There are five places in London where you can walk in on a Sunday, order a vegan roast and not ask a single question, and one of them, LD’s Kitchen, reopened in Camden on 27 September 2026 after six months away. There is a full vegan carvery in Spitalfields, a beet Wellington in London’s first vegan pub, and a £13 nut loaf in Croydon with enormous Yorkshires.
After that you are into pub territory, where (v) and (vg) look almost identical on a menu read over a pint. The three pubs here mark their vegan roast clearly on their own menus. For more places to eat, see my east London and south London guides.
Vegan Sunday Roast London at a Glance
- Most like an ordinary Sunday in the pub: The Spread Eagle in Homerton
- Most food: the vegan carvery at Unity Diner in Spitalfields
- Best cooking: E3 Vegan in Bow, from a former fine-dining head chef
- Most trimmings: nine of them at Karamel in Wood Green
- Newest: LD’s Kitchen in Camden
- Cheapest: The Oval Tavern in Croydon, at £13
- Saturdays too: Pivot in Covent Garden
Best Vegan Sunday Roasts in London
1. The Spread Eagle: A Beet Wellington in London’s First Vegan Pub Vegan
There are three roasts and you pick one: a beet Wellington, a walnut and cashew nut roast, or slow-roast celeriac with crackling. All three come with roast potatoes, roasted carrots, seasonal greens, a Yorkshire and gravy, and the whole kitchen is vegan, so there is nothing to check.
The Spread Eagle opened in Homerton in January 2018 as London’s first fully vegan pub, co-founded by Meriel Armitage of the vegan Mexican kitchen Club Mexicana. If you only do one place on this list, make it this one, because it feels most like an ordinary Sunday in an ordinary pub.
💡 Tip: Sunday service runs 12PM to 8PM and you can book online. For six or more, email hello@thespreadeaglelondon.co.uk or ring, because the online system will not take the group.
📍 224 Homerton High Street, London E9 6AS | Hackney | ☎️ 020 8985 0400 | 🌐 thespreadeaglelondon.co.uk | 📸 @thespreadeaglelondon
2. Unity Diner: The Full Vegan Carvery Vegan
Every joint on the carvery is plant-based: braised lamb in herby gravy, roast chicken, roast turkey in sage gravy, a cashew and sage nut roast, and a root vegetable Wellington. The sides are where it gets silly in the best way: bacon and parmesan sprouts, crispy crackling, maple-glazed carrots, cheesy leeks, cauliflower with truffle cheese and herb-crusted roasties.
Unity Diner in Spitalfields calls it the only fully vegan carvery in the country, and it is the most food on this list by a distance. Skip breakfast.
💡 Tip: Sunday is carvery only, 12PM to 8PM, so the regular menu is off. Book through OpenTable, though they take walk-ins if there is room.
📍 60 Wentworth Street, London E1 7AL | Spitalfields | ☎️ 020 7426 0224 | 🌐 unitydiner.co.uk | 📸 @unitydiner
3. Karamel: Nine Trimmings in Wood Green Vegan
Choose a Wellington, almond with tofu or chestnut depending on the season, or a chicken and mushroom pie or a stout pie, and it arrives with nine trimmings: roast potatoes and parsnips, stuffing, mashed swede, caramelised beetroot, Bavarian red cabbage, carrots, greens and gravy. I would go for the Wellington. The roast is £16.
Karamel is inside the Chocolate Factory arts complex in Wood Green and it is entirely vegan, with a gluten-free version of the roast without the stuffing and pastry. There is often live music on.
💡 Tip: The kitchen runs 1:15PM to 6PM on Sundays, so do not turn up at 6:30PM. Email karamel8775@gmail.com or ring to book for a group.
📍 Chocolate Factory Two, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ | Wood Green | ☎️ 020 8090 0071 | 🌐 collage-arts.org | 📸 @karameln22
4. E3 Vegan: A Neighbourhood Roast From a Fine-Dining Chef Vegan
The Sunday roast here is a nut roast with proper Yorkshire puddings, cooked by Marc Joseph, who was head chef at Vanilla Black, the Holborn vegetarian restaurant that held two AA Rosettes and a place in the Michelin Guide until it closed in 2020. This is the one to choose when you want the food to feel like cooking.
It opened on Roman Road in Bow in February 2022 and everything on the menu is vegan, so anyone who would rather have brunch can order that instead.
💡 Tip: The roast is served 12PM to 5PM on Sundays. Book either sitting, and expect a deposit for six or more.
📍 357 Roman Road, London E3 5QR | Bow | ☎️ 020 3859 9798 | 🌐 e3vegan.com | 📸 @e3.vegan
5. LD’s Kitchen: Back in Camden Vegan
The new menu runs to a tofu belly done as pork, a beef-style steak, and a chicken-ish main you can have classic or Southern corn-fried. The sides are roasted sweet potato, swede and basil purée, creamy mustard leeks and spinach, maple and fennel glazed carrots, collard greens with garlic, garlic and rosemary roasties and a crisp Yorkshire.
LD’s Kitchen had a big following at The Black Heart until March 2026, and it reopened on 27 September 2026 at the Imperial Palace of Big Red on Chalk Farm Road with the menu rebuilt from scratch. Chef LD also does vegan wings, brunch and smoked BBQ.
💡 Tip: Follow Instagram for the times and booking, and go early, because the first few Sundays will be busy.
📍 Imperial Palace of Big Red, 40–42 Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8BG | Camden | 📸 @lds.kitchen
6. Pivot Bar & Bistro: A Sharing Roast in Covent Garden
Order the vegan sharing roast for four: two celeriac, puy lentil and chestnut mushroom pies, bottomless roast potatoes, Yorkshires, glazed carrots and hispi cabbage, a sweet pointed cabbage, with vegan gravy. It is £99 for four, the most expensive roast here, so save it for a birthday.
Pivot is an omnivore bistro overlooking Covent Garden Piazza, and the vegan roast has its own page on their site, marked 100% plant-based, gravy included.
💡 Tip: It serves the roast on Saturday as well as Sunday, 12PM to 9PM both days. Book through their site, and ask what comes with the single vegan roast when you do.
📍 3 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8PS | Covent Garden | ☎️ +44 7377 220955 | 🌐 pivotbarandbistro.com | 📸 @pivotbarandbistro
7. The Princess Victoria: A Squash Wellington in Shepherd’s Bush
Order the butternut squash, lentil and spinach Wellington, which is marked vg on the Sunday menu, with roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables. The Princess Victoria is a big Victorian gastropub on the Uxbridge Road with rooms upstairs.
The Yorkshire is marked (v), so it is vegetarian and will not be coming to your plate. The menu changes with what is available, so ring before you cross London for it.
💡 Tip: Sunday service runs 12PM to 9PM. Ask whether the gravy is vegan when you book, because it is not tagged either way.
📍 217 Uxbridge Road, London W12 9DH | Shepherd’s Bush | ☎️ 020 8749 4466 | 🌐 princessvictoria.co.uk | 📸 @thepv
8. The Oval Tavern: A £13 Nut Loaf in Croydon
The vegan roast is a Mediterranean mixed nut, pepper and aubergine loaf, with herby garlicky roasties, swede mash, stuffing, enormous Yorkies, seasonal veg and gravy, for £13. It is the cheapest roast on this list and it proves a vegan roast does not have to be a treat-yourself price.
The Oval Tavern is an independent community pub with live music most weeks, and its menu writes out vegan and veggie in full, so there is no decoding the tags.
💡 Tip: Ring ahead for the roast times, and ask whether the gravy and the Yorkshires on the vegan roast are vegan, because the same trimmings are listed against every roast. It is a 10-minute walk from East Croydon station.
📍 131 Oval Road, Croydon CR0 6BR | Croydon | ☎️ 020 8686 6023 | 🌐 theovaltavern.co.uk
Why Sunday, and Where the Nut Roast Came From
The roast lands on a Sunday because of church. People fasted before the morning service, so the meal afterwards was the one that counted, and in the Industrial Revolution families put the joint in the oven before leaving for church and came home to find it nearly done.
The Yorkshire pudding turns up in print in 1737 as a dripping pudding, and Hannah Glasse gave it its name in 1747. It was served first, on its own, swimming in gravy, to fill everyone up on flour and eggs so they ate less of the expensive meat. The nut roast is older than people think: the first published recipes date to the 1890s, starting with Almeda Lambert’s Guide for Nut Cookery in 1899, and Cranks in London shaped every one that came after it from 1961.
Even the cauliflower cheese started out vegetarian. The earliest recorded English recipe appears in 1860 in John Smith’s The Principles and Practice of Vegetarian Cookery, a year before Mrs Beeton got hold of it.
What to Ask About a Vegan Roast
- Read the tags. (v) means vegetarian and (vg) or (pb) means vegan. If there is no legend, find a dish you know has dairy, like cauliflower cheese, and see how it is tagged.
- “Vegan on request” means the standing dish is vegetarian and the kitchen will try to adapt it, which is a thin promise in a full pub on a Sunday.
- Ask three questions: is the gravy vegan, is the Yorkshire vegan, and what are the potatoes roasted in. Roast potatoes are often done in beef dripping, goose fat or lard.
- Watch the sides. Mashed swede usually has butter in it, parsnips are often glazed with honey, stuffing can contain suet, and bread sauce is mostly milk.
- Packet gravy: Bisto’s vegetable granules are labelled suitable for vegans, and the classic powder is only labelled vegetarian.
- Book, and go early. Kitchens cook a set number of roasts and stop, so the 1PM sitting is safer than 4PM.
Vegan Sunday Roast London FAQ
Where can I get a fully vegan Sunday roast in London?
At The Spread Eagle in Homerton, Unity Diner in Spitalfields, Karamel in Wood Green, E3 Vegan in Bow and LD’s Kitchen in Camden.
Where is the cheapest vegan Sunday roast in London?
The Oval Tavern in Croydon, where the vegan nut loaf roast is £13.
Is there a vegan carvery in London?
Yes, at Unity Diner in Spitalfields every Sunday from 12PM to 8PM, with plant-based lamb, chicken, turkey and a nut roast.
What is the difference between (v) and (vg) on a pub menu?
(v) means vegetarian and (vg) or (pb) means vegan. The difference is almost always dairy or egg, often in the Yorkshire or the gravy.
Is the gravy on a vegan roast vegan?
At the five fully vegan places, always. At a pub, ask, because traditional gravy is made from meat juices.
Do I need to book a vegan Sunday roast in London?
Yes, at almost all of them. Kitchens cook a set number and stop, so book an early sitting.
Where can I get a vegan Sunday roast on a Saturday?
At Pivot in Covent Garden, which serves its vegan roast on Saturday and Sunday from 12PM to 9PM.