Vegan breakfast never tasted so good and we are spoiled for choice in Sydney. From vegan waffles and pancakes to breakfast burritos, acai bowls to superfood smoothies, scrambled tofu to the World’s Best Vegan Bacon & Egg Bagel, there’s something for the whole family to enjoy! When you want a delicious vegan breakfast, check out the vegan-friendly cafes and restaurants below.
Oh My Days
Glebe
Oh My Days is the Inner West Sydney’s destination plant-based cafe, celebrating Mexican flavours and delicious vegan bakery delights. You can find everything from hearty burgers and burritos to all-day breakfast. Visit Oh My Days and try out their tasty Central-American vegan dishes and French-inspired bakery options. Most importantly, Oh My Days’ is dedicated to flavour and organically-sourced, preservative-free and fresh ingredients
Shift Eatery
Surry Hills
Ever heard of the first vegan deli in Sydney? It’s none other than Shift Eatery, of course. Offering a variety of options for both vegans and those making the shift, at Shift Eatery, you can find everything you need for whenever you want a healthy wholefood bowl or a decadent meal. They are renowned for their World’s Best Vegan Bacon & Egg Bagel breakfast. Go try it out, before it sells out in the morning – as it usually does.
Buddha Bowl Cafe
Newtown
At Buddha Bowl, you won’t have to make any compromise on your favourite vegan dishes. This colourful whole food plant-based café in Newtown offers nourishing breakfast and lunch buddha bowls together with colourful health lattes, smoothies, teas and coffees. They carefully choose organic and fairtrade-certified produce to inspire their community on the benefits of eating natural, plant-based whole foods that respect our bodies, animals and the environment. What more could you ask for?
Herb and Sprout Co
Maroubra
Fuel up with a healthy breakfast at Herb n Sprout Co.
If you are in Maroubra, in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, you have to visit Herb n Sprout Co, an amazing source of inspiration on how to care for your body with plant-based ingredients. This local vegetarian café offers wholesome food, made from locally and organically produced ingredients whenever possible and the rest is as pure and natural as they can find. Aside from their bread, all of their products are made in-house. They aim to accommodate all dietary requirements and allergies and provide an array of vegan and gluten-free options for those ethically aware and health conscious.
Swallow Coffee Traders
Rockdale
Swallow Coffee Traders is passionate about helping others explore a plant-based diet. Their focus is to break the mould and give Rockdale its first plant-based experience!
They offer a substantial menu from burgers and paninis to wraps and bowls for everyone to try. Swallow Coffee Traders promises a menu that is not only delicious and exciting but 100% cruelty-free. This vegan restaurant embraces change and the plant-based revolution. And, for those with a sweet tooth, they serve the best hotcakes that can pair perfectly with their croissants or specialty coffee.
Ruby Lonesome
Petersham
Where there is a vegan waffle, there’s a way at Ruby Lonesome! This is your new favourite vegan breakfast cafe, an eclectic little corner cafe servicing Sydney’s Inner-West. They are primarily plant-based and value premium coffee, excellent food, quality baked goods, and traditional good service above everything else. This hidden gem is full of rustic charm and runs on warm, friendly energy from the girl boss duo, Lana & Nicolette. Ruby Lonesome is a plant-based cafe offering all of your vegan breakfast favourites.
Ruby Lane
Manly
At Ruby Lane, their motto is that life is too short to be mediocre. Their vision is to make a healthy lifestyle fun, social, available, and inspirational. With a vegan menu including an Açai Protein Bowl, Real Food Pancakes and a Smash ‘n’ Hash, you will find something delicious. They even have solar power on their roof and a composting system that helps reduce their environmental impact. Plus, all their meals include seasonal produce. Ruby Lane’s vegan food offerings will have you struggling to choose because it’s all good!
Bowl’d Out
Bronte
The breakfast bowl of your dreams comes from the team at Bowl’d Out. They bring people together over great food and craft the most delicious açai bowls, incredible salads, toasties, treats and regular specials. Choose to dine-in or takeaway with plenty of vegan eats on the menu. Find a spot to sit and enjoy the sea breeze at this stunning location.
Speedo’s Cafe
North Bondi
Speedo’s Cafe is a favourite amongst locals, serving up the world’s most #instagrammable food! There are raw meals, organic herbal teas, and dairy-free options! What are you waiting for? Get your vegan brunch in Bondi and check out the vegan pancake stack; these bad boys almost look too good to eat!
Way 2 Live
Hammondville
Way 2 Live is a 100% plant-based café and pantry focused on wholesome meals inspired by their European heart and recipes, which their grandmothers collected and created over time.
The team behind Way 2 Live created the space to promote healthier, simple, nourishing meals that boost good health, please the palate, and feed your body.
Besides being plant-based, they also have refined sugar-free, gluten-free and low-carb options. And their pantry stocks various vegan cheese, sausages, ice creams, baked goods, snacks, proteins and even books. You name it – they have it. The menu is ever-changing and always interesting and delicious.
Bare Naked Bowls
Multiple Locations
Bare Naked Bowls was born from a passion for a healthier lifestyle. At Bare Naked Bowls, they believe in nourishing your body with real food; no highly processed foods, no chemicals, no high-fructose corn syrup – just real food combined in creative and delicious ways. They are proud to serve local and mostly organic ingredients, giving you the energy you need to make the most out of your day with a range of vegan options on the menu, including smoothies and bowls.
Multiple Locations: Bondi, Dee Why, Manly, Northmead, Mona Vale, St Leonards
Multiple Locations: Bondi, Dee Why, Manly, Northmead, Mona Vale, St Leonards
Cali Press
Multiple Locations
Cali Press primarily serves raw food, organic juices, smoothies, nut mylks, and whole foods and a few other dishes. It also provides juices and supplements to health supermarkets in the area. The team at Cali Press knew there were others like them, looking for a better way to live, feel and be. That’s when making healthy, delicious food became their passion—using nothing but natural ingredients—filling up on the good and leaving out the bad. All their ingredients are listed, and vegan items are marked. If you like organic juices or nut mylks, check out Cali Press.
Multiple Locations: Bondi, CBD, Bondi Junction, Bronte, Double Bay, Mosman, Randwick
Multiple Locations: Bondi, CBD, Bondi Junction, Bronte, Double Bay, Mosman, Randwick
