Best Vegan Restaurants in Taipei

TAIWAN
489 vegan-ready venues · last refreshed today

Taipei's signature game is dumplings before anything else, with the dish hitting 14 venues and bao following at 9. The A-grade essentials skew traditional, with Shang Di and Laishin Vegetarian leading the Taiwanese-Chinese side alongside NUTTEA for bubble tea, but the dish standouts tilt Western: HiPizza on pizza, Ice Gyaru on ice cream, Cha Lounge Grand Hyatt Taipei on salad. Tofu skin salad rounds out the signatures at 5 places, with Nice Cream as the outlier Italian pick.

The 15 Essential

Places you shouldn't miss in Taipei

Ranked by overall rating, signature dish strength, and how much reviewers praise the food. If you only have a weekend, start here.

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MUST GO · #1 Photo via Google Maps
★ 5.0 A · Fully plant-based ·$$ ·Beverage · Vegan menu · 1.8 km from centre
Nut Mylk Tea, Fully Vegan
#1 FOR NUT MYLK IN TAIPEI

Try the teas topped with nut cream for a decadent experience

Must go · #3

Shang Di

Restaurant · 2.5 km from centre
Vegan Pan-fried Buns, Takeout
★ 5.0 A $$
#4 FOR DUMPLINGS IN TAIPEI

Try the pumpkin and bamboo shoot buns

Nice Cream Must go · #5

Nice Cream

Ice Cream · 2.0 km from centre
Italian Gelato, Fully Vegan, Bubble Waffles
★ 4.9 A $$
#1 FOR WAFFLE IN TAIPEI

Try the bubble waffle with gelato

Must go · #8

HiPizza

Bakery · 1.1 km from centre
Vegan Pizza, Bakery, Breakfast
★ 4.8 A $$
#1 FOR PIZZA IN TAIPEI

Be aware that many items are wrapped in plastic packaging

Must go · #9

Vegan Amore

Restaurant · 1.4 km from centre
Burgers, Vegan Menu, Fusion
★ 4.9 A $$$

Try the vegan Omnipork Truffle Cheeseburger

VEGE Vermicelli Must go · #12

VEGE Vermicelli

Restaurant · 2.0 km from centre
Taiwanese Vermicelli, Vegan Custom
★ 4.9 A $

Ask to customize your vermicelli bowl without egg to ensure it's fully vegan

Taipei's signature dishes

What Taipei does better than you'd expect

Dishes ranked by how well this city's plant-based venues make them, compared to the other 157 cities we track.

Signature #1

Best Dumplings

14 places worth stopping for dumplings

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Signature #2

Best Bao

9 places worth stopping for bao

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Signature #3

Best Tofu Skin Salad

5 places worth stopping for tofu skin salad

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Dietary core
Fully Vegan

Fully Vegan in Taipei

Completely plant-based kitchens. No swaps, no asking, no surprises.

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Omni Standouts

Omni Standouts in Taipei

Mainstream restaurants where the vegan side of the menu is treated seriously.

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More to explore
Breakfast Spots

Breakfast Spots in Taipei

Open before 10, good coffee, the kind of place you walk back to on day two.

Lunch & Brunch

Lunch & Brunch in Taipei

Weekday fuel and weekend stretches.

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Worth the Occasion

Worth the Occasion in Taipei

Date night. Birthday. Tell them you're celebrating.

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Sweet Treats

Sweet Treats in Taipei

Ice cream, pastry, and the honest dessert case.

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Cozy Hideaways

Cozy Hideaways in Taipei

Quiet rooms, unhurried pace, under $$.

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Work-Friendly Cafes

Work-Friendly Cafes in Taipei

Wifi, outlets, no judgement for a 3-hour sit.

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Family Friendly

Family Friendly in Taipei

Menus kids recognize, staff who don't flinch at strollers.

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Dishes this city does well
Best dumplings

Best dumplings in Taipei

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Best bao

Best bao in Taipei

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Best cake

Best cake in Taipei

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Best noodle soup

Best noodle soup in Taipei

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Best pizza

Best pizza in Taipei

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Best burger

Best burger in Taipei

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Best ice cream

Best ice cream in Taipei

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Best curry

Best curry in Taipei

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Best salad

Best salad in Taipei

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Best ramen

Best ramen in Taipei

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Cuisines that shine here
Taiwanese

Taiwanese in Taipei

Chinese

Chinese in Taipei

Italian

Italian in Taipei

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Four more cities that run on vegan dumplings

Cities where the dumplings signature also earns a spot in the top essentials — pack a weekend around one.

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Frequently asked questions

Are there vegan restaurants in Taipei?

Yes — Taipei has 489 vegan-ready venues. The top-ranked are NUTTEA Nut Mylk Tea 堅果奶 · 茶, Sichuan style cold noodles, Shang Di. Spinach ranks them daily on overall rating, signature dish strength, and reviewer praise for the food.

Is Taipei good for vegans?

Taipei scores 73.8/100 on the Spinach vegan city index. The city has 132 vegan-friendly venues and 106 high-quality restaurants out of 489 analyzed.

How many vegan restaurants are in Taipei?

Taipei has 134 fully vegan restaurants and 248 vegetarian restaurants. 132 venues score B or higher on the Vegan Friendliness grade.

What dishes is Taipei known for?

Taipei's top signature dishes for vegans are dumplings, bao, tofu skin salad, and the city also does salad and pizza well. Signature dishes are ranked by how the city's venues score against the other 157 cities we track.

What are the best cuisines for vegans in Taipei?

The vegan scene in Taipei leans Taiwanese, Chinese, Asian. Taiwanese is particularly strong, with 10 venues serving quality plant-based options.

What's the best vegan restaurant in Taipei?

NUTTEA Nut Mylk Tea 堅果奶 · 茶 is ranked #1 in Taipei by the Spinach Essentials algorithm, which weights rating, signature dish performance, and reviewer praise. See all 15 Essentials for the full ranking.

How does Spinach rank these venues?

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.

How fresh is this data?

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.