Vegan Guide to Singapore

Updated October 2024

Singapore is an island state off the tip of Southern Malaysia, it is best known for it’s rapid growth into a worldwide financial hub, but as you might have guessed that is not the reason why we regularly head back to this diverse and exciting location. Don’t get us wrong, we love to check out the finest hotels in town and crack out our credit cards in one of the many malls but the main factor in our returning yet again to Singapore is to experience the fast growing vegan and plant based food scene. Our Vegan Guide to Singapore highlights some of our favourite vegan food in Singapore, both old and new, however it barely scratches the surface of a location that has more than 70 all vegan restaurants listed on Happy Cow. For that reason we’ve also included some helpful links below to other guides, people and resources who know all about the vegan food scene in Singapore. We hope you enjoy our Vegan Guide to Singapore, we certainly enjoyed researching it and can’t wait to return so we can add even more exciting vegan options.

Vegan Restaurants in Singapore

VeganBurg

VeganBurg
44 Jalan Eunos
Singapore 419502

Opening Times: 11.30am-10pm every day

VeganBurg was the reason we first visited Singapore in 2014 when we launched Vegan Food Quest. Quite simply, we were in Kuala Lumpur and read about a vegan burger restaurant in Singapore, we jumped on a bus, crossed the border and headed straight there. We were blown away to be in an all vegan fast food joint eating a selection of vegan burgers, we love vegan burgers and we fell in love with VeganBurg. Since our first visit we’ve been back many times and they’ve expanded to California and we wish them all the best with future expansion and taking their vegan burgers to the world. In our opinion, if you go to Singapore you have to visit VeganBurg, here you can read more about our Why we love 3 Vegan Burgers in Singapore.

Makan Vegan

Makan Vegan
641 Geylang Rd
Lor 33 Geylang
Singapore 389571

Opening Hours: 10.30am-9.30pm every day

This was an excellent find and we were very impressed with the food that was on offer and the value for money. Like a mini food court with a few different stations all cooking and serving delicious vegan food. We enjoyed dim sum, vegan chicken sweet and sour, and flavour packed bowls of lor mee and laksa when we visited. It’s not far to walk from Geylang MRT and we will most certainly return.

Kind Kones Paragon

Kind Kones Paragon
B1-15 The Paragon
290 Orchard Rd
Singapore 238859

Opening Hours: 10am-10pm every day

We love Kind Kones and seek them out whenever we are in Singapore or Kuala Lumpur, they even stock the tubs in our local Village Grocer so we can always satisfy our vegan ice cream cravings. The centrally located outlet in The Paragon Mall on Orchard Road is vegan ice cream heaven. In fact, all of their outlets are vegan ice cream heaven and we can never resist the temptation to visit. With so many different flavours the challenge is deciding which one (or two or three) to choose.

WellSmoocht

WellSmoocht
Blk 319 Jurong East St 31
Unit #01-58
Singapore 600319

Opening Hours: midday-9pm every day (closed Monday)

Firstly, let us say one thing. Vegan waffles. Then another. Vegan ice cream. Now if that isn’t enough to encourage you to visit then maybe the vegan pizza will tempt you. We had vegan waffles, vegan ice cream and vegan pizza during our visit, also a vegan panini and all were very good. As far as we can be sure, the team behind Brownice and Well Dressed Salad Bar are behind WellSmoocht and as some of the original vegan trail blazers in Singapore, that’s another reason to head over to Jurong East next time you’re in town.

nomVnom Bistro

nomVnom
Clarke Quay Central
6 Eu Tong Sen St
B1-44
Singapore 059817

Opening Times: 10am-10pm every day

As mentioned previously we love vegan burgers and nomVnom has more than 20, yes 20 vegan burgers to choose from which is pretty damn impressive if you ask us. There are also pasta dishes, soups, salads and a selection of fries but who needs any of these items when there are so many vegan burgers? We admit it was hard to decide so after multiple changing of minds we ordered the vegan burgers that were sat at the top of the league, yes that’s right, nomVnom has what can only be called a vegan burger hall of fame, their best selling burgers of the current quarter. As our vegan burger love in Singapore continues, we also featured nomVnom in our ‘Why we love 3 Vegan Burgers in Singapore’ blog post.

Vegetarian Restaurants in Singapore

Whole Earth

Whole Earth
76 Peck Seah Street
Singapore 079331

Opening Times: 11.30am-3pm and 5.30pm-10pm every day

We had been told about the multi award winning Whole Earth by friends and as it was just around the corner from Six Senses Duxton we managed to squeeze in a quick visit. The multi person set menus looked interesting and we would like to sample them when we return with friends but on this visit we ordered the intriguingly named ‘Crispy Gold Bar’ which was pan fried tofu, golden crisp on the outside, silky smooth on the inside topped with a crunchy and savoury vegetable mix. It was very well cooked and presented, the perfect quick snack to share on our way past. We will return to Whole Earth for sure as the menu was extensive and we liked the bright and modern interior, it was busting at lunch time with what appeared to be locals on their lunch break from the offices nearby so a reservation would be a good idea.

Greendot Plus

Greendot Plus
B1-297 Jewel
Changi Airport
Singapore 819666

Opening Hours: 10am-9pm every day

With multiple outlets throughout Singapore, this local style vegetarian restaurant is a good option as there will always be one close by. The branch at Changi Jewel is particularly convenient for a pre flight or post flight meal, as it is only a short walking distance from terminal 2. Vegan options are clearly labelled, and our Hainanese Beancurd Skin Curry Rice was outstanding. We shared this and also some Homemade Chilli Crispy Tofu, and Nyonya Curry with Crispy Prata. The tofu was great (and a generous portion), whilst the Nyonya Curry was packed with flavour and delicious. The prata bread was very oily so we asked to change it for rice which the staff were happy to do. This is an excellent option for anyone flying in or out of Changi and we will most certainly return.

Aarya Pure Veg Restaurant

Aarya Pure Veg Restaurant
30 Campbell Lane
Little India
Singapore 20990

Opening Hours: 8am-11pm every day

Simple pure vegetarian restaurant in Little India which seems to be a popular for breakfast with locals. We enjoyed a masala dosa and uttapam which were both served on the ubiquitous steel tray with a tasty sambar and chutneys. We also ordered a couple of vadai which were fresh and tasty. Being not too far from the Little India MRT this a a good option for anyone who wants a quick vegan Indian fix.

Five Insights Hall

Five Insights Hall
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
288 South Bridge Rd
Singapore 058840

Opening Times: 9am-3pm every day

Just opposite Well Dressed Salad Bar is the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple which houses a vegetarian food hall in the basement called Five Insights Hall. We were still craving something sweet so didn’t fancy the vegetable and mock meat dishes on offer but it looked clean and was popular with locals who were lining up at the buffet counter. Outside they were preparing what can only be described as an all vegetarian feast for members of the temple who were celebrating an auspicious day in the lunar calender.

8 Treasures Vegetarian

8 Treasures Vegetarian
282a South Bridge Rd
Singapore 058831

Opening Times: 11am-2.45pm and 6pm-9.45pm every day, open all day at weekends

We were also told about 8 Treasures Vegetarian which is in the same area and is an upmarket Buddhist vegetarian restaurant with an extensive and varied vegetarian a la carte menu with many vegan items. It looks like the pefect option for a special meal with friends with a similar offering to the buffet style restaurants but in a far nicer setting. The menu has vegan items clearly marked and none of the dishes contain onion or garlic.

Maxwell Food Centre

1 Kadayanallur Street
Singapore

Opening Times: 6am-1pm every day

Still on the search for a sweet dish to satisfy our craving having not found any vegan waffles we headed to Maxwell Food Centre looking for ‘Woong Kee Traditional Bean Curd’ but could not find it!!! Sometimes vegan travel is frustrating especially when you’ve only got a limited time in town…we did see this one vendor at stall 15 selling vegetarian food with no egg; a plate of rice, veg and mock meat was just 3 or 4 SGD making it a decent ‘value for money’ option if you’re in the area.

Komala Vilas

Komala Vilas
76-78 Serangoon Rd
Singapore

Opening Times: 7am-10.30pm every day

Just a few hundred meters from Little India MRT is this simple and local vegetarian Indian restaurant. They have a couple of branches in the area and the food was authentic, plentiful and so damn tasty! We enjoyed a ‘Rice Meal’ and a ‘Dosai Meal’ which each cost 9 SGD for a never ending feats of Indian delights. A selection of curries, dahl, chutney, pickles, poppadoms were served on a banana leaf with your choice of rice or dosai. The flavours were immense and we left having eaten far too much.

Kaveri Vegetarian

Kaveri Vegetarian
Changi Airport
Terminal 2 (after immigration)
Singapore

Opening Times: 6am-1am every day

Rude staff and average food. Decided to still include it though as of course finding veggie or vegan food in an airport is often difficult. Would we return? If we were desperate and very hungry indeed…

Vegetarian Restaurants in Vivo City Mall

eVeg Vegetarian

eVeg Vegetarian
Vivo City Mall
Basement
Kopitam Food Court

Opening Times: 10am-10pm every day

Kopitam Food Court is in the basement and that is where you’ll find eVeg Vegetarian. Upon arrival we ordered ordered rice, 2 different mock meats and some mixed vegetables which cost 4.50 Singapore dollars, it was a big portion and good value for money especially as you’re in an upmarket shopping mall in Singapore. To be honest we’ve had much better, it was rather oily and lacked flavour, there were around 20 dishes to choose from on the buffet so perhaps other choices would be better.

Saravana Bhavan

Saravana Bhavan
Vivo City Mall
3rd Floor
Republic Food Court

Opening Times: 10am-10pm Every Day

On the 3rd floor within the Food Republic Food Court there is a branch of Saravana Bhavan, the vegetarian Indian restaurant that has locations all over the world with 8 in Singapore alone! You can’t go wrong with their food, it’s well priced, very tasty and perfect for vegans. We’ve eaten in many of their restaurants and have never had a bad meal. This time we just picked up a couple of veg samosas to go as we’d just eaten, they were not oily, well spiced and tasty.

Vegetarian Restaurants in People’s Park Centre

Kwan Inn

Kwan Inn
People’s Park Centre
Basement Food Court
101 Upper Cross St
Singapore

Opening Times: 8am-8.30pm Every Day

Not expecting there to be multiple options in this small food court we jumped straight in when we found Kwan Inn, especially as they were selling mock meat satay sticks. They were very tasty indeed, the sauce was delicious and the mock meat cooked perfectly, they were so good we ordered a second portion and polished them off pretty damn quickly.

Thunder Tree

Thunder Tree
People’s Park Centre
Basement Food Court
101 Upper Cross St
Singapore

Opening Times: 11am-7.30pm closed Sunday

It was after eating a second plateful of (not very healthy but very tasty) mock meat satay sticks that we spotted Thunder Tree, an all vegan and all organic much healthier vegan dining option which we loved the look of. The staff member was super friendly and we were frustrated to have just filled our faces with mock meat when there was something way more interesting just around the corner. It taught us a valuable lesson and that is not to settle for the first thing you see in a city like Singapore where there are just so many vegan and plant based restaurants to choose from.

Su Man Yuan

Su Man Yuan
People’s Park Centre
Basement Food Court
101 Upper Cross St
Singapore

Opening Times: 8am-8pm every day

The third vegan option in the basement food court at People’s Park Centre was Su Man Yuan, a traditional Buddhist Chinese buffet which had a wide selection and all of the food looked very good, if we hadn’t have eaten the satay we’d have happily eaten here too. It’s just fanastic that in a small food court there were 3 places to eat vegan food that we found, maybe there were even more if we’d looked further?

Vegan Friendly Restaurants in Singapore

Super Loco Robertson Quay

Super Loco Robertson Quay
The Quayside
60 Robertson Quay
Singapore 238252

Opening Hours: 11am-1pm every day (opens at 5pm on Monday)

Super Loco have other restaurants, but we visited their Super Loco location on Robertson Quay. We enjoyed sitting outside with views of the river, and were impressed with the staff knowledge of exactly what we could and couldn’t eat. The menu is clearly labelled and we enjoyed a selection of starters including Roasted Cauliflower which was served with cashew cream. We also had the Crispy Potatoes which were excellent and lion’s mane tacos with vegan chipotle mayo. It certainly hit the spot and we will return if we are in that part of Singapore, or check out one of their other outlets too.

Privé

Privé
Multiple Locations
Singapore

With 7 outlets across Singapore Privé offers a selection of clearly marked vegan and plant based options. On their menu you will find the Beyond Burger and a number of dishes created using the plant based, Impossible meat including a meatballs and spaghetti creation. We visited the 313 Somerset location which offered a friendly and informal setting which was perfect for a lazy lunch, business meeting or relaxed dinner with friends.

Pizza Fabbrica

Pizza Fabbrica
8 Haji Ln
Singapore 189201

Opening Hours: midday-2.30pm and 5.30pm-10.30pm every day (closed Monday)

Did somebody say vegan pizza? They certainly did and that was why we headed to Pizza Fabrica in Singapore for one of their “authentic Italian style pizzas” and we weren’t disappointed. The menu has vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options clearly marked including an Impossible Meat fettucinne which sounded good. But we were there for the pizza so we ordered the only vegan pizza on the menu. Served with a potato cream sauce instead of tomato, spinach, slithers of pickled onion, pine nuts and mini Impossible meatballs it was divine. The base was perfect and the combination of toppings worked really well, making for a very nice vegan pizza indeed.

Akira Back

Akira Back
JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach
30 Beach Road
Singapore

Opening Times: 12pm–3pm & 6pm–10pm Monday to Thursday and 12pm–3pm & 6pm–10:30pm Friday to Sunday

Akira Back is an award winning chef who introduces flair and creativity to all of his dishes. The eponymous Akira Back at JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach is a cool and sophisticated space that oozes style. The same can be said for the food with a selection of vegan dishes on the main menu and a special vegan menu available upon request. From a simple yet sublimely dish of edamame beans with fried and salted Brussels sprout leaves as an appetiser to delicate and delicious ‘Bell Pepper Carpaccio’ as one of our main course everything we tried was first rate. The simple sounding ‘Crispy Rice’ was outstanding, a combination of crisped rice and baked eggplant topped with vegan ponzu aioli left us wanting more, more, more. Her is our detailed review of the vegan friendly JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach.

Empress

Empress
1 Empress Place
Asian Civilisations Museum
Singapore

Opening Times: 11.30am–3pm & 6pm–11pm Monday to Friday / 11am–4pm & 6pm–11pm Saturday and Sunday

Offering a contemporary riverside setting, Empress offers the perfect space for a smart yet casual Chinese dining experience. With clearly marked vegan options throughout the menu including a selection of dishes using Impossible Meat and Omnimeat there is a wide array of plant based food available at this award winning restaurant. Some might find these plant based alternatives to meat just a little ‘too meaty’ but for those of you that crave this type of cuisine Empress is the perfect choice. The service was first rate, the ambiance cool and relaxed and our food was delicious. Course after course of plant based dishes that were both packed with flavour and thoughtfully presented.

Vegan Groceries in Singapore

Little Farms

Little Farms
#B2-06
Tanjong Pagar Centre
Singapore

Opening Times: 7.30am-9.30pm Monday to Friday, closes at 7pm on Saturday and 6pm on Sunday

For anyone staying in Singapore with access to a kitchen, or wanting to put together a snack to enjoy then Little Farms is well worth a visit. We went to the location in Tanjong Pajar Centre below the MRT and found a number of exciting products including Beyond Meat imported mock meat items and a tasty looking selection of cashew cheese sauces. Little Farms buy direct from farms and suppliers whenever possible and stock many organic fruits and vegetables, we’re pretty sure if we lived in Singapore this would be our favourite supermarket!

Everyday Vegan Grocer

Everyday Vegan Grocer
Online delivery ONLY
Singapore

This independant vegan grocers on Haji Lane was a ‘go to’ for anyone looking for exciting vegan products in Singapore. They stocked an ever changing range of vegan goodies including many of the imported brands that you might be missing from home. They also served vegan soft serve ice cream which is what we will remember enjoying when we first met Amanda, the passionate co owner and founder of Everyday Vegan. July 2024 saw them transition to an online outlet only, offering the same exciting brands delivered straight to your door. For anyone living in Singapore, this is great news, for those of us not living in Singapore it’s sad to see them go. We wish them all the very best withe their new concept and truly hope that our paths cross again in the not too distant future.

Fair Price Finest

Fair Price Finest
Multiple Locations
Singapore

OK, you’ve probably realised we like vegan burgers so when leaving Singapore we knew we had to leave with Beyond Burgers in our luggage. We were told that all Fair Price Finest locations stocked them and this proved to be correct. We picked up a few packs at the Changi Airport locations which was mighty handy just before our departure.

Other Vegan Guides to Singapore

For anyone wanting to join a vegan tour whilst in Singapore, head over to Veg This City and join one of their highly recommended food and cultural hops around Singapore. Singapore Vegan Community have plenty of useful content and Chicks Eat Vegan is another local Facebook group that is well worth a look. Also, you should all follow More Than Veggies on Facebook as she has lots of up to date info and post about living as a vegan in Singapore, the lovely Yishuai was also kind enough to list a couple of her top picks for vegan food in Singapore for us to share:

Vegepot “Authentic Chinese Malaysian food, their chef is from Penang thus all their Penang dishes are 100% legit. It’s a hidden gem that locals frequent for their handmade food and friendly service. Everything is vegan except for some bottled drinks in a separate chiller, which contain honey. Located in Fortune Centre in town, a vegan and vegetarian local food mecca that all veggie tourists should check out!”

Thunder Tree “Authentic and good for organic and homely local Chinese dishes with great value for the price. Fully vegan with friendly service by the owner who is very passionate about his dishes. Their signature being Thunder Tea Rice which is a unique dish to the local Hakka people. Located in Chinatown Food Street.