The first place worth checking out is Kingland Healthy Vegan Restaurant (Shop 5 Dickson Plaza, 67-69 Woolley St, Dickson), an Asian vegan restaurant serving a range of vegetables, tofu, soy seafood and soy meat dishes, dumplings, spring rolls, noodles, fried rice, and ice cream desserts.

For more Asian cuisine, visit Au Lac Vegetarian Cuisine (4/39 Woolley St, Dickson). All the food is vegan, including soy beef, fish, chicken, pork and duck, stir fry, noodles, soup, Vietnamese crepes, tom yum, hot plates, and desserts.

Also, make sure you check out Canberra’s vegan bakery, the Sweet Bones Bakery Café (Shop 8, 18 Lonsdale St, Braddon).

They make vegan muffins, cakes, coffee, burgers, salads, sandwiches, pasta, buffalo wings, chilli cheese dogs and more.

Another great meat-free café worth visiting is My Rainbow Dreams (Shop G1, Dickson Chambers, Dickson Place). Menu options include scrambled tofu, burgers, wraps, curries, dhal, soup, cakes, brownies, coffee, juices, and smoothies.

If you’re craving a pizza, you can get delicious vegan pizzas from Walter G’s Pizza Obsession (Unit 7, 28 Challis St). Although they’re not entirely meat-free, their vegan options include the Vegan Supreme (with vegan ham, pepperoni, mushrooms, capsicum, olives, Spanish onion and vegan cheese) and the Vegan Veggie Patch (with spinach, mushrooms, capsicum, eggplant, cherry tomatoes and vegan cheese garnished with vegan pesto aioli).

They even have a vegan garlic pizza and a chocolate dessert pizza!

If fish and chips (minus the cruelty to our friends in the sea) is what you’re after, you can get vegan fish and chips from The Fish Shack (87/105 Petrie Plaza, at /off Bunda St). They also serve pulled mushroom burgers, vegan fish burgers, and vegan seafood laksa.

And last, but certainly not least, is the vegetarian café and bulk food store, The Food Co-Op Shop and Café (3 Kingsley St, Acton), located near the Australian National University. The store stocks local, organic, fair trade, bulk foods and products, and the café serves organic fair trade coffee, breakfast, and lunch.

They also serve homemade, baked and raw goods. The restaurant offers vegan lunches every weekday, which only costs $5 for students and Co-Op members, and $7 for the general public.

Check out the HappyCow website for even more vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in Australian Capital Territory.

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My personal favourite restaurant in Adelaide is Two Bit Villains (Shop 150, Level 1, Adelaide Arcade, off Rundle Mall). Everything is vegetarian and all of it can be made vegan. They serve cheeseburgers, sloppy joes, veggie burgers, chick’n burgers, hot dogs, nachos, chilli cheese fries, tacos, pot pie, onion rings, chocolate cake, apple pie, salted peanut and chocolate sundaes, and chocolate peanut pie.

They also make their own sodas and soda floats in a variety of flavours, as well as coffee, juice, and teas.

Another great place to get some vegan junk food is Lord of The Fries (23A Hindley Street). They’re basically a vegan Macca’s, the holy grail of vegan junk food! They have burgers (including a parma, faux fish, chick’n, and soy beef burger), hot dogs, nuggets, faux fish and chips, onion rings, and soy milk shakes

If you’re looking for vegan pies, donuts, cupcakes, slices, sausages rolls, cakes, croissants, cheesecakes, coffee, ice cream sodas, or a light breakfast or lunch, look no further than Cherry Darlings Bakehouse (5 Aroha Terrace, Forestville), Adelaide’s all vegan bakery.

Both Gorilla Pizza (542C Brighton Rd, South Brighton) and Eat’aliano pizzeria (Finchley Plaza Shop 2, 92-94 St Bernards Rd, Magill) are both great places to get a vegan pizza, with all sorts of different vegan cheeses and meats. My favourite pizzas are the hot chip pizza and the vegan meat lovers pizza at Gorilla Pizza, as well as the vegan chicken avocado pizza at Let’s Do Pizza.

Next time you’re in the CBD, be sure to check out the all vegan restaurant Vego and Love’n It (240 Rundle St). They serve tofu and falafel wraps, soup, sandwiches, soy smoothies, burgers, and chocolate mousse.

For Asian and Asian-fusion food, check out Zenhouse Vegetarian Fusion (462 Port Rd, West Hindmarsh) and Zenhouse Vegetarian Yum Cha (17-19 Bent St).

They serve vegan honey chicken, spring rolls, chicken burgers, fried rice, noodles, soup, vegan cheese cake, green curry, roasted tofu, sweet and sour eggplant, dumplings, samosas and curry puffs.

Bliss Organic Garden Café (7 Compton St) is an entirely vegan and organic café, serving bruschetta, burgers, tofu scramble, wedges, wraps, acai bowls and more.

Red Lime Shack (158 St Vincent Street, Port Adelaide) is another café where the food is entirely vegan, although the do serve cow’s milk in some of the drinks. The all vegan menu includes waffles, muesli, smoothies, muffins, pies, toasted sandwiches, slices, and burgers.

Veggo Sizzle (358 King William St) serves up a mix of Western and Asian food. They’re entirely vegetarian and have a lot of vegan options, including toasted sandwiches, curries, sizzling tofu, vegan chicken, noodle, penne pasta, fried rice, spring rolls, and savory pancakes.

Check out the HappyCow website for even more vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in South Australia.

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First of all, no list of vegan options in Melbourne would be complete without Lord of The Fries. Everything is meat-free and can be made vegan on request. They’re basically a vegan Macca’s, the holy grail of vegan junk food! They have burgers, including a parma, faux fish, chick’n and soy beef burger, hot dogs, nuggets, faux fish and chips, onion rings, and soy milk shakes.

They have stores on Brunswick Street (383 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy), Chapel Street (170 Chapel Street, Windsor), Elizabeth Street (Elizabeth Street Exit), Swanston Street (55 Swanston Street), Flinders Street Station (Flinders Street), Melbourne Central (Shop 146 Knox Lane, 211 La Trobe Street), Southern Cross Station (Upstairs, Bourke St. Overpass, Spencer Street) and the Chadstone Shopping Centre (1341 Dandenong Road, Chadstone, New Food Gallery – Entry near Target).

Smith and Daughters (175 Brunswick St, Fitzroy) plus Smith and Deli (111 Moor St, Fitzroy) are two more places that no list of Melbourne vegan restaurants would be complete without.

Smith and Deli offer pastries, sandwiches, coffee, bagels, groceries, ready-to-go meals, and more, whilst Smith and Daughters offers a Latin American menu and theme.

The food at both places is seriously top notch!

If pizza is more your thing, check out the entirely vegan Red Sparrow Pizza (406 Smith Street, Collingwood). Whether you want a meaty pizza covered in vegan pepperoni and sausages, or a pizza with spinach and kale, Red Sparrow has you covered either way.

A great option if you’re on a budget is Crossways (123 Swanston St), a hare Krishna affiliated, all you can eat buffet. $7.95 (or $5.95 for students and concession card holders) buys you as much food as you can possibly eat! The choice is limited (they usually only sell one meal and one dessert at a time), but the menu changes twice every day. Everything is vegetarian and they always have a vegan option.

Another great place to get cheap vegan food is Lentil As Anything. They operate on a “pay as you feel” system and run as a non-profit. Everything is vegetarian and most of their menu is vegan as well.

They are located in Thornbury (564/562-564 High St), Footscray (233 Barkly St), St Kilda (41 Blessington St) and Abbotsford (1/3 St Heliers St).

Another good option for students and anyone else looking to save some money is the 100% vegan Mantra Lounge (167 Grattan Street, Carlton), near the University of Melbourne. They have Korean BBQ burgers, lasagne, curries, mango slices, cheesecakes and more. All are very reasonably priced.

If you’ve got a sweet tooth, you should check out Mr Nice Guys Bake Shop (151 Union Rd, Ascot Vale). They have doughnuts, cupcakes, cinnamon buns, brownies, cakes, pretzel dogs, sausages rolls, bagels, milkshakes, and best of all, it’s all 100% vegan!

Another awesome bakery is La Panella (465 High Street, Preston). Everything is vegetarian and most of their food is labelled vegan. They have pies, sausage rolls, muffins, lemon tarts, fresh bread, cream donuts, pasties and more. It’s all cheap and delicious! The food in the photo below only cost me about $20 and I got a few pies, four chocolate muffins, a cream and jam filled donut, some lemon tarts, a pastie, and a couple of sausage rolls.

If you like to have a beer or two with dinner then check out the Cornish Arms (163A Sydney Rd, Brunswick) for some of the best vegan pub food in Melbourne. Although they do serve meat, they have a huge vegan menu. Think vegan double downs, burgers, fish and chips, parmas, popcorn chicken, chicken wings and pizzas with vegan bacon, chicken, sausages, pork belly, ribs and lots of BBQ sauce!

The Reverence Hotel (28 Napier Street, Footscray) also has some awesome vegan options, as well as a pool table, foosball, live bands, and a beer garden.

The Mexican inspired menu contains heaps of vegan options, including tacos, burritos, nachos, quesadillas and Mexican pizza. They also have burgers, popcorn chicken, and even a cheeseburger pizza.

Their desserts menu is just as good. The menu includes ice cream sandwiches, chocolate empanadas, and, my personal favourite, chocolate nachos.

If you like Irish bars with insanely good vegan pub food, look no further than The Snug Public House (2/12 Fitzroy St, St Kilda). They have bangers and mash, pies, parmas, burgers, cheesy gravy chips, beer battered onion rings, battered sausages, and smashed avo on toast.

And for those of you don’t drink, we haven’t forgotten about you! You can sip on smoothies, cold press juices, white hot chocolates, lattes, tea and even kombucha while you eat at the all vegan Matcha Mylkbar (72 Acland St, St Kilda).

They serve vegan eggs, smoothie bowls, pancakes, burgers, longevity bowls and a green breakfast bowl. Everything is plant-based with a focus on healthy eating.

If you’re craving Mexican food, check out Trippy Taco, located in both Fitzroy (234 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy) and St Kilda (6 Acland Street, St Kilda). Everything is vegetarian and can be made vegan. Their menu includes bean and cheese plus tofu burritos, tacos, quesadillas with vegan cheese, nachos, breakfast burritos and churros.

Go early for dinner to get a table at the very popular walk in restaurant Vegie Bar (378-380 Brunswick St, Fitzroy). The portions are usually large and they have a wide variety of food, including: pizza, stir fry, noodles, roast veggies, pasta, vegan desserts, and more.

Just remember to get there early, otherwise be prepare to wait!

Last, but certainly not least, is Finas Vegetarian Café in Richmond (268 Victoria St, Richmond) and its sister restaurant Finas 2 in Fitzroy (339 Brunswick St, Fitzroy). Finas in Richmond is almost entirely vegan and Finas 2 is 100% vegan. They both have a lot of delicious vegan Vietnamese cuisine, plus cakes and smoothies!

The meals include vegan crab noodle soup, pho soup, stir fry, curry, fried rice, stewed beef, chicken satay, grilled pork skewers, savory pancakes, and mushroom hot pots. They also have some of the best desserts in Melbourne!

In Geelong, the best place to get delicious vegan food is Dolly’s Sister Vegan Café and Bar (221 Moorabool St, Geelong).

Everything is vegan and they have scrambled tofu, avo smash, burgers, tofu satay kebabs, chilli, mac and cheese, nachos and desserts. They also have raw stacks, raw soups, and salads.

All the food is delicious here and they seriously have the best vegan mac and cheese I’ve ever had in my life.

In addition to running the restaurant, they also travel around Victoria in Simply Vegan Cuisine’s “Dolly Bus,” serving vegan food at whatever event or venue they happen to be in at the time. Check out their Facebook page to find out where to find them.

Another great meat-free café in Geelong is Sprout and the Bean (1/163 Malop St, Geelong).

They serve salads, focaccias, burgers, curries, and wraps made from organic and local ingredients.

Everything is vegetarian and almost everything is either vegan or can be made vegan.

Whilst Kings of the Castle Café (24 Pakington St, Geelong West) isn’t entirely meat-free, it does have a lot of amazing vegan options. They do a vegan big brekky with bacon, scrambled tofu, mushroom, and potato quinoa hash.They also have a lots of vegan desserts.

Check out the HappyCow website for even more vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in Victoria, including Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Castlemaine.

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The first place worth checking out in Brisbane is Charlies Raw Squeeze, a 100% vegan superfood bar serving squeeze bowls, smoothies, squeeze juices, taco bowls, wraps, Mediterranean bowls, pad thai, salads, and Buddha bowls.

They also have cupcakes and a lot of other delicious desserts!

It’s located in Ashgrove (486 Waterworks Road, Ashgrove), Clayfield (730 Sandgate Road, Clayfield), Clontarf (70 Hornibrook Esplanade, Clontarf), Everton Park (473 South Pine Road, Everton Park), Greenslopes (51 Old Cleveland Road, Greenslopes), Kenmore (904 Moggil Road, Kenmore), Newstead (33 Longland St, Newstead), North Lakes (53 Endeavour Boulevard, North Lakes) and Thorneside (1/100 Mooroondu Road, Thorneside).

The next place you’ll definitely want to check out is The Green Edge Store and Café (2b/229 Lutwyche Rd, Windsor, Brisbane), Brisbane’s 100% vegan grocery store and café.

The store sells a range of groceries, including bulk and chilled food, confectionery, snacks, household products, cosmetics, baby food, nappies, vegan pet food, and books.

The café serves avocado on toast, breakfast wraps, baked beans on toast, tofu and baked bean scramble, pancakes, pesto salad, satay tofu burgers, spicy seitan, meatball sub sandwiches, pies, spaghetti, chocolate sundaes, smoothies, milkshakes, tea, and coffee.

One restaurant you don’t want to miss out on is Vege Rama, which is located in West End (Shop 2a, 220 Melbourne Street, West End), Queen Street (Level E, Myer Centre, 91 Queen St), Adelaide Street (Shop 30, Post Office Square, 270 – 280 Queen Street) and Westfield Carindale (Shop F21, 1151 Creek Road, Carindale).

Vege Rama is entirely vegetarian and have plenty of vegan options, including burgers, pizzas, samosas, tacos, bolognese, stuffed tofu, grilled tofu steaks, cannelloni, and noodles.

They also have a wide range of healthy salads, as well as plenty of delicious desserts

If you’re craving Asian food, go satisfy it at Loving Hut (Shop 2/ 1420 Logan Rd, Brisbane), a 100% vegan restaurant.

They serve chow mein, stir fry, curry, spring rolls, lasagne, wraps, satay nuggets, BBQ buns, fried rice, spaghetti bolognese, sweet and sour nuggets, and vegetable kormas.

They also sell a wide range of desserts, including vegan ice cream, chocolate cake, sweet potatoes deep fried, pastries,  and smoothies.

They also stock lots of vegan groceries, including vegan roasted chicken, bacon slices, drumsticks, sausages, fish, chicken, duck, prawns, ice cream, cheese, and even vegan pet food.

If you’re craving a hot dog, you can get two different kinds of vegan hot dogs from 5 Dogs in Fortitude Valley (290 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley) and Surfers Paradise (G27A Orchard Ave, Surfers Paradise).

Their two vegan hot dogs are the Vegan Beer Brat (Tofurky’s Original Beer Brat Sausage Served with Sauerkraut, fried onions, and your choice of sauces) and the Vegan Kielbasa (Tofurky’s Kielbasa Sausage Served with Sauerkraut, fried onions, and your choice of sauces).

Just an hour drive South, the Gold Coast also has plenty of vegan hot spots.

The first place you’ll want to visit is Mandala Organic Arts Café (2558 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach), an entirely vegan and organic café.

The menu includes vegan pizza, waffles with coconut bacon, grilled bananas and strawberries, omelettes, vegan benny, acai bowls, rice paper rolls, nachos, burgers, and stir fries.

Another great place in the Gold Coast is the all-vegan Govindas Surfers Paradise (Shop 6, 3120 Surfers Paradise Blvd, Surfers Paradise), which serves an all you can eat buffet for only $12.90.

The buffet includes Indian dishes like dhal, curry, rice, samosas and pakoras, as well as pasta bakes, salads, and much more. For dessert, there is vegan cheesecake, mousse cake, sago pudding, halva, and raw cake.

If you’re craving the taste of meat, you can get many different kinds of vegan meat dishes at a little family run Chinese restaurant called Easy House (Shop 8/90 Markeri Street, Mermaid Waters).

They serve vegan chicken and fish fried rice, sweet and sour pork, stir fried hokkien noodles, curry, dumplings, chicken buns, steamed BBQ pork buns, prawns, and drum sticks.

If you’re in the mood for a pizza party, head down to Feed The Earthlings (6/2723 Gold Coast Highway, Broadbeach), an all vegan pizza and takeaway place. They also serve burgers, burritos, hot dogs, churros, fish and chips, and more.

If you live in the Sunshine Coast, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to vegan restaurants!

One of my favourite places is Café Nurcha (32 Wises Road, Maroochydore), an all vegan café serving smoothie bowls, smashed avo on toast, spring rolls, nachos, mushroom burgers, blueberry pancakes, pizzas, toasted wraps, and great tasting coffee.

Another good spot is the New Earth Café (21-37 Birtwill Street, Coolum Beach), an all vegan, raw, and organic café.They serve superfood smoothies, wraps, burgers, pizzas, curries, muesli, acai bowls,and a large variety of hot drinks.

In Cairns, there are also plenty of vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants.

Check out the vegan bakery Earthly Bakes (31 McLeod St, Cairns) for pies, muffins, scrolls, desserts, salads, wraps, and more.

95% of Cheeky Yam’s (1 Pier Point Rd, Inside the Shangrila-la Hotel Centre, Cairns) breakfasts, lunches, and snacks are vegan, and the rest are vegetarian. They serve unique and delicious artisan foods, such as spinach pies, pizza, breakfast style muffins, chocolate cheesecake, and cupcakes.

The best place to eat vegan in Toowoomba is Full of Life Organics (1/476 Ruthven St, Toowoomba). All the food is vegan, except for  dairy in some of the drinks. They serve café food and cold pressed juice, and they specialise in organic, gluten-free, and whole foods.

Check out the HappyCow website for even more vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in Queensland, including in Ipswich and Rockhampton.

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My personal favourite restaurant in Sydney is Bliss and Chips (215 King St, Newtown), which is an entirely vegan fish and chip shop! They have deep fried and battered faux fish, pizza, chips, and even deep fried chocolate bars!

A close second is my favourite Sydney burger joint, Soul Burger (49 Perouse Rd, Randwick). They have barbeque pulled jackfruit, plant-based battered fish, beef, southern fried chick’n, falafel, and crumbed mushroom burgers.

They also have delicious dairy-free shakes, including banana, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, and coconut.

Another great place to get a vegan burger is at Lord of the Fries, located in Central Station (10A Henry Deane Plaza, 18 Lee St, Haymarket), George Streets CBD (537 George St) and Westfield Paramatta (Lower Level Food Court 159-175 Church St, Parramatta).

Everything is meat-free and can be made vegan on request. They’re basically a vegan Macca’s, the holy grail of vegan junk food! They have burgers,including a parma, faux fish, chick’n and soy beef burger, hot dogs, nuggets, faux fish and chips, onion rings, and soy milk shakes

If pizza is more your thing, then be sure to check out Gigi Pizzeria (379 King St, Newtown). They converted to 100% vegan in 2015 and serve delicious vegan wood-fired pizza.

Nothing says summer like heading to Bondi Beach, having a surf, and finishing the day with a vegan pie from Funky Pies (Shop 2, 144-148 Glenayr Ave, Bondi Beach). All their pies are vegan and they have some gluten-free pies, too. They have satay vegetable pies, bacon and mushroom quiche, sausage rolls, butter chick’n pies, cheesy pies and shitake mushroom pies.

If, on the other hand, you’re craving sushi (but you know that fish are friends, not food) check out Superfood Sushi (69-77 King Street, Newtown) for vegan sushi with tofu, mushrooms, papaya, teriyaki chick’n and avocado, or Vietnamese pickled carrot. They also have dumplings, inari, soup, ramen, drinks, desserts, and even a sushi burger with buns made out of rice!

For a “pay what you feel” restaurant run as a non-profit serving delicious vegetarian and vegan food, check out Lentil As Anything (391 King St, Newtown). The menu changes every week, but it’s always good!

If you’re in the mood for Asian food, go to Mother Chu’s Vegetarian Kitchen (367 Pitt Street, CBD). Everything is vegan and they have curry, a lot of tofu and tempeh dishes, fried rice, soy bean rolls, noodle soup, and stir fried noodles.

For vegan yum cha, head on over to Bodhi (2 College St, Cook & Phillip Park CRN), they have vegan dumplings, BBQ buns, curry puffs, spring rolls, fried taro chips, chickpea battered vegetables and tofu, chick’n skewers, stir fries and mini tofu burgers.

Another all vegan Asian restaurant in Sydney is Green Gourmet (115-117 King St, Newtown). They have yum cha and a buffet bar where food is charged by weight. The menu includes vegan duck wraps, rice paper rolls, prawn dumplings, BBQ pork buns, seaweed rolls, faux oyster fritters, and satay skewers.

In Wollongong, you can get delicious Asian food at Au Lac Royal Vegetarian Cuisine (2/166 Keira Street, Wollongong) including vegan duck wraps, spring rolls, dumplings, wontons, nuggets, drumsticks, satay sticks, mushroom fritters, curry, soy fish and chicken, noodle soup and stir fried noodles.

Also, check out The Dew Drop Inn (180 Berkeley Rd, Berkeley, Wollongong) at the Nan Tien Buddist Temple. They serve tofu laska, wanton soup, and spring rolls. The temple also has a Dining Hall upstairs that offers a plate for $8 that includes 3 sides, rice, fried rice or noodles, and fruit.

In Newcastle, the best spot for vegetarian food is The Bhakti Tree (410 Maitland Rd, Mayfield, Newcastle). They also double as a yoga and meditation centre and a community hub that hold workshops, cooking classes, and kirtan music.

Students at the University of Newcastle can also get free vegan lunches from The Veggie Club outside the NUSAW building on Thursday’s from 12:30pm and City Hub on Wednesdays from 12:30pm.

For more vegan options in Newcastle, check out Momo Wholefood Café (227 Hunter St, Newcastle). They serve raw vegan cakes and slices, vegan muffins and cakes, cashew cheese, vegan burgers, veggie bowls, daily salads and specials.

Check out the HappyCow website for even more vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in New South Wales, including in Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay and Lismore.
Do you have any other recommendations for where to eat vegan in New South Wales, Australia? Please feel free to leave a comment below and share your thoughts

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