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Sustainable, delicious, and nutritious: the vibrant plant-based restaurants in Hampshire reflect the popularity of a growing green food scene.
Whether you’re a veggie or vegan, a dabbling flexitarian, or you just fancy a bit more veg in your life, these plant-based eateries are sure to hit the spot this Veganuary.
Késarum, Southampton
Deriving its name from the Sanskrit word for Saffron, Késarum is an exciting new addition to the Southampton restaurant scene. The city centre restaurant showcases refined and creative plant-based Indian cuisine, and with a special Veganuary offer of 30% off food in January, there’s no better time to sample the delicious menu.
Baboo-Ji, Southampton
The place to go for vegan street food, with ‘Baboo bites’ from the Indian subcontinent including cauliflower Bengaluru wings, smashed chickpea samosas, and gunpowder fries enjoyed with the backdrop of Bollywood on Baboo-Ji’s walls.
Café Thrive, Southampton
The food at the popular Cafe Thrive near Southampton’s Bargate is super wholesome, delicious, and 100% plant-based. On the breakfast menu are treats including avocado or tofu scramble and the acai bowl loaded with irresistible fruits, and for lunch, you can build your own wholesome salad bowl or tuck into a range of burgers and dogs.
Hunter Gatherer, Southsea
From the brunch burritos to the mouthwatering cakes, all the treats served up at Southsea’s Hunter Gatherer are 100% plant-based and most are made from scratch in the café’s kitchen.
Soak up that special Southsea café culture with a carefully curated coffee from the Brew Bar or with a freshly made immune-boosting juice.
OFFBEET Southsea
To’fish’ Tacos and New Forest mushrooms on wild garlic toast are just some of the delicious plant-based food served up at OFFBEAT on Southsea’s Albert Road.
There’s also a popular secret garden tasting menu each month with 10 courses of show-stopping food.
Mangosteen, Southsea
On Southsea’s Palmerston Road is another vegan gem; Mangosteen specialises in tasty and colourful plant-based dishes from across the world. The menu includes crispy chilli mushrooms, beetroot gnocchi, plant tacos, and butternut squash wellington.
The Greenhouse, Fleet
The Greenhouse in Fleet is an independent vegetarian and vegan eatery that transforms from a friendly café by day (with handmade sandwiches, salads and cakes) into an inviting restaurant by night serving up homemade curries and burgers, and gourmet chunky chips.
The Tinker’s Granddaughter, Lymington
The Tinker’s Grandaughter on Lymington High Street is a delightful plant-based eatery, deli, and store offering dairy-free coffees, cakes, gluten-free bagels, and deli salad boxes to takeaway or eat within its Instagrammable walls. There are also vegan cookbooks, wine, handmade chocolate, ingredients, and locally-made homeware for sale in the store.
Vemillion, Basingstoke
Basingstoke’s first 100% vegan café, the welcoming Vemillion has a variety of smoothies, pancakes, breakfast baguettes, and nutritional budda bowls on its menu.
The artwork displayed on the café walls has been carefully curated from Ghana’s dynamic art scene to support communities in Ghana.
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Vegetarian and vegan restaurant and takeaway in Portswood, Southampton. Our Chef Kamal combines the heritage and traditional flavours from the Indian sub-continent in a modern menu, using fresh ingredients to create inspiring vegetarian and vegan food that everyone can enjoy.
Hunter Gatherer has simple goals. Great coffee, great food, great times. Serving superb specialty coffee and Aussie-style cafe dishes, in a warm and friendly space that can be enjoyed simply alone or with friends.
Vemillion is a café in Basingstoke, and it proudly holds the title of being the first and only completely plant-based café in the area. With a strong focus on sustainability, Vemillion strives to become the most eco-friendly café in Hampshire. One of the ways they achieve this is through their use of compostable packaging, moving away from harmful single-use plastics. Their mission is clear - to serve great food without costing the planet.
