1. Grown

Offering a locally sourced, plant-based menu, this chic West End restaurant serves up dishes like roasted onions with pearl barley, ponzu and crispy buckwheat. They’re currently also hosting special Tuesday and Wednesday evening degustation events over summer.

21 Buchanan Street, West End – grownbne.com

2. The Green Edge

This family run café has a vegan menu featuring tasty and approachable dishes like salt and pepper tofu, Tofurky ham toasties and a “meatball” sub roll.

Shop 2b, 229 Lutwyche Road, Windsor – greenedgeonline.com.au

3. Vege Rama

Entirely vegetarian and entirely delicious, this popular chain of cafes serves up zingy, Asian influenced offerings like tempeh stuffed bao buns, sago fritters and raw vegan Pad Thai. They also skillfully cater for gluten free, nut free and onion free dietaries.

Various locations – vegerama.com.au

4. Botanica Real Food

This, quite possibly, is the Ottolenghi of Brisbane. Everything at this boutique salad bar looks fresh and carefully curated. You will literally want to take away all the salads and half of the super stylish individual cakes too.

Shop 9/ 1 Enoggera Terrace, Red Hill and Shop 3/ 29 Doggett Street, Teneriffe – botanicarealfood.com.au

5. Charlie’s Raw Squeeze

This upbeat chain of juice bar cafes caters to vegans, vegetarians and the health conscious. Boasting Brisbane’s healthiest desserts, there’s no need to feel guilty about tucking into their coconut milk based gelato or picture-perfect smoothie bowls.

Various locations – rawsqueeze.com.au

6. Vegeme

Vegeme serves up simple pan-Asian dishes to hungry lunchtime crowds in South Brisbane. Try the Bibimbap with rice, seasonal vegetables and tofu or the Okonomiyaki pancake topped with soy floss and mayo.

9/220 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane – facebook.com/VegeMe/

7. Urbane

With three Good Food Guide hats, Urbane is one of Brisbane’s, and the country’s, best restaurants. While not a vegetarian restaurant, happily for herbivores, they offer five or seven course vegetarian menus, which feature delights like leeks cooked with black garlic, and roasted cauliflower with fermented pumpkin and sesame puree.

181 Mary Street, Brisbane – urbanerestaurant.com

8. Moo Free Burgers

As the name suggests, these burger experts make hunger-busting burgers with plant-based patties. They also have a tasty range of loaded chips, sliders and crispy onion rings.

53 Endeavour Boulevard, North Lakes – facebook.com/moofreeburgers/

9. Cat Cuddle Café

If you are a dedicated animal lover, this vegetarian café in Red Hill is perfect for you. Enjoy a vegan salad wrap and sip on fair trade coffee while you play with the café’s dozen or so rescue cats and kittens.

Shop 2 – 4/160 Musgrave Road, Red Hill – catcuddlecafe.com

10. Deer Duck Bistro

This charming fine dining restaurant in Brisbane presents a vegetarian degustation alongside their more traditional offering. The food is effortlessly stylish and inviting, with classy service to match.

396 Milton Rd, Auchenflower – deerduckbistro.com.au