Nottingham's signatures lean British comfort, with breakfast and sausage roll tying at 5 venues and platter at 4. The five essentials zigzag, with Divine Coffee House and Crocus Cafe on the British side, Pizzamisù for Italian, and WonderPho carrying Vietnamese, while Sea & Earth rounds out European fast food. Cuisine excellence runs 10 deep across both British and Italian, with Balageru taking the salad pick.
Ranked by overall rating, signature dish strength, and how much reviewers praise the food. If you only have a weekend, start here.
Visit on themed Friday/Saturday evenings for international vegan menus
Must go · #6 Order bespoke celebration cakes for special events
Must go · #7 Try the crispy cauliflower, a standout vegan dish
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Must go · #15 Dishes ranked by how well this city's plant-based venues make them, compared to the other 157 cities we track.
5 places worth stopping for breakfast
Visit on themed Friday/Saturday evenings for international vegan menus
Try the vegan breakfast sandwich or vegan stack
Try the vegan breakfast for a hearty meal
Expect reasonable prices and generous portions
5 places worth stopping for sausage roll
4 places worth stopping for platter
Try the vegan sharing platter for two
Plant-based milks are available for coffees and hot drinks
Try the vegan platter with assorted vegetable stews
Try the fasting (vegan) platter with lentils and seasoned kale
spinach · Vegan Food Guide All 214 Nottingham venues on the map. Filter by what's open, save what you'd return for, get walking directions in two taps.
Mainstream restaurants where the vegan side of the menu is treated seriously.
Try the vegan pho with tofu made with vegetable broth
Try the banana blossom fish for a popular vegan dish
Try the spicy tofu curry, a frequent favorite among regulars
Try the crispy cauliflower, a standout vegan dish
Open before 10, good coffee, the kind of place you walk back to on day two.
Try the vegan sausage rolls
Order bespoke celebration cakes for special events
Try the vegan grilled cheese sandwiches
Try the vegan breakfast sandwich or vegan stack
Weekday fuel and weekend stretches.
Visit on themed Friday/Saturday evenings for international vegan menus
Order vegan pizzas with vegan cheese for best experience
Try the vegan sausage rolls
Try the banana blossom fish for a popular vegan dish
The reason you planned the trip.
Ice cream, pastry, and the honest dessert case.
Try the chocolate peanut butter flavor
Vegan donuts are clearly labeled and there are usually multiple choices
Try the cupcakes with smooth buttercream
Order bespoke celebration cakes for special events
Busy rooms with tables big enough for eight.
Visit on themed Friday/Saturday evenings for international vegan menus
Try the fasting (vegan) platter with lentils and seasoned kale
Try the vegan tiffin box for a variety of dishes
Book in advance to avoid wait times and secure a table.
Menus kids recognize, staff who don't flinch at strollers.
Visit on themed Friday/Saturday evenings for international vegan menus
Try the vegan pho with tofu made with vegetable broth
Try the spicy tofu curry, a frequent favorite among regulars
Try the fasting (vegan) platter with lentils and seasoned kale
Cities where the breakfast signature also earns a spot in the top essentials — pack a weekend around one.
Yes — Nottingham has 214 vegan-ready venues. The top-ranked are Divine Coffee House, Crocus Cafe, Pizzamisù. Spinach ranks them daily on overall rating, signature dish strength, and reviewer praise for the food.
Nottingham scores 52.4/100 on the Spinach vegan city index. The city has 37 vegan-friendly venues and 41 high-quality restaurants out of 214 analyzed.
Nottingham has 13 fully vegan restaurants and 3 vegetarian restaurants. 37 venues score B or higher on the Vegan Friendliness grade.
Nottingham's top signature dishes for vegans are breakfast, sausage roll, platter, and the city also does salad and cake well. Signature dishes are ranked by how the city's venues score against the other 157 cities we track.
The vegan scene in Nottingham leans British, Italian, Indian. British is particularly strong, with 10 venues serving quality plant-based options.
Divine Coffee House is ranked #1 in Nottingham by the Spinach Essentials algorithm, which weights rating, signature dish performance, and reviewer praise. See all 15 Essentials for the full ranking.
Spinach ranks vegan venues using the same algorithm the mobile app runs: a composite of Google Maps rating, the Spinach Rating (Wilson-confidence scored), dish-quality Wilson scores from extracted review signals, and city-specific signature dish strength. Essentials add a tier weighting; category lists add their own mood/occasion weights. No pay-to-play.
The ranking refreshes daily from Supabase. The last refresh is stamped at the top of this page. Venue data comes from Google Maps, HappyCow, and Spinach's own review-analysis pipeline.
