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]
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
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
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.
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.
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
23, rue des Vinaigriers, Paris, 75010
Métro Jacques Bonsergent
Tél : 01 42 01 03 44
All vegan, organic, superfoods from South America. Highly recommended. Review
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
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!
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
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
Vegan Pilgrim 
La vsdc est entièrement vegan à présent 🙂
Thanks for this list.
By my next visit 🙂
Richard / Germany
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)
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
11h0012h00 [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
“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
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!
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
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
Thanks Emily !! It is fantastic !! – sud
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)
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
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
Hi,
Thanks for the list.G8 job.
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
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.
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.
Going to Paris tomorrow – really useful list and comments – look forward to trying some out.
Thanks!
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.
Go Vegan!
Any chefs out there that could give me good recipes of vegetarian meals?
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.
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!
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. 🙂
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
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/
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.
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!
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.
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.
Thanks so much Paula! I added it to the list!
Aquarius has many vegan options, I ate there last night.