The Las Vegas Strip is where you’ll find many of the best and most fabulous restaurants in the country. Here, where there’s a restaurant for what seems to be every culinary desire, it’s not always easy to find a great spot for vegetarian food. We’ve put together a list to make this less of a challenge.
Considering the popularity of the plant-based diet lifestyle, the Strip has been a little slow to catch onto the concept. It wasn’t that long ago that the Strip welcomed its very first all-vegetarian/vegan restaurant – Truth & Tonic.
While there aren’t many exclusively vegan and vegetarian dining options on the Strip, there are plenty of vegetarian-friendly restaurants where you can enjoy an incredible meal that. We’ve done the delicious work of trying them all to come up with this list of the best vegetarian and vegan restaurants in a number of categories.
Best Vegetarian Restaurants in Las Vegas
Truth & Tonic Wellness Cafe – Best Vegetarian Restaurant on the Strip
Being the only exclusively vegetarian restaurant on the Strip, Truth & Tonic Wellness Cafe wins the award hands-down, but that isn’t the only reason we love them for Vegetarian and Vegan dining on the Strip.
Truth & Tonic adds a new freshness and vitality to the Vegas dining scene. With a delicious menu that’s filled with nutrient-packed dishes that nourish both the body and your palate. A meal at Truth & Tonic is a sure way to fuel your body for a day of fun and adventure in Las Vegas, NV.
Truth & Tonic is open for breakfast and lunch. For breakfast, you can enjoy menu items that are guest favorites like avocado, spinach, and kale toast, with cracked pepper and pomegranate seeds, and a soyrizo, rice, and bean breakfast burrito.
For lunch, choose plant-based goodness like the grilled portobello salad, grilled tomato, and vegan mozzarella Caprese, or tacos with chimichurri vegan chicken. There’s also a list of freshly blended smoothies, juices, coffee, and Jenwey Boutique organic blended tea. In true Vegas fashion, you can also enjoy a mimosa, either classic or a specialty creation like the blueberry basil mimosa, or try the Meyer lemon mojito or craft beer.
Truth & Tonic Wellness Cafe is located in the Venetian Resort. They’re open Thursday – Monday from 7 am – 2 pm.
Wazuzu – Best Vegetarian Las Vegas Strip Runner Up
Wazuzu is a Pan-Asian restaurant located in the Wynn Las Vegas. Chef Jimmy Widjaja creates a fusion of Japanese, Chinese, and Thai cuisine that tantalizes the senses. This, combined with the warm and exotic Asian decor, including a 27-foot dragon that’s made of crystals, makes Wazuzu one of those restaurants that you’ll dream about returning to on your next trip to Las Vegas.
Wazuzu doesn’t offer a menu that’s completely vegetarian or plant-based. But, they do offer enough vegan selections that they make it onto our list as the runner-up for vegetarian dining on the Strip.
Wazuzu has an Asian vegan and vegetarian section on their menu that includes vegan sushi, like their delicious rainbow vegan sushi rolls with asparagus, cucumber, avocado, and a perfectly creamy vegan cilantro aioli. Other vegan Asian dishes that guests love at Wazuzu include the jade dumpling with spinach and shitake mushrooms and the vegan drunken noodles with either tofu, tons of fresh vegetables, or Gardein Chick’n.
Wazuzu is open Sunday-Thursday from 11:30 am – 10 pm, and Friday-Saturday from 11:30 am – 11:30 pm. Resort casual attire is required, and Wazuzu is family-friendly.
Hell’s Kitchen – Largest Vegan Menu on the Strip
Aside from his temperament and vibrant personality, Chef Gordon Ramsay is known for his perfected versions of classic dishes like beef wellington and crispy skin salmon. Even his reality-based cooking show competitions rarely focus on plant-based meals, so it might come as a surprise that Hell’s Kitchen is where you’re going to find one of the largest vegan-friendly menus on the Strip.
Hell’s Kitchen offers an entirely vegetarian and vegan menu that’s available daily to the Las Vegas restaurant guests. So much thought and care have gone into this that Hell’s Kitchen offers both a menu that’s vegetarian that features dishes with a bit of dairy, like a quinoa salad with ricotta salata and a menu that’s exclusively vegan.
The vegan menu features all sorts of delicious dishes, like pan-seared tofu scallops with English pea puree and pickled fennel and white bean in purgatory, which is a dish of spicy tomato sauce cashew cream cheese, and rustic grilled bread. There are also desserts to satisfy your vegan or vegetarian sweet tooth.
Hell’s Kitchen is located in Caesars Palace and is open from 11 am – 10:30 pm daily.
SW Steakhouse – Best Vegetarian Fine Dining on the Strip
A Las Vegas steakhouse is the best restaurant for fine dining on the Strip? You’re just going to have to trust us on this one and believe us; it’s worth it. SW Steakhouse reinvents the American steakhouse/chophouse experience and brings new modern elements to the table. While the selection of Wagyu steaks will appeal to the meat-eater, they also offer a decadent vegetarian menu.
SW Steakhouse offers a vegetarian menu that features appetizers, entrees, and sides. The selections aren’t many, but each is exquisite. Enjoy delicate French onion soup with shitake mushroom broth. You might also try the fresh tagliatelle bolognese or eggplant caponata. SW Steakhouse has an extensive list of wines, spirits, and curated cocktails to complement your meal.
For the ultimate dining experience at SW Steakhouse, choose the outdoor seating for a beautiful al fresco meal. The scenery is luscious, with tree-lined hillsides and a large lake. During the evenings, the Laks of Dreams is transformed into an outdoor theater with multimedia, multisensory performances.
SW Steakhouse is located in the Wynn Las Vegas and is open Sunday-Thursday from 5:30 pm – 10 pm, and Friday-Saturday from 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm. Business casual/dressy attire is required, and children under five are not permitted.
Nacho Daddy – Vegetarian Family Dining on the Strip
Nacho Daddy is our favorite restaurant on the Strip in Las Vegas, NV, for vegetarian food that’s also family-friendly. As you might guess by the name, their specialty is nachos, and they pride themselves on never serving their guests a dry chip. They offer practically any type of nacho you can imagine.
In Mexican-style restaurants, it’s usually fairly easy to request a dish without meat or dairy, but Nacho Daddy has gone the extra step of creating a dedicated vegetarian menu. From vegan loaded nachos and vegan flaming fajitas to crispy avocado street tacos, Nacho Daddy has you covered.
Nacho Daddy is a great family choice because they have a special kids menu that does feature a vegetarian option or two.
There’s one more thing that Nacho Daddy is famous for is their scorpion shot. True, scorpions aren’t exactly vegetarian, but if you’re in a daring mood and don’t mind a bit of non-vegan protein, more than 60k brave souls have gone before you in trying this drink.
Nacho Daddy is loathed in the Miracle Mile Shops at 3663 S Las Vegas Blvd #595, Las Vegas, NV. Whether you have an early morning or late-night craving, they’re ready to service you Sunday-Thursday 8 am – 2 am, and Friday-Saturday from 8 am – 3 am.
Veggy Street – Fast Vegetarian Food on the Strip (Well, not far from the Strip)
When it comes to vegetarian fast food, Veggy Street is where it’s at with several locations in Las Vegas, NV. The only problem is that it’s not located directly on the Strip, but we’re not going to let that minor detail stop us from including it on our list of the best of the best vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Las Vegas.
VeggyStreet is known for its fast, fresh, and incredible vegan food in Las Vegas. Their menu features burgers, sandwiches, bowls, salads, soups, sides, smoothies, and more. Guest love the plant-based hot dogs, with or without chili sauce on a pretzel bun, the veggie eleven, and lots of other options for vegetarian comfort food.
Veggy Street has several locations in Las Vegas. The restaurant located closest to the Strip is located at 333 W St. Louis Ave., Las Vegas, NV. Their hours of operation are open Monday-Friday 11 am – 8 pm, and Saturday-Sunday from 12 pm – 8 pm.
Vegetarian Tasting Menus on the Strip
When we were on the search for vegetarian and vegan dining in Las Vegas, we noticed that a few of the most popular restaurants for their tasting menus also offered separate menus that cater to the plant-based person. Here is a couple of our favorites from the grand resorts and hotels on the Strip.
Michael Mina
In the Bellagio, Michael Mina offers one of the most beloved tasting menus in the city. Fortunately, they also offer a tasting menu designed to tantalize the taste buds of those looking for non-meat or vegan dining options.
For $85 per person, vegans will adore the tasting menu that features basil and sweet pavlova, sweet corn gazpacho, and a root beer float.
Michael Mina is temporarily closed, but check back with them on their website for information about their reopening.
Le Cirque
Le Cirque is the award-winning French restaurant in the Bellagio. The decor, ambiance, and food, make ay dinner at Le Cirque a memorable experience.
Le Cirque offers a vegetarian (non-vegan) tasting menu with an exquisite selection of dishes. For $115 per person, guests can look forward to enjoying perfectly prepared risotto that honors the current season, sunchoke raviolo, a salad of baby artichokes, ratatouille, and a luscious chocolate ball with hazelnut caramel for desse5t.
FAQs
Is Las Vegas vegan-friendly?
Las Vegas is a culinary epicenter, and there is a restaurant option for every carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore alike. Even some of the more popular restaurants known exclusively for their meat dishes serve dishes that appeal to vegan guests, from raw foods and delicate quinoa cakes to creamy vegan ice cream. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eLas Vegas has many vegan restaurant options, but most of them are not on the Strip. If you’re willing to venture a little from Las Vegas Blvd and move towards the Arts District, there’s no shortage of vegan restaurants with delicious plant-based food.
Is VegeNation all vegan?
Yes, Vegenation in Las Vegas is a community restaurant that’s also completely plant-based. This includes everything, like their meats, ice cream, sour cream, cheeses…all of it!
Can I eat healthy in Vegas?
Absolutely! Vegas is filled with restaurants where you can enjoy all types of incredible food, and you can be as good or sinful as you want to be while doing it. Even restaurants that don’t specialize in vegan food offer dishes like crispy, fresh lettuce wraps, veggie sushi, and other delicious, healthy food on their menus.
Bottom Line
The next time you’re looking for recommendations of which restaurants in Las Vegas where you can find the best vegan or mostly plant-based food, the ones we’ve mentioned here have exactly what you want and crave on the menu. With so many options, you’ll want to explore to find your own favorite spot for vegan food in Vegas.