Charlie Hong Kong is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

1. Charlie Hong Kong

8.5
1141 Soquel Ave (at Seabright Ave), Santa Cruz, CA
Noodle Restaurant · Eastside · 30 tips and reviews

Tara W.Tara Walker: The gado gado is fabulous with tofu or prawns, and sub brown rice or noodles for yummy combo

Chris R.Chris Record: Great spot for vegan food!

Sally B.Sally Bookman: Great gluten free and vegan options. Organic and green. Try the gado gado with zucchini topping.

Engfer Pizza Works is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

2. Engfer Pizza Works

7.6
525 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Pizzeria · Eastside · 15 tips and reviews

jessica g.jessica goodman: Try the Megan's Vegan. Best vegan pizza I've ever had! Yummy house made tomato tofu spread, no fake cheese here!

Maya B.Maya Borgueta: Awesome vegan pizza. I like cashew topping.

Chris C.Chris Cromwell: Great spot for vegan options!

Buttercup Cakes is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

3. Buttercup Cakes

7.8
109 Locust St, Santa Cruz, CA
Cupcake Shop · Downtown Santa Cruz · 12 tips and reviews

MajaMaja: Blood orange vegan cupcakes are to die for!

Corrina M.Corrina McFarlane: Hibiscus icing! $2 morsel cupcake option, organic always & vegan if you want. Never thought a cake shop could be so innovative/appealing to catch my eye/heart this way!

Tamara E.Tamara Evans: Love their vegan cupcakes!

New Leaf Community Market is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

4. New Leaf Community Market

8.6
1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Grocery Store · Westside · 19 tips and reviews

Tara W.Tara Walker: They have great lunch specials: two different ones during mon-fri. Deli ones include baked tofu or meatloaf sandwiches and brown bag ones include burritos or tri-tip sandwich.

Rachel L.Rachel Lodin: so many options for both vegans and vegetarians!!

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: Order your custom vegan birthday cake here. Allow at least one day for delivery. NL request chocolate 🎂 from Black China Bistro here in Santa Cruz

Jalapeños is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

5. Jalapeños

8.5
206 Laurel St (Pacific Ave), Santa Cruz, CA
Burrito Restaurant · Downtown Santa Cruz · 5 tips and reviews

Milo A.Milo Ampersand: Best vegetarian burritos in town.

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: get the Downtown Veggie Burrito which I believe is already vegan! Ask for jalapeño peppers inside. They have both a spicy and not so spicy green salsa that you can request (shown) #onelove #vegetarian

Kevin Y.Kevin Yu: Their carne asada and chicken nitza burritos are super delicious. Try adding srirachi on them!

Laili Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

6. Laili Restaurant

8.7
101 Cooper St #B (btw Front and Pacific), Santa Cruz, CA
Mediterranean Restaurant · Downtown Santa Cruz · 44 tips and reviews

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: Get the jalapeño chutney. It's vegan and perfectly spiced.

tejaswi r.tejaswi rao: Lot of vegetarian friendly options.. definitely worth a visit

Virgi R.Virgi R.: The pomegranate eggplant are a must try. Good selection of beers & wines. The staff is lovely and helpful.

Zachary's Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

7. Zachary's Restaurant

8.3
819 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Breakfast Spot · Downtown Santa Cruz · 60 tips and reviews

Emily M.Emily Miethner: Get the tofu mess...the junior size is plenty!

Harmony G.Harmony George: Best tofu scramble I have found anywhere. I keep trying others , but no one beats Zach's!

Ashley M.Ashley Mowrey: Lots of vegan options, huge portions, lovely staff, but a long ass wait. Legitimately, it's going to be a long ass wait. But also worth it. Add-Ina get expensive quick, so watch yourself.

Rosie McCann's Irish Pub & Restaurant is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

8. Rosie McCann's Irish Pub & Restaurant

8.4
1220 Pacific Ave (at Walnut St), Santa Cruz, CA
Pub · Downtown Santa Cruz · 32 tips and reviews

Monica H.Monica Hertzz: Best veggie burger I have ever had!! Made with black beans. And I subbed the house salad for the French fries and the salad was just as delicious! Definitely coming here more!

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: Vegans & vegetarians: order the bloody Mary without worsteshire sauce. Who needs anchovies/sardines in their drink? Also, happy hour extends into NFL games on Monday night. Enjoy in the back room

Sarah R.Sarah R: Great black bean burger. Pretty good wine selection.

Linda's Seabreeze Cafe is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

9. Linda's Seabreeze Cafe

8.4
542 Seabright Ave (btw Hall & Watson), Santa Cruz, CA
Breakfast Spot · Eastside · 36 tips and reviews

Suzie T.Suzie Thomas: Try the greek tofu scramble!! Best I've ever had!

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: Vegan & vegetarian types: order curried tofu or Greek tofu scramble. Ask for salsa & added jalapeños. 🥔 dishes are made w/butter 😾. All waffles & 🥞 are made w/butter. Only tofu items are vegan 🙍

Roma G.Roma G: Banana walnut pancakes, sausage scramble (choose cinnamon roll!), best coffee in town

Hula's Island Grill & Tiki Room is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

10. Hula's Island Grill & Tiki Room

8.3
221 Cathcart St (btwn Pacific Ave & Cedar St), Santa Cruz, CA
Restaurant · Downtown Santa Cruz · 80 tips and reviews

Jamie P.Jamie Parker: Amazing veggie burger. One of the best I've had.

IS K.IS KLE: Can't get enough of this place. Hawaiian fish soup is amazing. Fish tacos, veggie burger, fish sandwich, plantains, fries - all great.

Austin H.Austin Holt: Vegan bowls are near perfect.✌🏻️

Real Thai Kitchen is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

11. Real Thai Kitchen

7.9
1632 Seabright Ave (at Soquel Ave), Santa Cruz, CA
Thai Restaurant · Eastside · 12 tips and reviews

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: Vegan options abound at the lunch buffet. Salad dressing has mayo but items like spicy tofu, green vegi curry & Tom Kha Tofu appear totally free of animal products. Spicy tofu is just that! Cha-chow!

Susan C.Susan Cannon: Great buffet! (Unusual for a Thai restaurant) Wonderful Veerkat art on the walls too.

Jeremy G.Jeremy Geiger: The name is accurate. This is one of the few Thai restaurants I the U.S. That my Thai wife will go to

Cafe Iveta is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

12. Cafe Iveta

8.2
2125 Delaware Ave (at Swift St.), Santa Cruz, CA
Café · Westside · 26 tips and reviews

Roxy L.Roxy Lo: Spicy vegan with bacon! The taste is worth the irony.

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: They make their Spicy Vegan sandwich LIKE A BOSS

Athonia C.Athonia Cappelli: The 🌶 spicy vegan sandwich is good but there's no protein in it. Bring Tofurkey or some similar luncheon meat and slap it in there when they bring sandwich to you

Woodstock's Pizza is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

13. Woodstock's Pizza

7.9
710 Front St (at Cooper St.), Santa Cruz, CA
Pizzeria · Downtown Santa Cruz · 43 tips and reviews

RebeccaRebecca: They do vegan pizza!! Holy crap!

Susan W.Susan Wu: Delicious gluten free pizza with vegan cheese! Tater tots and chicken wings were gluten free as well!

Rebecca T.Rebecca Tpuah: We shared half/half vegetarian and the all meat pizza. Both alright but not the best in town. Service was very good and i like that you can choose between white and wholemeal dough.

The Buttery is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

14. The Buttery

8.7
702 Soquel Ave (Branciforte Ave), Santa Cruz, CA
Bakery · Eastside · 47 tips and reviews

Elliott D.Elliott D: I liked the coffee a lot. Vegetarian eggs Benedict was great, but rich and heavy- be prepared.

Alex P.Alex Price: Vegetarian? Get the veggie goat on ciabatta, and be amazed.

Vihang M.Vihang Mehta: Great sandwiches and amazing bread and baked goods. Didn’t get to try any of the cakes but they looked extremely tempting.

Zoccoli's Deli is one of The 15 Best Places for Vegetarian Food in Santa Cruz.

15. Zoccoli's Deli

8.0
1534 Pacific Ave (btwn Front & Cooper), Santa Cruz, CA
Deli · Downtown Santa Cruz · 38 tips and reviews

Erin S.Erin Sheehan: I really enjoyed the 'Santa Cruzer' vegetarian sandwich. It was excellent but I would definitely recommend asking (upon ordering) that avocado be added :)

Jasmine R.Jasmine Rogers: "Avocado Special" on sliced sourdough for all the vegetarians out there 💚🍞

Stanley P.Stanley Pratt: The warm chicken pesto sandwich is my favorite in a cold fall day.