You are in luck! West Philadelphia has a lot of vegans, so almost every restaurant will have 1 or 2 main course items that are specifically vegan. So this page is going to focus on restaurants where your entire party would like a vegan meal. But do check the menus at other places, and you will almost certainly find options.
Casual Food
Hip City Veg (website) (menu)
eight locations, including: 214 South 40th Street (map)
If you want casual burgers and fries and nuggets, but vegan.
- Mon – Sun 11am – 11pm
Goldie (website)(menu)
two locations, including one in the Franklin’s Table food court right behind Van Pelt Library (map)
Falafel, salads, and tahini smoothies. Also kosher certified.
- Mon – Sun 11:00am – 6:30pm (summer hours not yet confirmed)
Dottie’s Donuts (website) (instagram for daily flavors)
four locations, including 4529 Springfield Ave (map)
Vegan donuts! These are very good fresh, but I do not recommend stocking up to take home with you. In my opinion, they are not great when older.
- Mon – Fri 7am-2pm
- Sat – Sun 8am-3pm
Joy Cafe (website) (menu)
630 N 2nd St (map)
Vegan diner food – menu clearly labels gluten free options
- Mon – Sat 10:00am – 6:40pm
- Sun 10:00am – 4:40pm
LUHV Vegan Deli (website)
inside Reading Terminal Market @ 51 N 12th St (map)
- Mon – Sun 8am-6pm
20th Street Pizza (website)
108 South 20th Street (map)
Here’s a review of this vegan pizzeria (review)
- Tues – Sun 12 noon – 9:00pm
Algorithm Vegan Grill (website)(menu)
705 East Passyunk Ave (map)
- Wed – Sun 11:30am-9pm
The Nile Cafe (website)
6008 Germantown Ave (map)
The Nile cafe is a plant-based restaurant, specializing in Caribbean- American soul food.
- Tues – Sat 12:00pm – 8:00pm
- Sun 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Vegan-ish (website) (menu)
1214 N 52nd St (map)
1519 Spring Garden St (map)
As the name implies, it does have non-vegan (pescatarian) options, but the focus is still on delicious vegan sandwiches
- Mon – Sun 11am-9pm
Primary Plant Based (website) (menu)
161 W. Girard Avenue (map)
Right in the middle where you probably need reservations, but it’s also fairly casual.
- Wed – Thurs 5pm – 9pm
- Fri 5pm – 9:30pm
- Sat 11am-3pm (lunch); 5pm-9:30pm (dinner)
- Sun 11am-3pm (brunch)
Monster Vegan (website) (PDF menu)
1229 Spruce St (map)
Indoor and outdoor dining. “scary good comfort food & creepy cocktails”
- Mon – Thurs 4pm-11pm
- Fri 4pm-10pm
- Sat 12noon-3pm (lunch); 4pm-10pm (dinner)
Fancier Food
Vedge (website) (menu)
1221 Locust Street (map)
This is one of the fanciest vegan places, with a seasonal menu and James Beard nominated chefs. Their website also says, “Gluten free is never an issue, and with advance notice we will make any reasonable effort to try to accommodate dietary restrictions.”
- Tues – Sat 5pm-9 pm
Pietramala (website) (menu)
614 N 2nd St (map)
Tiny restaurant – reservations highly recommended. Not wheelchair accessible. “All items are vegan and we are happy to accommodate additional allergies and/or aversions when provided ample notice.”
- Tues – Sat 5pm-9pm
Tomo Sushi & Ramen Bar (website) (menu)
228 Arch St (map)
This place does have fish sushi, but it also has a large and varied vegan sushi menu. They also have vegan ramen (with a gluten free option!) and vegan mochi.
- Sun, Tues – Thur 3:00pm – 9:30pm
- Fri – Sat 3:00pm – 10:30pm
Bar Bombón (website) (menu PDF)
133 S. 18th (map)
Plant based Puerto Rican dining
- Mon–Tues 4pm–9pm
- Wed 4pm–10pm
- Thurs 11:30am–10pm
- Fri 11:30am–11pm
- Sat 11am–11pm (brunch 11-3)
- Sun 11am-9pm (brunch 11-3)
Fitz on 4th (website) (menu)
743 S 4th St (map)
A tapas and cocktail restaurant with outdoor dining
- Tues – Thurs 4pm-10pm
- Fri – Sun 4pm-11pm
Charlie was a sinner. (website/menu)
131 S 13th St (map)
I’m including this restaurant because it is on all the Best Vegan Restaurant lists for Philadelphia, but looking at their menu online I’d call it primarily vegetarian with dairy in most dishes. Surely they must be good at substitutions and have non-dairy alternatives if they have such a strong vegan reputation. But there is no about section, so I can’t actually look it up.
- Sun – Thurs 4pm-10pm
- Fri – Sat 4pm-2am (kitchen closes at 11pm)