Vegan Guides to the World

My Vegan Guide to Oxford has grown enormously since I began it in 1997. Here are some links to other similar guides that I've found around the Internet. I can't guarantee how up-to-date these are, though I've tried to give some indication. All sites are in English unless otherwise indicated.

See also:

• VegEats! - similar to this site, a list of local vegetarian guides.
• Richard Gillmann's Vegetarian Restaurant Guide - personal experiences of vegetarian restaurants in Europe and America.
• VegDining.com - listings of vegetarian restaurants around the world, some with reviews, plus discussion board.
• Happy Cow - listings of vegetarian restaurants and health food stores around the world.
• The World Guide to Vegetarianism, which is good but very out of date (nothing seems to have been updated since February 1996).
• About.com Vegetarian Guide Restaurant & Travel links
• Vegsource Travel Advisory Service, which offers to send you (free, via email) a personalized guide for your journey. The organization is based in the USA, but claims to also be able to provide information for other places. I haven't tried this service.

Africa

• Africa Travel and Dining bulletin board, hosted by Vegsource. Post a question on vegetarian travel or dining, or answer someone else's.

Asia

• Asia Travel and Dining bulletin board, hosted by Vegsource. Post a question on vegetarian travel or dining, or answer someone else's.
• Vegan India
• Bangkok from the `Trip to Bangkok' city guide and Taiyo language school - a list of vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly restaurants and useful shops, with brief reviews. Vegans not specifically mentioned.
• Taipei vegetarian/vegan restaurants (includes togglable English translations)

Australasia

• Australasia Travel and Dining bulletin board, hosted by Vegsource. Post a question on vegetarian travel or dining, or answer someone else's.
• Australian Vegetarian Restaurants, a list maintained by the Australian Vegetarian Society (scroll down that page for restaurant links). Restaurant addresses and some reviews.

Australia - Northern Territory

• Vegetarian and vegan options in Darwin - a usenet posting by Donna Schakelaar [19 Aug 2002 - link fixed]

Australia - Queensland

• Vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Brisbane and other areas of Queensland (from the Vegetarian/Vegan Society of Queensland)

Europe

• Europe Travel and Dining bulletin board, hosted by Vegsource. Post a question on vegetarian travel or dining, or answer someone else's.

Europe - Austria

• Vegetarian restaurants in Austria by the Internationale Vegetarische Initiative. Brief listing of restaurant addresses and opening hours, in German, no indication of how recent the information is.

Europe - Belgium

• Guide to Belgian restaurants from the EVA (Belgium's national vegetarian and vegan organisation) (English version)

Europe - British Isles

England

• Veggie Heaven UK Vegetarian Restaurant Guide

The resources below are listed by county and then town/city, apart from London, which is on its own.

• Bristol: Vegan Bristol
• Dorset: Solent Vegetarians and Vegans Eating Out Guide
• Hampshire: Solent Vegetarians and Vegans Eating Out Guide
• London:
  • Vegan-friendly places in London, Vegetarian-friendly places in London, and Totally vegetarian places in London, from the Randomness Guide to London
  • Brian and Julie's Vegan London
  • Planet Veggie London restaurants
  • Veggie Heaven, London section
  • Manna Vegetarian Restaurant, Primrose Hill; includes menu and recipe of the month (personal recommendation - Manna is great.)
• Merseyside: Liverpool: The Egg vegetarian and vegan bistro
• Sussex: Brighton: Vegetarian Eating Places in Brighton
• Yorkshire: Vegetarian Cafes & Restaurants in and around the North East
• Yorkshire: Bradford: Bradford VEGetariAN Society's brief listings of vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly restaurants, with recommended places marked with a *.
• Yorkshire: Leeds: A usenet posting by Juliet Kemp on the vegan-friendly Salvo's Restaurant

Ireland

• Vegan & Vegetarian Guide to Ireland

Scotland

• Edinburgh:
  • The Cruelty-Free Guide to Edinburgh, by Edinburgh Vegans. An in-depth guide to restaurants, cafés and shops.
  • Vegetarian-friendly eating places in Edinburgh from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Dining guide
  • Henderson's of Edinburgh vegetarian restaurant
  • Future Foods vegan sandwich and snack bar
• Glasgow:
  • The Glasgow Vegan Network Home Page has recommendations of places for vegans and vegetarians to eat.
  • Vegetarian-friendly eating places in Glasgow from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Dining guide

Europe - France

• How to be a British Vegetarian...in France! - David Rozier's guide to finding vegetarian food in France
• A Vegetarian In Provence - article from the September/October issue of the Vegetarian Resource Group's Vegetarian Journal

Europe - Greece

• Greek Islands:
  • Vegan travel in the Greek Islands - Palm Pilot version available too

Europe - Italy

• Rome:
  • Vegan & Vegetarian Guide To Rome

Europe - Norway

• Oslo: Vegeta Vertshus Home Page - vegetarian restaurant [20 Mar 2001 - link fixed; thanks to Tor for pointing out it was broken].

Latin America

• Latin America Travel and Dining bulletin board, hosted by Vegsource. Post a question on vegetarian travel or dining, or answer someone else's.
• Vegan in Mexico - an article from vegan.com

North America (USA and Canada)

• North America Travel and Dining bulletin board, hosted by Vegsource. Post a question on vegetarian travel or dining, or answer somebody else's.
• CuisineNet Restaurant Guide - allows searching on criteria including vegetarian, and covers 16 major US cities.

Thanks to Tofu and others for helping me get these sorted by state and city.

• Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver:
  • Vancouver vegetarian/vegan restaurants
• Canada: Ontario: Toronto:
  • Vegetarian Directory, Toronto Area - a publication of the Toronto Vegetarian Association, with listings and brief reviews of lots of vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly restaurants, cafes, caterers and more.
  • Ruby's Vegan Restaurant - an organic vegan restaurant situated in Oakville, Toronto.
• USA: California: Berkeley:
  • Vegan meals in Berkeley near campus for $6.00 or less, by Julie Bernstein. I don't think this gets updated any more.
• USA: California: Los Angeles:
  • Vegetarian places in Los Angeles from LAVeg
  • Dining In Paradise - Vegetarians in Paradise reviews of LA restaurants.
  • Real Food Daily, a vegan organic restaurant with branches in Santa Monica and West Hollywood
• USA: California: San Francisco Bay Area:
  • The Ultimate Guide to Vegetarian Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, by the Bay Area Vegetarians
  • California, Bay Area Vegetarian Restaurant List, maintained by Tofu
  • San Francisco Bay Area - the "Things Indian" list of Indian vegetarian restaurants in the area.
• USA: District of Columbia:
  • Vegetarian Society of the District of Columbia - including restaurant listings and reviews
• USA: Hawaii:
  • Vegetarian Society of Hawaii Dining Guide [2-Apr-01: Link fixed - sorry about that.]
• USA: Hawaii: Maui:
  • The Maui Guide to Vegan Dining
  • The Vegan - vegan restaurant
• USA: Massachusetts: Beverly:
  • Organic Garden Restaurant And Juice Bar - raw food vegetarian restaurant
• USA: Massachusetts: Boston:
  • Boston for vegetarians and vegans. Information provided by Maynard S. Clark and hosted by the Good Karma Café. This page is copyrighted 1997, but no information is given about how recent the listings are.
• USA: Michigan: Detroit:
  • Metro Detroit Vegetarians Guide to Vegetarian Restaurants
  • Atom's Juice Cafe - a vegan, organic cafe situated in Grosse Pointe
• USA: New York: New York City:
  • Sondra's Guide to New York City Restaurants
  • New York City - Vegan Guide to the Lower East Side - by David Boles. Date of last update of entire guide only given.
  • Zen Palate vegetarian restaurant chain - three branches in New York City. The extensive website includes full menus, opening times and scans of reviews by publications such as the New York Times.
• USA: Ohio: Cincinatti:
  • Cincinnati, Ohio - Eat Vegetarian - Jeff Roberts' compilation of veg-friendly restaurant listings
  • Veg-Friendly Restaurants in Greater Cincinnati
• USA: Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh:
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for vegans, from the Friends of Animals at the University of Pittsburgh. Categorised by both type of cuisine and area. Addresses, phone numbers and brief reviews. Dates of last update of reviews given.
• USA: South Carolina: Columbia:
  • Columbia Restaurants - Susan Voisin's favourite restaurants catering for vegetarians and vegans. Addresses and brief reviews, no dates.
• USA: Texas: Austin:
  • Austin, Texas for vegetarians and vegans, by the Good Karma Café. This page is copyrighted 1996/1997, but no information is given about how recent the listings are.