Vegan restaurants in Paris Region?

This has to be one of the best vegan restaurants in Paris. Even the die-hard carnivores among you will agree. Jamaica has come to the 10th arrondissement. The Bob Marley photos, colourful flags and graffiti state loud and clear that vegan food is perfect for a friendly meal without any frills. The Jah Jah is a huge, brightly-decorated canteen that serves generous dishes packed with sunshine: cauliflower wings, roast courgettes, pea hummus and their famous vegan hot dog drizzled with roselle and hibiscus juice. Several options are available from a daily menu of Ital inspiration, Jamaican vegan cuisine: hot, cold and raw food bowls, a burger and a daily special. The hard part is choosing.

Meet the Paris Region’s queen of vegan cuisine! Besides dishing out her hot tips for healthy eating, Angèle Ferreux-Maeght also runs the Guinguette d’Angèle. At her takeaway canteen in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, she serves delicious vegan dishes from a menu that changes every day. She transforms wholesome ingredients into a whole array of well-balanced recipes: turmeric rice milk, cold soups made with beetroot, linseed cookies, and a divine vegan cheesecake. Buy lunch to take away and enjoy at your office or in the sun at the Palais Royal gardens.

A mere café and restaurant? Absolutely not! Truly a ‘qualitarian’ canteen. That’s how Judy describes this Parisian restaurant located in the 6th arrondissement, where the cuisine is as modern as it gets: organic, local, vegetarian and sometimes vegan with lactose-free and gluten-free alternatives. Result? A fresh and fun menu featuring probiotic coconut and cashew yoghurt, gluten-free club sandwiches and a lovely selection of smoothies. “Because food is medicine!”, go and check out this temple of healthy eating.

Aux délices de Gigi serves dishes that contain no milk, honey, or eggs but are packed with flavour. Just seeing the fabulous array of cakes will make your mouth water: fruit-topped Genoise, Normandy tart, vegan cakes, pavlova and much more in the huge variety of sweet treats. To try them, leave Paris and head for Le Perreux-sur-Marne. You can even spend the whole day there, because at Gigi’s, you can eat while you work. Brunch, tearoom or restaurant, the choice is yours!

Végébowl is a 100% vegetarian and 90% vegan Asian restaurant with more than one trick up its sleeve. The menu includes Peking soup made with prawns and Vietnamese ravioli with ‘chicken’. In the 10th arrondissement of Paris, the art of trompe-l’œil is mastered to perfection. There is of course no meat, but your tastebuds will make no mistake when it comes to the texture and flavour. Round off in style by treating yourself to a glutinous rice dumpling or lotus-seed cake.

After a tour of the Palace of Versailles, stop here to soak up the positive vibe. Cold-pressed juices, chick-pea pancakes with tahini, mezes made for sharing and pear cake with mascarpone cream are just some of the feel-good delights served at the Positive Café. This used to be the lunchtime canteen of many Versailles locals, but it is now a restaurant that opens for both lunch and dinner. Their choice of dishes is huge and, on Sundays, the Positive Café serves brunch, always with a smile of course.