Belfast's plant-based scene has grown teeth. Twenty years ago a dedicated vegan order in this city meant a side of chips and an apology. Today there is a fully vegan café and shop on the Ormeau Road, an Asian fusion vegan kitchen in the city centre, a Michelin-recognised tapas restaurant with its own dedicated vegan menu, and a converted Victorian stable yard quietly serving one of the most ambitious vegan tasting menus on the island. Here are the venues we send first-time visitors to, all confirmed open and trading in April 2026.

Belfast quick facts for vegans

  • Two strictly all-vegan venues anchor the scene — both casual day-time spots, both worth the trip.
  • Several mainstream restaurants now run a separate, full vegan menu rather than a single token dish.
  • City centre + Botanic / Queen's Quarter is the densest cluster — most picks below are within a 15 minute walk.
  • Sterling pricing is an advantage for euro-area visitors — Belfast is meaningfully cheaper than Dublin per plate.

Fully vegan venues

1. 387 Ormeau Road (Harry's @387)

Area: Ballynafeigh, South Belfast | Cuisine: Vegan café & shop | Price Range: £

The address is the name. 387 Ormeau Road is a fully plant-based café and small grocery, ten minutes south of the city centre by bus. Toasties, wraps, sausage rolls, soups and stews are made on site; desserts come from local vegan bakery Crumbs. Free veggie/fruit-infused water on the counter and board games on the shelf — it works as a slow lunch, a remote-work afternoon, or a quick supplies stop on the way home.

What to order: The smashed-avocado toast or the sausage roll, with one of the rotating cakes from Crumbs.

Hours: Closed Tuesdays. Mon & Wed–Fri 10:00–17:00, Sat–Sun 10:00–20:00.

City centre — Asian, tapas, pizza

2. Jumon

Area: City Centre (McAuley House, Fountain Street) — second site at 402 Newtownards Road, East Belfast | Cuisine: South-East Asian fusion, fully vegan | Price Range: ££

Jumon is one of the few city-centre restaurants where vegans get the whole menu rather than a corner of it. The kitchen pulls in flavours from Malaysia, Japan, Thailand and beyond — laksa, ramen, pad thai, dim sum-style small plates and a serious cocktail list. It is loud, modern and confident, and it draws a mixed crowd rather than a niche one.

What to order: Vegan laksa or the bao buns, plus whatever the seasonal dim sum special is on the night.

Address: Unit 6, McAuley House, Fountain Street, Belfast BT1 5ED.

3. EDŌ

Area: Upper Queen Street, City Centre | Cuisine: Modern European tapas — dedicated vegan menu | Price Range: ££–£££

EDŌ is in the Michelin Guide and runs a dedicated vegan menu it has been refining since 2019. The kitchen is wood-fire-led and the format is small-plates-to-share, so a vegan group can order across the whole menu rather than picking around a meat-heavy card. Falafel fritters, confit butternut squash with vegan cheese and almonds, and a potato gnocchi with wild mushrooms and truffle are recurring favourites.

What to order: Build a five-plate spread between two — start with the fritters, finish with the gnocchi.

Address: 3 Capital House, Upper Queen Street, Belfast.

4. Pizza Punks

Area: Cathedral Quarter | Cuisine: Sourdough pizza — extensive vegan options | Price Range: £–££

Pizza Punks runs an "unlimited toppings, no extra charge" build-your-own model, which is a quietly excellent thing for a vegan to walk into. Vegan cheese, vegan pepperoni, Beyond meatballs, vegan haggis, falafel and a long vegetable list are all available. The signature vegan pizza pairs Beyond meatballs with torn vegan burrata and a balsamic glaze. It is not subtle and it is not trying to be.

What to order: The Beyond meatball signature, or build your own with vegan cheese, falafel, roasted peppers and chilli oil.

Address: 20–22 Waring Street, Belfast BT1 2ES.

Queen's Quarter — sit-down with a tasting menu option

5. Molly's Yard

Area: Queen's Quarter, Botanic Avenue | Cuisine: Modern Irish bistro — separate vegan menu | Price Range: ££–£££

Molly's Yard is housed in converted Victorian stables behind Botanic Avenue, with a courtyard that is one of the city's better warm-evening secrets. The kitchen runs a dedicated vegan menu including a vegan tasting menu — recent line-ups have run artichoke soup, cider-poached pear, butternut squash with pearl barley, and vegan ice cream with toffee apple crumble. There is an in-house microbrewery (Belfast's smallest) so the beer pairing is genuinely local.

What to order: The vegan tasting menu if available; otherwise the chickpea peanut fritters and whatever the seasonal vegan main is.

Address: 1 College Green Mews, Botanic Avenue, Belfast.

Useful nearby — strong vegan-friendly chains

6. Umi Falafel — Belfast (Botanic Avenue)

Area: Botanic Avenue | Cuisine: Middle Eastern, vegetarian/largely vegan | Price Range: £

The Belfast outpost of the award-winning Irish falafel chain. The whole menu is vegetarian and almost entirely vegan — falafel wraps and plates, hummus, mujadara, baba ganoush. It is takeaway-friendly, fast, and a sound choice when you want lunch in fifteen minutes rather than a sit-down.

What to order: Classic falafel wrap, or the Palestinian falafel plate with extra hummus.

Note on a venue still listed elsewhere

The Honest Vegan — closed

If you are working from older Belfast vegan guides or HappyCow legacy listings, you will see The Honest Vegan on Lisburn Road. It closed in 2018. Take it off the shortlist before you walk down there expecting brunch.

Planning a vegan day in Belfast

Suggested 24-hour vegan loop

  • Breakfast / brunch: 387 Ormeau Road for plant-based brunch and a slow start, or Molly's Yard if you want sit-down service.
  • Lunch on the move: Umi Falafel on Botanic Avenue — quick wrap, easy walk to the Botanic Gardens or Ulster Museum.
  • Dinner: Jumon for Asian fusion, EDŌ for tapas with a wine list, or Pizza Punks if you have a pizza-leaning group.
  • Late: Cathedral Quarter is the post-dinner area — Pizza Punks itself runs late, and most of the Quarter has at least one credible vegan pour.

Cuisines to ask for off-menu

Belfast is small enough that a few non-vegan-branded restaurants quietly do an excellent job for plant-based diners if you ask in advance:

What this guide is and is not

Every venue above was open and trading at the time we last verified it (April 2026). We list specific dishes only where the kitchen has confirmed them publicly — menus rotate, so check before a special trip. We will update this list when venues open, close, or shift focus; if you spot something out of date, flag it via the contact form and we will recheck.