Vegan Restaurants Bangkok: 13 Vegan and Vegetarian Places by Area, from Thai Plant Kitchens to Tasting Menus

Vegan in Bangkok: jay food, vegetarian Thai and fully vegan, explained

The word to know is jay (also spelled jae). A shop flying a yellow flag with red lettering is selling jay food, and that is the closest thing Thailand has to a vegan label on the street. It is strictest during the nine-day vegetarian festival, which in 2026 ran from 10 to 18 October according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, with Yaowarat as the centre; The Nation reported the road closed to traffic on the opening evening. The dates follow the lunar calendar, so check TAT’s announcement for next year. Outside the festival, jay shops are fewer, and Chinatown’s are covered in Chinatown Bangkok restaurants.

Vegetarian Thai in an ordinary restaurant is the hard case. Curry pastes contain shrimp paste, stir-fries use oyster sauce and nearly everything gets fish sauce. That is why the fully vegan kitchens matter: May Veggie Home has cooked Thai food without animal products since 2011 by its own account, bakes vegan bread and will cook without onion and garlic for jay eaters.

Best vegan restaurants in Bangkok, by area

Lower Sukhumvit is where to stay if you eat vegan. Veganerie Nana and Amritsr share Soi 11, Chowpati and Punjab Grill are on Soi 13, Indique sits at the mouth of Soi 19 and May Veggie Home is on Soi 23, all between BTS Nana and Asok. Mercy Republic on the main road is the loud evening option with vegan wine and cocktails; Google lists it open daily and HappyCow says closed on Monday, so message the restaurant on LINE before a Monday visit. Our Sukhumvit restaurants guide covers the rest of the road.

Further out, Veganerie’s Silom branch in the Baan Silom building suits a weekday lunch near BTS Surasak, and Broccoli Revolution on Charoen Krung Soi 42/1 is the riverside choice, ten minutes from BTS Saphan Taksin. Its own website lists 11:00 to 21:30 daily, while Time Out (2020) and Thai PBS (2024) list it closed on Mondays, so call 097 201 2492 before a Monday visit. In Ari, O’ganic Concept on Soi Ari Samphan 1 serves a kale superfood salad and tofu in peanut sauce, though it is a health-food kitchen that also cooks organic chicken and eggs. See Ari restaurants for the neighbourhood.

Indian vegetarian restaurants in Bangkok

Sukhumvit’s Indian restaurants are the easiest vegetarian meals in the city because the menus are built for it. Indique publishes separate vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and Jain menus, with pani puri at 139 baht and samosa chaat at 149. Chowpati marks vegetarian dishes and prices its South Indian plates from 150 baht. Amritsr has a dedicated vegetarian section of stuffed parathas and Amritsari kulcha. Punjab Grill ran a vegetarian version of its six-course tasting menu at 1,499++ baht, 500 baht less than the meat menu, when Naewna reported it in April 2024; ask for the current price. Off Sukhumvit, Ariya on Silom Soi 20 prints its prices online and confirms its paneer butter masala at 195 baht and aloo paratha at 95 are fully vegetarian. Paneer, yoghurt and ghee are dairy, so vegans should pick lentil and vegetable dishes made without cream and ask first. Jain preparation is listed only at Indique, so ask elsewhere. For the meat side of the same restaurants, see Indian restaurants in Bangkok.

Vegan fine dining in Bangkok

Two Michelin-starred restaurants have plant-based tasting menus. INDDEE, promoted to two stars in the Michelin Guide Thailand 2026, serves the ten-course Vegetable Journey at 5,800++ baht in a house on Soi Langsuan, according to Time Out in July 2026; it is a vegetable menu, so confirm dairy if you are vegan. Mia, with one star in the same 2026 edition, offers meat, vegetarian and vegan tasting menus on Soi Athakravi 1, entered from Rama 4; Green Queen covered the vegan version, and aggregator listings price the vegetarian menu at 6,944 baht. Both need a booking, and Mia is closed on Wednesday and Thursday. The wider set is in Michelin restaurants in Bangkok.

Vegan cafes, bakeries and brunch in Bangkok

Veganerie started as a vegan bakery, and its menu runs to waffles, cakes and, at the Silom branch, an all-day breakfast from 09:30. Broccoli Revolution presses its own juices. For coffee, many specialty cafes now offer oat milk; Coffee no.9 on Soi Ari 1 is known for its oat-milk black sesame latte. Our cafes in Bangkok and brunch in Bangkok guides list more, though most of those kitchens are not vegan.

How to order vegan at a normal Thai restaurant

Say “kin jay” (I eat jay food) first; most cooks understand it. Then be specific: “mai sai nam pla” (no fish sauce), “mai sai kapi” (no shrimp paste), “mai sai nam man hoi” (no oyster sauce) and “mai sai khai” (no egg). Avoid curries from a pre-made paste unless the shop confirms it, and choose stir-fried vegetables, som tam made without fish sauce or crab, and tofu dishes cooked to order. Mango sticky rice is usually vegan, since the sauce is coconut milk.