Amsterdam was home for twelve years, so this is the guide I’m least objective about. I arrived when eating vegan here meant practically nothing, and watched the scene grow into a genuine ecosystem. It is now a city where the hard part is choosing: a seasonal tasting menu in the Jordaan, an omakase (chef’s choice) ramen dinner you have to book, or a Mexican place on Westerstraat that fills every night of the week.
Every one of my nine picks is fully plant-based, from handmade ravioli in De Pijp to Korean fried cauliflower in Oost, and I’ve kept my original order. Whether you’re here for a weekend or a full week, you’ll be spoilt for choice. If Amsterdam is one stop on a longer trip, my other destinations are all here too.
Vegan Amsterdam at a Glance
- Best for a big night out with friends: Madre
- Best for ramen: Men Impossible
- Best for pasta and pizza: Trevis
- Best for sushi: Vegan Sushi Bar
- Best for a splurge: Bonboon
- Best for sharing plates: De Veganees
- Best for a tasting menu with live music: H/eart.h
- Best for a cheap burger: Green Farmers
- Best for comfort food: SOIL Vegan Café
Best Vegan Restaurants in Amsterdam
1. Madre: Mexican Soul Food in the Jordaan Vegan
Madre is Amsterdam’s most celebrated vegan Mexican restaurant, and it absolutely lives up to the hype. The artichoke tacos are the dish everyone talks about, the cauliflower wings come a close second, and the guacamole is mashed to order right at your table. If the menu feels overwhelming, the chef’s choice menu keeps the plates coming until you surrender.
The restaurant on Westerstraat is bright and buzzing, seats up to 120 and gets loud in the best way, with a separate mezcal bar for a drink before dinner. The cocktails are excellent, and the weekend brunch, Saturday and Sunday from 12PM to 4PM, is one of the best in the city. On weekdays it opens at 5PM.
💡 Tip: Book ahead, because it fills most nights of the week, not just weekends. Order the artichoke tacos, and say yes when they offer to make the guacamole at your table.
📍 Westerstraat 186, 1015 MR Amsterdam | Jordaan | ☎️ +31 20 786 5860 | 🌐 madre.amsterdam | 📸 @madre.amsterdam
2. Men Impossible: The Ramen Bar That Changes Everything Vegan
If you think ramen without meat or fish is impossible, Men Impossible will change your mind for good. The signature bowl is sauce-style ramen: homemade noodles tossed in a creamy truffle sauce, with no broth in sight. Diners call it the tastiest ramen they have ever had, and the black garlic ramen and the tempura course get plenty of love too.
Dinner is an omakase menu, and the 5-course option lets you try a little of everything, from small Japanese starters to the main bowl of noodles. It is a narrow, brick-lined space on Hazenstraat in the Jordaan that holds very few people, and the owner gets almost as many compliments as the noodles. Absolutely worth it.
💡 Tip: Reservations are required, so book through their website before you go. It is a dinner-only spot, open from 5PM to 10PM.
📍 Hazenstraat 19H, 1016 SM Amsterdam | Jordaan | ☎️ +31 6 84544469 | 🌐 menimpossible.com | 📸 @menimpossible
3. Trevis: House-Made Pasta, Zero Compromise Vegan
Trevis brings the heart of Italian cooking to De Pijp, and does it entirely plant-based. Get the handmade ravioli, which is the dish people come back for, and start with the focaccia or a round of bruschetta. One diner said the pizza changed their whole view of vegan Italian food, and the pasta at the same table got the same praise.
You can see straight into the kitchen, where everything down to the pizza dough is made fresh each day. Pasta or pizza is the house dilemma, and their answer is both, so watch for the seasonal special that goes on each. It is a snug, nicely decorated restaurant with a wonderfully Italian vibe, perfect for a relaxed dinner.
💡 Tip: It is small, so reserve through their website. Order the handmade ravioli, and if you can’t choose, share one pasta and one pizza. Tap water is free, which is not a given in Amsterdam.
📍 Pijnackerstraat 6, 1072 JT Amsterdam | De Pijp | ☎️ +31 6 44465863 | 🌐 trevisamsterdam.nl | 📸 @trevisamsterdam
4. Vegan Sushi Bar: Creative Plant-Based Rolls in Oud-West Vegan
Vegan Sushi Bar proves plant-based sushi can be just as creative, beautiful and satisfying as the traditional kind. The Crunchy California Dream and the Flambé Salmon are the bestselling signature rolls, and the shrimp-less tempura crunch is the one people order on repeat. Non-vegan diners keep saying they would never have guessed, and the gyoza and bao buns get the same love.
It opened in 2020 as the first plant-based sushi restaurant in the Netherlands, and the Vegan Awards 2025 named it the best vegan restaurant in the country. The Amsterdam branch on Bilderdijkstraat is small and cosy, the service is warm, and the homemade lemonades are a refreshing match for all that wasabi.
💡 Tip: Start with the gyoza and the tempura crunch, and leave room for the matcha tiramisu. It is open every day from 12PM to 9PM, and the other two branches are in Utrecht and Arnhem, so this is the only one in the city.
📍 Bilderdijkstraat 175H, 1053 KR Amsterdam | Oud-West | ☎️ +31 6 42220259 | 🌐 vegansushibar.com | 📸 @vegansushibar
5. Bonboon: Fine Dining in the Jordaan Vegan
Bonboon is Amsterdam’s jewel of plant-based fine dining. The tasting menu changes every two months around seasonal vegetables, and plates arrive looking like colourful paintings: yellow beets with mangetout, or arame (a mild, sweet seaweed) tapenade alongside the bread. Diners describe every course as layered and textured, and they leave properly full, which tasting menus do not always manage.
The wine pairing gets the most praise, and there is a tea pairing for anyone not drinking. Bonboon sits inside Hotel Mercier on Rozenstraat, with a bar for cocktails and small bites, and the whole team stops by your table at some point. If you want to splurge on one unforgettable meal in Amsterdam, Bonboon is the answer.
💡 Tip: This is the splurge on the list: a seasonal tasting menu with a wine or tea pairing, and no à la carte option. It opens Wednesday to Sunday only, from 6PM, so book early and give the whole evening over to it.
📍 Rozenstraat 12, 1016 NX Amsterdam (inside Hotel Mercier) | Jordaan | ☎️ +31 20 810 0945 | 🌐 bonboon.nl | 📸 @bonboon_amsterdam
6. De Veganees: Southeast Asian Street Food in Amsterdam-Oost Vegan
The Korean fried cauliflower is the dish people come back for, and the bao buns and wontons are worth ordering more of than you think you need. De Veganees does Southeast Asian street food, entirely plant-based, ordered in small plates until the table runs out of room, with fresh vegetables, tofu and tempeh doing the heavy lifting.
The kitchen pulls from Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, China, India and Japan without picking a lane, with big flavours and nothing precious about it. There are twelve Asian cocktails alongside local craft beers. Come with more than six people and they’ll bring out the Favorites menu, a table piled with everything the regulars order most.
💡 Tip: Order the Korean fried cauliflower and the tempeh katsu, and save room for the mango cheesecake. The restaurant is built from bamboo and recycled materials, and they’ll swap your knife and fork for chopsticks if you fancy it.
📍 Wibautstraat 95, 1091 GK Amsterdam | Oost | ☎️ +31 20 303 9567 | 🌐 veganees.com | 📸 @veganees.ams
7. H/eart.h: Seasonal Plant-Based Tasting Menus Vegan
The gnocchi is the dish people come back for, broccoli or courgette depending on the season, and the charcoal ravioli is close behind. Beetroot gets star billing in three forms: a raw “rawvioli” with cashew and chive cheese, a chocolate and beetroot tart, and a beetroot sour cocktail. It is the kind of food that makes you think differently about vegetables.
H/eart.h is a restaurant and audio bar on Camperstraat in Oost, between the Amstel and the Oosterpark, and it has been feeding the neighbourhood since 2016. Dinner is a tasting menu, served with DJs, listening sessions or live jazz, and the cocktails are a genuine strength. By day it turns into a café for coffee, pastries and sandwiches.
💡 Tip: It takes reservations and it needs them, because this is one of the busiest plant-based dining rooms in the city. Dinner runs daily from 5PM, and the daytime café is open Friday to Tuesday from 9AM to 3PM.
📍 Camperstraat 26H, 1091 AG Amsterdam | Oost | ☎️ +31 6 19284170 | 🌐 hearthamsterdam.com | 📸 @hearthamsterdam
8. Green Farmers: The Neighbourhood Burger Joint Worth Returning For Vegan
Green Farmers serves genuinely excellent vegan burgers at prices that won’t break the bank. The smash burger is the order, with crispy sweet potato fries on the side and a soft serve to finish. The Green Smash Bacon and the vegan fish and chips have their own fans, and the hot dog and tofu bowl round out the menu.
It is a small, unpretentious and cheerful spot on Westerstraat, almost opposite Madre, and part of a little 100% vegan burger family that started in Paris. The owner is lovely, the staff are kind, and you always leave feeling properly fed and happy. Great for a casual lunch or a relaxed early dinner.
💡 Tip: The cheapest good meal on this list, and there is no booking: you simply turn up. Expect a wait at peak times, because everything is cooked to order.
📍 Westerstraat 189, 1015 MA Amsterdam | Jordaan | ☎️ +31 20 626 2760 | 🌐 greenfarmers-vegan.com | 📸 @greenfarmers_vegan
9. SOIL Vegan Café: Comfort Food with a World-Tour Menu Vegan
The kimchi burger is the one reviewers won’t stop mentioning, and the sticky meatballs and the BBQ ribs run it close. SOIL is the sort of place you end up recommending to people who aren’t vegan, which is exactly what its owners set out to build. The menu refuses to sit still: Southeast Asian heat, American barbecue smoke and South American fire.
Behind it all is a lot of fermenting, pickling, smoking and cooking over flame, so even the kimchi fried rice and the croquettes taste deep and layered. Portions are generous, and the drinks list leans into artisanal beer and natural wine. It’s a genuinely cosy café in Oud-West, open daily from 12PM, and it takes bookings.
💡 Tip: Reserve even for lunch. Walk-ins are welcome, but the tables do go, and plenty of people have ended up taking their food away instead. The ribs and the Snickers bar are the two orders that come up again and again.
📍 Bilderdijkstraat 141, 1053 KN Amsterdam | Oud-West | 🌐 soilvegancafe.com | 📸 @soil.vegancafe
Jordaan, Oud-West and Oost: Where These Restaurants Live
The Jordaan was laid out in the 17th century for the workers and craftspeople who built the canal ring, which is why its streets are narrow and its houses so small. Westerstraat is its main street, and on Monday mornings it fills with a textile and flea market, while the Noordermarkt (the square at its eastern end) hosts an organic farmers’ market every Saturday.
Oud-West sits just past the Singelgracht, the outermost canal, and Bilderdijkstraat runs up to De Hallen, a former tram depot turned food hall, cinema and weekend market. Oost is greener and calmer, built around the Oosterpark with the Amstel river on its edge, and it is where De Veganees and H/eart.h are.
Vegan Amsterdam: What to Know Before You Go
- Most of these restaurants cluster in the Jordaan and Oud-West, with Trevis in De Pijp and De Veganees and H/eart.h in Oost.
- The city is very bike-friendly, so renting one is a great way to get between restaurants. Ride on the right, keep your wheels out of the tram tracks, and lock the frame to something solid.
- For fine dining, book ahead at Bonboon and H/eart.h as they fill up quickly, and Men Impossible only takes guests with a reservation.
- Amsterdam’s famous street food markets like the Albert Cuyp in De Pijp also have vegan options.
- Classic bitterballen (deep-fried ragout balls served with beer) are made with beef, and stroopwafels (caramel-filled waffle biscuits) usually contain butter, so ask for the vegan version by name.
- Plenty of cafés and restaurants are card-only, so carry a debit or credit card that works abroad.
- Albert Heijn, the biggest supermarket chain, has a large plant-based range for picnics and train snacks.
When to Visit Amsterdam
April and May bring the tulips, with Keukenhof gardens open from late March to mid-May, and King’s Day on 27 April, when the whole city wears orange and the canals fill with boats. June to August means long, light evenings on canal-side terraces, and also the busiest and most expensive stretch of the year.
September and October are calmer, the seasonal menus turn to squash and mushrooms, and you can usually get a table at short notice everywhere except Men Impossible. From December into January, the Amsterdam Light Festival lines the canals with light art, which makes a cold evening walk between dinner and dessert feel worth it.
Vegan Amsterdam FAQ
Is Amsterdam good for vegans?
Yes. Amsterdam has a big, fully plant-based restaurant scene, from Mexican at Madre and ramen at Men Impossible to fine dining at Bonboon, and most cafés can make your coffee with oat milk.
What is the best vegan restaurant in Amsterdam?
Where can I eat vegan ramen or sushi in Amsterdam?
Men Impossible serves sauce-style truffle ramen as part of an omakase dinner, and Vegan Sushi Bar on Bilderdijkstraat does fully plant-based rolls, gyoza and bao every day from 12PM.
Do I need to book vegan restaurants in Amsterdam?
For dinner, yes. Men Impossible only seats guests with a reservation, and Madre, Bonboon, H/eart.h, Trevis and SOIL Vegan Café all fill up. Green Farmers is walk-in only.
Where can I find cheap vegan food in Amsterdam?
Green Farmers on Westerstraat is the cheapest good meal on the list, and the small plates at De Veganees and the comfort food at SOIL Vegan Café are good value too.
Are bitterballen and stroopwafels vegan?
Traditional bitterballen are made with beef and most stroopwafels contain butter. Many bars now serve a vegan bitterbal, and vegan stroopwafels are sold in supermarkets, so ask or check the label.
Which area of Amsterdam is best for vegan food?
The Jordaan and Oud-West. Madre, Green Farmers, Men Impossible and Bonboon are all in the Jordaan, while Vegan Sushi Bar and SOIL Vegan Café share Bilderdijkstraat in Oud-West.