Vegetarian restaurants in Yorkshire range from ethnic restaurants where the cuisine is mainly vegetarian like Thai and a variety of Indian restaurants particularly those with dishes from South India, Gujarat and the Punjab. You'll find a good choice of these styles of vegetarian restaurants in Bradford, like Tulsi with its 100% pure vegetarian menu, and Leeds in West Yorkshire.
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Exclusively vegetarian cafes are popular in a range of Yorkshire towns and cities and they will often have an interesting and varied choice of vegetarian and vegan dishes. Try those mentioned below in York, Sheffield and you'll find similar in Scarborough, Harrogate, Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and Halifax in West Yorkshire and Bean There Vegetarian Café in Bridlington with home cooked foods and gourmet suppers. Check local listings as you'll find them popping up all over the place.
If you're after vegetarian restaurants York has many, including the Spanish influenced menu at El Piano in The Quarter. Here you can choose from vegetarian and vegan food as well as wheat-free options and they're happy to cater for those with food allergies. For book lovers you can mix browsing the bookshelves with some homemade veggie food at The Blakehead Bookshop on Micklegate.
You'll find many cafes and restaurants in York offering vegetarian options on their menus. There are vegetarian friendly restaurants like Pastiche Bistro where you'll find vegetarian meals on the main menu alongside the meat and fish options.
There is no shortage of vegetarian restaurants Leeds, or vegetarian friendly restaurants. You can take a culinary trip around the world sampling vegetarian food in Leeds. The Chaophraya has consistently been awarded Best Restaurant awards and offers Thai vegetarian cuisine on its extensive menu. Gujarati vegetarian cuisine has been promoted for more than 20 years at Hansa's in Leeds making it one of the city's leading restaurants. The dishes are a mix of Gujarati home cooking influenced by the owner's East African upbringing. If you're taken by your exclusively vegetarian meal here you can pick up Hansa's Cookbook to try the recipes yourself.
The Grand Arcade in Leeds is home to Roots & Fruits Café where there is a fantastic varied vegetarian and vegan menu accompanied by teas and juices. A great stop off while out shopping or a quick snack before the theatre as the Grand Theatre's nearby.
You'll also find a great choice of vegetarian menu options at Chinese and Indian restaurants in Leeds. Mediterranean restaurants, brasseries and tapas bars also offer a good choice of vegetarian food in Leeds.
Your choice of vegetarian restaurants in Sheffield range from specialist vegetarian cafes and restaurants as well as the usual restaurants who offer a vegetarian choice on the menu.
Try the Blue Moon Cafe next to the Cathedral but be prepared for a wait as its popularity means there's often a queue. Not only is it a licensed vegetarian and vegan café, but it also caters for those with food allergies. The Bohemian Café on Chesterfield Road is a more recently opened café offering a good variety of vegetarian food with vegan options. Although unlicensed there's a good choice of soft drinks, juices and smoothies.
Green Edge Café in Nether Edge is a small café serving vegetarian food. Also in Nether Edge is the friendly KumQuat Mae vegetarian restaurant. Serving up three course meals catering for vegans and vegetarians you can take your own wine and beer with free corkage. The Walnut Club is a Michelin rated restaurant and bar on Ecclesfield Road that also caters for vegetarians and vegans.
The Fat Cat pub renowned for its real ales from the Kelham Island Brewer serves up a food menu with vegetarian options. Alfie & Bella's Café on Howard Street offers a good vegetarian and vegan choice of café food and pizzas available for delivery during the day and evenings. There's also a great choice of restaurants offering vegetarian options on their Chinese, Japanese and Indian menus.