Browse all 8 Vegetarian/Vegan restaurants in the Outside Eats dining guide to the San Francisco Peninsula. Select any restaurant for photos, hours, directions, reviews, and the full profile.
- Palmetto Superfoods - Burlingame BurlingameBuild your own bowls with authentic Brazilian açaí and unlimited toppings.
- Sprout Cafe Palo AltoUniversity Avenue healthy cafe with fresh salads, grain bowls, and seasonal ingredients popular with the Stanford community.
- The Acai Spot PacificaPacifica's dedicated acai bowl bar in Linda Mar Shopping Center, serving handcrafted bowls with fresh fruit, granola, and smoothies.
- Timber + Tide South San FranciscoSeasonal plant forward fare in a stunning carbon neutral space with local ingredients by the Bay.
- True Food Kitchen Palo AltoAnti-inflammatory focused restaurant at Stanford Shopping Center with seasonal menus built around Dr. Andrew Weil's nutritional principles and bold plant-forward dishes.
- Twelvemonth BurlingameEverything made from scratch daily including bread, pastries, and desserts.
- Twelvemonth Bar BurlingameGlobal cuisine through a California lens with fully plant-based offerings.
- Wildseed Palo AltoPlant-based fine dining from the Union Square Hospitality Group with an elegant menu of globally inspired vegetable-forward dishes and zero compromise on technique or presentation.
Specialty Cuisines on the SF Peninsula
Only a handful of spots serve these, but each one is worth seeking out.
- Argentine Restaurants
- Brazilian Restaurants
- Burmese Restaurants
- Cafés
- Cantonese Restaurants
- Caribbean Restaurants
- Dessert Spots
- Food Trucks
- French/Italian Restaurants
- Georgian Restaurants
- German/Austrian Restaurants
- Greek/Mediterranean Restaurants
- Guatemalan Restaurants
- Halal Restaurants
- Hawaiian Restaurants
- Irish Restaurants
- Middle Eastern Restaurants
- New Zealand Restaurants
- Salvadoran Restaurants
- Sandwich Shops
- Singaporean Restaurants
- Spanish Restaurants
- Turkish Restaurants
About Vegetarian/Vegan Restaurants on the SF Peninsula
Vegetarian and vegan restaurants have a natural home on the health-conscious, diverse San Francisco Peninsula, and the guide's plant-based category covers dedicated kitchens where vegetables, grains, and legumes take center stage rather than playing a supporting role.
The range is broad and increasingly creative. You will find plant-based versions of comfort classics, burgers, bowls, and hearty mains, alongside globally influenced cooking that has always leaned vegetarian, from Indian and Mediterranean to East and Southeast Asian traditions. Some spots focus on fresh, produce-forward California fare with grain bowls, salads, and seasonal plates, while others recreate familiar dishes with plant proteins so convincingly that meat eaters rarely miss the original.
Because so much of the world's vegetarian cooking is delicious by design, these restaurants tend to feel abundant rather than restrictive. The Peninsula's produce is excellent, and kitchens here take advantage of it. Fully vegan options are common, and cross-contamination tends to be handled carefully at dedicated spots, which matters for stricter diets.
This category is a gift for mixed groups, since a plant-based restaurant that does its job well satisfies vegetarians, vegans, and the flexitarian friends along for the ride. Prices and formats vary from quick counter bowls to full sit-down dining.
Use the list below to browse vegetarian and vegan restaurants by city, then open a profile for hours, photos, and directions. Whether you are fully plant-based or simply want a lighter, vegetable-forward meal, the Peninsula's vegetarian and vegan kitchens make eating well easy.
