Turin's signature list goes pastry-first, with croissant on 19 menus and gelato on 10 before carbonara turns up at 4. Il Gelato Amico - Principi d'Acaja and Papalele - Quadrilatero anchor the gelato bench while Efrem and Pizzeria Fratelli Roselli run pizza and cake. Behind the sweets, a 10-deep Italian roster sits next to a 10-deep Chinese one, with Smile Tree Cocktail Bar as the cocktail outlier.
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 · #7 Try the vegan gelato flavors for a creamy and delicious experience
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Must go · #15 Try the customizable poke bowl with vegan tuna, vegan nuggets, or grilled tofu as protein choices
Dishes ranked by how well this city's plant-based venues make them, compared to the other 157 cities we track.
10 places worth stopping for gelato
Try the salted pistachio vegan gelato
Try the Mediterranean and Gran Pistachio vegan flavors
Try the vegan gelato flavors for a creamy and delicious experience
Try the 'Marotto' vegan gianduiotto flavor
19 places worth stopping for croissant
Enjoy the pistachio-based desserts, especially the 'pistacchietto'
Try the pistachio cream filled croissant
Try the vegan croissants, especially with chocolate filling
Plant-based milk available for coffee and cappuccinos
4 places worth stopping for carbonara
Expect no restroom facilities available at this small venue
Try the vegan carbonara, a signature dish praised for its creaminess and authentic flavors
Make a reservation in advance as Mezzaluna is often busy for dinner
Choose from various pasta formats paired with vegan sauces
spinach · Vegan Food Guide All 374 Turin 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 pistachio ice cream cake
Enjoy the wide variety of fresh vegan pastries
Try the multi-course tasting menus for a full experience
Try the lasagna and seitan dishes
Mainstream restaurants where the vegan side of the menu is treated seriously.
Try the pistachio cream pizza with vegan mortadella or pepperoni
Try the Ortoveg pizza with fried eggplant
Try the customizable poke bowl with vegan tuna, vegan nuggets, or grilled tofu as protein choices
Try the broth bases: tomato or mushroom for vegan options
Open before 10, good coffee, the kind of place you walk back to on day two.
Weekday fuel and weekend stretches.
Date night. Birthday. Tell them you're celebrating.
Where the coffee is the reason to come.
Ice cream, pastry, and the honest dessert case.
Try the pistachio ice cream cake
Try the salted pistachio vegan gelato
Try the vegan gelato flavors for a creamy and delicious experience
Try the vegan pistachio gelato
Quiet rooms, unhurried pace, under $$.
Busy rooms with tables big enough for eight.
Try the vegan aperitivo with cocktails for a full experience
Try the vegan burgers, especially the barley-based ones
Try the customizable poke bowl with vegan tuna, vegan nuggets, or grilled tofu as protein choices
Try the vegan tacos
Menus kids recognize, staff who don't flinch at strollers.
Try the pistachio ice cream cake
Try the pistachio cream pizza with vegan mortadella or pepperoni
Try the pistachio and hazelnut vegan gelato
Look for clearly labeled vegan gelato options
Make a reservation in advance as Mezzaluna is often busy for dinner
Try the vegan carbonara, a signature dish praised for its creaminess and authentic flavors
Try the vegan pizzas, especially the ones with spicy chili oil and vegan mozzarella
Try the vegan sandwiches and taglieri
Cities where the gelato signature also earns a spot in the top essentials — pack a weekend around one.
Yes — Turin has 374 vegan-ready venues. The top-ranked are Il Gelato Amico - Principi d'Acaja, Efrem, Pizzeria Fratelli Roselli. Spinach ranks them daily on overall rating, signature dish strength, and reviewer praise for the food.
Turin scores 58.6/100 on the Spinach vegan city index. The city has 48 vegan-friendly venues and 80 high-quality restaurants out of 374 analyzed.
Turin has 19 fully vegan restaurants and 11 vegetarian restaurants. 48 venues score B or higher on the Vegan Friendliness grade.
Turin's top signature dishes for vegans are gelato, croissant, carbonara, and the city also does pizza and cake well. Signature dishes are ranked by how the city's venues score against the other 157 cities we track.
The vegan scene in Turin leans Italian, Chinese, Mediterranean. Italian is particularly strong, with 10 venues serving quality plant-based options.
Il Gelato Amico - Principi d'Acaja is ranked #1 in Turin 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.
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