★ MUST GO · #1 Photo via Google Maps Bristol's five-star lineup leans Mediterranean and Middle Eastern before anything British, with Jack The Falafel and Eat a Pitta - St Nicholas Market pinning that end and Forest Bakery plus The Happy Cow covering sweets. Pizza tops the signatures at 29 venues and cake at 17, with pie trailing at 5, so the real density is bakery and casual slice. British and Italian tie 10 deep, with Basil & Bunny as the American outlier on burgers and Foliage Cafe leading croissants.
Ranked by overall rating, signature dish strength, and how much reviewers praise the food. If you only have a weekend, start here.
★ MUST GO · #1 Photo via Google Maps Try the large falafel portions for a filling meal
Must go · #5 Try the spiced plant-based lamb pizza with vegan mozzarella and garlic sauce
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Must go · #7 Try the mock lamb dishes, highly praised for their quality
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Must go · #13 Try the customizable poke bowls with a mix of fruity and savory toppings
Must go · #15 Dishes ranked by how well this city's plant-based venues make them, compared to the other 157 cities we track.
5 places worth stopping for pie
Try the 'Mothership' vegan pie with mash, peas, gravy, vegan cheese, and crispy onions
Try the Mock-A-Doodle vegan pie
Try the vegan Christmas pie
Try the vegan leek pie and spinach pastries
5 places worth stopping for sunday roast
Try the vegan Sunday roast, especially the seitan roast.
Try the vegan Sunday roast
Enjoy the vegan roast dinner on Sundays
Try the vegan tapas, especially oyster mushroom calamari and seitan lamb flatbreads
17 places worth stopping for cake
Try the pastel de nata, widely praised as amazingly authentic and delicious
Consider ordering custom occasion cakes; staff are accommodating and talented
Try the monster milkshake, it's a must!
Try the vegan cakes, especially the apple cinnamon muffin and chocolate banana bread
spinach · Vegan Food Guide All 457 Bristol venues on the map. Filter by what's open, save what you'd return for, get walking directions in two taps.
Completely plant-based kitchens. No swaps, no asking, no surprises.
Try the Biscoff sauce and salted caramel toppings
Try the vegan almond croissant—it is highly praised.
Try the Vietnamese spring rolls with sweet vinegar dip
Try the £5 lunches including ramen, focaccia sandwiches, curry, and salads
Mainstream restaurants where the vegan side of the menu is treated seriously.
Open before 10, good coffee, the kind of place you walk back to on day two.
Try the vegan almond croissant—it is highly praised.
Try the vegan pecan cinnamon swirl pastry
Try the £5 lunches including ramen, focaccia sandwiches, curry, and salads
Enjoy the wide variety of vegan pastries like croissants and cinnamon rolls
Weekday fuel and weekend stretches.
Enjoy generous burrito portions for good value
Try the Vegan Tofu Ramen and apple gyozas for dessert
Try the jackfruit curry and burritos
Try the customizable poke bowls with a mix of fruity and savory toppings
The reason you planned the trip.
Date night. Birthday. Tell them you're celebrating.
Ask for the separate vegan menu to see the full vegan selections
Order the full vegan English breakfast for a hearty meal
Try the rotating seasonal four-course menus for variety
Try the huge tear and share dosa with trio of dips
Ice cream, pastry, and the honest dessert case.
Try the vanilla blondie stuffed cookie, highly recommended by several customers
Try the Biscoff sauce and salted caramel toppings
Try the vegan almond croissant—it is highly praised.
Try the vegan leek pie and spinach pastries
Wifi, outlets, no judgement for a 3-hour sit.
Enjoy the garden seating
Try the vegan cakes, especially the apple cinnamon muffin and chocolate banana bread
Try the cardamom knot pastry
Chips share oil with egg and milk products, caution for strict vegans
Busy rooms with tables big enough for eight.
Menus kids recognize, staff who don't flinch at strollers.
Try the Biscoff sauce and salted caramel toppings
Try the spiced plant-based lamb pizza with vegan mozzarella and garlic sauce
Try the mock lamb dishes, highly praised for their quality
Try the huge tear and share dosa with trio of dips
Expect a varied selection of vegan cakes and pastries available regularly
Try the vegan pecan cinnamon swirl pastry
Try the vegan Arepa and protein balls
Try the vegan cinnamon swirl pastry
Cities where the pie signature also earns a spot in the top essentials — pack a weekend around one.
Yes — Bristol has 457 vegan-ready venues. The top-ranked are Jack The Falafel, The Happy Cow, Forest Bakery. Spinach ranks them daily on overall rating, signature dish strength, and reviewer praise for the food.
Bristol scores 75.7/100 on the Spinach vegan city index. The city has 70 vegan-friendly venues and 104 high-quality restaurants out of 457 analyzed.
Bristol has 26 fully vegan restaurants and 21 vegetarian restaurants. 70 venues score B or higher on the Vegan Friendliness grade.
Bristol's top signature dishes for vegans are pie, sunday roast, cake, and the city also does pizza and falafel well. Signature dishes are ranked by how the city's venues score against the other 157 cities we track.
The vegan scene in Bristol leans British, Asian, Pizza. British is particularly strong, with 10 venues serving quality plant-based options.
Jack The Falafel is ranked #1 in Bristol by the Spinach Essentials algorithm, which weights rating, signature dish performance, and reviewer praise. See all 15 Essentials for the full ranking.
Spinach ranks vegan venues using the same algorithm the mobile app runs: a composite of Google Maps rating, the Spinach Rating (Wilson-confidence scored), dish-quality Wilson scores from extracted review signals, and city-specific signature dish strength. Essentials add a tier weighting; category lists add their own mood/occasion weights. No pay-to-play.
The ranking refreshes daily from Supabase. The last refresh is stamped at the top of this page. Venue data comes from Google Maps, HappyCow, and Spinach's own review-analysis pipeline.
