Ljubljana is a pizza town first, with 15 venues making it and three of the five essentials in the pizza or American fast-food lane: Pizzeria Piccola, Top pizza, and Crusty Kuhna, which also tops burgers at 5 venues. Veganika and Gostilna Vida cover the Mediterranean-Asian fusion side, while Slascice Mihalek leads a thin three-venue cake field. Ice cream comes in at 9 venues and sorbet at 5, rounding out the dessert angle.
Ranked by overall rating, signature dish strength, and how much reviewers praise the food. If you only have a weekend, start here.
Try the lemon soup and mushroom polenta for standout dishes
Try the vegan salami pizza, a common favorite among reviewers
Must go · #5 Try the falafel sandwich or plate #27 which includes falafel, hummus, and thaini salad
Must go · #7 
Must go · #8 Try the Pasta Rasta with avocado and the Spaghettoni alla Siciliana for flavorful vegan dishes
Must go · #9 Try the salted pistachio flavor, frequently recommended for its quality and taste.
Must go · #10 
Must go · #11 Try the sourdough pizza with homemade almond cheese and seitan sausage
Must go · #12 Try the dark chocolate and Thai coconut vegan sorbets
Must go · #13 
Must go · #14 Try the pistachio croissant, noted as exceptional and a standout item
Must go · #15 Dishes ranked by how well this city's plant-based venues make them, compared to the other 157 cities we track.
15 places worth stopping for pizza
Try the vegan salami pizza, a common favorite among reviewers
Enjoy the housemade vegan cheese on pizzas
Try the vegan tiramisu dessert
Try the Vegbab vegan kebab pizza with seitan and vegan cheese
9 places worth stopping for ice cream
Try the salted pistachio flavor, frequently recommended for its quality and taste.
Vegan choices are limited mostly to sorbets and one chocolate flavor
Try the vegan Sacher ice cream flavor
Try the vegan ice cream flavors including chocolate with stevia, hazelnut, and pistachio
5 places worth stopping for sorbet
Try the dark chocolate and Thai coconut vegan sorbets
Vegan choices are limited mostly to sorbets and one chocolate flavor
Look for clearly labeled vegan and gluten-free options
Try the dark chocolate raspberry vegan ice cream flavor
spinach · Vegan Food Guide All 164 Ljubljana 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 lemon soup and mushroom polenta for standout dishes
Try the fried oyster mushroom burger
Visit for a sophisticated vegan culinary experience
Try the pistachio croissant, noted as exceptional and a standout item
Mainstream restaurants where the vegan side of the menu is treated seriously.
Try the falafel sandwich or plate #27 which includes falafel, hummus, and thaini salad
Try the vegan salami pizza, a common favorite among reviewers
Order freshly made vegan naan bread, it's highly recommended
Enjoy the housemade vegan cheese on pizzas
Open before 10, good coffee, the kind of place you walk back to on day two.
Try the pistachio croissant, noted as exceptional and a standout item
Try the salted pistachio flavor, frequently recommended for its quality and taste.
Try the oat milk with your coffee
Try coffee with Oatly oat milk
Weekday fuel and weekend stretches.
The reason you planned the trip.
Try the lemon soup and mushroom polenta for standout dishes
Try the tempeh poke bowl
Enjoy the housemade vegan cheese on pizzas
Book reservations in advance, especially for tasting menus
Ice cream, pastry, and the honest dessert case.
Try the dark chocolate and Thai coconut vegan sorbets
Try the salted pistachio flavor, frequently recommended for its quality and taste.
Try the pistachio-passionfruit vegan gelato
Enjoy the raw vegan cakes and ice cream
Menus kids recognize, staff who don't flinch at strollers.
Try the dark chocolate and Thai coconut vegan sorbets
Try the pistachio-passionfruit vegan gelato
Look for clearly labeled vegan and gluten-free options
Try the house made vegan donuts, best during Mardi Gras in February
Cities where the pizza signature also earns a spot in the top essentials — pack a weekend around one.
Yes — Ljubljana has 164 vegan-ready venues. The top-ranked are Gostilna Vida, Veganika, Pizzeria Piccola. Spinach ranks them daily on overall rating, signature dish strength, and reviewer praise for the food.
Ljubljana scores 53.3/100 on the Spinach vegan city index. The city has 25 vegan-friendly venues and 36 high-quality restaurants out of 164 analyzed.
Ljubljana has 11 fully vegan restaurants and 5 vegetarian restaurants. 25 venues score B or higher on the Vegan Friendliness grade.
Ljubljana's top signature dishes for vegans are pizza, ice cream, sorbet, and the city also does cake and burger well. Signature dishes are ranked by how the city's venues score against the other 157 cities we track.
The vegan scene in Ljubljana leans European, Pizza, Asian.
Gostilna Vida is ranked #1 in Ljubljana 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.
