black communities around the world. Awareness of animal suffering, human health, and the environment is inspiring a new generation of Black-owned restaurants to bring vegan food to the masses. Enjoy a world of flavour!
LONDON
All Nations Vegan House
Atreka Cameron opened this Dalston restaurant in 2017 to share her love of vegan Caribbean cuisine. Dishes include pan-fried butterbeans, sweet-and-sour jackfruit, and fried plantain.
Beza Vegan Food
Located in Elephant and Castle, this restaurant specialises in plant-based Ethiopian food cooked using traditional methods. Dishes include miser wot (red lentils with onion, garlic, and turmeric), difin miser wot (brown lentils), and kik wot (yellow split beans cooked with Ethiopian berbere spice).
Deserted Cactus
There’s a fresh menu every day at this popular Peckham restaurant. Its delicious dishes include BBQ southern fried jackfruit, mac no cheese, and tofu scramble on toast.
Jam Delish
Authentic Caribbean flavours and its menu is all vegan! It serves Jerk “Chicken Wings” on the bone (made from sugarcane), Curry “Goat”, Ackee and “Codfish”, and Caribbean Curry “Prawns” and also offers favourites like vegan bacon mac and cheese, fried plantain, and Biscoff cheesecake.
Livity Plant Based Cuisine
This Croydon restaurant serves 100% vegan Caribbean home-cooked food. On the menu are classics like fried plantain, dumplings, coleslaw, and curries.
BRISTOL
Fi Real
This family-run vegan restaurant in Bristol’s Old Market serves authentic Caribbean food bursting with flavour. Its regularly changing menu features dishes such as jerk tofu, Caribbean curries, rice and peas, fried plantain, dumplings, fresh juices, and homemade vegan cakes.
EDINBURGH
Go Go Beets
This welcoming vegetarian and vegan café in Portobello serves freshly made sandwiches, toasties, soups, salads, breakfast rolls, milkshakes, and an impressive selection of vegan cakes. Eat in or pick up something delicious to enjoy by the beach.
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Published in June 2020. Last updated in November 2026.
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