Sticking to a strict vegan diet can be challenging, but living in a city full of unique options makes it a little bit easier. There are a variety of vegan-friendly restaurants in San Francisco that serve quality meals with traditional dishes while others add a creative and unique spin items, such as doughnuts, sushi and even Twinkies.

Find more dining options with the SF Station Restaurants Guide.

Herbivore
531 DIVISADERO STREET & 983 VALENCIA STREET
Herbivore is a vegetarian and vegan-friendly restaurant with two locations in NoPa and the Mission District. This restaurant offers international menu items varying from Mediterranean, Mexican, Italian, Greek and Chinese influences. Herbivore also offers an extensive list of red and white wines and draft beers.

Gracias Madre
2211 MISSION STREET
Gracias Madre in the Mission District serves vegan mexican food. A popular item on the menu is the Quesadillas de Calabaza filled with butternut squash and carmelized onions. The nacho cheese is house made with cashews and the salsa is made with pumpkin seed.

Greens
FORT MASON, BUILDING A
A San Francisco institution, Greens is a vegetarian restaurant with several vegan friendly options founded by the San Francisco Zen Center. The menu changes daily under the guidance of renowned executive chef Annie Somerville with inspiration from Californian, Mediterranean, Latin American and Asian cuisine. The wine list is one of the best in San Francisco, paired with extraordinary views of the bay and Golden Gate Bridge.

Millenium
580 GEARY STREET
Located close to Union Square, Millenium is an upscale vegan restaurant offering a variety of menu options including a Chef’s Five Course Tasting Menu, a Three Course Prix Fixe Menu, a Season Harvest Menu (available Thurs-Sat. every month) and a Three Course Raw Tasting Menu. Reservations are recommended

Pepple’s Donuts
6037 SAN PABLO AVENUE, OAKLAND
Pepple’s Donuts are vegan friendly hole-less donuts made on a farm in Oakland. These delicious treats are served throughout different shops in San Francisco including Philz Coffee and a Pepple’s Donut kiosk located in the Ferry Building. Prices range from $2-3 and Flavors include Mexican hot chocolate, salt caramel, glazed, sprinkled glaze, poppyseed, lemon, chocolate, sprinkled chocolate, green apple, pumpkin pie spice and many more.

Hella Vegan Eats
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Hella Vegan Eats is known for creating unique vegan dishes, such as the pot sticker burrito, vegan fried chicken and waffle sandwich, and its kimchi burrito. It also created a stir online with a vegan doughnut burger (pictured above) that went viral. Regular locations for food truck are Heart of the City’s Farmers Market, Mission Community Farmer’s Market and Dear Mom bar. Hella Vegan Eats also regularly participates in pop-up dining events.

Cha-Ya
762 VALENCIA STREET
Cha-Ya is a Japanese restaurant in the Mission that specializes in vegan dishes. Inspired by Japanese Zen Buddhist Cuisine, the restaurant is completely fish-free. The most popular item on the menu is the Cha-Ya Roll, which is a sushi roll stuffed with carrots, yams, avocado, asparagus, fried tempura and topped off with a sweet sauce.

Source
11 DIVISION STREET
Source in SoMa is known for serving a variety of foods that can all be made vegan. All of the ingredients are seasonal, locally sourced and organic. The most popular dish at Source is the ultimate house-made vegan friendly Twinkie.