Leeds / Vegan and plant-based
Independent places with vegan and plant-based food in Leeds
9 independence-checked businesses. Each has a recorded independence decision; none is part of a chain or franchise, and none paid to be listed.
Grouped by what each place's own page says it is or offers: its About paragraph, its name, and the services or products its page lists. It is a grouping of those words, not a category we assigned, and we would rather leave a place out than list it wrongly.
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All 9, alphabetically
Listed alphabetically. The order is not a ranking: nothing commercial is consulted in deciding who is on this list or where, and there is no field money could move. How this works
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Big Scoffs Diner
Restaurant · Horsforth
Big Scoffs Diner is a family-run, fully plant-based diner on New Road Side in Horsforth, Leeds. It serves homemade vegan breakfasts, brunches, lunches and Sunday roasts, and runs on a bring-your-own-drinks basis. It forms part of the local Scoffs group, which also runs the nearby Little Scoffs on the same street.
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Ecco
Restaurant · Headingley
Ecco Pizzeria is an independent Italian restaurant at 93 Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, serving Neapolitan-style pizza, pasta and freshly made gelato, with gluten-free and vegan choices. It offers eat-in, collection and delivery, and also operates a second site in Rusholme, Manchester.
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Lam's Kitchen
Restaurant · Headingley
Lam's Kitchen is an independent Vietnamese restaurant at 39 Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. It specialises in pho, offering beef, chicken and vegan versions, alongside stir-fried noodles, rice bowls, summer rolls, bao buns and Vietnamese iced coffee, for eat-in and delivery.
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Napoli Nel Cuore
Restaurant · Horsforth
Napoli Nel Cuore is a family-run Italian restaurant and pizzeria at 30 Town Street in Horsforth, Leeds. Run by a Neapolitan family, it specialises in Neapolitan cuisine, serving pizza, pasta and desserts with vegetarian and vegan options, and offers dine-in as well as delivery through Just Eat and Deliveroo.
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Opposite Cafe
Café · Chapel Allerton
An independent speciality coffee shop on Stainbeck Lane, trading in Chapel Allerton since 2013 and owner-operated by Lou Henry, who opened the first Opposite — opposite Leeds University — back in 2006. The coffee is roasted in collaboration with Leeds roaster North Star, alongside loose-leaf teas, a brunch menu and homemade cakes, with vegan and gluten-free options. It is a daytime place — coffee, brunch and cake rather than a full restaurant. Lou Henry opened a second Opposite in Meanwood in April 2024.
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Pho 37
Takeaway · Headingley
Pho 37 is a Vietnamese street food restaurant and takeaway on North Lane in Headingley, Leeds, previously known as Viet Baker. It is run by an operator described as a third-generation cook in Vietnamese cuisine, and its menu includes pho, banh mi, fried noodles and rice dishes, with a range of vegetarian and vegan options. In 2024 the business opened a second site in Leeds city centre at the Merrion Centre.
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Santorini Bar And Grill
Café · Headingley
Santorini Bar and Grill is an independent, family-run restaurant on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds, serving Greek and Turkish Mediterranean food. The menu includes meze platters and kebabs as well as dishes such as lamb kleftiko and moussaka, with vegetarian and vegan options, available to eat in, collect or for delivery.
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Sardar Jee
Takeaway · Chapel Allerton
An independent, pure-vegetarian Indian takeaway on Newton Parade, at the Chapeltown Road end of the Chapel Allerton ward. It is a single-site collection-and-delivery kitchen serving Punjabi and North Indian street food — samosa and aloo tikki chaats, kulchas, parathas and vada pav — with vegan-friendly wraps and a paneer tikka pizza. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, afternoon into the evening.
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The Cats Pyjamas
Restaurant · Headingley
The Cat's Pyjamas is an independent Indian street food restaurant on Otley Road in Headingley, Leeds. Inspired by India's roadside food vendors, it serves small plates and street bites with dishes drawn from Delhi, Goa and Kerala, tandoori starters and curries, plus vegetarian and vegan options. Food is available to collect or for delivery.
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