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List of Vegetarian Restaurants in Paris

Here is a list of the main Vegetarian and Vegan restaurants that will be of interest to a Vegan in Paris.

Here in France the awning will say ‘vegetarian restaurant’ but they might serve fish because they are macrobiotic. I’m going to include those restaurants here, even though a fish is never going to be a vegetable. There are also many places that offer vegan food even though they are not vegetarian restaurants. They aren’t on this list, but you’ll find plenty about them elsewhere on this blog.

Restaurants come and go and their hours can be unreliable so I recommend calling first before you get your heart set on it.

Enjoy!

[Updated: January 14, 2013]

Saveurs Végét’Halles

41, Rue des Bourdonnais, Paris 75001

Métro: Chatelet or Les Halles

01 40 41 93 95

This restaurant is so close to being vegan with only one non-vegan item on the menu: the lasagne. Situated in the former location of La Victoire Suprême du Coeur. Great crispy fried tofu. Plenty of vegan desserts. Review

M.O.B.

32, rue Charlot 75003
01 42 77 51 05
Métro : Filles du Calvaire – ligne 8

Hot new basically-vegan, hip hop fast food place with menu designed by legendary chef Alain Senderens. Review

Le Potager du Marais

22, Rue Rambuteau, Paris 75003

Métro: Rambuteau

01 42 74 24 66

Organic, with all-day long service. Small, cozy and charming: my favorite ambience. Gets busy weekend evenings, so call for a reservation.

Le Végétarien

65, rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, Paris 75003

Métro: Poissonnière

06 60 97 16 12

Simple, pleasant vegetarian place with several vegan options.

Le Grand Appétit

9, Rue la Cerisaie, Paris 75004

Métro: Bastille

01 40 27 04 95

All vegan restaurant. It’s very macrobiotic and hippy: get ready for a no frills experience (i.e. you’ll be setting your own table.) I love it, though, because it is vegan and they have a great grocery store next door.

Café Ginger

9 Rue Jacques Cœur, Paris 75004

01 42 72 43 83

Métro: Bastille

Vegan friendly international cafe

 

Les Cinq Saveurs d’Ananda

72, Rue Cardinal-Lemoine, Paris 75005

Métro: Place Monge

01 43 29 58 54

Great macrobiotic plates. Very friendly staff and in a charming part of the Latin Quarter. (Serves fish)

 

Le Puits de Légumes

21 Quai de la Tournelle, Paris 75005

Métro: Cardinal Lemoine

01 43 25 50 95

Macrobiotic place, with vegetarian on the sign and fish on the menu. Also organic.

 

Le Grenier de Notre-Dame

18, Rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 75005

Métro: Saint-Michel

01 43 29 98 29

or

Rue des Deux-Ponts, Paris 75004

Métro: Pont Marie

Welcoming, macrobiotic oriented, Paris institution. Review

Maoz Vegetarian

8, Rue Xavier Privas, Paris 75005

Métro: Saint Michel

01 43 26 36 00

OR

36, Rue Saint-André des Arts, 75006

Métro: Saint Michel

Small falafel place. Close to vegan except for a few cheesy items and the mayonnaise in the coleslaw. No gross schwarmas here! Order at the counter, fight for one of the three tables or walk to the Seine with your sandwich.

Vegan Folie’s

53, Rue Mouffetard, Paris 75005

01 43 37 21 89

Vegan organic cupcakes, cheesecakes and more!

Guen Mai

6, Rue Cardinale, Paris 75006

Métro: Saint-Germain-des-Prés

01 43 26 03 24

That means brown rice in Japanese, you know. Macrobiotic. They have a counter service as well as seated dining. Tucked right behind St.-Germain-des-Prés and I love their sidewalk café tables.

Pousse-Pousse

7, rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, 75009

Métro: Notre-Dame-de-Lorette

01 53 16 10 81

World-class raw cuisine in the heart of Paris in a small and friendly location. I love this place with all my heart. Review

Sol Semilla

23, rue des Vinaigriers, Paris, 75010

Métro Jacques Bonsergent

Tél : 01 42 01 03 44

http://www.sol-semilla.fr/

All vegan, organic, superfoods from South America. Highly recommended. Review

Bob’s Juice Bar

15, Rue Lucien Sampaix, Paris 75010

Métro: Jacques Bonsergent

09 50 06 36 18

A lovely juice bar that even does green juices. A vegan salad and soup everyday. The best juice bar in town. Review

Krishna Bhavan

24, Rue Cail, Paris 75010

Métro: Gare du Nord or La Chapelle

01 42 05 78 43

Sounthern Indian/Sri Lankan, very vegan friendly with great prices. Review

Tien Hiang

92, Rue du Chemin Vert, Paris 75011

Métro: Voltaire

01 43 55 83 88

Buddhist restaurant. Very vegan. Casual and chinese. Unfortunately, they use MSG, but you can ask them to hold it.

Loving Hut

92, Boulevard Beaumarchais, 75011

Métro: Saint-Sébastien – Froissart

01 48 06 43 84

Part of the international Vegetarian chain led by Master Ching Hai, this restaurant has an extensive vegan menu…including Vegan Croissants!

Gentle Gourmet

24 Boulevard de La Bastille (at Place de La Bastille)
75012
01 45 00 46 55
Métro: Bastille

100% vegan combination of French and Mediterranean food. The dishes vary with the seasons and are full of organic ingredients.

Open from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm, they serve breakfast, lunch, dinner and even ‘le goûter.’ They also have a deli where you can pick up food for a quick picnic. Review

Green Garden

20, Rue Nationale, Paris 75013

Métro: Porte d’Ivry

01 45 82 99 54

Another Buddhist Chinese restaurant with a big menu. It’s really good and right in Chinatown. Review

Aquarius

40, Rue Gergovie, 75014 Paris

Métro: Pernety

01 45 41 36 88

I have never been here, because I have read there’s basically nothing for vegans. Please add a comment if I am wrong.

My Kitch’n

96 bis, rue Lemercier, Paris 75017

Métro: Saint-Sébastien Froissard

Small vegan restaurant in the Batignoles covered market.

01 48 06 43 84

Joy in Food

2, Rue Truffaut, Paris 75017

Métro: Place Clichy

01 43 87 96 79

Lively hole in the wall. Open for lunch week days only. A vegan option available for each course.

Au Grain de Folie

24, Rue la Vieuville, Paris 75018

Métro: Abesses

01 42 58 15 57

A trippy little nook of a place with helpful service and standard macrobiotic fare. Review

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33 responses to “List of Vegetarian Restaurants in Paris”

  1. vgpower Avatar
    vgpower

    La vsdc est entièrement vegan à présent 🙂

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  2. Richard Avatar
    Richard

    Thanks for this list.

    By my next visit 🙂

    Richard / Germany

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  3. Mark Epstein Avatar
    Mark Epstein

    Hi Emily — Thanks for the great posts! I’m going to be in Paris for only part of one day (Dec 28, landing at CDG at 8:00am, and departing same day at 7:00pm). I believe I will have a lunch meeting, but I was hoping to have a vegan breakfast somewhere good. Can you recommend your favorite place I could go direct from the airport to get some delicious vegan food? Also, depending on how my business meetings go, could you recommend another restaurant I might go to prior to returning to the airport? Thanks for your help!! -Mark. (Chicago)

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  4. veganparis Avatar
    veganparis

    Hi Mark,

    I’m guessing you are coming into the center of Paris, so here are some good choices not far from Châtelet/Les Halles Station.

    French breakfast is really just bread and coffee. (I have never found a vegan croissant in Paris.) It’s hard to find substantial eating before lunch. So you can get French Breakfast at any café, but Le Pain Quotidien might be your best bet since it is organic, has whole-grain bread and a good fruit plate.

    If it fits into your schedule, La Victoire Suprême du Cœur does a wonderful Sunday brunch buffet starting at 11h00 12h00 [call before you go].

    As for eating later in the day, since you will be leaving before the usual 19h00 dinner time, I recommend a restaurant that has “service non-stop” like Le Potager du Marais. Or, If you are short on time, pick up a legendary falafel on Rue des Rosiers.

    I hope this is helpful. Bon Voyage!

    Emily

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    1. danh Avatar
      danh

      “I have never found a vegan croissant in Paris”

      You should try a “croissant ordinaire” which is made without egg and butter (replaced by margarine).

      It was common until the 80’s. Only a few bakeries are still doing it

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  7. hmm Avatar
    hmm

    Hi, I was at Krishna Bhavan and in my opinion it is irresponsible to recommend restaurants in such bad parts of town. On the way there in the subway junkies causing a nuisance and upon arrival at La Chappelle there were all sorts of weird characters hanging around …

    Also Gare du Nord is right next to the 18th arrondissement which is a known crime hotspot, so avoid like the plague, especially at night!!!

    Single females you have been warned!

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  8. sudhakar Avatar
    sudhakar

    Hello: thanks for the reviews/recommendations. For a visitor that doesnt know French, can you also recommend/link how I could decipher the addresses on a map? thx sud

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    1. veganparis Avatar
      veganparis

      Hi Sud,
      I just posted a map that shows the location of all the veg restaurants I know about. For the other locations I write about, like chocolate shops, one trick is that the last 2 digits of the postal code tell you the “arrondissement” that it is in. Here is a good description of that system.
      Hope that is helpful,
      Emily

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  9. sudhakar Avatar
    sudhakar

    Thanks Emily !! It is fantastic !! – sud

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  10. Terri Avatar
    Terri

    Great site! I’m going to copy all the text and forward it to my American son – who (after a month in Austria) is headed to Paris.

    Matthew just graduated from college with a useless degree in Film. He’s a hippy vegan who, apparently, has forgotten how to shave. If anyone has any recommendations for places for a vegan boy to stay in Paris during the month of July (or London, Rome or Barcelona), please drop him an e-mail at ANTISQUEEZE@gmail.com. He’s on-line in Austria right now looking for places to go, but he says even the youth hostels in Paris are outrageously expensive. SO YOUR ADVICE IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!

    Just so you know he’s not creepy, his blog is http://matteofeo.blogspot.com/ (of course, as a non-vegan, I personally don’t trust anyone who won’t eat chocolate)

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    1. veganparis Avatar
      veganparis

      Hi Terri,

      Glad you like the blog. Your son might give http://www.couchsurfing.org/ a try. It’s free and I know some people who have really enjoyed doing it.

      Emily

      Reply
  11. Marco Avatar
    Marco

    Hi !
    Amazing job ! Really thanx !
    Which one of them is for you the best one ?
    I’m a vegan chef and I want to find a new place where to learn something new.
    Bye
    Marco

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  12. Murthy Avatar
    Murthy

    Hi,
    Thanks for the list.G8 job.

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  13. Deborah Avatar
    Deborah

    Hi! The gentle gourmet is introducing a new bistrot “formule” to be a bit more accessible to all pocketbooks but our food is still very organic , 100% vegan and totally fresh and seasonal
    We will be doing cooking classes as of December first to help new vegans master the art of really good vegan cooking at home.
    Sad news – The Victoire Supreme closed and the owners re-opened a meat based restaurant that offers a few vegetarian dishes. All Vegan Paris is sad:-(
    Deborah

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  14. Tommy luca Avatar
    Tommy luca

    Thanks for listing all the Vegetarian Restaurants in Paris. In three to four months I am planning to visit Paris so I think this information will definitely help me to find some good restaurant in Paris.

    Reply
  15. Ted DRAKE Avatar
    Ted DRAKE

    It’s amazing we didn’t meet up while in Paris. Unfortunately I didn’t find your blog until I too moved back to California (Bay Area). I began ParisVegetarian.com when I arrived in Paris in 2007. I’m looking forward to my regular trips to find more places and write more blog posts.

    Thank you for the great resource.

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  16. gingerlass Avatar
    gingerlass

    Going to Paris tomorrow – really useful list and comments – look forward to trying some out.
    Thanks!

    Reply
  17. violetville Avatar
    violetville

    Thank you so much for this wonderful list and map.

    I am visiting Paris from 30 September to 6 October for Fashion Week and would love to meet anyone vegan-friendly or fashion-friendly 🙂

    Please feel free to write me.

    Reply
  18. Adrienne Anderson Avatar
    Adrienne Anderson

    Go Vegan!

    Reply
  19. Raw Food Avatar
    Raw Food

    Any chefs out there that could give me good recipes of vegetarian meals?

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  20. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    Hi, you can get great vegan/veg at Loving Hut restaurant. 92 boulevarde Beaumarchais . Plus they sell vegan croissants and vegan cheese etc. to take away.

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  21. Vanessa Avatar
    Vanessa

    I have heard that Aquarius does a vegan croissant?
    Are you living in paris?
    My husband and I are going to be there in June and then again in September, be great to meet a local vegan!

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  22. Iara Avatar
    Iara

    Thanks a lot and merci, merci!
    I loved this site. I’m a vegan brasilian woman and I was worried about what do eat in Paris. This site save my life. 🙂

    Reply
  23. didine Avatar
    didine

    Vegan Folie’s is a vegan & organic bakery in Paris 🙂 It’s so good !
    Open for December !
    53 rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris
    http://www.veganfolies.fr

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    1. veganparis Avatar
      veganparis

      Thanks for adding this comment to the list. This is an important addition indeed:)

      A post on Vegan Folie’s is coming soon to the blog, and it gets a quick mention in my eBook.
      http://veganparis.com/2012/03/11/vegan-paris-guidebook-now-on-kindle/

      Reply
  24. PGM Avatar
    PGM

    Any suggestions if I was looking for something a little… classic french cuisine with a spin of romance? Looking for something romantic for a special evening, as part of week in paris. Vegetarian, not necessarily vegan – fairly flexible budget. I’ve spent hours scouring the web, with nothing meeting my expectations with perhaps Maceo being the exception.

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    1. veganparis Avatar
      veganparis

      Hi PGM, One idea is L’Arpège (http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-07-20-paris-vegetarian-dining_N.htm) but for a more affordable meal I always found Le Potager du Marais to be quite romantic with some classic French options (they sometimes have a great vegan Moelleux au Chocolat)! Have fun!

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  25. olivia Avatar
    olivia

    Hello! I went to Aquarius yesterday (July 6, 2013) and they do have several options that are entirely vegan and marked as such on the menu. I’d say at least 2-3 entrées, 4-5 main dishes, and one desert. Plus about half the daily specials that are not on the menu are vegan too. Try the seaweed salad! So good.

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  26. Paula Martinac Avatar
    Paula Martinac

    Hi, Emily. Thank you for this great blog. We went to a wonderful little place called Le Puit de legumes at 18 rue Cardinal Lemoine. I don’t see that in your list and we had a very tasty dejeuner there – couscous avec tofu and root veggies. They had many vegan options, it looked to me, although I am not vegan myself.

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    1. veganparis Avatar
      veganparis

      Thanks so much Paula! I added it to the list!

      Reply
  27. PJG Avatar
    PJG

    Aquarius has many vegan options, I ate there last night.

    Reply

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