Best Vegan Restaurants in San Diego

Hello all! These are my personal favorite vegan restaurants in the San Diego area. San Diego has a lot of great vegan options. I will say, there are mostly casual and there are few fine dining vegan restaurants here. Coming from the east coast, the west coast is generally more “health conscious” so finding vegan or gluten free options are quite easy. Most restaurants have at least a few vegan options here and almost all coffee shops have a non dairy milk option.

There are plenty more but, these are all vegan San Diego restaurants we frequent often. I have done a similar blog post featuring the best vegan restaurants in the Boston area - here.

La Jolla

  • Taste of the Himalayas - amazing Nepalese cuisine, has a few different locations locally in SD, good options

  • George’s at the Cove - has good/decent vegan options, is a great fancy place for dinner with a view of the ocean

  • Sipz - Asian fusion all vegetarian spot with great desserts

  • Trilogy Sanctuary - health conscious rooftop cafe with healthy vegan eats and smoothies, all vegan

  • Green Door Cafe - next to Trilogy, also health conscious, more of a “nice” dinner spot. Lots of greenery and essentially in a (cute) alleyway, all vegan

  • Parakeet Cafe - health conscious cafe with juices and drinks, also a spot in One Paseo, all vegan

San Diego

  • Donna Jean - italian vegan comfort food, amazing pizza and homemade vegan cheeses, all vegan

  • Kinderd - death metal comfort food bar, all vegan

  • Grains - all vegan asian fusion

  • The Yasai - amazing ramen and vegan sushi spots, all vegan

North County

  • Good On Ya - health conscious salads and dinner, right on the 101, has vegan options

  • Plumeria - all vegetarian thai place - super good, also a university heights location, has vegan options

  • Modern Times - brewery with vegan food options, vegan options

  • Hazel and Jade - all vegan cafe with amazing pastries

  • Split Bakehouse - amazing all vegan pastries in grossmont center or avail at local coffee shops

Go To Local Chains

  • Sweetgreen

  • Cava

  • Mendocino Farms

  • Tocaya

  • Cafe Gratitude

  • Plant Power Fast Food

Christie Wang