Once upon a decade, it seemed near impossible to find vegan food in Manchester. Home of the green hooded parka, the ‘Liam Gallagher walk’, ‘chip barms’, and some of the world’s greatest musicians and football teams, Manchester, or ‘Manchestor’ as locals pronounce, is vast becoming a Vegan Mecca.
If you really want to be a local while you’re in town, try asking for food like this:
“Ee yar, our kid, giz some of that top vegan scran.”
With a rapidly rising population of almost 3 million, the city’s vibrancy doesn’t stop in the city center. The once renowned ‘sketchy’ parts of the city’s outskirts are becoming trendy hubs (and expensive places to live) for students and professionals alike.
Throw back a couple of decades ago, if you asked for a ‘bottomless brunch‘ in Manchester, you may have gotten yourself into a spot of trouble. Manchester has always had it’s rough and tough reputation thanks to several of its famed exports, but the city always boasted a soft center.
Take the recent years of the city binding together after tragedy to create charitable causes as well as new found art and officially adopting the worker bee as the city’s emblem.
The people of Manchester work hard and play harder and vegan food is quickly taking over the city’s districts, bars, chains and stores.
The cityscape of Manchester has rapidly become akin to a mini London with high rise sky scrapers seemingly popping up everywhere and the demand for healthier and diverse foods have spawned a new era of plant based magic across the city, it’s regenerated outskirts and beyond.
Nestled nicely alongside the mountainous Pennines and an array of iconic indie hangouts and converted warehouse nightclubs, visitors will find vegan food in Manchester within every cobbled road, on every corner, in markets, malls and on the streets.
We were pleasantly surprised at how much Manchester has changed over the last couple of years and the sheer volume of 100% plant based eateries as well as the boom of vegan options on the menus of the omnivorous establishments.
If you’re trying one of the vegan eateries in Manchester, be sure to practice some of the local slang:
Now dress for the rain (yes, even in Summer), choose a football team, and work your way through this list of vegan food in Manchester.
We’ve included addresses, contact details, mouthwatering images and social media handles of all of the vegan places to eat.
All in alphabetical order.
Let’s get them all ticked off, our kids!
** Important Note – We have included the following legend beside each listing as indication on whether or not the business is 100% vegan **
❥ Alvarium (herbivorous)
Bar Food ღ Cocktail Bar ღ Dog-friendly ღ
Home also to the Black Leaf restaurant (see below) Alvarium offer a comfortable and trendy dog-friendly space in the city’s Northern Quarter.
📍 Address: 8 Dorsey St, Manchester M4 1LU (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07947 556275 | @AlvariumMcr | alvariummcr.co.uk |
They offer a 100% plant based bar food menu that included vegan comfort items such as cheese toasties, soups, sandwiches, wedges and nachos. They even have an all vegan Sunday Dinner menu!
❥ The Athenian (omnivorous)
ღ Delivery Only ღ Greek ღ
With over 4 locations across the UK, The Athenian are serving up authentic and mouthwatering Souvlaki and Gyros, the Athens way!
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.theathenian.co.uk/get-in-touch | @TheAthenianUKPB | theathenian.co.uk |
The Athenian have many vegan options and have even dedicated a full Instagram to their plant based offerings!
The Athenian also do a lot for charity and animal causes, you can find their recent campaigns and stories on their website.
❥ Atu (herbivorous)
ღ Salads ღ Bowls ღ Burritos ღ
Based in Wigan (approx. 20 miles from Manchester City Center), Atu is a café offering salads, bowls, burritos and smoothies.
📍 Address: 42 Market St, Wigan WN1 1HX (Click for Google Maps)
| Contact | |
|---|---|
| @AtuVegan |
Atu have a daily specials board in store and their offerings look healthy and delicious. We’re grateful that vegan food is available in the smaller Greater Manchester towns such as Wigan.
❥ Batard (omnivorous)
ღ Luncheonette ღ Pies ღ Baked Goods ღ
Batard make all of their food from scratch, including their breads. Batard pride themselves on being passionate about seasonally led, local produce and they reflect this across their menu.
📍 Address: 86 Princess St, Manchester M1 6NG (Click for Google Maps)
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07955 643825 | @BatardMcr | batardmcr.com |
Batard take inspiration globally from “mom n’ pop” shops, bakeries, diners, luncheonettes, deli counters, pie shops, proper caffs and old school gaffs and they have a good range of vegan options.
Batard’s aim is and always will be to have fun with food.
❥ Bhaji Pala (herbivorous)
ღ Indian ღ Restaurant ღ Cocktails ღ
As Manchester first 100% vegan restaurant, Bhaji-Pala is one of the top places for vegan food in Manchester and it’s located in Cheadle. Bhaji-Pala is a Marathi word, which translates roughly into ‘green veggies and herbs’ that are the heart of western Indian vegetarian cooking.
In bringing this concept to Manchester, this award winning team aim to bring the complex arrays of tastes, textures and ingredients that have been central to the western Indian Kitchen for centuries. Bhaji Pala will endeavor to maintain this authenticity while adapting their vegan dishes in Manchester.
🍴 Menu
📍 Address: 2 Old Hall Rd, Gatley, Cheadle SK8 4BE (Click for Google Maps)
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 637 4420 | @BhajiPala | bhajipalarestaurant.co.uk |
Western India compromises states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa. While coconut, rice and the offerings from the coast dominate the Goan and Marathi cuisine, lentils, millets, gram-flour and dairy dominate the Gujarati and Rajasthani Kitchen.
Each of these states has rich history of vegetarian cooking. The chefs at Bhaji Pala have perfected these recipes and trialed vegan variations to bring the region via its unique ‘Bhaji-Pala’ to the taste buds of Mancunians.
❥ Black Friar Salford (omnivorous)
ღ Pub ღ Restaurant ღ
The Black Friar pub has risen from the ashes and been lovingly restored bigger and better than its previous incarnation. With capacity for over 220 revelers, The Black Friars are on a pilgrimage to bring together friends, loved ones and strangers alike, to break bread and share a drink.
🍴 Menu
📍 Address: 41-43 Blackfriars Rd, Salford M3 7DB (Click for Google Maps)
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 667 9555 | @TheBlackFriarSalford | theblackfriarsalford.co.uk |
The pub has been resurrected, and the building itself is from 1886.
Vegan food at the Black Friar includes Crispy Cauliflower Bites, Squash Soup, Warm Apple and Berry Crumble, a Vegan Burger and a Wild Mushroom and Spinach Pithivier Sunday Roast.
❥ Black Leaf (herbivorous)
ღ Restaurant ღ Seasonal ღ
Black Leaf are situated below the Alvarium bar and they are a fully vegan open kitchen serving delicious small plates.
📍 Address: 8 Dorsey St, Greater, Manchester M4 1LU (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07947 556275 | @BlackLeaf_Mcr | alvariummcr.co.uk |
Black Leaf have a consistently changing menu offering all-vegan small plates that are perfect for sharing. The Black Leaf kitchen adapt to the seasons to ensure our produce is fresh and locally sourced.
As well as being 100% vegan, the staff are as minimal waste as possible to run in line with their plant-based ethos, any potential waste is converted and reused by their talented chefs.
❥ Bondi Bowls (omnivorous)
ღ Health Conscious ღ Australian ღ Salad Bowls
Bondi Bowls founder Jamie Tones discovered healthy fast food while living in fitness-fanatical Sydney, Australia. He brought serious flavour and personality to delicious plant based food that the UK so desperately needed.
📍 Address: Temporarily at the Hatch on Oxford Road (Click for Google Maps)
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| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07391 181595 | @BondiBowlsUK | bondibowls.co.uk |
Bondi Bowls is Aussie inspired, selling naturally gluten free bowls and smoothies.
The whole menu is plant based with the option to add extras. They pride themselves on running their business on good vibes and good vibes only.
❥ Bundobust (omnivorous)
ღ Indian ღ Street Food ღ
Located at the heart of Piccadilly Gardens, Indian Street Food eatery, Bundobust have been developing an exclusive vegan menu for several months, using two pioneering meat substitutes to craft a unique selection of dishes.
📍 Address: 61 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2AG (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07391 181595 | @Bundobust | bundobust.com |
Inspired by its Gujarati roots, the Bundobust offering has always been 100 percent vegetarian, with around two thirds of the menu completely plant-based.
❥ Ciaooo Neapolitan Pizza (omnivorous)
ღ Pizzeria ღ Neapolitan ღ
Based in Manchester City Centre, Ciaooo Neapolitan Pizza offer traditional and independent pizzas that are available for dine-in, delivery and take away.
📍 Address: 62-64 Swan St, Manchester M4 5JU (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 832 8219 | @CiaoooPizzaMcr | ciaooopizzeria.co.uk/ |
Ciaooo have a a couple of vegan options in their Starters and one vegan pizza, the Marinara, in their Mains.
❥ Divine Wellness Manchester (herbivorous)
ღ Café ღ Bowls ღ Juices
Located in Hulme / Whalley Range, Divine Wellness Manchester offer a 100% plant based food café with an emphasis on healthy food.
📍 Address: 1 Withington Road, M16 7BW (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu (alternating daily specials) 
| Contact | |
|---|---|
| 07865 664682 | @Divine_Wellness_Manchester |
You can find health bowls, cakes, pizza and a wide range of juices as well as a traditional vegan Sunday roast.
❥ Earthlings Bolton (herbivorous)
ღ Organic ღ Refined Sugar-Free ღ Healthy
Earthlings is an organic coffee shop and health food café specializing in plant based cuisine. They are a family run business offering a relaxed haven from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, somewhere to relax with a freshly made juice or an exquisite cup of rainforest espresso whilst watching the world go by.
📍 Address: 221 Darwen Rd, Bromley Cross, Bolton BL7 9BS (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | |
|---|---|
| 07514 532153 | @EarthlingsBolton |
Earthlings are based in the heart of Bromley Cross village in the north of Bolton and they also offer vegan catering.
❥ Eduardos Gone Vegan (herbivorous)
ღ Pizza ღ Dine-in ღ Take Away ღ
We were excited to learn about ‘Eduardos Gone Vegan’ and the enticing name and we soon learned that this vegan gem in Failsworth was one of a kind.
Eduardos Gone Vegan are constantly striving to improve their service and quality in order to give their customers the very best experience. They even have their own online ordering website which is a refreshing change to Uber Eats and Deliveroo.
📍 Address: 615 Oldham Rd, Failsworth, Manchester M35 9AN (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 222 0491 | @EduardosGoneVegan | eduardosgonevegan.co.uk |
Eduardos Gone Vegan in Failsworth offer great food such as burgers, pizza, desserts, nuggets and milkshakes at affordable prices.
❥ Flora no Fauna (herbivorous)
ღ Refills ღ Groceries ღ Household
Based in Bury and run by friends, Jen and Sarah, Flora no Fauna was the start of their journey to help protect the planet and all the flora and fauna within it.
Back in the day, when Jen and Sarah’s parents went to their local shops, they only got what they needed. There were no plastic bags, milk came in glass bottles and they could earn a bob or two by taking pop bottles back to the shop.
📍 Address: 46 Bolton St, Bury BL9 0LL (Click for Google Maps)
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 637 1970 | @Flora_NoFaunaRefill | flora-nofauna.co.uk |
When they fled the nest, they certainly kept the same ethic going. They soon realized it was a lot more difficult to shop like their parents.
With plastic everywhere and waste being so common, Jen and Sarah wanted to revive a way of shopping that way more sustainable and make it available to the people of Bury and beyond. And so, the sustainable refill store, Flora no Fauna, was born.
Flora no Fauna sell only vegan, organic and zero waste goodies and stock everything from household to food to personal care products.
❥ Four Side Vegan Pizza (herbivorous)
ღ Pizza ღ Detroit Style ღ Licensed
Serving up Detroit-style rectangular pan pizza, Four Side Vegan Pizza are located in the city’s Northern Quarter and are open for eat-in and take out as well as local delivery.
📍 Address: 22 Turner St, Manchester M4 1DZ (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | |
|---|---|
| 07926 521362 | @FoursideVeganPizza |
The best part of Four Side Vegan Pizza is they are 100% vegan serving unique Detroit style pizza pies!
❥ Frost Burgers (herbivorous)
ღ American ღ Street Food ღ Diner
Open in Manchester and Liverpool, 100% Plant Based Frost Burgers is becoming the go to place for vegan junk food. The whole concept was thought up by Monami Frost.
📍 Address: 48 Portland St, Manchester M1 4QU (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07506 257164 | @Frost.Burgers | frostburgers.com |
Frost Burgers are licensed so it’s the perfect spot day and night to experience their Neon diner and quirky burgers such as the ‘Bacation’ and the ‘Scorpian’.
❥ Frurt Frozen Yoghurt (Self Serve) (omnivorous)
ღ Frozen Yoghurt ღ Desserts ღ Chilled Drinks
Frurt was founded in 2010. They pride themselves on having the passion to create the perfect frozen yogurt. The first Frurt frozen yoghurt store was opened in Manchester.
📍 Address: 41 Whitworth St W, Manchester M1 5BD (Click for Google Maps)
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 478 6375 | @FrurtFroyo | frurt.com |
Frurt’s products fat free, low in sugar, low in calories and are full of active live cultures making them a healthier frozen yoghurt pit stop. Frurt have many experimental flavors and always have vegan options on offer.
❥ Go Falafel (herbivorous)
ღ Middle Eastern ღ Fast Food ღ Seasonal
Go Falafel’s menu comprises of only the best seasonal vegetables and salads. Their falafel mixture is made fresh on the day, in house, using a recipe which dates back generations from the Middle East.
📍 Address: 3 Newton St, Manchester M1 1HW (Click for Google Maps)
📍 Address: 99 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BQ (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| https://gofalafel.co.uk/contact-us.html | @GoFalafel | gofalafel.co.uk |
Go Falafel is 100% plant based and their main focus is to capture the unique flavors and nutritional value of Middle Eastern food and to create something simple, flavorsome and light.
Go Falafel first opened its doors in the heart of Manchester in 2012 and it was in this shop that they knew it was going to be something big!
❥ The Green Lab (omnivorous)
ღ Nutrition ღ Café ღ Wellness
The Green Lab are more than just a café offering deliciously flavorful and nutritional food such as Bao Buns, Ramen, Bagels, Wraps and ‘Build your own Bowls’, they also have a fitness studio offering Pilates, yoga and much more.
📍 Address: 32-34 Dale St, Manchester M1 1FY (Click for Google Maps)
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| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0800 644 6804 | @TheGreenLabNQ | thegreenlabnq.com |
The Green Lab was born in May 2019 and founded by sisters Nikita and Kanika Banga. Their vision has been to create a lifestyle destination store, along with a health and well-being studio.
Designed to give people the ease and enjoyment of getting healthy food, as well as including daily fitness classes to fit around their busy lifestyle. The Green Lab have many vegan options to choose from and the café is open to the public.
❥ Greens Didsbury (omnivorous)
ღ Vegetarian ღ Restaurant ღ Award-winning
‘Terrifying carnivores since 1990’, Greens Didsbury was started by two twenty-something Simons would-be-heroes who were one day putting the world to rights over a Nepalese curry and a beverage or two. After spotting a little vegetarian café in the fabled land of Lapwing Lane, West Didsbury, the idea for Greens was born.
📍 Address: 41-43 Lapwing Ln, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2NT (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 434 4259 | @GreensDidsbury | greensdidsbury.co.uk |
Now an acclaimed TV chef, co-owner Simon Rimmer continues to pioneer the very best in fresh, inventive vegetarian dishes for Greens, which are loved by veggies and non-veggies alike, thanks to our central ethos: “It’s not your lifestyle, but your taste buds we care about.”
While Simon Connolly, the perfect genial host, has helped to make Greens justifiably famous for its warm hospitality, carefully selected wines and impeccably trained service. And the restaurant itself? Well, they’ve won a few awards over the years.
❥ Harvey Nichols Manchester Second Floor Deli Bar (omnivorous)
ღ Pit Stop ღ Department Store ღ Deli Bar
Showcasing the finest charcuterie, artisan breads, specialty cheeses and antipasti, the new Second Floor Deli Bar within Harvey Nichols, Manchester, offers the very best of the Delicatessen served with an enviable edit of fine wines and Champagnes from the Wine Shop. Guest suppliers also present the very best in regional produce, including fresh specialty breads, pastries and savories from local artisan bakery Companio.
📍 Address: 21 New Cathedral St, Manchester M1 1AD (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| contact.manchester@harveynichols.com | @HNManchester_SecondFloor | harveynichols.com |
Try the delicious Vegan Deli platter while enjoying stunning views over Manchester Cathedral and the Medieval Quarter from the floor-to-ceiling windows or shop the Delicatessen and Wine Shop to takeaway and enjoy at home.
❥ I Knead Pizza (omnivorous)
ღ Take Away ღ Delivery ღ
With a restaurant in Reddish, Stockport and a delivery base in Manchester city center, ‘I Knead Pizza’ are more than just a restaurant. They pride themselves on being part of the community, and where there’s community, there’s friendship.
📍 Address: 52 Gorton Rd, Reddish, Stockport SK5 6AH (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07904 394192 | @I_Knead_Pizza | ikneadpizza.co.uk |
Owners Paul and Mike have both ensured their restaurant is full of happy customers over the years and have thus introduced at least 8 vegan options on the menu.
❥ JJ’s Vish and Chips (herbivorous)
ღ Chippy ღ
As Northerners ourselves, we dreamed of the day we’d find a vegan chippy in Manchester then low and behold, we discover JJ’s Vish and Chips right on our doorstep. If you’re not from the area, or the UK, a ‘chippy’ is a place that sells good ole British chips.
📍 Address: 7 Byrom Ave, Manchester M19 3HH (Click for Google Maps)
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 248 9043 | @JJsVishAndChipsManchester | jjsvishandchips.com |
Serving up all of the chippy staples from Chip Butties (with scraps!) to battered sausage and of course ‘vish’ and chips with mushy peas. JJ’s and all of their offerings are 1000% vegan.
❥ Leafy Creams (herbivorous)
ღ Bakery ღ Occasion Cakes ღ
Leafy Creams is an independent bakery based in Wigan (Greater Manchester) serving delicious, plant-based bakes to customers across the northwest of England.
📍 Address: Gadfield Ct, Atherton, Manchester M46 0SL (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| leafycreams@gmail.com | @LeafyCreams | leafycreams.com |
Combining a traditional baking style with a modern, plant-based and vegan attitude, Leafy Cream’s bakes are about quality, indulgence and most importantly, taste.
❥ Lily’s (omnivorous)
ღ Indian ღ Vegetarian ღ
With the restaurant location based in Ashton-Under-Lyne and a Lily’s Delhi in Chorlton, ‘Lily’s Indian Vegetarian Cuisine’ are fast building a reputation across Manchester as one of the best Indian vegan eateries in the city.
📍 Address: Lily’s Restaurant, 85 Oldham Rd, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7DF (Click for Google Maps)
📍 Address: Lily’s Delhi, 102 Manchester Rd, Chorlton, Manchester M21 9SZ (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 339 4774 | @LilysVegi | lilysindianvegetarian.co.uk |
A selection of Lily’s food can also be found in the Unicorn Grocery Cooperative, which is the building next door to Lily’s Delhi in Chorlton.
Their menu includes most well known Indian dishes from flavorsome curries, onion bhajis, samosas, thali and desserts.
❥ Lotus Plant Based Kitchen (herbivorous)
ღ Chinese ღ Restaurant ღ
Based in Withington, Lotus Plant Based Kitchen was first established in 2014 as a vegetarian restaurant, with the aim to share a love for Chinese vegetarian food.
Over the years, Lotus came to an understanding of the importance of a vegan diet. Not only the health benefits but also the environmental impact.
📍 Address: 536 Wilmslow Rd, Withington, Manchester M20 4BY (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Website | |
|---|---|
| @Lotus.Plantbased | lotusplantbased.com |
After a short break, Lotus Plant Based Kitchen decided to come back as a 100% plant based restaurant.
During this time, they have carefully sourced vegan alternatives that are used in traditional Chinese and Asian recipes and they can’t wait to share their new and improved menu with you!
❥ The Market @ UoM (University of Manchester) (omnivorous)
ღ Daytime ღ Street Food ღ Market
The Market located within the University of Manchester’s grounds serve a wide range of delicious and local Street Food five days a week (during term-time) 8am-3pm to staff, students & visitors.
📍 Address: The University of, Manchester M13 9PL (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Website | |
|---|---|
| @TheMarketAtUoM | foodoncampus.manchester.ac.uk/find-us/ |
Though the vendors and offerings are subject to change, there is always a wide range of budget-friendly vegan options available.
Find a list of market vendors here which also includes offers and all the information you’ll need to plan a visit.
❥ Mira (omnivorous)
ღ Italian ღ Sandwiches ღ Street Food
After experiencing the Cuzzetiello sandwich while exploring the culture of Napoli, Mira brought the street food experience all the way back to Manchester.
📍 Address: The Crown and Kettle Pub, 2 Oldham Rd, Manchester M4 5FE (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07943 044905 | @Mira.Mcr | miramcr.com |
The Cuzzetiello is a street food staple of the Southern Italian city and is a sandwich inspired by tearing the end off a fresh loaf of bread and using it to scoop up a dollop of fresh ragu sauce. Mira have a Cuzzetiello and fries that are vegan and perfectly compliment one another for the authentic Napoli street food experience.
❥ North Star Piccadilly (omnivorous)
ღ All Day Café ღ Licensed ღ Deli
North Star Piccadilly is another independent gem situated in the vegan hunting grounds of the Northern Quarter. They describe themselves as an all-day, licensed café serving food from breakfast, plus deli items including teas and tea pots.
📍 Address: 77 Dale St, Manchester M1 2HG (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 237 9619 | @NorthStarPiccadilly | northstardeli.com |
Pick up vegan options from chocolate brownies, lentil stew with waffles to Mexican soups as well as a selection of Artisan coffee and a beautiful ambience.
❥ Oké Poké (omnivorous)
ღ Hawaiian ღ Bowls ღ Build Your Own
Poké (poh-kay) is a traditional Hawaiian street food that is a healthy alternative to western fast food. It’s a combination of non-vegan foods, vegetables and various other mix-ins such as tofu.
📍 Address: 59 Church St, Manchester M4 1PD (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07449 145999 | @McrPoke | okepoke.co.uk/ |
Poké in Hawaiian translates as ‘chunk’. It has been compared to a deconstructed sushi bowl, with hints of Asian flavors which creates a unique, healthy and soulful alternative to an everyday salad. Oké Poké have many vegan options available which is easier to custom with their ‘build your own’ bowl menu.
❥ Open Kitchen (People’s History Museum) (omnivorous)
ღ Café & Bar ღ Social Enterprise ღ Sustainable
Open Kitchen Café & Bar is based within The People’s History Museum. Open Kitchen is a social enterprise, with profits supporting community focused work providing nutritious meals to people struggling with food insecurity. Open Kitchen are part of a huge movement of organizations campaigning for a sustainable, fair and inclusive food future!
📍 Address: People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Manchester M3 3ER (Click for Google Maps)
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07707 974 774 | @OpenKitchenPHM | openkitchenmcr.co.uk |
The majority of the beautiful food that Open Kitchen serve has been saved as it was heading for waste for a multitude of reasons, whether it doesn’t look attractive enough or someone wasn’t home for their food shopping delivery!
Open Kitchen then turn these ingredients into delicious daily creations for the café and as they intercept a lot of fresh produce, the creative and thoughtful staff normally have a lot of plant based options on their menu.
❥ PANC Foods (herbivorous)
ღ Fast Food ღ Take Out ღ American
PANC take a simple and joyful approach to food and everything on the menu is 100% plant-based. Ranging from burgers, hot dogs, kebabs, wraps and desserts, PANC ensure a plant-based diet is not only easy, but also tasty.
📍 Address: Kitchen 30 Ghost X kitchens 58-60, Higher Ardwick, M12 6DA, Manchester (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 07783 727921 | @PancFoods | pancfoods.com |
PANC were one of the main vegan vendors at the Manchester Christmas market 2021 and their food is not only generous in portion size, it’s also unique and colorful.
PANC’s sustainability efforts go beyond their vegan food as each PANC food item is served in fully biodegradable packaging.
❥ Pho (omnivorous)
ღ Vietnamese ღ Street Food ღ
Stephen and Juliette Wall are the masterminds behind Pho after they traveled to Vietnam and fell in love with the food. They made the decision to start a restaurant serving phở while sat on high stools, slurping pho bo, in Ho Chi Minh City.
📍 Address: The Corn Exchange, 37 Hanging Ditch, Manchester M4 3TR (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 464 9779 | @PhoRestaurant | phocafe.co.uk |
Pho opened in June 2005 as a small group of restaurants dotted around the UK. They serve great value, healthy Vietnamese food that’s cooked fresh in each kitchen daily.
They have many vegan options including the GỎI CUỐN, PHỞ NẤM RƠM, the ‘SPICY GREEN’ and the PHỞ XÀO.
❥ Pieminister (omnivorous)
ღ Sustainable Pies ღ Award-winning ღ
After travelling around Australia in their early twenties and eating Australia’s staple pies every day, Pieminister owners Jon Simon and Tristan Hogg returned home determined to reinvigorate the humble British pie.
And so in 2003, Pieminister was born. The owners scrabbled together some basic equipment and worked hard into the night (after night!) to set up shop in Stokes Croft, Bristol. Tristan made the pies and Jon ran the shop.
📍 Address: 53 Church St, Manchester M4 1PD (Click for Google Maps)
📍 Address: 198 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3NE (Click for Google Maps)
🍴 Menu
| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| https://pieminister.co.uk/contact-us | @Pieminister | pieminister.co.uk |
On day one, the Pieminister team sold five pies (not a great start), but word spread fast and after two weeks there was a queue out of the door.
A stall at London’s famous Borough Market soon followed, then a pitch at Glastonbury – a dream come true. Over the years Pieminister have grown and now employ around 300 people. All of Pieminister’s pies are made in their Bristol kitchens and the owners claim to still eat pies every day!
There are several vegan pie options at Pieminister as well as a selection of small plates, patties, deserts and sides.
Pieminister have two locations in Manchester.
❥ Pot Kettle Black (omnivorous)
ღ Café ღ Antipodean ღ
Pot Kettle Black best describe their offerings as an ‘Antipodean coffee culture with a Northern accent. They claim that Australians and New Zealanders created a coffee culture rooted in ruthless quality rather than convenience. Antipodeans just won’t buy crappy (or even average) coffee.
It’s the best on the planet and Pot Kettle Black are serving it up.
📍 Address: Barton Arcade, Manchester M3 2BW (Click for Google Maps)
📍 Address: Angel Gardens, 1 Rochdale Rd, Manchester M4 4GE (Click for Google Maps)
| Website | |
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| @PKB_BartonArcade @PBK_AngelGardens |
potkettleblackltd.co.uk |
Antipodeans invented the Flat White, and the Long Black. They and PKB experiment with beans, blends, and temperatures; with baristas seen more like chefs than waiters.
So with a very good coffee on offer, the food on offer is claimed to be just as sunny and laid-back, creating a culture beyond just the java-juice.
The two Pot Kettle Black locations in Manchester City Centre offer a range of vegan options that look well crafted, fulfilling and delicious.
❥ Potion at Afflecks (omnivorous)
ღ Sandwiches ღ Café ღ Cakes
Potion is located in Manchester’s iconic Afflecks which is an independent mall and a quirky feature of the city that has been around since the last 40 years.
📍 Address: 52 Church St, Manchester M4 1PW (Click for Google Maps)
| @PotionAtAfflecks |
From the brain behind ‘Earth Friendly Rocker’, Afflecks’ first zero-waste shop, ‘Potion’ are a small independent cafe who are passionate about our planet. They are as zero-waste as possible and focus on using local, sustainable produce.
Potion’s menu is around 80% vegan and they offer a 20p discount to customers who choose a dairy-free milk, how cool is that!
❥ Purezza (herbivorous)
ღ Pizza ღ Drinks ღ
100% vegan Purezza was founded in 2015. Built upon the heritage of hundreds of years of quality craft, but with a vision for a better world in the future, welcome to the home of modern pizza.
📍 Address: 75-77 High St, Manchester M4 1FS (Click for Google Maps)
Founded by Tim Barclay, Stefania Evangelisti and Filippo Rosato, Purezza first opened its doors in Brighton in 2015, making it the first vegan pizzeria in the UK. Since then, Purezza has honed its craft, spending years in a food laboratory creating a plant-based mozzarella that tastes and melts just like dairy.
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| Contact | Website | |
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| 0161 521 5516 | @Purezza | purezza.co.uk |
Today, Purezza presides over a growing number of restaurants and holds numerous awards including National Pizza of the Year and a leading award at the World Pizza Championships.
Go and visit in Manchester, London, Hove, Bristol or Brighton.
❥ The Real Greek (omnivorous)
ღ Greek ღ Street Food ღ
The Real Greek offer classic Greek cuisine with a modern twist as well as an exciting cocktail menu.
📍 Address: Corn Exchange, Exchange Sq, Manchester M4 3TR (Click for Google Maps)
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| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| 0161 464 9779 | @TheRealGreekUK | therealgreek.com |
Located in the bustling corn exchange in Manchester City Centre, The Real Greek have many delicious and creative vegan options including Flatbread, Meze, Souvlaki, Falafel, Salads and a range of Desserts.
❥ Sanskruti (omnivorous)
ღ Indian ღ Street Food ღ
Sanskruti, meaning ‘Sanskrit’ – the most ancient and sacred of all languages, prepare and develop tasteful Indian meals with the belief that Indian food is not only about heat but also about the perfect marriage of aromatic herbs and spices.
📍 Address: 93-95 Mauldeth Rd, Manchester M14 6SR (Click for Google Maps)
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| Contact | Website | |
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| 0161 464 9779 | @SanskrutiRestaurant | sanskrutirestaurant.co.uk |
Sanskruti’s menu is as diverse and colorful as the continent of India itself. As a pure vegetarian and vegan restaurant, they leave no room for mistakes in the preparation of traditional Indian Street Food dishes, and are always committed to provide the best quality of food.
❥ Shoryu Ramen (omnivorous)
ღ Ramen ღ Japanese ღ
Shorya Ramen specializes in Hakata tonkotsu Ramen from the Hakata district of Fukuoka city of the Southern island of Kyushu, Japan. It’s a rare Japanese treat that have ignited the taste buds of the people of the UK.
📍 Address: Piccadilly, Manchester M1 1RG (Click for Google Maps)
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| Contact | Website | |
|---|---|---|
| shoryu.manchester@shoryuramen.com | @Shoryu_Ramen | shoryuramen.com |
Shoryu Ramen have many vegan options available on their menu and they have restaurants open in London, Oxford, Stratford and Manchester.
❥ Society Manchester (omnivorous)
ღ Street Food Hub ღ Cocktails ღ All Day
A fresh addition to the city’s vibrant cultural space, Society is a hub of street food, craft beer, wine and cocktails and boasts an impressive line-up of talented independent traders.
Society features five independently-owned kitchens, from the towering burgers of Slap & Pickle, pan-Asian specialists Manzoku Street Food, flavorsome Indian street food from Chaat Cart, indulgent pizzas from Dokes Pizzeria and experts in Korean street food, Yoki Social Table. Society also houses a cocktail bar and specialist taproom by craft brewery Vocation.
📍 Address: Basement, 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester M2 3BD (Click for Google Maps)
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| Contact | Website | |
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| https://www.societymanchester.com/contact | @Society.Mcr | societymanchester.com |
Each of the street food vendors inside of Society (aside from Yoki according to their online menu) serve vegan options, making it the perfect spot to suit any mood. They’re open from 10am making it the perfect venue for a sociable gathering, day or night.
❥ Taste of Punjab (herbivorous)
ღ Indian ღ Delivery Service ღ
Another Chorlton gem, Taste of Punjab are an all vegan and plastic-free Indian take away offering plant-based, plant-minded and conscious curries.
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| Contact | |
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| 075344 04104 | @TasteOfPunjabMcr |
Taste of Punjab are a delivery and take away only service and they even have a Food Group for people to join on WhatsApp!
❥ Teatime Collective (herbivorous)
ღ Bakery ღ Occasion Cakes ღ
Teatime Collective started from a love of home cooked vegan food and good company. These are still values the popular bakery continue to promote today.
In September 2013 Teatime Collective opened a café in Hulme. After a year of catering festivals, it had come to the end of season and they juggled a few further premises before deciding to cater for festivals, markets and selling cakes to order.
📍 Address: St. Wilfrids Enterprise Centre, Royce Rd, Hulme, Manchester M15 5BJ (Click for Google Maps)
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| Contact | Website | |
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| https://www.teatimecollective.co.uk/contact.html | @TeaTimeCollective | teatimecollective.co.uk |
Teatime Collective offer amazing vegan occasion cakes with a wide variety of flavors such as chocolate, lemon and raspberry and orange and pistachio as well as tray bakes, donuts and wedding cakes.
❥ V-Rev (herbivorous)
ღ American ღ Diner ღ
As far as the hunt for vegan food in Manchester goes, V-Rev is a ‘look no further’ sort of place. V Rev is a long standing vegan gem at the heart of the city’s Northern Quarter. They serve up 100% vegan diner style delicacies as well as sides such as mac balls, wings and loaded fries.
📍 Address: 20 – 26 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN (Click for Google Maps)
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| Contact | Website | |
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| 0161 806 0928 | @VRevMcr | vrevmcr.co.uk |
V-Rev have a wonderful quirk about them and their naming conventions are fun and hilarious, order items such as the ‘Sorry you’re not a Weiner’ hot dog, the ‘Whopper way to make a living’ burger and the ‘Doner you forget about me’ kebab.
❥ What The Pitta (herbivorous)
ღ Kebab ღ Fast Food ღ Wraps
A little pitta courage certainly went a long way for 100% vegan What The Pitta.
The concept of an all vegan kebab shop started over a cold beer on a hot day in Bodrum, Turkey. Cem, the owner and a historically renowned meat eater, had just dropped the bombshell that he had given up meat and dairy and was now following a plant based diet.
📍 Address: 42 Back Turner St, Manchester M4 1FR (Click for Google Maps)
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| Contact | Website | |
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| 0161 835 2934 | @WhatThePitta | whatthepitta.com |
As Cem lamented the lack of choice in quality vegan takeaways, Roj excitedly explained that his uncle in Germany had developed a tasty, and top secret, Vegan Döner Kebab recipe which was really popular in his shop in Freiburg. And, with that simple revelation, What The Pitta was born.
What the Pitta started off in London and they’re rapidly expanding across the country.
❥ WTF! Burger (herbivorous)
ღ American ღ Fast Food ღ Deliver Only
WTF! Burger have a unique concept of ‘branded’ burgers and they pride themselves as being an independent, forward-thinking burger brand. Their mission is to help feed the nation with delicious, nutritious food that is better for the body, and the planet.
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| Contact | Website | |
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| 0161 835 2934 | @WTF.burger | wtfburger.co.uk |
WTF! Burger have locations across London and they offer a delivery only service from Salford to the surrounding area.
So there we have it, vegan food in Manchester exists and it’s vastly becoming available across bars, cafes, museums, restaurants, chains and markets. We’re very excited to tuck in and tick off everything on the list ourselves.
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