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Eating & Staying Out Guide

Local Exclusively Vegetarian Cafés, Restaurants & Takeaways

Some of the shops on our Shopping page also sell takeaway food, eg sandwiches, pasties, cakes.

We've included a few just outside our area too - roughly within a 30 mile radius of Southampton as the crow flies. If you are travelling a long way, please contact the place before you go there - veggie places do sometimes close down, or change hands and become non-veggie. Opening and closing days and times can change too. If you know of any changes - i.e. places opening, closing or changing to non-veggie outlets, or if you'd like to send us a review, we would love to hear from you - please email us.

Baboo Ji Vegetarian Kitchen, 273 Portswood Road, Portswood, Southampton, SO17 2LD. 023 8058 3229. babooji.co.uk. Indian vegetarian restaurant which opened Dec 2019.

BEK Sourdough Bakery, 124 St Denys Road, St Denys, Southampton, SO17 2FQ. 07578 394092. Fully vegan bakery. Their shop opened in St Denys in February 2025. They also supply many cafes, coffee shops, etc in the Southampton area. bekbakery.co.uk

BEK Sourdough Bakery, 9A High Street, Gosport, PO12 1BX. Fully vegan bakery. Their second shop which opened in November 2025. bekbakery.co.uk

The Beech Café, The Sustainability Centre, Droxford Road, East Meon, Petersfield, GU32 1HR. 01730 823166. sustainability-centre.org/beech-cafe.html. Vegetarian café within the the Sustainability Centre, which practices permaculture at its 55 acre site.

Café Paradiso, 45 North Street, Chichester, PO19 1NF. 01243 532967. facebook.com/cafeparadisochi. Fairly limited choice for vegans.

Café Thrive, 18 Hanover Buildings, Southampton, SO14 1JX. 023 8129 0599. cafethrive.co.uk. Fully vegan, opened in August 2017.

Chaat Junction, 181-183 Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1JJ. 07950 671313. Vegetarian Indian restaurant and takeaway. facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565197944304.

Chikhenn, 4 Market Road, Cattle Market Car Park, Chichester, PO19 1JW. facebook.com/Chikhenn.ltd. Takeaway kiosk. Vegan KFC style food.

Dane & Port, 122 Poole Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth, BH4 9EF. www.daneandport.com. Vegan café, wholesome food, good if you're not into vegan junk food.

Earthwise Café, Northleigh Farm, Main Road, Birdham, Chichester, PO20 7BY. 01243 514158. earthwisecafe.co.uk. Vegetarian Takeaway in a rural area near Chichester.

Happy Bean Coffee Bar, 66 Bedford Place, Southampton. 023 8058 3229. happybeancoffeebar.co.uk. Vegetarian café with lots of vegan offerings. Their Instagram page appears to have the most up-to-date info.

Hunter Gatherer, 249 Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 0JR. huntergatherer.coffee. Used to be vegetarian but is now a fully vegan café.

Idlewild Café & Maple Maple Strawberry, 212 Hunts Pond Road, Park Gate, Fareham, PO14 4PG. 07964 341914. facebook.com/idlewildcafe. Vegan coffee shop, also serving vegan savouries and cakes.

Java, Tilly Mead, Commercial Road, Swanage, BH19 1DF. facebook.com/javaindependentcoffeehouse. Coffee shop, fully vegetarian food with some vegan choices.

Késarum, 25 High Street, Southampton SO14 2DF. 023 8063 8998. facebook.com/Kesarum. Upmarket Indian vegan restaurant.

Kind, Ellis Square, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0AF. 01243 606720. thriveselsey.com/kind. Vegan cafe in the Thrive Selsey Gym/Fitness Centre.

Lemon and Jinja, Unit 11 Belbins Business Park, Abbotswood, Romsey, SO51 7JF. lemonandjinja.uk. Vegan cafe, Zero waste and wholefood shop in a business park in the outskirts of Romsey.

Mad Cucumber, 7 The Triangle, Bournemouth, BH2 5RY. 07871 856300. facebook.com/mad.cucumber. A vegan bistro which opened in June 2013.

Miiko, 33 Salterns Road, Poole, BH14 8BL. wearemiiko.com. Vegan café (apart from cows' milk option for drinks). Fairly close to Parkstone railway station.

Muffins Galore, Braxton Gardens, Lymore Lane, Lymore, Milford-on-sea, Lymington, SO41 0TX. braxtongardens.co.uk. Fully vegetarian tea rooms in Braxton Gardens. Their Instagram page appears to have the most up-to-date info.

The Nest Coffee House, 31 London Road, Southampton, SO15 2AG. thenestcoffeehouse.co.uk. Vegetarian coffee shop with sandwiches and sweet treats such as doughnuts.

Offbeet Food, 83 Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, P05 2SG. 023 92793195. offbeetfood.com. Fully vegan with many gluten-free choices.

Padharo, 100 East St, Southampton, SO14 3HH. 07424 772153. padharo.co.uk. Indian vegetarian restaurant.

Pause Cat Café, 119 Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1HF. Vegetarian cafe. Note that you must book online to visit. pausecatcafe.co.uk

Puja Sweet Mart, 57 St Mary's Road, Southampton, SO14 0BH. 023 8023 3677. pujasweetmart.co.uk A takeaway that sells both Indian sweets and savouries, e.g. pakoras, samosas, onion bhajis. Most of the savouries and a few of the sweets are vegan. It's owned by Jagdish and Kashmira Chavda who are both vegetarian.

NEW! Stones Throw Kitchen, Tap and Table Portsmouth, Unit 3 Portsmouth & Southsea railway station, Portsmouth, PO1 1EH. Vegan pizza place, opened in March 2026 in this food hall. facebook.com/stonesthrowkitchenuk

Twelve Eatery, 12 The Triangle, Bournemouth, BH2 5RY. 01202 310166. twelveeatery.com. Upmarket vegan restaurant, opened in late November 2018.

[Mondays only] Veg Out Community Vegan Café, 189 Portswood Road, Portswood, Southampton, SO17 2NF. facebook.com/popupvegan. A pay by donation pop-up within October Books on Mondays only (closed on bank holidays) from noon-3pm, last orders 2.30pm.

Vemillion, Unit 9 Chineham Shopping Centre, Reading Road, Chineham, Basingstoke, RG24 8BQ. vemillion.com. Vegan café.

Wildheart Animal Sanctuary Café, Yaverland Road, Sandown, Isle Of Wight, PO36 8QB. wildheartanimalsanctuary.org/visit/cafe.

The Yam, 154 Seabourne Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH5 2JA. instagram.com/theyamcafe. Vegetarian cafe, good range of vegan options.

Local Exclusively Vegetarian B&Bs & Hotels

Nothing at the moment, but watch this space.

Eating Out Veggie in Other Parts of the Country

There's a few internet sites which list places to eat out for veggies and vegans. You can help them to grow by sending them your recommendations and corrections. We recommend happycow.net (worldwide coverage) and not as good but still useful myvegantown.org.uk (mostly UK).