Antwerp is quietly becoming one of Europe’s best vegan cities — and it’s one of the most underrated plant-based destinations on the continent. This beautiful Belgian city, famous for its fashion, diamonds, and extraordinary Baroque architecture, has developed a plant-based food scene that punches well above its weight. From an artisan sourdough bakery to an ice cream bar making dreamy plant-based nice cream and waffles, Antwerp rewards the curious vegan visitor enormously.
Whether you’re a long-time vegan or just plant-curious, Antwerp has something special waiting for you. Here’s my guide to the best vegan and plant-based restaurants in the city, tried, tested, and loved.
Best Vegan Restaurants in Antwerp
1. Humm — Beautiful Plant-Based Plates on Dageraadplaats
Humm on Dageraadplaats is one of Antwerp’s most celebrated plant-based restaurants — a stylish, beautifully designed spot in the vibrant 2018 neighbourhood that serves creative, seasonal vegan dishes with real ambition and skill. The menu changes regularly to reflect the best of what’s available from local producers and foragers, with each dish demonstrating a genuine understanding of flavour, texture, and presentation. Expect beautifully plated small plates that reward careful eating: roasted heritage carrots with miso and seeds, silky cauliflower preparations with hazelnut dressings, and desserts that are among the best in the city. The room is warm and inviting, the wine list is thoughtfully natural, and the whole experience is one of quiet confidence and genuine excellence.
📍 Dageraadplaats 31/33, 2018 Antwerpen | ☎️ +32 3 435 70 80 | 🌐 humm.love | 📸 @humm_antwerp
2. Spritz Antwerp — Plant-Based Italian Aperitivo & Full Menu
Spritz Antwerp on the gorgeous Oude Koornmarkt — one of the city’s most picturesque medieval streets — is a genuinely wonderful plant-based Italian restaurant and aperitivo bar that manages to combine the best of both worlds with effortless charm. The cocktail list is extensive and beautifully made, with a magnificent Aperol Spritz and a range of creative Italian-inspired drinks that set the tone perfectly. The food matches the drinks: house-made pasta dishes, antipasti platters loaded with plant-based charcuterie and artisan cheeses, and wood-fired dishes that demonstrate real Italian culinary knowledge and love. The atmosphere shifts from relaxed afternoon aperitivo to a lively, convivial dinner service as the evening progresses. A brilliant Antwerp address.
📍 Oude Koornmarkt 11, 2000 Antwerpen | ☎️ +32 471 29 52 88 | 🌐 spritz-antwerp.com | 📸 @spritz_antwerp
3. Hart Antwerpen — Hearty Plant-Based Comfort Food with Real Heart
Hart Antwerpen on Minderbroedersrui is a warm, deeply satisfying plant-based restaurant in the historic centre that takes the concept of comfort food seriously and delivers it with tremendous skill and generosity. The menu centres on hearty, well-crafted dishes built around the best seasonal produce: think slow-roasted root vegetables with herb oils and toasted grains, rich plant-based stews with crusty bread for dipping, and indulgent desserts that are the very definition of comfort. The dining room is welcoming and buzzy without being noisy, the service is attentive and genuinely friendly, and the whole experience feels like exactly the kind of restaurant you want to find when you’re exploring an unfamiliar city. Antwerp’s plant-based community loves it — and so will you.
📍 Minderbroedersrui 34, 2000 Antwerpen | ☎️ +32 3 386 37 27 | 🌐 hart-antwerpen.be | 📸 @hart_antwerpen
4. Bakkerij Funk — Artisan Sourdough & Plant-Based Pastries
Bakkerij Funk on Kronenburgstraat is Antwerp’s essential plant-based bakery — a beautifully run artisan operation that produces sourdough loaves, pastries, and baked goods of outstanding quality using entirely plant-based ingredients. The bread is the foundation: naturally leavened, slow-fermented, with a proper crust and a moist, open crumb that stays good for days. The pastry counter is equally impressive — laminated croissants with shatteringly thin layers, seasonal fruit tarts with precise, well-balanced fillings, and a rotating selection of pastries that always rewards a return visit. The whole bakery smells extraordinary, the staff are passionate about what they make, and leaving with just one item requires a level of willpower most of us simply don’t possess.
📍 Kronenburgstraat 41a, 2000 Antwerpen | 🌐 bakkerijfunk.com | 📸 @bakkerijfunk
5. IceLab — Dreamy Plant-Based Nice Cream & Belgian Waffles
IceLab on Oudevaartplaats is an absolute joy — one of Antwerp’s most beloved sweet spots and a genuinely exceptional 100% plant-based ice cream and waffle destination. The nice creams here are made fresh daily from frozen fruit and plant-based bases, resulting in scoops that are intensely flavoured, naturally sweet, and brilliantly smooth. The Belgian waffles — served warm, crispy on the outside, and perfectly light within — provide the ideal vehicle for piling on scoops of nice cream and seasonal toppings. Flavours rotate constantly but always include classics like chocolate and hazelnut alongside more adventurous seasonal creations. On a warm Antwerp afternoon in the square, there is genuinely nowhere better to be.
📍 Oudevaartplaats 38, 2000 Antwerpen | ☎️ +32 3 275 91 55 | 🌐 icelab.be | 📸 @icelabnicecreamcreations
6. CLO Antwerp — Seasonal Plant-Forward Dining
CLO Antwerp on Kroonstraat is a quietly impressive plant-forward restaurant that has built a loyal following in the city for its thoughtful, seasonal approach to vegan cooking. The menu changes regularly to reflect what’s best from Belgian and regional producers, with dishes that feel genuinely rooted in time and place — a spring menu of asparagus, peas, and herbs gives way to autumn’s roasted squash, wild mushrooms, and fermented preparations. The cooking is clean and unfussy, allowing the quality of the ingredients to speak clearly, and the result is food that feels both effortless and considered. A calm, beautiful spot for a long lunch or an unhurried dinner when you want to eat something really, properly good.
📍 Kroonstraat 172, 2000 Antwerpen | 📸 @clo_antwerp
7. Simone’s Kitchen — Antwerp’s First Fully Vegan Restaurant
Simone’s Kitchen on Volkstraat holds a special place in Antwerp’s plant-based history as the city’s first fully vegan restaurant — a pioneering spot that helped establish vegan dining in Antwerp long before it became fashionable, and which continues to deliver excellent plant-based food to a devoted and grateful local clientele. The menu is warm, generous, and deeply satisfying: expect hearty main courses that celebrate vegetables in their most comforting forms, house-made desserts that are reliably excellent, and a relaxed café atmosphere that makes it as well-suited to a quick lunch as a longer, more leisurely dinner. A genuine piece of Antwerp’s plant-based history, and still very much at the forefront of the scene.
📍 Volkstraat 27, 2000 Antwerpen | 📸 @simoneskitchen_antwerp
8. Andor Antwerp — Creative Mediterranean-Inspired Plant-Based Dishes
Andor Antwerp on Italielei brings a warm, sun-drenched Mediterranean sensibility to the plant-based dining scene in Antwerp, with a menu of creative, flavour-forward dishes that draw freely on the cuisines of Spain, Italy, Greece, and the broader Levant. Expect beautifully made hummus and baba ghanoush served with warm flatbreads, roasted vegetable plates with preserved lemon and fresh herbs, plant-based takes on Spanish-style stews and grain dishes, and desserts that lean into the rich sweetness of the Mediterranean tradition. The room has a relaxed, convivial energy, the wine list tilts towards natural and biodynamic producers from southern Europe, and the whole experience feels like a genuine escape somewhere warmer and more golden.
📍 Italielei 202, 2000 Antwerpen | 📸 @andorantwerp
9. Antoinette — Charming Plant-Based Café in the Historic Centre
Antoinette on Reyndersstraat is a charming, intimate plant-based café tucked into one of Antwerp’s most beautiful historic streets, just steps from the magnificent Cathedral of Our Lady. The café serves a thoughtfully curated menu of plant-based cakes, pastries, and light savoury bites alongside excellent coffee, making it the ideal stop for a mid-afternoon pause during a day of exploring Antwerp’s extraordinary architecture and museums. The bakes are made with care and rotate seasonally — expect delicate fruit tarts, rich chocolate cakes, and seasonal specials that reflect what’s good at the moment. The atmosphere is warm and quietly elegant, and the combination of beautiful surroundings and excellent plant-based treats makes it one of the city’s most lovely discoveries.
📍 Reyndersstraat 4, 2000 Antwerpen | 📸 @antoinette_antwerpen
Tips for Vegan Travellers in Antwerp
Antwerp’s vegan scene is compact and very walkable — most of the best spots are within the city’s beautiful historic centre and the lively 2018 neighbourhood around Dageraadplaats. The city is easy to reach from Brussels by train in under 40 minutes, making it a brilliant day trip or short break destination. Antwerp’s café culture is wonderfully relaxed, and many spots are open for long lunches and afternoon coffee well into the evening. For fine dining, book ahead at Humm, which fills up quickly at weekends. Don’t miss IceLab on a warm day — nice cream in the square is one of Antwerp’s finest simple pleasures.
Have you visited Antwerp on a plant-based trip? I’d love to hear your favourite spots — drop them in the comments below!